Scope and Contents

Letters, articles, typescripts, political pamphlets collected by Butler duing tenure as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Summer and Fall 1968.

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Scope and Contents note The Brien McMahon Papers consist of correspondence, speeches, legal papers, newspaper clippings, honors and awards, photographs, and personal ephemera concerning the life of the late Senator and his family from circa 1930 to 1953. While the majority of the papers concern McMahon's career with the U.S. Department of Justice, there is also some material regarding his two Senate terms, his marriage to Rosemary Turner, his Presidential campaign in 1952, and his death.The collection...