Series IV. Subject files, 1941-1993 .

Containers:

Box 45-65, 78

Extent:

Extent: 22 boxes.

Scope and content:

Subject files reflect Peter Mellette's interests in religion, race relations, education, ethics, Richmond, and various other topics. Materials gathered here include correspondence, newsletters, informational literature, programs, clippings, partial drafts of Mellette's memoirs (a full version of which, entitled Some of Life's Moments, are in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond), miscellaneous coursework from Mellette's graduate studies, and speeches. The speech files chiefly consist of printed copies of speeches made by other individuals, including Adlai Stevenson, Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Eugene McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Henry R. Luce, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Arthur Ashe, Judge Robert R. Merhige Jr., Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca, and various NCCJ figures. Also included are a number of unsigned drafts of speeches that were likely Mellette's own.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by folder title. Note that the entry for "Miscellaneous objects" is listed here in alphabetical order, but the box itself (Box 78) is filed at the end of the collection because of its odd size.

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