Sub-Series D: Politics, 1944/1979
- Scope and content:
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This sub-series contains information on local and national politics, as well as correspondence between Shafer and various political figures including city councilmen, congressmen, senators, governors, and presidents. Content of these letters includes the Norfolk and southern booms, real estate and investing, communism, letters of support, and other subjects of concern to Shafer. Additional topics include corruption in the Norfolk City Council, Shafer's bid for Norfolk City Council, mafia involvement in the government, Watergate, the 1976 presidential election, the republican party, and congressional reform. Of particular note in this subseries is a signed Christmas card from President Jimmy Carter, as well as letters written to several presidents and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry LibraryOld Dominion University4427 Hampton BlvdNorfolk, VA 23529
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Jessica RitchieEmail: jhritchi@odu.eduPhone: (757) 683-4483Fax: (757) 683-5954
- Parent restrictions:
- Open to researchers without restrictions.
- Parent terms of access:
- Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.