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Politics.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John Y. Simon Original Documents and Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: USGPL-JYS
Scope and Content Note

This collection contains documents and ephemera removed from the office and personal files of Ulysses S. Grant Association Executive Director Dr. John Y. Simon. These items include orginal documents signed by Presidents of the United States, political ephemera, and personal items related to Dr. Simon's father's service in World War I.

Dates: 1846 - 1952

Sam Wilhite papers

 Collection
Identifier: CPRC-137
Scope and Content The collection documents the activities of Sam Wilhite (1919-1998), who served as executive assistant to Mississippi Governor Hugh White in his second term (1952-1956) and was deeply involved in Democratic political work on the state, regional, and national levels during the late 1940s and 1950s. Among the candidates for whom he campaigned were Adlai Stevenson, John C. Stennis, and Hugh White. Wilhite also worked with the chambers of commerce in Florence, Alabama, and in West Point and...
Dates: 1871 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1976