Political campaigns -- Georgia
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Allen family papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1014
Scope and Content
This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, awards and ceremony programs, and scrapbooks collected by the Allen family. The bulk of the collection pertains to Ivan Allen, Sr. and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s business, civic, and political affairs. Ivan Allen, Sr.'s state senate campaign and election, and Ivan Allen, Jr.'s mayoral campaign and election, and both father and son's work with various charities and civic minded associations are included. Of note are the numerous...
Dates:
1899-2004, undated
Aroused Citizens of Georgia film
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS548
Scope and Contents
The film in this collection depict footage related to voting and the Three Governors Controversy in Georgia. The Three Governors Controversy began with the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946. After his death, a political struggle for the governor’s office ensued involving the incumbent governor Ellis Arnall, Lieutenant Governor Melvin Thompson, and Talmadge's son Herman, who was subsequently elected by the Georgia Assembly. In March of 1947 the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that...
Dates:
approximately 1940-1948