Democratic National Convention, 1956

Containers:
Box 32, Folder 10
Scope and content:

Pollard served on the Committee on Platform and Resolutions. Agenda for Platform Committee meeting; letters from other committee members expressing pleasure in working together. Correspondence on travel, accommodations, arrangements, delegates and their votes, and ticket availability. Correspondence on naming Cynthia Boatwright, Lucy Williams, and Kitty Clark as delegates from Virginia. Correspondence on selecting pages for Virginia delegation. Convention programs, handbooks, roll of delegates and alternates, programs and invitations for various events. Interim Report of Special Advisory Committee on Rules. Virginia Democrats Statement of Policy. Press releases and clippings about the convention; information about television coverage of the convention. Invitation to Mock Political Convention at Washington and Lee University; request for information for holding facsimile of Democratic Convention at Loras College, Iowa. Letters to women about how much she enjoyed meeting them/seeing them at the convention.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
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College of William and Mary
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