Alfred M. Landon oral interviews
Overview
Alfred Mossman Landon, 1887-1987, a prominent Kansas Republican, served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937 and ran an unsuccessful campaign for the United States presidency in 1936. This collection includes audiotapes and transcripts of interviews with Governor Landon by Donald R. McCoy and Louis George Griffin from 1975-1976.
Dates
- Creation: 1975 - 1976
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Alfred Mossman Landon
Alf Landon was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1936. Before that presidential campaign, Landon was governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1936; he was a prominent Kansas Republican for much of his life. For a biography of Landon, see Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas (Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1966).
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes + 36 reel-to-reel audiotapes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 819
Physical Location
RH Tape 33
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Donald R. McCoy and Louis George Griffin, 1976.
Processing Information
Previously shelved at RH MS 219.
Source
- Griffin, George (Louis George) (Donor, Person)
- McCoy, Donald R. (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 (Person)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Alfred M. Landon Collection
- Subtitle
- Alfred M. Landon oral interviews
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, 2006; revised by cl, 2010. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2006. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2018.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9897610976
- Preferred citation
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Alfred M. Landon oral interviews, Kansas Collection, RH MS 819, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository