Phillips, Leon Chase Manuscript Collection
Coverage:
1933–1951
Source:
Papers, 10 feet
Description
Governor. Correspondence (1934–1951) regarding Phillips’s gubernatorial, legislative, and political affairs; scrapbooks (1936–1941) containing loose news clippings on his political career; publications (1933–1941) about political conventions, along with event programs from numerous organizations; trial transcripts (1943–1944) from cases involving the state of Oklahoma; speeches (1936–1944) delivered by Phillips; government documents (1940); cartoons (n.d.) regarding Phillips and his political career, as well as politics and state government; and certificates (1932–1951) awarded Phillips by businesses, civic organizations, and state government. Also included in this collection is a leather-bound copy of Phillips’s 1939 inaugural address.