Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995

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This collection contains .5 linear feet of mixed materials including correspondence, speech transcripts, newspaper clippings, a memo and a receipt.

Scope and Contents The collection is divided into 20 series, arranged both chronologically and by format type. The content concerns the advertising campaigns run by the Godwin Advertising Agency on behalf of the States’ Rights Democratic Party and a number of state and local politicians in Mississippi between 1948 and 1971, as well as a large group of photographs taken for the Agricultural and Industrial Board to promote the state between 1947 and 1955. The material gives insights into the role of advertising...

Scope and Content Note This collection documents the activities of Berch W. Henry, who served as the Officer-in-Charge of Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, located in Gulfport, Mississippi, from 1954 to 1964. After his tenure with the institute he became the Assistant Director of the Southern Forest Experiment Station, a position he held until his retirement in 1973. It contains personal correspondence between Henry and various businessmen and politicians throughout Mississippi from 1953 to 1974. Most of the...

Scope and Contents The Executive Series is made up of a number of sub-series chronicling Stennis' interactions with the Executive Branch of the US Government.The Presidential Correspondence is composed of White House-General Correspondence and Presidential Correspondence.White House-General Correspondence includes letters sent and received between the White House and Senator Stennis and his staff from 1957-1982 and letters regarding presidential administrations for the same period. The...

Scope and Contents The State Department Series contains correspondencce and other materials related to Stennis's interactions with the Department. Materials are broken into series as thehy relate to members of the diplomatic corps, citizen requests for passports and visas, and diplomatic agencies such as the Peace Corps and the United Nations.The Correspondence Sub-Series contains correspondence with constituents regarding overseas travel, immigration, various cultural and educational programs in...

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This series contains material such as correspondence and contracts related the armed forces and the United States Department of the Defense. Specific subjects include prisoners of war, the Corps of Engineers, the National Guard, the Army, the Navy, Air Force, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway, Ingalls Shipbuilding, procurements and operations, and other cases and reports. It covers the dates 1951-1981.

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This series contains material related to the Justice Department. Subjects include the Bureau of Prison, the Bureau of Paroles, Immigration and Naturalization and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, ranging from 1947-1977.

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This series contains material related to the United States Postal Service, post offices, and commemorative stamps. The dates range from 1948-1977.

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This series contains material related to the Department of the Interior. Specific subjects ranging from 1948-1977 include the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Energy, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, among others.