Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 237 Collections and/or Records:
Warren T. McCray collection
Collection
Identifier: L096
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two drafts of Warren T. McCray's memoirs, written shortly after his release from prison, describing his family and childhood, agriculture and business interests, political campaigns, and governorship, facsimiles of documents from his trial on mail fraud charges, and his time served in federal prison.
Dates:
1923-1927
Wendell Willkie collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1411
Scope and Contents
This collection includes four letters written by Wendell Willkie (1936-1943); an early draft of a biography by Will Hays titled “Wendell L. Willkie: A Great Liberal” (May 1940); a typewritten copy of “Gentleman From Indiana,” an essay by Janet Flanner that was published in Harper’s Bazaar (September 15, 1940); other documents related to his 1940 presidential campaign; rough drafts of editorials following Willkie’s death (October 1944); carbon copies of letters...
Dates:
1936-1945
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wendell Willkie collection
Wilfrid J. Ullrich papers
Collection
Identifier: L530
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, documents and notes ranging from 1969 to 1977 regarding Wilfrid J. Ullrich's work as a senator in the Indiana General Assembly. The bulk of the correspondence is from Indiana residents stating their support or opposition to bills being considered during the 1977 legislative session. Ullrich received the largest number of letters concerning the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.); the creation of an Indiana Board of Chiropractic...
Dates:
1969-1977
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wilfrid J. Ullrich papers
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
William B. Pickett collection
Collection
Identifier: L449
Scope and Contents
This collection includes chapters related to the dissertation, "Homer E. Capehart: The making of a Hoosier Senator" and book manuscript,Homer E. Capehart: A Senator's Life, 1897-1979, written by William Beatty Pickett, ranging from 1914 to 1981. The collection also includes correspondence, book notes, articles, photographs, oral history interview transcripts, speeches, clippings, pamphlets, political documents, and index cards with notes on sections,...
Dates:
1914-1981, undated
William C. Miller thesis
Collection — Folder S0964
Identifier: S0964
Scope and Contents
This collection contains William C. Miller's thesis, "The Indiana Klan and Its Influence on Hoosier Politics," circa 1970s. The thesis discusses the influence of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana during the 1920s and the rise "in the fortunes and power of almost all the leaders of the movement," most notably David Curtis (D.C.) Stephenson. Miller's thesis advisor was Professor Joel Silbey of Cornell University.
Dates:
circa 1970s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William C. Miller thesis
William Dudley Foulke papers
Collection
Identifier: L056
Scope and Contents
The collection includes William Dudley Foulke's correspondence relating to civil service reform, the women's rights movement, Indiana and national Republican Party politics, the Progressive Party in 1912 and 1916, American involvement in the Philippine Islands, and his work on behalf of American preparedness in World War I, and on behalf of the World Court, the League to Enforce Peace, and the League of Nations; copies of his extensive correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt regarding civil...
Dates:
1849-1932
William F. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: L086
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal and business papers and correspondence of William F. Jones ranging from 1827 to 1890. The correspondence regards Jones’s land and business interest in Blackford and Delaware County and his work on the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad. There is also information regarding state and national politics, receipts, and a girl’s diary. Correspondents include Jones’s family in Ohio, his daughter and son-in-law, Thomas Dowling, William H. English, Andrew J....
Dates:
1827-1890
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William F. Jones papers
William H. Blodgett scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: L372
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two scrapbooks from William H. Blodgett in Anderson, New Castle, and Richmond, Indiana; Illinois; and elsewhere in the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1895 and undated. The scrapbooks contain correspondence, checks, advertisement cards, newspaper clippings, programs, and a ribbon. The first scrapbook (1858-1884, 1895) concerns numerous topics, including politics, business, religion, crime, sports, temperance, police corruption, and other current and local events...
Dates:
1858-1895
William H. Elliott collection
Collection
Identifier: L601
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, postcards, papers and bound volumes of letters from William H. Elliott and family in New Castle, Indiana; the United States; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Italy; and France, ranging from 1889 to 1945 regarding political and personal matters.
Dates:
1889-1945
