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Correspondence, subject files, legal briefs and papers, and other material pertaining to Wells' career and interest in legislative representation and redistricting, including the Wells Vs. Rockefeller Supreme Court challenge, anti-gerrymandering legislation, presidential election system reform, and other legal cases concerning districting and reform.

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Material concerning "Blue Laws" and opposition to alcohol sales in New York State, 1948-1952; yellow margarine legislation; and a Federal World government, 1949-1952. Also, correspondence concerning the opposition to establishment of a Northwestern New York Water Authority, 1950; and material concerning "Operation Understanding," a series of activities including Thanksgiving Dinner, for foreign students in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York.

Abstract Ives's papers, which pertain chiefly to his service in the U.S. Senate, include correspondence, memoranda, and other material from constituents, fellow legislators, executive departments, and the general public concerning appointments, bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Ives, committee hearings, education, federal agencies, commissions, and departments, foreign affairs and foreign aid, labor and public welfare, international organizations, national defense and internal security, patronage,...

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Subject files pertaining to laws that affect Cornell University.

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William T. Doty (1847-1936) was born in Sussex County, New Jersey. The William T. Doty papers (1842-1945, bulk 1864-1934) document William T. Doty’s career as a newspaper editor, journalist, agriculturist, historian, and politician. It contains manuscripts, notes and drafts, newspaper clippings, press releases, diaries, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera.