B. Office correspondence, 1927-1933
- Extent:
- 48 box(es) and (23 linear feet)
- Scope and content:
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These are files that Governor Hardman maintained while in office. Material to be found in this subseries includes correspondence, maps, minutes, speeches, contracts, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous printed matter. Letters vary widely in content. Some are official inquiries and others are of a personal nature regarding Hardman's other businesses. There is correspondence concerning other states' administrative and fiscal reorganization plans, the Georgia State Highway Board resignation controversy, general election strategy, and the remodeling of the State Capitol building. Major correspondents include Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.S. Senators Walter George and William J. Harris, former Georgia Governors Clifford Walker and E.D. Rivers, Louisiana Governor Huey Long, Virginia Governor Harry Byrd, Commissioner of Agriculture Eugene Talmadge, Rear Admiral Robert E. Byrd, and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Also included is correspondence between Hardman and his children. Arrangement is chronological by year and thereafter alphabetical.
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