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 Sub-Series

Sub-Series I: General Campaign,, 1953-1979.

Dates

  • 1953-1979.

Scope and Contents

General Campaign includes correspondence, campaign materials (e.g., bumper stickers, buttons, calendars, pamphlets, etc.), HAW remarks and speeches, press releases from HAW and others, laudatory letters, etc. Documents in General Campaign are related principally to HAW's Senate campaigns, with some from his House years.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Undetermined .

Physical Description

(5 cubic feet)

Additional Description

Arrangement

The arrangement of General Campaign for the most part was kept in original order and arranged by campaign years. However, much of the materials were originally stored in disarray and without much organization. Miscellaneous campaign material not related to HAW was placed at the end of this sub-series. Some 1976 campaign material, found after the rest of the series had been processed, was placed at the end of the sub-series.

Related Series

Additional campaign-related correspondence can be found in several other series, including SUBJECT CORRESPONDENCE; GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, & PUBLIC RELATIONS CORRESPONDENCE; CENTRAL CORRESPONDENCE; and LAUDATORY CORRESPONDENCE series.

Political matters can be found in the various reference material series, especially NEW JERSEY INFORMATION FILES, NATIONAL INFORMATION FILES, and SUBJECT FILES.

Speeches made by HAW during his campaigns can be found in the SPEECHES series. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE FILES includes campaign material, primarily press releases. PRESS RELEASES & NEWSLETTERS includes some campaign press releases.

Clippings and other material related to Williams's campaigns can be found in the SCRAPBOOK series of the Williams Family sub-group, as well as the CLIPPINGS & INFORMATION SUBJECT FILES series.

PHOTOGRAPHS includes a large number of election photos, including images from the 1964 Democratic convention in Atlantic City. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL includes film of commercials from HAW's 1970 campaign and audiotapes of candidacy announcements and other political events.

MEMORABILIA includes many campaign pins, matchbooks, and other campaign paraphernalia. Most of these objects relate to HAW, but many are from other politicians' campaigns.

Appraisal and Discard Information

Generally, loose newsprint clippings, mailing and other lists consisting of just names and addresses, or unrelated and duplicate papers found in the files were discarded. Some publications without useful context were removed and sent to a Special Collections and University Archives bibliographer for disposition. Otherwise, all material was retained.

Repository Details

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