Press files, 1968-1978 and undated.

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Press files, 1968-1978 and undated.

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This collection contains press clippings, photographs, scripts, speeches and copies of James Allen's Reports to the People. Includes the press materials supporting James Allen's term in the Senate. Of special interest are the numerous press releases for T.V., radio, and newspapers; photographs of Senator Allen and others; Allen's Reports to the People in which he describes his Washington activities; and Congressional speeches from the 91st-93rd sessions.

92 cubic ft. (92 records center cartons)

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6763153

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Allen, Maryon Pittman, 1925-2018

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Maryon Pittman Allen (November 30, 1925 – July 23, 2018) was an American journalist who served as United States Senator from Alabama for five months in 1978, after her husband, Senator James B. Allen, died in office. She held no public office prior to her appointed to her husband's old senate seat. Born in Meridian, Mississippi as Maryon Pittman, her family moved to Birmingham, Alabama the following year, where she grew up and attended public school. From 1944 to 1947, she studied journalism ...

Allen, James B. (James Browning), 1912-1978

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James Browning Allen, a native of Gadsden, Ala., attended the University of Alabama and then practiced law in Gadsden, 1935-1968. He was active in local and state politics; serving as an Alabama legislator, 1938-1950; Lt. Governor of Alabama, 1951-1955 and 1963-1967; and as a member of the U.S. Senate, 1969-1978. He first married Marjorie Jo Stephens (d. 1956) and then Maryon Pittman, who served out her husband's term in the Senate after his death. From the d...

United States. Congress. Senate

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