Ed Buck political collection, 1912-1969.

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Ed Buck political collection, 1912-1969.

Newspapers, sections, or inserts chiefly relating to Oklahoma, Colorado, and Texas politics; booklet with political advertising for Lawton City Council candidate Peter C. King; campaign posters of Clyde Wheeler, Republican for U.S. Congress who was later defeated by Victor Wickersham; handbills with Lawton political advertising; Global Atlas of the World at War (1945?); pamphlet relating to the United Nations; and other materials.

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Buck, Edward E., 1922-

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King, Peter (Christopher Peter), 1922-

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Wickersham, Victor Eugene, 1906-1988

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Wickersham was a Democratic congressman who served in the U. S. House of Representatives, representing Oklahoma's Seventh and Sixth Districts, 1941-1946, 1949-1956, and 1961-1964. He was also a member of the Oklahoma State Legislature, 1971-1979. From the description of Congressional Papers, 1938-1956, bulk 1950-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518138636 Victor Wickersham was born February 9, 1906. He was educated in Oklahoma public schools and held various jobs in Oklah...

Wheeler, Clyde A. (Clyde Arlie), 1921-

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Clyde Arlie Wheeler, Jr. (b. 1921), congressional relations expert, lobbyist, and White house staffer, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater from which he received his bachelor and masters degrees. After working at a variety of jobs in Kansas and Oklahoma he developed an interest in Republican politics and was hired by the Oklahoma Republican State Central committee in 1950 to help manage the state’s Republican campaign of that year. A m...