Lilly Library Manuscript Collections

MINTON MSS.

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Inventory

Box 1
  • Biographical (1 folder)
  • Correspondence, 1934-1965. Arranged chronologically. Consult the Manuscripts Index in the Library for dates of letters of individual correspondents (45 folders)
  • Correspondence by individual. Includes date range of letters:
    • Barkley, Alben William. 1941-1945 (1 folder)
    • Hatch, Carl Atwood. 1942-1955 (1 folder)
    • Truman, Harry S. 1958-1961. Photocopies (1 folder)
  • "Colleagues write about Senator Minton: Copies of Letters from United States Senators to William A. Kunkel, Publisher of Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal-Gazette. Reprinted in The Corydon Democrat, Corydon, Indiana" June 28, 1939. Includes reprint, the original letters and a June 4, 1939 clipping from the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette about Minton (1 folder)
  • Memorial Resolution concerning Minton's Death (1 folder)
Box 2
  • 1934 election/campaign materials. Includes copies of campaign speeches, news releases, campaign literature (3 folders)
  • Speeches by Minton, 1935-1957 (5 folders)
  • Speeches by Others (1 folder)
  • Photographs. Includes formal portraits; group shots, several with Harry S Truman; family
  • photographs; etc. (8 folders)
  • Memorabilia. Includes invitations to dine with the President, plaque, etc. (2 folders)
  • Miscellaneous (1 folder)
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-1956. Chiefly published case opinions (3 folders)
  • Printed - off-prints, etc., 1935-1958; 1999 (6 folders)
  • Printed - newspaper clippings, all related to Minton. Miscellaneous, 1931-1952; Senate period, 1934-1944; Supreme Court, 1949-1956; Retirement, 1956; Obituaries, Tributes, 1965-1966 (6 folders)
Box 3
  • Scrapbook, 1935-1956

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