Congressional papers of Kansas Congressman Garner E. Shriver. 1960-1976.

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Congressional papers of Kansas Congressman Garner E. Shriver. 1960-1976.

The Garner E. Shriver Collection covers Mr. Shriver's sixteen years of representation of the Fourth Congressional District of the state of Kansas. The papers in the collection appear chronologically according to Congressional Session and are categorized under specific headings of Bills, Remarks, Legislation, Cases, Subjects, and General. Under these headings are official reports and documents, correspondence from and to dignataries, consitiuents, and fellow Congressmen, and various political materials related to the state of Kansas. The collection also includes speeches, media tapes, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous films, and photographs.

120 linear feet.

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United States. Congress. House

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Shriver, Garner E., 1912-1998

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