Dottie Schick Collection of Political Memorabilia

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Dottie Schick Collection of Political Memorabilia

1926-2004 (bulk 1968-2002)

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01277.xml

Collection, 1926-2004 (bulk 1968-2002), of Dottie Schick, longtime Northern Virginia Democratic activist. Throughout her career in politics, Mrs. Schick collected a variety of Democratic artifacts and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection includes materials collected during her tenure, 1968-2004, although she collected materials dating to 1926. The collection includes campaign brochures and posters, correspondence, inaugural invitations and programs, Democratic Committee and Democratic Party of Virginia convention materials, photographs, publications, and scrapbooks. Also included are numerous artifacts including bumper stickers, campaign buttons, commemorative coins, lapel pins, hats, and pens. Campaign materials are included for Leslie Byrne, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Henry Howell, John F. Kennedy, George McGovern, Harold Miller, J. Sargeant Reynolds, Charles Robb, Franklin Roosevelt, Mary Sue Terry, Harry F. Truman, Mark Warner, and L. Douglas Wilder, among others. Although the majority of the collection relates to the Democratic Party, included are some artifacts and papers relating to the Republican Party.

22.75 cu. ft. (67 boxes)

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Library of Virginia

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