Papers of the Casey and Dudley families, 1923-1988.

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Papers of the Casey and Dudley families, 1923-1988.

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Papers contain personal, business and legal correspondence, documents, and memorabilia of Joseph E. Casey, Constance Dudley Casey, and Herman Andrew "Drew" Dudley. The Congressional papers of Joseph E. Casey include correspondence regarding coal mining legislation in 1937, campaign material, a brief speech made on the day the U.S. declared war on Japan and souvenirs. Of interest is correspondence with William C. Sullivan on J. Edgar Hoover, the F.B.I. and Sullivan's book "The bureau." Other topics include William M. Mayer's post World War II claims in Yugoslavia and his interest in the German-manufactured Aurosol for rheumatoid arthritis; and World-Wide Tankers, Inc., especially in regards to Time Oil Company. The papers of Constance Dudley Casey includes correspondence with numerous political and entertainment figures; diaries; school and college papers; an oral history interview on her trip to Uganda independence ceremonies at the request of John F. Kennedy; papers concerning her involvement with the Woman's National Democratic Club; school papers; financial and legal papers; and memorabilia including campaign souvenirs and audio tapes of Watergate interviews recorded from television broadcasts in 1973. Papers of the Casey children contain correspondence with author John Casey including letters regarding the publication of "An American romance." Papers of Ida Louise Ockerblad Dudley and Charles Howard Dudley consist chiefly of correspondence with children and grandchildren plus some miscellaneous papers, chiefly in regard to the settling of their estate. Papers of Herman Andrew Dudley include family correspondence, a file of correspondence with celebrities, and papers pertaining to the National Recovery Administration. There are also many photographs of Hollywood and international personalities who were friends of Dudley. Noted correspondents represented by more than one letter include Mamie Eisenhower, Joan Fontaine, Arlene Francis, Katherine Graham, W. Averell Harriman, Van Johnson, Blanche W. Knopf, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and William V. Shannon.

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University of Virginia. Library

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