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Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 GOVERNOR GORDON BROWNING PAPERS (Second Term) 1949-1952 GP 46 Processed by: Archival Technical Services Completed: 1972 Updated by: Lori D. Lockhart Completed: November 4, 2020 MICROFILMED With the exception of Box 175 and the report in Box 170, folder 1. INTRODUCTION This collection represents the archival materials created during the second gubernatorial term of Tennessee Governor Gordon W. Browning, 1949-1952. The collection consists of 175 boxes and an oversized scrapbook, consisting of correspondence, pardons, subject files, financial materials, proclamations, requisitions, invitations, and other materials. There are no restrictions on the materials and copies of items may be made for individual and scholarly use. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Gordon Weaver Browning was born in Carroll County in 1895. He worked his way through school and opened a law practice in 1915, then enlisted in the Tennessee National Guard when the United States entered the First World War. He served six straight terms in Congress and with the backing of the Crump organization was elected governor in 1936. Later the two men parted ways and Crump helped defeat Browning in 1938. With support from Estes Kefauver, Browning was again elected governor in 1948, and Crump’s era of influence ended. Browning supported TVA, opposed Roosevelt’s recovery policies, pushed education, roads, tax reform and further governmental reorganization, favored a balanced budget and repealed the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting. Browning died in 1976. Source: Tennessee Blue Book, 1999-2000 Millennium Edition, page 483. CONTAINER LIST Box 1 MICROFILM ROLL #1___________________________________________________ Correspondence-General 1. A 1949 2. A 1950 3. A 1951 4. A 1952 5. Ba-Bl 1949 6. Bo-Bz 1949 7. Ba-Bl 1950 8. Bo-Bz 1950 9. Ba-Bl 1951 10. Bo-Bz 1951 11. Ba-Bl 1952 12. Bo-Bz 1952 Box 2 Correspondence-General 1. C 1949 2. C 1950 3. C 1951 4. C 1952 5. D 1949 6. D 1951 7. D 1952 8. E 1949 9. E 1950 10. E 1951 11. E 1952 Box 3 Correspondence-General 1. F 1949 2. F 1950 3. F 1951 4. F 1952 5. G 1949 6. G 1950 7. G 1951 8. G 1952 Box 4 Correspondence-General 1. H 1949 2. H 1950 3. H 1951 4. H 1952 5. I 1952 6. J 1949 7. J 1950 8. J 1951 9. J 1952 MICROFILM ROLL #2___________________________________________________ Box 5 Correspondence-General 1. K 1949 2. K 1950 3. K 1951 4. K 1952 5. L 1949 6. L 1950 7. L 1951 8. L 1951 Box 6 Correspondence-General 1. M 1949 2. M 1950 3. M 1951 4. Ma-Mc 1952 5. Me-Mz 1952 Box 7 Correspondence-General 1. N 1949 2. N 1950 3. N 1951 4. N 1952 5. O 1949 6. O 1950 7. O 1951 8. O 1952 9. P 1949 10. P 1950 11. P 1951 12. P 1952 Box 8 Correspondence-General 1. Q 1950 2. Q 1951 3. Q 1952 4. R 1949 5. R 1950 6. R 1951 7. R 1952 Box 9 Correspondence-General 1. Sa-Si 1949 2. Sj-Sz 1949 3. S 1950 4. S 1951 5. Sa-Sk 1952 6. Sl-Sz 1952 Box 10 Correspondence-General 1. T 1949 2. T 1950 3. T 1951 4. T 1952 5. U 1952 6. V 1949 7. V 1950 8. V 1951 9. V 1952 Box 11 Correspondence-General 1. W 1949 2. W 1950 3. W 1951 4. W 1952 MICROFILM ROLL #3___________________________________________________ 5. Y 1949 6. Y 1950 7. Y 1951 8. Y 1952 9. Z 1950 10. Z 1951 11. Z 1952 Box 12 Correspondence-Personal 1. A 1949 2. A 1950 3. A 1951 4. A 1952 5. B 1949 6. B 1950 7. B 1951 8. B 1952 9. C 1949 10. C 1950 11. C 1951 12. C 1952 Box 13 Correspondence-Personal 1. E 1949 2. E 1950 3. E 1951 4. E 1952 5. F 1949 6. F 1950 7. F 1951 8. F 1949 9. G 1950 10. G 1951 11. G 1952 Box 14 Correspondence-Personal 1. H 1949 2. H 1950 3. H 1951 4. H 1952 5. J 1949 6. J 1950 7. J 1951 8. J 1952 9. K 1949 10. K 1950 11. K 1951 12. K 1952 Box 15 Correspondence-Personal 1. L 1949 2. L 1950 3. L 1951 4. L 1952 5. M 1949 6. M 1950 7. M 1951 8. M 1952 9. N 1949 10. N 1950 11. N 1951 12. N 1952 Box 16 Correspondence-Personal 1. O 1949 2. P 1949 3. P 1950 4. P 1951 5. P 1952 6. R 1949 7. R 1950 8. R 1951 9. R 1952 10. S 1949 11. S 1950 12. S 1951 13. S 1952 Box 17 Correspondence-Personal 1. T 1949 2. T 1950 3. T 1951 4. T 1952 5. V 1951 6. W 1949 7. W 1950 8. W 1951 9. W 1952 Box 18 Correspondence-County 1. Anderson-A-Z 1949 2. Anderson-A-Z 1950 3. Anderson-A-Z 1951 4. Anderson-A-Z 1952 Box 19 Correspondence-County 1. Bedford-A-Z 1949 2. Bedford-A-Z 1950 3. Bedford-A-Z 1951 4. Bedford-A-Z 1952 5. Benton-A-Z 1949 6. Benton-A-Z 1950 7. Benton-A-Z 1951 8. Benton-A-H 1952 9. Benton-J-Z 1952 Box 20 Correspondence-County 1. Bledsoe-A-Z 1949 2. Bledsoe-A-Z 1950 3. Bledsoe-A-Z 1951 MICROFILM ROLL #4___________________________________________________ 4. Blount-A-I 1949 5. Blount-J-Z 1949 6. Blount-A-Z 1950 7. Blount-A-Z 1951 8. Blount-A-Z 1952 Box 21 Correspondence-County 1. Bradley-A-Z 1949 2. Bradley-A-Z 1950 3. Bradley-A-Z 1951 4. Bradley-A-Z 1952 Box 22 Correspondence-County 1. Campbell-A-M 1949 2. Campbell-O-Z 1949 3. Campbell-A-Z 1950 4. Campbell-A-Z 1951 5. Campbell-A-Z 1952 6. Cannon-A-Z 1949 7. Cannon-A-Z 1950 8. Cannon-A-Z 1951 9. Cannon-A-Z 1952 Box 23 Correspondence-County 1. Carroll-A-C 1949 2. Carroll-D-J 1949 3. Carroll-K-N 1949 4. Carroll-O-U 1949 5. Carroll-V-Z 1949 Box 24 Correspondence-County 1. Carroll-A-F 1950 2. Carroll-G-M 1950 3. Carroll-N-Z 1950 4. Carroll-A-D 1951 5. Carroll-E-L 1951 6. Carroll-M-R 1951 7. Carroll-S-Z 1951 Box 25 Correspondence-County 1. Carroll-A-C 1952 2. Carroll-D-L 1952 MICROFILM ROLL #5___________________________________________________ 3. Carroll-M-R 1952 4. Carroll-S-Z 1952 5. Carter-A-K 1949 6. Carter-L-Z 1949 Box 26 Correspondence-County 1. Carter-A-K 1950 2. Carter-L-Z 1950 3. Carter-A-Z 1951 4. Carter-A-K 1952 5. Carter-L-Z 1952 Box 27 Correspondence-County 1. Cheatham-A-Z 1949 2. Cheatham-A-Z 1950 3. Cheatham-A-Z 1951 4. Cheatham-A-Z 1952 5. Chester-A-Z 1949 6. Chester-A-Z 1950 7. Chester-A-Z 1951 8. Chester-A-Z 1952 Box 28 Correspondence-County 1. Claiborne-A-Z 1949 2. Claiborne-A-Z 1950 3. Claiborne-A-Z 1951 4. Claiborne-A-Z 1952 5. Clay-A-Z 1949 6. Clay-A-Z 1950 7. Clay-A-Z 1951 8. Clay-A-Z 1952 Box 29 Correspondence-County 1. Cocke-A-J 1949 2. Cocke-K-Z 1949 3. Cocke-A-Z 1950 4. Cocke-A-Z 1951 5. Cocke-A-Z 1952 6. Coffee-A-Z 1949 7. Coffee-A-Z 1950 8. Coffee-A-Z 1951 9. Coffee-A-Z 1952 Box 30 Correspondence-County 1. Crockett-A-Z 1949 2. Crockett-A-Z 1950 3. Crockett-A-Z 1951 4. Crockett-A-Z 1952 5. Cumberland-A-Z 1949 6. Cumberland-A-Z 1950 7. Cumberland-A-Z 1951 8. Cumberland-A-Z 1952 MICROFILM ROLL #6___________________________________________________ Box 31 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-A-B 1949 2. Davidson-C 1949 3. Davidson-D-E 1949 4. Davidson-F-G 1949 5. Davidson-H-I 1949 6. Davidson-J-K 1949 Box 32 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-L 1949 2. Davidson-M 1949 3. Davidson-N-P 1949 4. Davidson-R 1949 5. Davidson-S 1949 6. Davidson-T-V 1949 7. Davidson-W-Z 1949 Box 33 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-A 1950 2. Davidson-B 1950 3. Davidson-C 1950 4. Davidson-D-E 1950 5. Davidson-F-G 1950 6. Davidson-H-J 1950 Box 34 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-K-L 1950 2. Davidson-M-N 1950 3. Davidson-O-P 1950 4. Davidson-Q-S 1950 5. Davidson-T-V 1950 6. Davidson-W-Z 1950 Box 35 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-A-B 1951 2. Davidson-C-D 1951 3. Davidson-D-G 1951 4. Davidson-H-K 1951 5. Davidson-L-M 1951 6. Davidson-N-R 1951 7. Davidson-S-T 1951 MICROFILM ROLL #7___________________________________________________ 8. Davidson-U-Z 1951 Box 36 Correspondence-County 1. Davidson-A-B 1952 2. Davidson-C-E 1952 3. Davidson-F-G 1952 4. Davidson-H-I 1952 5. Davidson-J-K 1952 6. Davidson-L-M 1952 7. Davidson-N-R 1952 8. Davidson-S-T 1952 9. Davidson-U-Z 1952 Box 37 Correspondence-County 1.
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