Papers, 1920-1972 1946-1960.

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Papers, 1920-1972 1946-1960.

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Papers documenting the political career of an attorney and U.S. Representative (Rep.) from the 5th Congressional District of Wisconsin (1947-1948, 1951-1954), who investigated Communist membership in labor unions (1947-1948), authored the Kersten Amendment to "support resistance behind the Iron Curtain" (1951) and chaired the House Select Committee on Communist Aggression (1953-1954). Included are campaign files, constituent correspondence (substantially weeded), manuscripts, press clippings, speeches, audiotape recordings, a small amount of personal correspondence, and subject files pertaining to the "captive nations" of eastern Europe and national liberation movements within these countries. There is a file of letters to and from Richard M. Nixon.

5 cubic ft. plus 10 cubic ft. of unprocessed additions.

Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library, John P. Raynor Library

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Marquette University Raynor Memorial Library, John P. Raynor Library

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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environm...

Kersten, Charles J.

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