David Chavez, Jr. gubernatorial campaign collection, 1950-1998, (bulk 1950).

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David Chavez, Jr. gubernatorial campaign collection, 1950-1998, (bulk 1950).

This small collection consists of 1 envelope containing 4 folders. The collection was compiled by Robert Zimmerman, David Chavez's publicity director during the 1950 gubernatorial campaign. The collection includes speeches and radio addresses, campaign materials, press releases, and correspondence. The collection provides an insider's look at New Mexico politics in the 1950s. The politics of ethnic identity, hardball campaign strategies, education, corruption, economic development, and human rights are some of the timeless political issues that this collection sheds light upon.

1 envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7526546

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Democratic Party (N.M.)

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Zimmerman, Robert L.

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Bob Zimmerman has taught middle-school students and adults at the Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue for many years. From the description of Robert Zimmerman oral history, 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 769023407 ...

Chavez, David, 1898-

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David Chavez Jr. was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1898. He married Genevieve Trovillion in 1926. He served as: District Attorney for Santa Fe, 1932; United States District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1947; and as a New Mexico Supreme Court Judge, elected to his first full term in 1961. From the description of Judge David Chavez Jr. papers, 1890-1960 (bulk, 1890-1934). (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37396734 Judge David Chavez Jr. was born i...