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United States -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Allen C. Smith papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS333
Scope and Content This collection contains the manuscript and research for Allen C. Smith's thesis, The Republican Party in Georgia, 1867-1871. It was completed as part of his master's degree from Duke University in 1936. Also included are essays by Smith entitled The Union League in Georgia, The Secession Fight in Georgia, and Aggressive Slavocracy in Georgia, as well as...
Dates: 1930-1950, undated

Atlanta newspapers scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS453
Scope and Content

This collection contains newspaper clippings from the "Atlanta Constitution" and "Atlanta Journal" newspapers. The bulk of the clippings have been arranged topically and arranged in a series of scrapbooks.

Dates: 1911-1960, undated

C. Mildred Thompson papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS256
Scope and Content This collection consists, primarily, of the writings and research of C. Mildred Thompson: both academic and popular magazine articles; letters she received and sent; and speeches she delivered. Correspondence to C. Mildred Thompson includes letters from several historically prominent individuals, including Senator John Kennedy; President Franklin Roosevelt; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; and cultural leaders including Harpo Marx; Cecil B. DeMille; and Archibald MacLeish. In addition, files contain...
Dates: 1883-1963

Hayden family papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1183
Scope and Content

This collection contains scrapbooks from Julius Hayden and Evelyn Whitner, Julius' granddaughter. Julius' scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from the presidential election of 1860 as well as the first year of the American Civil War. Evelyn's scrapbook contains image clippings mostly of women, children, and animals. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings from the 1930s and 1940s.

Dates: 1861-1946, undated

Jack Spalding correspondence

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS327f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence of Atlanta attorney Jack J. Spalding. Included are letters to W. D. Anderson of Bibb Manufacturing Company in Macon, Georgia over the philosophy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal. Other letters are between Spalding and Democratic National Committee Secretary Lawrence Wood Robert, Jr. Other correspondence relates to a land transaction in which he was involved.

Dates: 1914-1937, 1966

James C. Davis papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS89f
Scope and Content

This collection contains printed speeches of U.S. Representative James C. Davis of Georgia printed in the Congressional Record on government expenditures and Communism.

Dates: 1949-1950, undated

John William Augustine Sanford, Jr. letter and Constitution Union Party of Georgia address

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS497f
Scope and Content This collection contains printed copies of an address to the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia and a letter from John William Augustine Sanford Jr. to a "Dr. L. F. W. Andrews." The address to the Constitutional Union Party of Georgia was written by the executive committee, announcing the dissolution of the party. It stated that the political goals of the party had succeeded, and therefore the party no longer had a purpose. Members of the executive committee urged party members to support...
Dates: 1853 January 28, undated

Sally Parris scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS303
Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single scrapbook containing newspaper clippings. The majority of the articles pertain to agriculture, politics, and personalities.

Dates: 1893-1903

Southern Voice records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1016
Scope and Content This collection contains editorial planning records and subject files for stories published by Southern Voice. These files include editorial planning meeting notes, story assignments, camera-ready art, and subject files on national and regional issues of crime, health, lifestyle, and politics concerning the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender community. The camera-ready art consists of photographs and graphics used in conjunction with published...
Dates: 1982-2007 undated

Virginia Conrad Ribble scrapbook

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1171
Scope and Content

The collection contains a copy of The Congressional Globe published in 1847 that Virginia Conrad Ribble used as a scrapbook. The book covers proceedings and debates of the twenty-ninth United States Congress. Ribble pasted newspaper clippings throughout the book to document the major events of the Civil War throughout the United States.

Dates: 1847-1868, undated