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Arkansas -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Arkansas Archives of Public Communication

 Collection
Identifier: MC 942
Scope and Content Note A substantial portion of the Archives, including 36 folders, 65 audiotapes, and 29 videotapes, pertains to the career of Bill Clinton. These materials date primarily from 1974 to 1986, and include items from his campaigns to be elected representative to Congress, state attorney general, and governor of Arkansas. These items include campaign flyers, posters, bumper stickers, and pins, as well as the texts of speeches and letters. Of interest are several exploratory polls that aided Clinton in...
Dates: 1890-1996

Powell Clayton Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1554
Scope and Content Note

The letter is written in ink on lined stationery of the Headquarters, Republican State Committee, Arkansas, dated from Little Rock, Oct. 21st, addressed to Hon. S. Fessenden in New York, and apologizes for the later return of a dispatch.

Dates: 1884

Augustus H. Garland Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1543
Scope and Content Note

A letter written by Augustus Hill Garland, written on the stationery of the United States Senate Chamber, Washington, October 31, 1877. The collection consists of a note written in ink on a sheet of lined paper torn across the middle. The address of the Senate Chamber is printed in Gothic type at the upper right.

The senator is apparently writing to confirm the date of his service as Governor of Arkansas. The note is addressed to Frank Thomas Esq.

Dates: 1877

Albert King Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 1683
Content Description

The collection consists of speeches, campaign materials, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, and other materials, primarily regarding the Madison County, Arkansas political career of Albert King and reflecting King's involvement with Carl E. Bailey and Orval Faubus' gubernatorial campaigns.

Dates: circa 1890-1983