Scope and Contents
This series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT&T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy. More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.
Dates
- Creation: 1960–1987
Repository Details
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536
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