Series 84. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF 1942 AND 1944,
1936-1945
26 boxes
5 sub-series
Office file code: uncoded, 73-F, 77, 77-d, 77-F, 77-F-2, 77-
f-2, 78
Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper clippings, campaign
literature and other
records relating to first Congressional campaign of 1942 and
first Senate campaign of
1944. Some material from the periods prior to each campaign is
included as material
used by JWF in the conduct of his election campaigns.
Arranged topically, alphabetically and chronologically.
- House of Representatives Election
Campaign
- Senate Election Campaign (General)
- Senate Election Campaign (County
Correspondence)
- Senate Election Campaign (County Lists)
- Senate Election Campaign
(Congratulations)
Sub-series 1. House of Representatives
Election Campaign, 1936-1942.
1 box.
Office file code: Uncoded
Records pertain primarily to political requests, support and
congratulations
from constituents of the ten-county Third Congressional District.
Some records
pertain to early period of Law School career and University of
Arkansas presidency
which were used in the campaign, especially for speech material.
Correspondents include: Homer Martin Adkins (1.2, 1.5), Thomas
Harry Barton (1.3).
Sub-series 2. Senate Election Campaign
(General), 1943-1944.
9 boxes.
Office file code: uncoded, 73-F, 77, 77-d, 77-F, 77-F-2,
78
Records primarily pertain to the statewide organization of
election campaign for
the United States Senate seat held by Hattie Wyatt Caraway. A few
records pertain to
campaign literature and newspaper clippings of four opponents in
Senate race.
Correspondents include: Price Addison Dickson (2.1), Samuel E.
Gearhart (2.2),
Arthur Paul Hammerschmidt (2.4), Chester H. Lauck (2.1), Robert
Allen Leflar (2.4),
Guy C. Philips (2.1), Herbert L. Thomas (2.4), Walter F. Wanger
(2.4).
Sub-series 3. Senate Election Campaign
(County Correspondence), 1943-1944.
10 boxes.
Office file code: uncoded
Records pertain to local political organizing and communication
with
constituents from all seventy-five counties in Arkansas regarding
first election
campaign for the United States Senate.
Correspondents include: Carl Edward Bailey (17.1), Jeff Davis
Duty (11.4), Jack
H. Kilpatrick (11.4, 11.5), Ulysses Andrew Lovell (19.7), Roy
Waymon Milum (11.6), Albert
Sidney Pollard, Jr. (17.3), Robert L. Stigler (15.1), Herbert L.
Thomas (19.7), Donald
Trumbo (19.7), Storm Hammond Whaley (11.5), Finis F. Wood (11.5).
Sub-series 4. Senate Election Campaign
(County Lists), 1943-1945.
2 boxes.
Office file code: uncoded
Records pertain primarily to compilations of lists of supporters
of candidate
James William Fulbright and of his run-off election opponent,
Governor Homer Martin
Adkins. Some records pertain to post-election compilations of
campaign workers,
contributors, and other JWF supporters for use by the newly
elected Senator.
Correspondents include: Clarence Franklin Byrns (22.14), Cecil
Watson Cupp (21.10),
Jay W. Dickey (21.35), Felix Pugh (21.2), Horace Eugene Thompson
(21.16), Alexender H.
Washburn (21.29).
Sub-series 5. Senate Election Campaign
(Congratulations), 1944-1945.
4 boxes.
Office file code: uncoded, 77-f-2
Records primarily pertain to messages of congratulations
following
preferential Democratic primary election plurality of July 25 and
run off victory of
August 8, 1944. Some records pertain to messages of thanks for
expressions of
congratulations and wishes for success. A few records pertain to
messages of congratulations following the general election
victory in November.
Correspondents include: John Edward Brown (23.4), Sterling
Robertson Cockrill
(24.23), Russell Chester Elrod (23.4), John E. Felker (23.4),
Isaac McClellan (23.24), Clyde
Eber Palmer (25.8), Everett W. Pate (23.4), Horace Eugene
Thompson (23.13).
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