Correspondence, 1918-1953.

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Correspondence, 1918-1953.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19595433

Chiefly personal, business, and political correspondence. Topics discussed include Alfred E. Smith, Josephus Daniels, blacks in California after 1920, disenfranchisement of southern blacks, elections in New York (1926) and North Carolina (1936), political parties and politics in the U.S. (1920-1930) and North Carolina (1920s and 1930s), and the presidential election of 1928. Includes many letters from William Gibbs McAdoo. Also present are notebooks containing reports of hearings of the Federal Power Commission.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

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Lawyer, business executive, Democratic Party leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury, Director General of Railroads, and U.S. senator from California. From the description of Papers of William Gibbs McAdoo, 1786-1941 (bulk 1880-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063506 McAdoo was born near Marietta, Cobb County, GA, on Oct. 31, 1863; attended the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; admitted to TN bar in 1885 and began law practice in Chattanooga, TN; moved to NYC, 1892; devel...

United States. Federal Power Commission

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Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Hampton, Frank Armfield, 1884-1957.

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Lawyer, politician, and official of the Federal Power Commission, of Greensboro (Guilford County), N.C., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Correspondence, 1918-1953. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19595433 ...