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Politics, Practical

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Republican National Committee records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2408
Scope and content

Files of chairman William Edward Miller, including minutes, memoranda, correspondence, press releases, lists, committee working papers, speeches, itineraries, party publications, and pther material relating to the National Committee's political work, with particular reference to the campaign of Barry Goldwater, and the election of 1968. Includes files of chairman Dean Burch.

Dates: 1918-1970.

Republican National Committee records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2502
Scope and content

Files of Dean Burch, chairman, including correspondence, rosters, itineraries, news releases, party publications, clippings, cartoons, and other papers of the National Committee pertaining to the administration of the Committee and the campaign of Barry Goldwater.

Dates: 1964-1965.

Richard Brown Scandrett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2623
Abstract

Mainly papers that document Scandrett's tenure (1934-36) as Treasurer of the Republican Committee of Orange County, New York.

Dates: 1907 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1951

Ripon Society records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2824
Abstract Includes correspondence, research projects, civil rights material, reports, fund raising material, programs, minutes of meetings, financial records, memoranda, press releases, newsletters, publications, correspondence and other material related to various Republican organizations, mailings to potential contributors and subscribers, membership records, research materials and papers, clippings, and other records of the Ripon Society. Also records of the Ripon Society collected by Howard F....
Dates: 1963-1978.

Robinson family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1960
Abstract

Correspondence, legal documents, and related papers dealing with the law practice and family life of James Richards Robinson.

Dates: 1868-1950.

Roland and Emily Elkus Crangle scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1910
Scope and content Four scrapbooks include clippings, letters, typed speeches, printed matter, and other items relating to Crangle's legal career, his candidacy for Congress on the Democratic ticket, 1930, and his interest in New York State politics and the future of Ireland; there is also much on Mrs. Crangle's activities in the League of Women Voters of Erie County, her interest in the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School at Industry, and in other civic and social groups. Correspondents include...
Dates: 1898-1955.

Samuel Beach Bradley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 733
Scope and content Included among Bradley's papers are materials relating to his student days; notebooks of cures and remedies (1815+); a list of infants delivered (1818-1876); an alphabetically arranged listing of proper names in Dr. Bradley's diaries compiled by Grace Goodell Witty; sermons and religious experiences; fragmentary diaries; an autobiography (44 pp.); genealogical notes; a description of Eaton, New York, with recordings of weather and plant growth (1818); a manuscript speech against abolition...
Dates: 1789-1890.

Samuel Frederick Nixon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1944
Abstract

Includes correspondence from fellow political figures, constituents, special interest groups, and office-seekers concerning legislation under consideration in Albany; local and state politics, patronage, and other matters. Also, personal business correspondence; scrapbooks (4 volumes, 1895-1958) of clippings, cartoons, and broadsides, dealing chiefly with poitical events and issues during Nixon's public life; memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.

Dates: 1887-1958,-1887-1905 (bulk)

W. Sterling Cole papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2081
Abstract

Representative Cole's papers, which pertain almost exclusively to his years in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Dates: [ca. 1935-1957]

William Edward Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2391
Abstract

Correspondence with constituents on numerous topics, clippings, tape recordings, press releases, speeches, and legislation. Also, material pertaining to the 1964 Presidential campaign, including campaign contributions, committee meetings, campaign speeches of the Miller and Goldwater campaign, and reports of the Republican National Committee and the John Birch Society.

Dates: 1951-1964.