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Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Politicians - Kentucky (Sc 3558), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3558. Miscellaneous letters, mostly to Kentuckians from their party officials, congressmen or senators regarding election campaigns, routine political matters or courtesies. Includes a letter from then-Senator Lyndon Johnson to the Chief Clerk of the U.S. Senate regarding Johnson’s 1955 surgery for kidney stones.


Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Rider, Kessel Payne, 1911-1982 (Sc 3551), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3551. Correspondence and papers related to Louisville, Kentucky accountant Kessel P. Rider’s campaign for election to the city’s Board of Aldermen. Includes invitations to candidates’ events, congratulatory letters, and Rider’s Notary Public certificate.


Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Democratic Party - Jefferson County, Kentucky (Sc 3552), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3552. Biographical data sheets for Democratic Party candidates for state and local offices in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1953. Also includes a blank 1959-1961 roll call tally sheet for the Louisville Board of Aldermen.


Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Republican Party - Estill County, Kentucky (Sc 3553), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3553. Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the activities of the Estill County, Kentucky Republican Committee. Topics discussed include the election of Governor Edwin Morrow, assessment of post-World War I political sentiment, investigation of political campaign expenditures, party publications, and the coming 1920 election. Also includes a blank form for polling voters in the county school districts.


Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Aug 2020

Broaddus, Andrew, 1900-1972 (Sc 3554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection SC 3554. Materials relating to the campaign of Andrew Broaddus for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky: a campaign biography, his opening campaign speech delivered on radio, and a copy of the trade publication The Louisville Grocer containing an endorsement of Broaddus.


Campbell Collection (Mss 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2020

Campbell Collection (Mss 683), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 683. Correspondence and papers primarily relating to the service of Elvis R. Campbell, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the public works department of city government and at Detrex Corporation. Also includes account books/farm journals and business papers of his parents, John R. Campbell and Maggie (Brown) Campbell.