Guide to the Wint Smith Collection

Papers

Administrative Information

PREFERRED CITATION

{Identification of Item}{Department Name}{Call # or Record Group#}Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

ACQUISITION INFORMATION

Gift, Mrs. Blanche Smith, 1976.

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Restrictions

RESTRICTIONS on ACCESS

No access restrictions.

RESTRICTIONS on USE

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Restrictions: Copyright of unpublished materials in the papers are the property of the University of Kansas. Single copies of unpublished materials made by xerox or other mechanical methods of reproduction may be made only for the purposes of scholarly research.

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Separated Material

For additional material see also: RH MS C55; RH MS B61; RH MS R30. For photographs see RH MS-P 201.

Smith, Wint, War Diaries, RH MS B61Private Diary, RH MS C55Military Maps, RH MS R30Photographs, RH MS-P 201

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BIOGRAPHY of Wint Smith

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SCOPE and CONTENTS

The bulk of the papers span the years 1946 to 1960 and include, for the most part, the various materials collected by Smith while a member of the U.S. House of Representatives; such material includes correspondence and subject files (boxes 4-6, 8, 10-11); speeches and the congressional report series Wint Smith Reports on Congress and News and Comments from Congress written by Smith for his Kansas constituents (box 9); and congressional election returns (box 7). Rep. Smith's varied interests and concerns while a member of Congress are well reflected by the correspondence and subject files he maintained. The congressional subject files, for example, contain manuscript items dealing with communism, biographical sketches of prominent individuals of the times, the United Nations, labor and labor hearings in the United States, and so on. Similarly, the congressional correspondence files reveal a variety of material concerned not only with political issues, but also with such domestic interests as veterans claims and legislation, social security, taxes, and other subjects. The so-called "General Files" of congressional correspondence, and also the speeches of Rep. Smith, cover a wide range of topics and are arranged in a chronological sequence. Generally speaking, there exists no apparent gap in any of the collections designated congressional files. Also included in the collection are genealogical records and family correspondence (box 1; 1877-1970); personal correspondence (box 2; 191.6-1974); University of Kansas material (box 2; 1916-1920); Kansas Highway Patrol clippings (box 2; 1933-1937); and military records (box 3; 1917-1959). Researchers should bear in mind that, where feasible, Rep. Smith's own file headings have been left intact since, oftentimes, they adequately described the contents of a given file. This holds particularly true for congressional correspondence and subject files.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

NUCMC: 84-1314

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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