Guide to the Graham Arthur Barden Papers, 1934-1960
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleGraham Arthur Barden Papers, 1934-1960
Creator
Barden, Graham Arthur, 1896-1967
Extent
ca. 264,515 Items; 357 Boxes
Repository
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], The Graham Arthur Barden Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Barden Papers were presented to the Manuscript Department in 1961 and 1965 by Representative Barden.
Processing Information
Processed by: Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Staff
Completed August 26, 1977
Processing of the collection and the preparation of this inventory were made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Encoded by Stephen D. Miller
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Chronology74th Congress 1935-36: Education; Library; Rivers & Harbors; Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures
75th Congress 1937-38: Education; Library; Patents; Rivers & Harbors (Left Patents Committee and placed on Labor Committee during this Congress)
76th Congress 1939-40: Education; Labor; Library; Rivers & Harbors
77th Congress 1941-42: Census; Education; Labor; Library; Rivers & Harbors
78th Congress 1943-44: Census; Education (Chairman; Civil Service; Labor, Library; Rivers & Harbors; Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures
79th Congress 1945-46: Census; Civil Service; Education (Chairman); Expenditures in the Executive Departments; Labor; Library; Rivers & Harbors
80th-86th Congresses 1947-60: Education and Labor Chairman 1951-52 and 1955-60
[top]Collection Overview
The Graham Arthur Barden Papers consist of the office files of Democratic Congressman Barden from his first election to Congress in 1934 through his retirement in 1960. Correspondence, public statements, and miscellaneous Items relate to his service as a member and then chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor. His interest in matters concerning his constituents in the Third District of North Carolina is reflected throughout the collection.
Congressman Barden left his successor, Congressman David Newton Henderson, many papers about ongoing business, especially local projects. These papers came to the library in the Henderson Papers where they are filed, Consult the Inventory of the David N. Henderson Papers for this material that dates prior to 1961 when Henderson took office. The Barden material dates as early as 1930.
The Graham Arthur Barden Papers span Barden's political career from 1933 through his retirement in 1960. There is little material for 1933-1934. Scattered Items pertain to Barden's work in the North Carolina General Assembly and papers for 1934 deal chiefly with his successful campaign in North Carolina's Third Congressional District for the United States Congress. The papers from 1935 through 1960 form a comprehensive record of Barden's congressional activities. To facilitate the use of the collection, the Barden Papers have been arranged in the following series:
I. Subject Files
II. Education and labor
III General Legislation
IV. Correspondence
V. Personal
For more detailed information on the arrangement and content of each series, refer to the Series Descriptions and Container Listing which follow.
The Barden Papers consist in part of correspondence exchanged between Barden and other committee members, legislators, and officials of government agencies. Educators, labor leaders, businessmen, and prominent North Carolinians also communicated with Barden. A large category contains numerous letters from constituents in the Third District of North Carolina who wrote concerning local projects, employment prospects, veteran's benefits, and issues immediately affecting them. There is also a Quantity of "pressure mail" urging Barden to support or oppose certain legislation. Although this type of correspondence is often short and repetitive, it represents a broad geographical area outside of Barden's district and include letters providing comment ranging from the highly articulate to the semi-literate on issues of the day
In addition to correspondence, the Barden Papers contain typescripts and drafts of speeches, legal briefs, and reports. There is also printed material related to the development of various bills, including reports, hearings and confidential committee prints. Many such Items are public documents and have been retained because of the legislative history they reveal, because they have immediate relation to the collection, or because they contain corrections or marginalia written by Barden. Other government documents, however, such as final or complete copies of committee hearings and reports or documents sent to Barden as a courtesy, have been removed since they pertain only tangentially to the collection. A researcher may therefore wish to consult appropriate printed government documents located elsewhere in the Perkins Library.
Many printed Items that Barden collected for research for committee work or accumulated for general information have also been retained. Labor, education, and other partisan groups furnished many of these Items. The papers also contain clippings and some photographs, mainly of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and Goldsboro, North Carolina.
As a whole, the Barden Collection illustrates legislative trends, particularly in education and labor, from the Depression to the Kennedy years, and the role that Barden played as a member and chairman of an important House Committee. Major issues include federal aid to education, labor-management relations, labor standards, and minimum wage legislation,
Coverage for legislation considered by committees other than Education and Labor is uneven and is likely to reflect Barden's own interests or viewpoints. Since Barden continually tried to serve his constituents, for example agriculture information is more abundant than foreign policy material. The Third District was largely rural, and agriculture, fishing, and related industries were important to the District, as were lumbering, preliminary processing of tobacco, and some furniture manufacturing. Barden was also instrumental in the establishment and development of several military installations in his district, including Camp Lejeune Marine Base and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. These activities, as well as other issues of national importance, are reflected in the materials filed under General Legislation and in the Third District Projects and Constituent Concerns files.
Since Barden was consistently unopposed in congressional elections there is little campaign material, Family and exclusively personal material is also rare.
A note on Processing: The five series roughly parallel the arrangement of the tiles as they came from Barden's office, with some consolidation of smaller units, particularly in Series I, the Subject Series.
Certain Items or groups of material were not retained. These include duplicates standard and repetitive responses to pressure mail, and ephemeral material or papers pertaining to ordinary facilitative processes.
Samples from other categories were retained on the following basis:
1. Veteran's files - "C" names retained
2. Employment files - "C" names retained
3. Service Academy Appointments - General files and "C" names retained
4. Post Office - Morehead City files and files for county seats in district retained
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- United States.--Congress.--House.
- Education--United States--History--20th century.
- Labor and laboring classes--United States--History--20th century.
- Camp Lejeune (N.C.).
- Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (Goldsboro, N.C.).
- Veterans.
- Tobacco industry--North Carolina.
- Furniture industry and trade--North Carolina.
- North Carolina--Politics and government.
- Military bases--North Carolina.
Related Material
The David Newton Henderson Papers, 1930-1976
Henderson, David Newton, 1921-
ca. 181,850 Items; 439 Boxes
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | Subject Series | ||||||
| | Series II--Education and Labor | ||||||
| | Series III - General Legislation, 1935-1960 | ||||||
| | Series IV--Correspondence, 1933-1960 | ||||||
 | | Series V--Personal, 1933-1967? | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
Subject Series
A. Third District Projects and Constituent Concerns
Folders 1-5
Agriculture, 1940-1959
Material deals with general agricultural
matters rather than specific crops, Much
of the correspondence concerns Department
of Agriculture regulations. Various
Departmental reports are included.
Folder 6
Air Force,
1950-1960
Air Force Academy,
1950-1954
Box 2
Folder 7
Airports,
ca. 1939-1943,
1951-1960
Early correspondence concerns the location
of Army airports for national defense,
Later material deals with Federal Aeronautics
Administration allocations to North Carolina,
rumors of airports to be built in Barden's
district by the Civil Aeronautics Authority,
and proposed air service to the district by
national airlines.
Alliance School Dredging Project,
1948
Folders 8-12
Box 3
Folders 13-16
Allotments,
1941-1946,
1951-1958
Correspondence revolves around Barden's
attempts to assist wives and relatives of
soldiers of the Third District in getting
monthly allotments from the soldiers and
the Federal government.
Folder 17
Ambassador to the Vatican, Appointment of,
1951-1952
Folders 17-18
American Legion,
ca. 1937-1951
Folder 18
Ancestors
ca. 1955-1960
Material refers to Barden's ancestry.
Arapahoe Community Building Project, 1934-1938
Armories - State Projects,
1935-1936
Box 4
Folder 19
Army,
ca. 1943-1960
Folder 20
Article in U. S. A.,
1953
This folder contains a copy of Barden's article,
"Our Unsolved Labor Problems,"
which appeared in U. S. A., February, 1953, and letters thanking him for complimentary copies sent to friends and colleagues.
Folder 21
Atlantic Ball Park Project,
1937
Atlantic Dredging Project,
1935-1940
Atlantic School Project,
1936
Box 4
Folder 21
Atomic Energy Commission,
1950
Folder 22
Bachelor School Project,
1938
Banks,
1953,
1958
Bayboro Court House Project,
1936-1939
Folders 22-23
Beach Erosion Project,
1935-1936
Most of this correspondence deals with patronage on the beach erosion project.
Folder 23
Bear Creek Project,
1940
Bear Inlet Project [1940]
Beaufort Airport Project,
1942-1944
Beaufort Community Building Project,
1935
Folder 24
Beaufort Dock Project,
1938-1939
Beaufort Federal Building Project,
1935-1937
Beaufort Gymnasium Project,
1935-1936
Beaufort Hospital Project,
1938
Beaufort Lunch Room and Cannery Project,
1944
Beaufort Radio Station,
1954
Beaufort Recreation and Curb Market Project,
1940-1943
Box 5
Folder 25
Beaufort School Project,
1945-1946
Berlin Situation,
1959
Bogue Inlet Coast Guard Station,
1938-1939
Brinson Memorial School Dormitory Project,
1938
Browns Creek Project,
1935
Buck Swamp Drainage Project,
1935
Burgaw, Town of,
1952-1957
Burgaw Sewer Project,
1936
Burgaw Streets Project,
1938
Folder 26
Cabbage,
1945
Calico Creek Project,
1938-1939
Calypso, Town of,
1954-1955
Camp Lejeune High School Project,
1959
Cape Fear River Project,
1935 - 39
Carolina Beach Inlet Project,
1949
Folder 27
Cartaret Rural Electrification Administration,
1940-1941
Cartaret County School Project,
1936-1937
Cartaret County Sewing Room Project
1937-1939
Cartaret County Streets--Beaufort,
1938
Folders 28-30
Casualties, World War II,
1941-1946
Correspondence concerning Barden's efforts
to help his constituents determine whether
or not family and friends in the Armed Forces
were alive.
Box 6
Folder 31
Catherine Lake Project
1940
Cedar Creek at Sealevel Project,
1937see also, Glovers Creek
Folders 31-32
Census,
ca. 1937-1959
Folder 32
Census, Business,
1935-1936,
1948-1950
Folder 33
Census, Farm,
1934-1935,
1944-1945
Box 6
Folder 33
Cherry Blossom Festival,
1956-1957
Churches (U. S.) in Foreign Countries,
1954
Material refers to the closing of Protestant
churches in Italy
(Church of Christ) and
Spain (Southern Baptist Mission).
Churches, Property For,
1954
Information concerns the attempts by several
Third District churches to rent or buy
U. S. military base land for their use.
Civil Aeronautics Administration,
1956-1958
This section includes a Raleigh-Durham
Airport brief presented to the Civil
Aeronautics Board in 1958 and information
relating to airport projects under the
Airport Program of the CAA.
Folder 34
Civil Defense,
1956-1958
Included are reports of the North Carolina
Council on Civil Defense.
Civil Service Commission,
ca. 1940-1959
This segment contains a May, 1944 , report by
the CSC on the militarization of the Women's
Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS)
Folders 34-35
Civilian Conservation Corps,
1935-1940
Folder 36
Clinton, Town of,
1955-1959
Clinton Chamber of Commerce,
1946
Clinton Hospital Project,
1938-1943
Clinton School,
1938
Box 7
Folder 37
Clinton Sewage Facilities Project,
1951
Clinton Streets Project,
1938
Clinton Tobacco Market,
1945-1948
Folders 37-38
Coal,
1945-1946,
1953
Most of the correspondence deals with coal
shortages and Barden's efforts to increase
the quotas of towns in his district.
Folders 38-42
Box 8
Folders 43-44
Coast Guard,
1934-1959
Correspondence relates mainly to Barden's
attempts to assist Third District members
of the Coast Guard in obtaining transfers
to the North Carolina area. Other information of a more general nature on the Coast Guard is also contained in these folders.
Folder 45
Coastal Plain Experiment Station,
1935-1940
Folder 46
Coconut Oil,
1959
Commerce, Department of,
ca. 1946-1960
Commissions,
1950-1951
Folder 47
Communism,
1956
Confederate Monuments,
1935,
1939
Material concerns the erection of memorials to Confederate soldiers and Robert E. Lee at Arlington National Cemetery.
Box 8
Folder 47
Confederate Widows,
1959-1960
Contracts,
1950-1952
Much of this material deals with Federal government contracts
Corn,
1948
Corn-Hog Section, Agricultural Adjustment
Administration,
1935-1936
Folder 48
Cotton,
1949-1960
Courtesy,
1959-1960
Folder 49
Cove City Community Building Project,
1936
Cove City Drainage Project
1938
Cove City School Project,
1940
Folders 50-51
Crackpots, 1953-1960
Letters from people Barden considered
"crackpots."
Folder 52
Craven County Forestry Project,
1939
Craven County Sanitary Project,
1938
Croatan National Forest Youth Camp Site,
1939-1940,
1948
Early correspondence deals with the
location of the camp, and the establishment
of a
"white"
camp before a
"colored"
one;
later correspondence focuses on the attempt
to complete the project which was interrupted
by the war.
Croatan School Project,
1938-1939
Cuba,
1952
Customs Houses,
1936
Davis Harbor Project,
1939
Folders 52-53
Defense, Department of,
1959-1960
Bulk of material on new directives by the
Department concerning the movement of
household goods of servicemen, and the
awarding of that business to moving companies.
Also includes correspondence on other defense
contracts.
Folder 53
Demobilization and Discharge Regulations,
1945
Folders 53-55
Democratic Party, National and State,
1935-1939,
1946-1947,
1955-1960
Early material includes information on finances, the activities of the Democratic National Committee Women's Division, and a report of
"The Cooperative Committee"
for 1936-1937 . Material of 1940 's concerns the meeting of the Democratic Caucus of the 80th Congress. Later material concerns both national and state matters. National matters include: statements by the Democratic Advisory Council on important issues, Democratic Fact Sheet on Eisenhower-Nixon fiscal policy, and much material on 1960 Presidential Campaign (both nomination and election).
Box 9
Folders 53-55
State material deals with the activities
of the N. C. Democratic Club of Washington, fund raising, and getting out the
Democratic vote.
Box 10
Folders 56-58
Direct Loans, 1951-1959
Most material concerns Veterans Administration loans and policy statements; a few
Small Business Administration loans.
Folder 59
Dolls Creek Project 1937-1940,
1944
Dover Community Building Project,
1938
Duplin County Community Buildings and School,
1935-1938
Duplin County Sewing Room,
1938
Duplin County Teacherage and Auditorium,
1939
Folder 60
East Carolina Cooperative Exchange,
1936
Folders
60-61
East Carolina Regional Housing Authority,
ca. 1941-1952
Folder 61
Economic Stabilization, Office of,
1951
Education, North Carolina Department of,
1958
Box 11
Folder 62
Employees' Compensation Commission,
1934-1939
Employment Security--U. S. & N. C.,
ca. 1946-1954
Factory Landing Project,
1936-1937
Faison Cold Storage Project,
1938
Folder 63
Farm Security Administration,
ca. 1938-1945
Most material deals with FSA statistics and
constituents' problems with the FSA.
1943
investigative report of FSA by Rep. Harold
Cooley.
Farm Security Administration--Appointments
Lists, 1935-1941
Farmers Home Administration,
ca. 1951-1957
Folders 64-66
Federal Communications Commission,
1941-1960
Most material focuses on applications for
radio and television station permits.
1954-1957 contains material on the Channel 5
controversy between WRAL and WPTF.
Folder 67
Federal Housing Administration,
1935-1940
Box 12
Folder 68
Pamphlet (24pp.) on architectural modernization; pamphlet (24pp.) on
"How to Have the Home You Want."
1939 - information on
the investigation of the FHA in N. C.;
Barden's views on the FHA. Statistics on
FHA loans in N. C.
March, 1940 - letter to
Barden about Charles Laban Abernethy.
Folder 68
Federal Land Bank,
1936
Federal Power Commission,
1960
One case involves the need in Shelby, N. C., for more natural gas from Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. through the FPC
Federal Trade Commission,
1936
Address by FTC Commissioner Ewin L. Davis -
"The Federal Trade Commission and Its Relation to Agriculture."
Folder 69
Federal Works Agency,
1941-1944
Lists of approved FWA projects for North
Carolina; information on miscellaneous
FWA projects which do not have separate
folders.
Folder 70
Federated Cooperative Exchange,
1936,
1939
Fertilizer,
1947
Material concerns a shortage of nitrogen
used in making fertilizer.
Fire Control Project,
1935-1936
First Citizens Bank,
1935
Correspondence concerning efforts to
establish branches in Rose Hill and
Vanceboro through the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation.
Folders 71-72
Fish and Fisheries,
1941-1960
Correspondence related to Federal and
state policies on the stocking of ponds
through governmental assistance, the
menhaden fishing industry, Pivers Island
Federal Research Laboratory and the marine
exhibit at Morehead City.
Folder 73
Flags,
1955-1956
Flood Insurance Program,
1957
Correspondence concerns how North Carolina
can meet the qualifications for the Federal
Flood Insurance Program.
Box 13
Folder 74
Fluoridation of Water,
1953
Correspondence focuses on pros and cons of
fluoridation; also 17 pamphlets from the
American Dental Association and the
American Medical Association in favor of
fluoridation.
Folder 75
Forest Service, U. S. and N. C.
ca. 1944-1959
Fort Macon State Park Project,
1940
Fremont Community Building Project,
1936
Fremont School Project,
1940
Folders 76-79
Gasoline
1941-1945
Bulk of correspondence deals with rationing
of gasoline and Barden's efforts to assist
his constituents.
Folder 79
General Accounting Office,
1953-1954
Includes several bulletins from Lindsay
Warren, Comptroller General and former
Congressman from N. C.
Box 14
Folder 80
G. I. Bill,
1944-1952
Correspondence deals with attempts by GI's
to get loans, problems with lending institutions and the Veterans Administration
June-July, 1951 - several letters concern drinking
at a
"Veteran Colored School."
Glovers Creek Project,
1937see also Cedar Creek Project.
Folder 81
Goldsboro, Town of [1956?]
3 pamphlets:
"Goldsboro,"
"Welcome to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,"
and
"Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, Industrial Survey."
Goldsboro Airport Project,
1940-1942
Folder 82
Goldsboro Fire Station Project,
1938
Goldsboro Health Center,
1947
Correspondence deals with the sale of the Health Center building by the Federal Works Agency to Wayne County.
Goldsboro Hospital Project,
1941-1944,
1956
Correspondence concerns needed expansion of the hospital because of its use by persons associated with Seymour Johnson Air Base.
Folder 83
Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course,
1955
Goldsboro Post Office,
1948
Goldsboro Water and Sewer Project,
1938
Goshen Swamp Drainage Project,
1939
Grain Storage,
1951
Correspondence focuses on a proposal to build a
Cooperative Grain Storage Facility at Faison, N.C
Grave Marking Project for Veterans,
1939 - Correspondence concerns efforts to obtain Works Progress Administration funds
Halls School Teacherage Project,
1938-1939
Harkers Island Athletic Field Project,
1935-1936
Harkers Island Harbor Project
1940
Harkers Island Rural Electrification Administration Project, 1936-1939,
1941
Havelock, Town of
1959
Correspondence deals with the acquisition of a government building to be used as the Havelock town hall
Health, Education and Welfare, Department of, 1954-1957
Includes information on seamen's benefits through the Public Health Service and 1956 statistics on Old Age and Survivor's Insurance by state or by county in North Carolina.
Folder 84
Henderson Textile Workers Strike,
1959
Bulk of material consists of clippings on the strike from N. C. newspapers: also copies of letters to Governor Hodges protesting use of National Guard, his reply and related statements: and several letters from the Textile Workers Union of America.
Folder 85
Highway Program,
1959-1960
Hobucken Bridge Project,
1937-1939
Hobucken School Project,
1940-1941
Holly Ridge School Project,
1947
Correspondence concerns the purchase of
the old Holly Ridge School building by
the Holly Ridge Baptist Church.
Holly Ridge Water and Sewer Project,
1941,
1946-1947
Holly Shelter Canal Project,
1951
Holly Shelter Creek Project, undated
Folder 85
Home Owners Loan Corporation,
1935-1939
Box 15
Folder 86
Correspondence revolves around Barden's
attempts to assist constituents obtain
loans from HOLC.
Folders 87-91
Housing Administration,
1941-1960
Box 16
Folder 92
Includes Federal Housing Administration,
National Housing Agency, and Public
Housing Administration. Correspondence
deals mainly with Barden's efforts to help
constituents with loans and to aid Third
District towns gain Federal assistance for
housing shortages created by nearby military
bases.
Folder 93
Hull Swamp Project,
1935-1936
Folders 93-94
Hunting--Laws and Regulations,
ca. 1935-1960
Folders 94-96
Hurricane Disaster,
1952-1959
Folders 96-97
Inauguration,
1947,
1953,
1956-1957
Folder 97
Indian Schools Project,
1940-1942
Inland Waterway Property Disposal Project,
1956-1957
Folder 98
Institute of Government (Chapel Hill) Project, 1935
Insurance,
1958-1959
Protects from N. C. insurance companies
concerning decisions by the Army and Air Force to become self-insurers.
Internal Revenue Service,
1959-1960
Most correspondence deals with IRS rules
concerning extensions for filing.
Folder 98
Interior, Department of,
1936,
1944-1960
Box 17
Folders 99-100
Most correspondence concerns fees and
commercial facilities on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Folder 100
Interstate Commerce Commission,
ca. 1952-1958
Folder 101
Jacksonville Community Building Project,
1936,
1939-1940
Jacksonville Court House Project,
1935
Jacksonville Gymnasium Project,
1935
Jacksonville Hospital Project,
1941-1945
Folders 101-103
Jacksonville Housing Project,
1941-1943
Folder 103
Jacksonville Paving Project,
1935-1936
Box 17
Folder 103
Jacksonville Recreation Facilities (USO),
1946-1947
Folder 103-104
Jacksonville School Project,
1940-1942
Folder 104
Jacksonville Sewer and Water Project,
1936-1937
Jasper Teacherage Project,
1936
Folder 104
Jones County Court House Project,
1935-1940
Box 18
Folder 105
Correspondence concerns efforts to obtain
funds to build a new courthouse in Jones County.
Folder 105
Joshua Creek Drainage Project,
1947
Judgeship,
1945
Justice, Department of,
1958-1960
Kenansville Projects
1936
:: Library Project
1937: Cemetery Project
Labor Camp Project,
1948
Correspondence centers on efforts to
establish a labor camp at Bayboro, N. C.
Labor, Department of,
1935,
1950-1959
Folder 106
Libraries
(North Carolina),
1957-1959
Library (Depository),
1953
Material concerns designating the library
at New Bern a government documents
depository for the Third District.
Library of Congress, 1952-1960
Includes lists of books lent by LC to
Barden's staff.
Folder 107
Light Houses,
1935-1939
Folder 108
Lowlands Projects
1935-1936:
Community Building Project
1939-1940:
Post Office
Lumber Code,
1935
Lyon Swamp Drainage Project,
1944
MacArthur Firing, 1951
Magnolia High School
1952
Folder 109
Mail Service (to replace #48 and #49 Highway Post Office) 1959
Marine Corps,
1941-1949,
1960
Maritime Commission
1960
Marketing Centers,
1941
Material concerns centers for the War Department to buy food and goods for various military camps.
Marketing Research,
1951
Maysville Projects
1935: School Project
1941-1942: Water and Sewer Project
Folder 110
Menhaden Fishing Industry,
1960
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee,
1938
Material discusses ways the Federal
government could aid fishermen and oystermen.
Mid-East North Carolina Airport,
1956-1957
Box 19
Folders 111-112
Milk,
1942-1944
Correspondence concerns crisis in the dairy
industry caused by high costs, and low
prices imposed by the Office of Price
Administrations
Folder 112
Monuments and Markers,
1954-1955
Folders 112-113
Moore's Creek Battleground,
1935-1936,
1947-1959
Folder 113
Morehead City Airport Project 1936
Morehead City Curb Market,
1940,
1945
Folders 113-114
Morehead City Hospital Project, 1942-1947
Folder 114
Morehead City Library Project, 1936,
1939
Morehead City Paving Project,
1939-1940
Morehead City School Project,
1947
Morehead City USO Building, Purchase of,
1947-1948
Folders 114-115
Mosquito Control,
1952-1960
Includes 1957report of the North Carolina Salt Marsh Mosquito Study Commission.
Folder 116
Mount Olive, Town of,
1956-1960
Mount Olive Airport,
1946
Mount Olive Potato Curing House Project,
1937
Mount Olive Sewer Project,
1935-1936
Muster Out Pay,
1943-1945
Nahunta Swamp Project,
1937
National Flower,
1959
Folder 116
National Guard
1949-1950,
1954,
1957-1960
Box 20
Folder 117
Material includes Federal assistance to
National Guard to build armories, discussion
over size and status of NG, and 1957
controversy caused by Sec. of Defense Wilson's
statement referring to the NG as
"draft dodging business."
Folder 117
National Parks, 1959
Includes pictures of proposed Clingman's Dome tower in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
Folders 117-118
National Production Authority,
1951-1952
Folder 119
National Recovery Act,
1935
National Service Life Insurance Dividends,
1950-1952
Folders 120-121
National War Agencies,
1943-1947
Box 21-22
Folders 122-129
Correspondence related to Barden's efforts
to serve as an intermediary between his
constituents and various Federal agencies
concerned with all aspects of World War II.
Folders 130-131
National Youth Administration,
1935-1943
Folder 131
Naval Section Base,
1941-1942
Folders 131-133
Navy, Department of
ca. 1935-1959
Folder 133
New Bern, City of,
1954-1960
Folder 134
New Bern Airport,
ca. 1935-1951
Box 23
Folders 135-136
1952-1957:
Amber #9
Folder 137
New Bern Armory Project,
1936-1937
Material includes photographs of armory dedication with Barden present
New Bern Athletic Field,
1938
New Bern Auditorium Project,
1935,
1938
New Bern Cannery Building,
1940-1943
Folder 138
New Bern 250th Celebration,
1959-1960
New Bern Cemetery Project (Cedar Grove),
1937
New Bern Colored Library Project,
1943-1944
New Bern Community Center Project,
1946
New Bern Court House and Jail Cleaning Project, 1937-1939
New Bern Curb Market Project, 1938
Folder 139
New Bern Gymnasium and Community Building Project, 1938-1940
New Bern Harbor Project,
1937-1938
New Bern Health Center Project, 1942-1943
Folders 139-140
New Bern Hospital Project, 1942-1946,
1956
Box 24
Folder 141
New Bern Housing Project, 1940-1944,
1954
New Bern Library Project, 1935
New Bern Lunch Room Project, 1945
New Bern Miscellaneous Projects, 1935-1936
New Bern, National Avenue Improvement, 1943-1946
New Bern National Cemetery Project, 1936-1938
Folders 141-142
New Bern Recreation Center Project, 1941-1944
Folder 142
New Bern Recreation Facilities, USO,
1945-1947
New Bern Rent Control Office,
1943-1951
Folder 143
New Bern Schools,
1945,
1952-1960
New Bern Veterans Project, 1947
New Bern Water and Light Project, 1938-1943
Folder 144
New Bern Yacht Basin Project, 1935-1936
New Bern Youth Center Project, 1940-1942
New River Works Progress Administration,
1938n,
Newport Gymnasium and Tennis Court Project, ca. 1935-1940
Newport River Project, 1937
Newport Water and Sewer Project, 1942
Newspaper Correspondence, 1935-1936
Newton Grove School Project, 1942-1943
Folders 145-146
North Carolina, State of,
1950-1960
Folder 146
North Carolina Delegation,
1935-1936
North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration,
1935-1936
Box 25
Folders 147-149
North Carolina Highways and State Highway Commission,
ca. 1935-1960
Folder 149
North Carolina Organizations,
1953-1959
Folder 150
North Carolinians in Washington,
1935
Oak Island Coast Guard Channel,
1947
Office of Price Stabilization,
1951-1952
Folders 151-152
Office of Production Management,
1942-1943
Box 26-27
Folders 153-161
Material reflects Barden's efforts to
aid constituents in their dealings with
OPM and OPM regulations.
Folder 162
Oil and Fuel,
1947-1948
Correspondence concerns fuel shortages in
the Third District.
Folders 162-164
Old Age Assistance,
1936-1940,
1949-1959
Folder 165
Barden assists elderly in obtaining
assistance from the Federal government.
Folder 165
Onslow County Projects
1935-1937,
1953: School Projects
1939: Cemetery Project
1956: Drainage Project
Oriental Bridge Project, 1936-1939
Folders 166-167
Oysters, 1935,
1946-1954
Correspondence concerns a private bill to
allow compensation to oyster farmers for
the killing of oysters caused by the
discharge of sewerage and waste from
military bases.
Folder 168
Pamlico Coast Guard (USS),
1935-1940
Pamlico County Playgrounds Project, 1940
Pamlico County Wood Cutting Project, 1936
Folder 169
Passports and Visas (sample),
1953-1956
Patents,
ca. 1951-1957
Peanuts,
1954-1960
Folder 170
Pender County Projects
1935: Court House Project
1938: Sanitary Project
Folder 170
Penderlea,
1935-1939
Box 29
Folders 171-174
Penderlea was a homesteading project
in which Barden was greatly interested.
Material includes 1935 financial records,
and a pamphlet,
"Southern Rural Life- The Problem, The Solution,"
as well as
correspondence on the project and its problems.
Folder 175
Pharmacy Corps Bill and Correspondence, 1942-1943
Pickles,
1935-1940
Pigeons
1958
Folder 176
Pikeville Water and Sewer Project, 1936-1939,
1942
Pine Lumber Company,
1935-1938
Piney Grove Playground Project, 1936
Pinners Point,
1938
Plywood,
1954,
1959
Box 30
Folders 177-179
Port Terminal and Beaufort Railroad,
1935-1938
Folder 179
Post Office Department
1959-1960
Postwar Projects--North Carolina,
1944-1947
Folders 180-182
Potatoes,
ca. 1934-1958
Box 31
Folders 183-187
Correspondence reflects Barden's efforts
to assist potato farmers in their dealings
with the Federal government in such matters
as production and transportation.
Folder 187
Poultry,
1959-1960
Box 31
Folders 187-188
Price Ceilings and War Production Board Regulations, 1944-1947
Box 32
Folder 189
Prisoner of War Labor,
1944-1945
Public Assistance,
1958-1959
Public Works Administration Projects Lists 1935-1936
Folders 189-190
Publications--Sample Letters, 1938-1940,
1950-1958
Samples of letters mailed to Third District
residents offering various publications for
their use.
Folder 190
Quartermaster's Depot Project 1941
Folder 191
Radioactive Waste, Disposal of,
1959
Railroad,
1950
Folders 191-192
Recommendations, 1954-1960
Includes letters of recommendation for
blacks and whites
Folder 193
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
1950-1953
Rent Control,
1951-1953
Reserve Officer Corps,
1934-1935
Reserve Officer Training Corps,
1950-1954
Folder 194
Resettlement Administration,
1935-1938
Box 33
Folder 195
Richlands Community House Project, 1935-1938
Richlands Library Project, 1935-1938
Richlands Sewer Project, 1935-1936
Folders 195-196
Rivers and Harbors--Wilmington, N. C., District, Project Index and Maps, 1938,
1939
Folders 196-199
Roads:
Folder 196
Belgrade to Swansboro Highway, 1940
Cartaret County Roads, 1938
Cape Lookout Road,
1935-1936
Cedar Island Road Project,
1935
Cotton Road Landscaping Project,
1939
Craven County, Route #101, 1938-1940
Dover-New Bern Road, 1935
Fort Barnwell-Dover Road Project, 1938
Goldsboro-Fayetteville Road, 1938
Folder 197
Harkers Island Road and Bridge, 1936-1940
Jones County Road, 1935,
1939
Lowland Road Project,
1938-1940
Lukens Road Project
1938
Marshallburg Road,
1935-1936
Merriman Road Project, 1936-1938
Mill Creek Road,
1938-1939
Folder 198
Minnesott Beach Road Project, 1937-1938
Mount Olive Road,
1935-1936
Moore's Creek Battleground Road,
1935
Onslow County Road Project, 1939
Oriental to Minnesott Road, 1938
Pender County Highway #53,
1940
Plymouth to Minnesott Beach Road, 1941
Reelsboro Road,
1938
Rose Hill Road,
1940
St. Helena Road Project, 1936
Smyrna Road Project, 1937
Folder 199
Sneads Ferry Road and Bridge, 1935-1936
Topsail Road Project, 1937
Vanceboro Road,
1935
Warsaw to Wallace Road,
1935
Roanoke River,
1955
Rose Hill, City of,
1939,
1954-1955,
1960
Rose Hill Cold Storage,
1937,
1941
Folder 200
Rose Hill Packing Company,
1944-1946
Roseboro Agricultural Building Project, 1936
Folder 200
Rural Electrification Administration,
1935-1957
Box 34-35
Folders 201-208
Most of correspondence deals with Barden's
aid to Third District communities in
helping them to get electricity. Includes
maps and statistics. Some excellent letters
(especially 1955 ) on Barden's dealings with
REA and various power corporations, including
Carolina Power and Light Company and
Tarheel Electric Membership Association.
1954--progress report on REA in N. C.
1957--
pamphlet,
"Facts about Four County Electric Membership Corporation."
Folders 209-210
Rural Electrification Administration:
Jones Onslow Electric Membership Corporation,
ca. 1941-1957
Folder 211
Salemburg School Project, 1939
Sampson County Projects
1937: Building Cleaning Project
1937-1939: Court House Project
1940: Sewing Room Project
1950: Health Center
Scholarships,
1959-1960
Folders 211-212
Secretaries,
ca. 1938-1943
Letters of application for the position of
secretary to Barden, 1939 --most of correspondence
concerns Tom McGee's heart attack and recovery,
Some correspondence between Barden and McGee
about Third District matters.
Folder 212
Seed Loan Bill
1934-1936
Box 36
Folders 213-216
Segregation, 1941,
1954-1960
1941--essay on Benjamin Franklin and the
Jews, 1954-1960 includes much printed
material--speeches and essays--opposing
racial integration, with some
"hate"
literature against the blacks. Barden
shows no hesitancy to express his views,
opposing integration and Federal interference
in public (i.e. state-controlled) schools.
1955--reprint of Frank Porter Graham article
from Virginia Quarterly Review on segregation, autographed with a personal note to Barden.
Folders 216-218
Selective Service,
1941-1946,
1949-1959
Box 37
Folders 219-220
Most correspondence deals with attempts
to obtain agricultural deferments for
draftees.
Folder 220
Sewage Disposal,
1960
Shaken Creek Project, 1939
Folder 221
Shipyards,
1940-1943
Folder 222
Small Business Administration,
1954-1959
Smith Creek Bridge Project, 1937-1939
Smyrna Gymnasium Project 1937-1939
Folder 223
Smyrna School Project, 1940-1942
Sneads Ferry Breakwater Project, 1958
Sneads Ferry Sewing Project, 1938
Folders 223-224
Social Security,
1952-1960
Folder 225
Barden assists constituents in dealing
with Social Security regulations and
eligibility requirements.
Box 38
Folders 225-226
Socialized Medicine,
1949
1951-1952,
1954
Correspondence and resolutions reflecting
public opinion on a national health
insurance plan.
Folders 226-228
Soil Conservation Checks,
1937-1938
Correspondence shows Barden's assistance
to constituents having problems with
governmental red tape. Some material
concerns tobacco acreage allotments.
Folder 228
Soil Erosion--Neuse River,
1945
Soil Surveys,
ca 1953-1960
Material includes annual reports of the
Lower Neuse Conservation District
(1952)
and the Southeastern Soil Conservation
District
(1953,
1959 )
Folders 229-230
Southeastern Power Administration,
1951-1952
Box 39
Folder 231
Soybeans,
1955,
1957
State Department,
ca. 1948-1959
Stonewall Auditorium Project,
1940
Stoney Creek Drainage Project, 1936
Straits Athletic Field Project, 1936-1937
Folders 231-232
Strawberries,
1944-1946
Folder 233
Sugar,
1944-1947
Material relating to governmental rationing
of sugar and constituents' problems in
dealing with the regulations.
Supreme Court,
1958-1959
Folders 233-234
Surplus