Political campaign ephemera, circa 1948-1968.

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Political campaign ephemera, circa 1948-1968.

Ephemera and other items relating to political campaigns including: one (1) scrapbook of the policies and political career of Thomas E. Dewey, 1948; eight (8) issues of the Oregon Advance Times, vol. 1, no. 38, October 10, 1968, featuring an article on Senator Wayne Morse; one (1) flyer for the "McCarthy Day Rally" in Portland, August 15, 1968; four (4) large fold-out political flyers for the Robert Kennedy primary campaign, 1968; one (1) large fold-out flyer: "George McGovern for President 1972; nine (9) flyers for the Robert Kennedy primary campaign, 1968; three (3) 1968 "Re-elect Wayne Morse Committee" envelopes; various political advertisements and pamphlets for Wayne Morse, John F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Gladys McCoy, Robert Kennedy, Thomas E. Dewey, Keith Burns, Judge Deitz, John Callahan, and Hubert Humphrey; three (3) posters of Wayne Morse for the 1968 campaign; one (1) booklet for Wayne Morse : "The record of a working senator," 1968; one (1) booklet: "Bobby Kennedy's New York / by Amram Ducovny," 1964; one (1) official ballot stub for precinct no. 8, Empire, Coos County, Oregon, November 2, 1948; thirty (30) bumper stickers for Jesse Jackson, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Wayne Morse, Neil Goldschmidt, Ira Blalock, John Callahan, James Thomas, "Indian Power," "Custer died for your sins," "Boycott grapes," and Peal.

1 oversize folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8141053

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Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman), 1900-1974

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Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing his party's leadership and for his opposition to the Vietnam War on constitutional grounds. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota Law School, Morse moved to Oregon in 1930 and began teaching at the University of Oregon School of Law. During World War II, he was elected to the U.S....

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...