W.D. Robinson papers, 1920-1943.

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W.D. Robinson papers, 1920-1943.

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The collection includes confidential files and correspondence of Robinson, legislative correspondent and roving reporter in Louisiana and Mississippi for New Orleans newspapers. The files contain memoranda in the 1920s and 1930s (chiefly 1930-1935) about the activities of Huey Pierce Long and his associates, mostly in regard to alleged malfeasance. A smaller number of items are concerned with the Ku Klux Klan in Louisiana and Mississippi in the early 1920s, in particular the "Mer Rouge Murders" in Morehouse Parish, La. Correspondence is with leading political figures in Louisiana and Mississippi, concerning opposition to Long and also other political issues. Among those represented are Huey P. Long, Julius T. Long, Pat Harrison, Theodore G. Bilbo, John M. Parker, Louis M. Howe, Stephen Early, John Y. Saunders, J.N. Sandlin, Mike Sennett Connor, Paul N. Cyr, and Hugh White. Also present are broadsides, pamphlets, newspapers, judicial proceedings, and other printed matter about Long or the Klan, and five scrapbooks of clippings about politics in the two states, 1916-1930.

About 1,000 items (1.0 linear ft.)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7135098

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cyr, Paul Narcisse, 1878-1946.

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White, Hugh L. (Hugh Lawson), 1881-1965.

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Robinson, W. D., 1865-1945.

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W.D. Robinson was a legislative correspondent and roving reporter in Louisiana and Mississippi for New Orleans newspapers. From the description of W.D. Robinson papers, 1920-1943. WorldCat record id: 24561265 W. D. Robinson (1865-1945) was a native of Mississippi and a veteran newspaperman. After operating a paper of his own in Mississippi and serving as telegraph editor of the New Orleans Picayune, he was for a long time legislative correspondent and roving rep...

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Saunders, John Y.

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