Guide to the United States campaign literature collection, 1928-1978 M0227
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999 ; revised 2019
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: United States campaign literature collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0227
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1912-1978
Scope and Contents
Collection includes campaign material for the 1960 and 1968 Richard Nixon campaign, 1972 Nixon campaign, and George McGovern's
1972 campaign for president.
Also includes miscellaneous material for campaigns other than the presidential race, and miscellaneous earlier campaigns.
There is also materials about political campaigns by the Communist Party, the I.W.W., and various other socialist and labor
organizations.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] United States campaign literature collection (M0227). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Provenance
Various sources.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Note that material is stored off-site and must be requested at least 36 hours in advance
of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Politics and government.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012
Republican Party (U.S.)
Democratic Party (U.S.).
Socialist Party (U.S.)
Communist Party of the United States of America
California State Federation of Labor
GOP - Nixon Campaign
1960, 1968
box 1, folder 1
Book:
Where He Stands - the Life and Convictions of Spiro T. Agnew
box 1, folder 2
Bumper stickers and buttons
box 1, folder 4
Organization Manual - United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew Club
Box 5, Folder 1
Flyers and newsletters
1968
Box 5, Folder 2
Organization Manual - United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew Club
1968
Box 5, Folder 3
Pamphlets (part 1 of 2)
1968
Box 5, Folder 4
Pamphlets (part 2 of 2)
1968
Box 5, Folder 5
Commitment '68 Action Team materials
1968
Box 5, Folder 6
Sample questions and answers
1968
Box 5, Folder 7
Flyers for Nixon speech
1968
GOP - Nixon Campaign
1972
box 1, folder 7
Bumper stickers and buttons
box 1, folder 8
Flyers and newsletters and news clippings
Box 5, Folder 9
Flyers and newsletters
1972
Box 5, Folder 10
Pamphlets (part 1 of 2)
1972
Box 5, Folder 11
Pamphlets (part 2 of 2)
1972
Box 5, Folder 13
Invitations to a reception hosted by the Santa Clara County Women's Committee for the Re-Election of the President
1972
Democratic Party - McGovern Campaign
1972
box 2, folder 12
Bumper stickers and buttons
box 2, folder 13
Flyers and news clippings
box 2, folder 15a
Democrats in Convention 1972
Physical Description: (booklet)
Box 5, Folder 14
General miscellaneous
1972
Scope and Contents
Includes materials for Joan Irwin (Republican candidate for California Assembly) and a U.S. Army Election Guide.
Box 3
Binder - Republican Platform and fact sheets
box 4
Oversize - thirteen campaign posters (located in map drawer)
box 2, folder 19
1. Voter's Guide - Palo Alto Municipal Election
May 8, 1973
2. Voter's Pamphlet - P.A. Municipal Election
May 8, 1973
3. Campaign Literature - Central Palo Alto Residents' Association
4. News letter - Alan Cranston, U.S. Senator
August 1973
5. Mimeographed letter - Paul N. McCloskey Jr., Congressman
June 29, 1973
Earlier Political Ephemera
1912-1968
Box 6, Folder 1
Republican campaign
1912-1916
Scope and Contents
Includes: I'm for Hiram Johnson ribbon; and pamphlet supporting Charles Hughes and Charles Fairbanks.
Box 6, Folder 2
Bruére, Robert Walter: Following the Trail of the I.W.W.
1918
Scope and Contents note
Following the trail of the I.W.W.
Box 6, Folder 3
Communist Party of the U.S. National election campaign committee [UNK] speeches
1928
Box 6, Folder 4
National Platform of the Workers (Communist) Party: National Platform of the Class Struggle
1928
Box 6, Folder 5
Democratic campaign: Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me - speech of Alfred E. Smith
1928
Box 6, Folder 6
Campaign material opposed to Herbert Hoover
1928
Box 6, Folder 7
Socialist Party (U.S.) campaign materials
1932
Scope and Contents
Includes list of elected socialist officials, pamphlets, flyers, memorandums, and membership reports.
Box 6, Folder 8
Democratic Party Platform
1934
Box 6, Folder 9
Communist Party of the U.S. campaign materials
1936
Scope and Contents
Includes acceptance speeches, election platform, and other pamphlets.
box 2, folder 18
On with Roosevelt! Committee. Membership Card
Box 6, Folder 10
Socialist Party
1940
Scope and Contents
Includes: We Take Our Stand! 1940 Socialist Platform; Which Way America? The Real Issue of 1940; and a flyer for Norman Thomas
(Socialist Party presidential candidate).
Box 6, Folder 11
Republican campaign
1944
Scope and Contents
Includes Proposed Amendments to Constitution: Propositions and Proposed Laws Together with Arguments to be Submitted to the
Electors of the State of California, and Flagrant Misrepresentations at the Democratic Convention of 1944.
Box 6, Folder 12
Gaer, Joseph: What Every Voter Should Know and do in 1946 (CIO Political Action Committee pamphlet)
1946
Box 6, Folder 13
Democratic campaign
1948
Scope and Contents
Includes cartoons, pamphlets, platforms, and flyers.
Box 6, Folder 14
Republican campaign
1948
Scope and Contents
Includes a reprint from Look magazine titled, "Earl Warren... his life in pictures".
Box 6, Folder 15
1954 Pro American Campaign Kit
1954
Box 5, Folder 15
Republican campaigns
1954-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes materials for Earle P. Crandall (Republican candidate for California Assembly), California 1956 Election Calendar,
Flyer for Seventeenth Annual Republican One Hundred Dollar Dinner (Santa Clara County), buttons for Goodwin Knight (Republican
governor and gubernatorial candidate), and materials attacking Alan Cranston (Democratic U.S. Senator from California). There
are also two unrelated postcards - one blank and one with a price list for jewelry.
Box 6, Folder 16
California State Federation of Labor: anti right-to-work pamphlets
1959
Box 6, Folder 17
California Democratic Platform
1966
Box 6, Folder 18
The AFL-CIO Platform Proposals: Presented to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions
1968
