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Politicians.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Addison B. Parker papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2319
Scope and content

Papers of the Parker family of Watertown include six clipping scrapbooks and photograph albums, relating mainly to Parker's civic, political, and fraternal duties. Also, letters (1917-1919) from his son, Second Lieutenant Fred M. Parker, concerning his experiences with the Motor Transportation Corps of the American Expeditionary Force in France, the service of black soldiers, and his impressions of Paris and the French countryside.

Dates: 1873-[ca. 1944]

Barber Conable papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2794
Abstract

Files of Barber Conable, generated during his tenure as New York State Senator and United States Congressman. Also, a narrative account of his experiences with the World Bank.

Dates: 1960-1985.

Barry Goldwater papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2616
Abstract

Largely 1964 campaign letters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and other materials from various sources, including Republican National Committee members, national and local political figures, and individual voters and their children. Subjects included are conservatism, the Republican National Committee, gun control, Medicare, civil rights, and the John Birch Society.

Dates: 1964-1965.

Bert Lord papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1776
Abstract

Political business, and personal papers consisting mainly of correspondence, but also including scrapbooks, loose newspaper clippings, pamphlets and other printed or mimeographed material, copies of speeches, legal documents, and accounts.

Dates: 1902-1939.

Bob Shultz Political Americana collection

 Collection — Mapcase folder 17
Identifier: 8566
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 3,912 items, including buttons, ribbons, posters, bumper stickers, pamphlets, flyers, and other ephemera, and 3-dimensional items such as glassware, soap, cigars, clocks, figurines, toys, and more. Politcal items include all the major presidental candiates from the 1960s through the 2016 election as well as many smaller state and local campaigns, mainly from New York State.

Dates: circa 1960-2016

Chester C. Platt papers

 Collection
Identifier: 195
Abstract Copies of a series of articles written by Platt for the Batavia Times called Human Behavior, which covered a variety of subjects from politics to travel; also included are editorials, articles submitted to other newspapers, speeches, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to Platt's numerous interests. The political correspondents include William Sulzer and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Documents pertaining to the operation of a drugstore. Newspapers include letters pertaining to the three...
Dates: 1869-1934.

Chester Loomis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2238
Abstract Papers include correspondence, deeds and agreements, personal and business accounts, petitions, drafts of speeches, and resolutions, mainly concerning local politics and patronage, the Anti-Masonic Party, abolitionist agitation, temperance, the use of convict labor, pensions for veterans of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, opposition to the Bank of the United States, and land speculation in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other parts of the Midwest; also, correspondence and legal and...
Dates: 1813-1865.

Christina M. Cantine papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065235933]
Identifier: 1652
Scope and content Letters to members of the Williams and Cantine families of Ithaca, New York, especially Christine M. Cantine, and to members of the Van Buren family of Kinderhook; also a few pieces of poetry, invitations, announcements, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous papers. Letters include two from Martin Van Buren, including one about the life of his brother-in-law Moses I. Cantine (1774-1823), editor of THE ALBANY ARGUS and a political supporter; letters of Moses I. Cantine to his daughter...
Dates: 1819-1887.

Frederick Boyce Bryant Republican Party correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065201232]
Identifier: 2895
Scope and content

Correspondence and printed material relating primarily to Republican Party matters during Frederick Bryant's tenure as chairman of the Tompkins County Republican Committee. Includes eight short speeches Bryant wrote supporting Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign.

Dates: 1956-1967.

Gabriel L. Kaplan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2898
Scope and content

Collection consists of three scrapbooks (1938-1941, 1940-1941, and 1951-1969) including news clippings, a little correspondence, and some photographs. The manuscript volume "1949 Slum Survey" with photographs and text is also included.

Dates: 1938-1969.