Samuel B. Pettengill papers, 1849-1975.

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Samuel B. Pettengill papers, 1849-1975.

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Collection comprises correspondence, manuscripts, articles and speeches, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous items associated with Samuel Barrett Pettengill, who was congressional representative from Indiana from 1931 to 1939, as well as a writer, speaker, and oil industry employee. Collection includes correspondence with Norman Vincent Peale, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Wendell Wilkie. Also included are some writings by Pettengill's father, also named Samuel Barrett Pettengill (1839-1909).

18 linear ft. (36 containers)

University of Oregon Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6810340

University of Oregon Libraries

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