National Issues, 1956

Containers:
Box 33, Folder 2
Scope and content:

Copy of party platform. Materials on Keep America Beautiful plank proposed to the Platform Committee by Pollard, including background information, witness statements, and a letter of thanks from Keep Virginia Beautiful, although plank was not included (rest of 1956 correspondence is in 1957 National Issues folder). Statement of George Wallace of Alabama before Platform and Resolutions Committee on civil rights. Clippings, publications, and a handwritten note about the possible splintering of Democratic Party. Clippings on two-party system. Clippings and literature about conventions, Harry Truman, and issue of a Catholic vice-presidential candidate. Fact sheets, report on Congressional activities.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

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Parent terms of access:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.