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JAMES O. EASTLAND COLLECTION FILE SERIES 1: PERSONAL/POLITICAL SUBSERIES 22: PATRONAGE, NOMINATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, & SCHOOL REFERENCES This subseries contains fifty-nine boxes of documents related to employment and school admission. A broad category, these files include information on individuals ranging from aspirants to the U.S. Supreme Court to students seeking summer employment as manual laborers in the Forest Service. The jobs under consideration include federal and state positions as well as careers in private business. Students sought the senator’s assistance in their applications to colleges, graduate schools, medical schools, and law schools. The files also contain correspondence from individuals wanting a position on Eastland’s congressional and committee staffs. Note that appointments to military service academies such as West Point and Annapolis appear in the Academy Appointments subseries. Files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the job applicant, and may contain resumes, correspondence with the applicant and interested parties, and constituents expressing endorsement or opposition to the candidate or nominee. The inventory identifies the prospective employer in the form of a named government agency/department or private business, and the time span of the documents in each file. Requests for government positions (either state or federal) within Mississippi include the name of the community. The last five boxes possess documents not filed by an individual name, but by the position sought. This includes correspondence that discuss several individuals vying for the same job without endorsement of a specific applicant, as well as applicants for jobs with Eastland’s office or committees. Senator Eastland formally held patronage appointments to the U.S. Capitol Police. Although the files indicate that he on rare occasions influenced the selection of constituent’s children as congressional pages, he typically replied to such requests that he did not possess that particular appointment patronage. Between 1836 and 1969, the president appointed local postmasters nominated by that state and district’s U.S. Representative (if he or she belonged to the same political party) or a state committee composed of the president’s supporters. Even after civil service tests became a part of the process, an applicant would still seek the support of their senators who could essentially “veto” an appointment by delaying Senate confirmation indefinitely. Post office patronage files often contain significant discussions of a political nature that extend beyond the applicant’s party involvement. At times, a significant percentage of a community would write letters endorsing one or another competing job seeker, and a number of these letters provide quite lengthy commentary. For researchers interested in a particular community, post office patronage files can be a rich source of local history and the state’s political network. In addition to postal positions, Eastland appeared to have considerable influence with regards to state and local Farmers Home Administration jobs and made U.S. Marshal appointments within Mississippi. A few large items are stored separately in Eastland Oversized Box 1, Folder 6. A removal sheet included among the regular sized files will cross-reference information on separated material. BOX 1: MARTHA AASEN – JAMES P. ANGLE Folder 1-1. Aasen, Martha. United Nations. 1977. Folder 1-2. Abbey, Robert M. Post Office (Tutwiler, MS). 1966. Folder 1-3. Abbey, Robert. Post Office (Webb, MS). 1966. Folder 1-4. Abel, Billie Joe. Post Office (Belzoni, MS). 1963. Folder 1-5. Abel, Travis. Post Office (Winona, MS). 1962. Folder 1-6. Abernathy, L. E. Jr. Post Office (McComb, MS). 1965. Folder 1-7. Abernathy, Tom Jr. Federal Court Commissioner. 1974. Folder 1-8. Abernethy, Wilbur M. II. Landscape Architect. 1977. Folder 1-9. Abington, W. Kennedy Sr. Mississippi River Commission. 1977. Folder 1-10. Ables, Jackson H. III. Securities and Exchange Commission. 1975. Folder 1-11. Abraham, Abram C. Post Office (Leland, MS). 1956 – 1957. Folder 1-12. Abraham, Joseph J. Department of State. 1971. Folder 1-13. Abraham, Stephen T. Post Office (Port Gibson, MS). 1965. Folder 1-14. Acevedo, Robert. Recommendation, U.S. Supreme Court. 1973. Folder 1-15. Acheson, Dean. Secretary of State. 1949 – 1950. Folder 1-16. Ackel, Francis. Veterans Administration. 1974. Folder 1-17. Acker, James M. State Department of Justice. 1941. Folder 1-18. Ackley, Deveaux M. Veterans Administration. 1946. Folder 1-19. Acord, Robert. Post Office (Collins, MS). 1953. Folder 1-20. Acree, Helen Donald. Office of Rent Control (Jackson, MS). 1942 – 1946. Folder 1-21. Adair, Horace R. Farmers Home Administration. 1954. Folder 1-22. Adam, Bidwell. Department of Agriculture. 1945. Folder 1-23. Adam, Robert B. Dental Laboratory Technician. 1975. Folder 1-24. Adam, Warren J. Post Office (Pass Christian, MS). 1967. Folder 1-25. Adams, Andrew S. Rehabilitation Services Administration. 1974 – 1977. Folder 1-26. Adams, Charlie M. Post Office (Macon, MS). 1957. Folder 1-27. Adams, James William. Post Office (Scobey, MS). 1968. Folder 1-28. Adams, Paul A. Post Office (Oakland, MS). 1967. Folder 1-29. Adams, Ralph B. Post Office (Vicksburg, MS). 1955. Folder 1-30. Adams, Ralph. Post Office (Tupelo, MS). 1965. Folder 1-31. Adams, S. Irby Jr. Post Office (Macon, MS). 1957. Folder 1-32. Adcock, Carnett. Post Office (Philadelphia, MS). 1966. Folder 1-33. Adcock, Edgar I. Post Office (Ridgeland, MS). 1956. Folder 1-34. Adcock, Haywood. Post Office (Lena, MS). 1955. Folder 1-35. Adcock, Hoyal (Mrs.). Post Office (Cruger, MS). 1966. Folder 1-36. Adderholt, C. E.“Buddy.” Post Office (Tupelo, MS). 1967. Folder 1-37. Addington, C. C. Department of Agriculture. 1972 Folder 1-38. Addy, Alton James. Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. 1968. Folder 1-39. Addy, Coy. Post Office (Decatur, MS). 1966. Folder 1-40. Adlen, Gordeon. Post Office (Silver Creek, MS). 1956. Folder 1-41. Aefsky, Harvey R. U.S. Senate Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. 1973. Folder 1-42. Afflerback, Irene. Post Office (Spreckelsville, Hawaii). 1958. Folder 1-43. Agnew, James Berry. Army Air Corps. 1944. Folder 1-44. Ahrens, Robert J. Commissioner on Aging, Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1977. Folder 1-45. Aikens, Edwin. Recommendation, The University of Mississippi. 1941. Folder 1-46. Ainsworth, Felix M. Post Office (Bay Springs, MS). 1964. Folder 1-47. Ainsworth, Gene. Federal Communications Commission. 1974. Folder 1-48. Ainsworth, J. V. County Welfare Agent (Bay Springs, MS). 1941 – 1943. Folder 1-49. Ainsworth, Mamie. Post Office (Harrisville, MS). 1965. Folder 1-50. Ainsworth, Robert. Economic Development Administration. 1977. Folder 1-51. Ajax, Albert T. Post Office (Corinth, MS). 1957. Folder 1-52. Akers, Olin H. Post Office (Pontotoc, MS). 1944. Folder 1-53. Akers, W. R. Post Office (Dennis, MS). 1957. Folder 1-54. Akin, Richard. Recommendation, University of Mississippi Medical School. 1974. Folder 1-55. Alaniz, David. Department of Energy. 1977. Folder 1-56. Albertson, W. E. Civil Service Commission. 1957. Folder 1-57. Albritton, Ken W. Civil Service Commission. 1972. Folder 1-58. Alderman, W. H. Veterans Administration. 1943. Folder 1-59. Alexander, Bruno R. Farmers Home Administration. 1978. Folder 1-60. Alexander, Dick. Greenville Airport. 1941. Folder 1-61. Alexander, Edmond Souchon. Recommendation, Department of Agriculture. 1961. Folder 1-62. Alexander, Howard G. Recommendation, National Emdowment of the Arts. 1963 – 1965. Folder 1-63. Alexander, Hubert. Post Office (Jayess, MS). 1968. Folder 1-64. Alexander, Jeff. Post Office (Jackson, MS). 1962. Folder 1-65. Alexander, John M. Reccomendation, University of Mississippi School of Law. 1977. Folder 1-66. Alexander, Julian P. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 1948. Folder 1-67. Alexander, Marshall Jr. State Department of Justice. 1978. Folder 1-68. Alexander, R. H. (Mrs.). Post Office (Carriere, MS). 1969. Folder 1-69. Alexander, Robert L. Post Office (Meridian, MS). 1964. Folder 1-70. Alexander, W. B. Department of Justice. 1942. Folder 1-71. Alexander, W. E. Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman, MS). 1963. Folder 1-72. Alexander, W. H. Department of Agriculture. 1968. Folder 1-73. Alford, Arie Turner. Navy Ferry Command, Department of the Navy. 1944. Folder 1-74. Alford, Bobby. Mississippi National Guard. 1974. Folder 1-75. Alford, George H. Jr. Veterans Administration (Jackson, MS). 1945 – 1946. Folder 1-76. Alford, L. E. Post Office (Jackson, MS). 1956. Folder 1-77. Alford, Lonnie E. Vetearns Administration. 1952 – 1957. Folder 1-78. Alford, Paul B “Britt” Jr. Post Office (Morton, MS). 1964. Folder 1-79. Alford, Percy K. General Services Administration. 1961. Folder 1-80. Alford, Terry L. Library of Congress. 1969. Folder 1-81. Alfred, Betty Jean. Custodian, Architect of the Capitol. 1977. Folder 1-82. Alfred, Lonnie. Architect of the Capitol. 1966. Folder 1-83. Allen, Anita. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. 1978. Folder 1-84. Allen, Benjamin W. Mississippi National Guard. 1971. Folder 1-85. Allen, Buddy. Recommendation, East Central Junior College. 1971. Folder 1-86. Allen, Charles B. Jr. Probation Officer, U.S. District Court of Northern Mississippi. 1957. Folder 1-87. Allen, Dorothy J. Delta Airlines. 1978. Folder 1-88. Allen, E. Byrd Jr. Post Office (Clinton, MS). 1966. Folder 1-89. Allen, E. N. Department of Agriculture. 1978. Folder 1-90. Allen, Elmo Gay. Post Office (Hattiesburg, MS). 1964. Folder 1-91. Allen, Fontaine L. Flora Ordinance Plant (Flora, MS). 1941. Folder 1-92. Allen, George. Recommendation, Democratic National Committee. 1943 – 1946. Folder 1-93. Allen, Grover N. Department of the Treasury; Federal Energy Administration. 1973 – 1977. Folder 1-94. Allen, James Jr. Ambassador to Haiti. 1977. Folder 1-95. Allen, James P. Post Office (Fayette, MS). 1960 – 1961. Folder 1-96. Allen, James. Commissioner of Education. 1969. Folder 1-97. Allen, L. Calhoun Jr. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Administration and Naval Reserve. 1977. Folder 1-98. Allen, Lew Jr. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. 1978.