Whitaker & Baxter Campaigns, Inc. Records 1933-1974

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Whitaker & Baxter Campaigns, Inc. Records 1933-1974

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Whitaker & Baxter Campaigns, Inc. was the country's first political campaign management firm. The company's records document their state, local and national political campaigns as well as work for various public relations clients spanning the 1933 to 1974 time period. Also included are records of the company's wire service, the California Feature Service, 1944-1974.

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Whitaker, Clem, Jr.

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Baxter, Leone

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Whitaker, Clem, Sr.

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Whitaker & Baxter Campaigns, Inc.

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Administrative History Whitaker & Baxter Campaigns Inc., the country's first political campaign management firm, was founded in 1933 by business partners (later husband and wife) Clem Whitaker, Sr. and Leone Baxter. Although operating under the name Campaigns Inc., the company was not actually incorporated until 1950. Corporate filings at that time show Clem Whitaker, Sr., Leone Baxter and Howard Hassard (the firm's attorney) as Directors...

Whitaker, Clement Sherman, 1922-

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Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970

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Government official, governor; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Goodwin J. Knight and Virginia Knight : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574582 Paul Mason was a leading expert on parliamentary procedure and the author of Mason's Manual. He was Governor Goodwin Knight's legislative secretary and served as Director of Motor Vehicles in his administration. He was, more importantly, Knight...