Democratic Party campaign materials
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Democratic Party campaign materials from 1874 to 1966 including handbills, pamphlets, posters, comic books and programs. Also included are voting tickets for several Lansing, Michigan, area communities, voting information and campaign instructions, and tickets, programs and statements from Democratic conventions, both in Michigan and on a national level. Biographical and political information on Michigan candidates for governor, legislature, and other offices, including Austin Blair, Josiah Begole, and Frank Kelly as well as information on candidates for the presidency and for the Congress, including Adlai Stevenson, Stuart Symington, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, and John Kennedy are part of the collection. A Puerto Rican newspaper (1960) discusses the Democratic party in Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican political figures, including Governor Luis Munoz Marin.
Dates
- Creation: 1874 - 1966
Creator
- Mysels, Sammy, 1906-1974 (Person)
- Joesten, Joachim, 1907-1975 (Person)
- Green, Johnny, 1908-1989 (Person)
- Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988 (Person)
- Feiffer, Jules (Artist, Person)
- Dies, Martin, 1900-1972 (Person)
- Baker, Herbert (Person)
- Adams, Walter, 1922-1998 (Correspondent, Person)
- Democratic Party (U.S.) (Organization)
- Wright, Fred (Person)
- Smith, Hermon Dunlap, 1900-1983 (Person)
- Scholle, August, 1904- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.
Historical Note
The Democratic Party was founded on January 8, 1828. It was preceded by the Democratic-Republican Party.
Extent
0.33 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
Donor unknown.
Legal Status
Copyright: Michigan State University Property Rights: Michigan State University
Subject
- National Citizens Political Action Committee (Organization)
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 (Person)
- Begole, Josiah Williams, 1815-1896 (Person)
- Ingham County Democratic Committee (Mich.) (Organization)
- Blair, Austin, 1818-1894 (Person)
- Democratic Party (U.S.) (Organization)
- League of Nations (Organization)
- Democratic Party (Mich.). State Central Committee (Organization)
- International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) (Organization)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 (Person)
- Wayne County AFL-CIO (Wayne County, Mich.) (Organization)
- Sanford, Dick, 1896- (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Aurelius (Mich. : Township)
- Beverly Hills (Calif.)
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- Grand Rapids (Mich.)
- Kalamazoo (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- Kent County (Mich.)
- Lansing (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Macomb County (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- Meridian Charter Township (Mich.) -- Meridian Charter Township (Mich.)
- Michigan -- Politics and government
- Muskegon (Mich.)
- Port Huron (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- San Juan (P.R.) -- Politics and government
- Shelby (Mich.) -- Politics and government
- United States -- Economic policy
- United States -- Politics and government
Topical
- Agriculture and politics
- Education -- Political aspects
- Labor unions -- Political activity
- Political clubs
- Political conventions
- St. Louis post-dispatch
- Taxation -- Michigan
- Voting
Uniform Title
- Title
- Democratic Party Campaign Materials
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Date
- August 1964
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Historical Collections Repository
Conrad Hall
943 Conrad Road, Room 101
East Lansing MI 48824 US
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu