Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Carl David Swanson Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0298
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was made by Swanson, the 1956 W&L Mock Convention chairman, featuring photographs and news items regarding the death of Alben W. Barkley while giving the event's keynote address. It includes letters from various senators (including Willis Robertson, Richard B. Russell, and Herman Talmadge) concerning Mock Convention and contains photographs of Sharon Ritchie, Miss America 1956, who attended the convention.
Dates:
1956
Dorothy Thompson Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0202
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers showing that Ms. Thompson was seeking the approval of a few people to use their names on a petition to Senator Alben Barkley to protest filibuster tactics in order to allow the lend-lease bill to be passed.
Dates:
1941
Letter from Alben Barkley to Roy Grimely
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0535
Scope and Contents
In this letter Alben Barkley responds to an invitation to the presentation of an album containing the first sheet of Washington and Lee University commemorative stamps. The typescript is signed by Barkley.
Dates:
1949-04-08