Guide to the Ernest Hillman Papers, 1928-1969 AIS.1993.03
Arrangement
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Ernest Hillman Papers
Creator
Hillman, Ernest
Collection Number
AIS.1993.03
Extent
6 Linear Feet(6 boxes)
Date
1928-1969
Date
1946-1969
Abstract
The Ernest Hillman Papers reflect Hillman's participation in local, state, and national Republican politics, especially in the years following his retirement from the Hillman Coal and Coke Company in 1945. Digital reproductions of selected folder contents are available.
Language
English
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Author
Allyson Glazier.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital reproductions of selected folders are available online.
Arrangement
Since the material was organized and appropriately labeled, original file folder designations have been largely maintained in the finding aid. This collection was originally arranged into three series, with a fourth series index. Upon final processing, file folders designated as 24, 44, and 103 in the original order were found to contain no material.
In September 2012, six personal scrapbooks were added to the collection and designated as the fifth series.
Scope and Content Notes
The papers reflect Ernest Hillman's participation in politics in the years following his retirement from Hillman Coal and Coke Company in 1945 and were preserved by his grandson, R. Gregg Hillman. There are two separate groups of alphabetical files: those pertaining to Hillman's support of Senator Robert A. Taft, particularly in spring and summer of 1952, and alphabetical files relating to his other numerous and varied political activities over many years.
The Taft files are focused and detail Hillman's leadership and participation in the local Citizens' Committee for Bob Taft and the committee's role in the national political scene. Material related to the Republican National Convention in July 1952 is included and is particularly interesting. The ephemera collected at the convention and from other local events add a colorful dimension to the files.
Ernest Hillman served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Citizens' Committee for Bob Taft for Allegheny County in 1952. The Taft committee files include much correspondence, especially copies of letters to various persons involved locally, statewide, and nationally with Senator Taft's efforts to become the Republican nominee for President. Files document events and also include notes, speeches, clippings, detailed event preparation, issue information, fund raising efforts, as well as some original letters from and signed by many notable historical figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Robert A. Taft, for example.
The general political files contrast with the Taft files since they cover a broader array of activities and years, beginning in the 1940s. These files include not only Hillman's term as Allegheny County Commissioner (1947-1951), but also subsequent years during which he continued to be politically active in the community and nationally, until his death in the late 1960s. The files include letters to and from governors and political leaders of Pennsylvania, as well as other state and national political figures, varying political topics and organizations, correspondence to and from constituents and other community leaders, and invitations and material regarding events attended. Included are speeches given by Hillman, especially while he was County Commissioner, news releases, and clippings and brochures on current issues.
The Correspondent Name Index includes entries for persons not explicitly mentioned in the Contents List.
Previous Citation
Ernest Hillman Papers, 1928-1969, AIS.1993.03, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Ernest Hillman Papers, 1928-1969, AIS.1993.03, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Biography
Ernest Hillman was born to John Hartwell Hillman and Sallie Murfree Frazer in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 11, 1883. The family moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., in the mid-1880s, and later became one of the financial and industrial leaders in Allegheny County. Ernest Hillman married Clara Isabel Gregg on April 6, 1911, and had two children, Ernest Hillman, Jr., and Richard McLeod Hillman. After his wife's death in 1919, he remarried on November 23, 1936 to Marguerite Dulson Jenkins, the former Mrs. Carl H. Borntraeger.
Ernest Hillman graduated from Shady Side Academy, and was awarded a Doctor of Laws degree in 1951 from Allegheny College. In 1906, Hillman entered the family's business, Hillman Coal and Coke Company, and was its vice president until retiring in 1945.
Hillman participated prominently in local politics in Allegheny County and served as Allegheny County Commissioner from 1947-1951. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1948 and 1952. He supported Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio in his 1952 unsuccessful bid against Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican presidential nomination. Hillman was vice president and director for the Fox Chapel Water Authority and also was director of the Fox Chapel District Association. He was also a member of the Cavalry Episcopal Church and the Fox Chapel Episcopal Church, the Civic Club of Allegheny County, the Duquesne Club, Fox Chapel Golf Club, Rolling Rock Country Club, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Society. He was also a director of the Boys' Club of Pittsburgh and was a 32nd Degree Mason, and a member of the Shrine and Fellowship Lodge 679, F&AM.
Ernest Hillman died in 1969 at the age of 86. The case file contains a more detailed obituary.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Linda Moulton on May 11, 1994. Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Doris Hayashikawain in February 1999.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Acquisition Information
Gift of R. Gregg Hillman on February 6, 1993.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Allegheny County (Pa.). Board of Commissioners
Republican National Convention
Personal Names
Hillman, Ernest
Geographic Names
Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Allegheny County (Pa.) -- Officials and employees
Allegheny County (Pa.) -- Politics and government
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Genres
Correspondence
Ephemera
Other Subjects
Labor
Politics
Political conventions -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Nomination
Nominations for office -- United States
Campaign literature
Political campaigns -- United States
Politicians -- Pennsylvania
Politicians -- United States
Container List
Scope and Content Notes
The Taft for President Alpha Files series detail Hillman's leadership and participation in the local Citizens' Committee for Bob Taft and the committee's role in the national political scene. Material related to the Republican National Convention in July 1952 is included and is particularly interesting. The ephemera collected at the convention and from other local events add a colorful dimension to the files.
Hillman served as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Citizens' Committee for Bob Taft for Allegheny County in 1952. The Taft committee files include much correspondence, especially copies of letters to various persons involved locally, statewide, and nationally with Senator Taft's efforts to become the Republican nominee for President. Files document events and also include notes, speeches, clippings, detailed event preparation, issue information, fund raising efforts, as well as some original letters from and signed by many notable historical figures such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and Robert A. Taft, for example.
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box 1, folder 10
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box 1, folder 11
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box 1, folder 12
Scope and Content Notes
Clarence J. Brown (Representative from Ohio), 1/29/53 (1 TLS); J.W. Brandt (Chairman, Independent Republicans for MacArthur-Taft Ticket), 4/15/52; "Headlines" show Ike's questionable affiliations (1 TLS); Owen Brewster (U.S. Senator from Maine), 3/22/52; Biographical sketch of Senator Brewster (1 TLS);
Clarence J. Brown (Representative from Ohio), 1/23/52, 2/1/52, 2/5/52, 3/4/52, 3/12/52 (5 TLS).
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box 1, folder 13
Scope and Content Notes
Much regarding Wedemeyer, Chairman, National Citizens for Taft Committee, and his appearance in Pittsburgh, June 6, 1952, his speech, related event notes and other local arrangements.
Wedemeyer, A.C. (Chairman, National Citizens for Taft Committee), 6/6/52 7/25/52 (2 TL); Record of press conference of 7/11/52; Cameron, Robert C. (Executive Director PA Citizens Committee for Bob Taft) 5/29/52, 6/3/52, 6/9/52, 7/3/52 7/15/52 (5 letters); Telegraph urging voters to call or write to delegates to vote for Taft, 6/27/52.
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box 1, folder 14
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box 1, folder 15
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box 1, folder 16
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box 1, folder 17
Scope and Content Notes
Includes monthly publications concerning political issues & candidates.
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box 1, folder 18
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box 1, folder 19
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box 1, folder 20
Scope and Content Notes
James H. Duff (U.S. Senator), 4/16/52 (1 TL).
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box 1, folder 21
Scope and Content Notes
Brochures and statements by Taft and others re: campaign, letters, contributions, Taft's speaking schedule for the ticket, pamphlets and brochures, text of Nixon's "Report to the Nation" (9-24-52), letter to Hillman signed by Dwight Eisenhower (7-26-52), Nixon address "The Great Issue of Our Times" (5-24-51), Taft's "Statement in Support of the Candidacy of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Issues of the Campaign"; Republican Executive Committee of Allegheny County's "Dwight D. Eisenhower-Richard M. Nixon: The Choice of a Nation"; publicity comic book highlighting Ike's and Nixon's lives.
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box 1, folder 22
Scope and Content Notes
James G. Fulton (U.S. Congressman), 4/18/52 (1 TL).
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box 1, folder 23
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box 1, folder 25
Scope and Content Notes
John S. Fine (Governor of Pennsylvania) 7/2/52 (1 TLS); John S. Fine (Governor of Pennsylvania): Telegram asking Hillman to meet Ike at Gettysburg farm (1 TLS); James G. Fulton(U.S. Congressman) 3/6/56;
Biographical sketch of Congressman James Fulton (1 TL).
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box 1, folder 26
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box 1, folder 27
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box 1, folder 28
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box 1, folder 29
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box 1, folder 30
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box 1, folder 31
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box 1, folder 32
Scope and Content Notes
Carl B. Jansen (President, Dravo Corporation), 10/15/51 (2 TLS), 11/15/51, (2 TLS).
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box 1, folder 33
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box 1, folder 34
Scope and Content Notes
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (U.S. Senator and Campaign Manager for Eisenhower) Correspondence about convention rule changes (1 telegram).
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box 1, folder 35
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box 1, folder 36
Scope and Content Notes
Clippings from The Gazette, Wilkinsburg.
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box 1, folder 37
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box 1, folder 38
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box 1, folder 39
Scope and Content Notes
Sherman Adams (Governor of New Hampshire), 6/25/52 (1 TL)
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box 1, folder 40
Scope and Content Notes
Ben E. Tate (Treasurer, Taft Committee), 3/14/52 (1 TLS).
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box 1, folder 41
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box 1, folder 42
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box 1, folder 43
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box 1, folder 45
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box 1, folder 46
Scope and Content Notes
Willard F. Rockwell (400 N. Lexington Ave, Pittsburgh, PA), 11/20/51 (1 TLS).
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box 1, folder 47
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box 1, folder 48
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box 1, folder 49
Scope and Content Notes
Includes Taft addresses, correspondence and notes regarding workers, welcoming committee, press conference and details of arrangements for the day's events, including a luncheon and evening rally.
John D. M. Hamilton (Taft Committee Eastern Manager), 4/10/52 (1 TL); Frank W. Judson (Vice President Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.), 3/31/52 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 50
Scope and Content Notes
J.D.C. Miller, Treasurer; finances generally and related to Taft Day.
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box 2, folder 51
Scope and Content Notes
Lapel buttons and pins.
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box 2, folder 52
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence lists and contribution notes.
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box 2, folder 53
Scope and Content Notes
L. Richard Guylay (Director of Publicity, Taft Committee), 8/13/52 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 54
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box 2, folder 55
Scope and Content Notes
Includes clippings and booklets on the subject.
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box 2, folder 56
Scope and Content Notes
Includes correspondence both before and after the convention and several original letters to Hillman from Senator Taft: I. Jack Martin (Administrative Assistant to Robert A. Taft), 1/14/52, 2/26/52, 4/24/52, 7/25/52, 5/14/53, 6/2/53, 9/17/53 (7 TLS); Robert A. Taft (U.S. Senator, Ohio), 11/14/51, 2/22/52, 4/8/52, 5/5/52, 6/16/52, 8/2/52, 10/21/52 (7 TLS).
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box 2, folder 57
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box 2, folder 58
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box 2, folder 59
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box 2, folder 60
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box 2, folder 61
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box 2, folder 62
Scope and Content Notes
Robert Taft luncheon event, 6-5-52.
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box 2, folder 63
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box 2, folder 64
Scope and Content Notes
The General Political Files series covers a broad array of activities and years, beginning in the 1940s. These files include not only Hillman's term as Allegheny County Commissioner (1947-1951), but also subsequent years, during which he continued to be politically active in the community and nationally, until his death in the late 1960s. The files include letters to and from governors and political leaders of Pennsylvania, as well as other state and national political figures, varying political topics and organizations, correspondence to and from constituents and other community leaders, and invitations and material regarding events attended. Included are speeches given by Hillman, especially while he was County Commissioner, news releases, and clippings and brochures on current issues. This group of political files is an interesting documentation of an active and significant Republican community leader during the 1940s through the 1960s in local, state and national Republican politics.
Includes certificate authorized by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County recognizing Hillman to serve as a member of the Board of County Commissioner, certified and dated 11-14-47. (Hillman was appointed to fill the unexpired term of John S. Herron, deceased.); Oath of Office certification attached; copies of unsigned affidavit indicating Hillman as registered elector of Allegheny County in Nov. 1943. (He voted for John S. Herron, at that time Republican candidate for County Commissioner.)
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box 2, folder 66
Scope and Content Notes
Spiro T. Agnew (Vice President U.S.), 7/7/69 (1 TLS); Max Yergan (Co-Chairmen of the American-African Affairs Association, Inc.), 2/3/67 (1 TLS); Russell H. Adams (Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania), 4/29/54 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 67
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box 2, folder 68
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box 2, folder 69
Scope and Content Notes
C. A. Kinkaid (Mayor, City of McKeesport), 4/21/51 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 70
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box 2, folder 71
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box 2, folder 72
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box 2, folder 73
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box 2, folder 74
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box 2, folder 75
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box 2, folder 76
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box 2, folder 77
Scope and Content Notes
Suggested Ordinance dated 8-1-48 and other early material concerning the county's right to control "smoke".
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box 2, folder 78
Scope and Content Notes
William A. Rusher (Co-Chairmen), 3/22/68 (1 TLS); Daniel Paulson (Executive Director), 1/9/68 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 79
Scope and Content Notes
Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Congressman, Ohio, 2/18/56, 10/18/60, 7/18/61, 7/21/61, 11/28/62, 9/19/63, 9/21/63, 10/15/65, 1/10/66, 10/30/66 (10 TLS); Frank T. Bow (Congressman, Ohio), 2/7/66 (1 TLS); Joseph M. Barr (Mayor, Pittsburgh), 3/19/65 (1 TLS); Carlton J. King (Congressman, New York), 8/28/62 (1 TLS); Ivor D. Fenton(Congressman, Pennsylvania), 7/18/54 (1 TLS); Michael L. Benedum, 5/9/54, 7/21/54, 7/20/55, 7/22/58 (4 TLS); Paul Benedum, 7/8/54 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 80
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box 2, folder 81
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box 2, folder 82
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box 2, folder 83
Scope and Content Notes
John C. Jordan (Chairman, Republican State Committee), 7/17/67, 8/15/67, 6/19/68, 5/14/69 (4 TLS); Robert J. Corbett (U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania), 12/6/46, 6/29/47, 8/-/47, 5/9/49, 5/1/51, 11/13/52, 12/28/54, 7/29/55, 8/9/55, 9/18/63, 9/25/63, 8/5/66 (12 TLS); Steele Clark (Indiana County Commissioner) (2 TLS).
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box 2, folder 84
Scope and Content Notes
Rev., M.L. Hatcher (President, Colored Republican Committee of Allegheny County), 9/7/48 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 85
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box 2, folder 86
Scope and Content Notes
Lists candidates for local and national elections.
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box 2, folder 87
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box 2, folder 88
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box 2, folder 89
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box 2, folder 90
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box 2, folder 91
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box 2, folder 92
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box 2, folder 93
Scope and Content Notes
Includes Republican Party Ward & Boroughs, Allegheny County.
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box 2, folder 94
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box 2, folder 95
Scope and Content Notes
Hillman named County Campaign Manager of the Republican Committee, 10-26-48 ; Includes letter from Gov. Earl Warren of California as well as other community figures; Earl Warren (Governor, California), 10/26/48 (1 TLS);
Edward Martin (Senator, Pennsylvania), 10/13/48 (1 TLS).
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box 2, folder 96
Scope and Content Notes
Re: Reapportionment Act No. 464, 1951.
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box 2, folder 97
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box 3, folder 98
Scope and Content Notes
Everett McKinley Dirksen (Senator, Illinois), 6/19/51, 1/7/59 (2 TLS); Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (Congressman, Pennsylvania), 4/3/51 (1 TLS); Harmar D. Denny, Jr. (Manager, Cromwell and Company, Inc.), 6/20/50 (1 ALS).
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box 3, folder 99
Scope and Content Notes
Primarily details of Dewey's campaign swing through Pittsburgh in October, 1948.
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box 3, folder 100
Scope and Content Notes
Various letters from Governor Duff, notes from conversations concerning various issues and invitations exchanged: The Honorable James H. Duff (Governor, Pennsylvania), 10/18/48, 2/28/50, 5/26/50, 7/5/50, 11/14/50, 11/20/50 (6 TLS); James H. Duff (Senator, Pennsylvania), 1/20/51 (1 TLS); Mrs. James H. Duff (First Lady of Pennsylvania, Wife of the Governor), 5/28/48 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 101
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box 3, folder 102
Scope and Content Notes
Includes "Day in Pittsburgh, January 1956," and Eisenhower & Nixon "Another War" letter, 10-30-56; Charles A. Schmutz (President, Standard and Poor's Corporation), 11/9/55 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 104
Scope and Content Notes
Robert D. Fleming (Republican Senatorial Candidate), 4/15/50 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 105
Scope and Content Notes
Styles Bridges (Senator, New Hampshire), 1/26/55 (1 TLS); Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Congressman, Massachusetts), 1/25/55 (1 TLS); James H. Duff(Senator, Pennsylvania), 1/26/55 (1 TLS); Edward Martin (Senator, Pennsylvania), 1/26/55 (1 TLS); Helen C. Frick (Republican Institute, Pittsburgh), 3/21/55 (1 TLS); Robert D. Fleming (State Senator, Pennsylvania), 6/25/47, 8/1/47, 11/6/47, 3/31/48, 3/6/50, 4/15/50, 5/22/50, 4/23/52, 3/2/54, 12/1/54, 11/5/54 (11 TLS); Robert D. Fleming (State Senator, Pennsylvania), 7/5/50, 6/29/50, 6/20/50 (3 ALS);
James G. Fulton (U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania), 9/8/48, 12/2/48, 2/5/49, 5/13/49, 2/6/50, 5/20/52, 2/16/53 (7 TLS).
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box 3, folder 106
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box 3, folder 107
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box 3, folder 108
Scope and Content Notes
Honorable John S. Fine (Governor of Pennsylvania), 6/14/50, 1/23/51, 5/21/51, 10/15/51, 12/17/51, 7/14/52 (6 TLS); Picture of John Fine, wife and two sons from November 1950.
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box 3, folder 109
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box 3, folder 110
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box 3, folder 111
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box 3, folder 112
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box 3, folder 113
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box 3, folder 114
Scope and Content Notes
John Goode (Republican candidate for U.S. Congress), 11/13/61 (1 TLS ); William K. Whiteford (President, Gulf Oil Corporation), 11/3/58 (1 TLS); Charles J. Graham (Chairman Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 10/30/46, 5/24/56 (2 TLS); Clair Jr. Getty (Houston Chronicle), 10/25/50, 3/16/53 (2 TLS); Philip M. McKenna (National Chairman, The Gold Standard League), 12/26/51, 6/23/52 (2 TLS); James A. Geltz (Pennsylvania State Senator), 4/4/50 (1 TLS); Daniel C. Gainy (National Finance Chairman, Goldwater for President Committee), 6/19/64 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 115
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box 3, folder 116
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box 3, folder 117
Scope and Content Notes
Quotes.
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box 3, folder 118
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence concerning Republican issues and committees.
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box 3, folder 119
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence regarding Goldwater's presidential campaign efforts; includes several letters from and signed by Senator Goldwater.
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box 3, folder 120
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box 3, folder 121
Scope and Content Notes
Articles concerning principles and issues.
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box 3, folder 122
Scope and Content Notes
George M. Humphrey (Secretary of the Treasury), 4/20/55, 10/19/56 (2 TLS); H. J. Heinz, Jr. (President, H.J. Heinz Company), 10/24/49 (1 TLS); Walter Simms Hallahan (Republican National Committeeman for West Virginia), 12/13/49, 7/5/50, 1/8/51, 8/22/51, 8/27/51, 2/20/53, 6/9/54, 2/26/57, 3/15/57 (9 TLS).
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box 3, folder 123
Scope and Content Notes
Certificates of Election, Republican Cty. Committee 1952-4; Certificate of Appreciation, Kiwanis Club, 4-3-52;
Keystone Award, "100,000 Pennsylvanians for the Promotion of Economic Growth" 2-1-66, Signed, William W. Scranton, Governor.
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box 3, folder 124
Scope and Content Notes
Daily schedules, 9-24-47 to 11-3-47.
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box 3, folder 125
Scope and Content Notes
Includes a statement, dated 5-20-51, regarding decision not to run again for County Commissioner and correspondence concerning this decision.
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box 3, folder 126
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box 3, folder 127
Scope and Content Notes
Miscellaneous articles/statements.
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box 3, folder 128
Scope and Content Notes
Harry M. Jones (Candidate for Judge of Court of Common Pleas) (1 TLS); Edgar Kaufmann (President, Kaufmann Department Stores), 6/11/52 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 129
Scope and Content Notes
John J. Kane, 6/20/50, 11/26/51, 5/28/54, 5/23/55, 12/12/55, 4/3/56, 2/28/58, 7/17/58, 4/19/59 (9 TLS);
Walter J. Kohler (Governor, Wisconsin), 8/31/54 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 130
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box 3, folder 131
Scope and Content Notes
Protocol issues and material re: Khrushchev visit to Pittsburgh, September 1959; Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. (Chief of Protocol, State Department), 12/2/59 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 132
Scope and Content Notes
Joseph P. Rigby (Pennsylvania State Representative), 3/12/52 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 133
Scope and Content Notes
Clippings re: labor issues and unrest.
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box 3, folder 134
Scope and Content Notes
Charles A. Halleck (U.S. Congressman, Indiana), 1/9/47 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 135
Scope and Content Notes
David L. Lawrence (Mayor, Pittsburgh), 3/21/52 (1 TLS).
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box 3, folder 136
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box 3, folder 137
Scope and Content Notes
Miscellaneous correspondence re: politics.
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box 3, folder 138
Scope and Content Notes
Radio program political question and answers.
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box 3, folder 139
Scope and Content Notes
Invitations and events with lists of attendees.
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box 4, folder 140
Scope and Content Notes
William D.McClelland, D.D.S. (Chairman, Allegheny County Commissioners), 7/21/60, 7/27/61, 4/14/62, 7/23/62, 8/6/63, 8/3/64, 8/5/65, 8/1/66, 7/28/67 (9 TLS); Jack E. McGregor (United States Senator, Pennsylvania), 11/30/62 (1 TLS); John E. McGrady (Allegheny County Commissioner), 5/7/62 (1 TLS).
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box 4, folder 141
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence and statements re: politics, religion and national issues, 6/9/58, 10/7/58, 11/14/58, 1/16/59, 3/6/59, 5/4/59, 6/5/59, 9/28/59, 10/2/59, 10/7/59, 10/24/59, 1/2/60, 5/26/60, 6/16/60, 9/24/60, 9/29/60, 1/12/61, 12/28/61 (18 TLS).
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box 4, folder 142
Scope and Content Notes
Includes staff reports concerning political and campaign issues, 1948; Robert D. Fleming (Pennsylvania State Congressman), 3/31/48 (1 TLS); Robert J. Corbett (United States Congressman), 3/-/48 (1 TL); George D. Stuart (Member of General Assembly), 3/22/48 (1 TL).
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box 4, folder 143
Scope and Content Notes
Karl E. Mundt (U.S. Senator, South Dakota), 6/30/60, 8/21/68 (2 TLS); Everett McKinley Dirksen (U.S. Senator, Illinois), 8/7/68 (1 TLS); George W. Malone (U.S. Senator, Nevada), 12/30/58 (1 TLS); Edward Martin (U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania), 1/17/47, 11/10/47, 12/1/47, 5/9/49, 7/11/50, 4/25/51, 8/7/52, 10/10/52, 12/14/54, 5/27/55, 12/29/58 (11 TLS); I. Jack Martin (Executive Assistant to the President), 10/29/53, 7/14/55 (2 TLS).
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box 4, folder 144
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box 4, folder 145
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box 4, folder 146
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box 4, folder 147
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence to and from concerning Taft and other political issues.
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box 4, folder 148
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box 4, folder 149
Scope and Content Notes
Includes Home Rule issues for Allegheny County, 1953-5; reports, correspondence and statistics.
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box 4, folder 150
Scope and Content Notes
Personal investment matter.
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box 4, folder 151
Scope and Content Notes
National and local issues.
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box 4, folder 152
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box 4, folder 153
Scope and Content Notes
Clarence B. Nixon (Judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas) (1 TLS).
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box 4, folder 154
Scope and Content Notes
Maurice H. Stans (Chairman, Republican National Finance Committee), 6/17/68, 8/9/68, 8/17/68 (3 TLS).
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box 4, folder 155
Scope and Content Notes
Letter to voters, financed by Republican Committee, Allegheny County, sent to Democrats, signed "Independent Men and Women for Nixon and Lodge; Presidential election campaign issues, correspondence; clippings Nixon/Kennedy debate; presidential election statistics"; Dudley B. Johnston (Vice President, Pittsburgh National Bank), 10/19/60, 10/25/60 (2 TLS).
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box 4, folder 156
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box 4, folder 157
Scope and Content Notes
Spencer T. Olin (Chairman, Republican National Finance Committee), 3/13/59 (1 TLS); G. Mason Owlett (President, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association), 11/20/52 12/5/52, 2/9/53 (3 TLS); Ralph E. Ord (State Committeeman, Pennsylvania), 11/19/48 (1 TLS).
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box 4, folder 158
Scope and Content Notes
Spruille Braden and Charles Edison, Co-Chairmen, American Emergency Committee on the Panama Canal, 6/28/68 (1 TLS); Raymond Pitcairn (Attorney-at-Law), 6/26/63 (1 TLS); G. Mason Owlett (President, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association), 2/1/55, 2/4/52, 2/9/49 (3 TLS); James F. Malone (District Attorney, Allegheny County), 12/1/52 (1 TL); John J. Kane (Allegheny County Commissioner), 11/22/52, 12/2/52 (2 TLS); Edward Martin (U.S. Senator, Pennsylvania), 7/9/51 (1 TLS).
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box 4, folder 159
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box 4, folder 160
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box 4, folder 161
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box 4, folder 162
Scope and Content Notes
C.L. Peirce, Jr. (Chairman of the Board, Hubbard and Company), 12/9/49 (1 TLS).
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box 4, folder 163
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box 4, folder 164
Scope and Content Notes
Also includes the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Pennsylvania Economy League. Consists of brochures, pamphlets and some correspondence.
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box 4, folder 165
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box 5, folder 166
Scope and Content Notes
Willard F. Rockwell (400 N. Lexington Ave, Pittsburgh, PA), 5/26/64 (1 TLS); J.T. Ryan, Jr. (President, Mine Safety Appliances Company), 6/8/59 (1 TLS); John S. Fine (Governor, Pennsylvania), 6/30/52 (1 TLS).
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box 5, folder 167
Scope and Content Notes
You Chan Yang (Ambassador, Republic of Korea), 5/29/68 (1 TLS).
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box 5, folder 168
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box 5, folder 169
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box 5, folder 170
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box 5, folder 171
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box 5, folder 172
Scope and Content Notes
John M. Walker (Pennsylvania State Senator), 4/28/52 (1 TL); James F. Malone, Jr. (Chairman, Republican Executive Committee of Allegheny County), 11/6/46, 5/22/48, 7/22/48, 7/29/48, 8/5/48, 1/31/49, 2/3/50 (7 TLS); James A. Geltz (Pennsylvania State Senator), 2/4/48, 3/3/48, 3/8/48 (3 TLS).
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box 5, folder 173
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box 5, folder 174
Scope and Content Notes
M. Harvey Taylor (Chairman, Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania), 5/12/52 (1 TLS); Philip T. Sharples (Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Pennsylvania), 1/22/51, 2/5/51, 2/6/51, 3/1/51 (4 TLS).
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box 5, folder 175
Scope and Content Notes
Chas. J. Graham (Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 6/11/56 (1 TLS); A.W. Robertson (Chairman, Executive Committee of the Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 11/12/55 (1 TLS); Joseph G. Smith (General Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 11/12/55 (1 TLS); John H. Scott(Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 11/12/48, 8/10/50, 10/17/51 (3 TLS).
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box 5, folder 176
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box 5, folder 177
Scope and Content Notes
Joseph G. Smith (General Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 6/2/52, 10/8/52 (2 TLS).
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box 5, folder 178
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box 5, folder 179
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box 5, folder 180
Scope and Content Notes
Bob Wilson (U.S. Congressman, California), 8/21/68 (1 TLS); Richard M. Simpson (Chairman, National Republican Congressional Committee), 1/20/58 (1 TLS); Andrew F. Schoeppel (Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee), 10/23/56, 10/23/56 (2 TLS); Albert B. Herman (Executive Director, Republican National Committee), 12/7/51 (1 TLS); Carroll Reece (Chairman, Republican National Committee), 1/8/48 (1 TLS); James F. Malone, Jr. (Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 10/11/44, 11/13/44 (2 TLS);
Charles J. Graham (Chairman, Republican Finance Committee of Allegheny County), 12/14/40 (1 TLS); John Hamilton (Chairman, Republican National Committee), 8/3/39 (1 TLS).
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box 5, folder 181
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box 5, folder 182
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box 5, folder 183
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box 5, folder 184
Scope and Content Notes
Brochures and a few clippings.
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box 5, folder 185
Scope and Content Notes
Includes papers and data from Mrs. McVicker at Ross Street office, 11-2-48; Blair F. Gunther (Judge, Allegheny County Court), 9/16/48 (1 TLS); James F. Malone, Jr. (Chairman, Republican Executive Committee of Allegheny County), 7/13/48.
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box 5, folder 186
Scope and Content Notes
Everett McKinley Dirkson (U.S. Senator, Illinois), 9/2/66 (1 TLS); Raymond P. Shafer (Lt. Governor, Pennsylvania), 10/10/66, 10/12/66; William W. Scranton (Governor, PA), 10/24/63, 12/8/64 (2 TLS); Hugh Scott (U.S. Congressman, PA), 8/1/58; S.A. Swensrud (Chairman of the Board, Gulf Oil Corp.), 11/24/53 (1 TLS);
Harold Stassen, 5/21/48, 8/11/52 (2 TLS); H.J. Heinz (President, H.J. Heinz Company), 4/30/48 (1 TLS).
Ben E. Tate (U.S. Senator, Ohio), 2/25/49 (1 TL), 3/15/49 (1 TLS); Margaret Vance Tchirkow (Vice Chairman, 14th Ward Republican Finance Committee), 11/9/48 (1 ALS); Robert A. Taft (Senator, Ohio), 5/12/48, 7/28/48 (2 TLS); Ben. E. Tate (Treasurer, National Taft-for-President Committee), 10/10/47, 10/17/47, 11/12/47, 12/1/47, 1/14/48 (5 TLS).
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box 6, folder 192
Scope and Content Notes
I. Jack Martin (Secretary, Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 1/17/6 (1 TLS); Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc. Articles of incorporation; Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc. By-laws; Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.: Related information; Folders 193-205 contain related information about the Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation.
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box 6, folder 193
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box 6, folder 194
Scope and Content Notes
Thomas E. Coleman (Chairman, Finance Committee, The Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 8/11/55, 10/11/55, 1/27/56, 2/6/56, 2/7/56, 3/20/56, 4/18/56, 4/23/56, 5/10/56, 6/14/56, 8/18/56, 8/27/56, 11/19/56, 11/23/56, 12/20/56, 12/26/56, 12/28/56, 1/8/57, 3/25/57, 4/8/57, 4/29/57, 6/17/57, 6/26/57, 7/19/57, 7/23/57, 8/1/57, 8/12/57, 11/21/57, 12/6/57, 3/23/59 (31 TLS); Robert V. Fleming (Treasurer, The Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 1/3/57 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 195
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box 6, folder 196
Scope and Content Notes
B.F. Jones, 3rd. (Vice President, Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation), 7/16/57 (1 TLS); Ben Moreell (Chairman of the Board, Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation), 6/26/57 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 197
Scope and Content Notes
I. Jack Martin (Secretary, Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 8/9/55, 8/25/55, 1/13/56, 1/11/57, 1/21/58, 8/26/59, 4/7/59, 2/7/64 (8 TLS); I. Jack (Secretary, Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 1/25/56, 2/17/58, 3/2/59, 1/18/60, 1/19/61, 1/18/62 (6 TL); J. Paul Marshall (Secretary, Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), 7/20/54, 7/23/54, 7/27/54, 8/19/54, 12/7/54, 12/29/54, 2/1/55 (7 TLS).
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box 6, folder 198
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box 6, folder 199
Scope and Content Notes
H.B. Higgins (Chairman of the Board, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company), 4/18/56 (1 TLS).
Ben E. Tate (3204 Carew Tower, Cincinnati, Ohio), 2/25/49, 11/11/55 (2 TLS); A shrine to Taft in Cincinnati 6 photos.
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box 6, folder 202
Scope and Content Notes
Monte Appel (Trustee, The Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation, Inc.), (1 ALS).
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box 6, folder 203
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box 6, folder 204
Scope and Content Notes
Clifford F. Hood (President, United States Steel Corporation), 7/11/56 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 205
Scope and Content Notes
Ben E. Tate (Taft Shrine Project), 8/6/53, 10/6/53, 11/5/53 (3 TLS); R.A. Taft's burial site, shrine site, etc. (12 photographs).
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box 6, folder 206
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box 6, folder 207
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box 6, folder 208
Scope and Content Notes
John S. Fine (Governor of Pennsylvania), 1/29/52 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 209
Scope and Content Notes
Robert J. Corbett (U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania), 1/22/52 (1 TL).
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box 6, folder 210
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box 6, folder 211
Scope and Content Notes
Cecil H. Underwood (Republican Candidate for Governor of West Virginia) (1 TLS); Augustus K. Oliver (United World Federalists of Pennsylvania, Inc.), 4/30/51, 4/10/52, n.d., 7/1/52, 7/13/52 (5 TLS); Coleman Harrison (Chairman, Political Committee, United World Federalists Pittsburgh Area Council), 3/24/52 (1 TLS); McLean W. McLean (President, United World Federalists of PA, Pittsburgh Chapter), 8/4/48 (1 TL), 4/15/48 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 212
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box 6, folder 213
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box 6, folder 214
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box 6, folder 215
Scope and Content Notes
Richard E. Wilt (Pennsylvania State Congressman), 11/23/54 (1 TLS); John M. Walker (Majority Leader, Pennsylvania Senate), 10/31/47, 11/7/51, 1/8/52 (3 TLS); Edward J. Waldron (Pennsylvania State Congressman), 1/7/48 (1 TLS).
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box 6, folder 216
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box 6, folder 217
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box 6, folder 218
Scope and Content Notes
Correspondence: 9/10/46 (8 TLS); 6/17/4? (1 ALS).
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box 6, folder 219
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box 6, folder 220
Scope and Content Notes
Milnor Roberts (Chairman, Young Republicans of Allegheny County), 3/22/54 (1 TLS); Milnor Roberts (Treasurer, Young Republicans of Allegheny County), 10/24/51 (1 TLS); D.R. Jennings (Chairman, Young Republicans of Allegheny County), 6/11/52 (1 TLS), 10/1/51 (1 TL); James E. Gleason (Chairman, Young Republicans of Allegheny County), 8/15/51 (1 TL), 4/5/51 (1 TLS).
Scope and Content Notes
The Correspondent Name Index contains entries for persons not explicitly mentioned in the Contents List. Use the box and folder information cited by each name to locate that individual's correspondence with Hillman.
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box 2, folder 66
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box 1, folder 39
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box 2, folder 66
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box 6, folder 202
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box 2, folder 79
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box 2, folder 79
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box 2, folder 79
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box 1, folder 7
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box 2, folder 79
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box 4, folder 158
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box 1, folder 12
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box 1, folder 12
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box 3, folder 105
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box 1, folder 12
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box 2, folder 79
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box 3, folder 131
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box 1, folder 13
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box 1, folder 8
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box 2, folder 83
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box 6, folder 194
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box 2, folder 83
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box 4, folder 142
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box 6, folder 209
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box 3, folder 98
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box 3, folder 98
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box 3, folder 98
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box 4, folder 143
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box 5, folder 186
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box 3, folder 100
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box 1, folder 20
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box 3, folder 100
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box 3, folder 105
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box 3, folder 100
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box 4, folder 158
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box 1, folder 21
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box 2, folder 79
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box 1, folder 8
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box 1, folder 25
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box 3, folder 108
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box 5, folder 166
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box 6, folder 208
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box 3, folder 104
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box 3, folder 105
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box 4, folder 142
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box 6, folder 194
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box 3, folder 105
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box 1, folder 22
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box 1, folder 25
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box 3, folder 105
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box 3, folder 119
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box 3, folder 114
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box 5, folder 172
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box 3, folder 114
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box 6, folder 220
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box 3, folder 114
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box 5, folder 175
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box 3, folder 114
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box 3, folder 114
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box 5, folder 185
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box 2, folder 53
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box 3, folder 122
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box 3, folder 134
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box 5, folder 180
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box 1, folder 49
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box 6, folder 211
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box 2, folder 84
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box 5, folder 186
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box 3, folder 122
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box 5, folder 180
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box 6, folder 199
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box 6, folder 204
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box 1, folder 7
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box 3, folder 122
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box 1, folder 32
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box 6, folder 220
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box 4, folder 155
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box 6, folder 196
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box 3, folder 128
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box 2, folder 83
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box 1, folder 49
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box 3, folder 129
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box 3, folder 128
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box 2, folder 79
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box 2, folder 69
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box 3, folder 129
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box 3, folder 135
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box 1, folder 6
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box 1, folder 34
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box 4, folder 140
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box 4, folder 140
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box 4, folder 141
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box 3, folder 114
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box 6, folder 211
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box 4, folder 143
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box 4, folder 158
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box 5, folder 172
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box 5, folder 180
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box 5, folder 185
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box 6, folder 197
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box 2, folder 95
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box 3, folder 105
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box 4, folder 183
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box 4, folder 158
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box 2, folder 56
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box 6, folder 192
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box 6, folder 197
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box 4, folder 143
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box 3, folder 105
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box 6, folder 204
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box 1, folder 42
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box 6, folder 196
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box 3, folder 143
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box 4, folder 157
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box 4, folder 157
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box 6, folder 211
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box 4, folder 157
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box 4, folder 157
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box 4, folder 158
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box 1, folder 8
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box 2, folder 78
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box 4, folder 162
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box 1, folder 6
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box 1, folder 6
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box 1, folder 6
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box 1, folder 6
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box 4, folder 158
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box 5, folder 180
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box 6, folder 200
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box 3, folder 132
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box 6, folder 220
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box 5, folder 175
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box 1, folder 46
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box 5, folder 166
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box 2, folder 78
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box 5, folder 166
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box 1, folder 8
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box 3, folder 102
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box 5, folder 180
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box 5, folder 186
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box 5, folder 186
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box 5, folder 175
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box 5, folder 186
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box 5, folder 186
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box 5, folder 174
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box 5, folder 180
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box 1, folder 8
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box 5, folder 175
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box 5, folder 177
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box 5, folder 154
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box 5, folder 186
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box 4, folder 142
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box 5, folder 186
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box 2, folder 56
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box 6, folder 191
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box 1, folder 40
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box 6, folder 191
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box 6, folder 191
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box 6, folder 201
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box 6, folder 205
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box 5, folder 174
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box 6, folder 191
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box 6, folder 211
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box 6, folder 215
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box 5, folder 172
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box 6, folder 215
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box 2, folder 95
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box 1, folder 13
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box 1, folder 6
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box 6, folder 218
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box 1, folder 8
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box 3, folder 114
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box 5, folder 180
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box 6, folder 215
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box 2, folder 66
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box 5, folder 167
Scope and Content Notes
The six scrapbooks, dated between 1946-1959, were added to the collection in September 2012. They mainly comprise newsclippings of Hillman's activities in the Republican party. They also contain mementos and other personal items reflecting his interests and personal activities.