Politics & government -- United States

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 The Dorothy Dow Butturff papers comprise 2 boxes of her correspondence used in McClure's book, as well as other letters and related manuscript material. Box 1 consists of correspondence from such White House worthies as Mrs. Roosevelt; James Roosevelt; Malvina Thompson; Edith Helm; and George T. Bye, Mrs. Roosevelt's literary agent. The major portion of the correpsondence deals with a book Mrs. Butturff has proposed to publish. Box 2 contains manuscript copes of Mrs. Butturff's letters as a...

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This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.

Personal papers of George W. Carey. Carey was a Professor of Government at Georgetown University and expert on American political thought, especially The Federalist Papers and the Constitution.

Content Description

Materials pertaining to Higbie's work as press secretary for Eugene McCarthy. Includes press releases (1967-1976); campaign and source material (articles, photographs, congressional data, campaign buttons); and tape recordings of interviews, poetry readings and speeches.

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Scope and Contents Correspondence, manuscripts, reviews, and clippings, principally pertaining to J. Herman Schauinger's research on early Catholic history in the United States. Included is transcribed and photocopied research material pertaining to Fr. Stephen Badin, Bishop Benoit J. Flaget, Bishop Jean B.M. David, Oresetes Brownson, and William Gaston. Also included are files from Schauinger's involvement with Eugene McCarthy's senatorial and presidential campaigns between 1958 and 1971. Note: Click on...