Furnifold M. Simmons papers, 1890-1946; (bulk 1920-1929).

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Furnifold M. Simmons papers, 1890-1946; (bulk 1920-1929).

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Correspondence (most nearly complete for the 1920s) of Simmons during a large part of his public life. The bulk of the collection deals with such routine political matters as recommendations for appointments, requests for political literature, suggestions for procedure in political campaigns, and special legislation for World War I veterans. Other items relate to reform politics and the orthodox Southern position during Theodore Roosevelt's administration, the Underwood-Simmons tariff, Wilsonian reforms, the financing of World War I, the Southern defection from Alfred E. Smith (1928), and the technique of machine politics. Correspondents include Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. Addition contains primarily correspondence and clippings relating to the senatorial career of Simmons, especially his opposition to Al Smith in 1928 and his electoral defeat in 1930. Two of the letters are in regard to suffrage in North Carolina. Also includes a large number of obituaries (1940).

75,000 items (33.4 lin. ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6996169

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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