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Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 3406 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur V. Watkins papers on S. Res. 301 from Senate Select Committee, 1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents note

Contains memorandums, statements, reports, minutes of hearings, arguments, correspondence, subpoenas, telegrams, vouchers, and debates regarding the censure to Senator Joseph McCarthy and S.Res. 301 that occurred during 1954. Also included is correspondence concerning senators Ralph E. Flanders and Wayne Morse.

Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins papers on Senate floor action found in the Congressional Record, 1953-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Contains "U.S. Senate as a Continuing Body," taken from Congressional Record of January 6, 1953 from the debate on nation of adopting rules for the Senate of the 83rd Congress; various congressional records concerning S. Res. 301 from July and August of 1954; a Committee referral in the Congressional Record of August 5, 1954; and debates to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy in the Congressional Records from November 8 to December 2, 1954.

Dates: Other: 1953-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins prints, hearings, and other materials on S. Res. 301, 1951-1954

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents note Contains various hearings relating to espionage, communist infiltration among army civilian workers, defense establishments, army personnel, Korean War atrocities, and special Senate Investigation on charges and counter charges involving the Secretary of the Army, Robert W. Stevens, John G. Adams, H. Struve Hensel and Senator Joe McCarthy, Roy M. Cohn, and Francis P. Carr all occurring between 1953 to 1955. It also includes various correspondence with Senator Joseph McCarthy and Robert T....
Dates: Other: 1951-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy news articles, 1949-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 15
Scope and Contents note

Contains news articles found among Watkins' pro-McCarthy correspondence from 1949 to 1956.

Dates: Other: 1949-1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy postcards, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents note

Contains postcards from American citizens expressing pro-McCarthy views concerning the activities of McCarthy to the Senate Select Committee.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

Arthur V. Watkins pro-McCarthy telegrams, undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 6 Sub-Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents note

Contains telegrams expressing pro-McCarthy views concerning the activities of McCarthy to the Senate Select Committee.

Dates: Other: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers / Arthur V. Watkins papers on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence on Joseph McCarthy / Arthur V. Watkins correspondence in favor of Joseph McCarthy

Arthur Watkins sound recordings, approximately 1948-1950

 Series
Identifier: MSS 146 Series 7
Scope and Contents

Contains phonograph recordings of family friends, and congressional reports from Senator Watkins. Dated approximately 1948 to 1950.

Dates: approximately 1948-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 146, Arthur V. Watkins papers

As a bee gathereth honey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230308139]
Identifier: MSS SC 1019
Abstract

My first day of visiting teaching in Quito, Ecuador.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / As a bee gathereth honey

Asay town, now a ghost town, in Garfield County

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325976]
Identifier: MSS SC 2731
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten history of Asay Town, Utah. The town was founded in 1872 along Asay Creek by Mormons and was later abandoned. The date of the composition of the item is uncertain.

Dates: approximately 1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Asay town, now a ghost town, in Garfield County

Thomas Ashment journal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323021]
Identifier: MSS SC 2403
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a handwritten journal. Ashment was a convert to the Mormon Church from England having been baptized in 1848. He migrated to Utah in 1869 and settled in Richmond, Utah. Ashment writes about his daily activities and about his experiences. Also included are notes about his children and their activities.

Dates: 1851-1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Ashment journal

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