Joseph Taylor Robinson papers supplement 2 : correspondence, speeches, and papers, 1904-1952.

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Joseph Taylor Robinson papers supplement 2 : correspondence, speeches, and papers, 1904-1952.

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The papers consist of correspondence, speeches, press releases, financial records, and other papers pertaining mostly to the professional, political, and governmental career of Robinson, especially as regards to his role as a congressman and chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands; the Arkansas gubernatorial election in 1912, mainly congratulatory messages to Robinson on his election as Arkansas Governor; and Robinson's senatorial career. Specific areas to which records relate include: the National and State Drought Relief Committees' effort to aid the farmers in drought-stricken Arkansas in 1930, the A.B. Banks vs. State court case, the St. Francis Levee District "Sunk Lands" case, and the Natural Gas and Petroleum Company, El Dorado, Arkansas/T. H. Barton case. The papers also include one folder of correspondence, miscellaneous papers, and photographs related to Nevin E. Neal and his work on the biography of Joseph Taylor Robinson ca. 1950s.

.5 linear ft.

University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, University Libraries

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