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Additional authors

1. Farley, James A.
2. Garner, John N.
3. Stewart, Percy H.

Description

1. 0.1 linear feet (1 folder)

Summary

1. The Lee A. Nelson letters contain 35 letters ranging from 1932-1936, and were written to Nelson primarily from James A. Farley, John N. Garner, and Percy H. Stewart. The bulk of the letters are acknowledgments and thank you letters for the work Nelson did to ensure that Franklin Roosevelt won the 1933 Presidential Election.
2. Of note are the letters discussing the Democratic party gatherings held in 1932. Content includes advice on how to save money and to attend events during the Great Depression. Another discusses Nelson's responsibility to fill a quota for a gathering by convincing others to vote for the Democratic Party. There are also invitations to various meetings, such as one that occurred on November 2nd, 1932, at the St. Peter's Hall in Somerville, New Jersey, and one for a mass meeting that occurred on October 26 at the Brook Theater, in Bound Brook, New Jersey.

Subject

1. Democratic Party (N.J.)
2. Democratic Party (U.S.)
3. United States > Race relations
4. Correspondence
5. Civil rights movements > United States
6. Civil rights > United States
7. Colored Republican Voters' League
8. Suffrage > United States
9. Somerset County Colored Democratic League
10. African Americans > Suffrage
11. Politicians > New Jersey
12. Nelson, Lee A
13. New Jersey > Politics and government > 1865-1950
14. African Americans > Civil rights
15. United States > History
16. African American civil rights workers
17. Letters (correspondence)
18. United States > Politics and government
19. Political parties

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Letters (correspondence)

Call number

1. Sc MG 932

Biography (note)

1. Lee A. Nelson was the president of both The Colored Voters Club and The Colored Democratic League of Somerset County, New Jersey. During the 1930s, Nelson was very active on behalf of the Democratic Party with the hope of being appointed to a position in the Federal Service. He also campaigned on the behalf of fellow Democrats including Franklin Roosevelt and John N. Garner. Through the help of people like James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, Percy H. Stewart, and others in charge of the campaign in Somerset County, New Jersey, Nelson was able to win Roosevelt and Garner a lot of votes from the African American community.

Author

1. Nelson, Lee A.

Title

1. Lee A. Nelson letters

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Biography

1. Lee A. Nelson was the president of both The Colored Voters Club and The Colored Democratic League of Somerset County, New Jersey. During the 1930s, Nelson was very active on behalf of the Democratic Party with the hope of being appointed to a position in the Federal Service. He also campaigned on the behalf of fellow Democrats including Franklin Roosevelt and John N. Garner. Through the help of people like James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee, Percy H. Stewart, and others in charge of the campaign in Somerset County, New Jersey, Nelson was able to win Roosevelt and Garner a lot of votes from the African American community.

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1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Politicians New Jersey.

Added author

1. Farley, James A.
2. Garner, John N.
3. Stewart, Percy H.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 932