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George Mason University Libraries established its Special Collections \u0026 Archives (SC\u0026A) department in 1979, and the Federal Theatre Project Materials became a collection under the custody of that entity.","In 1980 the Research Center for the Federal Theatre Project was renamed the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project (IFTP), part of the newly established Center for Government, Society, and the Arts (CGSA).","In 1993, the Library of Congress began the process of recalling collections that it had loaned to libraries across the country over the years, including the rich archives of the FTP housed at George Mason University. LC administrators suggested that the collection would be more accessible at the Library's Music Division in Washington, D.C. rather than in Fairfax. While the bulk of the original loaned collection was eventually returned to the Library in August of 1994, George Mason University Libraries was allowed to retain duplicates of many of the records to complement the additional materials it had independently acquired between 1975 and 1994. After the replevin of the FTP materials back to the Library of Congress, the IFTP focused more of its attention on the study of the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA's) work in the Coldwar era, promoting the papers of Robert Breen, Director of ANTA, which are also held by George Mason University's Special Collections Research Center (formerly Special Collections \u0026 Archives). The CGSA and IFTP ceased operation during the summer of 1998.","Materials were transferred to Special Collections Research Center from the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project and New Deal Culture between the years 1979 and 2000.","Collection processed by Maegan Jankowsi and Robert Vay.","George Mason University Libraries records","Federal Theatre Project collection","Federal Theatre Project photograph collection","Federal Theatre Project personal papers","Works Progress Administration oral histories","Collection contains records pertaining to the operation of the the Institute on the Federal Theatre Project (IFTP) and its prior iteration, the Research Center for the Federal Theatre Project (RCFTP). 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SEE ALSO Academies","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","Political campaigns","Nursing Homes -- United States","Politics and government.","Politicians -- United States","One box contains restricted material and requires signed form.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858.","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.","Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956.","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015.","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt.","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady. The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated. Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959). The Benson Printing Company, 1958.","0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.","Items of note include Women in Politics, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.","Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter, among other general correspondence.","Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.","Material of note includes correspondence about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).","Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.","Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.","Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.","Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.","Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.","Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.","Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).","Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.","Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications.","Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.","Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie) (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).","For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.","Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.","Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.","An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.","Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, The West Virginia Taxpayer, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of Who's Who of American Women (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from LIFE magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.","Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.","Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.","For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.","Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels.","Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.","Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.","Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.","Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.","Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story, DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).","For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.","Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.","Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.","Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.","Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.","Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.","Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.","The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.","The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.","The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (Brown Ballot Box by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.","For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.","An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).","For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).","The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.","The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.","Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).","Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.","Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.","Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.","Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.","Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.","Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.","Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.","Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. 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Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHelen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 16, 1913: born\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1983: retired from government service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 12, 2015: death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMemoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e. The Pen Women Press, 2014.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarquis-Who's Who Incorporated. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959)\u003c/emph\u003e. The Benson Printing Company, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956.","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015.","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt.","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady. The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated. Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959). The Benson Printing Company, 1958."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWomen in Politics\u003c/emph\u003e, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHelen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter, among other general correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes correspondence about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026amp;M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSeasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional education material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFunction of a Science Divisional Library\u003c/emph\u003e (Located in box 22, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women\u003c/emph\u003e (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLIFE\u003c/emph\u003e magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026amp;M 4218.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNational Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,\u003c/emph\u003e DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrown Ballot Box\u003c/emph\u003e by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.","Items of note include Women in Politics, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.","Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter, among other general correspondence.","Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.","Material of note includes correspondence about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).","Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.","Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.","Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.","Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.","Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.","Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.","Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).","Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.","Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications.","Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.","Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie) (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).","For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.","Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.","Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.","An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.","Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, The West Virginia Taxpayer, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of Who's Who of American Women (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from LIFE magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.","Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.","Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.","For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.","Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels.","Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.","Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.","Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.","Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.","Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story, DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).","For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.","Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.","Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.","Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.","Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.","Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.","Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.","The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.","The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.","The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (Brown Ballot Box by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.","For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.","An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).","For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).","The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.","The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.","Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).","Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.","Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.","Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.","Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.","Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.","Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.","Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.","Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_1070efee2d7cb283b22d98c8c285e735\"\u003ePapers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated), State Government Papers (1955-1960), Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated), Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated), and Addendum of 2021 October 20 (circa 1996).\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. 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SEE ALSO Academies","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","Political campaigns","Nursing Homes -- United States","Politics and government.","Politicians -- United States","One box contains restricted material and requires signed form.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858.","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.","Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956.","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015.","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt.","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady. The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated. Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959). The Benson Printing Company, 1958.","0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.","Items of note include Women in Politics, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.","Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter, among other general correspondence.","Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.","Material of note includes correspondence about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).","Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.","Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.","Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.","Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.","Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.","Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.","Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).","Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.","Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications.","Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.","Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie) (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).","For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.","Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.","Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.","An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.","Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, The West Virginia Taxpayer, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of Who's Who of American Women (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from LIFE magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.","Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.","Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.","For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.","Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels.","Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.","Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.","Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.","Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.","Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story, DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).","For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.","Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.","Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.","Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.","Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.","Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.","Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.","The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.","The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.","The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (Brown Ballot Box by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.","For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.","An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).","For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).","The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.","The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.","Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).","Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.","Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.","Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.","Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.","Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.","Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.","Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.","Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated), State Government Papers (1955-1960), Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated), Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated), and Addendum of 2021 October 20 (circa 1996).","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )","West Virginia. Legislature","United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development","Presbyterian Church","Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)","West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs","United States. Works Progress Administration","United States. 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Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHelen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHelen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust 16, 1913: born\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1983: retired from government service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 12, 2015: death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMemoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e. The Pen Women Press, 2014.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarquis-Who's Who Incorporated. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959)\u003c/emph\u003e. The Benson Printing Company, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956.","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015.","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt.","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady. The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated. Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959). The Benson Printing Company, 1958."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. 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Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCampaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWomen in Politics\u003c/emph\u003e, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHelen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter, among other general correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes correspondence about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026amp;M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSeasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional education material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFunction of a Science Divisional Library\u003c/emph\u003e (Located in box 22, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women\u003c/emph\u003e (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLIFE\u003c/emph\u003e magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026amp;M 4218.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNational Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,\u003c/emph\u003e DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrown Ballot Box\u003c/emph\u003e by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.","Items of note include Women in Politics, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.","Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter, among other general correspondence.","Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.","Material of note includes correspondence about The West Virginia Taxpayer newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).","Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.","Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.","Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.","Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.","Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.","Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.","Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).","Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.","Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications.","Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.","Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie) (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).","For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.","Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.","Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.","An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.","Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, The West Virginia Taxpayer, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of Who's Who of American Women (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from LIFE magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.","Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.","Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.","For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.","Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels.","Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.","Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.","Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.","Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.","Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story, DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).","For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.","Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.","Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.","Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.","Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.","Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.","Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.","The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.","The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.","The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (Brown Ballot Box by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.","For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.","An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).","For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).","The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.","The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.","Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).","Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.","Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.","Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. 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The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_3687.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208740","title_ssm":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers"],"title_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1840-2003","1918-1955"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1840-2003"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1918-1955"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, 1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955"],"text":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, 1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955","A\u0026M 0873","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3687","Lewis County.","West Virginia -- Politics and government","United States -- Politics and government","Coal mining - Labor organization.","Education","Elections","Guffey Coal Act.","New Deal, 1933-1939","Politics and government.","Public utilities","Taxation","Unions.","United States - Social Security.","Social Security -- United States","Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Act","Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century","World War, 1939-1945","Politicians -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 1858, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858.","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.","Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements.","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis. Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator. Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970.","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life.","Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order.","Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.","Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.","Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others.","Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).","For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.","For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee","For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.","For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission.","For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.","Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.","Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.","Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).","Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.","Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.","Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.","Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.","An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.","For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.","Typescripts include Facts and Figures (numbers 1-224) and Politics in West Virginia (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. Facts and Figures appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.","Copies of The West Virginia Taxpayer, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.","Manuscripts by Rush Holt include Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and The President Moves Toward War (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.","Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.","Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.","An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.","Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.","Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.","Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.","For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.","Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).","Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's Fantasia in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.","Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.","The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.","It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee","The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.","Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.","Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.","Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states.","Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.","Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.","The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.","Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.","Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.","Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.","Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.","Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West Virginia Legislature Journal for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).","Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject.","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter.","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not.","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting.","There are also a few boxes of West Virginia Taxpayer correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the West Virginia Taxpayer. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.","For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.","Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.","Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the Agricultural Yearbook and the Farmer's Bulletin. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).","Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others.","Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.","Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests.","Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.","Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career.","Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.","Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).","To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit  the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff.","Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.","Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence.","Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June).","For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).","Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJust as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHolt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJune 19, 1905: born\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920-1922: attended West Virginia University\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941: married Helen Louise Froelich\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 8, 1955: death \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoffey, William Ellis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.\u003c/emph\u003e Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements.","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis. Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator. Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970.","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0873, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, A\u0026M 0873, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Typescripts include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-224) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePolitics in West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts by Rush Holt include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe President Moves Toward War\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFantasia\u003c/emph\u003e in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypes of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords of note include copies of the West \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Legislature Journal\u003c/emph\u003e for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also a few boxes of \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eAgricultural Yearbook\u003c/emph\u003e and the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFarmer's Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit \u003ca href=\"https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026amp;search_field=all_fields\u0026amp;q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life.","Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order.","Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.","Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.","Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others.","Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).","For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.","For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee","For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.","For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission.","For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.","Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.","Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.","Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).","Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.","Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.","Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.","Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.","An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.","For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.","Typescripts include Facts and Figures (numbers 1-224) and Politics in West Virginia (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. Facts and Figures appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.","Copies of The West Virginia Taxpayer, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.","Manuscripts by Rush Holt include Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and The President Moves Toward War (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.","Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.","Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.","An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.","Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.","Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.","Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.","For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.","Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).","Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's Fantasia in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.","Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.","The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.","It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee","The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.","Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.","Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.","Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states.","Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.","Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.","The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.","Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.","Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.","Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.","Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.","Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West Virginia Legislature Journal for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).","Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject.","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter.","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not.","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting.","There are also a few boxes of West Virginia Taxpayer correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the West Virginia Taxpayer. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.","For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.","Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.","Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the Agricultural Yearbook and the Farmer's Bulletin. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).","Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others.","Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.","Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests.","Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.","Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career.","Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.","Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).","To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit  the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff.","Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.","Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence.","Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June).","For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEphemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026amp;M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_7f7aca18f594cb9e240c48f7fdefc04e\"\u003ePapers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_c13cef4864374dc7a447894b02986413\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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(John Llewellyn), 1880-1969","Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":938,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:55:51.089Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_3687","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_3687.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208740","title_ssm":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers"],"title_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1840-2003","1918-1955"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1840-2003"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1918-1955"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, 1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955"],"text":["Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, 1840/2003, bulk 1918/1955","A\u0026M 0873","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/3687","Lewis County.","West Virginia -- Politics and government","United States -- Politics and government","Coal mining - Labor organization.","Education","Elections","Guffey Coal Act.","New Deal, 1933-1939","Politics and government.","Public utilities","Taxation","Unions.","United States - Social Security.","Social Security -- United States","Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Act","Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century","World War, 1939-1945","Politicians -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 1858, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858.","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.","Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements.","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis. Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator. Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970.","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life.","Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order.","Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.","Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.","Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others.","Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).","For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.","For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee","For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.","For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission.","For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.","Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.","Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.","Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).","Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.","Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.","Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.","Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.","An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.","For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.","Typescripts include Facts and Figures (numbers 1-224) and Politics in West Virginia (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. Facts and Figures appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.","Copies of The West Virginia Taxpayer, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.","Manuscripts by Rush Holt include Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and The President Moves Toward War (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.","Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.","Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.","An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.","Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.","Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.","Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.","For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.","Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).","Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's Fantasia in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.","Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.","The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.","It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee","The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.","Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.","Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.","Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states.","Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.","Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.","The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.","Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.","Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.","Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.","Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.","Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West Virginia Legislature Journal for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).","Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject.","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter.","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not.","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting.","There are also a few boxes of West Virginia Taxpayer correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the West Virginia Taxpayer. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.","For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.","Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.","Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the Agricultural Yearbook and the Farmer's Bulletin. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).","Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others.","Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.","Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests.","Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.","Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career.","Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.","Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).","To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit  the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff.","Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.","Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence.","Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June).","For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).","Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJust as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHolt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJune 19, 1905: born\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1920-1922: attended West Virginia University\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935 \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1941: married Helen Louise Froelich\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 8, 1955: death \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoffey, William Ellis. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator.\u003c/emph\u003e Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.  \u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.","The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.","In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.","By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.","By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.","Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.","Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's \"Golden Boy,\" such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.","After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements.","During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.","Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.","Chronological List of Events:","June 19, 1905: born","1920: graduated from high school","1920-1922: attended West Virginia University","1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree","1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia","1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers","1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes","1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935","1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old","1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway","1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election","1941: married Helen Louise Froelich","1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.","1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful","1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party","1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes","1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won","February 8, 1955: death","Sources:","Coffey, William Ellis. Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator. Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970.","A\u0026M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0873, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, A\u0026M 0873, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.    \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.   \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Typescripts include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-224) and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePolitics in West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts and Figures\u003c/emph\u003e appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Copies of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Manuscripts by Rush Holt include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe President Moves Toward War\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFantasia\u003c/emph\u003e in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypes of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecords of note include copies of the West \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Legislature Journal\u003c/emph\u003e for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also a few boxes of \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eAgricultural Yearbook\u003c/emph\u003e and the \u003cemph renderrender=\"italic\"\u003eFarmer's Bulletin\u003c/emph\u003e. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit \u003ca href=\"https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93\u0026amp;search_field=all_fields\u0026amp;q\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June). \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.","Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life.","Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order.","Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.","Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.","Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others.","Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).","For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.","For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee","For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.","For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission.","For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.","Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.","Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.","Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.","Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).","Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.","Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.","Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.","Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).","Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.","Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.","An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).","Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.","For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.","Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.","Typescripts include Facts and Figures (numbers 1-224) and Politics in West Virginia (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. Facts and Figures appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.","Copies of The West Virginia Taxpayer, a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.","Manuscripts by Rush Holt include Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and The President Moves Toward War (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).","Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.","Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.","Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.","An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).","Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.","Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.","Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's \"Whistle Stop\" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.","Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.","For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.","Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.","Political and historical ephemera includes an \"America First\" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).","Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's Fantasia in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.","Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.","The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.","Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.","Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.","Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.","Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).","Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.","Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.","Items of note include a personalized \"Holt for Governor\" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a \"liberty\" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).","Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.","For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.","It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.","Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee","The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.","Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.","Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).","Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.","Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states.","Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.","Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.","The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.","Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.","Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.","Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.","Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.","Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.","Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.","Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.","Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.","Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.","Records of note include copies of the West Virginia Legislature Journal for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).","Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.","Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.","Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.","Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject.","Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.","General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter.","Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not.","Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting.","There are also a few boxes of West Virginia Taxpayer correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the West Virginia Taxpayer. There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.","For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.","Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.","Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).","Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.","Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the Agricultural Yearbook and the Farmer's Bulletin. Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).","Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the \"Youth Faces War\" and \"Keep America Neutral\" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others.","Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.","Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.","Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.","Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests.","Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.","Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.","Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career.","Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.","Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.","Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).","To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit  the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection.","Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.","Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff.","Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.","Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence.","Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June).","For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEphemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026amp;M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A\u0026M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.","17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). 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The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. 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S. Department of Labor\nUtility Workers\nV Miscellany\nVice Presidents\nW Miscellany\nWage Hour Law\nWater Works Employees\nWoodworkers Union\nWorks Projects Administration\nXYZ Miscellany\nYearbook","The order will vary somewhat from year to year depending upon name changes for affiliated unions, blank folders, etc.","Box List:","Box 1; A-E; 1940\nBox 2; F-I; 1940\nBox 3; J-O; 1940\nBox 4; O-U; 1940\nBox 5; V-Z; 1940\nBox 6; A-C; 1941\nBox 7; D-K; 1941\nBox 8; L-O; 1941\nBox 9; P-T; 1941\nBox 10; U-Z; 1941\nBoxes 11 to 15; A-Z; 1941-1942\nBoxes 16 to 20; A-Z; 1942-1943\nBoxes 21 to 25; A-Z; 1943-1944\nBoxes 26 to 30; A-Z; 1944-1945\nBoxes 30 to 33; A-Z; 1945-1946\nBoxes 34 to 37; A-Z; 1946-1947\nBoxes 38 to 41; A-Z; 1947-1948\nBoxes 42 to 46; A-Z; 1948-1950\nBoxes 46 to 50; A-Z; 1950-1951","The West Virginia State Industrial Union Council was formed in 1937 as the state labor federation for local unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council's president's office, between 1940 and 1951.","Subjects include the trade unions and councils allied with the Industrial Union Council; IUC state conventions; the activities of the CIO Political Action Committee at the state and national levels; congressional and presidential elections, 1940-1950; state and national labor legislation, particularly the anti-poll tax bill, fair employment practices legislation, and the Taft-Hartley Act; organizing activities including the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, and the CIO Southern Drive Committee; national defense and wartime agencies such as the War Production Board, War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization Board, Office of Price Administration, and the War Manpower Commission; New Deal projects including the Works Progress Administration, and the Red House Homestead project at Eleanor (Red House); labor mediation and arbitration; the National Labor Relations Board; West Virginia Cooperative Labor Legislative Council; Labor's Non-Partisan League; organizational disputes between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the communications and chemical industries; Interracial Council; crippled children's work; and the National CIO Community Services Committee. Correspondents include Cleveland Bailey, Van A. Bittner, Chester Bowles, James B. Carey, Jonathan Daniels, D. Boone Dawson, Andrew Edmiston, Raymond J. Funkhouser, Sidney H. Hillman, George W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Elizabeth Kee, John Kee, Harley Kilgore, James M. Landis, David J. MacDonald, Clarence W. Meadows, Philip Murray, M.M. Neely, Okey J. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe L. Smith, and Harley O. Staggers.","The collection formerly labeled A\u0026M 1449 has been added to this collection.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","West Virginia. 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In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council's president's office, between 1940 and 1951. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include the trade unions and councils allied with the Industrial Union Council; IUC state conventions; the activities of the CIO Political Action Committee at the state and national levels; congressional and presidential elections, 1940-1950; state and national labor legislation, particularly the anti-poll tax bill, fair employment practices legislation, and the Taft-Hartley Act; organizing activities including the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, and the CIO Southern Drive Committee; national defense and wartime agencies such as the War Production Board, War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization Board, Office of Price Administration, and the War Manpower Commission; New Deal projects including the Works Progress Administration, and the Red House Homestead project at Eleanor (Red House); labor mediation and arbitration; the National Labor Relations Board; West Virginia Cooperative Labor Legislative Council; Labor's Non-Partisan League; organizational disputes between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the communications and chemical industries; Interracial Council; crippled children's work; and the National CIO Community Services Committee. Correspondents include Cleveland Bailey, Van A. Bittner, Chester Bowles, James B. Carey, Jonathan Daniels, D. Boone Dawson, Andrew Edmiston, Raymond J. Funkhouser, Sidney H. Hillman, George W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Elizabeth Kee, John Kee, Harley Kilgore, James M. Landis, David J. MacDonald, Clarence W. Meadows, Philip Murray, M.M. Neely, Okey J. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe L. Smith, and Harley O. Staggers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection formerly labeled A\u0026amp;M 1449 has been added to this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The West Virginia State Industrial Union Council was formed in 1937 as the state labor federation for local unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council's president's office, between 1940 and 1951.","Subjects include the trade unions and councils allied with the Industrial Union Council; IUC state conventions; the activities of the CIO Political Action Committee at the state and national levels; congressional and presidential elections, 1940-1950; state and national labor legislation, particularly the anti-poll tax bill, fair employment practices legislation, and the Taft-Hartley Act; organizing activities including the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, and the CIO Southern Drive Committee; national defense and wartime agencies such as the War Production Board, War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization Board, Office of Price Administration, and the War Manpower Commission; New Deal projects including the Works Progress Administration, and the Red House Homestead project at Eleanor (Red House); labor mediation and arbitration; the National Labor Relations Board; West Virginia Cooperative Labor Legislative Council; Labor's Non-Partisan League; organizational disputes between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the communications and chemical industries; Interracial Council; crippled children's work; and the National CIO Community Services Committee. 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In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. 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Correspondents include Cleveland Bailey, Van A. Bittner, Chester Bowles, James B. Carey, Jonathan Daniels, D. Boone Dawson, Andrew Edmiston, Raymond J. Funkhouser, Sidney H. Hillman, George W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Elizabeth Kee, John Kee, Harley Kilgore, James M. Landis, David J. MacDonald, Clarence W. Meadows, Philip Murray, M.M. Neely, Okey J. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe L. Smith, and Harley O. Staggers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection formerly labeled A\u0026amp;M 1449 has been added to this collection.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The West Virginia State Industrial Union Council was formed in 1937 as the state labor federation for local unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council's president's office, between 1940 and 1951.","Subjects include the trade unions and councils allied with the Industrial Union Council; IUC state conventions; the activities of the CIO Political Action Committee at the state and national levels; congressional and presidential elections, 1940-1950; state and national labor legislation, particularly the anti-poll tax bill, fair employment practices legislation, and the Taft-Hartley Act; organizing activities including the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee, and the CIO Southern Drive Committee; national defense and wartime agencies such as the War Production Board, War Labor Board, Wage Stabilization Board, Office of Price Administration, and the War Manpower Commission; New Deal projects including the Works Progress Administration, and the Red House Homestead project at Eleanor (Red House); labor mediation and arbitration; the National Labor Relations Board; West Virginia Cooperative Labor Legislative Council; Labor's Non-Partisan League; organizational disputes between the AFL and the CIO, particularly in the communications and chemical industries; Interracial Council; crippled children's work; and the National CIO Community Services Committee. Correspondents include Cleveland Bailey, Van A. Bittner, Chester Bowles, James B. Carey, Jonathan Daniels, D. Boone Dawson, Andrew Edmiston, Raymond J. Funkhouser, Sidney H. Hillman, George W. Johnson, Louis Johnson, Elizabeth Kee, John Kee, Harley Kilgore, James M. Landis, David J. MacDonald, Clarence W. Meadows, Philip Murray, M.M. Neely, Okey J. Patteson, Jennings Randolph, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe L. Smith, and Harley O. Staggers.","The collection formerly labeled A\u0026M 1449 has been added to this collection."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Educated by private tutors, and after attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette. He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette.  The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette.  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\nBanking Crisis; 1933\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\nCoal Industry; 1930\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\nEditorial Work; 1930\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\nNewspaper Work; 1933\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\nProhibition; 1930\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\nState and National Politics; 1931\nState Patronage; 1933\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\nBerry, George L.; 1937\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\nBorah, William E.; 1938\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\nCarter, George H.; 1933\nConley, William G.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\nCummings, Homer; 1937\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\nFahey, John H.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1937\nFarley, James A.; 1938\nFarley, Jim; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\nGarner, John N.; 1931\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\nGreen, William; 1930\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\nHatfield, H. 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The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette.  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\nBanking Crisis; 1933\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\nCoal Industry; 1930\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\nEditorial Work; 1930\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\nNewspaper Work; 1933\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\nProhibition; 1930\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\nState and National Politics; 1931\nState Patronage; 1933\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\nBerry, George L.; 1937\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\nBorah, William E.; 1938\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\nCarter, George H.; 1933\nConley, William G.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\nCummings, Homer; 1937\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\nFahey, John H.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1937\nFarley, James A.; 1938\nFarley, Jim; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\nGarner, John N.; 1931\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\nGreen, William; 1930\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\nHatfield, H. D.; 1933\nHenderson, Leon; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1933\nHolt, Rush D.; 1936\nHolt, Rush D.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1938\nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933\nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931\nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933\nJohnson, George W.; 1930\nJohnson, George W.; 1936\nJohnson, George W.; 1937\nJohnson, George W.; 1938\nJohnson, Louis; 1933\nJohnson, Louis; 1937\nJohnson, Louis; 1938\nKee, John; 1936\nKee, John; 1938\nKenna, John N.; 1933\nKenna, John N.; 1936\nKump, H.G.; 1932\nKump, H.G.; 1933\nKump, H.G.; 1937\nLewis, David J.; 1936\nLewis, James H.; 1938\nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937\nLong, Huey P.; 1933\nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1931\nMcAdo, William G.; 1937\nMcAdo, William G.; 1938\nMcClintic, George W.; 1931\nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937\nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937\nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931\nNeely, M.M.; 1930\nNeely, M.M.; 1931\nNeely, M.M.; 1933\nNeely, M.M.; 1936\nNeely, M.M.; 1937\nNeely, M.M.; 1938\nNorris, George W.; 1936\nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933\nOgden, H.C.; 1930\nOgden, H.C.; 1936\nOgden, H.G.; 1931\nOsenton, C.W.; 1930\nOverman, Les S.; 1930\nOwen, Robert L. (Federal Reserve Act); 1937\nPeyser, Theodore A.; 1933\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1930\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1933\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1936\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1937\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1938\nRandolph, Jennings; 1930\nRandolph, Jennings; 1933\nRandolph, Jennings; 1937\nRandolph, Jennings; 1938\nRobinson, Joe T.; 1930\nRoosevelt, Franklin D.; 1936\nRoper, Daniel C.; 1937\nRosier, Joseph; 1933\nSheppard, Morris; 1930\nShouse, Jouette; 1931\nShrouse, Joett; 1933\nSilver, Gray; 1931\nSilver, Gray; 1933\nSmith, C.E.; 1930\nSmith, Earl H.; 1933\nSmith Joe L.; 1933\nSmith Joe L.; 1936\nSmith Joe L.; 1937\nSmith Joe L.; 1938\nSmith Joseph L.; 1931\nSmoot, Reed; 1930\nSwanson, Claude A.; 1933\nSwanson, Claude A.; 1936\nThomas, Elbert D.; 1936\nThomas, Elmer; 1933\nTruman, Harry S.; 1938\nVinson, Carl; 1936\nWalsh, Thomas L.; 1930\nWatson, James E.; 1933\nWheeler, Burton K.; 1933\nWickerson, George W.; 1933","The series Legal Papers includes deeds, miscellaneous court papers, etc. Also includes affidavits regarding the 1926 strike of the Charleston Typographical Union No. 146 against the Charleston Gazette. (1918-1931)","Includes drafts of miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics.","The Speeches and Writings series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics. (undated)","The Miscellaneous series includes address book, bank statements, certificate, hotel bills, clippings, two reports, and Woman's Democratic Club committee list. (1917-1936)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  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N.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBerry, George L.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBorah, William E.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCarter, George H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nConley, William G.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCummings, Homer; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFahey, John H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, Jim; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGarner, John N.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGreen, William; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H. D.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHenderson, Leon; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Homer A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Homer A.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKee, John; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKee, John; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKenna, John N.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKenna, John N.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1932\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, David J.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, James H.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLong, Huey P.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcClintic, George W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNorris, George W.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.C.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.C.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.G.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOsenton, C.W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOverman, Les S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOwen, Robert L. 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Educated by private tutors, and after attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette. He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette.  The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette.  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\nBanking Crisis; 1933\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\nCoal Industry; 1930\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\nEditorial Work; 1930\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\nNewspaper Work; 1933\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\nProhibition; 1930\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\nState and National Politics; 1931\nState Patronage; 1933\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\nBerry, George L.; 1937\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\nBorah, William E.; 1938\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\nCarter, George H.; 1933\nConley, William G.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\nCummings, Homer; 1937\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\nFahey, John H.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1937\nFarley, James A.; 1938\nFarley, Jim; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\nGarner, John N.; 1931\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\nGreen, William; 1930\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\nHatfield, H. D.; 1933\nHenderson, Leon; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1933\nHolt, Rush D.; 1936\nHolt, Rush D.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1938\nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933\nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931\nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933\nJohnson, George W.; 1930\nJohnson, George W.; 1936\nJohnson, George W.; 1937\nJohnson, George W.; 1938\nJohnson, Louis; 1933\nJohnson, Louis; 1937\nJohnson, Louis; 1938\nKee, John; 1936\nKee, John; 1938\nKenna, John N.; 1933\nKenna, John N.; 1936\nKump, H.G.; 1932\nKump, H.G.; 1933\nKump, H.G.; 1937\nLewis, David J.; 1936\nLewis, James H.; 1938\nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937\nLong, Huey P.; 1933\nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1931\nMcAdo, William G.; 1937\nMcAdo, William G.; 1938\nMcClintic, George W.; 1931\nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937\nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937\nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931\nNeely, M.M.; 1930\nNeely, M.M.; 1931\nNeely, M.M.; 1933\nNeely, M.M.; 1936\nNeely, M.M.; 1937\nNeely, M.M.; 1938\nNorris, George W.; 1936\nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933\nOgden, H.C.; 1930\nOgden, H.C.; 1936\nOgden, H.G.; 1931\nOsenton, C.W.; 1930\nOverman, Les S.; 1930\nOwen, Robert L. 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(1918-1931)","Includes drafts of miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics.","The Speeches and Writings series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics. (undated)","The Miscellaneous series includes address book, bank statements, certificate, hotel bills, clippings, two reports, and Woman's Democratic Club committee list. (1917-1936)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e. He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring \u003ctitle\u003eShadows Waiting\u003c/title\u003e and \u003ctitle\u003eFollow the Furies\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSource: \u003ctitle\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/title\u003e, ed. 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He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette. He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source: West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. 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The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette.  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\nBanking Crisis; 1933\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\nCoal Industry; 1930\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\nEditorial Work; 1930\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\nNewspaper Work; 1933\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\nProhibition; 1930\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\nState and National Politics; 1931\nState Patronage; 1933\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\nBerry, George L.; 1937\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\nBorah, William E.; 1938\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\nCarter, George H.; 1933\nConley, William G.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\nCummings, Homer; 1937\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\nFahey, John H.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1933\nFarley, James A.; 1937\nFarley, James A.; 1938\nFarley, Jim; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\nGarner, John N.; 1931\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\nGreen, William; 1930\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\nHatfield, H. D.; 1933\nHenderson, Leon; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1936\nHolt, Homer A.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1933\nHolt, Rush D.; 1936\nHolt, Rush D.; 1937\nHolt, Rush D.; 1938\nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933\nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931\nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933\nJohnson, George W.; 1930\nJohnson, George W.; 1936\nJohnson, George W.; 1937\nJohnson, George W.; 1938\nJohnson, Louis; 1933\nJohnson, Louis; 1937\nJohnson, Louis; 1938\nKee, John; 1936\nKee, John; 1938\nKenna, John N.; 1933\nKenna, John N.; 1936\nKump, H.G.; 1932\nKump, H.G.; 1933\nKump, H.G.; 1937\nLewis, David J.; 1936\nLewis, James H.; 1938\nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937\nLong, Huey P.; 1933\nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1930\nMcAdo, William G.; 1931\nMcAdo, William G.; 1937\nMcAdo, William G.; 1938\nMcClintic, George W.; 1931\nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936\nMcCullough, F. 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Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  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Norris Election; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNewspaper Work; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. 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