Ralph Waldo McDonald papers, 1936.

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Ralph Waldo McDonald papers, 1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/463333497

The collection includes correspondence, speeches, political materials, and other items related to Ralph Waldo McDonald's 1936 Democratic Party gubernatorial primary campaign against Clyde R. Hoey and Alexander H. Sandy Graham. Campaign-related correspondence includes letters between McDonald and his campaign staff, particularly W. L. Lumpkin and Itimous T. Valentine, and to and from McDonald supporters and campaign volunteers. Topics include finances; press and newspaper coverage; the organization of volunteers; the political atmosphere and leanings of North Carolina counties; Hoey's reputation and claims; and critical campaign issues such as the sales tax, old age pensions, liquor regulation, and the political machine. Post-primary correspondence also discusses allegations of electoral irregularities, campaign finance difficulties, and McDonald's decision to campaign for Hoey. There are also materials relating to organizing campaign workers and supporters--including women--in North Carolina counties and precincts; publicity materials, including speeches, press releases, photographs, and political cartoons; financial records; appointments and itineraries; tables charting votes by county and candidate; and Hoey campaign materials. Topics include banking, electric power and Hoey's connection to the Duke Power Company, prison reform, labor, and the sales tax. Also included are few personal and family letters, a group photograph of members of the Order of Gimghoul that features author Walker Percy, and other items.

About 1100 items (3.0 linear feet).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7563284

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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McDonald family.

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Percy, Walker, 1916-1990

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William Walsh, an Irish-Catholic New Orleanian born in 1925, joined the Society of Jesus in 1942. He left the order in 1973, but remained ambilavent about his decision to enter secular life. Walsh was at a personal crossroads when he read Lancelot, trying to determine his future. Having also been impressed by Percy's earlier writings, particularly The Message in the Bottle, he believed that Percy could be a source of guidance. As it turned out, Walsh and Percy never met in person and they spoke ...

Order of Gimghoul (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954

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U.S. senator and governor of North Carolina. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122381802 U.S. Senator and governor of North Carolina, from Shelby (Cleveland Co.), N.C. From the description of Papers, 1943-1954; (bulk 1944-1954). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19642850 From the description of Papers, 1942-1995 ; (bulk 1944-1954). (Duke Universit...

McDonald, Ralph Waldo, 1903-1977

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Ralph Waldo McDonald was an educator, legislator, and North Carolina gubernatorial candidate in the Democratic primary elections of 1936 and 1944. He was associated with the extension service and taught in the education and radio departments at the University of North Carolina beginning in the late 1930s and served as president of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, 1951-1961. From the description of Ralph Waldo McDonald papers, 1936. WorldCat record id: 463333497 ...

Duke Power Company

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Lumpkin, W. L. (William L.)

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Valentine, I. T. (Itimous Thaddeus), 1926-

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Graham, Alexander H., 1890-1977

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Alexander H. Graham of Hillsborough, N.C., began his public career in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1921, becoming speaker in 1929. He chaired the committee that hired Frank Porter Graham as president of the University of North Carolina in 1930. He was lieutenant governor, 1933-1937, and head of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, 1945-1949 and 1953-1957. From the description of Alexander H. Graham papers, 1879-1939. WorldCat record id: 44696419 ...