Guide to the Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan Papers

Collection Summary

Title: Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan Papers
Call Number: MS 75-15
Size: 0.5 linear feet
Acquisition: Gift of his wife, Mary K. Carnahan, in 1973.
Processed by: LWM, 11/1979; Reprocessed by: SMC, 4/1998


Literary Rights

Literary rights were granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Content Note

The A. S. J. Carnahan Papers include correspondence, speeches, memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs which reflect his terms of office as a Democratic Representative from Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives (1945-1946, 1949-1960) and as Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1961-1963).

Administrative History

Not available.

Series Listing

Series 1 Box 1 FF 1-2 Correspondence
Series 2 Box 1 FF 3 Speech
Series 3 Box 1 FF 4 Memorabilia
Series 4 Box 1 FF 5-7 Newspaper clippings
Series 5 Box 1 FF 8-15 Photographs
 

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1 -- Correspondence
     
Box 1 FF 1 Correspondence to Carnahan from Acting Secretary of State, Chester Bowles, regarding Carnahan's appointment as Ambassador to Sierra Leone (carbon copy), 11 May 1961.
Box 1 FF 2 Correspondence between Carnahan and Robert G. Farrar regarding groundbreaking ceremony at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1958.
 
Series 2 -- Speech
     
Box 1 FF 3 Speech regarding the Special Study Mission to Central America by Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements, 1955.
 
Series 3 -- Memorabilia
     
Box 1 FF 4 Memorabilia concerning the Congressional visit to Australia on occasion of Australian Jubilee Celebrations, 1951.
 
Series 4 -- Newspaper clippings
     
Box 1 FF 5 Newspaper clippings regarding the Congressional Study Mission Tour of Latin America, 1949.
Box 1 FF 6 Newspaper clippings regarding the Foreign Affairs Committee Fact-Finding Tour of India, 1953.
Box 1 FF 7 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, 1951-1962.
 
Series 5 -- Photographs
     
Box 1 FF 8 Photographs, Australia, 1951.
Box 1 FF 9 Photographs, Duesseldorf, Germany, 1951.
Box 1 FF 10 Photographs, Guatemala, 1955.
Box 1 FF 11 Photographs, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1956.
Box 1 FF 12 Photographs, Morocco, 1960.
Box 1 FF 13 Photographs, Sierra Leone, 1962.
Box 1 FF 14 Photographs, Vietnam, undated.
Box 1 FF 15 Miscellaneous photographs, 1951-1961.