Papers, 1897-1945.

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Papers, 1897-1945.

Papers pertaining to Smith's early acting career, 1897-1898; and memorabilia and a few papers referring to his early career in public office, 1903-1918. Testimonial certificates, related items, and additional memorabilia regarding Smith's election as governor of New York State for the 1918, 1922, 1924, and 1926 elections. His notes for a campaign speech delivered in St. Paul, Minnesota in his bid for president of the United States. Certificates of honorary membership in several organizations. A few letters to other individuals, including Abel I. Smith. Also, Smith's calendar notebooks, 1943-1944; and several leaflets and pamphlets describing some of his activities; and text of speech delivered by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman at a museum exhibition about Smith.

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

Smith, Abel I.

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Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967

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Prominent prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Appointed Archbishop of New York in 1939 and the College of Cardinals in 1946. From the description of Letters, 1946-1967. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 53982752 Spellman was at this time the Catholic archbishop of New York. Werfel and Spellman appear to have had a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. Werfel sought Spellman's responses to his novels Embezzled Heaven and The Song of...