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Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 23, 1935
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    • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
    • Description: Topics include speech by Austin on the Spending Bill; Block-Booking Bill.
    • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress








    Mary Jean Simpson Diary, 1926
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      • Creator: Simpson, Mary Jean, 1888-1977.
      • Date Created: 1926
      • Description: Mary Jean accepts a job as a Bill Clerk for the United States Senate, and she and her mother make the move from Vermont to Washington D.C. in this Diary. Mentions of Senatorial legislation, visits from ambassadors, and national events such as the impeachment of federal judge George English are peppered throughout descriptions of her new job. Much of her diary includes descriptions of dinner parties with coworkers, politicians, family, and friends; visits to the movies, operas, theater, and live music; and shopping for new clothes, especially hats. Mary Jean and her mother also return to Vermont for several months; transit by train and automobile play a large role in her life in 1926. Topics include: 1920s US Senate legislation, Media: Movies, theater, opera, and music in the 20s, early 20th century transportation: trains and automobiles, Women’s fashion in the 1920s, Women’s Club Organizations, Political social life in early 20th century, Vermont and Northeastern Coastal geography, Presbyterian church life.
      • Parent Collections: Diaries
      Part of: Diaries


      Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 27, 1940
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        • Creator: Austin, Warren Robinson, 1877-1962.
        • Description: Letter to daughter. Topics include Whig and Democrat members of Congress; President James Polk; annexation of Texas.
        • Parent Collections: Letters Home From Congress