Leslie C. Arends Collection, 1930-1975.

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Leslie C. Arends Collection, 1930-1975.

The Leslie C. Arends Collection documents his career as a United States representative from Illinois's 17th congressional district and as Republican assistant floor leader in the House of Representatives from 1943 until his retirement in January 1975. The material is divided into ten record groups described separately in a finding aid.

5038 folders (65.5 linear ft.)

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Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985

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Congressman. From the description of Reminiscences of Leslie Cornelius Arends : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528461 First elected to the House of Representatives in 1935, Arends held the office of Republican assistant floor leader for thirty-one years of his career, from 1943 until 1975. Upon retirement, Arends donated his papers to Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington, Illinois. The university made arrange...

Illinois Wesleyan University

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