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York County League Of Women Voters - Accession 161, League Of Women Voters, York County Jan 2019

York County League Of Women Voters - Accession 161, League Of Women Voters, York County

Manuscript Collection

The York County League of Women’s Voters is a political organization active in encouraging citizen participation in the electoral process and the government in general. The collection consists of bylaws, constitutions, correspondence, membership lists, newsletters, publications, program notes, minutes, annual reports, model cities information, project information, and questionnaires concerning the creation, activities and early history of the League.


Faroosh And Elina, Faroosh, Elina, Tsos Jan 2016

Faroosh And Elina, Faroosh, Elina, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Faroosh was a cameraman for a private television program in Afghanistan working on a documentary about the Taliban. When he and his crew were discovered, the Taliban attacked them and he and his wife fled to Turkey, walking 12 hours to get there. Upon arrival the police arrested and harassed them. Turkey was not a safe place. After several suicide bombings in the area, they decided to move on to Greece, where they are in a refugee camp without any progress in their situation. They have no money to move forward and no ability to work and the economic situation …


Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers - Accession 155, Juanita Willmon Goggins Jan 1978

Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers - Accession 155, Juanita Willmon Goggins

Manuscript Collection

The Juanita Willmon Goggins Papers include correspondence, speeches, biographical data, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, photographs and other papers documenting the political career of Goggins who was the first African-American woman elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. Subjects include home rule for York County, African-Americans in politics, sickle cell anemia, appropriations, taxes, and public education in York County.


Radio Speech, Katharine Kennedy Brown Oct 1930

Radio Speech, Katharine Kennedy Brown

Katharine Kennedy Brown Speeches

A speech written for dissemination via radio by Katharine Kennedy Brown in favor of the Hoover administration. In this speech, Brown details the achievements of the President Hoover as well advocates for Ohio to vote for other Republican candidates in Congress to support the President in Washington.


Speech For Herbert Hoover In Miamisburg, Ohio, Katharine Kennedy Brown Nov 1928

Speech For Herbert Hoover In Miamisburg, Ohio, Katharine Kennedy Brown

Katharine Kennedy Brown Speeches

A draft of a speech written by Katharine Kennedy Brown given prior to the 1928 presidential election of Herbert J. Hoover. In this speech Brown details what she considers the necessary qualifications of an ideal presidential candidate, and then proceeds to highlight these qualifications as they are exemplified by Herbert Hoover.