Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:
Political material collection
Collection
Identifier: L219
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, periodicals, campaign flyers, brochures, bumper stickers, buttons, pins, pencils, ribbons, sample ballots, appeals for donations, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles from local, state and national politicians in Indiana and the United States ranging from 1752 to 2017, regarding elections, campaigns, political issues, politicians, and elective office in Indiana and Washington, D.C.Oversize materials include political material concerning...
Dates:
1752-2017, undated
Program collection
Collection
Identifier: L658
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs from throughout Indiana ranging from 1836 to 2017 and undated regarding the following subjects:Series 1: Music- Includes programs related to concerts, recitals, and music schools.Series 2: Religion- Includes programs related to religious services, conferences, and events.Series 3: Art- Includes programs related to galleries and exhibits, art schools, antiques, and architecture.Series 4: Dance- Includes programs...
Dates:
1836-2017, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Program collection
Prohibition Party of Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L568
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Prohibition Party of Indiana records from 1952 to 1972, and state and national party newsletters (1962-1972); campaign and convention materials, press releases, and campaign financial records (1952-1968); literature regarding alcohol abuse and the rehabilitation of alcoholics; correspondence with party candidates and religious and temperance groups during the 1960s; and Prohibition Party financial support cards from 1966 to 1968. Also included are records of the Goshen,...
Dates:
1943-1973
Ralph F. Gates oral history
Collection
Identifier: OH020
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two copies of a transcript and a reel-to-reel audiotape of an interview with Ralph F. Gates conducted by Randall Jehs for the Indiana State Library Oral History Project on February 3, 1971. There are also clippings from 1976 to 1978.Gates discusses his family and childhood; his political views; Indiana Republican politics and his involvement; practicing law; the Ku Klux Klan; the American Legion; and running for Governor and his term in office. He also talks...
Dates:
1971/02/03
Raymond E. Willis papers
Collection
Identifier: L179
Scope and Contents
This collection comrpises correspondence of Raymond E. Willis from Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1936 to 1950 and undated, relating to his campaigns for senator in 1938, 1940, and 1946 and his years as a U.S. 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.
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 — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2279
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
