POL. Politics

Scope and Contents This small collection (.5 linear feet) of correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia dating from 1958 to 1980 consists mainly of invitations to important events such as inaugurations, correspondence regarding special events, and notes of congratulations. The collection was organized chronologically according to Burke's career, with congressional material first, followed by mayoral material. General and miscellaneous material is the last grouping.The correspondence includes...

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Includes minutes, newsletters, financial information, membership lists, and other documentation. Accessions 1979-104, 1979-156, and 1979-157 are represented in this collection.

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This .25 linear feet of records include organizational and strategy files, media and campaign materials, finance reports, clippings, and some research material on earlier governmental reorganization efforts. There is also a sampling of items in support of the merger issue.

Scope and Contents These are copies of printed reports, studies, and surveys commissioned by the governments of the city of Louisville (Ky.) and Jefferson County, Ky. Subjects of these materials include government, education, housing, mental health care, and traffic. Additional items, including "identification material" (1948-1949) and another copy of the 1953 survey report, were added to the collection in September 2004. These materials were found on the shelf during an inventory made in December...

Content Description The papers of Senator Marlow Webster Cook document his years of public service to his community and nation during the period 1961-1974, with the bulk of the documents covering his period of service as a United States Senator (1968-1974). The collection consists of speeches, legislative issue files, documents relating to legislation he sponsored, voting records, constituent correspondence files, grants, press releases and memorabilia from his service as a county judge in Jefferson County,...

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Consists of Democratic Party and Mose Green Club scrapbooks, minutes of the executive committee, photographs of party leaders and elected officials, and other records.

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This collection consists mainly of published materials such as newspapers, newsletters, and flyers relating to the New Left and its causes in the 1960s. There are some non-published materials such as membership lists and Denk's own papers. The majority of these materials are from national or regional groups, rather than local organizations. A microfilm of his anti-war scrapbook is also available in Archives and Special Collections.

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This collection includes legislative correspondence and three boxes of photographs of Duffy with other politicians, including Lawrence Wetherby.

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These are artifacts relating to Mayor Charles P. Farnsley's mayoral administration and political career. Present is a city of Louisville flag dating from 1948 to 1953; a key to the city from the same era; and a 1965 "Charles Farnsley For Congress" campaign poster.