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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Chapman Revercomb, Politician, Biography, A&M 3357, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Research papers and drafts of a biography of William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979). Original accession includes one bound typescript of over 540 pages narrating the political career of Chapman Revercomb, authored by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley; includes photocopies of maps (with much demographic data) and photographs. Also includes a typescript of over 350 pages of second version of this book.
The addendum of 2018-03-30 includes research materials and copies of primary sources as well as drafts of the book. In 2017, the book was published as A Conspiracy of Events: Senator Chapman Revercomb and West Virginia Politics, Immigration Reform, and the Eisenhower-Taft Conflict by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley. This addendum is minimally processed; its contents list is based on an inventory provided by the donor and checked by staff.
One bound typescript of over 540 pages narrating the political career of Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979), authored by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley; includes photocopies of maps (with much demographic data) and photographs. Also includes a typescript of over 350 pages of second version of this book.
Addendum includes research materials and copies of primary sources as well as drafts of the book.
Includes 1957 Manual of the Senate and House of Delegates; 1952 Highway Map of West Virginia; 1939 Map of West Virginia; Undated Charleston, WV Map; 1981 Charleston, WV & Vicinity Street Map
Includes: First rewrite on first chapter of Revercomb not including the introduction; Miscellaneous photocopies of different books' pages; Handwritten drafts and outline; Revercomb Biography-Chapter 1
Includes: Edited drafts and conversations between Ann Bradley and Stephen Jones concerning the 1956 election
Includes: Primarily notes on 1960 election
Includes: Newspaper clippings; Excerpts from 1942 South Eastern Reporter, 2d series
Includes: Photocopies of newspaper clippings including the fear of communist spread home and abroad and the Marshall Plan; Senate Key Votes 1945-1948; S.J. Res. 227 (re: United States Washington and Lee University Bi-Centennial Commission); H.R. 1752 to amend Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; 1948 Congressional Quarterly Almanac excerpts
Includes: Photocopied clips from New York Times and Charleston Daily Mail and Charleston Gazette largely concerning the election swinging Republican, calls to vote, etc.
Includes: Transcript from 1957 "Personalities in Your Government"; 1958 Congressional records, campaign finances, Major legislation, etc.; Lyrics from Senatorial dinner 1957
Includes: Official Returns of the November 4, 1958 General Election; Campaign spending; Photocopies of articles about Republican/Democrat struggle for WV; black and white copies of voting propaganda fliers; Political backgrounds; Labor organizations in WV; 3 manuscripts of "1958 Election" in various stages, including handwritten notes
Includes: Software Valley West Virginia concept brochure; Photocopies from West Virginia History ; Handwritten directions for photocopies and reimbursement request
Includes: Photocopies of newspaper articles; Obituary from The Washington Post 8 October 1979
Includes: Photocopies of state and national newspaper articles; Copy of letter from Eisenhower to Revercomb; Original October 1956 Harper's Magazine ; Timeline titled "Where was Revercomb during his 1956 campaign"; Copy of Charleston Daily Mail "Voter's Guide"
Includes: Copy of bill Revercomb introduced on anti-lynching; Transcript of Radio Talk to West Virginia no 21, September 17, 1947; Copies of various other bills; "Subversive Agents via United Nations" speech 13 August 1948; Statement on establishing a Negro veterans hospital at Booker T Washington's birthplace; Various undated speeches detailing threat of communists infiltrating the US
Includes: Revercomb's statement on right of trial by jury; Letter from Eisenhower disagreeing with Revercomb's position on jury system; Copy of "Senate Rules and the Civil Rights Bill: A Case Study" by Howard Shuman; Miscellaneous newspaper articles
Includes: Letter from The Catholic Review ; Senate votes on key issues; Revercomb's speeches on subversives within the US and its government; 1946 Report to The Senate Republican Steering Committee on The Possible Admission of Displaced Persons to the United States; "Displaced Persons in Europe" Report of the Committee on the Judiciary: A Resolution to make an investigation of the immigration system; Manuscript of chapter with handwritten notes
Includes: Original senate gallery tickets for 1956 and 1957 for Stephen Jones (includes 1 signed by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson); Copies of newspaper articles covering party politics; "The Threat to America" propaganda against "Communists and other subversives"; Documents related to Republican National Committee includes Organizational analysis and vote history; Copy of Joseph Raymond McCarthy's Memorial Services
Includes: Republican Review of the First Session, 85th Congress; Current Biography Who's News and Why June 1958; Infant Care 1955; Meade Alcorn and the 1958 Election by Philip S Wilder, Jr.; Policy Review Summer 1989 (global warming, NRA and international politics); Policy Review Fall 1989 (Republicans in Congress, Central America policies)
Includes: "Southern Beaches of West Virginia" 1987 The Washington Post (oversized); Log of military and naval affairs subcommittee trip to European and Mediterranean theaters of operation
Includes: Copy of governor elections by county, 1932-1944
Includes: 1947 copy of Appendix to Congressional Record; Copy of History of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, 1816-1967
Includes: Voter analysis; Official returns of 1942 primary election; Newspaper articles on election attempt
Includes: Copy of 1950 Neely biography; Overdue ILL charge 1988; Neely obituary
Includes: Reed obituary; Copy of Reed family history
Includes: Copy of 1956 appointment book; Copy of WV county map 1957, 1958; Timeline of Revercomb's whereabouts during 1956 campaign
Includes: Time August 12, 1957; Correspondence on Judge Moore's death and replacement 1959; Time January 14, 1957
Includes: Copies of newspaper articles of election, Hanna-Hallanan Deal, pictures including "Jonny Reb" hat
Includes: Copies of newspaper articles on controversy over endorsements, liquor vote, Neely tension
Includes: List of materials to be photocopied; Booklet: Historical Materials in the Dwight D Eisenhower Library (1984); Research Room Rules; Researcher Application
Includes: Copied chapter: "The cleavage between Eastern and Western Virginia" by Charles H Ambler
Includes: 1967 newspaper article copy; Copy of Chapter: "The Private Papers of West Virginia's 'Boy Senator,' Rush Dew Holt" by Thomas Coode and Agnes Riggs
Includes: 1957 "Personalities in Your Government" bio of Revercomb transcript
Includes: Bio from National Cyclopedia of American Biography ; Excerpt from Henry D. Hatfield and Reform Politics: A Study of West Virginia Politics from 1908-1917 by Neil Shaw Penn