Dates: 1948-1960
The papers of Arthur Ginsburg consist of correspondence, printed campaign materials, political propaganda, and other items.
Size: Less than one-half of one linear foot (about 60 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection.
Processed by: Marco Ibarra (2008) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Updated by: Randy Sowell (2009).
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.
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Arthur Ginsburg, a collector of political memorabilia, received letters and campaign literature from political organizations and Presidential candidates during 1948-1960 period.
The papers of Arthur Ginsburg mainly consist of correspondence and printed campaign materials received by Ginsburg in 1948 and 1952. Included among the materials in this collection are letters from campaign officials thanking Ginsburg for his support.
Ginsburg contacted and received information from the Presidential campaigns of Thomas Dewey, Dwight Eisenhower, Averell Harriman, Estes Kefauver, Douglas MacArthur, Harold Stassen, Adlai Stevenson, Robert Taft, and Henry Wallace. The collection also includes a Christmas card received from Senator Kefauver in 1955 and a letter received from the office of Vice President Richard Nixon in 1959. A small accretion—mostly consisting of photographs of Dewey, Harry S. Truman, and Earl Warren—was added to the collection in 2009.
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CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1948-1960 Correspondence, printed materials, political propaganda, and other items relating to Ginsburg’s support for many political candidates. Arranged alphabetically. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS FILE, 1948-1954 Photographs of Harry S. Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, and Earl Warren. Arranged alphabetically. |
CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1948-1959
Box 1
- Dewey, Thomas
- Eisenhower, Dwight
- Harriman, Averell
- Kefauver, Estes
- MacArthur, Douglas
- Nixon, Richard
- Stassen, Harold
- Stevenson, Adlai
- Taft, Robert
- Wallace, Henry
- Young Republican Club
- Dewey, Thomas [2009 accretion]
- Truman, Harry S. [2009 accretion]
- Warren, Earl [2009 accretion]