Papers, 1907-1932.

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Papers, 1907-1932.

Edwin Augustus Van Valkenburg was editor and publisher of the Philadelphia North American, 1899-1924; Pennsylvania reform Republican and supporter of Roosevelt's 1912 Progressive candidacy. Papers include correspondence with Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, Albert Ridgely Brunker, Will H. Hays, Hiram Johnson, George Walbridge Perkins, Gifford Pinchot, Raymond Robins, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Cameron Sproul; also correspondence and speech drafts of contemporaries.

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Houghton Library

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Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

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Perkins, George W. (George Walbridge), 1862-1920

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Financier, industrialist. Perkins was a vice president of the New York Life Insurance Company, and a partner in the financial firm of J.P. Morgan. He also took an active part in the formation of the International Harvester Company, and the Northern Securities Company, and in the management of the U.S. Steel Corporation. From the description of George W. Perkins papers, 1871-1920. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 298686852 ...

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Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945

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Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954

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Republican politician, namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879. Hays served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1918-1921, managing the successful campaign of Warren G. Harding for the presidency in 1920. Following Harding's election, Hays was appointed Postmaster General in 1921, a post he held until 1922, when he resigned in order to become the first President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America...

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

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Robins, Raymond, 1873-1954

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...