Arkansas -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Hillman Brough Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS B79
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, addresses, lectures and speeches, clippings, invitations, literary manuscripts, pamphlets, programs, reports, and other material pertaining to the life and to the personal, familial, academic, professional political, civic, religious and other affairs of the Arkansas lawyer, educator, lecturer, author and politician who was University of Arkansas professor of economics and sociology (1903-15), Governor of Arkansas (1917-21), Redpath Chautauqua circuit lecturer (1918-24),...
Dates:
1895-1935
Joseph T. Robinson Research Materials
Collection
Identifier: MC 1959
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of research materials gathered by Dennis Rhodes, concerning the life of Joseph T. Robinson. Much of Rhodes'research concerns Robinson's work in foreign relations, his stance on Prohibition, and general newspaper and periodical clippings regarding Robinson's life and death. Many of the folders appear to contain original or copied correspondence of Senator Robinson, or his staff. Also included in the collection are: speeches, press releases, and newspaper and...
Dates:
1908-1943
Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS R563 18
Scope and Content Note
The Joseph Taylor Robinson papers (primarily 1900-1937) contain correspondence, memoranda, speeches, legislative bills, business and financial records, legal files, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other materials created or received by or pertaining to Robinson's life and career, especially to his service as U. S. Senator from Arkansas, 1913-1937.
Dates:
1900-1954; Majority of material found within 1900-1937
Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers Supplement
Collection
Identifier: MS R563s 368 368a
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, and other materials pertaining to the life and work of Joseph Taylor Robinson, and supplementing the Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers, 1900-1937 (216 feet).
Dates:
1879-1965; Majority of material found within 1905-1937
Joseph Taylor Robinson Papers, Supplement 2
Collection
Identifier: MC 1193
Scope and Content Note
The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, press releases, financial records, and other papers pertaining mostly to the professional, political, and governmental career of Robinson, especially as regards to his role as a Congressman and chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands; the Arkansas gubernatorial election in 1912, mainly congratulatory messages to Robinson on his election as Arkansas Governor; and Robinson's senatorial career. Specific areas to which records relate include:...
Dates:
1904-1952
Cecil Edward Weller Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1384
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains research material collected by Weller for his book, Joe T. Robinson: Always a Loyal Democrat (University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1998). The entire collection consists of photocopies of selected issues of Congressional Record; Congressional reports; correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, speeches and statements, reports, press releases, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs, autobiographies, statistical...
Dates:
ca 1895-1990s