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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Lora Mae Harlow 'Pat' Martin was a Champion for Peace. She was a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and was active in many other organizations. She also owned a business, Martin Service Company, with her husband, Harry Martin, who died in 1940. Collection consists mostly of correspondence with the President of the United States and his staff, her representatives in Congress, family photographs as well as photos of EKU faculty and staff in 1919, newspaper clippings, company correspondence, various personal letters, and letters/newspaper articles from various local organizations. In her letters she supports her statements and opinions with fact and references numerous news articles, radio addresses, Presidential speeches and statements made by the White House staff.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives
Acquisition Source:
Martin, Pat
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 01
- Barcode: 31234014045221
- Folder 01: Photographs
- Annotated photos of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School personnel, Martin/Harlow family, and family properties.
- Folder 02: Correspondence, ND; 1962/11/26-1970/12/03
- Correspondence to President Richard Nixon, various Senators, the National Broadcasting Company and personal letters to friends and family members
- Folder 03: Correspondence, 1971/02/01-1971/12/22
- Acknowledgements from Robert Taft John Mitchell, Donald Clancy, and William Saxbe
- Folder 04: Correspondence, 1972/01/01-1972/12/27
- Correspondence to various Senators, Congressmen, members of the House of Representatives, and President Nixon concerning Amnesty, Agriculture Act, Welfare Reform, Vietnam bombings, and petitions
- Folder 05: Correspondence, 1973/01/01-1973/12/20
- Correspondence to various Senators, Congressmen, President Richard Nixon, the Embassy of Israel, and the City of Cinncinnati regarding the Equal Rights Amendment, Watergate affair, Bus Franchise, prisoners of war, and the Selective Service Act.
- Folder 06: Correspondence, 1974/01/01-1974/12/26
- Correspondence to Senators and Congressmen Clancy, Taft, Metzenbaum, Kissenger, Gerald Ford, Saxbe, Cincinnati board of park commissioners and the Cincinnati Post regarding Nixon's impeachment, Detroit public schools the McIntyre-Dominick amendment, ACLU membership, Debt Ceiling legislation, Campaign Financing and Jerry Springer.
- Folder 07: Correspondence, 1975/01/01-1975/11/30
- Articles and correspondence to Gerald Ford, Kissenger, Taft, Church, Hamilton, and the U.S. Department of Justice regarding sending aid to South Vietnam, U.S. Policy in Cyprus, Chilean refugee treatment, The Sunshine Act, Total Amnesty, and Military sales to Turkey. Several acknowledgement letters were included.
- Folder 08: Correspondence, 1976/01/05-1979/03/27
- Correspondence to the White House, Bowen, Mallory, Taft, Clancy, Hamilton County Municipal Court, Luken, and the Community Church of Cincinnati regarding Aid for Angola, Open Meetings, Military spending, the B-1 bomber, and Korea. Editorial replies and a SALT Invitation were included.
- Folder 09: Martin Service Company -- Case Files and Correspondence, 1948/01/01-1949/01/01
- Folder includes a client list, company reviews, safety inspection reports and correspondence, additional payment applications, company briefs and disability/incident reports.
- Folder 10: Correspondence and Clippings
- Contains funeral notices, WILPF newsletters, an application for a four year provisional certificate and receipts. Correspondence to Robert Drinan, Howard Metzenbaum, Thomas Luken, and John Glenn regarding Criminal bill S1/S1437, weapon control, HR 2712, Nuclear power, and South Vietnam. Newspaper clippings on these topics as well as WILPF are included.
