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MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1 MS-146: Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers Collection Number: MS-146 Title: Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers Dates: 1778-2006 (bulk 1900-1976) Creator: Brown, Katharine Kennedy, 1891-1986 Summary/Abstract: Brown was an important figure in the Republican Party from 1920 until 1968. The bulk of materials in this collection are connected with her activities as the National Republican Party Committee Woman from Ohio. Political materials include correspondence, publications, campaign records, convention and election memorabilia, photographs, and records reflecting her activities with state and national GOP women's organizations. Correspondents include major Republican leaders and presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenhower, and Nixon. Her papers also include personal and family materials consisting of diaries, correspondence, and financial records dating from the 1830s. Quantity/Physical Description: 52 linear feet Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, (937) 775-2092. Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: There is no publication or quotation of any materials in these papers without permission of the family. Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation: [Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-146, Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Acquisition: The papers of Katharine Kennedy Brown were accessioned into the Wright State University Department of Archives and Special Collections in February, 1979. They were donated by Grafton S. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of Katharine Kennedy Brown. Existence and Location of Copies: A selection of materials from this collection is available in Wright State University’s Campus Online Repository, CORE Scholar, at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms146/.
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MS-146: Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers

Collection Number: MS-146

Title: Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers

Dates: 1778-2006 (bulk 1900-1976)

Creator: Brown, Katharine Kennedy, 1891-1986

Summary/Abstract: Brown was an important figure in the Republican Party from 1920 until

1968. The bulk of materials in this collection are connected with her activities as the National

Republican Party Committee Woman from Ohio. Political materials include correspondence,

publications, campaign records, convention and election memorabilia, photographs, and records

reflecting her activities with state and national GOP women's organizations. Correspondents

include major Republican leaders and presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenhower, and

Nixon. Her papers also include personal and family materials consisting of diaries,

correspondence, and financial records dating from the 1830s.

Quantity/Physical Description: 52 linear feet

Language(s): English

Repository:

Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University,

Dayton, OH 45435-0001, (937) 775-2092.

Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Restrictions on Use:

There is no publication or quotation of any materials in these papers without permission of the

family. Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright

holder.

Preferred Citation:

[Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-146, Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers,

Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

Acquisition: The papers of Katharine Kennedy Brown were accessioned into the Wright State

University Department of Archives and Special Collections in February, 1979. They were

donated by Grafton S. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of Katharine Kennedy Brown.

Existence and Location of Copies:

A selection of materials from this collection is available in Wright State University’s Campus

Online Repository, CORE Scholar, at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms146/.

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Location of Originals: Oversize items are located in OS 7 folders 1-4, 6, and in OS76, folder 6.

Other Finding Aid:

The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University

Libraries web site at https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms146.pdf. .

It is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/ .

Related Material:

MS-147 Martha McClellan Brown and Rev. William Kennedy Brown Papers

(https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms147.pdf)

MS-281 Louise Kennedy Papers

(https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms281.pdf )

MS-404 Katharine Kennedy Brown Collection (Lenz Additions)

(https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms404.pdf )

MS-516 Junior League of Dayton Records

(https://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/collectionguides/files/ms516.pdf )

Processed by: Dorothy Smith and Marie Mee, Spring 1993. Additions processed by Patricia A.

McEldowney, Spring 2012. Political memorabilia processed by Toni Vanden Bos and finding aid

revised to DACS, July 2017.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two major subgroups and twenty-two series as follows:

Subgroup I: Family and Personal Papers

Series 1: Family correspondence

Series 2: General correspondence

Series 3: Diaries

Series 4: Genealogical & biographical data

Series 5: Academic & religious records, papers, and books

Series 6: Miscellaneous items

Subgroup II: Political Papers

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 2: Speeches

Series 3: Ohio Congressional District files

Series 4: State files

Series 5: National Federation of Republican Women

Series 6: Ohio Federation of Republican Women

Series 7: Study Program

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Series 8: Republican National Conventions

Series 9: Robert A. Taft Memorial

Series 10: Ohio Republican State Committee

Series 11: Republican National Committee

Series 12: Junior League & Daughters of the American Revolution

Series 13: Miscellaneous subject files

Series 14: Photographs

Series 15: Scrapbooks

Series 16: Political Campaign Memorabilia

Biographical Note:

Katharine Louise Kennedy Brown was a prominent and powerful figure in Ohio politics and

Dayton society for over fifty years. She was born on July 16, 1891 in Dayton, Ohio, the eldest

child of Grafton Claggett Kennedy (1859-1909) and Louise Achey (1860-1945). Grafton

Kennedy was an attorney in the Dayton law firm of Kennedy, Munger & Kennedy (the other

partners were his half-brother, Eugene, and Warren and Harry Munger). Grafton was U.S.

Commissioner at Dayton for the Southern District of Ohio from 1883-94. He was a staunch

Republican, who in 1892 organized the first Montgomery County Board of Elections. He was a

member of the Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee in 1886, and served on

the Dayton Board of Education for many years. Katharine’s mother, Louise Kennedy, was the

only child of John Jacob Achey (1833-1866) and Frances “Fanny” Sherwood Achey (1839-

1934). She was a charter member of the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the DAR and a genealogical

researcher. The family home was a mansion called Duncarrick (“Home of the Kennedy’s”)

located at Keowee & Webster streets.

The Kennedy’s figured prominently in Dayton Society from the late 19th century, well into the

20th century. They numbered the Winters, Pattersons, Wrights, and Barneys among their friends.

As a prominent and wealthy family, the Kennedys traveled extensively in Europe and spent their

summers in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Katharine initially was educated by German and French

governesses at home, then attended Dayton Public Schools and Dana Hall at Wellesley.

Katharine was very close to her brother, Grafton Sherwood “Duke” Kennedy, who was born on

June 27, 1893. He attended Yale University and MIT, then became an Army officer, serving

from 1917-1945. He married Katherine Lucille Glidden (b. 1891) of Brooklyn, New York on

December 1, 1918. They had three children, Katharine (Kay) Kennedy Barney (b. 1919), Frances

Lucille (Lou) Kennedy Sharp (later Albert) (b. 1922), and Grafton Sherwood Jr. (Terry), (b.

1926). After Duke’s retirement the family lived on a farm in Harford County, Maryland, and a

summer home in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Katharine married Kleon Thaw Brown on April 20, 1921. Kleon was born on January 3, 1886,

the son of Rev. William Kennedy Brown (1834-1915) and Martha Haight McClellan (1838-

1916), a prominent figure in the late 19th century American temperance movement. (MS-147

contains the papers of Martha McClellan and Rev. William Kennedy Brown.)

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Kleon was manager of ST&GA Gebhart Company of Cleveland from 1914-1919. In 1920 he

became an executive in the sales department of NCR Corporation. Tragically, Katharine’s

marital happiness was short-lived; the couple’s only child Charme died in infancy on September

14, 1924, then was followed by Kleon, who died suddenly on May 20, 1925. Katharine never

remarried.

Katharine’s political career began in 1920, immediately after women won political suffrage,

when women were initially denied a place on the Montgomery County Republican Executive

Committee. She decided that she was tired of being “given things” by men and determined to

“take what was legally ours.”

Katharine eventually became a member of the committee, but did not stop there. She helped

build Montgomery County’s Women’s Ward and Precinct Organization in 1920 and formed the

first Women’s Republican Club in the county as an added support to the county organization.

She became a member of the Republican State Committee of Ohio in 1928, representing the 3rd

Congressional District, a position to which she was elected every two years for forty years.

Katharine was the Republican National Committee woman for Ohio from 1932-68. She

eventually became a member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Republican

Women’s Clubs and served as a member of the Executive Committee. In 1942, she was elected a

member of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee and served in that

capacity until 1952. She also became a member of the Executive Committees of the State and

County Republican Committees. She was a founder of the Ohio Federation of Republican

Women’s Organizations and was its president from 1940-1964. She was Vice-Chairman of the

Republican National Committee from 1944-52. Katharine also was a member of the Advisory

Council of the Women’s National Republican Club of New York and a member of the League of

Republican Women and the Capitol Hill Republican Club in Washington, D.C.

Katharine served as a Delegate-at-Large to eight Republican National Conventions (1932, 1944,

1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968) and as an Alternate-at-Large from Ohio in 1928. She

was a member of the Arrangements Committee for the Republican National Conventions of 1940

and 1944.

Katharine was literally advisor and confidante to numerous presidents, congressmen, and

governors, including John Bricker, Robert Taft, James Rhodes, and Richard Nixon. In 1944

Senator John W. Bricker chose her as the only woman member of his National Strategy

Committee in his bid for the presidency; in 1948 and 1952, Senator Robert A. Taft named her the

only woman member of his National Strategy Committee in his bid for the presidential

nomination.

Katharine wrote or was co-author of several pamphlets on politics, including: “What You Want

to Know About the Great Game of Politics,” based on Frank R. Kent’s book, “Ward, Township

Organization and Polling”; “The Rudiments of Political Organization”; and an evaluation of the

1964 Presidential Campaign, “The Need to Know”.

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She organized the Junior League of Dayton and from 1926 to 1929 she was the Vice-President

and Regional Director of the Association of Junior Leagues of America. She was a director of

the Dayton Art Institute from 1930-47, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Wilberforce

University.

Since Katharine’s mother and grandmother organized the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the DAR,

Katharine was a member at an early age, and served as a page and delegate to their National

Congresses. Katharine also was a member of the Colonial Dames of America and Chairwoman

of the Dayton Circle.

Katharine’s favorite hobby was the theater: she was one of the founders of the Comedy Club of

Dayton, which presented one-act plays from 1916-1925.

Katharine died on November 10, 1986 at Kettering Convalescent Center. Katharine, her parents,

maternal grandparents, and great-grandparents are buried as Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. The

family’s first residence, 131 West Third Street, is the current home of the Dayton Bicycle Club.

Her beloved Duncarrick still stands at 1000 Keowee Street.

Scope and Content Note:

The papers of Katharine Kennedy Brown provide invaluable information for research relating to

the role of women in American politics, especially the Republican Party, from 1920 to 1970. The

collection also provides a lively and interesting view of the activities and diversions of Dayton

Society from the late 19th century to the mid-twentieth century from the perspective of a

politically active and prominent Dayton family.

Subgroup I: Contains family and personal papers and is divided into six series as follows:

Series I, Family Correspondence, consists of letters exchanged by Katharine Kennedy Brown,

her husband, parents, grandmother, brother, and other family members from 1887 to 1973.

Family members were prolific in a time when weekly letters from loved ones were not

uncommon and their letters, which are dated for the most part, are full of interesting information.

Of particular interest is the extensive correspondence of Kleon Brown from 1915 to1921, which

was written to Katharine during their courtship while he traveled around the country as part of

his sales position. Also of interest are the letters to Katharine from her brother, Duke, which

detail his education at Yale, his military experiences during both world wars, and the routine

business of family affairs and finances. The older letters of Katharine’s parents and grandmother

provide much insight into the concerns, social customs, and daily life in an upper-class family as

it moved from the 19th century to the 20th. Limitations of this series include the family’s

propensity for nicknames, which renders some correspondence difficult to identify; the absence

of any letters from Katharine to Kleon or, for that matter, of very many letters from Katharine to

anybody; and the lack of any correspondence from the time of Katharine’s marriage until after

Kleon’s death (1921 to approximately 1926), which is unfortunate in that this is the time frame

in which Katharine launched her political career.

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The General Correspondence in Series II contains interesting and revealing letters exchanged

between Katharine, her family and a multitude of friends. Span dates for the series are 1877-

1971. Katharine maintained an extensive correspondence with life-time friends, including

prominent Daytonians, political cronies, and a host of her admirers from her youth.

Unfortunately, several of the correspondents cannot be identified because the letters do not

contain their full names. The correspondence includes White House invitations, love letters, and

political discussions, as well as routine notes to her secretaries and friends. The letters are rich

with the news of the day, especially the correspondence conducted between the younger

Katharine and her friends, members of the so-called “lost generation”. It is full of the social

events of the time, detailing courtship and romance, the beginning of American cinema and

popular theater, and the fears young people faced in a time of political uncertainty, social change,

and world war. One group of letters which is quite entertaining is the letters to Duke Kennedy

from Dot Whitney, his girlfriend who went to New York City to pursue a career in show

business in 1912. One again, this series is limited by the scarcity of Katharine’s own letters.

The family diaries of Series III provide an interesting view of daily life for the Kennedy and

Brown families. The dairies are dated 1882-1885, 1905-1911, 1917 and 1919. Of particular

interest are the detailed thoughts of Grafton C. Kennedy, written when he was a young attorney

in Dayton from 1882-1885. His diaries recount his day-to-day social and political events and

business experiences, including his friendship with prominent Dayton figures, as well as the

beginnings of his long and difficult courtship of Louise Achey, following the scandal

surrounding the dissolution of her first marriage. His frank and informative records provide an

overview of the trials and tribulations of upper-class Dayton in the 1880s. Katharine’s diaries,

unfortunately, are few and reveal more about her daily schedule than her thoughts. Kleon’s

perpetual diary is also more factual than feeling.

Series IV contains extensive genealogical data collected by family members. While all of the

family was interested in genealogy, Mrs. Louise Kennedy and Rev. William Kennedy Brown

were genealogical researchers who delved in great detail into their ancestral origins. Of particular

interest is the family research of Louise Kennedy (folders 6-11) which was performed as a part

of her membership in the DAR and out of genuine interest, including her inclusion of the

reconstructed Revolutionary War Commission of her ancestor, Albert Sherwood, in her

Sherwood family file. Also of interest is the research performed by professional genealogist

Gilbert Cope for Rev. Brown, including the creation of extensive ancestral charts of the Brown

family. These files contain the obituaries of Louise Kennedy, Frances Sherwood Achey and

Eugene G. Kennedy. Unfortunately, these files are not in very good physical condition.

Series V contains the academic and religious records of Katharine, Grafton C., Duke and Eugene

Kennedy and Kleon Brown. These files include report cards and commencement booklets, as

well as Katharine’s literary themes and some religious records. Unfortunately, Katharine’s

academic record is fragmentary. There are little records of her schooling in Dayton, which may

be attributable to her initial education at home, and only correspondence remaining of her Dana

Hall education are the letters exchanged between her parents and the headmistress and a few

term papers. The academic records of her brother Duke are informative in that they show the Ivy

League collegiate curriculum of the early twentieth century. Span dates for the academic records

are 1874-1917. The religious records are dated 1908 and 1925.

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Series VI contains miscellaneous items, including the invitation list for and correspondence

concerning Katharine and Kleon Brown’s wedding. The list and the RSVPs are a “Who’s Who”

of upper-crust Dayton of 1921. Also of interest is an undated household inventory for Duncarrick

and a copy of the scrapbook of news clippings and program books from approximately 1916 to

1925 of the Dayton Comedy Club, the theatrical group of which Katharine was a member. This

series also contains Katharine’s handwritten will dated 1961 and an interesting 1958 newspaper

article about Katharine’s memories of her childhood on West Third Street.

Subgroup II, Political papers, contains records and papers reflecting Mrs. Brown’s long political

career as a powerful and important figure in the Republican Party, both locally and nationally. It

falls into 15 series.

Series I, Correspondence, contains correspondence generated by Mrs. Brown’s position as

National Committeewoman from Ohio and her instrumental role in National and State

Republican women’s organizations. Files are arranged alphabetically by last name of the

correspondent, then chronologically within each file. In addition to correspondence, many files

contain clippings, information, and/or campaign literature pertaining to the individual in the file.

This series contains a wealth of information about Republican Party strategy, conventions,

elections, and issues. There is correspondence from virtually every major state and national

political figure in the Republican Party from the late 1920s through the 1960s. Many of Mrs.

Brown’s correspondents were county and ward chairmen as well as local leaders of GOP

organizations, and these letters reflect the day to day routine of political work on the local level.

Of interest are letters exchanged between Mrs. Brown and Phyllis Schlafly in the mid-1960s in

which they discuss their attempts to capture the presidency of the National Federation of

Republican Women, and their hopes for a more conservative party. Span dates for the

correspondence are 1920-1971.

Series II, Speeches, contain full-text copies of numerous speeches which Brown delivered

throughout her career. The majorities of these talks were delivered before groups of GOP party

workers and discuss party organization, strategy, GOP principles, and candidates. The speeches

are a good indication of the evolution of Republican political thought and its response to national

crisis such as the depression, World War II, and the perceived communist threat of the 1950s and

1960s. Span dates are 1920-1972.

Series III, Ohio Congressional District Files, contains correspondence, news clippings,

broadsides and flyers, campaign literature, meeting notices, and programs from various

Republican county organizations in Ohio. Of special interest is correspondence from local

politicians and party leaders which discuss local political races, organizing activities, and voting.

Also included are letters from rank and file Republicans in which they reveal their views on the

political issues of the day. The series is arranged by Congressional district, then alphabetically by

county. Span dates are 1928-1971.

Series IV, State Files, is a collection of miscellaneous correspondence, political notices, and

clippings from Republicans outside of Ohio. This series reflects Mrs. Brown’s wide network of

political friends and acquaintances throughout the country and the extent of her influence with

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GOP politicians and party leaders in other states. Of particular interest are her efforts in behalf of

Senator Robert Taft’s bid for the GOP Presidential nomination in 1944, 1948, and 1952. Span

dates are 1933-1971.

Series V contains files pertaining to Brown’s involvement with national GOP women’s

organizations. Early files (1927-1936) are from the Women’s National Republican Club of New

York City and include correspondence, programs, a constitution, and miscellaneous

announcements. There are also founding documents and correspondence relating to the

formation of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) in the late 1930s. Of

particular interest is a long, often heated correspondence between Mrs. Brown and Marion E.

Martin, who was Assistant Chair of the Republican Party and who also spearheaded the

formation of NFRW. Brown, as leader of Ohio’s Republican women, the largest GOP women’s

organization in the country, opposed the entrance of Ohio into a national federation, and was

able, for a time, to keep her Ohio organization separate. Brown and Martin, however, eventually

made their peace, and the Ohio organization came under the NFRW umbrella in the early 1940s.

Other files in this series include correspondence, programs from various conventions and

conferences, copies of NFRM newsletters, and National Advisory Board minutes. Span dates are

1927-1972.

Series VI contains records connected with Brown’s tenure as President of the Ohio Federation of

Republican Women (OFRW). Included are founding documents, files on semi-annual meetings,

scattered minutes, correspondence, and county files. Span dates are 1929-1972.

The Study Programs in Series VII were prepared by Mrs. Brown and distributed to chapters of

the OFRW for study and discussion by its members. They contain information about current

political issues, local and national government, history of the Republican Party, and OFRW

policies. There are study programs for the years 1940-1972.

Series VIII contains files on several of the Republican National Conventions that Brown

attended as a delegate. Each file contains a mix of correspondence, news clippings, lists of

delegates, and programs. Span dates are 1936-1964.

Series IX contains records and papers pertaining to the establishment of a memorial for Senator

Robert A. Taft in Washington, D.C. Brown served as a trustee on the commission that

established the memorial. Included are Trustees minutes, correspondence, numerous clippings

about Taft and the memorial, and a record of fund raising. Of special interest in this series is the

transcript of an oral history interview of Mrs. Brown about Senator Taft conducted by the Oral

History Resource Office of Columbia University in 1968. Span dates for this series are 1953-

1968. Additional material on the dedication ceremony for the Taft Memorial is located in

Scrapbook #10 in Series 15.

Series X and XI contain miscellaneous files which reflect Brown’s activities with the National

and State Republican Committees. There is material on Ohio State Republican conventions,

correspondence, and files on GOP National Committee meetings. Span dates are 1930-1971.

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Series XII contains materials from two non-political women’s organizations that Brown was

active in, the Junior League and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Span dates are 1921-

1971.

Series XIV, Photographs, contains formal portraits and photographs of the Brown and Kennedy

families dating from approximately 1870-1945, and political photographs dating to the late

1960s. Of interest are the wedding portraits of Katharine and Kleon Brown, several portraits of

the exterior and interior of Duncarrick, and many formal portraits of Katharine. This series also

contains a cyanotype of the first Kennedy home on W. Third Street (currently the Dayton

Bicycle Club), an unidentified portrait of a man by Jane Reece (c. 1911), a portrait of the

Comedy Club (c. 1922), and a photograph of Newcom’s Tavern from the turn of the century.

There are also numerous images of Mrs. Brown engaged in political activities. She is pictures

with various party figures such as Robert Taft, John Bricker, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater,

and Herbert Hoover. While many of the photographs and portraits are identified and dated, the

majority are not.

The scrapbooks in Series XV contain numerous newspaper clippings saved by Mrs. Brown

which follow her political career and also highlight the activities of local and national

Republican leaders and organizations. Also included are photographs, programs, invitations,

correspondence, an early newsletter of the Hoover Republican Club (Dayton), and memorabilia.

Scrapbook #15 is a collection of clippings about the history of the Miami Valley. Brown’s

scrapbooks run from 1927 to 1973 and are an accessible, roughly chronological record of her life

and career.

Series XVI Political Campaign Memorabilia, dates from 1888-1968 and includes campaign

posters, signs, stamps, stickers, ribbons, buttons, pins, name badges, and artifacts from

campaigns of Republican candidates, mainly running for President and Vice President. The bulk

of the materials are from Wendell Willkie’s campaign in 1940, Dwight Eisenhower’s campaigns

in 1952 and 1956, Richard Nixon’s campaign in 1960, and Barry Goldwater’s campaign in 1964.

Buttons for Calvin Coolidge in 1924, Herbert Hoover in 1928, and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944

and 1948 are also in the collection.

Subject Terms:

Persons/Families

Brown, Katharine Kennedy, 1891-1986 – Manuscripts

Brown, Kleon Thaw, 1886-1925

Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood (Duke), 1893

Kennedy, Louise Achey, 1860-1945

Kennedy, Katherine Glidden

Organizations/Corporate Names

Republican National Committee (U.S.)

Republican National Convention

National Federation of Republican Women

Republican Party (Ohio) – 20th century

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Ohio Federation of Republican Women

Association of Junior Leagues International

Places

Dayton (Ohio) – History

Dayton (Ohio) – Politics and government – 20th century

Subjects (General)

Women – Political activity

Material Types

Diaries

Correspondence

Genealogies (histories)

Memorabilia

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Speeches

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Collection Inventory

Box File Description Date

Subgroup I: Family and Personal Papers

Series I: Family Correspondence

Box File Description Date

Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown from:

1 1 Kleon T. Brown 1916

1 2 Kleon T. Brown 1917

1 3 Kleon T. Brown 1918

1 4 Kleon T. Brown 1919

1 5 Kleon T. Brown 1920

1 6 Kleon T. Brown 1921

1 7 Kleon T. Brown undated

Box File Description Date

2 1 Florence S. Achey 1902

2 2 Louise A. Kennedy 1914-1940

2 3 Grafton C. Kennedy 1898

2 4 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy undated, 1912-1943

2 5 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy 1944-1954

2 6 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy 1955-1973

2 7 Katherine “Katie” Glidden Kennedy undated

2 8 Katherine “Katie” Glidden Kennedy 1932-1972

Box File Description Date

3 1 Grafton S. “Terry” Kennedy, Jr. undated, 1944-1970

3 2 Katharine L. “Kay” Kennedy Barney & Family undated, 1938-1971

3 3 Frances L. “Lou” Kennedy Sharp/Albert & Family undated, 1940-1971

3 4 Betsy Albert undated, 1966

3 5 Lee “Lili” Barney undated, 1968-1971

3 6 Eugene G. Kennedy 1934-1947

3 7 Alice Kennedy Wiley undated, 1939-1957

3 8 Edith Brown (Mrs. Orvon G. Brown) 1953, 1968

3 9 Orvon G. “Bus” Brown 1940-1952

3 10 “Brownie” Shippen undated, 1931-1949

3 11 Lulu Brown (Mrs. Orvon G. Brown, Sr.) undated, 1939-1948

3 12 Kennedy Brown 1957

3 13 Marie Brown Shanks undated, 1934,

1943

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Box File Description Date

3 14 Miscellaneous Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown undated, 1921-1963

3 15 Miscellaneous Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown undated, 1936-1957

4 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence to Kleon T. Brown undated, 1911

4 2 Letters to Kleon T. Brown from Oscar Shanks 1917-1919

Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy from:

4 3 Louise Achey Kennedy

4 4 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1900-1908

4 5 Frances Sherwood Achey 1887, 1902

4 6 Eugene Kennedy 1896-1904

4 7 Miscellaneous undated, 1904

Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy from:

4 8 Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1892-1908

4 9 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated, 1906-1934

4 10 Grafton Sherwood “Duke” Kennedy undated, 1906-1944

4 11 Katherine L. & Frances L. Kennedy undated, 1929-1944

4 12 Frances Sherwood Achey 1889-1914

4 13 Miscellaneous undated, 1894-1937

4 14 Miscellaneous Correspondence to Frances Sherwood Achey undated, 1887-1929

Correspondence to Grafton Sherwood Kennedy from:

5 1 Louise Achey Kennedy 1914-1917

5 2 Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1898, 1905

5 3 Frances Sherwood Achey 1911-1917

5 4 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated, 1914-1939

5 5 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1940-1967

5 6 Katherine Glidden Kennedy undated

5 7 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jul.-Oct. 1915

5 8 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Oct.-Nov. 1915

5 9 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Mar. 1916

5 10 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Apr. 1916

6 1 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jun.-Jul. 1916

6 2 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Aug.-Oct. 1916

6 3 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Nov.-Dec. 1916

6 4 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jan.-Feb. 1917

6 5 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Mar.-Aug. 1917

6 6 Miscellaneous Correspondence of Grafton S. “Duke”

Kennedy

1916, 1940

6 7 Correspondence to Katherine Glidden Kennedy from

Katharine Kennedy Brown

1916-1968

6 8 Correspondence to Grafton S. “Terry” Kennedy from undated, 1946-1953

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Katharine Kennedy Brown

Series II: General Correspondence

Box File Description Date

Correspondence to Katharine Kennedy Brown from:

7 1 Jefferson Patterson undated, 1911-1969

7 2 Hubert Arthur Estabrook undated, 1914-1918

7 3 Nellie Witmer undated, 1946-1951

7 4 Nellie Brewer undated, 1937-1957

7 5 Walter L. Collins 1913-1919

7 6 Lt. Col. George (_________) 1918, 1921

7 7 Joe (_________) 1912-1917

7 8 Doris White undated, 1966-1971

7 9 E. & Molly L. Akhurst 1916-1918

7 10 Harriet (_________) 1914

7 11 Ruth Greenwood undated, 1933-1969

7 12 J. Allen Harlan undated, 1933,

1968

7 13 Catherine Harris 1904-1969

7 14 Jane Marechal undated, 1960

7 15 Natalie de Gendron undated, 1933-1968

Miscellaneous General Correspondence to:

7 16 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated

7 17 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated

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Miscellaneous General Correspondence to:

8 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1900-1935

8 2 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1936-1943

8 3 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1944-1954

8 4 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1955-1972

8 5 Misc. Correspondence of Katharine Kennedy Brown 1900-1970

8 6 Misc. Correspondence to Kleon Brown 1920-1921

8 7 Misc. Correspondence of Kleon Brown 1919-1921

8 8 Misc. Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1894-1908

Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy from:

8 9 W.B. Brooks 1894-1896

8 10 Harry Munger 1895-1904

8 11 Misc. Correspondence of Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1904

8 12 Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy – Misc. 1909

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Condolences

8 13 Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy – Misc. 1891-1937

Box File Description Date

9 1 Misc. Correspondence to Frances Sherwood Achey undated, 1877-1926

9 2 Misc. Correspondence to Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy 1900-1917

9 3 Correspondence to Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy from

Dot Whitney

Jan.-Feb. 1912

9 4 Correspondence to Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy from

Dot Whitney

Mar.-May 1912

9 5 Correspondence to Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy from

Dot Whitney

Jun. 1912-Apr.

1913

9 6 Correspondence to Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy from

Peggy (________)

1913

9 7 Misc. Correspondence of Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy 1912, 1916

9 8 Misc. Correspondence to Grafton S. “Terry” Kennedy, Jr. 1948

Series III: Diaries

Box File Description Date

10 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1917, 1919

10 2 Kleon Thaw Brown (Perpetual Diary) 1905-1911

10 3 Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1882, 1884, 1885

Series IV: Genealogical & Biographical Data

Box File Description Date

10 4 Genealogy Correspondence Undated

10 5 Brown Family Genealogical Charts 1897-1920s

10 6 Brown Family Genealogical Data & Correspondence

(Rev. W.K. Brown)

undated, 1896-1897

10 7 Louise Achey Kennedy undated

10 8 Grafton Claggett Kennedy undated

Box File Description Date

10A 1 Grafton C. Kennedy Family Book 1879-1926

10A 2 Loose papers from Grafton C. Kennedy Family Book 1859-2006

10A 3 Kennedy Family Undated

10A 4 Kennedy Family Undated

10A 5 Kennedy Family Undated

10A 6 Burr Family 1673-1965

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10A 7 Fisher/Fiske Family 1637-1830

10A 8 Glidden Family 1614-1922

10A 9 Hollister Family 1584-1925

10A 10 Lovett/Jordan Family 1630-1888

10A 11 Sloat Family undated

10A 12 Wilson Family undated

Box File Description Date

10B 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown Undated

10B 2 Eugene G. Kennedy 1949

10B 3 Kennedy Family Charts Undated

10B 4 Claggett Family Charts Undated

10B 5 Beall/Belt/Ridgely/Brewer Family Undated

10B 6 Kerr Family 1737, 1809, 1912

10B 7 Lewis Family 1632-1690

10B 8 Buckingham Family 1638-1792

10B 9 Fitch Family 1225-1730

10B 10 Goodrich Family 1630-1856

10B 11 Goodspeed/Seabrook 1524-1650

10B 12 Goodwin Family 1066-1778

10B 13 Hawley Family 1558-1896

10B 14 Howell Family 1519-1997

10B 15 Schraeder Family 1749-1834

10B 16 Sanford Family 1585-1753

10B 17 Reif Family 1710-1960

10B 18 Plummer Family 1619-1866

10B 19 Pitkin Family 1525-1724

10B 20 Philbert Family 1483-1934

10B 21 Magruder Family undated

10B 22 Judd Family 1608-1760

10B 23 Shelley Family undated

10B 24 Stanley Family undated

10B 25 Treat/Trott Family undated

10B 26 Wakeman Family undated

10B 27 Ward Family undated

10B 28 Welles Family undated

10B 29 Witmer Family undated

10B 30 Frances Sherwood Achey undated

10B 31 Mrs. Presson Achey undated

10B 32 Achey/Mease Family undated

10B 33 Achey Family (1 of 2) 1600-2003

Box File Description Date

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11 1 Achey Family (2 of 2) 1600-2003

11 2 Achey/Huber Family 1927-1965

11 3 Huber/Hoover Family 1695-1930

11 4 Sherwood Family 1909-1936

11 5 Sherwood/Seabrook Family 1450-1942

11 6 Claggett Family undated

11 7 Claggett Family 1490-1983

11 8 Kennedy Family undated

11 9 Woodbridge Family (1 of 2) 1933

11 10 Woodbridge Family (2 of 2) 1613-1971

11 11 Schaeffer Family undated

11 12 Miscellaneous Research 1931-1937

11 13 European Descent undated

11 14 Genealogical Research undated

Box File Description Date

11A Genealogical Record Book undated

Series V: Academic & Religious Records, Papers, Books

Box File Description Date

12 1 Katharine K. Brown Academic Correspondence 1904-1907

12 2 Katharine K. Brown Report Cards 1900-1902

12 3 Katharine K. Brown Literary Papers 1909-1910

12 4 Katharine K. Brown Religious Records 1925

12 5 Kleon Thaw Brown School Records 1900-1905

12 6 Kleon Thaw Brown Religious Records 1908

12 7 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy Academic Correspondence 1908-1917

12 8 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy Report Cards 1901-1917

12 9 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy Commencement/University

Directories

1914, 1916

12 10 Yale Athletic Tickets 1914-1915

12 11 Yale Newspaper (Loc.7, Fold. 6) 1914

12 12 Grafton Claggett Kennedy School Papers 1874-1877

12 13 Eugene G. Kennedy – The Wittenberg Cycle Yearbook 1893

Series VI: Miscellaneous Items

Box File Description Date

Katharine Kennedy & Kleon Brown Wedding

12 14 Invitation List 1921

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12 15 Letters of Congratulation 1921

12 16 RSVP – accept 1921

12 17 RSVP - decline 1921

12 18 Bermuda Vacation Booklet 1921

12 19 Household Inventory undated

12 20 Handwritten Will of Katharine Kennedy Brown 1961

12 21 Comedy Club Correspondence & Scrapbook 1916-1925

12 22 Miscellaneous Lists undated, 1949

Box File Description Date

12A 1 Dayton Journal Herald News Article on Katharine Kennedy

Brown

1958

12A 2 Grafton S. “Duke” Kennedy Material 1913-1915

12A 3 Play Advertisements 1916

12A 4 Theater Playbills and Tickets 1912, undated

12A 5 Pamphlets undated

12A 6 Postcards undated

12A 7 Newspaper Articles and Clippings 1876-1934, 1986

12A 8 Antiques Auction Booklet 1985

Box File Description Date

12B Pocket books 1905-1906, 1911

Subgroup II: Political Papers

Series I: Correspondence

Box File Description Date

13 1 Adkins, Bertha 1954-1955

13 2 Agnew, Spiro 1969-1971

13 3 Andre, Clara undated

13 4 Baker, Margaret 1934-1949

13 5 Baur, Bertha 1945-1957

13 6 Bettman, Gilbert 1932-1936

13 7 Betz, Goldie 1935-1942

13 8 Black, Fredonia 1964

13 9 Bliss, Ray 1948-1953

13 10 Bliss, Ray 1955-1965

13 11 Bliss, Ray 1969

13 12 Bolton, John 1936-1960

13 13 Bowman, Blanche 1933-1942

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13 14 Bricker, John 1930-1940

13 15 Bricker, John 1940-1942

13 16 Bricker, John 1960-1970

13 17 Brooks, Mary 1965-1968

Box File Description Date

14 1 Brown, Clarence J. Sr. 1946-1952

14 2 Brown, Clarence J. Sr. 1953-1965

14 3 Brown, Clarence Jr. 1965-1971

14 4 Brown, Marie 1933-1948

14 5 Brown, Walter 1920-1952

14 6 Brown, Ted 1955-1970

14 7 Brown, Col. Thad 1929-1935

14 8 Brown, Col. Thad 1937-1940

14 9 Brownell, Herbert 1944-1945

14 10 Buker, Lou Ella 1948-1964

14 11 Burch, Dean 1964-1965

14 12 Burdick, Margaret 1957

14 13 Burke, Raymond 1946-1949

14 14 Burnside, Brooks 1931-1938

14 15 Burton, Harold 1939-1945

14 16 Burton, Theodore 1928

Box File Description Date

15 1 Carlson, Chris 1936-1948

15 2 Cermak, Albina 1960

15 3 Clark, Elizabeth 1928-1930

15 4 Cooper, Myers Y. 1929-1956

15 5 Cooper, Martha 1932-1953

15 6 Cox, Catherine Neff 1936-1943

15 7 Curtis, Charles 1933

15 8 Dayton, Katharine 1932-1938

15 9 Davie, May 1952-1971

15 10 Dickinson, LJ 1935

15 11 Dodson, Louise 1930

15 12 Ebright, Donald 1947-1951

15 13 Eisenhower, Mamie 1953-1954

15 14 Elston, Dorothy 1966-1967

15 15 Evans, Anna 1945-1960

15 16 Evans, Elsie 1958-1960

15 17 Farrington, Betty 1949-1956

15 18 Fish, Hamilton 1933-1942

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15 19 Fitzgerald, Roy 1923-1930

Box File Description Date

16 1 Fletcher, Henry P. 1934-1936

16 2 Forrest, Marg L. 1932-1945

16 3 Frank, Glenn 1938-1939

16 4 Gann, Dolly undated

16 5 Gannett, Frank 1942

16 6 Gerlinger, Irene undated

16 7 Gibson, Catherine 1958-1960

16 8 Goodspeed, CS 1936-1937

Box File Description Date

17 1 Gorden, Gladys P. 1938-1939

17 2 Gorden, Gladys P. 1942

17 3 Gorden, Gladys P. 1943

17 4 Gorden, Gladys P. 1944-1949

17 5 Gorden, Gladys P. 1949-1953

17 6 Green, Margaret 1947-1948

17 7 Hall, Leonard 1937-1950

17 8 Hallanan, Walter 1937-1950

17 9 Hallanan, Walter 1951-1962

Box File Description Date

18 1 Hamilton, John 1937-1952

18 2 Hanna, Gertrude 1928

18 3 Hanna, Gertrude 1932-1940

18 4 Harel, William 1937-1938

18 5 Hay, Regina 1946-1948

18 6 Herbert, John D. 1966

18 7 Herbert, Thomas 1936-1962

18 8 Hertmann, Sylvia 1951-1961

18 9 Hert, Sallie 1932-1937

18 10 Hilles, Charles 1944-1949

18 11 Hinshaw, David 1932-1950

18 12 Hoadley, Mrs. George 1930-1948

18 13 Hobert, Mrs. Lowell 1932-1935

Box File Description Date

19 1 Hornbeck, Donald 1937-1938

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19 2 Hornung, Gertrude 1964-1965

19 3 Hollingsworth, Mildred 1937-1944

19 4 Hoyal, Wilma D. 1936

19 5 Hoyt, Madeleine 1944-1957

19 6 Hunter, Jane 1946-1956

19 7 Hunter, Jane 1954-1957

19 8 Huntington, Hugh 1944-1948

19 9 Ingalls, David 1930-1931

19 10 Ingalls, David 1938

19 11 Ingalls, David 1939-1944

19 12 Ireland, Margaret 1950-1962

Box File Description Date

20 1 Jeffrey, Harry 1932-1944

20 2 Jones, Gertrude 1935-1944

20 3 Jones, T. Harding 1971

20 4 Kaltenborn, Robt. 1941-1948

20 5 Kearns, Nora 1953-1957

20 6 Kellems, Vivian 1948-1972

20 7 Kemp, Herbert 1961-1964

20 8 Kern, Elizabeth 1953-1954

20 9 Knowland, Wm. F. 1952-1964

20 10 LeVan, Wilma Sinclair 1935-1944

20 11 Livermore, Henrietta 1931-1940

20 12 Lodge, Henry Cabot 1960

20 13 Lucas, Robert 1932-1936

20 14 Luce, Clair Booth 1943-1957

20 15 Lukens, Donald 1967-1971

20 16 Lynn, Helen 1947-1953

20 17 Landon, Alf 1935-1936

Box File Description Date

21 1 Martin, Jack 1946-1960

21 2 Martin, Joe 1940-1942

21 3 Martin, Marion (Founding NRWA) 1937-1941

21 4 Martin, Marion 1941-1943

21 5 Martin, Marion 1943-1946

21 6 Maschke, Maurice 1931-1936

21 7 Mau, Haueth 1936-1940

21 8 Mau, Haueth 1953-1964

Box File Description Date

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22 1 Mayes, Rose 1950-1960

22 2 McCauley, Jane 1947-1949

22 3 McWhorter, Daisy 1966-1967

22 4 Mercer, Marg 1934-1941

22 5 Mesta, Pearl 1956

22 6 Mills, Ogden L. 1935-1936

22 7 Miller, Bazy 1948

22 8 Miller, William E. 1961-1964

22 9 Morris, Cora 1931-1935

22 10 Morris, Florence 1946-1953

22 11 Morton, Thurston 1959-1961

22 12 Moulton, Louise 1942-1947

22 13 Murphy, Edna 1932-1938

22 14 Murtha, Miriam 1938-1939

Box File Description Date

23 1 Nevin, Robert R. 1929

23 2 Newinson, Richard 1940-1949

23 3 Nixon, Richard 1968-1972

23 4 Nutt, Joseph R. 1932-1933

23 5 O’Donnell, Gladys 1967-1972

23 6 O’Neill, C. William 1954-1960

23 7 Parks, Ruth 1961-1962

23 8 Patterson, Armenal 1948-1955

23 9 Peterson, Elly 1970

23 10 Patterson, Jefferson 1931-1940

Box File Description Date

24 1 Randolph, Lottie 1953-1954

24 2 Reagan, Ronald 1968

24 3 Reeves, Mildred 1948

24 4 Rock, Lewis 1935-1947

24 5 Reece, Carroll 1946-1961

24 6 Reed, David 1932

24 7 Rentschter, Peter B. 1940-1968

24 8 Rhodes, James A. 1960-1972

24 9 Rockefeller, Nelson 1970

24 10 Romans, Viola 1932-1937

24 11 Roosevelt, Theodore Jr. 1935-1940

24 12 Routzohn, Harry 1932-1938

24 13 Routzohn, Harry 1938

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24 14 Routzohn, Harry 1938-1940

24 15 Routzohn, Harry 1940-1942

24 16 Routzohn, Harry 1947-1949

24 17 Routzohn, Harry 1953

24 18 Ryan, Ethyl 1934

24 19 Sabo, Jessica 1955-1970

24 20 Sayre, Pearl undated

Box File Description Date

25 1 Schlafly, Phyllis 1964-1968

25 2 Schlafly, Phyllis 1969-1971

25 3 Phyllis Schlafly Report 1967-1974

25 4 Phyllis Schlafly Report (Speeches) 1971

25 5 Phyllis Schlafly Report (Clippings) 1967

Box File Description Date

26 1 Sanders, Everett 1932-1936

26 2 Schley, Kate 1947-1952

26 3 Schenck, Paul F. 1953-1964

26 4 Schorr, Ed. D. 1932-1936

26 5 Schorr, Ed. D. 1937-1954

26 6 Schroeder, Werner 1941-1947

26 7 Scott, Hugh D. 1948-1949

26 8 Scott, Ida 1937-1941

26 9 Selvage, James 1945-1952

Box File Description Date

27 1 Sealy, Albert H. 1966-1969

27 2 Simeral, Charles 1930-1932

27 3 Simmons, Arloeine 1955-1959

27 4 Simms, Ruth Hanna 1942-1944

27 5 Smoyer, Charles 1929-1940

27 6 Spangler, Harrison 1935-1948

27 7 Spangler, Harrison 1935-1948

27 8 Spangler, Harrison 1935-1948

27 9 Spangler, Harrison 1949-1953

27 10 Stewart, Virda 1956-1964

27 11 Stimson, Henry L. 1932

27 12 Suthers, Marie 1944-1946

27 13 Suthers, Marie 1965-1967

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28 1 Tabor, Louis J. 1937-1940

28 2 Taggart, Frank 1936-1944

28 3 Taft, Charles P. 1950-1966

28 4 Taft, Robert Jr. 1939-1972

28 5 Taft, Mrs. Robert 1934-1957

28 6 Toland, Audrey 1941-1949

28 7 Unger, Sherman 1967

28 8 Vail, Herman & Delia 1932-1948

28 9 Vandenburg, Arthur 1934-1950

28 10 Wallace, Mr. John 1969

28 11 Walter, Paul W. 1939-1956

28 12 Wedemeyer, Albert 1951-1952

28 13 Wedemeyer, Albert 1960-1962

28 14 Weis, Judy 1944-1958

28 15 Weiser, Ladislavs 1951-1959

28 16 Wetzch, Kathryn 1940-1950

28 17 Whalen, Charles W. 1967-1972

28 18 Wheaton, Anne 1945-1949

Box File Description Date

29 1 White, Dudley 1940-1947

29 2 Wilkie, Wendell 1940

29 3 Wilkie, Wendell 1940-1941

29 4 Williams, Clare B. 1958-1962

29 5 Winter, Anne 1936-1954

29 6 Witwer, Nell 1950-1954

29 7 Wood, Anna Beazell 1935-1941

29 8 Wyeth, Mabel 1932-1940

29 9 Yost, Lenna 1931-1936

29 10 Yost, Lenna 1937-1952

Series II: Speeches

Box File Description Date

30 1 Speeches (two items available online) 1920-1930

30 2 Speeches 1940

30 3 Speeches 1941

30 4 Speeches 1942-1943

30 5 Speeches 1944

30 6 Speeches 1945

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31 1 Speeches 1946

31 2 Speeches 1946

31 3 Speeches 1948

31 4 Speeches 1949

31 5 Speeches 1950

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32 1 Speeches 1951

32 2 Speeches 1952

32 3 Speeches 1953

32 4 Speeches 1954

32 5 Speeches 1955

32 6 Speeches 1956

32 7 Speeches 1957

Box File Description Date

33 1 Speeches 1958

33 2 Speeches 1959

33 3 Correspondence Re: 1959 speech 1959

33 4 Speeches 1960

33 5 Speeches 1961

33 6 Speeches 1962

33 7 Speeches 1963

33 8 Speeches 1964

33 9 Speeches 1965

33 10 Speeches 1968

33 11 Speeches 1969-1972

Series III: Ohio Congressional District Files

Box File Description Date

34 1 1st District – Hamilton County 1932-1936

34 2 1st District – Hamilton County 1950-1953

34 3 1st District – Hamilton County 1957-1961

34 4 1st District – Hamilton County 1962-1970

34 5 1st District – Hamilton County 1964-1967

34 6 1st District – Hamilton County 1966-1972

34 7 1st District – Hamilton County 1968-1972

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35 1 3rd District – 3rd District 1928

35 2 3rd District – Butler County 1928

35 3 3rd District – Preble County 1928

35 4 3rd District – Montgomery County 1926-1928

35 5 3rd District – Montgomery County 1932-1936

35 6 3rd District – Montgomery County 1940-1948

35 7 3rd District – Montgomery County 1942-1950

35 8 3rd District – Montgomery County 1950-1953

35 9 3rd District – Montgomery County 1952-1957

Box File Description Date

36 1 3rd District – Montgomery County 1958-1962

36 2 3rd District – Montgomery County 1962-1972

36 3 3rd District – Montgomery County 1966-1972

36 4 3rd District – Montgomery County Central Committee 1947-1959

36 5 3rd District – Montgomery County Central Committee 1960-1972

36 6 3rd District –Montgomery County Chairman 1953-1968

36 7 3rd District – Young Republicans, Montgomery County 1963-1970

36 8 3rd District – Anti-Communist, Montgomery County 1967

36 9 3rd District – Clippings, Dayton-Montgomery County 1946-1971

Box File Description Date

37 1 4th District – Allen County 1941-1970

37 2 4th District – Auglaize County 1934-1968

37 3 4th District – Darke County 1934-1949

37 4 4th District – Darke County 1950-1971

37 5 4th District – Mercer County 1935-1967

37 6 4th District – Miami County 1936-1971

37 7 4th District – Shelby County 1932-1971

Box File Description Date

38 1 5th District – Defiance County 1935-1970

38 2 5th District – Fulton County 1935-1967

38 3 5th District – Henry County 1935-1964

38 4 5th District – Ottawa County 1935-1968

38 5 5th District – Paulding County 1934-1972

38 6 5th District – Putnam County 1934-1966

38 7 5th District – Van Wert County 1932-1962

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38 8 5th District – Williams County 1935-1970

38 9 5th District – Wood County 1934-1970

Box File Description Date

39 1 6th District – Adams County 1935-1971

39 2 6th District – Brown County 1934-1961

39 3 6th District – Clermont County 1935-1968

39 4 6th District – Fayette County 1935-1968

39 5 6th District – Highland County 1933-1972

39 6 6th District – Ross County 1932-1971

39 7 6th District – Pickaway County 1932-1971

39 8 6th District – Pike County 1936-1971

Box File Description Date

40 1 6th District – Scioto County 1932-1945

40 2 7th District – Clinton County 1934-1972

40 3 7th District – Clark County 1932-1974

40 4 7th District – Champaign County 1937-1969

40 5 7th District – Greene County 1934-1967

Box File Description Date

41 1 7th District – Greene County 1967-1971

41 2 7th District – Logan County 1934-1970

41 3 7th District – Madison County 1934-1960

41 4 8th District – Hancock County 1935-1971

41 5 8th District – Morrow County 1935-1968

41 6 8th District – Seneca County 1934-1971

41 7 8th District – Marion County 1941-1948

41 8 8th District – Wyandot County 1935-1971

41 9 8th District – Crawford County 1937-1970

41 10 9th District – Hardin County 1935-1968

41 11 9th District – Lucas County 1936-1947

41 12 9th District – Lucas County 1954-1971

Box File Description Date

42 1 10th District – Athens County 1932-1971

42 2 10th District – Washington County 1932-1968

42 3 10th District – Perry County 1935-1971

42 4 10th District – Morgan County 1932-1958

42 5 10th District – Meigs County 1937-1960

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42 6 10th District – Lawrence County 1937-1942

42 7 10th District – Lawrence County 1934-1960

42 8 10th District – Hocking County 1932-1960

42 9 10th District – Gallia County 1936-1971

42 10 10th District – Meigs County 1939-1952

42 11 10th District – Fairfield County 1935-1971

42 12 10th District – Jackson County 1932-1968

42 13 10th District – Vinton County 1937-1941

42 14 11th District – Geauga County 1936-1971

42 15 11th District – Ashtabula County 1932-1971

42 16 11th District – Lorain County 1955-1968

Box File Description Date

43 1 11th District – Portage County 1935-1971

43 2 11th District – Lake County 1958-1965

43 3 11th District – lake County 1942-1972

43 4 11th District – Trumbull County 1958-1971

43 5 11th District – Franklin County 1940-1942

43 6 11th District – Franklin County 1950-1953

43 7 11th District – Summit County 1953-1960

43 8 11th District – Sandusky County 1932-1970

43 9 11th District – Lorain County 1932-1952

Box File Description Date

44 1 15th District – Muskingum County 1935-1971

44 2 15th District – Noble County 1938-1971

44 3 15th District – Monroe County 1935-1960

44 4 15th District – Guernsey County 1933-1961

44 5 15th District – Perry County 1934-1962

44 6 15th District – Washington County 1937-1965

44 7 15th District – Morgan County 1935-1949

44 8 16th District – Mahoning County 1932-1940

44 9 16th District – Mahoning County 1966-1972

44 10 16th District – Stark County 1933-1947

44 11 16th District – Stark County 1949-1972

44 12 16th District – Tuscarawas County 1935-1971

44 13 16th District – Wayne County 1935-1967

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45 1 17th District – Ashland County 1932-1970

45 2 17th District – Coshocton County 1935-1964

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45 3 17th District – Delaware County 1937-1972

45 4 17th District – Holmes County 1935-1971

45 5 17th District – Licking County 1935-1972

45 6 17th District – Knox County 1934-1971

45 7 18th District – Harrison County 1936-1971

45 8 18th District – Belmont County 1939-1970

45 9 18th District – Columbiana County 1935-1972

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46 1 22nd District – Cuyahoga County 1931-1938

46 2 22nd District – Cuyahoga County 1949-1954

46 3 22nd District – Cuyahoga County 1952-1958

46 4 22nd District – Cuyahoga County Tippecanoe Club 1937-1953

Series IV: State Files

Box File Description Date

47 1 California 1934-1949

47 2 California 1956-1966

47 3 Florida 1937-1967

47 4 Indiana 1936-1949

47 5 Indiana 1949-1969

47 6 Illinois 1932-1936

47 7 Illinois 1937-1948

Box File Description Date

48 1 Kansas 1936-1966

48 2 Louisiana 1939-1970

48 3 Massachusetts 1949-1952

48 4 Michigan 1949-1972

48 5 Minnesota 1949-1965

48 6 Mississippi 1937-1947

48 7 Missouri 1937-1972

48 8 Montana 1941-1965

Box File Description Date

49 1 Nebraska 1935-1967

49 2 Nevada 1936-1965

49 3 New Hampshire 1934-1965

49 4 New Jersey 1935-1972

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49 5 New York 1944-1949

49 6 New York 1949-1971

49 7 New York 1949-1971

49 8 New York 1949-1971

49 9 North Carolina 1937-1970

49 10 North Dakota 1943-1950

Box File Description Date

50 1 Ohio 1936-1971

50 2 Ohio 1936-1971

50 3 Pennsylvania 1936-1949

50 4 Pennsylvania 1950-1971

50 5 Puerto Rico 1940-1962

50 6 Rhode Island 1937-1966

50 7 South Carolina 1932-1972

50 8 South Dakota 1935-1971

50 9 Tennessee 1935-1967

50 10 Texas 1934-1955

50 11 Texas 1943-1966

50 12 Utah 1933-1971

Box File Description Date

51 1 Vermont 1934-1968

51 2 Virginia 1937-1968

51 3 Washington 1935-1971

51 4 Washington D.C. 1932-1936

51 5 Washington D.C. 1942-1951

51 6 Washington D.C. 1952-1965

51 7 West Virginia 1933-1971

51 8 Wisconsin 1935-1908

51 9 Wyoming 1940-1962

Series V: National Federation of Republican Women

Box File Description Date

52 1 Women’s National Republican Club of New York City 1927-1928

52 2 Women’s National Republican Club of New York City 1928-1931

52 3 Women’s National Republican Club of New York City 1932-1940

52 4 Women’s National Republican Club of New York City 1933-1936

52 5 Correspondence Re: Founding of NFRW 1937-1938

52 6 Documents Re: Founding of NFRW 1937-1938

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52 7 NFRW – History and Emblem 1961-1972

52 8 NFRW – General 1939

52 9 NFRW – General 1940-1944

52 10 NFRW – General 1943-1946

52 11 Republican National Committee, Women’s Division 1950-1954

52 12 Republican National Committee, Women’s Division 1954-1957

Box File Description Date

53 1 Biennial Resolutions Committee 1954-1956

53 2 Constitution and By-laws revision 1956-1965

53 3 Constitution and By-laws revision 1967

53 4 Constitution and By-laws revision 1968

53 5 Women’s Republican Clubs Annual Reports 1968-1971

53 6 Cleveland Regional Conference 1946

53 7 Biennial Convention, St. Paul 1948

53 8 Biennial Convention, Cleveland 1950

53 9 Spring Conference 1953

53 10 Midwest Regional Conference 1953

53 11 Spring Conference 1954

53 12 Regional Conference 1955

53 13 Republican Women’s National Conf. 1955

53 14 Regional Conferences 1955-1958

53 15 Women’s Division Spring Conference 1956

Box File Description Date

54 1 Biennial Convention, Chicago 1956

54 2 Spring Conference 1957

54 3 Regional Conference 1958

54 4 Biennial Conference 1958

54 5 Women’s Division, Spring Conference 1958

54 6 8th Annual Republican Women’s Conference 1960

54 7 Biennial Conference 1960-1962

54 8 National Conference 1964

54 9 Biennial Meeting 1964

54 10 Spring Conference 1965

54 11 Biennial Conference 1967

54 12 Biennial Conference 1967

54 13 Biennial Conference, Phyllis Schlafly 1967

54 14 Regional Conference, Chicago 1967

Box File Description Date

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55 1 16th Annual Republican Women’s Conference 1968

55 2 Biennial Conference 1969

55 3 Advisory Board Meeting 1943

55 4 Advisory Board Meeting 1948

55 5 Advisory Board Meeting 1947

55 6 Advisory Board Meeting 1948-1949

55 7 Advisory Board Meeting 1950

55 8 National Board Minutes 1951-1955

55 9 National Board Minutes 1956-1965

55 10 Board of Director’s Meeting 1959

55 11 Board of Director’s Meeting 1970-1971

55 12 Correspondence 1937-1946

55 13 Correspondence 1951-1954

55 14 D.C. Office Correspondence 1956-1972

Box File Description Date

56 1 Pamphlets authored by KKB 1947-1957

56 2 Independent Coalition of American Women 1936

56 3 Grow Program 1963-1966

56 4 Flying Squadron Report 1956

56 5 Women for Nixon 1968

56 6 Operation Coffee Cup 1958

56 7 Discussion coffees 1958-1959

56 8 Silver Anniversary Celebration 1963

56 9 Role of Women in GOP Conventions 1956, 1960

56 10 Work and Win 1951

56 11 Nixon Administration women appointees 1968

56 12 Biographical 1957

56 13 Radcliffe Women’s Archives 1957

56 14 Installation procedures 1950

56 15 Women in Politics 1949-1954

56 16 Women in Politics 1955-1958

56 17 Washington Newsletter – NFRW 1950

Box File Description Date

57 1 Connecticut – NFRW 1935-1962

57 2 Delaware – NFRW 1935-1969

57 3 Washington D.C. – NFRW 1934-1953

57 4 Florida – NFRW 1951-1968

57 5 Georgia – NFRW 1934-1959

57 6 Hawaii – NFRW 1952-1953

57 7 Idaho – NFRW 1943-1970

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57 8 Iowa – NFRW 1943-1969

57 9 Illinois – NFRW 1945-1965

57 10 Indiana – NFRW 1939-1942

57 11 Kentucky - NFRW 1934-1967

57 12 Massachusetts – NFRW 1932-1949

57 13 Michigan – NFRW 1934-1949

57 14 New Mexico - NFRW 1937-1968

Series VI: Ohio Federation of Republican Women

Box File Description Date

58 1 Founding documents, constitutions, bylaws, etc. 1929-1971

58 2 Ohio Council of Republican Women 1927-1930

58 3 Women’s Rally 1935-1936

58 4 Committees 1967-1972

58 5 Club presidents 1960

58 6 Board of Management 1964-1965

58 7 Activities and history 1940

58 8 Scattered minutes 1940-1941

58 9 Scattered minutes 1947-1971

58 10 Reports to unit presidents 1948-1954

58 11 New Clubs 1968-1970

58 12 American citizenship committee 1962-1971

58 13 Membership committee lists 1962-1971

58 14 Memberships 1957-1969

58 15 Yearbooks 1960-1969

Box File Description Date

59 1 Ohio Federation - General 1924-1930

59 2 Ohio Federation - General 1931-1942

59 3 Ohio Federation - General 1943-1947

59 4 Ohio Federation - General 1948-1955

59 5 Correspondence 1954-1957

59 6 Correspondence 1958-1970

59 7 Form Letters 1932-1935

59 8 Form Letters 1937-1941

59 9 Form Letters 1942-1947

59 10 Miscellaneous undated

Box File Description Date

60 1 Spring Conference 1950

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60 2 Spring Conference 1951

60 3 Spring Conference 1952

60 4 Spring Conference 1953

60 5 Fall Conference 1953

60 6 Spring Conference 1954

60 7 Fall Conference 1954

60 8 Spring Conference 1955

60 9 Spring Conference 1955

60 10 Fall Conference 1955

60 11 Fall Conference 1955

60 12 Fall Conference 1956

Box File Description Date

61 1 Spring Conference 1959

61 2 Fall Conference 1959

61 3 Fall Conference 1960

61 4 Spring Conference 1962

61 5 Spring Conference 1963

61 6 Fall Conference 1963

61 7 Spring Conference 1964

61 8 Fall Conference 1964

61 9 Spring Conference 1965

61 10 Fall Conference 1965

61 11 Fall Conference 1966

61 12 Fall Conference 1967

61 13 Spring Conference 1968

61 14 Fall Conference 1968

61 15 Spring Conference 1969

61 16 Spring Conference 1967

61 17 Fall Conference 1969

61 18 Spring Conference 1970

61 19 Fall Conference 1970

61 20 Fall Conference 1971

Box File Description Date

62 1 Butler County - OFRW 1954-1971

62 2 Carroll County – OFRW 1935-1967

62 3 Cuyahoga County – OFRW 1955-1961

62 4 Cuyahoga County – OFRW 1962-1965

62 5 Cuyahoga County – OFRW 1966-1972

62 6 Erie County – OFRW 1934-1972

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63 1 Franklin County – OFRW 1932-1936

63 2 Franklin County – OFRW 1958-1966

63 3 Franklin County – OFRW 1967-1972

63 4 Women’s Republican Club, Columbus 1930-1931

63 5 Women’s Republican Club, Columbus 1966-1971

63 6 Hamilton County – OFRW 1932-1971

63 7 Huron County – OFRW 1935-1971

63 8 Jefferson County – OFRW 1938-1968

63 9 Lucas County – OFRW 1936-1953

63 10 Mahoning County – OFRW 1940-1970

Box File Description Date

64 1 Marion County – OFRW 1935-1939

64 2 Medina County – OFRW 1934-1969

64 3 Women’s Republican Club, Dayton 1922-1927

64 4 Montgomery County – OFRW 1928-1929

64 5 Montgomery County – OFRW 1932-1953

64 6 Montgomery County – OFRW 1941-1957

64 7 Montgomery County – OFRW 1958-1961

64 8 Montgomery County – OFRW 1965-1968

64 9 Montgomery County – OFRW 1966-1969

64 10 Preble County – OFRW 1933-1971

64 11 Scioto County – OFRW 1932-1942

64 12 Summit County – OFRW 1940-1971

64 13 Warren County - OFRW 1932-1971

Series VII: Study Programs – Ohio Federation of Republican Women

Box File Description Date

65 1 Study Programs 1940

65 2 Study Programs 1941

65 3 Study Programs 1942

65 4 Study Programs 1943

65 5 Study Programs 1944

65 6 Study Programs 1945

65 7 Study Programs 1946

Box File Description Date

66 1 Study Programs 1947

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66 2 Study Programs 1948

66 3 Study Programs 1948

66 4 Study Programs 1949

66 5 Study Programs 1950

66 6 Study Programs 1951

Box File Description Date

67 1 Study Programs 1952

67 2 Study Programs 1953

67 3 Study Programs 1954

67 4 Study Programs 1955

67 5 Study Programs 1956

67 6 Study Programs 1958

67 7 Study Programs 1959

67 8 Study Programs 1960

Box File Description Date

68 1 Study Programs 1961

68 2 Study Programs 1962

68 3 Study Programs 1963

68 4 Study Programs 1964

68 5 Study Programs 1965

68 6 Study Programs 1966

68 7 Study Programs 1967-1972

Series VIII: Republican National Conventions

Box File Description Date

69 1 Republican National Convention ribbons (Ohio Hostess

Committee)

1936

69 2 National Conventions 1936

69 3 National Conventions 1940

69 4 National Conventions 1948-1959

69 5 National Conventions 1952

69 6 National Conventions 1956

69 7 National Conventions 1956

69 8 National Conventions 1960

69 9 National Conventions 1960

69 10 National Conventions 1956-1960

69 11 National Conventions 1960

69 12 National Conventions 1960

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Box File Description Date

69A 1 National Conventions 1960

69A 2 National Conventions 1964

69A 3 National Conventions 1964

Box File Description Date

69B 1 Republican National Convention 1928

69B 2 Republican National Convention 1932

69B 3 Republican National Convention 1936

69B 4 Republican National Convention 1940

Box File Description Date

69C 1 Republican National Convention 1944

69C 2 Republican National Convention 1948

69C 3 Republican National Convention 1952

69C 4 Republican National Convention 1956

69C 5 Republican National Convention 1960

Box File Description Date

69D 1 Republican National Convention 1964

69D 2 Republican National Convention 1968

Series IX: Robert A. Taft Memorial

Box File Description Date

70 1 Robert A. Taft 1951-1952

70 2 Clippings 1953-1954

70 3 Taft Memorial Fund 1954-1955

70 4 Taft Memorial Fund 1956

70 5 Taft Memorial Fund 1957-1962

70 6 Taft Memorial Committee 1951-1953

70 7 Taft Memorial Committee 1954

70 8 Taft Memorial Committee 1954

70 9 Taft Memorial Committee 1955-1957

Box File Description Date

71 1 Trustees minutes 1955-1963

71 2 Taft Memorial Nominating committee 1954-1960

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71 3 Taft Memorial Nominating committee 1961-1965

71 4 C.J. Brown undated

71 5 Oral history, Robert Taft 1968

71 6 Press Releases 1953-1954

71 7 Jack Martin 1954-1956

71 8 Carroll Reece 1954-1955

71 9 Monte Appel 1954

71 10 Bobby Taft 1954

71 11 Ben Tate 1954-1955

71 12 Paul Marshall 1954

71 13 Taft Memorial 1953-1955

71 14 Taft Memorial 1954-1956

71 15 Washington Committee Headquarters 1951-1952

71 16 County Chairwoman 1955-1957

Series X: Ohio Republican State Committee

Box File Description Date

72 1 Correspondence from state headquarters 1957-1968

72 2 Minutes, Republican State Committee 1966-1970

72 3 Ohio League of Young Republicans 1964-1969

72 4 Republican State Committee 1929-1932

72 5 Columbus platform convention 1932

72 6 State Candidates 1928

72 7 Appt. of State Committeewoman 1930-1932

72 8 KKB State Central Committee Campaign 1934

72 9 Literature 1928

72 10 Ohio Constitutional Convention 1943-1951

72 11 Ohio Republican State Convention 1936

72 12 Ohio Republican State Convention 1954

72 13 Ohio Republican State Convention 1960

72 14 Ohio Republican State Convention 1962

72 15 Ohio Republican State Convention 1970

72 16 Ohio Inaugural 1962-1963

72 17 Financial 1960-1962

Series XI: Republican National Committee

Box File Description Date

73 1 National Committee Nominations 1930-1932

73 2 Republican National Committee 1930-1940

73 3 Chicago Conference of Republican Program Committee 1938

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73 4 Congressional Campaign 1940-1942

73 5 Republican National Committee Policy 1950-1971

73 6 National Congressional Committee 1960-1969

73 7 National League of Young Republicans 1951-1965

73 8 Convention reforms 1971

73 9 National Committee Meetings 1952

73 10 National Committee Meetings 1954

73 11 National Committee Meetings 1955

73 12 National Committee Meetings 1959

73 13 National Committee Meetings 1962

73 14 National Committee Meetings 1963

73 15 National Committee Meetings 1963-1964

Box File Description Date

74 1 Republican National Committee Meeting 1965

74 2 Republican National Committee Meeting 1967

74 3 Republican National Committee Meeting 1968

74 4 Republican National Committee, Western Division 1936

74 5 Regional Conference 1957

74 6 Regional Conference 1963

74 7 Platform 1960

74 8 KKB letter to William Miller 1962

74 9 Finance Committee 1966

74 10 Lucius Clay letter/finance 1955-1967

74 11 School of Politics 1950-1953

74 12 National Committee Chairman 1949-1951

74 13 Rules Committee 1952-1956

74 14 Southern Division 1964

74 15 Research Division 1963-1971

Box File Description Date

74A 1 Sherman, Blaine for President, Tickets c. 1880s, 1940

74A 2 Organization Manual of the Republican Volunteers for

Winning the West

c. 1936

74A 3 Campaign Literature: Willkie Elections 1940

74A 4 Decals, Stamps, Stickers, and Tags 1952-1956, undated

74A 5 Eisenhower Merchandise Brochures 1956

74A 6 Goldwater pins 1964

74A 7 Goldwater tags 1964

74A 8 Campaign Literature 1940-1964

74A 9 Merchandise Brochures 1950-1969

74A 10 Bumper Stickers undated

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74A 11 Campaign Literature undated

74A 12 Inaugural License Plates 1953

Series XII: Junior League and Daughters of the American Revolution

Box File Description Date

75 1 Association of Jr. League of America 1921-1928

75 2 Pittsburgh notes 1928

75 3 Jr. League of New Orleans 1929

75 4 Jr. League of Philadelphia 1926-1929

75 5 Jr. League of Pittsburgh 1926-1928

75 6 Jr. League of Erie 1926-1927

75 7 Jr. League of Lancaster 1926-1927

75 8 Jr. League of Grand Rapids 1926-1929

75 9 Jr. League of Grand Rapids 1928

75 10 Jr. League of Grand Rapids 1926-1929

75 11 Regional Conference, Cleveland 1927

75 12 Jr. League of Dayton 1925-1932

75 13 Scrapbooks items Ca. 1920

75 14 Scrapbooks items 1920-1922

75 15 Scrapbooks items 1923-1927

Box File Description Date

76 1 Mrs. Foskett Brown 1928-1929

76 2 Arts 1929-1931

76 3 Portland Conference 1927

76 4 Jr. League of Williamsport 1929

76 5 Jr. League of Washington 1926-1928

76 6 Jr. League of Huntington undated

76 7 Programs 1928-1936

76 8 Board minutes, Dayton 1927-1928

76 9 Dayton 1925-1928

76 10 Admission 1926-1928

76 11 Regional conference, Pittsburgh 1926-1928

76 12 Mrs. Charles Lindley 1927-1929

76 13 Mrs. Carlton B. Palmer 1927-1928

76 14 Delegates to Buffalo Conference 1928

76 15 Jane Watson 1927

76 16 Jr. League of Wilmington 1926-1928

76 17 Buffalo Conference 1928

76 18 Board Minutes, Association of Jr. Leagues of America 1928

76 19 Jr. League of Parkersburg 1927-1929

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76 20 Jr. League of Harrisburg 1929

Box File Description Date

77 1 Red Cross 1915-1917

77 2 Correspondence 1921-1928

77 3 Dayton Conference 1929

77 4 Mrs. Roger Sperry 19-1929

77 5 Abigail von Schlegell 1929

77 6 National Art Show 1927-1928

77 7 Welfare Exhibit 1928

77 8 Visiting Housekeeper 1926-1928

77 9 Mrs. Harold Stokes 1927-1928

77 10 Pittsburgh Conference report 1928

77 11 Dayton Junior League 1919-1921

77 12 Jane Watson 1928

77 13 Shop 1926-1928

77 14 Reading 1926-1928

77 15 Legislature 1927

77 16 JL Magazine 1927

77 17 Nashville conference 1926-1927

77 18 Mrs. James R. Sheldon 1929

77 19 Decorative Arts 1928-1929

77 20 Mary Underwood undated

77 21 Braille 1930

77 22 Cleveland Conference 1926-1927

77 23 Board Meeting, American Junior League Conference 1928

Box File Description Date

77A 1 DAR – Jonathan Dayton Chapter 1929-1971

Series XIII: Miscellaneous Subject Files

Box File Description Date

78 1 American Citizenship Committee 1947-1961

78 2 Appointments 1929

78 3 August Primary 1930

78 4 Census 1930

78 5 Colonial Dames 1969-1971

78 6 Cooper Inauguration 1929

78 7 Cooper-McCulloch Election 1930

78 8 Curtis Campaign 1925-1928

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78 9 Dayton Centennial 1941

78 10 Dunn Survey 1965

78 11 Evaluation, 1964 Campaign 1964-1965

78 12 Harding Memorial Dedication 1931

78 13 Hinshaw Plan 1943

78 14 Fess Speech 1928

78 15 GOP Trunkline 1960-1969

78 16 GOP Trunkline 1970-1971

Box File Description Date

79 1 Hoover Campaign 1928

79 2 Hoover “Lasting Peace” Plan 1943

79 3 Hoover inaugural 1929

79 4 Hoover Republican Club 1930-1932

79 5 1953 Inaugural 1952-1953

79 6 Inaugural Ball / Parade 1953

79 7 Nixon Inaugural 1969

79 8 Ingalls Primary 1932

79 9 Kennedy Administration 1961-1962

79 10 Landon/Knox Notification Ceremony 1936

79 11 National Civic Federation 1928

79 12 Newspaper clippings 1950

79 13 New York Men’s National Republican Club 1943-1960

Box File Description Date

80 1 Drew Pearson 1953-1956

80 2 Poll takers 1955-1956

80 3 Radio Script Correspondence 1941

80 4 GOP Reporter 1938

80 5 GOP Reporter 1938

80 6 Republican News Sheet 1931-1932

80 7 1932 Clubs 1932

80 8 Taft-Stassen Primary 1948

Box File Description Date

81 1 Taft Institute of Government 1954-1971

81 2 Taft Institute of Government 1954-1971

81 3 Taft Institute of Government 1954-1971

81 4 Young Republicans 1930-1932

81 5 Willis Primary 1920

81 6 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom 1949

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Series XIV: Photographs

Box File Description Date

82 1 Portraits of Katharine Kennedy Brown (one online) 1891-1960

82 2 Portraits of Katharine Kennedy Brown 1914-1960

82 3 Photographs of Katharine Kennedy Brown 1917-1941

82 4 Family Portraits 1914, 1916,

undated

82 5 Kleon Thaw Brown 1915-1925

82 6 Katharine Kennedy and Kleon Brown 1919

82 7 Katharine Kennedy and Kleon Brown- Debut Ball April 1921

82 8 Portraits of Grafton C. Kennedy 1870s

82 9 Photographs of Grafton S. Kennedy and Family 1909, 1940s

82 10 Portraits of Eugene Kennedy and Family 1895-1938

82 11 Cyanotype of Kennedy residence on West Third St., Dayton circa 1885

82 12 Duncarrick undated

Box File Description Date

83 1 Photograph of Newcom’s Tavern undated

83 2 Photograph of the Comedy Club, Dayton 1922

83 3 Achey Family photographs undated

83 4 Family photographs 1890-1940

83 5 Family photographs 1910-1930s

83 6 Non-family photographs (identified) 1903-1918, undated

83 7 Unidentified Portraits 1871, 1876,

undated

83 8 Unidentified Portraits undated

83 9 Unidentified photographs 1910, 1917,

undated

83 10 Unidentified photographs undated

Box File Description Date

84 1 Unidentified photographs undated

84 2 Miscellaneous political photographs undated

84 3 Miscellaneous political photographs undated

84 4 Vinton County group 1941

84 5 Club meetings 1941

84 6 County Chairwomen and Unit Presidents 1941

84 7 District Committeewomen 1941

84 8 Meeting in Support of Taft Ca. 1950

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84 9 Autographed photographs undated

84 10 Meetings and Nixon Luncheon 1968-1969

84 11 16mm Film: “Senator Robert A. Taft.” 9:30. Color. Silent

(digital mp4 file for access is available in E-Archives

ms146_e0001)

Circa 1940

OS

7

1 Oversized photographs : Photographs of Katharine Kennedy

Brown, family photographs; Dayton scenes; Herbert Hoover

photographs; photographs of John Bicker and Clarence

Broure

Undated

OS

7

2 Various unidentified photographs; Republican National

Convention and Ohio Caucus photographs; certificates of

appreciation; photograph of dinner in honor of Robert Taft;

National Republican Club dinner; Nixon/Lodge campaign

advertisement signed by Richard and Pat Nixon

Circa 1930s-1960s

OS

7

4 Unidentified rolled panoramic photograph undated

OS

7

6 Oversize Photographs 1915-1940

OS

76

6 Oversized photographs - Republican National Convention

photographs; Utility Workers Union photograph; CIO

photograph

1920-1953

Series XV: Scrapbooks

Box File Description Date

97 Scrapbook 1 1927-1936

85 Scrapbook 2 1940-1945

86 Scrapbooks 3-4 1946-1948

87 Scrapbook 5 1947-1948

88 Scrapbook 6 1949-1951

89 Scrapbook 7 1951-1954

90 Scrapbook 8 1953-1954

91 Scrapbook 9 1954-1956

92 Scrapbook 10 1956-1958

93 Scrapbook 11 1958-1960

94 Scrapbook 12 1960-1962

97 Scrapbook 13 1962-1964

95 Scrapbook 14 1969-1973

96 Scrapbook 15 on the History of the Miami Valley 1930-1969

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96 Scrapbook 16 Kleon Brown Photo Album 1902-1903

Series XVI: Political Campaign Memorabilia

Box File Description Date

OS

7

3 Nixon campaign posters; Eisenhower campaign posters;

Republican party posters; voting statistics charts 1950s-1960s

Box File Description Date

98 Assorted Katharine Kennedy Brown Name Tags (6) undated

98 “Young Republican Club” nametag undated

98 “Vote Republican” nametag undated

98 “Ring for a Better America” nametag undated

98 “Republican Beauty Mark” Sticker Book undated

98 GOP Republican Patch undated

98 Willkie – McNary Sticker 1940

98 “Win With Willkie” Stamps 1940

98 “Ike” sign Circa 1952

98 “Back Ike Vote Republican” sign Circa 1952

98 “I Like Ike” Glasses (2) 1956

98 “Re-elect Ike and Dick” sign 1956

98 “I Like Ike” Flag Circa 1952

98 “Vote Ike for Clean Government” Air Freshener Circa 1952

98 Second Inauguration of Eisenhower Flag 1957 Jan

98 “Sport-A-Feather” feathers for Nixon and Lodge 1960

98 “Heap Big GOP Victory in 1960” (head band for feathers) 1960

98 “Use GOP-timism fragrances to Fill the Air for a Republican

Victory in ‘60” (head band for feathers)

1960

98 Apron for Clark County Women’s Republican Club

Donations

1963

98 “Barry” Goldwater Paper Glasses 1964

98 Goldwater stickers 1964

98 “Don’t be Spooked by the Goblins, Go-Goldwater!”

Pumpkin

1964

98 Pure Oil Pathfinder for Ohio map Circa 1950

98 “Let’s Pop Into Victory with NFRW” undated

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Box File Description Date

99 1 GOP Personality Hat 1960

99 2 “Win with Taft” Fan Circa 1952

99 2 Robert A. Taft – Don H. Ebright Clover Fan Circa 1952

99 2 “I Like Ike and Dick” paper hat Circa 1952

99 2 “Vote for Ike” poster of hole in shoe Circa 1952

99 2 Eisenhower bumper stickers Circa 1956

99 2 “God Bless Spiro Agnew” bumper sticker Circa 1968

99 3 “We Want Ike Again” Pennant, cloth 1956

99 4 Clinton B. Fisk for President Ribbon 1888

99 4 Charles E. Bentley for President Ribbon 1896

99 4 Ohio Republican State Convention, Delegate Ribbon 1904

99 4 Ohio Republican State Convention Delegate Ribbon 1908

99 4 Fullington for Ohio State Auditor Ribbon 1909

99 4 Welcome Willkie Ribbon 1940

99 4 Willkie Reception Committee Ribbon Name Tag 1940

99 4 Republican National Convention Honorary Sergeant of

Arms, Ribbon and medal

1940

99 4 Ohio Republican State Convention Columbus, Member

State Central Committee Ribbon name tag and medal

1940

99 4 Dewey & Bricker, Delegate Ribbon 1944

99 4 Ohio League of Young Republican Clubs Ribbon and name

tag

1948

99 4 Dewey and Warren, NFWRC, Advisory Board Ribbon

(green)

1948

99 4 Dewey and Warren, NFWRC, Delegate Ribbon (blue) 1948

99 4 Taft (flower ribbon) 1952

99 4 Pat for First Lady Ribbon 1960

99 4 Keep Coolidge Buttons (2) 1924

99 4 Hoover and Curtis button 1928

99 4 Gold Hoover Pin 1932

99 4 Ohio Republican Campaign Committee Associate Member

pin

1936

99 4 GOP Button undated

99 4 Oversize Vote Republican Button undated

99 4 State Convention, Salem Button 1938

99 4 Young Republican Club Button undated

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99 4 Oversize Willkie Button 1940

99 4 Willkie Elephant Pin 1940

99 4 Willkie Donkey Pin 1940

99 4 Display Card with “Bob Taft for Senate” pin and Taft

elephant pin

Circa 1945

99 4 Display Card with “I have a Date in ‘48” Pin 1948

99 4 Oversize Ike and Dick Button Circa 1952

99 4 Large “Win with Ike” Button Circa 1952

99 4 Large Ike Day Button Circa 1952

99 4 ’58 Elephant Pin 1958

99 4 Oversize Pat for First Lady Button 1960

99 4 Oversize Nixon Button 1960

99 4 Large Nixon Button 1960

99 4 Large It’s Time to Elect Nixon Button 1960

99 4 ‘60 Elephant Pin 1960

99 4 Rocky GOP Elephant Pin undated

99 4 Go Miller for Vice President Button 1964

99 4 Vote Miller for Vice President Button 1964

99 4 Miller Button 1964

99 4 Goldwater in G4 Buttons (2) 1964

99 4 Goldwater Tags (2) 1964

99 4 1964 “GOParty” Pin 1964

99 4 ’64 Elephant Pin 1964

99 4 Ike in ’65 Elephant Pin 1965

99 4 “Key to Victory” Tags undated

99 4 GOP Elephant Pin undated

99 4 Elephant with Pearl Pin undated

99 4 Elephant (White) Pin undated

99 4 Elephant (Gold) Pin undated

Box File Description Date

100 1 Landon metal sign 1936

100 2 “Strike Out the New Deal” Match Books (2) Circa 1940

100 3 Taft Powder Box Circa 1948

100 4 “I’m Registered” paper shield tags Circa 1950

100 5 GOP Lightbulbs with metal elephants inside (2) Circa 1950

100 6 Republican Centennial Medal of Eisenhower 1954

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100 7 “Talking Box,” “Vote Republican” 1956

100 8 Plastic Ike Postcard 1956

100 9 Republican National Convention Gold Coin 1968

100 10 Plastic Republican National Committee Paperweight signed

by Chairman Ray Bliss

1968

100 11 Plastic “Women for Nixon-Agnew” Paperweight 1968

100 12 Agnew Associates Paperweight, marble Circa 1968


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