Papers, 1965-1984.

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Papers, 1965-1984.

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Collection spans Edwards' twenty-year congressional career and includes congressional office and subject files; constituent correspondence; departmental documents; files related to the operation of his congressional office; appointment books for 1965-1981; and papers related to his district visits. These are supplemented by Republican Party and convention materials as well as speeches, legislation, news releases, voting records, photographs, and audio and video cassettes. Of particular interest are files related to Edwards' Defense Appropriations Subcommittee assignment; his stint as vice chair of the Republican Conference; Vietnam; school busing and desegregation; George Wallace for President campaign; the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and other waterways in the first district; and matters related to the Watergate scandal, including the impeachment proceedings and later pardon of President Nixon.

253 cubic ft. (289 p. ; 28 cm.)

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7545143

University of South Alabama, Marx Library

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