Papers, 1941-1983.

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Papers, 1941-1983.

Personal & political papers including correspondence, memoranda, typescripts, memorabilia, & photos, chiefly relating to Scott's last senatorial term, retirement, ̂resumption of his law career; together with a small group of papers relating to his naval service during World War II. Includes files on resignation of Richard Nixon & accession of Gerald Ford, including Scott's meetings with Mike Mansfield to plan organization & procedure for an impeachment trial; Scott's 1972 and 1976 China trips including questions for an interview with Chou Enlai & transcripts of talks with vice premier Chang Ch'un Ch'iao & foreign minister Chiao Kuan-hua; Scott's 1975 trip to U.S.-U.S.S.R. parliamentary conference; Spiro Agnew's resignation; minority leader memoranda & correspondence; leadership meetings at the White House; Supreme Court confirmations; Scott's 1964 & 1970 Senate campaigns & his races for minority leader & minority whip; campaigns of other senators; Republican Convention of 1972; presidential elections of 1968, 1972, & 1976; confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller as vice-president; investigation of Henry Kissinger for wire-tapping; Oriental art; fund raising for Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, Va.); two terms on University of Virginia Board of Visitors; Board of Foreign Scholarships; Commission on Critical Choices for Americans; lectures at English universitites; Asia Society, and Youth for Understanding. Also includes material relating to Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents; Panama Canal treaties; normalization of relations with People's Republic of China; and various trips abroad. Correspondents include Spiro Agnew, George D. Aiken, James B. Allen, Gordon Allot, Walter H. Annenberg, Les AuCoin, Howard H. Baker, Dewey F. Bartlett, Birch Bayh, J. Glenn Beall, Henry Bellmon, Wallace F. Bennett, J. Caleb Boggs, William Emerson Brock, Edward William Brooke, James Lane Buckley, Quentin N. Burdick, George Bush, Robert C. Byrd, Clifford P. Case, Tom C. Clark, John Bowden Connally, Marlow W. Cook, John Sherman Cooper, Norris Cotton, Lawrence Coughlin, Carl T. Curtis, John N. Dalton, Thomas E. Dewey, Robert J. Dole, Pete Domenici, Peter H. Dominick, Roscoe Drummond, Pierre S. Du Pont, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Sam J. Ervin, Paul J. Fannin, Hiram Fong, Gerald R. Ford, Abe Fortas, J. William Fulbright, John William Gardner, Jake Garn, Mills E. Godwin, Barry M. Goldwater, Charles E. Goodell, Charles D. Griffin, Robert P. Griffin, Edward J. Gurney, Armand Hammer, Clifford P. Hansen, Philip A. Hart, Orrin Hatch, Mark O. Hatfield, Carl Trumball Hayden, John Heinz, Jesse Helms, A. Linwood Holton, Roman L. Hruska, Walter D. Huddleston, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, Leon Jaworski, Lady Bird Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Len B. Jordan, Nancy L. Kassebaum, Edward M. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Henry Kissinger.

ca. 16, 200 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258561

University of Virginia. Library

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Scott, Hugh Doggett, 1900-1994

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Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977. Born and educated in Virginia, Scott moved to Philadelphia to join his uncle's law firm. He was appointed as Philadelphia's assistant district attorney in 1926 and remained in that position until 1941. Scot...