Papers, 1952-1978.

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Papers, 1952-1978.

Scrapbooks, newspaper articles, promotional campaign literature, and certificates of FitzGerald Bemiss of Richmond, Va., concerning his legislative campaigns and career in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1955- 1959, and Senate, 1960-1967, and his later service on state commissions. Also included are a manual and correspondence, 1952-1956, concerning the organization and political activities of the Richmond branch of Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower, in which Bemiss participated.

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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