C. 76th Congress, 1938
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- 37 folder(s)
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Within these files are programs; rules and resolutions of Georgia's First Congressional District Executive Committee meetings in Savannah, Georgia, April 26, 1938, and in Reidsville, Georgia on September 23, 1938; lists containing names of the members of the Executive Committee; official correspondence regarding Peterson's qualification to run in each Democratic Primary; official consolidated returns for each Democratic Primary; and correspondence and clippings relating to announcements of Peterson's candidacy in county weeklies throughout the First Congressional District. Also included is correspondence regarding the failure of the government to issue tobacco allotments on time during the summer of 1938. Tom Edwards of Claxton, Georgia ran as Peterson's opponent and the files contain notes regarding his campaign and Cobb flyers. Le Monde Illustre magazine, published on August 7, 1937, is included in this series as the front cover depicts Hugh Peterson, Sr. and guests eating watermelon in his office in Washington, D.C. The original photograph is in the Peterson Papers in Series VI, Photographs.
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