Series III. Other political activities & material, 1930s-2012, inclusive
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Series III holds scant material from Robert Price's time as deputy mayor of New York City (January–November, 1966): biographical press releases, some correspondence, and a few speeches. Of interest for their rarity are the campaign samples—e.g., ephemera, buttons, lapel pins, nail files, bumper stickers, and other paraphernalia—produced by public candidates other than John V. Lindsay or Nelson A. Rockefeller, from New York and elsewhere (see Box 4, Folders 2–17, and Box 8c). Series III includes a program and ticket for the Democratic Party's 1962 fundraising gala at Madison Square Garden at which Marilyn Monroe infamously sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy (see Box 4, Folder 13). Also in Series III is a portable, mechanical Shoup Voting Machine Corporation sample of the type of lever voting machine common at New York polling places before their replacement by electronic scanners (see Box 8d).
Arrangement
Material is organized chronologically, except for the campaign samples, ephemera, and paraphernalia, which are grouped after the topic-specific folders.
Republican Club of the 9th Assembly District, 1957-1963, inclusive
Deputy Mayor. Biographical, 1965, inclusive
Deputy Mayor. Correspondence, 1966, inclusive
Deputy Mayor. Speech: "John Lindsay and the Urban Adventure", 1966 April 18, inclusive
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Remarks before the Manhattan Chapter of the Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Waldorf-Astoria.
Deputy Mayor. Speech: Statement before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly (Quinine), 1966 May 16, inclusive
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In 1966 the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly began an investigation into what it called "a fantastic rise" in the price of quinine after members of Congress received numerous complaints from constituents who used quindine, a quinine derivative prescribed for irregular heartbeats. Although he was then Deputy Mayor of New York City, Robert Price was called to testify before the subcommittee because his law firm, Kupferman & Price, was general counsel in 1961–1962 to a small public company, Hexagon Laboratories, Inc., which had sought to obtain surplus United States quinine. At the same time, Dutch interests had bought most of the surplus for 20 cents an ounce and were (in 1966) selling it to pharmaceutical companies for $2 an ounce.
Deputy Mayor. Speech: "Is City Government Obsolete?", 1966 June 4, inclusive
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Remarks before the Governor's Conference on Decisions for Progress, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington.
Deputy Mayor. Speech: "Coming Political Struggle" (notes), undated, inclusive
Abraham Lincoln quotation & correspondence, 1968, inclusive
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Multiple copies of an Abraham Lincoln quotation: "If I were trying to read, much less answer all the attacks made on me, this shop might well be closed for any other business. I do the best I know how, the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference." With carbon copies of letters by which Robert Price sent the quotation to various officials and businessmen throughout the United States.
Richard Nixon cabinet, 1968, inclusive
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Issues of TIME (December 20, 1968) and Newsweek (December 23, 1968) profiling the incoming cabinet of President Richard Nixon.
Op-Eds, 1974-2012, inclusive
Gerald Ford, 1975-2000, inclusive
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Material exploring Robert Price's possible involvement in the political activities of the 38th President after his term's end.
Jimmy Carter, 1979, inclusive
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Newspaper clippings regarding Robert Price's possible appointment to a special counsel post to supervise a federal investigation of President Carter's family peanut business. The Carter family business received loans totalling $7 million from the National Bank of Georgia authorized by former federal Budget Director Bert Lance.
Donald Rumsfeld [2 folders], 1980-1986, inclusive
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Donald H. Rumsfeld, United States Secretary of Defense under Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, briefly sought the Republican nomination for president in 1988.
Campaign samples. New York [folder 1 of 4], 1930s-1960s, inclusive
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Jack BALTZELL and Alice SACHS
Bruce BARTON
Lester BAUM
LaFollette BECKER
Frederic S. BERMAN
Matthew H. BRANDENBURG
Charles D. BREITEL
John R. BROOK
Frederick BRYAN
John J. BURNS
John M. BURNS
Samuel C. CANTOR
William A. CARROLL
Samuel C. COLEMAN
Robert T. CONNOR
Edward CORSI
John ELLIS
Burton M. FINE
Campaign samples. New York [folder 2 of 4], 1930s-1960s, inclusive
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Charles GOLD
Dick GREGORY
Jacob GRUMET
W. Averell HARRIMAN
Burton G. HECHT
Stanley M. ISAACS
Jacob "Jack" JAVITS
Jules J. JUSTIN
Ken KEATING
KENNEDY-JOHNSON
John F. KENNEDY [Ticket and program to JFK's birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden, May 19, 1962.]
Robert F. KENNEDY
Edward I. KOCH
Theodore KUPFERMAN
John LAMULA
Louis J. LEFKOWITZ
Herbert H. LEHMAN
Arthur LEVITT
Charles D. LIEBER
J. Edward LUMBARD
James A. LUNDY
Campaign samples. New York [folder 3 of 4], 1930s-1960s, inclusive
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Tom MALLEE
George J. MINTZER
Francis T. MURPHY Jr.
William H. McINTYRE
New York State Supreme Court
Richard M. NIXON
William F. PASSANNANTE
Samuel R. PIERCE Jr.
Henry V. POOR
Ogden REID
John H. RAY
Gilbert A. ROBINSON
William F. RYAN
Campaign samples. New York [folder 4 of 4], 1930s-1960s, inclusive
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Warren L. SCHNUR
Paul R. SCREVANE
Benjamin SHALLECK
Maxwell SHAPIRO
William S. SHEA
Daniel STEINER
Robert K. STRAUS
Gerald H. ULLMAN
James B. WALKER Jr.
Fred WARDER
Malcolm WILSON
Campaign samples. Non-New York, 1950s-1960s, inclusive
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William H. AYRES
E. Y. BERRY
Hamer BUDGE
Charles E. CHAMBERLAIN
Louis W. COLLIER
Edward J. DERWINSKI
Samuel L. DEVINE
Doug ELLIOTT
Samuel N. FRIEDEL
Cecil HARDEN
Joe HOLT
Craig HOSMER
Richard J. HUGHES
Melvin R. LAIRD
Glen LIPSCOMB
George Cabot LODGE
Charles McC. MATHIAS
James P. MITCHELL
F. Bradford MORSE
Hjalmar C. NYGAARD
Albert H. QUIE
Richard RICHARDS
Milnor ROBERTS [33 & 1/3-RPM floppy record]
William SCRANTON
Abner W. SIBAL
John K. TABOR
Stan TUPPER
George VAVOULIS
Wheelock WHITNEY
Bob WILSON
Wendell WYATT
J. Arthur YOUNGER
Campaign samples. Bumper stickers [8 items], 1960s, inclusive
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CONNOR FOR CONGRESS [2 copies]
GOLDWATER / MILLER
JOHNSON / HUMPHREY FOR THE USA
KENNEDY U.S. SENATOR [Robert F. Kennedy]
RE-ELECT VAVOULIS MAYOR [George Vavoulis] [3 copies]
Campaign samples. Bottle stoppers [2 items], undated, inclusive
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"Colorful Plastic Bottle Caps for your opened soft drink bottles. They will keep your beverages fresh and sparkling for weeks." Apparently customizable, the two examples present are printed with "The Winchester Bank" and "SAKRETE." Perhaps Robert Price considered using bottle caps as a form of campaign advertisement.
Campaign samples. Buttons & lapel pins [18 items], undated, inclusive
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For Congress AKERS 17th District
CONNOR for Congress [3 copies]
GOLDWATER
I / HATE / BARRY [Goldwater]
IRM
Bill MILLER [with portrait]
Bill MILLER for Veep
New York State Citizens Committee
NIXON
NIXON '60 Now!
Relax
Bill SCRANTON
SCRANTON for President
Elect SCREVANE Mayor
STEVENSON
Bill VANDEN HEUVEL for Congress
Campaign samples. Ink stamp, undated, inclusive
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PAY TO THE ORDER OF / FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK / PARK AVENUE - 46th STREET BRANCH / Committe For New York Government Candidates.
Campaign samples. Nail files [4 items], undated, inclusive
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Elect / JOHN W. HAHN / Councilman
Re-Elect / Wm. H. HESS / to Congress
Re-Elect / TOM V. MOORHEAD / State Senator
SAY / I'M FOR NIXON / VOTE REPUBLICAN
Convention pins, ribbons, etc. [10 items], 1948-1964, inclusive
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Honorary Assistant Sergeant at Arms / 1948 / Philadelphia Republican National Convention [lapel ribbon]
St. Olaf College Political Emphasis Week 1962
Delegate Republican State Convention Sept. 18-19, 1962, Buffalo, New York [lapel ribbon]
New York Republican State Committee Guest
N Y COUNTY [with Republican elephant]
Republican National Convention San Francisco 1964 "Bob Price" [name tag]
Republican National Convention San Francisco 1964 "Radio - T.V." [name tag]
Delegate San Francisco 1964 / Air Transport Association Flying Elephant Club [key]
[pink envelope printed "KEY" holding 2 small keys]
Publications. Campaign Technique Manual, circa 1960s-1970s, inclusive
Publications. Democratic County Handbook, circa 1960s, inclusive
Publications. Republican Party, National, circa 1950s-1960s, inclusive
Publications. Republican Party, New York, circa 1958-1964, inclusive
Publications. Voter registration guides & ephemera, circa 1952-1960, inclusive
Shoup Voting Machine Corporation sample, undated, inclusive
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A portable, mechanical sample of the type of lever voting machine common at New York polling places before the introduction of electronic scanners. The Shoup Voting Machine Corporation, founded in 1905 by Samuel R. Shoup, eventually came to be called Advanced Voting Solutions, Inc., before going out of business in 2015.