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WILLIAM BROCKMAN BANKHEAD PAPERS, 1875-1952 and N.D WILLIAM BROCKMAN BANKHEAD PAPERS, 1875-1952 and n.d. Finding aid Call number: LPR66 Extent: 33 cubic ft. (41 archives boxes, 2 records center boxes, 4 oversized boxes, and 28 oversized scrapbooks.) To return to the ADAHCat catalog record, click here: http://adahcat.archives.alabama.gov:81/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6462 Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130 www.archives.alabama.gov WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD PAPERS, LPR66 Series Description and Container Listing Table of Contents A. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, 1920-1940, and n.d. ........4 1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1923- 1937 and n.d. ...........................................................4 2. NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR OWEN’S DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY, 1901-1940 .........................4 B. PERSONAL RECORDS, 1891-1952 and n.d. ...................................4 1. DIARIES, JOURNALS, AND NOTEBOOKS, 1893-1921 and n.d. 4 2. CORRESPONDENCE, GENERAL, 1891-1952 and n.d. 6 3. CORRESPONDENCE BY SUBJECT, 1922-1940 . 7 4. CORRESPONDENCE FROM EUGENIA BANKHEAD, 1933-1939 . 8 5. CORRESPONDENCE WITH JAMES KNOX JULIAN, 1930-1939 . 8 6. CORRESPONDENCE, ALPHABETICAL BY CORRESPONDENT, 1928-1940 . 8 7. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS, SEASONAL GREETINGS AND CARDS, 1936-1940 ......................................................................9 8. POEMS, CROSSWORD PUZZLES, AND NOTES ON SPEECHES AND SERMONS, 1916-1939 and n.d. ......................................................9 C. CAMPAIGN RECORDS, 1900-1930 .........................................10 1. CORRESPONDENCE OF VARIOUS BANKHEAD CAMPAIGNS, 1900-1913 . 10 2. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1913-1914 . 11 3. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1915-1916 . 12 4. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1918 . 12 5. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1919-1920 . 13 6. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1922 . 13 7. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1924 . 13 8. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1926 . 14 9. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1928 . 14 10. CAMPAIGN FOR U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1930 . 14 D. RECORDS AS A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, 1917-1940 .........................15 1. CORRESPONDENCE, GENERAL, 1917-1940................................15 2. CORRESPONDENCE, CAMPAIGNS FOR MAJORITY LEADER, 1934-1936 . 23 3. CORRESPONDENCE, CAMPAIGNS FOR HOUSE SPEAKER, 1932-1938 . 23 4. CORRESPONDENCE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, 1936-1938 . 25 5. CORRESPONDENCE, BANKHEAD FOR PRESIDENT, 1938-1940 . 27 6. SUBJECT FILES, 1917-1940 ..............................................27 E. PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1875-1940 and n.d. .....................................36 F. SPEECHES, 1917-1940 .....................................................36 G. CLIPPINGS, 1910-1951, and n.d. ............................................39 1. CLIPPINGS, MOUNTED, 1910-1951, and n.d. 39 2. CLIPPINGS, UNMOUNTED, 1919-1940 ....................................39 H. INVITATIONS AND CALLING CARDS, 1919-1940 ...........................41 I. FUNERAL, 1940 ...........................................................42 J. PRINTED MATERIALS, 1909-1941 ..........................................43 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, 1917-1941 ....................................43 2. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS, 1917-1937 ....................................43 3. PAMPHLETS, 1909-1940.................................................44 4. SPEECHES NOT BY BANKHEAD, 1934-1943 . 44 5. MEMORIALS ..........................................................45 6. MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS ........................................45 7. PRESS RELEASES, 1934-1940 ............................................45 8. POLITICAL BROADSIDES, FLYERS, AND CIRCULARS, 1910-1940 and n.d. 45 9. MISCELLANEOUS, 1921-1937 and n.d. .....................................46 K. SCRAPBOOKS, 1892-1940 .................................................46 WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD PAPERS, LPR66 Series Description and Container Listing A. BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, 1920-1940, and n.d. This series contains two subseries: 1. Biographical sketches and genealogical correspondence, 1923-1937 and n.d.; and 2. Notes, correspondence, and copies of biographical sketch for Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1901-1940. 1. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND GENEALOGICAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1923- 1937 and n.d. This subseries contains a five-page biographical sketch by Carl L.W. Mayer that describes the life and career of William B. Bankhead to the year 1937; correspondence, and notes describing Kilgore, Brockman, Bankhead, Lewis, Warner, Cary, Randolph, and Jefferson families; a description of the Civil War military career of Captain John H. Bankhead, Sr.; an excerpt from the William and Mary Quarterly which describes the Bankhead family; and a partial family tree showing Bankhead’s descent from the Brockman family. Unarranged. Box 1, Folder 1 2. NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FOR OWEN’S DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY, 1901-1940 This subseries consists of correspondence between Bankhead and his sister Marie Bankhead Owen concerning a biographical sketch for inclusion in the Alabama Official and Statistical Register; biographical memoranda on Bankhead for Thomas McAdory Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography; and a typescript copy of Bankhead’s biographical sketch from Current Biography, 1940. Arranged chronologically. Box 1, Folder 2 B. PERSONAL RECORDS, 1891-1952 and n.d. This series consists of eight subseries: 1. Diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1894-1921 and n.d.; 2. Correspondence, general, 1891-1952 and n.d.; 3. Correspondence by subject, 1922- 1940; 4. Correspondence from Eugenia Bankhead, 1933-1939; 5. Correspondence from James Knox Julian, 1930-1939; 6. Correspondence, alphabetical by correspondent, 1928- 1940; 7. Birthday greetings, seasonal greetings, and cards, 1936-1940; and 8. Poems, crosswords puzzles, and notes on speeches and sermons, 1916-1939 and n.d. 1. DIARIES, JOURNALS, AND NOTEBOOKS, 1893-1921 and n.d. This subseries contains six groupings: a) “Impressions of Washington [D.C.],” 1893-1894; b) Autobiography, 1895-1902; c) Journal from Huntsville, Alabama, and Hot Springs, 4 William B. Bankhead Papers LPR66 B. PERSONAL RECORDS, 1891-1952 and n.d. (continued) 1. DIARIES, JOURNALS, AND NOTEBOOKS, 1893-1921 and n.d. (cont.) Arkansas, Jan.-June 1896; d) Richardson and Bankhead, notes from court cases, 1894- 1898; e) Journal, 1921, and f) Notebooks, n.d. a) “Impressions of Washington [D.C.],” 1893-1894 This journal primarily describes Bankhead’s social activities in Washington, D.C., while attending law school at Georgetown University and serving as a clerk on the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds chaired by John H. Bankhead, Sr. Included are detailed descriptions of musical and theatrical events Bankhead attended, students and government clerks he knew, and his personal observations on what he described as an “army of bums and niggers” all over Washington seeking any kind of government employment. The first half of the volume contains transcriptions of passages from poems, plays, and orations by Cicero, William Shakespeare, John Milton, and Lord Byron. Box 1, Folder 3 b) Autobiography, 1895-1902 This volume contains a fifteen-page autobiography written a few weeks prior to Bankhead’s twenty-first birthday, describing his childhood at the Alabama Penitentiary in Elmore Co., where his father served as warden; a diary, 12 April-4 June 1895, which describes Bankhead’s activities as a young attorney in Huntsville, Alabama; and monthly accounts showing income and expenses, Feb. 1900- Mar. 1902. Box 1, Folder 4 c) Journal from Huntsville, Alabama, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, Jan.-June 1896 This category consists of a journal containing brief daily entries that describe Bankhead’s law practice in Huntsville, Alabama, and his convalescence in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Box 1, Folder 5 d) Richardson and Bankhead, notes to court cases 1894-1898 This category consists of a volume marked “Expense Account, Richardson and Bankhead, 1898-1899,” contains notes relating to court cases handles by the law firm between the years 1894 and 1898. Box 1, Folder 6 5 William B. Bankhead Papers LPR66 B. PERSONAL RECORDS, 1891-1952 and n.d. (continued) 1. DIARIES, JOURNALS, AND NOTEBOOKS, 1893-1921 and n.d. (cont.) e) Journal, 1921 This category consists of a volume containing daily entries, 19 Jan.-16 July 1921. Topics discussed include routine activities in Congress and a tour by members of Congress and their wives of the Panama Canal and Jamaica. Also included are pressed flowers from the graves of Bankhead’s sister, Louise Bankhead Lund, and his mother, Tallulah James Brockman Bankhead. Box 1, Folder 7 f) Notebooks, n.d. This category contains four notebooks which contain notations about race horses and a few preliminary drafts of letters to constituents. Box 1, Folder 8 2. CORRESPONDENCE, GENERAL, 1891-1952 and n.d. This subseries consists of correspondence, telegrams, invitations, cards, and clippings primarily from and about members of the Bankhead family. Topics discussed include: Bankhead’s academic career at the University of Alabama and Georgetown University; his courtship and marriage to Adelaide (Ada) Eugenia Sledge in 1900; the death of Adelaide (Ada) Eugenia Sledge Bankhead in 1902; Bankhead’s marriage to Florence McGuire in 1915; Tallulah and Eugenia Bankhead at boarding school; Bankhead’s law practice in Huntsville, Alabama; Tallulah Bankhead’s acting career;
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