Papers : of Frederick William McWane, 1912-1961.

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Papers : of Frederick William McWane, 1912-1961.

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Political material comprises the bulk of the collection. McWane's efforts for the Republican party on a local, state, and national basis are reflected in correspondence with the Republican National Committee, the Republican National Finance Committee, the Virginia Republican State Central Committee, various Republican county committees, the National Taft for President Committee, 1948, and the Committee, 1952. There is correspondence with numerous state and civic improvement organizations including the Virginia Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy, the Lynchburg, Va. City Council, the Lynchburg, Va. Sesquicentennial, the Lynchburg, Va. Citizens Downtown and Parking Committee, the Lynchburg, Va. Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Newcomen Society of the United States. Also, the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Committee for Cooperation in Post War Construction, the Society of Virginians, and the Virginia World War II History Commission. Correspondents include Lloyd C. Bird, Ted Dalton, Charles P. Gillespie, Greene H. Lawson, Edward Leonard Bacher, Robert Alphonso Taft, Richard Harding Poff, Earl Lutz, Herbert Hoover, Carroll Reece, and Henry Alexander Wise.

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