Democratic Party (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0967
Scope and Contents
Papers of Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. Includes typescripts, correspondence, printed materials, clippings, broadsides, and a photograph. Topics include congressional bills and legislation on diverse subjects; committees with which Kilgore was involved, including the Senate
Military Affairs Subcommittee on War Mobilization, the Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program (also known as the Truman Committee), the Committee on Military Affairs, and the...
Dates:
1937-1956
John W. Davis (1873-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2080
Overview
Correspondence of the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee; draft of a speech on legislative power; tickets to the Democratic National Convention in New York; and a poem concerning Davis' candidacy for president in 1924. Correspondence is between Davis and his nephew, John J.D. Preston, of Charleston. Subjects mentioned include politics, World War II, Davis' law practice, and family matters.
Dates:
1924-1943, 1953
Ken Hechler Interview Transcript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1164
Overview
Transcription of an oral history interview by Niel M. Johnson of the Harry S. Truman Library with Ken Hechler. Hechler, born 1914 in Roslyn, NY, received A.B., Swarthmore 1935; M.A., Columbia 1936; Ph.D., Columbia 1940 in Political Science which he later taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Marshall Universities. He served as a U. S. Army combat historian in Europe during World War II. Hechler was a research assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was special assistant to President...
Dates:
1985
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates:
1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
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- Elections 3
- Politicians -- United States 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Education 1
- Election of 1924. 1
- Guffey Coal Act. 1
- Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century 1
- Korean Conflict. 1
- Lewis County. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Politicians 1
- Public utilities 1
- Social Security -- United States 1
- Taxation 1
- Unions. 1
- United States - Social Security. 1
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Weston republican (Weston, W. Va. : 1879) The Weston republican 1
- Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Act 1 + ∧ less
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