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POL. Politics, Law, Courts

 Classification
Identifier: POL

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbooks Regarding Claude Pepper

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 018
Abstract

Two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings relating to Claude Pepper, U.S. Senator from Florida (1936-1951), covering the period 1948-1952 and his unsuccessful 1958 senatorial primary campaign against Spessard L. Holland.

Dates: 1948-1958

Spessard L. Holland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 055
Abstract

Personal and official political papers, dated 1913-1972, of former U.S. Senator and Florida Governor, Spessard Lindsey Holland.

Dates: 1913-1972

Stephen C. O'Connell Florida Supreme Court Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 210
Abstract

Papers pertaining to the work of Stephen O'Connell during his service as a Florida Supreme Court Justice.

Dates: 1955-1967

Syd Herlong Congressional Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 052
Abstract

U.S. Representative Syd Herlong's legislation and correspondence files from the 85th Congress (1957) to the 90th Congress (1968). Also include a small number of committee, voting record, campaign and speech files.

Dates: 1943-1968; Majority of material found within 1957-1968

Thomas Alva Yon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 115
Abstract

Thomas Alva Yon was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1927-1933) and a member of the U.S. Bureau of Commerce from 1933-1940. This collection mainly deals with his involvement with public work projects for the Florida Panhandle.

Dates: 1926-1937

United Nations Association of the United States of America - Gainesville Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0537
Abstract

Meeting minutes, newsletters, treasurer reports, photographs, awards, and other records produced by the Gainesville, Florida Chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America.

Dates: 1961 - 2021

Verle Allyn Pope Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms 083
Abstract

Subject files and correspondence pertaining to Verle A. Pope's career in the Florida State Senate.

Dates: 1903-1973

Walton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0331
Abstract

Kate L. Walton (1917-1985) was an attorney from Palatka, Florida who served as legal counsel in the Cason versus Baskin case, known as the Cross Creek Trial. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence of the law firm relating to the trial and its proceedings, but also includes personal papers of Walton and various family members.

Dates: 1927-1948; Majority of material found within 1943-1947

William A. McRae Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0467
Abstract

Correspondence of military officers regarding the United Nations Security Council.

Dates: 1945

William Graves Carleton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 007
Abstract

Papers of historian, political scientist, and University of Florida professor, William G. Carleton.

Dates: 1918-1982; Majority of material found within 1928-1982