Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 207 Collections and/or Records:
Raymond E. Willis papers
Collection
Identifier: L179
Scope and Contents
This collection contains mainly original correspondences of Raymond E. Willis including his campaigns for senator in 1938, 1940, and 1946 and his years as a senator. It contains mostly political correspondences dealing with the Republican Party and Indiana politics. Also included here are Willis’s voting records from 1941 to 1944 and a scrapbook compiled about his 1940 opponent Senator Sherman Minton. The materials are in chronological order.
Dates:
1936-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Raymond E. Willis papers
Reginald Hall Sullivan oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH019
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a transcript, 3 audio cassette tapes, and a reel-to-reel audiotape of four oral history interviews with Reginald Hall Sullivan conducted by Jerry Handfield for hte Indiana State Library Oral History Project in March-April, 1976. Sullivan was interviewed at Hooverwood Home in Indianapolis, Indiana. Only three of the four interviews were transcribed because some of the tapes were inaudible.In the transcribed interviews, Sullivan discusses his youth in...
Dates:
1976 March-April
Republican National Committee, Research Division collection
Collection
Identifier: L302
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a photocopy of the 1972 Campaign Factbook, produced by the Research Division of the Republican National Committee. The factbook covers all major program areas and events of President Nixon's administration, including the Vietnam War, space, inflation, and other topics.
Dates:
1972
Republican Victory League of Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S1616
Identifier: S1616
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises an undated letter to Mr. Ward is signed by William G. Irwin, president of the Republican Victory League of Indiana regarding the organization's refusal to support any particular political candidate or group and its mission to oppose "the Roosevelt-New-Deal institutions."
Dates:
circa 1930s
Richard L. Roudebush papers
Collection
Identifier: L612
Scope and Contents
The collection is predominantly made up of correspondence between Richard Roudebush and various officials and constituents during the 89th, 90th and 91st U.S> Congresses (1966-1969).The collection includes correspondence, reports and other papers relating to legislation on agriculture, air traffic safety, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, housing programs and other civil rights measures, defense spending, crime, flood control in the Colorado River Basin and the Wabash River Valley, air...
Dates:
1960-1976
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
Robert Bracken papers
Collection — Folder S2234
Identifier: S2234
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence sent to Robert Bracken, including an April 12, 1924 letter from D.C. Stephenson asking for influence in getting state funds for deposit for the Lincoln Savings Bank of Evansville; a November 6, 1925 letter from former Indiana Governor Warren T. McCray from Atlanta, Georgia asking Bracken, as a member of the Board of Finance, to help him and contact James A. Finch, a pardon attorney in the Department of Justice; and a circa 1925 note from...
Dates:
1922-1925
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert Bracken papers
Robert Dale Owen correspondence
Collection — Folder S3348
Identifier: S3348
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter from Robert Dale Owen to J.L. Thompson in New York City, New York on January 25, 1843 regarding candidates for the upcoming presidential election during the mid 1840s.
Dates:
1843/01/25
Robert K. Kyle collection
Collection
Identifier: L312
Scope and Contents
This collection includes personal and publicized writings, scrapbooks, clippings and photographs from Robert K. Kyle ranging from 1900 to 1978. It also contains correspondence from his time working as a newspaper editor at the Indianapolis Star and chair of the Department of Conservation for the State of Indiana.
There are also blueprints for the home of Robert K. Kyle and an Indianapolis Press Club award from 1974 (OBC090).
There are also blueprints for the home of Robert K. Kyle and an Indianapolis Press Club award from 1974 (OBC090).
Dates:
1900-1978
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert K. Kyle collection
Robert K. Kyle photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P006
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Robert K. Kyle in Indiana ranging from circa 1867 to 1978 regarding Kyle's daily life, family, work, recreational activities, and retirement.
Dates:
circa 1867-1978
