Papers, 1934-1957.

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Papers, 1934-1957.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, daily schedules, printed materials, and clippings concerning unemployment and relief, the Philippine Islands, the Bureau of the Budget, the Federal Communications Commission, Japan's postwar problems, lend-lease, the draft, conscientious and religious objectors, postwar planning, and the Works Progress Administration. Some items refer to Indiana. Also, chronological file of personal correspondence, 1948-1952.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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