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hobbywilbur Inventory of the Wilbur Hobby Papers, 1956-1968 Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Ted Holt David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 000861193

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: May 2008Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Ted Holt, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 2008 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Wilbur Hobby Papers, 1956-1968 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Hobby, Wilbur Wilbur Hobby Papers, 1956-1968 Material in English 13.3 Linear Feet 10,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Labor leader, from Durham, N.C. Papers of Hobby while he served as southeast area director of the Committee on Political Education of the AFL-CIO. The collection also includes material from Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina on voting records, issue positions, activities of congressmen and other political officials, elections statistics, reports of state labor conferences, memoranda on unionization in various industries, reports of the state directors of the Committee on Political Education, and state labor publications. Box 52 is closed to research. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Portions of collection are closed.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Wilbur Hobby Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Wilbur Hobby Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1970.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Encoded by Ted Holt, May 2008

Accession from 1970 is described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection Overview

Papers of Hobby while he served as southeast area director of the Committee on Political Education of the AFL-CIO. The collection also includes material from Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina on voting records, issue positions, activities of congressmen and other political officials, elections statistics, reports of state labor conferences, memoranda on unionization in various industries, reports of the state directors of the Committee on Political Education, and state labor publications. Box 52 is closed to research.

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.

AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education. State and industry. Working class--Congresses. Working class--Political activity. Working class--Southern States. Florida--Politics and government--1951-. Georgia--Politics and government--1951-. Kentucky--Politics and government--1951-. North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-. South Carolina--Politics and government--1951-. Virginia--Politics and government--1951-. Contents of Collection Subject Files Series (52 boxes) 1A 2-3A-C 4-5C 6C-E 7E-F 8-9F 10-11Florida 12G 13Georgia 14-15G 16Georgia 17-18G 19G-H 20H 21I 22K 23-27Ky 28K-L 29M-N 30North Carolina (A-C) 31North Carolina (Da-Durham) 32-33North Carolina (Durham) 34North Carolina (E-H) 35North Carolina (I-Z) 36O-R 37R 38R-S 39-41S 42T 43T-U 44U-V 45-46Virginia 47V 48Virginia 49V 50V-W 51W-Z 52Papers (3 envelopes)

[Closed to research.]

Oversize Materials

Consists of a poster which concerns voting and civil rights.

OF1Oversize items