Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Samuels, Howard Joseph
- Extent:
- 4 boxes and 4 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Howard Joseph Samuels Gubernatorial campaign papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, position papers, campaign materials, speeches, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Samuels' unsuccessful 1970 campaign for governor of New York. Included with the collection are campaign materials for other candidates, and campaign buttons for Samuels, Nelson A. Rockefeller, and others. Major correspondents include William Averell Harriman, Hubert Horatio Humphrey, LeRoi Jones, Edward I. Koch, John V. Lindsay, Robert Moses, and Edmund S. Muskie.
- Biographical / Historical:
Howard J. Samuels (1919-) was a candidate for governor of New York in 1970.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Elm, Sandra L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981. Accession number--M-81.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Selected materials cataloged remainder listed and arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Elections -- New York (State)
Governors -- New York (State)
Politicians
Photographic prints - Names:
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
Koch, Ed
Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996 - Places:
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection has no restrictions.
The following boxes are located off-site: 2-4. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Howard Joseph Samuels Gubernatorial campaign papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu