Augustus Owsley Stanley papers, 1844-1958, 1902-1958.

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Augustus Owsley Stanley papers, 1844-1958, 1902-1958.

This collection covers a period from 1844 to 1958. It includes correspondence, manuscripts of speeches, scrapbooks, pictures, clippings and books. The papers chiefly concern Stanley's public career. They relate to Kentucky political campaigns, tobacco controversies, prohibition, the congressional investigation of the United States Steel Corporation, affairs of the International Joint Commission, and family matters. Among the papers are letters from John C. Breckinridge, Woodrow Wilson, Irvin S. Cobb, Andrew Carnegie, Cora Wilson Stewart and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Family letters include correspondence to and from Stanley's mother, Amanda Owsley Stanley, and his wife, Sue Soaper Stanley.

20 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6856018

University of Kentucky Libraries

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