Records, 1956-1960.

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Records, 1956-1960.

Papers relating to the 1960 Wisconsin Democratic primary campaign of Hubert H. Humphrey; including correspondence, memoranda, publicity, press releases, clippings, campaign literature, speeches by Humphrey, schedules, and lists of supporters. Correspondents include John F. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, Gaylord Nelson, and state senator Lynn Stalbaum. One piece of campaign literature concerns a Milwaukee appearance by Jackie Robinson. Photographs include images of Humphrey during television interviews by the Milwaukee Junior Bar Association and "Milwaukee Reports," delivering speeches, at parties and gatherings, and with others including Gaylord Nelson and William Gorham Rice.

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes) and33 photographs (1 folder)

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Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed Robinson, they heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. R...

Nelson, Gaylord Anton, 1916-2005

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Gaylord Nelson was a Senator from Wisconsin. He was governor of Wisconsin (1959-1962) and elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate (1963-1981). He was the founder of Earth Day in 1970....

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Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

Stalbaum, Lynn E. (Lynn Ellsworth), 1920-1999

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McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005

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Educator, U.S. representative from Minnesota, U.S. senator from Minnesota, and author. From the description of Papers of Eugene J. McCarthy, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064286 Eugene J. McCarthy served as a U.S. Congress member (Democratic Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district (1949-1958) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959-1970). He sought the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1968 against Lyndon B....

Humphrey for President Committee. Wisconsin.

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...