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Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers A&M 0873

Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers A&M 0873


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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center; James Shaver

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0873
Title
Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers 1840-2003 1918-1955
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208740
Quantity
156.21 Linear Feet, 156 ft. 2 1/2 in. (360 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 4 in.); (14 document cases, 2 1/2 in.); (1 flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (2 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 2 1/2 in. each); (9 flat storage boxes, 1 1/2 in. each); ( 44 photos in photograph filing cabinets)
Quantity
11.7 Gigabytes, 131 TIFF files, 2 PDF files
Creator
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative Files (1937-1940).

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, A&M 0873, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Biographical / Historical

Rush Dew Holt was born in Weston, West Virginia, on June 19, 1905 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Chihela (Dew) Holt. From an early age, Holt displayed scholarly potential. By age three, he was able to read first-grade primers, and eventually became interested in numerous topics for which he was able to provide detailed statistics. Among these interests was politics, and by age six, Holt had decided he would become a Democrat.

The potential displayed by Holt as a child continued into his school years. At age five, he began public education in the second grade, and he skipped grades on two more occasions. He attended Weston High School, and after graduating with honors at age fourteen, Holt applied to the University of Cincinnati; however, the register rejected the application because Holt, while academically qualified, was considered too young. Not one to admit defeat, a trait that would prove to be a lifelong characteristic, Holt turned to West Virginia University where he was accepted. As the youngest member of the freshman class, Holt found it difficult to obtain full acceptance as a college student, and his academic record reflected his apparent dissatisfaction. After two years at West Virginia University, Holt transferred to Salem College where the enrollment was smaller (approximately 300 students) and where he was able to live with his uncle, Professor Samuel Dew. It was at Salem College that Holt regained his self-confidence. His academic performance improved, and he maintained a B-plus average. In addition to academics, Holt excelled on the debate team. He was the editor-in-chief of the school paper, and he managed the tennis team.

In 1924, Holt received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and qualification to teach at secondary schools. Shortly after his graduation, he was hired to teach at Bedford High School in Virginia where he taught English and history in addition to serving as the school's athletic director. After one academic year, Holt returned to Weston, West Virginia, where he took a position at St. Patrick's High School as the athletic director. Holt also coached the basketball team with abundant success, leading the team to two national tournaments for Catholic schools. During this time, Holt also taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College, but his fascination with athletics persisted. In addition to coaching and occasional officiating, Holt also began writing about sports. Eventually, he began to contribute columns to daily West Virginia newspapers.

By the late 1920s, Holt was attracted to the political environment, and he began to contribute to candidates who were friends of and/or who shared the views of his father. In the summer of 1928, Holt went one step further by announcing his candidacy as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates. Despite Lewis County having been predominately Republican, in addition to not having received significant party backing, Holt still obtained a higher-than-expected amount of support, losing his race by only 500 votes. Once again, however, Holt would not admit defeat. In 1930 Holt again announced his candidacy for the West Virginia House of Delegates. During the campaign, he visited locations all around Lewis County, spoke to anyone who would listen, and ensured that the grievances such as those concerning government cost, increased taxes, and the power of privately owned public utilities would all be addressed. As expected with any campaign, Holt received criticism, and those who opposed him likened the young politician to his father who they declared was a radical, a socialist, and an atheist. Despite the scornful claims, Holt, by a margin of 2,150 votes, was elected to his first public office as a Democrat to the West Virginia Legislature where he served from 1931-1935. During his years as a delegate, as promised during his campaign, Holt spoke out against corrupt practices such as government spending, an issue he addressed not even a week into the 1931 session. In addition to debating issues in the House, Holt also wrote to state supported universities, highway commissioners, and auditors in West Virginia and numerous other states to gather financial figures concerning spending, salaries, and taxes among others. Holt also began an investigation in 1931 to uncover rates, operating costs, and profits of privately and publically owned utility companies. All of these endeavors were only the first chapter in Holt's political career.

By 1934 he had gained the political support and the backing of union workers which was enough to defeat incumbent United States Senator Henry Hatfield. At age twenty-nine, Holt became the youngest person to win a United States Senate seat; however, there was immediate criticism. No sooner had the votes been tallied before a protest was filed concerning Holt's credentials: the fact that he had run for an office when he had not been of the required age. In addition to discontent within his own state, Holt also received overwhelming opposition in Washington, D.C. from Senate Republicans who threatened to object on the grounds of the constitutional age requirement. Despite the criticism, Holt's election was not overturned; however, he had to wait until he turned thirty, over five months after the Seventy-forth Congress had convened, before he could participate in senatorial proceedings.

Just as he had been active in the West Virginia Legislature, Holt did not hesitate to address both major and minor issues on Capitol Hill either. During his time in the Senate, Holt served on several committees including Education and Labor, Immigration, Mines and Mining, Naval Affairs, and Post Offices and Post Roads. He also served as a member of the United States delegation to the 1939 Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway.

Although Holt had once been referred to as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Golden Boy," such alliances and the policies that had formed them began to dissolve by 1936. He became estranged from fellow Democrat and West Virginian Senator Matthew Neely, and Holt ended his support for the United Mine Workers of America and the Works Progress Administration, the latter of which he claimed was corrupt. Eventually, Holt criticized the Roosevelt administration for its New Deal policies, he adamantly fought Roosevelt's attempt to alter the Supreme Court by changing the number of sitting justices from nine to twelve, and he spoke out against the proposition of allowing a presidential third term. Furthermore, as unrest began in Europe with Germany's invasion of Poland, Holt campaigned against any attempts by the administration to involve the United States in the War. The responses from constituents about Holt's actions were mixed; nevertheless, the young senator's sudden change led to his unsuccessful renomination attempt in 1940. Holt did not even make it past the primary election.

After his Senate term ended, Holt remained in Washington, D.C. and began to support himself as a lecturer and a writer of political issues, particularly neutrality for which he received the support of the America First Committee. It was also during this time that Holt met Helen Louise Froelich, a biology teacher at National Park College near Washington. They were married a year later and moved to West Virginia. The couple had two children: a daughter, Helen Jane Holt (born in 1945) and a son, Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (born in 1948). When Senator Holt's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase, died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. After the Holts returned to West Virginia in 1941, Holt stayed involved in politics by accepting speaking engagements.

During the remainder of the 1940s, Holt ran several times for state offices with modest success. He was elected to the State House of Delegates in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 by write-in vote and 1946 without opposition. After a failed attempt to win the West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1944 and the nomination for United States Senator in 1948, Holt changed political affiliation. Despite this, his lack of success to achieve positions beyond the House of Delegates continued. In 1950, he won the Republican nomination to represent West Virginia's Third District in the United States House of Representatives but lost in the general election, and in 1952 Holt came very close to winning the race for West Virginia governor as the Republican candidate but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes. Success returned in 1954 when Holt was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates by the voters of Lewis County, but he was unable to finish his term due to illness.

Holt died on February 8, 1955 after a long, tough campaign against cancer.

Chronological List of Events:

June 19, 1905: born

1920: graduated from high school

1920-1922: attended West Virginia University

1922-1924: attended Salem College, received a BA degree

1924-1925: taught English and history and served as athletic director at Bedford High School in Virginia

1925-1928: served as athletic director and basketball coach at St. Patrick's High School (Catholic school) in Weston, West Virginia; taught history as a part-time instructor at Glenville Normal School and Salem College; and contributed sport columns to daily West Virginia newspapers

1928: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, lost by 500 votes

1930: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates, won by 2,150 votes, served from 1931-1935

1934: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate and won despite being only twenty-nine years old

1939: served as a member of the United States delegation to the Interparliamentary Conference in Oslo, Norway

1940: ran for renomination to the Senate, failed to win the primary election

1941: married Helen Louise Froelich

1942: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won, reelected in 1944, 1946, and 1948, served until 1950.

1944: ran as a Democrat for the West Virginia gubernatorial nomination but was unsuccessful

1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt

1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.

1948: ran as a Democrat for the United States Senate nomination but was unsuccessful

1948: switched political affiliation to the Republican Party

1952: ran as the Republican candidate for West Virginia Governor but lost to William Marland by fewer than 30,000 votes

1954: ran as a Republican for the West Virginia House of Delegates and won

February 8, 1955: death

Sources:

Coffey, William Ellis. Rush Dew Holt: The Boy Senator. Dissertation, West Virginia University, 1970.

A&M 0873, Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.

Scope and Contents

Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated) includes correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; and material from college courses, among other material that represents Rush Holt's personal life and political career; and ephemera collected by Rush Holt. Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated) includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt. Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated) includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity. Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated) includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents providing political opinions to Holt or requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated) includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media. Administrative Files (1937-1940) includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.

The collection is divided into six series as follows:

Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1840-2000 and undated (bulk 1918-1955)

Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.

Series 2. Artifacts; 1939-1952 and undated

Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.

Series 3. Legislative Records; 1920-1955 and undated

Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.

Series 4. Constituent Services; 1923-1954 and undated

Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.

Series 5. Press and Media Activity; 1925-2003 and undated (bulk 1925-1955)

Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.

Series 6. Administrative Files; 1937-1940

Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.

Arrangement

This collection is one of five (see also A&M 1858, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A&M 873 and A&M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A&M 1858.

In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A&M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A&M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A&M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers.

Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate.

For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia & Regional History Center.

Related Material

1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386

Separated Material

Ephemeral items not specific to Rush Dew Holt were moved to the Printed Ephemera Collection. Several local basketball scorecards were moved to A&M 4216, the Annual West Virginia State High School Basketball Tournament Programs collection.

17 reels of undated sound recordings, chiefly relating to the political career of Rush Dew Holt, were separated to the oral history collection, C432 R699-R715 (17 tapes). These tapes include some personal material as well.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Weston republican (Weston, W. Va. : 1879) The Weston republican
  • America First Committee
  • American Federation of Labor
  • Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949
  • Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971
  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
  • Coughlin, Charles E.
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Edmiston, Andrew.
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
  • Green, William.
  • Guffey Coal Act.
  • Holt, Helen Louise Froelich, 1913-2015
  • Holt, Mathew S., 1850-1939
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946
  • Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
  • Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th Century
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925
  • Lewis County.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Politicians -- United States
  • Politics and government.
  • Progressive Mine Workers of America
  • Public utilities
  • Social Security -- United States
  • Taxation
  • Unions.
  • United Mine Workers of America
  • United States - Social Security.
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission
  • United States. National Labor Relations Board
  • United States. National Recovery Administration
  • United States. Supreme Court
  • United States. Works Progress Administration
  • West Virginia -- Politics and government
  • West Virginia. Legislature
  • Weston State Hospital
  • Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Act
  • World War, 1939-1945

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949
  • Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971
  • Coughlin, Charles E.
  • Edmiston, Andrew.
  • Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
  • Green, William.
  • Holt, Helen Louise Froelich, 1913-2015
  • Holt, Mathew S., 1850-1939
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946
  • Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Lewis County.
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • West Virginia -- Politics and government

Container List

Series 1. Personal and Political Papers
1840-2000 and undated1918–1955
Scope and Contents

Includes material related to Rush Holt's personal, family, and political life. Additional material related to his work in politics can be found in Series 3 through 6. Types of material include correspondence; invitations and cards; material representing campaign activities; material from college courses; bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures; typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of material written by Rush Holt; publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected; photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career; ephemera collected by Rush Holt; and election results collected by Rush Holt.

  • Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence
    1924-1955 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes correspondence relating to the personal and political issues of Rush Holt's life.

    Because of different original series of correspondence, in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order.

    Personal correspondence topics include Rush Holt's marriage to Helen Louise Froelich, family matters such as births and deaths, holidays, Rush Holt's illness, and general correspondence with family and friends, among others.

    Political correspondence topics include an anti-lynching bill which is represented by letters between Rush Holt and Walter White, former secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the United Mine Workers of America which is represented by correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31; and the seating issue from when Rush Holt was first elected to the Senate; among others.

    Other prominent correspondents/subjects of correspondence include Joe Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia; Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12; James A. Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and Frank Miley, former president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31, among others.

    Items of note include political-related correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey (located in box 229, folder 7), Louise B. Mayer (located in box 229, folder 8), Walt Disney (located in box 229, folder 9), and James Cagney (located in box 229, folder 11). Other items of note include a poem titled Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a sinner (located in box 238, folder 3), and a letter from President Harry S. Truman (located in box 357, folder 1).

    For correspondence directly related to Rush Holt's campaigns, please see Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Campaign Material.

    For Utility Investigating Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee

    For Government Costs Committee-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee.

    For Interstate Cooperation Commission-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission.

    For Works Progress Administration-related correspondence, please see Series 3. Legislative Records—Works Progress Administration.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 10
      Alderson, Joe (Includes correspondence with J. C. Alderson, former WPA Director in Lewis County, West Virginia.)
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 11
      Anti-Lynching bill (Includes outgoing letters from Rush Holt to Walter White, former secretary for NAACP.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 3
      Van Bittner 1 of 2 (Includes correspondence and other records relating to Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12.)
      1932–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 4
      Van Bittner 2 of 2 (Includes correspondence and other records relating to Van A. Bittner, former president of United Mine Workers Association District 12.)
      1925–1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 7
      Hon. William E. Borah (senator from Idaho) (Includes Correspondence between Rush Holt and William E. Borah in addition to other related material.)
      1936-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 8
      Bureau of Investigation (Includes letters to and from J. Edgar Hoover.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 1
      CBS (Includes correspondence with the Columbia Broadcasting System's Washington Manager.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 1
      George Creel (Includes correspondence with or concerning George Creel, former Editor of Collier's Magazine.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 2
      Rev. Charles E. Coughlin Correspondence
      1937–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 3
      Daughters of the American Revolution; includes correspondence)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 12
      James A. Farley (Includes correspondence relating to Farley, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Includes a copy of Farley's address, Economic Stability and Government Investment.)
      1936–1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 6
      Home Owners' Loan Corporation Fees (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt and John W. Childress, Assistant to the Chairman of the HOLC.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 7
      Witcher McCullough (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt and Witcher McCullough relating to the National Recovery Administration, the Nation Emergency Council, and the Works Progress Administration.)
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 10
      Frank Miley (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt and Frank Miley (president of the United Mine Workers of America, District 31).)
      1936-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 14
      Museum Curator (Includes correspondence to and from Rush Holt and the United States Department of the Interior about the opening of the latter's museum.)
      1939–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 2
      Emergency Education (Includes correspondence and other material such as reports relating to education and issues with schools.)
      1935-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 4
      National Youth Administration (Includes correspondence and related reports regarding the National Youth Administration.)
      1935-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 5
      Navy Yards (Includes correspondence from Rush Holt speaking on behalf of constituents who had visited the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.)
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 8
      Paramount News (Includes letters between Rush Holt and Robert Denton of Paramount News in regard to a newsreel story titled Here's the Senator's New Baby.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 9
      Pathe News (Includes a letter from Cortland Smith of Pathe News relating to the Rush Holt's appearance to speak about his 30th birthday and his election to the United States Senate.)
      1935-1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 1
      Postmaster Letters (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt and postmasters/mistresses concerning the postal operations.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 2
      Progressive Miners (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 4
      Primary Elections (Includes congratulatory correspondence between Rush Holt and other politicians and related material from the primary election.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 5
      General Elections (Includes congratulatory correspondence between Rush Holt and other politicians and related material from the general election.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 8
      Seating Issue 1 of 2 (Includes correspondence regarding the issue of Rush Holt being able to take Senate seat.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 157 Folder: 1
      Seating Issue 2 of 2 (Includes correspondence regarding the issue of Rush Holt being able to take Senate seat.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 158 Folder: 1
      C. E. Smith (Includes correspondence relating to Clarence Edwin Smith, editor of the Fairmont Times.)
      1934–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 2
      Treasury Department (Includes correspondence with the United States Treasury Department.)
      1935–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 161 Folder: 5
      The White House (Includes correspondence from Rush Holt to the White House on behalf of constituents.)
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 165
      Personal Correspondence December 23, 1927-June 26, 1936 and Undated
      1927-1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 199
      General Correspondence, 1928; July, 1934
      1928–1934 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 200
      General Correspondence, August 1-18
      1934 August 1–1934 August 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 201
      General Correspondence, August 19-31
      1934 August 19–1934 August 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 202
      General Correspondence, September-October 7
      1934 September–1934 October 7
    • Mixed Materials Box: 203
      General Correspondence, October 8-November 8
      1934 October 8–1934 November 8
    • Mixed Materials Box: 204
      General Correspondence, November 9-23
      1934 November 9–1934 November 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 205
      General Correspondence, November 24-December 26
      1934 November 24–1934 December 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 206
      General Correspondence, January-July
      1935 January–1935 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 207
      General Correspondence, August, 1935-January 12, 1936
      1935 August–1936 January 12
    • Mixed Materials Box: 208
      General Correspondence, January 13-February 29
      1936 January 13–1936 February 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 209
      General Correspondence, March 3-April 30
      1936 March 3–1936 April 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 210
      General Correspondence, May 3-October 22
      1936 May 3–1936 October 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 211
      General Correspondence, October 23, 1926-April 30, 1937
      1936 October 23–1937 April 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 212
      General Correspondence, May 3-July 30
      1937 May 3–1937 July 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 213
      General Correspondence, August 10-October
      1937 August 10
    • Mixed Materials Box: 214
      General Correspondence, November 1, 1937-January 7, 1938
      1937 November 1–1938 January 7
    • Mixed Materials Box: 215
      General Correspondence, January 7-31
      1938 January 7–1938 January 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 216
      General Correspondence February 1-9
      1938 February 1–1938 February 9
    • Mixed Materials Box: 217
      General Correspondence, February 9-20
      1938 February 9–1938 February 20
    • Mixed Materials Box: 218
      General Correspondence, February 21-March 22
      1938 February 21–1938 March 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 219
      General Correspondence, March 23-April 23
      1938 February 23–1938 April 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 220
      General Correspondence April 24-May 6
      1938 April 24–1938 May 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 221
      General Correspondence, May 7-20, 1938; Political Correspondence, 1933-1934
      1933–1938 May 20
    • Mixed Materials Box: 222
      Political Correspondence, 1934-October, 1935
      1934–1935 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 223
      Political Correspondence, November, 1935-January 16, 1936
      1935 November–1936 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 224
      Political Correspondence, January 17-April 30
      1936 January–1936 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 225
      Political Correspondence, May 3-November
      1936 May 3–1936 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 226
      Political Correspondence, December, 1936-April, 1937
      1936 December–1937 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 227
      Political Correspondence, June 1-November
      1937 June 1–1937 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 228
      Political Correspondence, October 2, 1937-February 20, 1938
      1937 October 2–1938 February 20
    • Mixed Materials Box: 229
      Political Correspondence, February 21-April 27 (Includes correspondence with Spencer Bonaventure Tracey [folder 7], Louise B. Mayer [folder 8], Walt Disney [folder 9], and James Cagney [folder 11].)
      1938 February 21–1938 April 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 230
      Political Correspondence, April 28-May 21; Correspondence, June 1-30
      1938 April 28–1938 May 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 231
      Correspondence, July 1-October 8
      1938 July 1–1938 October 8
    • Mixed Materials Box: 232
      Correspondence, October 10-December 30
      1938 October 10–1938 December 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 233
      Correspondence, January 1-June 30
      1939 January 1–1939 June 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 234
      Correspondence, July 1-December 28 and undated
      1939 July 1–1939 December 28
    • Mixed Materials Box: 235
      Correspondence, January 4-February 29
      1940 January 4–1940 February 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 236
      Correspondence, March 1-May 31
      1940 March 1–1940 May 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 237
      Correspondence June 1-30 and undated
      1940 June 1–1940 June 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 238
      Correspondence, July 1-August 19 (Includes incoming and outgoing letters to/from Rush Holt, Sr. Also includes letters of dissatisfaction with Holt, a poem Rejected (not Holt's) that is set in Hell and portrays FDR as a sinner [folder 3], and newspaper clippings.)
      1940 July 1–1940 August 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 239
      Correspondence, August 20-September 7
      1940 August 20–1940 September 7
    • Mixed Materials Box: 240
      Correspondence, September 8-November 13
      1940 September 8–1940 November 13
    • Mixed Materials Box: 241
      Correspondence, November 14-December31
      1940 November 14–1940 December 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 242
      Correspondence, December 31, 1940-August, 1941
      1940 December 31–1941 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 243
      Correspondence, September-December, 1941; January-December, 1942; January-February 21, 1943
      1941 September–1943 February 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 244
      Correspondence, February 22-April 5
      1943 February 22–1943 April 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 245
      Correspondence, April 6-17
      1943 April 6–1943 April 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 246
      Correspondence, April 18-July
      1943 April 18–1943 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 247
      Correspondence, August-November and undated, 1943; January 11-February 22, 1944
      1943 August–1944 February 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 248
      Correspondence, February 23-March 18
      1944 February 23–1944 March 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 249
      Correspondence, March 20-31
      1944 March 20–1944 March 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 250
      Correspondence, April 1-11
      1944 April 1–1944 April 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 251
      Correspondence, April 13-May 8
      1944 April 13–1944 May 8
    • Mixed Materials Box: 252
      Correspondence, May 9-November
      1944 May 9–1944 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 253
      Correspondence, December, 1944-March 19, 1945
      1944 December–1945 March 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 254
      Correspondence, March 20-June 15
      1945 March 20–1945 June 15
    • Mixed Materials Box: 255
      Correspondence, June 16- October
      1945 June 16–1945 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 256
      Correspondence, November 1, 1945-March 31 and undated, 1946
      1945 November 1–1946 March 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 257
      Correspondence, April-December
      1946 April–1946 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 258
      Correspondence, January 1-December and undated
      1947 January–1947 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 259
      Correspondence, January-October
      1948 January–1948 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 260
      Correspondence, November 1, 1948-February 11, 1949
      1948 November 1–1949 February 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 261
      Correspondence, February 12-August
      1949 February 12–1949 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 262
      Correspondence, November-December
      1949 November–1949 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 263
      Correspondence, January-December and undated
      1950 January–1950 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 264
      Correspondence, January-November
      1951 January–1951 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 265
      Correspondence, December and undated, 1951-February 29, 1952
      1951 December–1952 February 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 266
      Correspondence, March 1-April 11
      1952 March 1–1952 April 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 267
      Correspondence, April 12-May 31
      1952 April 12–1952 May 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 268
      Correspondence, June 7-18
      1952 June 7–1952 June 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 269
      Correspondence, June 19-30
      1952 June 19–1952 June 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 270
      Correspondence, July 1-22
      1952 July 1–1952 July 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 271
      Correspondence, July 23-August 4
      1952 July 23–1952 August 4
    • Mixed Materials Box: 272
      Correspondence, August 6-13
      1952 August 6–1952 August 13
    • Mixed Materials Box: 273
      Correspondence, August 14-September 3
      1952 August 14–1952 September 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 274
      Correspondence, September 4-21
      1952 September 4–1952 September 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 275
      Correspondence, September 22-30
      1952 September 22–1952 September 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 276
      Correspondence, October 1-11
      1952 October 1–1952 October 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 277
      Correspondence, October 12-24
      1952 October 12–1952 October 24
    • Mixed Materials Box: 278
      Correspondence, October 25-November 1
      1952 October 25–1952 November 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 279
      Correspondence, November 2-22
      1952 November 2–1952 November 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 280
      Correspondence, November 22-December 10
      1952 November 22–1952 December 10
    • Mixed Materials Box: 281
      Correspondence, December 11, 1952-February 16, 1953
      1952 December 11–1953 February 16
    • Mixed Materials Box: 282
      Correspondence, February 17-June 23
      1953 February 17–1953 June 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 283
      Correspondence, June 24-September 15
      1953 June 24–1953 September 15
    • Mixed Materials Box: 284
      Correspondence, September 16-December 31 and undated
      1953 September 16–1953 December 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 285
      Correspondence, January 2-March 9
      1954 January 2–1954 March 9
    • Mixed Materials Box: 286
      Correspondence, March 10-May 12
      1954 March 10–1954 May 12
    • Mixed Materials Box: 287
      Correspondence, May 13-July 31
      1954 May 13–1954 July 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 288
      Correspondence, August 1-September 30
      1954 August 1–1954 September 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 289
      Correspondence, October-December and undated, 1954; Correspondence January-March, 1954; Correspondence to Helen Holt 1954-1955 (Includes letters to Helen Holt after Rush Holt's death.)
      1954–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 3
      Correspondence
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 1-2
      Congratulatory Telegrams, August 7 and November 6
      1934 August 7–1934 November 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 3
      General Correspondence
      1926–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 4
      General Correspondence
      1942–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 3
      Wedding Congratulations Letters
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 6
      Application for Acceptance to Sons of the American Revolution
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 354
      Correspondence, A-F (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1946–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 355
      Correspondence, G-M (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1946–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 356
      Correspondence, M-S (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1946–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 357
      Correspondence, T-Z (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt. Also includes a letter from Harry S. Truman [folder 1])
      1946–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 1
      Legislative Files-Correspondence and Clippings (Includes publications and correspondence, some with attached clippings.)
      1939–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 2
      Legislative Correspondence
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 7
      Legislative Correspondence
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 5
      Legislative Correspondence
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 5
      Condolence Letters-Death of Holt's Father, Dr. Matthew Holt
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 6
      Correspondence-Daughters of the American Revolution
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 6
      Miscellaneous Publications
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 7
      Braxton County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 8
      Calhoun County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 9
      Clay County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 10
      Doddridge County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 11
      Fayette County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 12
      Gilmer County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 13
      Harrison County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 1
      Lewis County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 2
      Nicholas County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 3
      Ritchie County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 4
      Upshur County Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 5
      Out of District Correspondence
      1935–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 362 Folder: 6
      Correspondence, A (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 363
      Correspondence B-G (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 364
      Correspondence, H-Mc (Includes correspondence to/from Rush Holt.)
      1934–1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 365
      Correspondence, 1950; Correspondence, A-C (Includes Republican Committee related correspondence; Cleveland Bailey correspondence (about and from); and A-B.)
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 366
      Correspondence, D-L
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 367
      Correspondence, L-P
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 368
      Correspondence, R-Z
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 19
      Correspondence
      1941–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 2
      Correspondence
      1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 3
      Personal Correspondence of Senator Holt (Includes letter and telegram to Helen F. Holt, bills, memorabilia.)
      1943 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 11
      Correspondence of Senator Holt, to a Constituent and Congressman Bartlett (copies)
      1942–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 1
      Personal Correspondence
      ca. 1924-ca. 1925
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 2
      Personal Correspondence
      1941–1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 3
      Personal Correspondence
      1947–1950
  • Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards
    1930–1955
    Scope and Contents

    Includes invitations and cards retained by Rush Holt. Also includes a small subset of Holt's responses.

    Invitations represent both public and private events including graduations, weddings, and dinners, among others.

    Cards are inclusive of general greeting cards, sympathy cards for the deaths of Rush Holt's parents, and get-well cards.

    Significant items include invitations to attend events at the White House (located in box 312, folder 10) and an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair (located in box 340, folder 5).

    Included in this series are letters and telegrams that are interleaved with cards and that possess a similar theme.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 312
      Announcements and Greeting Cards, A-Y and miscellaneous (Significant items include requests to attend events at the White House [folder 10].)
      1936–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 313
      Invitations, Announcements, and Cards
      1937–1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 314 Folder: 1 to 7
      Invitations, Announcements, and Cards
      1935–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 314 Folder: 8
      Get Well Cards and Notes 1 of 2 (Includes "get well" cards and correspondence to Rush Holt. Attached to most cards/correspondence is Holt's response.)
      1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 314 Folder: 9
      Get Well Cards and Notes 2 of 2 (Includes "get well" cards and correspondence to Rush Holt. Attached to most cards/correspondence is Holt's response.)
      1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 314 Folder: 10
      Get Well Cards, July (Includes "get well" cards and correspondence to Rush Holt. Attached to most cards/correspondence is Holt's response.)
      1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 1
      Birthday Cards
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 2
      Wedding Cards
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 4
      White House Invitations
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 5
      Miscellaneous Invitations (Includes an invitation to attend the 1939 World's Fair.)
      1935–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 2
      Miscellaneous Cards
      1930–1950
  • Personal and Political Papers--Campaign Material
    1925–1955
    Scope and Contents

    Includes material representing Rush Holt's activities during his political campaigns for West Virginia and national offices.

    Types of material include broadsides, correspondence, newspaper mats, publicity releases, and speeches, among others.

    Items of note include certificates of election for the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 369, folder 1).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
      Political Poster- Holt's WV governor race as Republican
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
      Political Poster- Holt's WV governor race as Republican
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
      Political Campaign Material: Newspaper Pages, Broadsides, etc. for Rush Holt
      1925–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 163
      Campaign Material Correspondence Mercer-Wyoming Counties; Campaign Material Publicity Releases; Records; Hatfield's Records
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 163
      Campaign Material Correspondence Mercer-Wyoming Counties; Campaign Material Publicity Releases; Records; Hatfield's Records
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 164
      Campaign Material Newspaper Mats for Campaign Ads; Election Records
      1940–1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 4
      Miscellaneous Legislative Records; Campaign Material
      1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 5
      Miscellaneous Legislative Records; Campaign Material
      ca. 1940-1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 319 Folder: 2
      Speeches; Statements; Newspaper Clippings; Correspondence about Advertising and Campaign Issues (Includes publications, reports, and campaign-related clippings.)
      1941–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 6 to 17
      Campaign Material
      ca. 1930-ca. 1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 7
      Campaign Material
      1932–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 341 Folder: 1
      Typescript Copies of Newspaper Articles Endorsing Holt
      1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 1
      Certificates of Election--West Virginia House of Delegates
      1942–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 16
      Bills (Contains financial records regarding publishing the WV Taxpayer, political ads, as well as House of Representatives nominee expense reports.)
      1949-1952
  • Personal and Political Papers--Education Material
    1920-1942 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Rush Holt's diploma from Weston High School and material from LaSalle Extension University Law and Practical Accounting courses in which Rush Holt enrolled.

    Types of material include coursework, examinations, and records of final grades.

    An item of note is Rush Holt's high school diploma (located in box 1, folder 6).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
      Rush Holt High School Diploma
      1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 321
      LaSalle University Extension Law Courses
      1942 and undated
  • Personal and Political Papers--Financial Material
    1940–1952
    Scope and Contents

    Includes bills for recordings, radio station receipts, and election expenditures information that Rush Holt retained.

    For the sound recordings mentioned in this material in addition to other recordings by Rush Holt, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity--Recordings.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 2
      Financial Material (Includes receipts and related material pertaining to recording sessions, print jobs, statements before the primary, and more.)
      1939–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 4
      Financial Material (Includes receipts and related material pertaining to recording sessions.)
      1940–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 5
      Financial Material Regarding Acquisition of German Shepherd Dogs
      1939-1940English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 8
      Rush Holt: Financial Material, Invoices, and Correspondence (Includes radio station receipts, election expenditures information, and more)
      1939-1952
  • Personal and Political Papers--Publications
    1925-1955 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes typescripts, newsletters, manuscripts, and photocopies of newspaper articles written by Rush Holt.

    Typescripts include Facts and Figures (numbers 1-224) and Politics in West Virginia (numbers 1-118). These serial publications are also partially represented by the photocopied articles. Facts and Figures appears to be a regular column that Holt wrote from 1947 through 1953, though perhaps not continuously.

    Copies of The West Virginia Taxpayer , a newsletter written and published by Rush Holt, are also included and span from December 1948 to November 1954. Correspondence regarding support for this publication can be found in Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail.

    Manuscripts by Rush Holt include Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges (located in box 306, folders 1 and 2), The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States (located in box 306, folders 3 and 4), and The President Moves Toward War (located in box 339, folders 4 and 5).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 304
      Facts and Figures Publication
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 305
      Facts and Figures , Issues 1-224; Politics in West Virginia , Issues 1-118
      1949–1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 306
      Manuscripts by Rush Holt (Includes Who's Who Among the War Mongers: Merchants of Death and Their Stooges [folders 1 and 2] and The British Network: A Study of Fifth Column Activities in the United States [folders 3 and 4.)
      1936-1954 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 325
      Photocopied Personal Publications, February, 1951-December, 1954 and undated
      1951 February–1954 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 3
      Personal Publications (Includes an article on the Bailey House, card with Bailey House sketch, facts sheet for 1945-1947.)
      1925–1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 4
      Rough Draft of Rush Holt's Publication, The President Moves Toward War Copy 1
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 5
      Rough Draft of Rush Holt's Publication, The President Moves Toward War Copy 2
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 9
      Publications, Miscellaneous Articles, Facts and Figures , and An Article of Faith
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 9
      Issue of the West Virginia Taxpayer
      1953 and undated
  • Personal and Political Papers--Other Printed Material
    1926-1958 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes publications such as magazines, newsletters, bulletins, brochures, and pamphlets, among other types of publications to which Rush Holt subscribed and collected.

    Topics include neutrality, war propaganda, taxes, and utilities, among others.

    Publications include Uncensored, Social Justice, Public Assistance, West Virginia utility reports, and tax publications from different states, among others.

    An item of note is the photocopied section of Sherwood Anderson's Puzzled America that mentions Rush Holt (located in box 370, folder 10). A copy of the whole book is available through West Virginia University's Downtown Library (call number: E806.A652 1970).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 7
      La Folleties Magazine (Includes typescripts of articles from La Folleties Magazine relating to political situations.)
      1919–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 6
      Neutrality (Includes three publications from the National Council for the Prevention of War.)
      1936–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 3
      Propaganda (Includes clippings, newsletters, and bulletins.)
      1938 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 7
      Public Assistance (Includes copies of Public Assistance (statistics for the United States).)
      1933–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 6
      Porter Sargent/Sargent Bulletin (Includes bulletins concerning war propaganda.)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 3
      Uncensored (Includes copies of Uncensored publication.)
      1939–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 2
      Playbills, Maps, and Miscellaneous Items
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 3
      Congressional Record Issues
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 6
      Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, Allied Relief Fund, (clippings, brochures, etc.) (Includes material about keeping the United States out of way by aiding allies.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 7
      Material Pertaining to English Propaganda (Clippings, Pamphlets, Correspondence, Etc.), folder 1 of 2
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 1
      Material Pertaining to English Propaganda (Clippings, Pamphlets, Correspondence, Etc.), folder 2 of 2 (Includes material about English propaganda.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 2
      America in Danger Newsletter
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 3
      Periodicals
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 4
      Periodicals
      1933–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 5
      Pamphlets and Periodicals by or about Holt
      1936–1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 167 Folder: 6
      Pamphlets and Other Printed Material
      ca. 1926-1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 1-3
      Miscellaneous Government Documents (includes facsimiles)
      1930–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 307 Folder: 1
      West Virginia Utility Reports (Gas and Electric)
      ca. 1920-ca. 1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 307 Folder: 3
      Tax Publications from Different States
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 307 Folder: 4
      Tax Publications from Different States
      1947–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 308
      Right Wing Publications
      1939-1952 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 309
      Newsletters; America First Material
      1939-1954 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 310
      Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Booklets (Includes a publication printed in German.)
      1939-1952 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 311
      Right Wing Publications; Miscellaneous Material Relating to the Government and the War; Jewish Publications
      1937–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 2
      Miscellaneous Newspapers, Magazines, Etc.
      1938–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 319 Folder: 3
      Personal Files-Collection of Newsletters; Magazines; and Reports
      1939–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 1
      Miscellaneous Newsletters
      1941–1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 2
      Newsletters, Executives' Club News and The Elbeetee (Lone Scouts of America)
      1940–1958
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 6
      Miscellaneous Printed Material (Includes programs, pamphlets, etc.)
      1939–1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 7
      Miscellaneous Printed Material (Includes an issue of Time Magazine , programs, pamphlets, etc.)
      1942–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 10
      Facsimile Excerpt from Publication about Rush Holt by Sherwood Anderson, Titled Puzzled America,/emph>
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 11
      Social Justice Newspaper Issue from February
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 12
      Social Justice Newspaper Issues from March
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 13
      Social Justice Newspaper Issue from April
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 10
      Copy of Puzzled America by Sherwood Anderson. (Includes the section about Rush Holt, Sr. (pages 183-198) [folder 10].)
      1953 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 379
      Miscellaneous Printed Material (includes books, pamphlets, and periodicals)
      1909-1947English.
  • Personal and Political Papers--Photographs
    1905-1955 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes photographs that represent Rush Holt's personal life and political career. Photographs depict Rush Holt and his family, among other prominent individuals.

    Personal life photographs include Rush Holt's and Helen Louise Froelich's wedding and photographs taken of Rush Holt and his family during holidays and other special occasions.

    Political career photographs comprise the majority of this series and represent occasions such as sessions of the West Virginia Legislature, political conventions, and campaign events including Dwight Eisenhower's "Whistle Stop" presidential campaign through West Virginia (located in box 370, folder 13), among others.

    Prominent individuals include James Farley, former postmaster general during the first two administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed photograph located in box 1, folder 1); individuals involved with WCHS News, including Ron Edwards; and former Vice President John N. Garner (signed photograph located in box 370, folder 16), among other politicians.

    For additional photographs of Rush Holt, please see the West Virginia & Regional History Center's digitized OnView collection.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
      Photograph of James Farley (signed)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
      Speakers and Guest Table at the Variety Club Tenth Annual Banquet
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
      West Virginia House of Delegates Session
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
      Individuals Involved with WCHS News Including Ron Edwards.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
      West Virginia Legislature House of Delegates
      1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 341 Folder: 3
      Rush Holt: Photographs (Includes photographs of Rush Holt and family among other prominent individuals.)
      1905–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 341 Folder: 4
      Rush Holt: Photographs (Includes photographs of Rush Holt and family among other prominent individuals.)
      1905–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 1
      Photographs
      ca. 1930-1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 12
      Photographs of Rush Holt During His United States Senatorial Term (Includes personal photographs of Holt's personal life (including a wedding photograph) in addition to his political career. Includes photographs of several unidentified senators.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 13
      Photographs (Includes photographs of the Rush Holt campaign for governor of West Virginia, the Republican State Convention, and photographs of Dwight Eisenhower's "Whistle Stop" presidential campaign through West Virginia [folder 13] (loose photos removed from scrapbook).)
      1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 16
      Autographed Photograph of United States Vice President John N. Garner
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 9
      Photographs, Rush Holt, Sr. (Includes photographs of Rush Holt's political and political-related activities.)
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Photograph Filing Cabinets
      Forty-four Photographs (includes signed portraits of some of Rush's colleagues in Congress as well as some photos of Rush himself)
      ca. 1930-1950, undated
  • Personal and Political Papers--Ephemera
    1840-1955 and undated1930-1955
    Scope and Contents

    Includes items collected by Rush Holt such as personal nameplates, political and historical ephemera, tickets to events, and personal items, among others.

    Political and historical ephemera includes an "America First" ribbon (located in box 341, folder 2), a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election (located in box 341, folder 2), and a Confederate ten dollar bill (located in box 341, folder 2).

    Tickets to events are representative of commencements and sporting events in West Virginia, the premiere of Disney's Fantasia in Washington, D.C., and the 1952 Republican National Convention, among others.

    Personal items include material from a fraternity to which Rush Holt belonged, items (pictures, cards, licenses) from his wallets, and material from a Bible class Rush Holt taught.

    The wallets from which the personal pictures, cards, and licenses were removed are located in Series 2. Artifacts.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 340b
      Ephemera (Includes a small sample of receipts, handbills, letters, tickets, and other material, documenting the transactions and activities of Rush Holt. Much of the material documents vendors and their services in West Virginia, particularly in the Weston area. Many of the services involve publicity in connection with his political career, such as newspaper and radio advertising, photographs, and sound recordings of Holt.)
      1935–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 341 Folder: 2
      Ephemera (Includes an "America First" ribbon, a campaign ribbon from the 1840 Van Buren and Johnson election, a Confederate ten dollar bill, Rush Holt's passport, and name plates.)
      1840-ca. 1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 3
      Miscellaneous Ephemera-Fraternity; Etc.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 5
      Programs (Includes programs from events (mainly in West Virginia) including educational commencements, sporting events, and art related events, among others.)
      1937–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 11
      Events (Includes tickets, invitations, and programs regarding America First Committee, Salem College Commencement, Junior Board of Commerce, Radio Shows, Baseball and etc.)
      1938-1944 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 15
      Ephemera (Includes three little cards and an envelope.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 14
      Program and Ticket Stubs from the Washington, D.C. Premier of Disney's Fantasia
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 15
      Bible Class Newsletter Featuring Rush Holt as the Teacher
      1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 4
      Senator Rush Holt, Sr.--Senator Holt's Wallets (2 items); ca. 1930-1955
      1930–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 5
      Ephemera-Tickets (2 items) and Telephone Directory the Republican Convention
      1952
    • PDF Scans of Two Handbills for Holt Speaking Events (originals included in collection)
      0.811 Megabytes 2 PDF files
      ca. 1940English.
  • Personal and Political Papers--Miscellaneous
    1883-2000 and undated1918–1960
    Scope and Contents

    Includes miscellaneous material collected by Rush Holt.

    Types of material include newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and correspondence, and election-related records, among others.

    Topics include other senators (e.g., Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania and H. D. Hatfield of West Virginia), labor, railroads, and the Supreme Court, among others.

    Items of note include a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (located in box 1, loose); maps that detail election results for different offices including governor, House of Delegates, etc. in West Virginia (located in box 147, folder 8); Rush Holt's diary (located in box 166, folder 1), material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (located in box 151, folders 1 to 3); a list of individuals who have sat in the same Senate desk that Rush Holt did (located in box 369, folder 13); a prayer authored by Rush Holt (located in box 372, folder 7); and material relating to the Rush Holt Endowment at West Virginia University (located in box 372, folder 8).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1
      Certificate (Includes a certificate confirming Rush Holt's initiation into the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 2
      Allen W. Barkley- Newspaper Clippings (Includes clippings and other miscellaneous material relating to Allen W. Barkley, former vice president of the United States.)
      1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 8
      Election Maps (Includes maps of West Virginia which detail election results for different offices including governor, house of delegates, etc.)
      1920–1928
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 4
      General Sales Tax from American Federation (Includes typescripts of a publication by Alfred G. Buehler, former associate professor of Economics at the University of Vermont.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 1
      Senator Joe Guffey 1 of 2 (Senator from Pennsylvania)
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 2
      Senator Joe Guffey 2 of 2 (Senator from Pennsylvania; includes correspondence to Guffey from constituents.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 1
      John L. Lewis 1 of 3 (Includes correspondence and material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.)
      1937-1940 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 2
      John L. Lewis 2 of 3 (Includes correspondence and material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.)
      1934-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 3
      John L. Lewis 3 of 3 (Includes correspondence and material relating to John L. Lewis and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.)
      1929–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 4
      Huey Long (Includes a letter to Rush Holt, copies of Senate resolutions, and pages of the Congressional Record.)
      1932–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 5
      Congressman Louis Ludlow (Includes copies of speech transcripts by Ludlow, titled Hell or Heaven, relating to the war in Europe. These speeches were part of a series, but not all segments are included.)
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 9
      Mimeograph File (Includes correspondence and other records that Rush Holt wanted Mimeographed.)
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 11
      Ewing Young Mitchell (Includes correspondence, clippings, and other printed material relating to the resignation of Ewing Mitchell, former secretary of Commerce.)
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 1
      National Labor Relations Board (Includes correspondence, reports, and press releases, among other material relating to the National Labor Relations Board.)
      1937-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 3
      National Seaway (Includes correspondence, reports, and publications relating to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway.)
      1936–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 4
      Patronage (Includes material about patronage positions involved with the United States Senate.)
      1935-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 154 Folder: 6
      Constitutional Change Proposals (Includes a copy of records provided by the Library of Congress' Legislative Reference Service.)
      1938 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 2
      Quotations (Includes copies of typed quotations collected by Rush Holt.)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 3
      Railroads (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1938–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 4
      Receipts and Expenses (Material is related to the United States Department of Agriculture.)
      1933–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 5
      Reciprocal Trade Agreement (Includes publications dealing with international trade.)
      1937-1938 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 6
      Reciprocal Trade Agreement (Includes publications dealing with international trade.)
      1937-1938 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 1
      Registration by Precincts (Includes correspondence on behalf of Rush Holt requesting voter registration information for West Virginia counties.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 3
      Resettlement Payroll (Includes payroll statistics.)
      1934–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 5
      Franklin Roosevelt Family (Includes material pertaining to the Roosevelt family.)
      1932–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 157 Folder: 3
      Social Security Information (Includes a summary of general relief for February, 1938 and analysis of state unemployment compensation law.)
      1936-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 158 Folder: 4
      Reverend William Spofford (Includes miscellaneous publications relating to the Socialist Ministers Conference.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 158 Folder: 5
      Supreme Court 1 of 3 (Includes speeches of Holt and newspapers relating to the United States Supreme Court.)
      1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 1
      Supreme Court 2 of 3 (Includes clippings and booklets by lawyers for or against changes in the United States Supreme Court.)
      1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 2
      Supreme Court 3 of 3 (Includes clippings and booklets by lawyers for or against changes in the United States Supreme Court.)
      1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 4
      Telephone (Includes reports and miscellaneous printed material relating to telephone and switchboard companies.)
      1918-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 5
      Utilities 1 of 2 (Includes utility correspondence and related materials and publications. Also includes a copy of The Public Service Commission of West Virginia Electric Rates ca. 1933.)
      1932-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 6
      Utilities 2 of 2 (Includes utility-related materials and publications.)
      1936-1940 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 1
      Personal Diary of Rush Holt
      1925
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 5
      Typescripts Excerpts from "Fairmont Times," 1923, Sept. 19-1928, Oct. 18
      1923 September 19–1928 October 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 4
      Department of Public Assistance Reports, Miscellaneous Items
      1939-1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 5
      WV Department of Public Assistance Financial Statements
      1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 6
      Photographic Reproductions re: Louisiana (Mostly Documents) (Includes photographs of mostly documents detailing political events relating to Louisiana.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 7
      Report Regarding United Mine Workers of America and Public Works Administration Memorandum on Status in West Virginia
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 8
      National Youth Administration of West Virginia Records
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 168 Folder: 9
      Facsimile of petition to M.M. Neely Regarding Proposed Beaver to Struther Canal
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 169
      Correspondence and Miscellaneous Personal and Political Papers
      1937-1943 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 307 Folder: 2
      Inter-Office Memorandum, Tax of Personal Property and Public Utility
      ca. 1944-ca. 1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 316 Folder: 1
      Causes and Purposes of Principal Wars, 1830-1914 (Includes typescripts, reports, etc. on war history), and Department of Publicity (includes correspondence, memos, etc.)
      1920–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 316 Folder: 4
      European Trip Itinerary
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 316 Folder: 5
      Miscellaneous (Includes printed material, typescripts, notes, etc. Includes a copy of a speech given by Hitler on Jan. 30, 1939 (translated).)
      1918–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 4
      Personal Files-Campaign Material about Democratic Governor Candidate, Clarence Meadows; Primary (Includes clippings and typescripts.)
      1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 5
      United States Postal Service-Stamp and Envelope Guides and Pamphlets; and Postal Records
      1947–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 4
      Social Action Council-Dumbarton Oaks Week (Includes publications and reports that are church related.)
      1944–1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 5
      Campaign Files-Campaign; Press Releases; Statements; Ephemera (Includes press releases, reports, and miscellaneous campaign-related items.)
      1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 6
      Personal Files-Congressional Records; Legal Cases; Funeral Services (Includes a congressional speech about Charles Lindbergh in relation to America's involvement in World War II; miscellaneous publications; and reports.)
      1936–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 7
      Personal Files-Congressional Records; Legal Cases; Funeral Services (Includes a congressional speech about Charles Lindbergh in relation to America's involvement in World War II; miscellaneous publications; and reports.)
      1936–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 8
      Personal Files-Medical Records; Legal Cases; Correspondence (Includes reports, statements, and statistics.)
      1935–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 319 Folder: 1
      File on Government Issues (Includes topics such as communism, foreign relations, agriculture, labor, and taxes, among others.)
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 319 Folder: 4
      Personal Collection-Reports; Clippings; Correspondence; Articles; Etc. (Includes statements, reports, clippings, and publications.)
      1944–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 320 Folder: 1
      Matthew M. Neely and Miscellaneous (Includes correspondence, notes, reports, etc.)
      1934–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 320 Folder: 3
      Management of West Virginia State Hospitals; Miscellaneous
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 320 Folder: 4
      Personal Material (Includes miscellaneous clippings and publications about various topics in which Holt was interested.)
      1934–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 322 Folder: 1
      Miscellaneous (Includes a letter with attached "Make Europe pay for war debts" stamps.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 337 unfoldered
      Scrapbook of Clippings, Magazine
      1942–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 9
      Miscellaneous Speeches Collected by Holt (Includes a speech by Churchill.)
      1940–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 340a Folder: 7
      Miscellaneous (Includes membership cards, automobile Permits, etc., and a sheet of Biographical Information.)
      1883–1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 5
      Legislative Correspondence (Mostly Personal), Jan.-Feb.; Clippings; Miscellaneous; Ephemera (Includes clippings, photographs, and correspondence.)
      ca. 1946
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 6
      Legislative Correspondence (Mostly Personal), Jan.-Feb.; Clippings; Miscellaneous; Ephemera (Includes clippings, photographs, and correspondence.)
      ca. 1946
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 8
      Speeches; Correspondence; Clippings
      1941–1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 4
      Speeches; Statements; Interviews
      1947–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 6
      Legislative Correspondence
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 7
      West Virginia Wesleyan Ephemera-Basketball Score Cards and Programs
      1922–1931
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 3
      Miscellaneous Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 4
      Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera; Correspondence; Pamphlets; and War Ration Book
      1946
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 7
      Memorial for Holt; Speech; West Virginia Taxpayer Newsletter
      1950–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 8
      Date Book
      1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 2
      Legislative Files-Correspondence; Miscellaneous; and Ephemera (Includes correspondence and programs among other miscellaneous material.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 3
      Business Deficits and Profits Notes; Clippings
      1938–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 12
      Memorial Cancer Fund Items
      1955–1957
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 13
      United States Senate Desk Roll (Includes lists of names of senators who sat in the same desk that Holt did.)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 18
      Miscellaneous (Contains miscellaneous clippings and publications collected by Holt, Sr.)
      1952–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 7
      Senator Rush Holt, Sr.--Prayer Authored by Senator Holt
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 8
      Senator Rush Holt, Sr.--Senator Rush Holt Endowment-West Virginia University (Contains material relating to the Holt Endowment at West Virginia University.)
      1998–2000
    • Mixed Materials Box: 373 Folder: 1
      Certificate for Rush Holt's United States Senator Position
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 17-22
      Miscellaneous (includes photographs, clippings, printed material, and a "Holt for Governor" artifact; most items are about Holt's campaigning and political work)
      ca. 1935-1954, 1999English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 8-9
      Miscellaneous (includes clippings, photograph, and Rush Holt's diploma from Salem College)
      1924-1952English.
  • Personal and Political Papers--Election Material
    1922-1952English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes election material collected by Holt, such as facsimile abstracts of votes, primary election results, lists of voters, and more. The main geographical focus is Lewis County, WV.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 378 Folder: 2
      Lewis County Voter Lists (Court House District, Skin Creek District; undated)
      ca. 1940-1944English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 378 Folder: 3 to 6
      Miscellaneous election material (includes mostly WV election returns, abstracts of votes, list of registered voters, sample ballots, etc.)
      1922-1952English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 337 Folder: 1 to 2
      Miscellaneous election material (includes mostly WV election returns, abstracts of votes, list of registered voters, sample ballots, etc.)
      1928-1948English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 378 Folder: 1
      List of Wood County Poll Workers in 1948 Democrat Primary
      1948English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 375 Folder: 1-3
      Election Returns, Etc. (mostly for Lewis County, WV)
      1908-1952, undated
Series 2. Artifacts
1934-1952 and undated
Scope and Contents

Includes personal and political items collected by Rush Holt.

Items of note include a personalized "Holt for Governor" license plate and a senatorial campaign button (located in box 374), a "liberty" embroidered cloth (located in box 4), and a West Virginia state flag (located in box 4).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Artifacts (Includes a West Virginia state flag.)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 374
    Artifacts (Includes two personalized "Holt for Governor" election campaign license plates, wallets, notebooks, and other items.)
    1939-1952 and undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Artifacts (Includes a "liberty" embroidered cloth.)
    ca. 1940
  • Realia Box: 374
    ADD of 2020/02/12, "Rush Holt for U.S. Senate" Campaign Button
    1934English.
Series 3. Legislative Records
1920-1955 and undated
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, statistics, transcripts, financial records, and project records, among other miscellaneous material relative to Rush Holt's committee-based and general legislative activity.

For records of speeches delivered in the West Virginia Legislature and the United States Senate, please see Series 5. Press and Media Activity—Speeches.

It should be noted that there exists a gap in the legislative records; thus, Rush Holt's senatorial papers are not represented as completely as those from the West Virginia House of Delegates. For material pertaining to the senatorial years, please refer to the Miscellaneous section of this series, or check the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives and Records Administration.

  • Legislative Records--West Virginia House of Delegates Utility Investigating Committee Files
    1929-1935 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings bearing primarily upon Rush Holt's activities as chairman of the Utility Investigating Committee

    The material is representative of Rush Holt's interaction with and study of utility companies throughout West Virginia and the United States.

    Topics include gas, electricity, fuel rates, and municipal-owned utilities, among others.

    Material of note includes testimonies of utility representatives during special hearings to examine the costs of state utilities. These hearings were held in Charleston, West Virginia between February 6, 1933 and April 11, 1933 (located in box 177, folder 1 to box 180, folder 4).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 170
      Committees and Commissions-Utility Investigating Committee A-S
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 171
      Committees and Commissions-Utility Investigating Committee, A-S; Committees and Commissions-Utility Investigating, 1934
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 1
      Acreage- Gas Companies (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 2
      Advertising Appropriations (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 3
      Appearance of Cities (Includes correspondence.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 4
      Bus Lines (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 5
      City Rate Costs (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 6
      Comparison of Municipal Owned Power Plants (Includes reports.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 7
      Composition of Utilities Commissions (by States) (Includes statistics, reports, and correspondence)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 8
      Cost of Electricity (Includes correspondence with attached reports.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 9
      County Requests, April, 1933 (Includes correspondence, reports, and statistics.)
      1929–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 10
      Electric Rates (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1929–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 11
      Expenditures by Utilities (Includes statements, correspondence, and reports.)
      ca. 1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 172 Folder: 12
      Expenditures-Utility Companies by Municipality (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1934–1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 173 Folder: 1
      Financing of Public Service Commissions (States) (Includes correspondence, memos, and reports.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 173 Folder: 2
      Financing of Public Service Commissions (States) (Includes correspondence, memos, and reports.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 173 Folder: 3
      Fuel Rates by Cities, 1933, A-B (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 173 Folder: 4
      Fuel Rates by Cities, 1933, C-E (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 173 Folder: 5
      Fuel Rates by Cities, 1933, F-H (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 1
      Fuel Rates by Cities, I-L (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 2
      Fuel Rates by Cities, L (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 3
      Fuel Rates by Cities, M-N (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 4
      Fuel Rates by Cities, O-P (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 5
      Fuel Rates by Cities, Q-R (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 174 Folder: 6
      Fuel Rates by Cities, S (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 175 Folder: 1
      Fuel Rates by Cities, S-V (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 175 Folder: 2
      Fuel Rates by Cities, W; Gas Furnished in West Virginia Cities (Includes reports of fuel rates which have been arranged alphabetically by the city's first letter and correspondence, reports, and publications.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 175 Folder: 3
      Jurisdiction of Commissions (State), 1934; Legislation and Miscellaneous Items (Includes reports, publications, and correspondence.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 175 Folder: 4
      Letters-Public Service Commission Laws, March (Includes correspondence and related reports.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 176 Folder: 1
      Municipal-Owned Utilities by States and Newspaper Clippings (Includes newspaper clippings and records of payments.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 176 Folder: 2
      Payments (Includes memos and records of payments.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 176 Folder: 3
      Payments (Includes memos and records of payments.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 176 Folder: 4
      Payments (Includes memos and records of payments.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 176 Folder: 5
      Payments to Holding or Affiliated Companies (Includes correspondence, notes, reports, and statistics.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 1
      Testimony of I. Wade Coffman 02/06-07/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 6–1933 February 7
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 2
      Testimony of C. E. Nethken 02/09/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 9
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 3
      Testimony of C. E. Nethken 02/13/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 13
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 4
      Testimony of J. H. Knapp 02/14/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 14
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 5
      Testimony of Charles A. Prince 02/16/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 16
    • Mixed Materials Box: 177 Folder: 6
      Testimony of C. E. Nethken 02/21/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 178 Folder: 1
      Testimony of W. S. Buxton 02/22/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 178 Folder: 2
      Testimony of A. Spates Brady 02/23/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 178 Folder: 3
      Testimony of E. V. Williamson 02/27/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 1
      Testimony of W. R. Keyser 03/02/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 2
      Testimony of I. C. Trout 03/06/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 3
      Testimony of John W. Blakeley, J. Harvey Williams. George Johnson, J. Z. Terrell 03/07/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 7
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 4
      Testimony of Thomas O'Brien Flynn 03/28-29/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 28–1933 March 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 5
      Testimony of H. E. Dillinger, W. L. Thomas, Elmer C. Smith, and D. M.. Isner 03/30/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 6
      Testimony of the West Virginia Hotels Association 03/31/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 March 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 179 Folder: 7
      Testimony of Henry C. Healy and Everett M. Lee 04/04/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 April 4
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 1
      Testimony of R. P. DeVan 04/05/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 April 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 2
      Testimony of H. L. Wehrle 04/05/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 April 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 3
      Testimony of B. W. Craddock 04/06/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 April 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 4
      Testimony of R. W. Baker 04/11/33 (Includes typescripts of testimonies.)
      1933 April 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 5
      Public Service Commission of West Virginia; Railroads-Gross Sales (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 6
      Utilities (Includes reports, publications, and statistics.)
      1930–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 7
      Utilities, etc. (Includes reports, publications, and statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 180 Folder: 8
      Utilities (Includes reports and statistics.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 181 Folder: 1
      Utilities, 1934-1935; Utilities, ca. 1933 Alabama-Wyoming (Includes publications and reports.)
      1933–1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 181 Folder: 2
      Utilities, Cities in the United States (Includes statistics.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 181 Folder: 3
      Utilities-Expenditures and Legislation (Includes statistics, reports, and correspondence.)
      1930–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 181 Folder: 4
      Utilities-Expenditures and Legislation, 1930-1934; Utility Companies, 1933 (Includes statistics, reports, and correspondence.)
      1930–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 182 Folder: 1
      Utility Companies; Utility Rates by Cities (West Virginia) (Includes correspondence, statistics, )
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 182 Folder: 2
      Utility Reports (Includes reports, statistics, and correspondence.)
      ca. 1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 182 Folder: 3
      Utility Reports; Utility Companies-Legal Advisor (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      ca. 1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 182 Folder: 4
      Utility Reports and Miscellaneous (Includes statistics, reports, and publications.)
      1932–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 182 Folder: 5
      Utility Reports and Miscellaneous (Includes statistics, reports, and publications.)
      1932–1934
  • Legislative Records--West Virginia House of Delegates State Government Costs Committee
    1943
    Scope and Contents

    Includes correspondence, statistics, reports, and transcripts relative to Rush Holt's activity with the Government Costs Committee.

    Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Rush Holt regarding expenditures for West Virginia and other states.

    Statistics and reports include information sent to and gathered by Rush Holt regarding state-owned cars in West Virginia.

    Institutions and departments represented include the Department of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Huntington State Hospital, the Department of Mines, and the State Road Commission, among others.

    The transcript document testimonies in the February 5 to March 1, 1943 hearings to investigate the cost of state government for which Rush Holt served as chairman. Entities represented by the testimonies include the Publicity Commission, the Bureau of Negro Welfare, the Road Commission, and the Labor Department, among others.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 1
      Correspondence, Government Costs Committee (Includes correspondence to and from Rush Holt, Sr. requesting statistics about expenditures in West Virginia and other states.)
      1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 2
      State Automobiles (Includes correspondence, statistics, and reports.)
      1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 319 Folder: 5
      Hearings-Cost of State Government, Feb. 5-Mar. 1 (Includes a typescript of hearings.)
      1943 February 5–1943 March 1
  • Legislative Records--West Virginia House of Delegates Interstate Cooperation Commission Files
    1946–1950
    Scope and Contents

    Includes financial records requested by and maintained by Rush Holt during his time as a member of the Interstate Cooperation Commission.

    Types of records include correspondence, financial and payroll statistics, and budgetary reports, among others.

    Entities represented include departments of state, governmental offices of state, educational institutions (including West Virginia University), and hospitals, among others.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 3
      Interstate Cooperation Commission Correspondence
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 4
      Expenses Allowed for Travel (States) Alabama-New York (Includes correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous travel expense material.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 5
      Expenses Allowed for Travel (States) North Carolina-Wyoming (Includes statistics, and publications.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 6
      Payroll Records of Colleges
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 7
      Payrolls-Institutions (Includes statistics for West Virginia institutions such as hospitals, schools, and prisons; correspondence; and other miscellaneous payroll material.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 183 Folder: 8
      Payrolls-West Virginia University, October (Includes statistics for West Virginia University departments.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 184 Folder: 1
      West Virginia State Departmental Payrolls (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 184 Folder: 2
      Payrolls (Includes correspondence, statistics, and copies of budget requests.)
      1946–1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 184 Folder: 3
      Reports of West Virginia Counties Boards of Education (Includes financial reports.)
      1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 184 Folder: 4
      Payrolls of West Virginia Colleges and Schools, April-May (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 184 Folder: 5
      Payroll-West Virginia University, May (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 1
      Payroll-West Virginia University, September (Includes correspondence and reports.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 2
      Payrolls-West Virginia State Departmental (Includes statistics and correspondence.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 3
      Payrolls-State Institutions, (Includes correspondence and statistics.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 4
      Interstate Cooperation Commission Correspondence
      1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 5
      West Virginia State Departmental Payrolls
      1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 185 Folder: 6
      West Virginia State Departmental Payrolls
      1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 1
      Payroll-State Road Commission, Tenth District, October
      1950
  • Legislative Records--Works Progress Administration
    1934-1942 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes correspondence, payroll records, project records, and other miscellaneous material relative to the activities of the Works Progress Administration that Rush Holt gathered. It should be noted that while he was not an administrator of the Works Progress Administration, Rush Holt used his legislative position to discover and draw attention to the organization that he believed had been corrupted.

    Correspondence is comprised of letters to and from Rush Holt concerning the status of projects in West Virginia counties. Also included are incoming letters from around the United States relating to Holt's speeches, actions, and beliefs concerning the Works Progress Administration.

    Payroll records include copies of salaries received for positions of different projects in West Virginia counties. These records include location information, project numbers, position titles, and salary amounts.

    Project records include information relating to the cost of rentals, supplies, and bids, among other project expenditures.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration, Wayne County Investigation (Includes correspondence and clippings.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 2
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Berkeley County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 3
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Boone County
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Braxton County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 5
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Cabell County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Calhoun County
      1935–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Clay County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 8
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Doddridge County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 9
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Fayette County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 10
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Gilmer County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 11
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Greenbrier County
      1935–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 12
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Hampshire County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 13
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Hancock County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 14
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Harrison County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 15
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Jackson County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 16
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Jefferson County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 17
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Kanawha County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 18
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Lewis County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 19
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Lincoln County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 186 Folder: 20
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Logan County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, McDowell County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 2
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Marion County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 3
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Mason County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Mercer County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 5
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Mineral County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Mingo County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Monongalia County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 8
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Monroe County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 9
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Morgan County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 10
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Pendleton County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 11
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Pleasants County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 12
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Preston County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 13
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Putnam County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 14
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Raleigh County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 15
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Randolph County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 16
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Ritchie County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 17
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Roane County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 187 Folder: 18
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Summers County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Taylor County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 2
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Tucker County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 3
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Tyler County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Upshur County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 5
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Wayne County
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Webster County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Wetzel County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 8
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Wirt County
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 9
      Relief Employees, Barbour County-Preston County (Includes payroll records of different positions.)
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 10
      Relief Employees, Putnam County-Wyoming County (Includes payroll records of different positions.)
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 11
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence A-G
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 188 Folder: 12
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence H-N
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence O-Z
      1935–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 3
      Johnstone's Report on Works Progress Administration
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration, Affidavits
      1934-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 5
      Works Progress Administration, Salaries $150 and Up
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls (Includes payroll records of different positions.)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration Miscellaneous
      1935-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 8
      Works Progress Administration, Employees, Sixth District
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 9
      Works Progress Administration, Administrative Payroll Increases (Includes payroll records of different positions.)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 10
      Works Progress Administration, Supervisory Employees, First-Fourth Districts
      1935-1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 11
      Works Progress Administration, County Superintendent Project Information
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration, Brick Bids
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 2
      Works Progress Administration, Rentals
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 3
      Works Progress Administration, Trucks/Rental Equipment
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Washington, D.C.
      1936-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 5
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, California
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Colorado
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 7
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Florida
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 8
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Illinois
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 9
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Indiana
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 10
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Kansas
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 11
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Kentucky
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 12
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Maine
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 13
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Maryland
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 14
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Massachusetts
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 15
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Michigan
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 16
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, New Jersey
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 17
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, New York
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 18
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Ohio
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 19
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Oklahoma
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 20
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Oregon
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 21
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Pennsylvania
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 22
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Rhode Island
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 23
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, South Dakota
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 24
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Virginia
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 25
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Washington
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 26
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, West Virginia
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 27
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Wisconsin
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 28
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, Wyoming
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 190 Folder: 29
      Works Progress Administration Correspondence, No Address
      1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 191
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls and Statements of Completed Projects
      1934–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 192
      Works Progress Administration, Administration Payrolls
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 193
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls, Barbour-Kanawha Counties
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 194
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls, Lewis-Preston Counties
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 195
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls, Putnam-Wyoming Counties
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 196
      Works Progress Administration, Payrolls, Barbour-Jackson Counties
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 197
      Works Progress Administration
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 198
      Works Progress Administration
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 6
      Works Progress Administration-Data; Speeches; Statements; Pamphlets; etc.
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration-Appropriations Funds; Policies
      1938–1942
    • Mixed Materials Box: 375 Folder: 4
      Works Progress Administration-Statement of Projects Completed
      undated
  • Legislative Records--Miscellaneous
    1920-1955 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes typescripts, statistics, publications, reports, and other miscellaneous records pertaining to Rush Holt's legislative activity.

    Topics represented by the material include municipal operations, education, neutrality, and immigration, among others.

    Records of note include copies of the West Virginia Legislature Journal for the 1944 first extraordinary session of the state's House of Delegates and Senate (located in box 339, folder 14), a five-year plan for West Virginia highways (located in box 294, folder 6), and annual reports written and sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (located in box 296, folder 2 to box 297, folder 2).

    Additional correspondence related to Holt's legislative activity, and more general political topics, can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence and Miscellaneous.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 9
      Charts Showing the Origin (in Congress or in Executive Department) of Major Acts in the 73rd and 74th Congress
      ca. 1934-ca. 1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 8
      Congressional Intelligence (Includes various reports of information concerning legislation.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 13
      The Forum Observer (Contains several copies (different issues) of The Forum Observer newsletter.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 16
      Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher (Includes copies of speeches delivered by Senator Fletcher (D-Florida) regarding the American Federation of Labor.)
      1922-1924 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 4
      Hatfield (Includes a copy of the voting record of Senator H. D. Hatfield during the first session of the 73rd Congress.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 5
      Hearings (Includes transcripts of hearings overseen by the United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 4
      Labor 1 of 2 (Includes newspaper articles and publications concerning labor-related events.)
      1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 5
      Labor 2 of 2 (Includes newspaper articles and publications concerning labor-related events; includes issue of Survey Graphic and booklet titled Attempt by Communists to Seize the American Labor Movement.)
      1924-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 8
      John C. Lewis (Includes transcripts of speeches by John C. Lewis, former commissioner of the National Bituminous Coal Commission.)
      1939–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 166 Folder: 4
      Published Copies of Congressional Speeches, 1929-1944; Research Material for Speeches, ca. 1934-1935
      1929–1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 169 Folder: 1
      Guffey Coal Bill; Correspondence A-W; Other Items
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 169 Folder: 2
      National Bituminous Coal Commission
      1937-1939English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 1 to 3
      Miscellaneous Political Material
      1934–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 7
      Education (Includes material regarding education (publications with budgetary figures and miscellaneous publications).)
      1936–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 8
      Foreign Trade with Belligerents (Includes statistics and other publications regarding trade.)
      1938–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 9
      Foreign Trade with Belligerents (Includes correspondence, reports, and clippings.)
      1939–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 1
      Knox Folder 1 (Includes clippings, notes, memos, and copies of the "Congressional Record," and photocopies newspaper pages.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 2
      Knox Folder 2 (Includes photocopies of newspaper pages, reports. Memos, and correspondence.)
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 3
      Miscellaneous (Includes memos, pamphlets, correspondence, and reports.)
      1948–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 4
      Miscellaneous (Includes reports and memos.)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 5
      Miscellaneous (Includes sample ballots, reports, publications, and correspondence.)
      1938–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 294 Folder: 6
      Highway Plan (Includes a booklet about 5 year West Virginia highway plan.)
      ca. 1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 295 Folder: 1
      Rush Holt Political Material: Appropriations; William J. Bryan; Brazil; Civil Liberties; Civil Service Appointments; Grenville Clark; and Forrestal (Includes reports and statistics.)
      1923–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 295 Folder: 2
      Rush Holt Political Material: Neutrality Materials (Includes newspapers, clippings, reports, and drafts of speeches.)
      1939–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 295 Folder: 3
      Rush Holt Political Material: Neutrality Continued (Includes reports, newspapers, and publications.)
      1930–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 295 Folder: 4
      Rush Holt Political Material: Propaganda (Includes clippings, typescripts, memos, and correspondence relating to propaganda.)
      1930–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 295 Folder: 5
      Rush Holt Political Material: Pepper (Includes miscellaneous material relating to Claud Pepper, former senator from Florida.)
      1930–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 1
      Miscellaneous (Includes publications regarding the West Virginia Board of Pharmacy, an annual report for Gimbel Brothers Incorporated, and an annual report for R. H. Macy and Company.)
      1927–1953
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 2
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 3
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 4
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 5
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 296 Folder: 6
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 297 Folder: 1
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 297 Folder: 2
      Annual Reports Written and Sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission (Includes annual reports regarding utilities (electric, gas) in West Virginia and surrounding states which were sent to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.)
      1927–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 316 Folder: 2
      Immigration Questions (includes printed material like Congressional Records, typescript reports, etc.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 316 Folder: 3
      Radio Transcripts and Senate Documents; Miscellaneous
      1920–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 3
      Legislative Files-President F. D. Roosevelt-Collection of Speeches; Correspondence; Official Reports; and Ephemera (Includes reference material from the Library of Congress, correspondence, and publications among other material.)
      1930–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 2
      Legislative Files-Committee on Education and Labor; Correspondence; Reports; Newsletters
      1952–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 318 Folder: 3
      West Virginia State Department of Purchases-Insurance Division (Includes a report with statistics for cities in West Virginia.)
      1949
    • Mixed Materials Box: 320 Folder: 2
      1934 Campaign; Liberalism, 1937; Oil Speech, Election Fraud Data (Folder includes clippings, reports, memos, etc.)
      1934–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 320 Folder: 5
      Cabinet Officers (Includes miscellaneous material relating to Congress' interactions with the Cabinet.)
      1924
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 5
      Congressional Records (Includes pages of the Congressional Record speeches/activities that Holt retained. Includes topics including labor (oil), tariffs and taxation, education, and the election process of the president (attempt to eliminate the electoral college), among others.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 6
      Congressional Records (Includes pages of the Congressional Record speeches/activities that Holt retained. Includes topics including labor (oil), tariffs and taxation, education, and the election process of the president (attempt to eliminate the electoral college), among others.)
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 5
      Typescript of House Resolution #12 on Un-American Activity
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 13
      Comparative Data-Municipal Operations, October 25 (contains an oversize table of municipal operations for select cities in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.)
      1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 6
      Congressional Record
      1940–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 14
      West Virginia Legislature, Journals (Includes copies of the Journal of the House of Delegates and the Senate Journal.)
      1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 4
      Legislative Candidate Correspondence, 1944-1964; and Newsletters
      1944–1964
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 8
      Legislative Correspondence; Itineraries; Etc.
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 1
      Legislative Correspondence; Itineraries; Etc.
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 360 Folder: 2
      Legislative Correspondence; Itineraries; Etc.
      1934
Series 4. Constituent Services
1923-1954 and undated
Scope and Contents

Includes mail received by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate from constituents requesting government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, educational material, and Rush Holt's recommendation to the United States Military or Naval Academy. In some cases, this series also includes typescript responses, many of which are generic.

  • Constituent Services--General Constituent Mail
    1923-1954 and undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes constituent mail received and sent by Rush Holt during his time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.

    Because of different original series of correspondence (including general correspondence, second copies, and correspondence sorted by topic), in addition to maintaining this original order, the material of this series, as a whole, is not in chronological order. It should also be noted that the letters that have been sorted by topic are not a complete representation of that subject.

    Topics include World War II, neutrality, political issues (such as the Supreme Court proposed alteration, Rush Holt's age at the time of his election to the Senate, presidential third terms, etc.), state construction projects (such as roads and infrastructure), and state programs and relief efforts for issues such as the 1936 silicosis incident in West Virginia, among others.

    General correspondence is arranged chronologically, then foldered by first letter of last name. It includes basic requests for material, facts, or brief opinions. Copies of typescript responses are stapled to the original constituent letter.

    Second copies correspondence is arranged chronologically, but it contains only the typescript copies of Rush Holt's responses. For some, the first copy typescript and original letter are located in general correspondence; however, others are not.

    Supreme Court correspondence is organized into two groups: Individuals for and against the proposed change. Attached to the initial letters from constituents is Rush Holt's response, and for those against the change, there are also form letters offering a publication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first congressional meeting.

    There are also a few boxes of West Virginia Taxpayer correspondence that include outgoing typescript copies of letters, mostly letters of thanks and solicitation for donations/subscription to support Holt's newsletter/publication, the West Virginia Taxpayer . There is a small amount of incoming correspondence as well. Copies of this publication can be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers, Publications.

    For an example of a constituent mail log, please see Series 6. Administrative Files.

    Additional constituent mail may also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 5
      General Correspondence 1928-1933; 1931, A-W; and 1933, A-E (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Also contains material from before his election to the House of Delegates (e.g., in 1929 Rush Holt was Director of Publicity for the West Virginia Athletic Conference. Also includes incoming letters and telegrams from constituents, sometimes personal, acquaintances, other politicians; but also outgoing typescript copies from Rush Holt.)
      1928–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6
      General Correspondence, F-N (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Also includes incoming letters and telegrams from constituents, sometimes personal, acquaintances, other politicians; but also outgoing typescript copies from Rush Holt.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 7
      General Correspondence, 1933 O-1934, K (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Also includes incoming letters and telegrams from constituents, sometimes personal, acquaintances, other politicians; but also outgoing typescript copies from Rush Holt. Also includes a memo to President FDR about the general sales tax.)
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8
      General Correspondence 1934, L-1935, Y and 1938, May 23-31 (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.)
      1934–1938 May 31
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9
      General Correspondence January, G-September (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.)
      1939 January–1939 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 10
      General Correspondence October, A-G (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.)
      1939 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 11
      General Correspondence October, H-R (Includes constituent correspondence from Rush Holt's time in the West Virginia House of Delegates and the United States Senate.)
      1939 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12
      General Correspondence October, S-November, H (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1939 October–1939 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13
      General Correspondence November, 1939, I-February, 1940, C (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1939 November–1940 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 14
      General Correspondence February, D-March, W
      1940 February–1940 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      General Correspondence April, A-L (Includes letters that mention the neutrality debate.)
      1940 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16
      General Correspondence April, Mc-Y
      1940 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17
      General Correspondence May, A-R
      1940 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18
      General Correspondence May, S-June, J (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 May–1940 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19
      General Correspondence June, K-V (Includes letters that mention WWII. Also contains a letter from Theodore Roosevelt.)
      1940 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 20
      General Correspondence June, W-July, C (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 June–1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 21
      General Correspondence July, C (Continued)-G (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 22
      General Correspondence July, H-L (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 23
      General Correspondence July, Mc-R (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 24
      General Correspondence July, S-Z (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 25
      General Correspondence August, A-C (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 26
      General Correspondence August, C (Continued)-G (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 27
      General Correspondence August, H-L (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 28
      General Correspondence August, L (Continued)-O (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 29
      General Correspondence August, P-S (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 30
      General Correspondence August, S (Continued)-September, B (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 August–1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 31
      General Correspondence September, B (Continued)-E
      1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 32
      General Correspondence September, F-J
      1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 33
      General Correspondence September, K-Q
      1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 34
      General Correspondence September, R-T
      1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 35
      General Correspondence September, T (Continued)-October, F (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 September–1940 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 36
      General Correspondence October, G-P (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 37
      General Correspondence October, G-November, A (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 October–1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 38
      General Correspondence November, B-D (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 39
      General Correspondence November, D-H (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 40
      General Correspondence November, H (Continued)-M (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 41
      General Correspondence November, M (Continued)-R (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 42
      General Correspondence November, S-Z (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 43
      General Correspondence December, A-F (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 44
      General Correspondence December, G-Q (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 45
      General Correspondence December, R-Z (Includes letters that mention WWII) and Correspondence Regarding Senate Gallery Passes
      1940 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 46
      General Correspondence, Anonymous and Miscellaneous (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 47
      General Correspondence January, A-G (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 48
      General Correspondence January, H-O (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 49
      General Correspondence January, P-Z; Miscellaneous (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 50
      General Correspondence February, A-F (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 51
      General Correspondence February, G-M (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 52
      General Correspondence February, N-Z; Miscellaneous (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 53
      General Correspondence March, A-R (Includes letters that mention WWII. Also contains a letter relating to Holt's cartoon collection.)
      1941 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 54
      General Correspondence March, S-November M (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 March–1941 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 55
      General Correspondence 1941, November N-1943, June (Includes letters that mention WWII.)
      1941 November–1943 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 56
      General Correspondence July-November K
      1943 July–1943 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 57
      General Correspondence November, L-December, R
      1943 November–1943 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 58
      General Correspondence December, 1943, S-December, 1944, K; Miscellaneous, 1944; 1943, Strickler (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt, Sr. and Mrs. Willa M. Strickler, the wife of a Dr. E.W. Strickler of Fairmont.)
      1943 December–1944 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 59
      General Correspondence Strickler, 1934-1943; General Correspondence (Second Copies) 1939, June, A-S (Includes correspondence between Rush Holt, Sr. and Mrs. Willa M. Strickler, the wife of a Dr. E.W. Strickler of Fairmont. Also includes letters to VIPs for constituent visits. Also includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1934–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 60
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) June, D-Z (Includes letters to VIPs for constituent visits. Also includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1939 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 61
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) July, A-M (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1939 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 62
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) July, X-Z; August, A-C (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc. Also contains a letter to J. Edgar Hoover.)
      1939 July–1939 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 63
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) 1939 August, Mc-September, Z; 1940, January A (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1939 August–1940 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 64
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) January, B-H (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 65
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) January, I-February, B (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 January–1940 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 66
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) February, C-I (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 67
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) February, J-Q; March M (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 February–1940 March
    • Mixed Materials Box: 68
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) March, N-April B (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 March–1940 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 69
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) April G-P (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 70
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) April, Q-W (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 71
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) April, X-May L (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 April–1940 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 72
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) May, M-June B (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 May–1940 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 73
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) June, B-Z (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 74
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) July, A-L (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 75
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) July, M-August, B (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc. Also includes a letter to John W. Studebaker.)
      1940 July–1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 76
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) August, C-N (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 77
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) August, O-September, E (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 August–1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 78
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) September, F-T (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 79
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) September, U-October, Q (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 September–1940 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 80
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) October, R-November, I (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 October–1940 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 81
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) November, J-December, K (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc.)
      1940 November–1940 December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 82
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) December, 1940, L-Z; Requests for Speeches, June 1935-April, 1936 (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc. Also includes several letters that mention "Youth Faces War" speech (1935) and the WPA.)
      1935–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 132
      Supreme Court Correspondence "For," Berkeley-Mingo Counties (Includes general correspondence with constituents regarding efforts of President Roosevelt to reorganize the Supreme Court. Also includes a letter from the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America about Supreme Court change and a letter from United Mine Workers.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 133
      Supreme Court Correspondence "For," 1937 Mongolia-Wyoming Counties; Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," 1937-1940 Barbour-Berkley Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court. Also includes a letter from the American Red Cross and a letter to FDR.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 134
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Barbour-Calhoun Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 135
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Cabell-Hancock Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 136
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Harrison-Kanawha Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 137
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Kanawha-Marion Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 138
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Marshall-Mingo Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 139
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Monongalia-Ohio, A-O Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 140
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Ohio, P-Z to Roane Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 141
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Raleigh-Wayne Counties (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court.)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 142
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Webster-Wyoming Counties; Correspondence Regarding Teachers, B-E (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court. Also includes requests from teachers and students for government publications to support curriculum activities. Subjects include vocational school subjects and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others. Also includes requests for the Agricultural Yearbook (Food and Life) and the Farmer's Bulletin)
      1937–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 3
      Agriculture Imports (Includes correspondence with import statistics from 1937.)
      1937-ca. 1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 4
      Air Mail Routes (Includes correspondence relating to air mail between Charleston, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 5
      Correspondence Regarding Amending Social Security Act
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 6
      American Federations 1 of 2 (Includes correspondence regarding issues with American labor federations (railroad, steel, etc.).)
      1933-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 7
      American federations 2 of 2 (Includes correspondence regarding issues with American labor federations (railroad, steel, etc.).)
      1933-1937 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 8
      American Federation of Labor (Includes correspondence with William Green, former president of American Federation of Labor.)
      1936-1940 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 9
      Amile, Thomas (Includes correspondence relating to Amile's appointment to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Committee.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 12
      Anonymous (Includes miscellaneous correspondence and other related records.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 1
      Appropriations (Includes yearly total numbers of employees of federal government and yearly debt.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 5
      Senator Black (Includes correspondence relating to the nomination and confirmation of Hugo Lafayette Black to the United States Supreme Court.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 145 Folder: 6
      Blue Stone Dam (Includes correspondence and material relating to the Blue Stone Dam in Hinton, West Virginia.)
      1935–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 4
      Club House Passes (Includes outgoing correspondence from Rush Holt about sending passes to the Charles Town Club House.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 5
      Copies of Newspaper Clippings (Includes transcripts of newspaper articles.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 6
      Colebank (Includes correspondence relating to H. B. Colebank, former state director for the West Virginia WPA Division of Labor; also includes a list of eligible families for work with WPA in West Virginia.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 7
      Congratulation Letters from Constituents for Rush Holt's Election
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 9
      Congressional Record (Includes correspondence about the Congressional Record, various reports, and voting records.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 4
      Delinquent Tax List (Includes correspondence requesting delinquent tax lists for 1938.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 5
      Department of Justice Employees (correspondence and lists)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 6
      Dykstra (Includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Mr. Dykstra.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 7
      Editor Letters (Includes letters from Rush Holt asking editors to print information about arms embargo.)
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 9
      Age Issue (Includes correspondence relating to the election of Holt to the United States Senate at age 29. Also includes a booklet, Reply of Rush Holt to the Petition of Henry D. Hatfield Apr. 18, 1935, and information about Harry Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania, who was also elected and then had the election challenged; see also following folder)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 10
      Barrett Petition (Includes correspondence and lists of names relating to Rush Holt being elected at the age of 29. Material represents opinions of individuals for and against Holt being allowed to assume a Senate seat; see also previous folder.)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 11
      Employees on Federal Pay Roll (Includes outgoing correspondence (with attached statistics) from Rush Holt responding concerning the number of federal employees.)
      ca. 1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 14
      Farms- Cash Income Statistics, West Virginia
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 17
      Felix Frankfurter (Includes correspondence relating to Frankfurter as a nominee for the Supreme Court)
      ca. 1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 18
      Gasoline Tax Letters 1 of 4
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 1
      Gasoline Tax Letters 2 of 4
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 2
      Gasoline Tax Letters 3 of 4
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 3
      Gasoline Tax Letters 4 of 4
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 5
      Gilbertsville Dam Correspondence
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 6
      Government Expenditures (Includes correspondence about sales tax issue and federal spending.)
      1936–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 7
      Telegrams 1 of 2 (Includes various telegrams and correspondence to and from Holt.)
      1936–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 8
      Telegrams 2 of 2 (Includes various telegrams and correspondence to and from Holt.)
      1936–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 1
      Harry L. Hopkins Nomination (Includes correspondence and material relating to Harry Hopkins (a top Roosevelt advisor) who was nominated to be secretary of commerce.)
      1935-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 2
      Jehovah's Witnesses (Includes correspondence involving concerns with freedom of speech and religion.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 3
      Judge Keenan (related to Supreme Court issue)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 150 Folder: 6
      Labors non-Partisan League Correspondence
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 6
      Maiden Speech in Senate (Includes congratulatory correspondence to Rush Holt concerning his first speech in the United States Senate.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 8
      Melton Maloney (Includes correspondence relating to Melton Maloney and the WPA.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 12
      Tom Mooney (Includes correspondence relative to the decision to pardon Tom Mooney for his involvement in the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing.)
      1937–1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 151 Folder: 13
      Frank Murphy (Includes correspondence and related material concerning Frank Murphy as a Supreme Court nominee.)
      1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 152 Folder: 7
      Palestine Situation (Includes correspondence and related material between Rush Holt and important members of Jewish communities. The topic of this material is the acceptance of Jewish refuges being allowed to relocate to Palestine.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 1
      Patman bill 1 of 3 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the Patman Chain Store Bill.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 2
      Patman bill 2 of 3 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the Patman Chain Store Bill.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 3
      Patman bill 3 of 3 (Includes original constituent mailing cards relating to the Patman Chain Store Bill.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 5
      Petitions 1 of 2 (Includes petitions to keep the United States out of war.)
      1939-1940 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 153 Folder: 6
      Petitions 2 of 2 (Includes petitions to keep the United States out of war.)
      1939-1940 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 155 Folder: 1
      Public Roads (Includes publications about transportation from the Federal Works Agency Public Roads Administration.)
      1937-1938 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 2
      Relief Program (Includes correspondence with constituents concerning opportunities for relief.)
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 4
      Relief Personnel (Includes statistics for West Virginia county Relief Administrations.)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 157 Folder: 2
      Silicosis (Includes correspondence with Rush Holt asking for information and relating to the Silicosis incident in West Virginia.)
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 158 Folder: 2
      Spanish Embargo 1 of 2 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the Spanish Embargo and neutrality.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 158 Folder: 3
      Spanish Embargo 2 of 2 (Includes constituent correspondence and similar material relating to the Spanish Embargo and neutrality.)
      1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 3
      Telegrams (Includes constituent correspondence.)
      1936 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 5
      Third Term File 1 of 3 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the debate of allowing a presidential third term.)
      ca. 1939-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 159 Folder: 6
      Third Term File 2 of 3 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the debate of allowing a presidential third term.)
      ca. 1939-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 1
      Third Term File 3 of 3 (Includes constituent correspondence relating to the debate of allowing a presidential third term.)
      ca. 1939-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 160 Folder: 4
      Union Letters (Includes letters from United Mine Workers, Progressive Miners of America, and International Association of Machinists, among others.)
      1936-1939 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 161 Folder: 1
      Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Letters 1 of 4 (Includes correspondence and petitions from constituents sent to Rush Holt concerning the Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company bill.)
      1935 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 161 Folder: 2
      Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Letters 2 of 4 (Includes correspondence from constituents sent to Rush Holt concerning the Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company bill.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 161 Folder: 3
      Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Letters 3 of 4 (Includes correspondence from constituents sent to Rush Holt concerning the Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company bill.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 161 Folder: 4
      Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company Letters 4 of 4 (Includes correspondence from constituents sent to Rush Holt concerning the Wheeler-Rayburn Holding Company bill.)
      1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 162 Folder: 1
      Works Progress Administration, Constituent Correspondence 1 of 2 (Includes correspondence and other related material.)
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 162 Folder: 2
      Works Progress Administration Constituent Correspondence 2 of 2 (Includes correspondence and other related material such as reports and statistics. Also includes blueprints for Warwood Athletic Building)
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 162 Folder: 3
      Campaign Material Correspondence, Barbour-Clay Counties
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 162 Folder: 4
      Campaign Material Correspondence, Doddridge-Harrison Counties
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 162 Folder: 5
      Campaign Material Correspondence, Jackson-Mason Counties
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 291
      Constituent Mail and Administrative Mailing Records
      1936–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 292
      Constituent Mail and Administrative Mailing Records
      1936–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 343
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, A-B (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 344
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, C (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 345
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, D-F (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 346
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, G-H (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 347
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, H-J (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 348
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, K-M (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 349
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, M (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 350
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, N-R (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 351
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, R-S (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 352
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, S-T (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 353
      West Virginia Taxpayer Correspondence, T-Z (Includes incoming letters and typescripts of responses.)
      1951–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 359 Folder: 1
      Miscellaneous Constituent Correspondence
      1950–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 169 Folder: 3
      Typed Form Letters to Constituents
      ca. 1940English.
  • Constituent Services--Academy Appointments
    1935-1941
    Scope and Contents

    Includes copies of correspondence between Rush Holt and constituents asking for the former's recommendation to the United States Military Academy (West Point) or Naval Academy (Annapolis).

    • Mixed Materials Box: 128
      Academy Correspondence Annapolis, I-Z (Includes correspondence concerning appointments to the Naval Academy involving Holt.)
      1935–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 129
      Academy Correspondence West Point, A-M (Includes correspondence concerning appointments to the Naval Academy and West Point involving Holt.)
      1935–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 130
      Academy Correspondence West Point, M-Z Includes correspondence concerning appointments to West Point involving Holt.)
      1935–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 131
      Academy Correspondence West Point, A-Z; West Point, B-Z (Includes correspondence concerning appointments to West Point and the Naval Academy involving Holt.) (Includes correspondence concerning appointments to West Point involving Holt.)
      1939–1941
  • Constituent Services--Requests
    1934–1941
    Scope and Contents

    Includes constituent letters asking for government publications and bulletins, copies of speeches, and educational material. The material is generally separated by date and state or correspondent.

    Requests for government publications and bulletins include a mixture of educational and personal use requests for publications such as the Agricultural Yearbook and the Farmer's Bulletin . Also included are requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).

    Requests for speeches include letters from constituents reflecting their opinions about Rush Holt's speeches in addition to asking for copies. Topics of speeches requested include World War II (particularly the "Youth Faces War" and "Keep America Neutral" speeches), the Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court issue, the Conscription bill, and the Burke-Wardsworth bill, among others.

    Requests for educational material are primarily from teachers and students asking Rush Holt for material to support curriculum activities. Subjects represented include vocational school topics and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 82
      General Correspondence (Second Copies) December, 1940, L-Z; Requests for Speeches, June 1935-April, 1936 (Includes personal and career-related correspondence with West Virginia individuals and businesses, individuals in D.C., etc. Also includes several letters that mention "Youth Faces War" speech (1935) and the WPA.)
      1935–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 83
      Request for Speeches March, 1936, Mc-April, 1937, L (Includes letters that mention the "Youth Faces War" speech (1935,) the WPA, and the Supreme Court issue.)
      1936 March–1937 April
    • Mixed Materials Box: 84
      Request for Speeches March, 1937, Q-July; May 4, 1938 California-Indiana (Includes correspondence relating to the Supreme Court issue.)
      1937 March–1938 May 4
    • Mixed Materials Box: 85
      Request for Speeches May 4, 1938 Iowa-West Virginia and Anonymous; March, 1938-January 10 and 18, 1939
      1938 March–1939 January 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 86
      Request for Speeches January 10 and 18, Alabama-Louisiana; January 28, Maine-New York (Includes correspondence that mentions the WPA.)
      1939 January 10–1939 January 28
    • Mixed Materials Box: 87
      Request for Speeches January 28, North Carolina-Wyoming and Anonymous; April 22, Alabama-Idaho (Includes correspondence that mentions the WPA.)
      1939 January 28–1939 April 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 88
      Request for Speeches Notecards April 22, Alabama-Wisconsin; April 22, Illinois-Massachusetts
      1939 April 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 89
      Request for Speeches April 22, Michigan-New York (Includes letters that mention President Roosevelt's foreign policy, keeping the United States out of WWII, and the neutrality policy.)
      1939 April 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 90
      Request for Speeches April 22, Oregon-Wyoming and Anonymous and International; May 1 and 9, Alabama-New Jersey (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1939 April 22–1939 May 9
    • Mixed Materials Box: 91
      Request for Speeches May 9, 1939, New York-West Virginia; June 1, 1940, Alabama-Kansas (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1939 May 9–1940 June 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 92
      Request for Speeches June 1, Kentucky-New Jersey (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1940 June 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 93
      Request for Speeches June 1, New Jersey-New York (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1940 June 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 94
      Request for Speeches June 1, North Carolina-Wyoming and International; June 10, Ohio-Pennsylvania (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1940 June 1–1940 June 10
    • Mixed Materials Box: 95
      Request for Speeches July 30, California-Rhode Island (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII.)
      1940 July 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 96
      Request for Speeches July 30, Texas-Wisconsin and Miscellaneous; August 6, Alabama- Massachusetts (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII and that mention the Conscription bill.)
      1940 July 30–1940 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 97
      Request for Speeches August 6, Massachusetts-New Mexico (Includes letters that mention the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 98
      Request for Speeches August 6, New York-Oregon (Includes letters that mention not wanting the United States to join WWII and that mention the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 99
      Request for Speeches August 6, Pennsylvania-West Virginia (Includes letters that mention the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 100
      Request for Speeches August 6, West Virginia (Includes letters that mention the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 101
      Request for Speeches August 6, West Virginia-Wyoming; Notecards August 6, California- Wisconsin; August 17, Alabama-California (Includes letters that mention the Conscription Bill, the Burke-Wardsworth bill, and WWII.)
      1940 August 6–1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 102
      Request for Speeches August 17, California-Kansas (Includes letters that mention the Conscription Bill, the Burke-Wardsworth bill, and WWII.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 103
      Request for Speeches August 17, Kentucky-Mississippi (Includes letters that mention the Burke-Wardsworth bill.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 104
      Request for Speeches August 17, Montana-New York (Includes letters that mention the Burke-Wardsworth Bill and the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 105
      Request for Speeches August 17, New York-Oregon (Includes letters that mention the Burke-Wardsworth Bill and the Conscription bill.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 106
      Request for Speeches August 17, Pennsylvania-West Virginia (Includes letters that mention the Burke-Wardsworth bill.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 107
      Request for Speeches August 17, West Virginia-Wisconsin and Canada and Miscellaneous; Request for Speeches Notecards August 17, Alabama-Michigan (Includes letters that mention the Burke-Wardsworth bill.)
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 108
      Request for Speeches Notecards August 17, Minnesota-Wyoming and Mexico
      1940 August 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 109
      Request for Speeches October 17, Alabama-Idaho
      1940 October 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 110
      Request for Speeches October 17, Illinois-Massachusetts
      1940 October 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 111
      Request for Speeches October 17, Michigan-New Jersey
      1940 October 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 112
      Request for Speeches October 17, New York
      1940 October 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 113
      Request for Speeches October 17, North Carolina-Tennessee
      1940 October 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 114
      Request for Speeches October 17, Texas-Wyoming, International and Miscellaneous; December 4 and 5, Alabama-California (Includes letters that mention the United States foreign relations and the Supreme Court issue.)
      1940 October 17–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 115
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, California-Illinois (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 116
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, Illinois-Minnesota (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 117
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, Missouri-New York (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 118
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, New York (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 119
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, New York-Texas (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 120
      Request for Speeches Notecards December 4 and 5, Alabama-New York
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 121
      Request for Speeches Notecards December 4 and 5, New York-Texas
      1940 December 4–1940 December 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 122
      Request for Speeches December 4 and 5, Utah-Wyoming; December 26, Colorado-North Dakota (also some Jan 1941) (Includes letters that mention wanting the United States to stay out of WWII.)
      1940 December 4–1940 December 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 123
      Request for Speeches December 26, 1940, Ohio-Wyoming; January 2, 1941, Alabama-Massachusetts (Includes letters that mention the William Allen White report.)
      1940 December 26–1941 January 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 124
      Request for Speeches January 2, Michigan-New York (Includes letters that mention wanting the United States to stay out of WWII.)
      1941 January 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 125
      Request for Speeches January 2, New York-Pennsylvania (Includes letters that mention wanting the United States to stay out of WWII.)
      1941 January 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 126
      Request for Speeches January 2, Rhode Island-Wyoming and Canada; Request for Speeches Compilation of speeches, January, A-M (Includes letters that mention wanting the United States to stay out of WWII. Also includes letters that mention WWII and the United States foreign affairs.)
      1941 January 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 127 Folder: 1-3
      Request for Speeches Compilation of speeches, January, N-W; Requests for Speeches Notecards Alabama-West Virginia
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 142
      Supreme Court Correspondence "Against," Webster-Wyoming Counties; Correspondence Regarding Teachers, B-E (Includes letters that mention proposed change with the Supreme Court. Also includes requests from teachers and students for government publications to support curriculum activities. Subjects include vocational school subjects and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others. Also includes requests for the Agricultural Yearbook (Food and Life) and the Farmer's Bulletin)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 143
      Correspondence Regarding Teachers, A-Z; Correspondence, Request for Bulletins, Berkeley-Nicholas Counties (Includes requests from teachers and students for government publications to support curriculum activities. Subjects include vocational school subjects and issues, West Virginia and United States geography, and United States commerce, among others. Also includes requests for the Agricultural Yearbook (Food and Life) and the Farmer's Bulletin. Also includes requests for government publications. Also includes a mixture of vocational education and personal use requests for publications such as Agricultural Yearbook and Farmer's Bulletin. Also includes requests for publications about political topics (e.g. a presidential third term).
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 1
      Correspondence, Request for Bulletins, Ohio-Wirt Counties (Includes requests for government publications. Also includes a mixture of vocational education and personal use requests for publications such as Agricultural Yearbook and Farmer's Bulletin.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 144 Folder: 2
      Correspondence, Request for Bulletins, Roane-Wirt Counties (Includes requests for government publications. Also includes a mixture of vocational education and personal use requests for publications such as Agricultural Yearbook and Farmer's Bulletin.)
      1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 17
      Requests for "Government Inspired Propaganda" Speech (Form Mail in Postcard Format)
      1938
Series 5. Press and Media Activity
1925–20031925–1955
Scope and Contents

Includes original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications, typescripts of press releases, pen-and-ink drawn political cartoons, transcripts of speeches, and sound recordings, among other material representing Rush Holt's involvement with the press and media.

  • Press and Media Activity--Clippings
    1928–20031928–1955
    Scope and Contents

    Includes both original and photocopied articles from newspapers and similar publications retained by Rush Holt. Entire issues are also included in this series. Some clippings have been pasted into scrapbooks.

    Topics represented are a combination of personal and political interests.

    Personal topics include Rush Holt's wedding to Helen Louise Froelich, the Holt family, and the Rush Holt History Conference at West Virginia University (1998-2003), among others.

    Political topics include Rush Holt's campaigns and elections, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the Works Progress Administration, and neutrality issues, among others.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 2
      Correspondence, Clippings, and Other Items 1 of 2 (Includes CIO correspondence, and related material.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 146 Folder: 3
      Correspondence, Clippings, and Other Items 2 of 2 (includes some CIO correspondence and CIO 1938-1939 official yearbook of the West Virginia Industrial Union Council)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 156 Folder: 7
      Saturday Evening Post (Includes miscellaneous clippings.)
      1935–1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 189 Folder: 2
      WPA Investigation Clippings
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 293 Folder: 6
      Miscellaneous Legislative Records; Campaign Material
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 317 Folder: 1
      Miscellaneous (Includes miscellaneous clippings and publications.)
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 323
      Photocopied Clippings, November, 1934-1943
      1933 November–1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 324
      Photocopied Clippings, January, 1944-December 1949; Personal Publications, February 1949-January, 1951
      1944 January–1951 January
    • Mixed Materials Box: 326
      Photocopied Clippings, January, 1950-September, 1952
      1951 January–1952 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 327
      Photocopied Clippings, September 1952-February, 1955 and miscellaneous
      1952 September–1955 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 328
      Newspaper Clippings
      1936–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 1
      The Southern Conservative ; National Record ; The Free American ; and The Stuben News
      1940–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 2
      The Irish Republic ; The Gaelic American ; and Monetary Democracy
      1937–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 3
      The Herald ; The American Guardian ; Expose ; and Dayton Independent
      1939–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 4
      Man ; The West Virginia Issue ; In Fact [5 issues]; and The Rubicon
      1933–1948
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 5
      No Taxes ; The Tidings ; Our Sunday Visitor ; New York State Taxpayer ; and Herold of His Coming
      1937–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 6
      Women's Voice; Hudson News; Hindusthan Standard; The Evening News
      1936–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 329 Folder: 7
      Nationaltidende [Danish]; Ekstra Bladet [Danish]; Stavanger Aftenblad [Danish]; Andy Palmer's Great Guns; The Pink Reporter
      1939–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 1
      Scrapbook (Includes newspaper clippings related to political issues.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 2
      Scrapbook (Includes newspaper clippings related to political issues.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 3
      Scrapbook (Includes newspaper clippings related to political issues.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 330 Folder: 4
      Scrapbook (Includes newspaper clippings related to political issues.)
      1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 331
      Scrapbooks, "Advertisements and Data, 1933-1934" and "Scrapbook of Clippings, 1933-1934"
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 332
      Scrapbooks, "Scrapbook of Clippings, 1933-1934" continued; "Scrapbook 1934 [1]"
      1933–1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 333
      Scrapbooks, "Scrapbook 1934, [1]" continued; "Scrapbook, 1934 [2]"
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 333
      Scrapbooks, "Scrapbook 1934, [1]" continued; "Scrapbook, 1934 [2]"
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 334
      Scrapbooks
      1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 335
      Scrapbooks
      1936–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 336
      Scrapbooks
      1934–1936
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 1
      Congressional Records and Newspaper Clippings
      1934
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 2
      Clippings, America First Antiwar Protest
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 3
      Clippings, Wedding
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 4
      Clippings
      ca. 1930
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 5
      Clippings (Includes articles about Rush Holt warning about the United States joining WWII. Also includes article about Holt's Senate election.)
      ca. 1930
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 6
      Clippings (Includes miscellaneous clippings involving Rush Holt and his family.)
      ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 7
      Clippings (Includes miscellaneous clippings involving Rush Holt and his family. Also includes articles with political reference.)
      ca. 1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 8
      Clippings (Includes miscellaneous publications involving Rush Holt.)
      ca. 1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 9
      Clippings (Includes miscellaneous clippings involving Rush Holt and his family.)
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 14
      Rush Dew Holt History Conference at West Virginia University
      1998–2003
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 4
      Rush Holt's First Political Campaigns, Elections and First Term in the West Virginia House of Delegates
      1928–1933
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 5
      Rush Holt's Campaign for the United States Senate (Includes the Democratic party nomination and the general election against incumbent, Henry Hatfield.)
      1934–1935
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 6
      United States Senate Career of Rush Holt (Includes Senator Holt's attacks on Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and West Virginia Senator Matthew Neely using WPA money and positions to gain political favors.)
      1935–1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 7
      Rush Holt's Political Career After Leaving the United States Senate (Includes the campaign to keep America out of the European war, his successful elections to the West Virginia House of Delegates, his marriage to Helen Froelich, and his attempts to clean-up West Virginia political corruption.)
      1941–1955
    • Mixed Materials Box: 370 Folder: 8
      Rush Holt's Unsuccessful Campaigns for Governor of West Virginia (Including his attempt as the Republican party candidate in 1952.)
      1944–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371a
      Newspaper Clippings, January-June (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 January–1952 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371b
      Newspaper Clippings, June (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 June
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371c
      Newspaper Clippings, July-August (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 July–1952 August
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371d
      Newspaper Clippings, August-September (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 August–1952 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371e
      Newspaper Clippings, September (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 371f
      Newspaper Clippings, September-October (Includes clippings relating to West Virginia or national news and politics.)
      1952 September–1952 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 376 Folder: 1
      "Clippings Index" (typescript document likely created for Holt by his office staff)
      ca. 1933-1940English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 376 Folder: 2 to 6
      Clippings (includes clippings of columns written by Holt: some "Tax and Tax" clippings from 1947-1948, and "Facts and Figures" from September to December 1948)
      1947-1948English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 377
      Clippings (includes clippings of columns written by Holt: "Facts and Figures" from 1949-1953 (non-sequential) and undated)
      1949-1953, undatedEnglish.
  • Press and Media Activity--Press Releases
    1935–1952
    Scope and Contents

    Includes copies of typed press releases regarding speeches delivered by Rush Holt, or those with similar opinions, throughout his political career.

    Topics addressed include neutrality, foreign policy, social security, and the presidential third term issue, among others.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 302 Folder: 1 to 4
      Press Releases
      1935–1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 302 Folder: 5
      Press Releases
      ca. 1938-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 302 Folder: 6
      Press Releases
      ca. 1938-ca. 1940
  • Press and Media Activity--Political Cartoons
    1925–1955
    Scope and Contents

    Includes pen and ink drawings by a variety of artists for political cartoons documenting news issues of the day including the West Virginia politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, World War II, and isolationism, among others.

    Twenty-three of these cartoons were used for a campaign booklet advocating Rush Holt's candidacy for governor of West Virginia (1952).

    To see digitized copies of these Holt political cartoons, please visit the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection: https://holt.lib.wvu.edu/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search_field=all_fields&q.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2a
      Political Cartoons (Includes 14 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2b
      Political Cartoons (Includes 26 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2c
      Political Cartoons (Includes 23 political cartoons, plus four copies of a booklet in which they appear.)
      1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2d
      Political Cartoons (Includes 9 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2e
      Political Cartoons (Includes 13 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3a
      Political Cartoons (Includes 17 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1950-ca. 1952
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3b
      Political Cartoons (Includes 16 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3c
      Political Cartoons (Includes 13 political cartoons.)
      ca. 1930-ca. 1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 372 Folder: 6
      Senator Rush Holt, Sr.--Campaign for Governor of West Virginia (Contains a political cartoon.)
      1952
    • Political Cartoons (Includes 131 TIFF files of political cartoons--scans of the cartoons in boxes 2a-3c. See also the Rush Holt Political Cartoons digital collection)
      11.7 Gigabytes 131 TIFF files
      ca. 1930-1952English.
  • Press and Media Activity--Speeches
    1930–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 147 Folder: 15
      Filibuster File (Includes a transcript of the "Labor" speech by Holt which was delivered on NBC on June 8, 1937. Also includes notes relating to the speech.)
      1937
    • Mixed Materials Box: 148 Folder: 7
      "Government Inspired Propaganda" (Includes a transcript of the speech delivered by Rush Holt on April 18, 1938 on NBC.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 149 Folder: 3
      Guffey Coal Act--Letter to Miner (Includes a transcript of a Senate speech delivered by Rush Holt.)
      1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 298
      Speeches and Radio Addresses
      1930–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 299
      Speeches and Radio Addresses
      1934–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 300
      Speeches and Radio Addresses
      1939–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 301
      Speeches and Radio Addresses
      1935–1954
    • Mixed Materials Box: 303
      Speech Notes
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 315 Folder: 1
      Rush Holt in the Congressional Record
      1935–1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 315 Folder: 2
      Rush Holt in the Congressional Record
      1935–1938
    • Mixed Materials Box: 315 Folder: 3
      Radio Addresses and Other Speeches
      1936–1939
    • Mixed Materials Box: 338 Folder: 8
      Rough Drafts of Speeches Given by Holt (Includes some press releases as well.)
      1940–1950
    • Mixed Materials Box: 339 Folder: 8
      Publications, Congressional Record (Includes "Bungling Bureaucracy" and "Views of Winston Churchill." All are accounts of Rush Holt's floor speeches.)
      1938–1940
    • Mixed Materials Box: 358 Folder: 3
      Speeches-Yale Commencement
      1944
    • Mixed Materials Box: 361 Folder: 4
      Speeches and Speech Notes
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 369 Folder: 10
      Speeches (Includes transcripts of speeches by Rush Holt, Sr. titled "Public Utility Problems," and various Congressional Records with speeches by or pertaining to Holt, etc.)
      1935–1948
  • Press and Media Activity--Recordings
    ca. 1930-1955 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 342
      Recordings
      ca. 1930-ca. 1955 and undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 373 Folder: 2 and 3
      Records of Speeches
      1939
Series 6. Administrative Files
1939-1952 and undated
Scope and Contents

Includes material documenting the daily office activities of Rush Holt and his staff during the former's senatorial term.

Types of material include daily reports, lists of letters received requesting information, and records of work performed by the office staff.

Daily reports document visits, appointments, and calls to Rush Holt's office for the periods of December 6, 1937 to December 31, 1938, the entire year of 1939, and January 3, 1940 to November 9, 1940.

Lists of letters received provide a chronological register of constituents' writings to Rush Holt between 1939 and 1940. It should be noted, however, that these records provide only basic information and do not indicate the subject of the correspondence.

Records of work performed provide documentation of tasks completed by Rush Holt's Senate office employees. It should be noted that these records, while detailed, are limited to the first half of 1940 (January to June).

For an example of outgoing political form letters, mass mailings, and mailing lists, see Series 4. Constituent Services—General Constituent Mail (boxes 291 and 292).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 290
    Daily Reports, December 6, 1937-November 9, 1940
    1937 December–1940 November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 292
    Constituent Mail and Administrative Mailing Records
    1936–1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 315 Folder: 4
    Records of Work Performed by Senate Office Staff.
    1940