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Violet McDougall Pollard Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Violet Elizabeth McDougall was born on 17 July 1889, at Maxville, Ontario, Canada, daughter of Peter and Ellen (Robertson) McDougall. She attended Cornwall Normal School of Ontario and was a teacher in Ontario and Saskatchewan, 1910-1912. She then attended Regina College at Saskatchewan for a year, and was secretary in a law office from 1913-1917. She came to the United States in 1917 and was offered a position as secretary in the Virginia governor's office in 1918. She was executive secretary to four successive governors of Virginia between 1918 and 1933: Westmoreland Davis, E. Lee Trinkle, Harry F. Byrd, and John Garland Pollard. She was known affectionately as "Miss Mac" to her many friends.
On 31 July 1933, she married Governor Pollard, whose first wife had died in 1932. After his term in office ended in 1934, the couple moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as Chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals and she attended law school at George Washington University. Upon John Garland Pollard's death in 1937, she returned to Richmond and attended law school at the University of Richmond. She went back to Washington from 1938 to 1940, to work as secretary to the Assistant Administrator of the United States Housing Authority.
In 1940 Violet McDougall Pollard returned again to Richmond to join the staff of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which John Garland Pollard had been instrumental in creating. During World War II, the museum's director left to join the Marines, and she served as co-director (in charge of business affairs) with Beatrice von Keller (in charge of art). After the war, she was the museum's associate director until her retirement in 1956. She continued her association with the museum through museum advisory committees and through her position on the board of the Federated Arts Council of Richmond until about 1971.
Long interested in politics and maintaining a wide circle of friends in Virginia political circles from her years on the governor's staff, Violet McDougall Pollard became active in the Democratic Party after becoming a naturalized citizen in 1934. She was a delegate to every national Democratic convention from 1936 to 1968, serving on the platform committee in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964. She was elected National Committeewoman for Virginia in 1940, a position she held until 1968. As National Committeewoman, she was deeply involved with Democratic Party activities on the state and local levels as well.
Violet McDougall Pollard was involved with a host of state and civic organizations and causes, including the Recreation Committee of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy and the Inter-Agency Committee on Recreation; the Associated Clubs of Virginia for Roadside Development; the Industrial Committee of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce; the Federated Arts Council of Richmond; the Historic Richmond Foundation; and the Woman's Club of Richmond.
She died at her home in Lancaster, Virginia, on 2 January 1977.
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The papers primarily focus on Violet McDougall Pollard's activities in politics and art. They also cover her many civic activities, and correspondence with family and friends.
Information on her political activities is found in the files she kept on National Politics, documenting her activities as an official in the Democratic Party; her files on State Politics, documenting her involvement with state Party activities and with organizations such as the Democratic Women's Clubs in Virginia; and throughout her correspondence files, in her letters with many prominent Virginia politicians such as Harry F. Byrd and John S. Battle. Virginia Democrats' increasing dissatisfaction with the national party as not representing the views of the Southern states on issues of civil rights and integration from the late 1940s through the 1960s is a major topic. The role of women in public affairs and politics is another frequent topic in Pollard's papers. In addition to direct discussion of women's roles, the papers document women's activities in the Democratic Party in a time when those activities were generally separate from, though complementary to, men's activities.
Pollard's involvement with art and art education in Virginia are reflected in her files on the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which include a mixture of personal files, copies of official museum records, and literature produced by the museum; her files on the Federated Arts Council of Richmond and other subject files on arts issues; and in correspondence files under the names of artists and of museum staff and supporters.
The arrangement of the papers follows Violet McDougall Pollard's filing order with a few exceptions. Subseries within the series reflect the labeled dividers in the original files. Her general files are in Series I, Correspondence and Subject Files, arranged alphabetically, in boxes 1-24. Speeches by Violet McDougall Pollard, and articles by or about her, are filed in Series I under "Speeches." Series II, Recreation Committee (boxes 25-26), and Series III, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,(boxes 27-29), were at one time filed in the general sequence under R and V respectively, but have been pulled out into separate series due to their bulk. Series IV, Democratic Party, boxes 30-42, has two subseries, National Politics and Virginia Politics.
National Politics is arranged chronologically, with a small group ofsubject folders at the end. Virginia Politics includes State Politics (arranged chronologically), state subject folders, Democratic Woman's Club, and Young Democrats. Series V, Scrapbooks, in Boxes 43-46, contains scrapbooks of clippings and other bound volumes.
Researchers should note that particular correspondents or topics are often found in more than one place in the collection. For example, correspondence with and about a Virginia artist might be found under his or her name, in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts files, and in the files "Art Exhibitions – Virginia and Virginians" or "Artists' Christmas Cards." Correspondence with a particular Virginia politician might be found under his name, in the National Politics folders, in the State Politics folders, in the Democratic Woman's Club folder because of a speaking engagement, or in another politician's folder because of Pollard's habit of bundling together sequences of related correspondence among several people and filing them as a group.
Arranged alphabetically. Files generally contain correspondence, publications, clippings, and events programs. There is considerable overlap of topics and correspondents between Series I and the other series in the collection. For art, see also Series III, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. For politicians, see also Series IV, Democratic Party, and other politicians' folders. Correspondence with members of Violet McDougall's family may be filed under the their names or under "Family." Correspondence with members of John Garland Pollard's family may be filed under their names or under "Pollard family."
Small original artworks or prints.
Correspondence to and from Violet E. McDougall due to her position on the governor's staff; some personal correspondence on behalf of Governor Byrd, sometimes including his notes on responses; correspondence with Byrd after he left office as governor; copies of printed speeches by Byrd; three drafts of speeches in Governor Byrd's hand; newspaper clippings; program for inaugural ceremonies for Governor Byrd.
Clippings. Correspondence with Byrd, much on state and national politics.
Clippings, correspondence.
Correspondence and information on portraits in the Virginia Capitol and Executive Mansion.
Letters of congratulation, recommendation, acknowledgement, written by Violet McDougall Pollard.
Clippings and articles about Governor Davis. Reports, press releases, copies of memos and correspondence from governor's office. Correspondence and telegrams concerning LeRoy Hodges's offer of position in the governor's office to Violet McDougall in 1918.
Daily appointment books for November 1933-1934 and 1935 detail and comment on social and civic engagements. Diaries for trips abroad in 1956 and in 1966. Address books. List of notes and flowers sent, probably on the death of John Garland Pollard.
Daily appointment books for November 1933-1934 and 1935 detail and comment on social and civic engagements. Diaries for trips abroad in 1956 and in 1966. Address books. List of notes and flowers sent, probably on the death of John Garland Pollard.
Correspondence with Jessie Ball duPont. Correspondence with others concerning recipients of scholarships given by the Alfred I. duPont Institute.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Violet McDougall Pollard was deeply involved with the Federated Arts Council from its establishment in 1953 and with its precursor organization, the Committee for the Coordination of Cultural Entertainment in Richmond., from its inception in 1949. She remained on the board until at least 1972. In 1971, she was the first recipient of its annual Arts Council Award. The Federated Arts Council is an umbrella organization of nonprofit arts agencies in the Richmond area. It advocates for the arts and coordinates community-wide programs such as the Festival of the Arts, which Pollard chaired for a number of years.
Includes programs for inauguration of Gov. H. C. Stuart, 1914; souvenir items from 1907 Jamestown celebration; newspaper and magazine articles about the history of Virginia's governors; lists kept by Violet McDougall of state appointments made by the governor dated 1921 and 1925, with explanatory note written by her in 1968; various invitations related to the governor's office.
Violet McDougall Pollard was vice president of the Historic Richmond Foundation and was instrumental in establishment of the Patrick Henry Park.
Violet McDougall Pollard was vice president of the Historic Richmond Foundation and was instrumental in establishment of the Patrick Henry Park.
Violet McDougall Pollard was vice president of the Historic Richmond Foundation and was instrumental in establishment of the Patrick Henry Park.
Violet McDougall Pollard was vice president of the Historic Richmond Foundation and was instrumental in establishment of the Patrick Henry Park.
Violet McDougall Pollard was vice president of the Historic Richmond Foundation and was instrumental in establishment of the Patrick Henry Park.
Reports, publications, correspondence, memos. Violet McDougall Pollard served as secretary to the Assistant Administrator, United States Housing Authority, from 1938-1940.
Program for Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, with John Garland Pollard, Jr., on a panel.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Clippings, invitations, correspondence, program planning for the Richmond-Jamestown Festival celebrating the 350th anniversary of Virginia's founding.
Lists of debutantes; Junior League members; Democratic National Committee members (multiple years); buffet dinner attendees.
Claire McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund, Advisory Board of the Richmond Department of Recreation and Parks.
Primarily letters of sympathy on Violet McDougall Pollard's mother's death, but also includes many thank-you notes from others for letters of sympathy that Violet McDougall Pollard hadsent to them.
Primarily letters of sympathy on Violet McDougall Pollard's mother's death, but also includes many thank-you notes from others for letters of sympathy that Violet McDougall Pollard hadsent to them.
Notes and telegrams between Violet McDougall and John Garland Pollard around the time of their engagement, and correspondence with members of both families about the engagement.
Correspondence, invitations, etc. for governor's office, later publications about Pollard, correspondence about him up until 1970s.
Business correspondence to Mrs. Pollard following her husband's death; correspondence between J. G. Pollard and the Life Extension Institute.
Correspondence and excerpts used in other publications from John Garland Pollard's 1933 book, A Connotary: Definitions not found in dictionaries, collected from the sayings of the wise and otherwise.
Concerns the unveiling of the portrait at King and Queen Courthouse, 11 June 1938, and unveiling of the portrait at the State Capitol, 1 March 1944.
Mostly of Governor and Mrs. Pollard.
Correspondence, invitations, etc. for governor's office, later publications about Pollard, correspondence about him up until 1970s.
Request to Pollard to consider donating her papers to the Women's Archives at Radcliffe.
Fund-raising appeals for the Republican Party of Virginia; membership card for "Mr. Violet M. Pollard"; invitation to a Republican Party dinner in Richmond.
One Christmas card.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Speeches are filed in chronological order.
Articles by and about her.
Articles by and about her.
Articles by and about her.
Articles by and about her.
Correspondence of Violet McDougall during Gov. Trinkle's administration; correspondence between Violet McDougall (Pollard) and E. Lee Trinkle after his term of office; photographs; printed speeches and reports; clippings.
Primarily correspondence concerning Mrs. Pollard's donation of John Garland Pollard's papers to the college.
Mrs. John Garland Pollard served as Chairman of the Recreation Committee of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy, 1947-1956. The Advisory Council recommended that the state create an Inter-Agency Committee on Recreation, and Governor Battle did so in 1953. Pollard was unanimously elected chairman at its first meeting, and continued to serve as chairman until she retired from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 1956. She remained on the committee until 1962. The series contains published materials, meeting minutes, and some correspondence. It is divided into three subseries: the Advisory Council, its Recreation Committee, and the Interagency Committee.
Programs and reports of the Advisory Council and its committees.
Correspondence regarding Pollard's appointment. Background materials on planning and economic development. Correspondence about meetings; correspondence about the work of the various committees.
Correspondence, drafts, background information.
Minutes and correspondence concerning meetings.
1949 survey by the committee.
Final Report of the Virginia State Committee attending the 1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth. Correspondence and meetings concerning preparation for attending 1951 conference; platform and reports on the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1951.
Reports, studies, and other publications by Virginia groups, other states, and national agencies.
Reports, studies, and other publications by Virginia groups, other states, and national agencies.
Publications, notes, clippings, correspondence (some about meetings).
Reports submitted to the Interagency Committee on Recreation, other published reports.
Reprints of article, "Virginia Inter-Agency Committee on Recreation," by Mrs. John Garland Pollard, from _Mental Health in Virginia_, Summer 1954.
Correspondence, reports. Mrs. Pollard served on the Advisory Committee for the Eighth Annual Conference of State Inter-Agency Committees on Recreation, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 1960. Additional materials pertaining to this conference are in the Outdoor Recreation folder, 26:8.
Correspondence, notes, programs for in-state conferences, publications of other recreation agencies and groups, clippings.
Correspondence, notes, programs for in-state conferences, publications of other recreation agencies and groups, clippings.
Report on Virginia Waysides, 1953. Correspondence and materials on Governor's Conference on Natural Beauty, 1965. Clippings, publications.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was the nation's first state art museum. John Garland Pollard was instrumental in its creation and in raising private funds to support it, during his tenure as governor of Virginia, 1930-1934. Upon leaving office he became the president of the museum board. The museum opened to the public in 1936. Violet McDougall Pollard was also interested in the museum, and in 1940 she became Museum Secretary for Membership, and was also in charge of the Extension Division. She soon became the museum's business manager, then co-director for business affairs during the director's absence due to World War II. She was Associate Director until retiring in 1956. After retirement, she continued her association with the museum through various committees, especially in the areas of membership and art education. The series contains correspondence, memos, minutes, and literature about various aspects of the museum's operations, reflecting Violet McDougall Pollard's activities though it is not a complete set of records. Most of the folders are arranged chronologically, but her committee work on art education fellowships is in folders 28:4-5. Museum-related publications are at the end of the series. Additional materials on the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and its programs may be found in Series I, under correspondence folders with artists and museum officials, under various subject folders, and under Federated Arts Council of Richmond.
Correspondence from Pollard re Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; 1968 note says she found these in with the personal mail that her secretaries at the Museum used to set aside for her to take home.
Memos, notes, staff orders, internal reports.
Correspondence, events planning, event invitations and publications, clippings.
Untitled looseleaf binder containing information about events, budget, organizational structure.
Design program, costs.
Event invitations and publications, clippings.
Correspondence, invitations, committee information, clippings.
Correspondence, invitations, committee information, clippings.
Correspondence, invitations, committee information, clippings.
Correspondence, invitations, committee information, clippings.
Correspondence, announcements, meeting minutes, financial records, for Virginia Museum Education in the Arts Committee, which awarded the fellowships given by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for financial aid to Virginians to pursue art education.
Virginia Art Alliance meeting programs and minutes, lists of student fellowships.
Correspondence with museum trustees, museum officials, and former museum director Thomas Colt, Jr.
Correspondence with museum trustees, museum officials, and former museum director Thomas Colt, Jr.
Christmas cards from museum trustees, "plus the three others in whom I am particularly interested."
Including Virginia Museum Bulletins and exhibit literature and catalogs. Art and museum magazines with articles about the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or Virginia artists.
Including Virginia Museum Bulletins and exhibit literature and catalogs. Art and museum magazines with articles about the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts or Virginia artists.
Violet McDougall Pollard was Virginia's Democratic National Committeewoman from 1940-1968. She was a delegate to every Democratic national convention from 1936-1968, and served on the platform committee at the 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964 conventions. The Democratic Party series reflects her party activities in two subseries, National Politics and Virginia Politics. There is considerable overlap of topics between the subseries; National Politics also includes information on state campaigns and fund-raising, while the State Politics folders often include Virginians' views on national matters. The series as a whole documents women's activities and networking in the Democratic Party at the national, state, and local levels. The National Politics subseries is arranged chronologically, with a small group of subject folders at the end. (Note that items may be filed in folders from later years because of Pollard's habit of bundling together sequences of related correspondence and filing them as a group). The materials are primarily publications and correspondence that were sent out to all national committeewomen. Personal correspondence in the subseries is often not substantive, consisting of "It was so nice to see you," or "I won't be able to attend but please assign my proxy to ------." The subseries provides a good picture of official party activities for women, and documents Pollard's networking with other Democratic women, but not a comprehensive view of opinions and policymaking within the party. The Democratic National Committeman for Virginia for many years was E. R. Combs of Richmond. Since he and Pollard both lived in the same city, there is no correspondence between them, although there are indications that they worked very closely together. In 1948, G. Fred Switzer of Harrisonburg became Virginia's Committeeman, and he and Pollard corresponded frequently and exchanged copies of their correspondence with other Virginia Democrats as well. The files after 1948 thus contain more discussion of issues and comments on Party officials. A major topic in the subseries is Virginia Democrats' dissatisfaction with the national leadership over the issues of civil rights and integration. Substantive correspondence has been particularly noted in the folder descriptions. Additional correspondence on national activities and issues can be found in the Virginia Politics subseries, and in the folders of individual correspondents in Series I. The Virginia Politics subseries is grouped into State Politics (arranged chronologically), state subject folders, Democratic Woman's Club of Richmond (arranged chronologically), and some material on Young Democrats. Like the National Politics subseries, the Virginia Politics subseries contains publications and official mailings concerning party activities for women. However, the State Politics folders have a much higher proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings than do the National Politics folders. Pollard's correspondence with other Virginia women contain comments on events and issues much more frequently than her friendly notes to and from Democratic women outside the state. The Democratic Woman's Club files document women's activities at the local level, in Richmond.
Platforms of the Two Great Political Parties 1856-1928_, signed on the flyleaf "Violet E. Mdougall, May 12, 1932." Articles about the presidential inauguration in 1933. Program for Jackson Day Dinner, under auspices of Democratic National Committee, the Mayflower Hotel, City of Washington, January the eighth, 1936, envelope labelled "This was my first $100.00 dinner." Correspondence with Carolyn W. Wolfe, Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, and with Virginia State Vice-Chairman Mrs. Irving Whitehead, on women's events in 1935. Literature from the 1936 Democratic National Convention; invitations; correspondence about travel arrangements and accommodations; follow-up correspondence regarding convention. Program for Jackson Day Dinner, Richmond, Virginia, January 18, 1938; correspondence about 1939 Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond. Clippings and literature on issues and Virginia Democrats, 1938-1939. Request for contribution to Democratic National Committee, 1939. Program for Woman's National Democratic Club Spring Fete, 1939.
Letters of congratulations from Democrats on Pollard's election as National Democratic Committeewoman for Virginia and her replies; correspondence, signed photograph, and publications by James A. Farley, Chairman, Democratic National Committee. Correspondence concerning events at the Democratic National Convention of 1940 and the committeewoman's role. Letters from the Democratic National Committee Women's Division concerning platform recommendations and support by prominent women for progressive policies. Women's Division newsletter and program information. Correspondence with the National Democratic Commitee concerning party activities in Virginia for the campaign. Invitation to Pollard to serve as member of National Advisory Board of the National Association of Democratic Newspaper Publishers.
Correspondence before and after the convention with other women delegates from Virginia; list of state delegates; copy of 1940 platform; newspaper clipping about Byrd supporters at the convention.
Newspaper clippings on major campaign issues; clippings and literature on the issue of a third term; literature from groups supporting Roosevelt including the Roosevelt Republican Club; Democratic anti-Willkie literature. Handbooks, literature, and other mailings from the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, on organizing for the campaign, and role of women in Democratic Party work. Letters from women Democratic campaign workers in Virginia.
Correspondence concerning organization and fund-raising among Democratic women in Virginia, particularly Democratic Women's Day and Democratic efforts to support defense bond sales. Much of the correspondence is with the women vice-chairs of the Democratic State Central Committee and of the Democratic National Committee. Speakers' Handbook for 1942 Congressional Campaign, prepared by Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, other speech material and clippings.
Correspondence concerning fund-raising, especially George Washington Dinners and Democratic Women's Day, primarily with the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. Press releases by Democratic National Committee. Speeches, publications, and clippings on issues. Request for letters of support for a Congressional bill.
Correspondence concerning fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day; opposition of Pollard and state Committeeman E. R. Combs to doing more fund-raising in Virginia at this time. Correspondence with the Assistant Chairman/head of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. Correspondence concerning meetings of Democratic National Committee members. Request for letters of support for a Congressional bill. Woman's Club of Richmond resolution supporting an International Organization (U.N.), also adopted by Board of the Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs.
Correspondence and literature from the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, on organizing for the campaign; information about radio broadcasts (women are urged to hold "listening in" parties). Correspondence on fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day; Virginia's state quota. Literature on "Fifty-Fifty" plan calling for equal representation and leadership of women with men in state Democratic organizations. Correspondence with other Democratic women. Newspaper clippings on the campaign and the "Draft Byrd" movement. National Convention roll of delegates, other convention literature.
Correspondence on fund-raising, especially Jefferson Day Dinners and Democratic Women's Day. Correspondence and how-to literature from the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, on panel discussions and radio programs. Correspondence with other Democratic Committeewomen. Democratic National Committee requests to mobilize support for the United Nations, UNRRA legislation; letter from Pollard to President Truman, August 17, 1945, advocating appointing a woman among the five representatives to the General Assembly of the United Nations (with noncommittal response from his secretary). Clippings and literature on various issues.
Literature on "Dumbarton Oaks Day" activity proposed by the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, with Party women holding local discussions of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals. Recommended sample panel discussions; publications and speech reprints concerning Dumbarton Oaks, Bretton Woods, and related issues.
Correspondence and literature from the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, on organizing the campaign. Correspondence concerning fund-raising, especially Jackson Day Dinners and Democratic Women's Day. Program for Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, D.C. Literature on various campaign issues.
Correspondence about meetings of Democratic National Committee members; invitation to White House as part of Democratic National Committee meeting. Correspondence from Democratic National Committee on first radio meeting of the national Democratic Party, September 2, 1947; asking for state opinions on issues; on contacting recently naturalized citizens as potential Democratic Party members. Correspondence on fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day, Jackson Day, and Jefferson Day. Literature and clippings on election issues. Correspondence on E. R. Comb's and Pollard's endorsement for a federal appointment. Schedule for meeting of Democratic leaders from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, April 3; article on meeting with group photo including Pollard. Correspondence with Democratic Women, including Pollard's refusal to speak at a public rally (she has given talks to small groups but does not consider herself a speaker).
DemocraticNational Committee press releases; clippings and publications on various issues. Pollard's notes on "Citizenship."
Correspondence on convention arrangements and delegates; correspondence inviting delegates to meetings and events; copies of speeches; convention handbook; roll of delegates and alternates; host city events; brochure from Mississippi State Democratic Party urging support of States' Rights and opposition to Truman's Civil Rights.
Correspondence on fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day and Jefferson-Jackson Dinners. Correspondence and literature on campaign organizing; fact sheets and literature on issues for campaign use. Press releases and other literature on radio broadcasts, including second nationwide radio rally of the Democratic Party. Correspondence with other Democratic Party women. Letters and literature asking for support of States' Rights (Thurmond-Wright ticket) and for Straight Ticket (Truman-Barkley). Newspaper clipping on talks by Democrat and Republican women to the Business and Professional Women's Club in Richmond, October 4, 1948, with typescript of Pollard's introduction of the Democratic speaker. Correspondence with new Democratic National Committeeman for Virginia, G. Fred Switzer of Harrisonburg.
Clippings and literature on States' Rights and civil rights, especially in Virginia, and the schisms in the Democratic Party; addresses by Strom Thurmond. Clippings and literature on various other issues.
Invitation to Inauguration and various inaugural events, program for Inaugural Ball. Correspondence with other Democratic women about the successful election, will see each other at the inauguration. Correspondence concerning travel and accommodations.
Correspondence and literature from the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, on organizing, on women's involvement in politics, and on Democratic Women's Day fund-raising. Program for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond. Democratic National Committee mailings on radio broadcasts and availability of publicity films. Correspondence regarding Pollard's endorsement for a federal appointment. Correspondence with G. Fred Switzer.
Clippings and literature on various issues, and on political parties and voting. Address by Frank Bane, November 2, 1949, to Virginia Women's Forum, Richmond, "Are We Maintaining Our Federal System?" on changes in federal government.
Correspondence on fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day. Correspondence and literature (mostly from the Women's Division) on campaign organizing and publicity, including radio broadcasts and films. Fact sheets. Literature and clippings on issues, including whether the national health insurance program is "socialized medicine." Publication listing party platforms 1932-1948. Correspondence with G. Fred Switzer. Correspondence concerning Democratic National Committee meetings and resolutions approved by the Democratic National Committee. Brochure, correspondence, name badge, and Women's Division fashion show luncheon program for National Democratic Conference held in Chicago, May 13-15, 1950; correspondence indicating that neither she nor Switzer will attend; letter from Harry F. Byrd to Pollard, March 28, 1950, "It is my understanding the meeting in Chicago will be similar to all of the other meetings being held, namely, that it is a 'pep' meeting for the New Deal element of the Democratic Party. Personally, I would not think of going....This is simply another of these high pressure activities to keep the membership of the Democratic Party in line for socialistic proposals."
Clippings, fact sheets, press releases, mostly on Korea and economic issues.
Correspondence and literature on fund-raising, especially Democratic Women's Day and Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners; convention site selection; Women's Division advocacy of Fifty-Fifty representation of women at 1952 convention; broadcasts; meetings. Correspondence between Pollard, Switzer, and members of the new executive subcommittee Wright Morrow and Mrs. Lennard Thomas on representation of the views of Southern states within the Democratic Party. Response by Pollard to questions by a student doing a project in a politics course at CCNY on her support of Truman and opinion of the Dixiecrat movement.
Correspondence and information about delegates and their votes, including call from Democratic National Committee chairman for more women delegates. Correspondence on accommodations, arrangements, and availability of seating and tickets. Programs, invitations, handbooks. Letters of congratulation on the stance taken by the Virginia delegation; copies of resolution and statement by the Virginia delegation; copy of address by John Battle; clippings about opposing factions and convention events.
Correspondence on Democratic National Committee meetings and fund-raising. Correspondence and publications from the Women's Division on organizing, campaigning, and publicity. Letters from two Virginia newspapers supporting use of newspaper advertising over TV advertising in reaching voters; letter from RCA stressing the advantages of television. Correspondence and literature from Democratic presidential hopefuls. Correspondence, especially from Wright Morrow, on lack of representation of the views of the Southern states within the party; correspondence discussing various candidates; correspondence concerning support of nominee Adlai Stevenson. Literature and clippings about the presidential campaign in Virginia. Invitation to Regional Conference of Democratic Leaders (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama), October 1, 1952.
Fact sheets and literature for use in campaign; clippings about campaign and history of political campaigns; clippings on issues. Clippings on the Democratic convention and Virginia's stance. Handwritten outline of topics and a few shorthand and longhand notes on Civil Rights and Taft-Hartley, on letterhead of the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, possibly Pollard's notes for the platform committee.
Correspondence on Democratic National Committee meetings; statements concerning resignation/removal of Democratic National Committeemen Richard D. Barker of Florida and Wright Morrow of Texas over their refusal to support Stevenson; letter from Switzer to Pollard concerning his meeting with new Democratic National Committee Chairman Stephen Mitchell and their discussion of Virginia's issues with the Democratic National Committee; copy of speech by Congressman Howard W. Smith of Virginia on "Party Responsibility." Correspondence and literature on fund-raising, campaign organizing, and women's activities.
Correspondence on Democratic National Committee meetings; reports on Democratic National Committee activities; Women's Division activities. Correspondence between Switzer, Harry F. Byrd, John Battle, A. Willis Robertson, and Pollard on selection of new Democratic National Committee Chairman and controversy over Wright Morrow; statement by Wright Morrow; letters from Committeemen and Committeewomen in other states lobbying for candidates for Democratic National Committee Chairman. Democratic National Committee literature and clippings on the difference between the parties, Republican smear tactics. Correspondence and mailings on fund-raising, especially Dollars for Democrats, and Virginia's fund-raising quotas. Correspondence with other Virginia Democrats.
Correspondence concerning Democratic National Committee meetings, particularly a meeting in Chicago in November 1955. Correspondence with Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Butler about his attendance at various Virginia Party events. Correspondence, literature, and newsletters from the Women's Activities division of the Democratic National Committee. Correspondence between Paul Butler, Switzer, Pollard, Harry F. Byrd, and others, on the possible appointment of Mrs. Armistead Boothe, Alexandria, Va., as member of the Democratic National Committee's new Advisory Committee on Political Organization, and Pollard's recommendation against the appointment because Mr. Boothe is identified with a "difficult and troublesome" cause. Correspondence on fund-raising. Lists of National Committeemen and Committeewomen from many of the years between 1940 and 1955.
Correspondence regarding Virginia's quota; fund-raising tips; Teas for T.V. fund-raising drive by Democratic women.
Correspondence and resolutions about seating of delegates and "loyalty oath" to the party. Correspondence on selection of pages for Virginia delegation. Democratic National Committee site selection committee minutes.
Reports on the price-support program, government operations, and Senator Eastland's speech on the Supreme Court and segregation cases.
Correspondence on Democratic National Committee meetings; correspondence with Harry F. Byrd on representation of the South. Correspondence and literature on Women's Activities, particularly on Democratic Women's Day and campaign organizing; correspondence with Democratic National Committee and within Virginia on organizing women in Virginia and increasing their representation in local party structures.
Correspondence on state quotas; Woodrow Wilson Centennial Dinner in Washington.
The Eleven States Regional Conference for Democratic Women, February 10-11, 1956, Nashville, Tennessee, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee and the members of the National Committee and State officials in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Announcement, program; Pollard's letters to women in Virginia on their attending the conference (she didn't go because of a broken wrist).
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.
Newspaper clippings.
Fact sheets, organizing suggestions, Stevenson Committee newsletters and press releases, Democratic National Committee post-election report. Correspondence between the Democratic National Committee and Virginia Party heads making sure that Stevenson and Kefauver will appear on the Virginia ballot. Photograph inscribed "For Mrs. John Garland Pollard with all good wishes, Estes Kefauver."
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.
Correspondence about Democratic National Committee meetings, annual report to members of the Democratic National Committee. Paul Butler, Chairman, Democratic National Committee, appoints Pollard to the Democratic National Committee's Credentials Committee. Correspondence and literature on Women's Activities, including Democratic Women's Day. Correspondence among Virginians and other Southerners, November 1957, concerning Louisiana Committeeman Camille Gravel's support of civil rights plank as member of the Executive Committee representing the South. Correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy and Pollard, thanking Virginia delegation for their support of his vice-presidential candidacy at Chicago convention, and looking forward to speaking to the Woman's Club of Richmond.
Neither Pollard nor Switzer attended. Correspondence between Pollard, Switzer, Thomas Blanton, and John Battle on draft changes to rules. Correspondence between Switzer, Pollard, and Battle about giving their proxies to Camille Gravel, as he is less liberal than Paul Butler. Letter from Denmark Groover of Georgia wanting to get together as Southern group at meeting. Reports from the meeting.
Notice of Credentials Committee meeting; invitations to women attending; program; a few notes; lodging arrangements. Correspondence about holding a private meeting of Southern members of National Committee, issues of concern, Southern disagreement with portions of Proposed Rules discussed at San Francisco meeting. Statements from meeting of the Advisory Council to the Democratic National Committee, which met following the National Committee meeting.
Meeting is not to discuss issues, but to discuss organization, communications, and finances; correspondence about who will attend; agendas; notes. Correspondence outlining Virginia state Party structure and people. Correspondence between Pollard and Switzer, Pollard and Battle, and Pollard and Byrd on disapproval of Democratic National Committee Chairman's statements and split in the national party.
Sustaining Membership Program; Virginia's quotas; Dollars for Democrats.
Literature on campaign and strategies, analysis of 1956 election results.
Clippings on party unity, civil rights and party split; fact sheets and reports. 1957 Keep America Beautiful bulletins, attached to 1956 correspondence concerning introduction of plank into 1956 platform.
Correspondence and literature on campaigning, issues, broadcasts, and fund-raising, including Democratic Women's Day and Democratic Party night. Correspondence and mailings on Democratic National Committee meetings, site selection for 1960 convention; annual report from Democratic National Committee Chairman. Correspondence and newsletters on Women's Activities. Correspondence between Switzer and others concerning meeting of Southern Democratic National Committee members, Camille Gravel controversy, possibility of third-party splits. Pollard to Switzer agreeing on inadvisability of splitting, discussing organization of women in Virginia. Invitations to local-level Virginia women's events. Letter from John F. Kennedy to Pollard, thanking her for her kind remarks concerning his recent visit to Richmond.
Correspondence on arrangements to attend meeting, Southern group meeting beforehand. Materials on Louisiana Party members' effort to remove Camille Gravel as their national committeeman; report of the Credentials Committee on 7-2 decision in Gravel's favor; correspondence between Pollard and Switzer and Harry F. Byrd, Hugh Clayton, Thomas Blanton, Edgar Brown, and other Southerners, on the question of Gravel's removal and Pollard's minority vote on the Credentials Committee decision.
Dollars for Democrats; State Headquarters Financial Report; fact sheet on campaign financing; state quotas; Sustaining Membership program.
Correspondence on publicizing the event; briefing and information for discussion leaders (National Committeewomen); press releases; advance program, fact sheets put out by Office of Women's Activities. Conference program. Pollard's notes from conference.
Newspaper clippings on the split in Democratic Party over racial issues. Fact sheets and reports; warnings about Republican campaign tactics.
Correspondence about Democratic National Committee meetings. Correspondence on Southern issues; convention rules; Camille Gravel; call for Paul Butler's retirement; Southern group meetings before Democratic National Committee meetings. Correspondence and literature on Women's Activities; Democratic Women's Clubs in Virginia. Correspondence on Virginia delegates to convention; women delegates and nominees in Virginia. Materials on Democratic activities in other parts of the country. Materials on National Conference of State Chairmen and Vice Chairmen; various proposed conferences. Christmas cards from other Democratic National Committee members.
Correspondence and literature on Democratic National Committee meetings and fund-raising programs, including Dollars for Democrats, Sustaining Memberships, the 750 Club, Democratic Party Night, and 1959 Democratic National Victory Dinner; Democratic National Committee financial report and state quotas. List of Virginia 750 Club members. Correspondence between Switzer and Pollard on Democratic National Committee request to propose a Virginian for appointment to National Finance Committee; Switzer hates to respond to any Democratic National Committee request but they believe if they don't recommend someone they'll be given "a liberal or anti."
Correspondence about Democratic National Committee meetings (including information about accommodations for the convention). Correspondence and clippings concerning the delegate rules and "loyalty oath"; Switzer's fears that the Virginia delegation will not be seated. Correspondence on selection of pages for Virginia delegation. Correspondence and reports on site selection. Clippings on presidential hopefuls.
Fact sheets, reports, and clippings on national issues. Clippings on resistance to integration in Virginia. Policy statements and policy pamphlets from the Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee. Letters, clippings, newsletters, and other literature for and against various possible candidates, including letters from John F. Kennedy to Pollard about the Kennedy-Ervin Labor-Management Reform Bill and announcing his candidacy. Fund-raising materials. Request to Pollard for information/literature about the party in Virginia.
Correspondence and agendas for Democratic National Committee meetings; correspondence on Southern caucus meetings; correspondence on "loyalty oath." Correspondence from Switzer on appointment to National Finance Committee. Correspondence and literature on Women's Activities; organizing suggestions; Neighborhood Discussion programs. Christmas cards from Democratic Party members.
Correspondence and literature on Dollars for Democrats, Democratic Party Night, Sustaining Membership, Fund-Raising with Novelties, Teas for TV. Financial reports. Correspondence on Virginia quotas; delegate seating for convention dependent on fund-raising quota; fund-raising in Virginia; 750 Club; list of major Democratic National Committee contributors from Virginia.
Invitation, program, background material, discussion leaders' guides, agendas, Pollard's notes, correspondence with women attending the conference. Letter from Pollard to Harry F. Byrd, asking to see him while she's in Washington at the conference to discuss Southern situation re delegates to convention.
Correspondence on accommodations, tickets, delegate numbers and votes. Correspondence on selecting pages for Virginia delegation. Programs, handbooks, schedules, invitations to events. Press releases and clippings on the convention; clippings on Democratic women at the convention; local clippings on the convention and the Virginia delegation. Correspondence and literature supporting Kennedy-Johnson, including letters from John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Correspondence on fears of not being seated at the convention; Southerners proposing to bolt; Statement of Policy by Virginia Democrats; Platform Committee; Virginia commitment to support nominees. Invitation to attend Washington and Lee's Mock Convention.
Correspondence about the Platform Committee, especially with committee chairman Chester Bowles and with Harry F. Byrd. Copy of the platform; report of Platform Committee; minority report on civil rights portion of platform (signed by Pollard). Newspaper clippings on civil rights plank, including local clippings discussing Pollard. Correspondence regarding requests to include various items in the platform.
Campaign organizing suggestions, especially from Women's Activities, including TV Listening Parties and Neighborhood Discussion Program. Clippings about the election process; the use of television in campaigning. Program for Campaign Kick-Off Dinner. Invitations to events with Jackie Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. Campaign literature and clippings, including literature from Virginia Democrats for Nixon-Lodge. Correspondence with other women active in the party. Materials on Strategy for Peace Conference sponsored by Democratic Party women. List of Campaign District Chairmen, Women's Division of (Virginia) State Campaign Committee.
Fact sheets, position papers, policy pamphlets from Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee. Democratic National Committee policy statement on civil rights; articles about civil rights and segregation; brochure on States' Rights. Literature about actions and positions of Republicans in Congress; literature from the Know Nixon Committee. Clippings on election; clippings and literature on Catholicism as election issue.
Correspondence on Democratic National Committee meetings; establishment of various Democratic National Committee subcommittees; subcommittee meetings; report of executive committee meeting. Correspondence and literature on party organizing; fact sheets; information on election returns. Christmas cards. Program for President Kennedy's Birthday Dinner. Literature about activities in other states, especially women's activities.
Correspondence about state quotas; financial reports; Dollars for Democrats. Articles and publications about financing of election campaigns; letter from Pollard to President's Commission on Campaign Costs with her views.
Reports and mailings from Pre-Inaugural Committee and Inaugural Committee. Correspondence on requests for invitations and tickets; accommodations. Programs, press releases, schedules. Invitations to Inauguration, Inaugural Ball, Inaugural Concert, Inaugural Gala, and other events. Copy of inaugural address. Correspondence concerning tickets for Virginia women to attend Distinguished Ladies Reception, list of women selected by Pollard to receive tickets. Correspondence with other Democrats discussing attending the inauguration.
Correspondence from people wanting recommendations/endorsements for federal positions. Clippings on national patronage; Virginia patronage jobs. Press releases on new Democratic National Committee officials. Correspondence with Hilda Weinert, Democratic Committeewoman for Texas and member of the Democratic National Committee executive committee. Correspondence with Katie Louchheim, in charge of Women's Activities at Democratic National Committee, concerning inauguration activities and her appointment to position in State Department.
Mailings on Operation Support, to mobilize grassroots support for President Kennedy's programs.
Fact sheets, newsletters, reports, brochures, and speeches on national issues. Clippings concerning the changeover of the administration; administration programs.
Correspondence and literature on campaign organizing, especially women's activities. Correspondence about fund-raising; Virginia's quota; financial report of the Democratic National Committee; Inaugural Anniversary Dinner. Report of the President's Commission on Campaign Costs. Mailings and clippings about federal appointments; correspondence with Katie Louchheim about Dorothy Vredenburgh's national Party appointment. Correspondence on Equal Rights Amendment and Equal Pay for Women bill; invitation to presentation of Federal Woman's Award. Report on Operation Support. Material from congressman in Puerto Rico on government employee discipline case said to be politically linked (sent to all Democratic Committee members).
Pollard is Co-Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Aging. Correspondence and agenda for subcommittee meeting. Notes on meeting, on Party plank, on Virginia's Commission on the Aging. Clippings and literature on Kennedy's medical care bill; fact sheets; literature from National Council of Senior Citizens for Health Care through Social Security. Letter from Pollard to Chairman Bailey, January 31, 1962, that Virginians "do not think that medical care for the aged under Social Security is either economically or philosophically sound."
Program for the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; instructions for discussion leaders. Organizing suggestions from the Office of Women's Activities; notes. Literature and fact sheets on voting; on the Kennedy Administration; on Kennedy programs. Materials on the Kennedy Program for Health Insurance through Social Security; mailings from National Council of Senior Citizens for Health Care through Social Security. Teen Dems Victory Manual published by Young Democratic Clubs of America.
Fact sheets, newsletters, Campaign Cards, pamphlets, and clippings on national issues and voting trends.
Correspondence and literature about Democratic National Committee meetings; organizing suggestions; voting analysis; financial reports; fund-raising; site selection; convention delegates and votes. Correspondence about rumors that Democratic National Committee will purge several Southern Democrats in the 1964 primaries. Correspondence between Lyndon B. Johnson and Pollard concerning her invitation to him to speak to Richmond Chamber of Commerce, which he declines although "Anytime someone as capable as you, who has contributed so much to the Democratic Party over the years asks me to do something, I do my best to perform"; 1960 letter from Johnson to Pollard thanking her for her support. Requests to Pollard for information about the party.
Reports, fact sheets, clippings on national issues. Correspondence with Katie Louchheim, Office of Women's Activities. In reply to letter from President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation on barriers to voting, Pollard says she believes that apathy is the main reason people don't vote, and she supports the poll tax because those who aren't willing to pay $1.50 in support aren't likely to make much contribution to the election process; report of the President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation.
Correspondence about Democratic National Committee meetings; Democratic Congressional Candidates' Conference. Democratic National Committee news releases. Correspondence with other Democratic women. Correspondence concerning Democratic Women's Clubs and their separation from the national or state committees; importance of women in party politics; Women's Activities. Invitations to reception at the White House held by Mrs. Johnson and lunch given by Democratic Congressional Wives Forum, in conjunction with May 1964 Democratic National Committee meeting. Requests to Pollard for information about the party.
Letter from Pollard inviting attendance at February 1964, meeting of the women on the Democratic State Committee of Virginia to discuss attending the national Campaign Conference for Democratic Women held every two years; outline of meeting; followup correspondence with more details about Campaign Conference; correspondence with women around Virginia about attending the Campaign Conference; correspondence with women around the state after the Campaign Conference. Campaign Conference registration packets, reports, and other materials.
Correspondence on delegates; correspondence and literature on selecting women as delegates. Mailings from states wanting to seat Freedom Party delegates from Mississippi instead of regular party delegates. Correspondence on accommodations and arrangements. Correspondence on selection of pages for Virginia delegation. Information on women's activities at convention; handbooks; roll of delegates and alternates; badges, including ornate souvenir badge. Newspaper clippings on possible vice-presidential candidates.
Correspondence on meeting of the Committee on Resolutions and Platform; report on platform submissions; information about planks for possible inclusion; biographical sketches of committee members; draft of platform. Clippings and news releases about platform. Correspondence with other platform committee members after the convention.
Correspondence and literature on organizing, especially from Office of Women's Activities. Literature on women's campaign activities, especially Television '64 (contributions from individual Democratic women to help defray television campaign costs); correspondence from Pollard on Television '64 funds raised by Virginia women. Campaign literature; information on broadcasts and Lady Bird Special campaign train; news releases. Invitation to 1964 Democratic Congressional Campaign Kick-Off Dinner. Speech by Virginia Governor Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., introducing and welcoming Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a Richmond event, October 6, 1964. Citizens' Research Council study on election financing.
Fact sheets and clippings on national issues. Report on what was achieved from 1960 party platform. Copy of 1964 Republican platform. Clipping about Humphrey's speech before Richmond Junior Chamber of Commerce. Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation; tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt. Citizens' Research Council studies on election finance.
Tickets and invitations to Inauguration, Inaugural Ball, other events. Information about arrangements and inaugural activities from Pre-Inaugural Committee and Inaugural Committee. Correspondence with Congressman W. M. Abbitt re Pollard's recommendations of Virginia women who should receive invitations to the inauguration.
Letters of thanks to Pollard for campaign help from national and state officials, campaign committees, and candidates, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, David E. Satterfield III, Harry F. Byrd, and W. M. Abbitt. Copy of address given by Humphrey at Colonial Williamsburg; information packet on Humphrey. Harry F. Byrd's newsletter to constituents. Democratic National Committee newsletters, fact sheets, and press releases. Correspondence and literature on Democratic Women's Day and other women's activities. Correspondence about testimonial dinner for Hilda B. Weinert of Texas.. Correspondence between Pollard and James P. Coleman of Mississippi, congratulating him on his appointment to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals and reminiscing about his participation with Senator Ervin of North Carolina and Governor Battle of Virginia in Southern caucuses of the Democratic Platform Committee in 1952 and commenting that Carl Albert chaired the committee well in 1964; news clippings about "extremist" civil rights opposition to Coleman's appointment. Correspondence with Carl Albert thanking Pollard for her work on the 1964 Platform Committee.
Newsletters from Democratic National Committee, Women's Activities, and League of Women Voters. Fact sheets and clippings on national issues; Great Society speech cards; loose-leaf Johnson Administration fact book.
Information on Democratic National Committee meeting; tour schedule for National Committeewomen. Correspondence and literature on campaign organizing, especially from Women's Activities; correspondence on fund-raising including Democratic Women's Day; Women's Activities newsletters. Democratic National Committee newsletters. Materials on ABC's election night coverage. Letter from Hubert Humphrey to Pollard asking her opinion on state issues with view to 1968 elections; reply from Pollard giving her views on why Virginia elected more Republicans to congress in 1966.
Campaign packets, program, literature, correspondence on arrangements, and session recorders' guides for 1966 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women.
Fact sheets, handouts, fact book, and clippings on national issues.
Correspondence about Democratic National Committee meetings; invitation to White House reception; reports of Democratic National Committee divisions. Correspondence and literature on polls, upcoming election, results from last election, organizing suggestions, and fund-raising, including National Democratic Women's Day and Dollars for Democrats. Citizens' Research Foundation studies on election financing. Newsletters from Office of Women's Activities. Information on regional conferences. Fact sheets; literature on Operation Support. Correspondence on "colored delegates" with Edgar A. Brown of South Carolina and others. Democratic National Committee charm on bracelet, sent by Democratic National Committee officials; charm with vice-presidential seal on front and initials HHH on reverse, on bracelet, sent by Hubert Humphrey; letter from Humphrey wishing Pollard a speedy recovery.
Literature to encourage support of administration's programs.
Democratic National Committee and Women's Activities newsletters. Reports and speeches. Literature on summer youth program. Requests to mobilize support for bills.
Correspondence and literature about campaign organizing, fund-raising. Press releases, campaign literature, literature about issues, and Democratic National Committee newsletter. Correspondence and literature about Women's Activities. Call from Special Equal Rights Committee of Democratic National Committee for "broad representation" in all state delegations. Correspondence about the campaign. Requests to Pollard for information about the party. Biographical sketch and obituary of Margaret Price, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman and Director, Office of Women's Activities.
Correspondence on planning for Campaign Conference for Democratic Women, and its postponement until 1969.
Newsletters; fact sheets; press releases; roll of delegates and alternates; handbooks; women's activities; committee list; ornate honorary badge. Information on accommodations and arrangements. Announcements, literature, and invitations to events from candidates. Letters from Virginia citizens asking Pollard to support Eugene McCarthy at the convention. Correspondence on selection of pages for Virginia delegation. Credentials Committee rules. Copy of platform. Nominating speech for Humphrey calling for party unity. Correspondence about Pollard having missed the meeting of the Committee on Permanent Organization. Declaration by Mississippi delegation about Mayor Daley's "security forces"; letter from Pollard to Chicago friend discussing the convention, praising Daley. Citizens' Research Council study on election financing.
Newsletters and clippings on Humphrey campaign. Mailings and clippings about the campaign in Virginia. Advertisements from campaign novelty suppliers; campaign buttons. Democratic National Committee campaign handbook. Citizens' Research Council study on political finance.
Fact sheets, literature, newsletters, speeches. Letters asking for support on various issues. Letter from National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence asking about firsthand knowledge of violence during the convention; Pollard replies that she would not have know anything was happening except for the media and the number of police and soldiers on the streets, felt the Chicago authorities were wise to take precautions against threats to disrupt the convention.
Democratic National Committee newsletters and other mailings; Democratic Party requests for contributions. Correspondence with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Christmas cards and correspondence with Democratic Party friends. Letter of congratulations from Pollard to Carl Albert on becoming Speaker of the House.
Democratic National Committee newsletters; Democratic Party requests for contributions. Sympathy note from Pollard to Lady Bird Johnson on the death of her husband, card of acknowledgement. Christmas cards from Democratic Party friends. Clippings and campaign literature for George McGovern. Mailings from Democratic senatorial campaigns. Materials from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Clippings and literature on issues; clipping on death of Emma Guffey Miller.
Correspondence concerning subscriptions to the Democratic National Committee's monthly publication, The Democratic Digest, and Virginia's subscription quotas. Correspondence about news submitted to The Democratic Digest.
Publications, fact sheets, and clippings on the importance of voting and the number of voters
Publications and clippings about careers for women, women in politics and government, and women's citizenship responsibilities.
Publications, fact sheets, and clippings on women in public office, women in other government positions, and national and international studies on the status of women.
Correspondence, publications, and other mailings from the Young Democrats of America.
Correspondence and literature pertaining to the State Democratic Convention. Correspondence with and clippings on Democratic candidates for state office; correspondence with and about candidates who wish to enter the primaries. Correspondence with Democratic State Central Committee and with prominent state Democrats concerning state Party activities and issues. Programs for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners in Richmond. Information on Virginia election laws, and balloting and voting processes. The proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings is far greater in the State Politics folders than in the National Politics folders, making this subseries a valuable source on the operations of the Democratic Party in Virginia, and especially women's role in Party operations.
Correspondence and literature pertaining to the State Democratic Convention. Correspondence with and clippings on Democratic candidates for state office; correspondence with and about candidates who wish to enter the primaries. Correspondence with Democratic State Central Committee and with prominent state Democrats concerning state Party activities and issues. Programs for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners in Richmond. Information on Virginia election laws, and balloting and voting processes. The proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings is far greater in the State Politics folders than in the National Politics folders, making this subseries a valuable source on the operations of the Democratic Party in Virginia, and especially women's role in Party operations. Also includes a complete list of state party officials for 1950, down to city and county chairmen level.
Correspondence and literature pertaining to the State Democratic Convention. Correspondence with and clippings on Democratic candidates for state office; correspondence with and about candidates who wish to enter the primaries. Correspondence with Democratic State Central Committee and with prominent state Democrats concerning state Party activities and issues. Programs for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners in Richmond. Information on Virginia election laws, and balloting and voting processes. The proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings is far greater in the State Politics folders than in the National Politics folders, making this subseries a valuable source on the operations of the Democratic Party in Virginia, and especially women's role in Party operations. Discussion of organizing women in the state is a significant topic.
Correspondence and literature pertaining to the State Democratic Convention. Correspondence with and clippings on Democratic candidates for state office; correspondence with and about candidates who wish to enter the primaries. Correspondence with Democratic State Central Committee and with prominent state Democrats concerning state Party activities and issues. Programs for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners in Richmond. Information on Virginia election laws, and balloting and voting processes. The proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings is far greater in the State Politics folders than in the National Politics folders, making this subseries a valuable source on the operations of the Democratic Party in Virginia, and especially women's role in Party operations.
Correspondence and literature pertaining to the State Democratic Convention. Correspondence with and clippings on Democratic candidates for state office; correspondence with and about candidates who wish to enter the primaries. Correspondence with Democratic State Central Committee and with prominent state Democrats concerning state Party activities and issues. Programs for Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners in Richmond. Information on Virginia election laws, and balloting and voting processes. The proportion of substantive, personal correspondence to official mass mailings is far greater in the State Politics folders than in the National Politics folders, making this subseries a valuable source on the operations of the Democratic Party in Virginia, and especially women's role in Party operations.
Contains only clippings and correspondence with information on candidates, fund-raising appeals.
Correspondence, mostly about Democratic Party activities at the state and national levels.
Correspondence, mostly about Democratic Party activities at the state and national levels.
Clippings, some correspondence, programs, chiefly concerning official Democratic activities in Virginia.
Clippings, some correspondence, programs, chiefly concerning official Democratic activities in Virginia.
Publications on the organization of the Democratic Party of the State of Virginia and on election laws in Virginia.
Publications and clippings on structure of Virginia state and county government.
Publications and clippings on structure of Virginia state and county government.
Publications and clippings on structure of Virginia state and county government.
Clippings and reports.