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Wesley E. Disney Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-013

Scope and Contents The Disney Collection consists of 8 linear feet with the majority of the materials covering his tenure in office, 1931-1944. Most of the documents were originally housed in scrapbooks, including newspaper clippings. Of particular note is Disney’s column, “Washington Letter,” that he wrote for local newspapers. There are also lists that contain extensive data about his constituents. The materials cover a variety of topics including prohibition, the Grand River Dam, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the oil...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Helen Gahagan Douglas Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-014

Scope and Contents The Douglas Collection covers the former congresswoman's life from her early stage career until her death in 1980. Because the bulk of the materials document her years in Congress, the collection is especially rich in covering events and issues central to the immediate post-World War II era. Due to her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, there is a large amount of material on the earliest years of the Cold War and the establishment of the new world order. Other topics of note include the...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Douglas Turnbaugh Collection

Item

Identifier: BRSCA-DT-068

Overview The Douglas Turnbaugh Collection contains books about the Ballets Russes company and dancers, souvenir programs, original interviews for the Ballets Russes film, and a costume from the original production of The Firebird.

Found in: Ballets Russes Special Collections and Archive

J. Howard Edmondson Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-015

Scope and Contents The Edmondson Collection is disappointingly small. Occupying only 12 linear feet, the papers span the period of 1958-1964 and are largely related to his brief service as a senator. The majority of the materials consist of correspondence, but there are also speeches, press releases, travel records, clippings, campaign materials, and audio-visual items. The strength of the collection lies in its focus on Oklahoma state government, including Arkansas River projects and the repeal of prohibition in...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Mickey Edwards Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-016

Scope and Contents The Edwards Collections is approximately 126 linear feet, plus 8 maps and 50 photographs. The Correspondence and Legislative series represent the majority of the materials in the collection and include constituent correspondence, issue surveys and opinion ballots, voting records, issue folders, memos, notes, and legislation. Topics of note include cable and satellite television, the break-up of AT&T, civil rights legislation, foreign affairs, energy policy, Contra Aid, Tallgrass Prairie...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Glenn Lee English, Jr. Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-017

Scope and Contents The bulk of the English Collection covers his Congressional career, 1975-1994. This includes records generated in or received by the Washington, D.C. and district offices by the Congressman and his staff. Broadly, these records include correspondence with constituents, other members of Congress and Senators, Presidents, Executive Office staff, Cabinet members and Federal agency staff, celebrities, business leaders, and foreign officials. The collection documents the primary functions of...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Verneil English Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-PP-110

Scope and Contents The Verneil English collection consists of a variety of materials submitted by English and Kathy Fraser. English collected the greater part of these items as Carl Albert’s executive assistant. The collection includes internal memos, invitations to prominent events on Capitol Hill, legislative reference material, and various personal materials related to Carl Albert and English. One of the strongest series is the Queen’s Visit and Luncheon, which contains a large amount of information about...

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Millicent Hammond Fenwick Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-018

Scope and Contents The contents of this collection tend to be of a routine purpose and consist mainly of invitations. The bulk of Fenwick's papers is housed at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Phillip C. Ferguson Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-CC-019

Scope and Contents This small collection contains a few items related to Ferguson's ill-fated gubernatorial campaigns of 1950 and 1958 as well as scrapbooks concerned with soil conservation and flood control. In addition, there is a small photograph collection which includes several images of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District as well as images of soldiers in Vietnam in the 1960s.

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Joe Foote Collection

Collection

Identifier: CAC-PP-111

Scope and Contents The Joe Foote collection consists of 3 interviews with Carl Albert. These recordings date from 1972 to 1976, when Foote served as press secretary to Carl Albert. They include commentary by Albert and Foote on a range of issues, including the resignation of Vice President Agnew, the Watergate scandal, and Carl Albert's family background.

Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

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