JOSESPH R. McCARTHY PAPERS CAMPAIGN RECORDS
Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
24 | 1 | - | 1944 Senate Campaign (While Stationed in U.S. Marines) |
24 | 1 | 1 | General Correspondence |
24 | 1 | 2 | Expenditures |
JRM
Series 24
Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
24 | 1 | - | 1946 Senate Campaign |
24 | 1 | 3 | Press Releases & Statements |
24 | 1 | 4 | Campaign Expenditures |
24 | 1 | 5 | General Correspondence |
24 | 1 | - | 1948 Senate Term (Campaign for McArthur vs. Stassen) |
24 | 1 | 6 | General Correspondence |
24 | 1 | - | 1952 Senate Campaign (Re-election) |
24 | 1 | 7 | Pamphlets and Campaign Materials |
24 | 1 | 8 | Press Releases and Statements (McCarthy Club 1952) |
24 | 1 | 9 | Campaign Expenditures |
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Series 24
Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
24 | 2 | - | 1952 Senate Campaign (Re-election) |
24 | 2 | 1 | Public Correspondence |
24 | 2 | 2 | Campaign Endorsements (Jan - July 1952) |
24 | 2 | 3 | Campaign Endorsements (Sept 1952) |
24 | 2 | 4 | Campaign Endorsements (Oct - Dec 1952) |
24 | 2 | - | 1958 Senate Campaign |
24 | 2 | 5 | Campaign Endorsements (1955-1956) |
24 | 2 | 6 | Campaign Endorsements (1957-1958) |
24 | 2 | 7 | General Corrsepondence |
Scope and Content
This series consists of records related to McCarthy鈥檚 senate campaign races during election years 1944, 1946, 1952 and 1958, and his campaign support while in office during 1948. These files include correspondence on campaign messaging, press releases, expenditures, and contribution and support. Although McCarthy passed away in May of 1957, his senate campaign for 1958 was still in progress and has been described as such. There is a significant amount of material in support of McCarthy and his Senate races, including documentation of funding from donors and sponsors like Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Claire Chennault and Cecil Be DeMille.