Thomas R. Underwood papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thomas R. Underwood papers
- Date
- 1857-1967 (inclusive)
- 1923-1955 (bulk)
- Extent
- 17.4 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Horse racing -- Kentucky.
- Journalism -- Kentucky.
- Journalists.
- Politicians -- Kentucky.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- Kentucky.
- Tobacco.
- Arrangement
- The collection is arranged by format and subject into 13 series: Research and legislation files; Correspondence; Speeches; Pamphlets; Scrapbooks; Army Orientation Course (AOC); Assorted; Certificates of recognition; European Mission - Committe on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Grooved audio discs; Mrs. W.J. (CLare Jolly) Piggott; Photographs; and Posters.
- Preferred Citation
- 61m274: [Identification of item], Thomas R. Underwood papers, 1857-1967, bulk 1923-1955, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research center
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Thomas Rust Underwood (1898-1956), born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, lived most of his adult life in Lexington, Kentucky, where he worked as a journalist at the Lexington Herald, beginning in 1911. He later served as an editor between 1935 and 1956. He wrote political columns, was active in Kentucky political campaigns, and was chairman of the Democratic State Central and Executive Committee. He was elected to the United States Congress in 1948 and 1950, and named to the Senate in 1951 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Virgil M. Chapman. Underwood held the office of secretary of the Kentucky State Racing Commission for four terms and from 1934 to 1949 he was secretary of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners.
- Members of Underwood's family include his parents Thomas Cuthbert Underwood and Fannie Rust Underwood; his wife Eliza M. Piggott Underwood, who also worked as journalist and editor at the Lexington Herald; his son Walter Joseph Piggott Underwood; and his mother-in-law Clare Jolly Piggott.
- Scope and Content
- The Thomas R. Underwood papers (dated 1857-1967, bulk 1923-1955; 17.4 cubic feet; 39 boxes, 5 items, 2 folders) consist of correspondence, research and legislative files; photographs; grooved audio discs; ephemera; speeches; and printed material that document the journalistic and political activities of the editor of the Lexington Herald and Congressman from central Kentucky. Much of the collection comprises editorial material and correspondence, but also includes materials from Underwood's role in a 1943 Army Orientation Course and 1952 European Mission. There is little documenting his Congressional years as the Washington office files were not returned to Lexington after the 1952 election. The political papers cover Democratic campaigns in Kentucky at various levels from 1923 to 1956. They are strong in material from the gubernatorial campaigns of 1923, 1927, 1935, 1939 and 1947 as well as the congressional campaigns of 1948 and 1952. Broad subjects covered in the research files include Kentucky material, horse racing, tobacco, legislation, and speeches.
- Name folders in both the general and political files include correspondence and biographical materials. Among the individuals represented by folders are the following political figures: Alben Barkley, Desha Breckinridge, Virgil Chapman, A. B. Chandler, Earle Clements, James M. Cox, James Farley, Albert Gore, Keen Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Thruston Morton, Franklin Roosevelt, Richard B. Russell, Jouett Shouse, A. O. Stanley, Harry Truman, and Fred Vinson.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Research and legislation files, 1896-1957
Scope and Contents
The Research and legislation files series includes reports, letters, research, and other documents pertaining to Underwood's careers as a legislator and a journalist. The series has been organized by subject into ten sub-series: General research files; Kentucky; World War II; Legislation; Lexington Herald; Lexington, Kentucky; Racing; Tobacco; Politics by subject; Politics by name.
General research files, 1916-1955
Scope and Contents
The General File sub-series includes letters and reports pertaining to subjects used for Underwood's journalistic articles in the Lexington Herald newspaper during the first half of the twentieth century. The files are arranged by persons and subjects. Many of the files are about historical Kentuckians, such as Henry Clay, Sophonisba Breckinridge, Linda Neville, and Desha Breckinridge, who was editor of the Lexington Herald from 1897 until 1935. Many of the files pertain to current U.S. issues and events. Additionally, the files include some material related to his own family, including his parents Thomas Cuthbert Underwood and Fannie Rust Underwood.
Mrs. Laura Blackburn, 1933
Desha Breckinridge, 1925
Sophinisba Preston Breckinridge, 1933-1937
P.H. Callahan, 1936 January
Henry Clay Memorial, 1937-1952
Henry Clay, 1951
Thomas A. Combs, 1927-1935
Confederates, 1927-1934
Death of Desha Breckinridge, 1935
Desha Breckinridge obituaries in Kentucky newspapers, 1935
Jefferson Davis, 1929-1946
Editorial material for holidays, 1950-1952
Dog racing, 1935-1936
Editorial materials on Foreign Affairs, 1940-1955
Farmer's Union and Agriculture, 1925-1931
Freedom of Press, 1944-1955
Hollywood Trip, 1938
Economy for the Nation, 1939
Frontier Nursing Service, 1935-1936
House: Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee official trip to Europe, 1949
House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee Official Trip to Texas, 1950
House Senate Appointments, 1949-1952
Thomas Jefferson editorial material, 1926-1943
Louisville Times Courier Journal, undated
Louisville Daily News and Examiner, 1935
Louisville Herald Post, 1933-1935
Hugh Ricardo Martin, 1916-1952
Linda Neville, 1934-1935
Oil, 1931
Prohibition, 1928-1934
Prohibition, 1927-1935
Remount Service, 1931-1933
"Appointment as Assistant to Director of Economic Stabilization" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1943
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Speeches, 1939-1941
Senate Inter-parliamentary Union, 1952
Stark Advertising Agency, 1930-1934
"The Stein" by H. Lee McEwen, 1933
"Our Times" by Mark Sullivan, 1946
Lawrence Sidney Thompson, 1948-1952
Fannie Rust, 1951
Letters from Thomas Rust Underwood to Mrs. T.C. Underwood (Fannie Rust), 1921-1953
T.C. Underwood's death, 1926
Mrs. T.C. Underwood's correspondence, 1916-1932
Mrs. T.C. Underwood's political activities, 1929-1952
Thomas Cuthbert Underwood, 1909-1955
Unknown Soldier, 1921-1947
United Nations, 1946
Veterans, 1930-1935
Washington D.C. Monuments, 1943
Woodrow Wilson, 1947-1955
Kentucky, 1916-1956
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky subseries includes information on state issues and projects. Some of the files relate to events in Kentucky such as the long and eventually violent strike by coal miners in Harlan in the 1930s. Many of the files regard parks and nature preserves established in the state in the 1940s and 1950s.
Agriculture, 1943-1952
Board of Health, 1928-1936
Coal, 1926-1931
Colonels, 1936-1941
Committee for Kentucky, 1944-1946
State Constitution, 1927-1946
Educational Association, 1933-1936
Feuds, 1945
Finance Auditor's reports, 1925-1953
Finance Controller's report, 1939
Harlan County Mine Trouble, 1937
Harlan County Mine Trouble photographs, 1937
Harlan County Mine Trouble negatives, 1937
Highways, 1953-1957
Kentucky Institutions, 1925-1935
Miscellaneous, 1933-1937
Mountain Laurel Festival, 1934-1936
Municipal League, 1932-1933
Kentucky Parks and Shrines in Boonesboro, 1926-1956
Parks and Shrines at Cumberland Falls, 1928-1934
Parks and Shrines at Cumberland Gap, 1940-1941
Parks and Shrines at Harrodsburg, 1928-1935
Parks and Shrines at Mammoth Cave, 1933-1937
Parks and Shrines, 1926-1944
Parks and Shrines at Perrysville Battlefield, 1937-1954
Parks and Shrines for Dr. Thomas Walker Memorial, 1949-1950
Press Association, 1939
Public Assistance, 1939
Public Health, 1941
Public Service Commission, 1934-1936
Schools, 1923-1936
Retail Merchants Association, 1933-1935
Sales Tax, 1928-1936
Schools, 1923-1936
State fair, 1929-1942
State Senate Clerk, 1954
Taxes, 1923-1940
Tax Reduction Association, 1932-1936
Tourists, 1939
Tributes, 1916-1948
University of Kentucky, 1928-1940
University of Kentucky, 1945-1947
University of Kentucky and F. Paul Anderson, 1928-1934
Kentucky Utilities, 1928-1954
WPA Education Division photographs, 1939
World War II, 1939-1954
Scope and Contents
The World War II subseries includes reports about the world events and military efforts during the war. The Congressional record and press releases about the politics, military efforts and civilian involvement for the war are included. Thomas R. Underwood was asked by the War Department to lead an orientation for new soldiers that would inform them about the affairs leading the war in Europe and around the world. Underwood adapted his orientation for civilians. The reports he used to facilitate these orientations are included.
Censorship, 1939-1945
Four Freedoms, 1939-1945
Background Savings Bonds, 1954
Orientation Course for Civilians, 1943
Orientation for Military Personnel, 1941
USO, 1942
Legislation, 1948-1955
Scope and Contents
The Legislation subseries includes bills and reports created by national and Kentucky politicians. Most of the legislative bills were discussed and created while Thomas R. Underwood was a member of the United States' House of Representatives. The subseries contains correspondence and official reports pertaining to legislation.
Baron D'Oster-Sacken, 1951-1952
Claire Lee Chenault, China, 1948-1949
Committee on Government Operations, 1950-1951
Congressional Quarterly, 1955
Corps of Engineers Projects, 1951
Farm Policy Review, 1951
Highways and the Gore Bill, 1955
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Trade Policies, 1948
Kentucky River Projects in Boonesborough, 1954
Legislative Daily newsletters, 1955
Correspondence, bills, reports, 1951-1955
Errands, 1951-1952
Postal rates, 1951-1953
Revenue Bill and Gambling Excise, 1951
Small Business Clinic in Kentucky, 1950
Tax Hearings, 1950-1951
Veteran's Benefits, 1951-1952
Lexington Herald, 1906-1936
Scope and Contents
The Lexington Herald subseries includes the financial records, significant articles, campaigns by the Lexington Herald. Most of the files are from the 1930s and consist of subscriber lists and economic ledgers. The collection includes a short history of the paper, explaining how the newspaper became the leading liberal periodical in Lexington at the turn of the century and identifying the paper's key journalists and editors.
Unpublished letters to the editor, 1934-1955
Community Chest, 1941
Stock certificates and correspondence, 1906-1951
Account and business ledger, 1929-1935
Financial records, 1932-1936
Editorials, 1920-1935
Newspaper history, 1917
J. Lindsey Nunn, 1934-1936
Respirator (Iron Lung) Campaign, 1935
Sale of newspaper, 1934-1936
Lexington, Kentucky, 1917-1955
Scope and Contents
The Lexington subseries includes sketches of organizations, public services, projects and institutions of the city during the first part of the twentieth century.
Episcopal Church, 1933-1936
Greater Lexington Committee, 1954-1955
Julius Marks Sanatorium, 1934-1936
Junior League, 1935
Optimist Club, 1942-1952
Police Department, 1933-1938
City Planning, Transportation, Garden Club, 1929-1948
Historical Sketches, 1917-1936
Slum Clearance, 1934-1936
Transylvania College, 1928-1954
Racing, 1909-1954
Scope and Contents
The Racing subseries contains sketches, reports on legislation, correspondence, and programs all pertaining to horse racing and the throroughbred industry. Thomas R. Underwood was an active member of the National Association of State Racing Commission and the files contain extensive NASRC reports. The materials discuss horse racing issues in Kentucky and the United States.
Keeneland Association, 1935-1936
Kentucky Derby, 1935-1936
Kentucky Derby, 1938
Kentucky Derby, 1940-1953
Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby, 1942-1948
Kentucky State Racing Commission, 1935-1942
Legislation, 1942-1953
State farm, Anti Gambling at Horse Racing Report and Kentucky Horse Farm History, 1909-1929
Correspondence, National and Lexington Articles, 1930-1939
Correspondence and Reports, 1941-1949
Correspondence and Legislation, 1951-1956
Nancy Hank, 1941
National Association of State Racing Commissions, 1934-1939
National Association of State Racing Commissions, 1942
National Association of the State Racing Association, 1945-1949
National Association of the State Racing Committee, 1935-1954
Harry Worcester Smith, 1927
Racing Thoroughbred Club America, 1933-1935
Racing Thoroughbred Club of America, 1936-1939
Racing Thoroughbred Club of America, 1940-1946
Thoroughbred Club of America, 1951
Thoroughbred Edition of the Lexington Herald, 1927-1933
Tobacco, 1924-1955
Scope and Contents
The Tobacco subseries includes reports gathered by Thomas R. Underwood about the tobacco industry. The subseries contains many reports about the economic benefits of exporting tobacco for Kentucky and the nation. The subseries also contains reports about health risks from cigarette smoke.
Correspondence and reports, 1940-1949
Correspondence and reports, 1950-1951
Correspondence and reports, 1952
Foreign Trade and Agriculture, 1953-1955
Foreign Trade, 1949-1951
Foreign Market, 1949-1951
Speech material, 1934-1951
Reports, 1924-1938
One Acres Base, 1949-1952
State Tax, 1936
Statistics, 1932-1950
Politics by subject, 1896-1956
Scope and Contents
The Politics by subject subseries includes reports on political issues, campaigns, and organizations from the 1890s until the 1950s. The information in the files was used for articles in the Lexington Herald. Most of the materials represent the leanings of the democratic party during the first half of the twentieth century. Also included in the series are buttons and ribbons from the Truman presidential campaign as well as from the time Thomas R. Underwood was a delegate of the Democratic National Committee.
Pardons, 1927-1935
Breckinridge WCP Campaign Ribbon, 1896
Magistrate Fees, 1927-1928
Campaign, 1930
Louisville Courier Journal, 1930-1936
Primary Campaign, 1927
Primary Campaign and the Crowe Press Committee, 1927
Convention v. Primary Article, 1927-1935
Miscellaneous, 1928
Election results, 1914-1929
Miscellaneous, 1930
Election Results, 1930-1939
Campaign, 1931
Miscellaneous, 1932
Miscellaneous, 1938
Purgation of Lexington, 1933
Miscellaneous, 1935
US Congress Kentucky Delegation, 1932-1935
Democratic Women's Journal, 1933-1940
Campaign, 1936
Woman's Club, 1933-1936
Sixth District, 1936-1937
Sixth District Contests, 1936-1937
Miscellaneous, 1936-1938
Campaign for Governor's Primary, 1939
Campaign Speeches, 1939
Miscellaneous, 1940
Election Results, 1940-1949
Speech by Dixie McKinley for the Commissioner of Fayette County, 1941
Greendale, Kentucky, 1941
Address by Wilson W. Wyatt and Alben W. Barkley and A.B. Chandler advertisement, 1942
Speech, press release, congressional directory, Democratic Ballot, 1943
Harry S. Truman Endorsement and Address by Dorothy Thompson, 1944
Speech by Herbert Brownell, Jr. of the Republican National Committee, 1945
Campaign for Earle C. Clements, 1947
Governor's Race, 1946-1947
Senate Race, 1946
Morehead State Teacher's College, 1946
Senate Race, 1947-1948
Congressional Campaign, 1948
Congressional Campaign, 1948
Correspondence, Democratic National Committee pamphlet, Kentucky Highway Report, 1948
Voting Records for Underwood Elections, 1949-1952
Election Results, 1950-1956
Congressional Scoreboard, Correspondence, Kentucky reports, 1950
Senate Reports, 1951
Senate Appointments and Letters to Mrs. TC Underwood, 1951
Campaign correspondence and reports, 1951
Senate Campaign, 1952
Senate Campaign Endorsements, 1952
John Sherman Cooper articles and Voting Records, 1952
Senate Lists, 1952
Senate Letters after defeat, 1952 November
Senate Speeches, 1952
Campaign Senate Lists, 1952
Correspondence, 1953
Financial Statements for Senate Campaign, 1952
Senate Memorandums and Reports, 1954
Earle C. Clements Correspondence and Press Release, 1955
Primary Campaign for AB Chandler, 1955
Primary Campaign for Bert T. Combs, 1955
Democratic Campaigns, 1952
State Campaigns, 1955
Earle C. Clements Statement and Kentucky Committees, 1956
Democratic Campaign Ribbons and Buttons, 1952
Politics by name, 1914-1957
Scope and Contents
The Politics by name subseries includes correspondence from and reports about prominent American politicians from Kentucky and the national Democratic party. Prominent people represented in the sub-series include Alben Barkley, Florence Shelby Cantrill, John Y. Brown, John Sherman Cooper, Charles I. Dawson, William Jason Fields, Ruby Lafoon, Edwin P. Morrow, Flem D. Sampson, Jouett Shouse, King Swope, A.O. Stanley, Harry S. Truman, and Fred Vinson.
Chester D. Adams, 1929-1936
William B. Arclery, 1929-1935
Alben W. Barkley, 1931-1953
J.C.W. Barkhan, 1923-1934
Robert Worth Bingham, 1927-1934
James Breathitt Jr., 1927-1934
Alben W. Barkley, 1927-1936
Robert Blackburn, 1930
Milton H. Board, 1927-1933
M.J. Brennan, 1936
James B. Brown, 1930-1931
Johnson N. Camden, 1928
Florence Shelby Cantrill, 1934-1936
John Young Brown, 1929-1946
James Campbell Cantrill, 1927
James N. Commock, 1931
James E. Cantrill, 1927-1933
Albert Benjamin Chandler, 1931-1932
Albert Benjamin Chandler, 1931-1938
Albert Benjamin Chandler, 1939-1943
Albert Benjamin Chandler, 1955-1956
Virgil M. Chapman, 1928-1942
Virgil Mundy Chapman, 1946
Virgil Mundy Chapman, 1948
Virgil Mundy Chapman, 1951
Clell Chapman, 1931
John Sherman Cooper, 1946-1948
James M. Cox, 1920-1938
Emma Guy Cromwell, 1924-1934
Henry H. Denhardt, 1923-1935
James R. Dorman, 1923-1933
J. Lyter Donaldson, 1941-1945
Charles Fennell, 1930-1949
Charles I. Dawson, 1935
Seldon Y. Glenn, 1924-1935
William Jason Fields, 1923-1953
W.A. Frost, 1940-1941
H. Green Garrett, 1922-1930
Ben Johnson, 1931-1936
Percy Haly, 1927
William B. Harrison, 1931
Charles A. Hardin, 1928-1931
S. Howard Henderson, 1928
Elam Huddleston, 1931-1935
David H. Kincheloe, 1926-1927
Keen Johnson, 1932-1943
William F. Klair, 1927-1939
Ruby Laffoon, 1931-1936
Ruby Laffoon Speeches, 1931-1934
John W. Langley, 1928
Huey P. Long, 1933-1936
Marvel Mills Logan, 1930-1938
J.S. McBrayer, 1927
Sarah W. Mahan, 1932-1935
Andrew J. May, 1928-1935
Rodes K. Meyers, 1941-1943
Edwin P. Morrow, 1923-1935
Moss Mildred McCann, Herald Frankfort Correspondent, 1928-1935
William Elmer Nichols, 1933-1936
James Park, 1929-1935
Thomas J. Ready, 1936
Thomas S. Rhea, 1935
John M. Robsion, 1927-1942
Flem D. Sampson, 1927-1931
Shelton Saufley, 1934-1935
Nat B. Sewell, 1933-1936
Jouett Shouse, 1934-1954
John W. Smith, 1941
King Swope, 1927-1935
A.O. Stanley, 1914-1950
Charles J. Turek, 1931-1935
J. Dan Talbott, 1931-1941
Robert H. Lucas, 1927-1939
Harry S. Truman, 1947-1952
B.M. Vincent, 1936
Fred M. Vinson, 1927-1952
John Watts, 1951
Frederick Wallis, 1927-1936
John Whitaker, 1950-1951
Ben Williamson, 1927-1931
Simeon S. Willis, 1944
Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1951-1955
Urey Woodson, 1922-1933
Bailey P. Wooten, 1952-1957
Henry Ward, 1941-1942
Correspondence, 1923-1956
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence series includes letters sent to Thomas R. Underwood while he was editor of the Lexington Herald and as Congressman for the state of Kentucky from 1949 until 1952. Most of the correspondence discusses articles and current events in Kentucky during the 1930s and 1940s. The series is organized chronologically.
1923-1934
1935
1936
1937-1939
1940-1941
1942
1944-1949
1950-1952
1953-1956
Speeches, 1924-1956
Scope and Contents
The Speeches series contains many typscripts and handwritten speeches given by Thomas R. Underwood. The majority of the speeches relate to campaigns for his own congressional races and in support of other democratic candidates from Kentucky. Some of the files include notes, poems, and narratives to include in his speeches. The series is arranged chronologically.
1935-1944
1945-1948
1949 July-December
1949 January-June
1950
1951 January-June
1951 July-December
1952 January-May
1952 June-December
1952
1953-1956
Notes, undated
Fragments and notes, 1938-1947
Pocket notebook, approximately 1924
Poems and stories, circa 1942
Radio, 1950-1952
WLN Radio of Cincinnati, 1952 June 29
Letters in response to a speech delivered on a radio program, 1950-1951
Pamphlets, 1929-1955
Scope and Contents
The Pamphlets series includes pamphlets about politics, commodities, and historical figures. Most of the pamphlets were created by commissions during the 1930s and 1940s. The series is arranged by subject.
Agriculture, 1933-1951
Economics, 1949-1955
Liquor, 1934-1944
Racing, 1934-1949
Tobacco, 1933-1954
Lincoln, Clay, Watterson, 1929-1950
Scrapbooks, 1923-1952, undated
Scope and Contents
The Scrapbooks series includes albums of newspaper clippings from the Lexington Herald and other newspapers throughout the nation. Most of the scrapbooks focus on newspaper editorials on politics.
Congressional Office guestbook, 1951-1952
Editorials from other papers, 1927
Articles from C. Journal about Judge Sampson and editorials from other newspapers, 1927
Editorials relating to the Herald and the Herald Post on Beckham, 1927
Political editorials, 1923-1927
Vance Armentrout on Legislation, 1928
Political editorials, 1927
Remarks of Senator Underwood during the 82nd Congress, 1951-1952
Democratic State Headquarters campaign register, 1952
Lexington Herald editorials, undated
Lexington Herald editorials, 1949
Lexington Herald editorials, 1950
Lexington Herald editorials, 1951
Army Orientation Course (AOC), circa 1930-1943, undated
Scope and Contents
The Army Orientation Course (AOC) series consists of materials Thomas R. Underwood used and generated after he was asked by the War Department to lead an orientation for new soldiers that would inform them about the affairs leading the war in Europe and around the world. Underwood adapted his orientation for civilians. The series is organized into subseries by format: Assorted; Correspondence; Course materials; Field manuals and handbooks; Maps, charts, overlays, and tables.
Assorted, circa 1942-1943, undated
Brochure - Greyhound Lines: Know Your Army / Navy, 1942
Magazine - United States News, 1943 April 2
National Association of State Racing Commissioners - telegrams and parti - mutuel taxes list of states authorizing horse racing with parti - mutuel wagering (multikopy document inside), 1942
Newspaper article - "A High Army Visitor", 1943 January 5
Notes on further reading, undated
Notes - personal comment notes and laundry note on Security Trust Company check, circa 1942-1943
Pamphlet - Post Chapel Morning Worship; Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1943 January 3
Publication - "Military Review: Quarterly Review of Military Literature" (Command and General Staff School) 3rd Quarter: Vol. XXII / No. 86, 1942 October
Uncle Mat's Monthly Letter (Matrix Contrast Corporation), 1943 January
Correspondence, circa 1942-1943
Alben W. Barkley (Senator), 1943 February 1
Editorial page guests - "Lexington-Herald" (author: Herman, no last name), 1943 January 21
W.E. Fitzgerald (War Dept. - Adjutant General: AOC invitation and information sheet), 1942 December 23
Ft. Leavenworth - B. Somervell (Lt. General) (includes National Association of State Racing Commissioners pamphlets / correspondence and AOC documents), circa 1942-1943
Thomas Graham (with note from Thomas Underwood to Lt. Col. Francis Sweeney), 1943 January 23
Course materials, circa 1930-1943, undated
Adjutant General's office: Executive Order 9165 - Protection of Essential Facilities from Sabotage and Other Destructive Acts, 1943 January 12
Air Defense: Notes on Organization for Air Defense, 1942 December 11
Air Service Command, 1942 December 16
Air Support of Task Force in Attack (part 1 of 3), 1942 October 17
Map exercise (part 2 of 3), 1942 December 24
Map maneuver (part 3 of 3), 1942 December 24
Air Units: Oganization and Movement of an Air Task Force, 1943 January 11
Antiaircraft Artillery Notes Air Defense Exercise, 1943 January 14
AOC booklet - Instruction Circular #1: Command and General Staff School, 1942 November 27
AOC booklet - Regulations: Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1942 October 15
AOC program - Third Army Orientation Course, 1943 January
Application of Internal Security Plans in Service Commands [sections II-V] (part 1 of 2), 1943 January 16
Application of Internal Security Plans in Service Commands [sections I/VII] (part 2 of 2), 1943 January 27
Army Air Forces Shipment Problems, 1943 January 5
Attack and Defense of a River Line, 1943 January 6
Attendance list for 3rd AOC staff and faculty informal meeting, 1943 January 3
Building Schedule - Infantry Regiment (part I and II), 1943 January 7
Capabilities and Limitations of Observation Aviation, 1942 December 2
Circular #66: Headquarters Services of Supply - Internal Security, 1942 September 22
Circular #390: General Instructions Governing Contracting Policies / Reciprocal Lend-Lease Arrangements, 1942 December 2
Civilian Defense, 1942 December, undated
Class theme song (3rd AOC - end of course January 30, 1943), 1943 January 28
Classification of Field Artillery and Field Artillery Battalion (light) Layout, 1943 January 4
Command and Staff Relations of Surgeon, 1942 October 1
Community Relations, 1943 January 25
Construction Handbook (compilation of pertinent directives for wartime construction), 1942
Demonstration: Joint Ground-Air Staff Planning - Air Support of Task Force in Attack, 1942 December 26
Documents - Selective Service paperwork, circa 1940-1942
Documents - travel questionnaire (blank), undated
Documents - War Department receipt / credit / charge / shipping forms and vouchers, circa 1930-1942
Duties of Service Command Salvage Officer, 1942 December 10
Embarkation Regulations, 1942 October 1
Employment of Mechanized Cavalry, 1943 January 6
Engineers (conference outline), 1943 January 5
Establishment of Industrial Relations Division (office order #5 - 6), 1943 January 23
Exploitation of Resources in the Communication Zone, 1943 January 7
Extract from "Economic Problems of War", 1942 December 2
Extract of Office for Emergency Management Handbook: Functions and Administrations, 1942 May
Field Artillery: Weapons, Organization and Characteristics (outline of conference), 1943 January 5
Final roster - 3rd AOC civilians, 1943 January 5
General Combat Intelligence Procedure Applicable to Divisions and Subordinate Units, 1942 December 2
General Principles of Supply and Evacuation, 1942 November 12
History - 3rd AOC, 1943 January
Housing quarters information for Thomas R. Underwood (address and phone number for Ft. Leavenworth), undated
Infantry: Organization, Weapons, and Characteristics, 1943 January 3
Infantry Regiment Organization Charts, 1942 September 28
Information Bulletin #15, 1943 January 18
Information Bulletin #16, 1943 January 19
Information Bulletin #17, 1943 January 20
Information bulletin #18, 1943 January 21
Intelligence Activities, undated
Intelligence Officers in Communication Zones, 1942 December 19
Issue of Supplies, 1942 December 28
Layout - Type British Division, undated
List of Troops (Axis) Red/(American) Blue, 1943 January 20
Map and Aerial Photograph Reading (w/ photograph), 1943 January 4
Medical Service of the Communication Zone and General Principles of Evacuation, 1943 January 4
Medical Units (organizational layout), 1943 January 4
Memorandum - Clearances (3rd AOC), 1943 January 22
Memorandum - Nominations for 4th AOC, 1943 January 20
Memorandum Receipt - 3rd AOC texts/publications, 1943 January 2
Methods of Psychological Warfare, undated
Military Control of Nonmilitary Signal Communications, 1942 December 29
Military Terminology, 1943 January 2
Morale, 1942 December 18
Motor Maintenance, 1943 January 1
National Organization for War, 1942 December 3
Notes from class courses, undated
Notes: infantry division needs, undated
Notes on AAF Storage and Issue, 1943 January 7
Notes on Antiaircraft Artillery: Weapons and Characteristics, 1943 January 5
Notes/quotes from AOC course, undated
Notes/quotes on AOC-Command and General Staff School, undated
Office of the Quartermaster General Organization Chart, 1943 January 10
Operation of Ports of Embarkation - Pilot Sheet, 1943 January 11
Operation of Recovery and Salvage Service, 1943 January 15
Organization and Detailed Functioning of the Signal Corps (outline), 1943 January 12
Organization and Functioning of Army Administrative Services, S.O.S., 1942 December 5
Organization and Function of the Ordnance Department, 1943 January 12
Organization and Functions of Quartermaster Corps, 1942 December 4
Organization and Detailed Function of War Department Services of Supply, 1943 January 9
Organization layout for Quartermaster Refrigeration Company, 1943 January 14
Organization of Depot System of Supply in the Zone of Interior and the Communications Zone, 1943 January 14
Outline: Relationship Between Service Commands and Civil Authorities, 1943 January 20
Outline and agenda for Selective Service Reception and Induction System (with documents), 1943 January 19-20
Overlay #1: Assignment of Areas, 1942 October 15
Personnel Procurement, Classification, Assignment and Promotion, 1942 December 15-16
Plan of Supply and Evacuation (Section I-IV), 1943 January 8
Plant Protection Policies and Procedures (internal security), 1943 January 20
Play of Communications in Map Maneuvers, 1942 December 18
Principles of Industrial Organization as Related and Applicable to Military Oganization, 1943 January 11
Principles of Military and Industrial Organization, undated
Procurement of Officer Personnel (conference outline), 1943 January 18
Procurement of Officer Personnel: Army - Navy Set Up Plan for Training Specialists in College, 1943 January 23
Refrigeration and Dehydration, 1943 January 15
Roster - Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff; 10th New Divisions Class, undated
School Memorandum #1: Designation of Units and Division General Staff Office Organization, 1942 November 27
School Memorandum #6: Organization of the Infantry Regiment as Assigned to Infantry Divisions, 1942 November 27
Section II: Aviation Attack Plan (issued in class with overlay), 1943 January 11
Section IV: Evacuation of Prisoners - of - War and Operation of P/W Camps, 1942
Service Command organization chart, 1942 December 21
Service of Supplies: Storage and Issue (Army Regulations 700 - 10), 1943 January 9
Shore Establishments for the Administration of the Navy (conference), 1943 January 26
Staffs, General and Special, Organization and Functioning, 1943 January 4
State Guards: Mission, Mobilization, Training and Employment (3 sections), 1942 December 20
State Guards - Mission, Training, Employment (topical outline), 1943 January 21
Station List and Strength Return, 1943 January 9
Storage and Issue Hazards, 1943 January 15
Summary of Combat Principles, 1942 December 8
Supply Directives (collection of memos/letters), 1942
Supply of Ground Units by Air (outline of course), 1943 January 5
Task Force (definition/time table, 1943 January 27
The Activation of a Division (topical outline), undated
The Composite Soldier (Office of Quartermaster General), 1943 January 3
The German Infantry Division, 1943 January 6
The Japanese Infantry Division: A Comparison of Weapons in Japanese and U.S. Infantry Units, 1942 December 17
Third Services of Supply Staff Course (organization/function of Office of Chief of Transportation), undated
Training Circulars #81/88, 1942 December 10
Troop Movement (conference outline), 1942 November 3
Type Combat and Non-Combat Vehicles of the Armored Force (booklet), 1943 January 1
Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table (Section IV, Form A), 1943 January 21-22
U.S. Citizens Defense Corps (Regulations #3, Staff Manual), circa 1942-1943
Use of Reference Texts (conference outline), 1942 December 30
Utilization of Resources in the Communications Zone (extracts-Hague Convention, 1907), undated
Vehicle Adoption Scenario, 1943 January 11
War Department - Office of Quartermaster General: Circular Letter collection, 1942
War Department Procurement (conference outline), 1942 December 2
War Department Reorganization (extract - March 2, 1942), 1942 September 23
War Department Technical Manual - Storage and Issue - Extracts of Sections V, VIII, IX, X, 1943 January 14
War Manpower Commission, 1942 December 21
Weekly schedule for 3rd AOC - January 4-9, 1943 (courses and required materials), 1943 January 4-9
1943 January 11-16
1943 January 18-23
1943 January 25-30
Field Manuals and handbooks, circa 1942-1943
Services of Supply Organization Manual, 1942 October
Staff Officers' Field Manual [FM 101-10] Organization, Technical and Logistical Data - manual pages (part 1 of 3), 1942 November 15
Manual pages (part 2 of 3), 1942 November 15
Hard case (part 3 of 3), 1942 November 15
Transportation Handbook [3rd AOC] (part 1 of 2), 1943 January 4-30
Transportation Handbook (part 2 of 2), 1943 January 4-30
Maps, charts, overlays, tables, circa 1932-1943, undated
Map - International air transport (major trunk lines in operation), 1939 August
Kansas City sheet (MO, KS, IL) - strategic situation, 1943 January 5
Nausori airport (Vunimatha), undated
Outline chart of the world, undated
Guide map - Command and General Staff School (Ft. Leavenworth, KS), 1942 September
Relief map - Western Europe, 1943 January 20
Road map - Ft. Leavenworth and vicinity, 1932
Salina Cantonment Reservation, 1942 October 15
San Francisco, CA sheet - situation map, 1942 December 25
Sketch map - No. 1: Suva - Nausori, undated
Special Map No. 21 - situation map, 1941
Strategic map - Eastern U.S., 1941
No. 2: Lautoka - Nandi, undated
Organization chart - Air Force Organization for Supply Showing Flow of Supplies, circa 1942
German Infantry Division (2 copies), undated
Infantry Battalion, undated
Infantry Regiment, undated
Organization of Quartermaster Depot Jointly Occupied, 1942 October 9
Services of Supply: Office of the Surgeon General, 1942 August 24
The Functional Organization of the Service Center, 1942
The Government of the United States, 1942
The Japanese Infantry Division, 1942 December 17
Transportation Corps, 1942 December 4
Overlay/chart - aerial scouting exercise (2 sheets), 1943 January 11
No. 1: G-3 Requirement, 1942 December 29
No. 2: G-4 Requirement, 1942 December 29
No. 2: Arrangement of Training Aids (Plan A), 1942 October 15
No. 3: Arrangement of Training Aids (Plan B), 1942 October 15
Templates of Training Aids (No. 571), 1942 October 15
Table - Army Air Forces Squadron, Bombardment, Heavy, 1942 July 1
Building Schedule (Site IV for advanced planning) Infantry Division and Non-Divisional Troops, 1942 October 15
Infantry Division: Road Spaces and Time - Lengths (2 copies), 1942 November 28
Summaries of site reports, 1942 October 15
Assorted, circa 1914-1950s, undated
Scope and Contents
The Assorted series contains notes, personal financial records, and printed materials. The series is arranged alphabetically.
Assets and financial notes, circa 1938-1939
Booklet - Christmas Cheer, 1922
Booklet - 15 Facts on the Proposed British Loan (The Committee on International Economic Policy), 1946
Debts and payment notes, 1939
Map/brochure - Wisdom Fishing Camp, circa 1950s
Notes/speech - Passion Week: "A New Thinking About Jesus", undated
Notes - political history, undated
Notes - unknown poem, undated
Postcard - "General Pact for the Renunciation of War", circa 1928-1929
Standard Quality writing tablet with notes, undated
War poem - unknown author, undated
Yearbook - State University, Lexington, Kentucky (University of Kentucky), 1914
Certificates of recognition, circa 1936-1967
Scope and Contents
The Certificates of recognition series contains certificates and other honors bestowed upon Thomas Rust Underwood during his career as a politician and journalist.
Certificate of Merit - Kentucky Civil Defense to Thomas R. Underwood, Jr., circa 1963-1967
Certificate of Recognition - President of Lexington Board of Commerce, 1936
Citation - U.S./Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce to The Lexington Herald, 1953 January 12
Citation - U.S. Treasury Department: National Defense Savings Program - awarded to The Lexington Herald, 1942 May 28
Lexington and U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce recognition and appreciation to "The Lexington Herald", 1951 December 1
European Mission - Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1952, undated
Scope and Contents
The European Mission - Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce series contains brochures, menus, maps, postcards, and other ephemera collected by Thomas Rust Underwood during his European Mission during 1952 while he served on the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
41st Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference (Berne, Switzerland); list of participants, legitimation card, 1952 August 28-September 2
Breakfast menu - Grand Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau (Interlaken, Switzerland) [41st Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference], 1952 August 31
Brochure - Notre Dame (Paris), undated
Brochure - Teatro Dell' Opera Di Roma; Summer Opera Season (Baths of Caracalla), 1952
Currency exchange card (U.S. dollars to French francs), undated
Drycleaning order form (Bern), 1952 August 29
Hotel Bellevue Palace (Berne) ephemera, 1952
Hotel Excelsior - Rome, Italy (information booklet/map), undated
Loetshberg Circular Tour and transportation service maps (Switzerland), undated
Medical policies - medical/surgical assistance (Spain - tourist policy), 1952
Newspaper clipping - 41st Inter - Parliamentary Union Conference ("The Courier - Journal"), 1952 September 14
Note card - hats by Jacques Griffe, undated
Postcard collection (Switzerland), undated
Program - International Congress for Church Music (Bern, Switzerland), 1952 September 1
Program - La Novelle Eve (music-hall), undated
Ration application and embassy (London) permit, 1952 September 3-7
Souvenir album - Tower of London, circa 1950-1952
Souvenir picture books (France, Spain, Portugal) with envelope, undated
Switzerland map, undated
Tour booklet - Portugal, undated
Grooved audio discs, undated
Mrs. W.J. (Clare Jolly) Piggott, circa 1857-1955, undated
Scope and Contents
The Mrs. W.J. (Clare Jolly) Piggott series contains essays, speeches, correspondence, and printed materials related to Underwood's mother-in-law, Mrs. W.J. (Clare Jolly) Piggott. Much of the material relates to religion and church service. The series is organized into subseries by format.
Correspondence, circa 1857-1955, undated
Lula V. Britt - Women's Committee on Unification (suggested literature), 1925 March 5
Carrie G. Cox, undated
Ina Davis Fulton (note), circa 1955
Bishop John M. Moore (chairman - Commission on Interdenominational Relations and Church Union), 1939 May 31
Rob Morris (Masonic brother; to Bro. Jolly), 1857 September 12
Theodore N. Wise (Grand Master - Kentucky Masonry; letter to Bro. Thomas L. Jolly), 1857 August 17
Thelma Stevens - Conference Secretaries of Christian Social Relations and Local Church Activities and Wesleyan Service Guild, 1948 March 24
Treasured letters (collection), circa 1914-1922
Women's Missionary Society (correspondence, meeting summaries), circa 1921-1929, undated
Envelope ephemera, circa 1890-1953, undated
Church presentations, speeches, and materials, circa 1920-1940, undated
Circular letters, leaflets, and articles by Mrs. W.J. Piggott, circa 1914-1929, undated
Empty envelopes (Bible talks; letters from Mrs. Hill and other papers), undated
Letters from missionaries, Kentucky constitution, UN pamphlet with letter, circa 1945-1948, undated
Notepad/notes, pamphlet, speech/address, circa 1942-1943, undated
Report concerning Wayne County work; biographical notes on Mrs. W.J. Piggott, 1945, undated
Sale record, 1944
Speaking notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, meeting minutes, correspondence, circa 1890-1953
Women's Society of Christian Service, old letters and articles, conference books, circa 1914-1946
Essays and speeches, circa 1881-1945, undated
Essay - "Example of Effort at Creative Teaching", undated
Speech - "Education and the School of Life", undated
"Finding Jesus in Repentance, Finding Jesus Through Fellowship, Finding Jesus in Sacrifice", undated
Introduction to Pageant, undated
Junior Methods, undated
Martin Luther, religion, and education for women, undated
Message/year in review, 1931
Methodist Episcopal Church (mission work), undated
Outside Looking In, 1923 March
Review for 25 years of Women's Missionary Council, circa 1935-1936
Social Services Bureau, 1914 March
Some Social Conditions Here and There, undated
Support for Christian education/training; dangers of Atheism, circa 1900s
Teachableness of people, circa 1900s
The Church and Money or Money and the Church, Which?, undated
United Methodism and Missiona, circa 1938-1939
Beth Walker - Commencement speech for Kentucky College (Meddlesome People), 1881 June 9
We Are Our Brother's Brother, 1945 September 23
Women's Missionary Society and present/future challenges, circa 1933-1934
Notes, circa 1900s-1942
Printed materials, circa 1912-1954, undated
Book: "Woman's Place of Service in the Church" (commission report), 1930
Booklet: Robert H. Dolliver - "Story of the Mother Church of American Methodism", 1940 April
"Suggestions for Bible Talks: Getting Acquainted with Jesus", undated
Reverend Hiram Vrooman - "Science and Theology Coordinated" (3rd edition), 1946 February 1
Bishop Herbert Welch - "The World Is On The Upgrade", 1942 November 7
Brochure: The Lincoln Leadership Training School of Christian Service, 1954 June-July
"Central Methodist - Advocate": "Communications and Selections" (Mrs. W.J. Piggott - "The Church and Social Service"), 1912 April 11
"Christian Advocate" (Volume 100/No. 19 - conference publication), 1939 May 12
Funeral announcement - Bion N. Jolly, 1951
Lenten calendar and prayer guide (found within The Council Bulletin, 1933), undated
Newspaper clipping - "Methodist W.M.S. Closes Years Work", undated
G. Bromley Oxnam - "Realism and Foreign Missions" (excerpt - from address to Women's Foreign Missionary Society; found in "The Council Bulletin", 1933), 1932 October 5
Pamphlet - Christ is Risen! His Church Lives (invitation to fellowship of service), undated
Pamphlet - Mrs. W.J. Piggott (untitled), 1914 October
Program - Unto The Ages (Kentucky conference - Woman's Society of Christian Service), 1953 April 9
Sermon - Robert Norwood: Before the Throne (St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City), 1928 November 1
Sorority publication - "The Matrix" (Vol. VII, No. 3 - Theta Sigma Phi), 1922 March 15
"The Council Bulletin" (year in review, vol. XV, XXI, XXIII, XXV, XXVI, XXVII), circa 1919-1937
"The Daily Christian Advocate" (No. 14 - conference publication), 1939 May 11
The Prayer for Peace Movement (One Minute of Prayer for Peace), circa 1948-1956
Matt J. Winn - biographical drawings with notes (American thoroughbred horse racing personality), 1936
Photographs, circa 1877-1950s, undated
Scope and Contents
The Photographs series contains photographs relating to Thomas Rust Underwood's political career, time at the Lexington Herald, and his personal life.
Army Orientation Course - 3rd AOC class portrait, 1943 January
European Mission - Blevins, Esther and Merrill (Legation - Switzerland) (one photograph with Sen. and Mrs. Willis Smith; Sen. and Mrs. Thomas Underwood) and drawing/notecard/envelope, 1952
European Mission - El Escorial (Spain) (two photographs - Edward S. Little, Sen. Thomas Underwood), 1952
European Mission - Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (envelope and 22 photographs), 1952
J.M. Stevenson (Winchester, KY) with inscription: "To my long time and loyal friend, Honorable Thomas R. Underwood, United States Senator from Kentucky, J.M. Stevenson, Winchester, KY" [photograph on paperboard], circa 1951-1952
Night Flower (thoroughbred horse, Dixiana Farms) images #1-2 on posterboard, undated
Robert E. Lee (14x17 in.; photograph print), undated
Whirlaway (horse) [photograph on posterboard], undated
Portrait of unidentified elderl ywoman (2.5 x 3 in. silver print), circa 1920s
Miss Garrity portrait (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; The Athene Galleries, L. Richard Frank, Louisville, KY), undated
Portrait of two elderly women sitting on park bench (3.5 x 3.5 in. silver print), circa early 1900s
Portrait of woman wearing dark dress and holding feathered hat (4 x 6 in. cabinet card), undated
Portrait of woman wearing fedora-type hat (3 x 3.5 in. dual silver print on cardboard backing), circa 1920s
Portrait of elderly man (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; Fahrensberg Studio, Hardinsbug, KY), undated
Portrait of young man (4 x 6 in. silver print; Standford Studios, Louisville, KY), undated
Portrait of unidentified man (4 x 6 in. silver print), circa 1920s
Portrait of young man sitting in chair ( 4 x 6 in. silver print), circa 1920s
Portrait of young woman (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; E. Klauber Studio, 332 Fourth Ave., Louisville, KY), undated
Portrait of woman (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; Wybrant, 418 W. Maket St., Louisville, KY), undated
Three unidentified women standing beneath a tree. On back of photograph is the imprint of a portrait of a young woman. Inscription on back reads: "Mrs. R.N. Miller, 1953 Broadway, Chair, Membership committee." (7 x 5 in. silver print, damaged upper right corner), crica 1920s
Unidentified man standing next to a tree (3 x 5.25 in. silver print), undated
Unidentified woman standing next to a tree. (3 x 5.25 silver print), undated
Small boy and girl portrait. Inscription reads: "Aunt Nuna from Walter and Eliza." (4 x 6 in. cabinet card), undated
Portrait of young boy and girl (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; C. Johnston, Louisville, KY), undated
Young girl portrait (4 x 6 in. black and white), undated
Portrait of unidentified woman. Inscription on back reads: "Very Sincerely, Frances McAtee." (4 x 6 in. silver print on cardboard backing), circa early 1900s
Miss Garrity portrait (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; The Athens Gallery, L. Richard Frank, Louisville, KY), undated
Small girl portrait (oval portrait cabinet card; Wybrant, Louisville, KY), undated
Man and woman studio portrait (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; J.W. Richie and Co. Novelty Gallery), undated
Small girl standing on bamboo lounge chair (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; W. Stuber Bros., Louisville, KY), undated
Portrait of small girl. Inscription reads: "Mrs. R.N. Miller, #722 N. Alabama St." (4 x 6 in. cabinet card; damaged), undated
Christmas function. Inscription on back reads: "Xmas Greeting from Ralph + Johnson." Thomas R. Underwood at table along wall, third from right. (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. black and white), undated
Meeting of Kentucky Democrats. (L-R): unidentified, Thomas R. Underwood, Earle C. Clements, Alben W. Barkley. (8 x 10 in. black and white), circa 1951
Thomas R. Underwood and Mrs. Underwood congratulating Earle C. Clements while Clements speaks on the telephone. (8 x 10 in. black and white; Lafayette Studio, Lexington, KY), 1947 November 12
Unidentified man sitting at a desk. Desk has framed photograph of President Roosevelt on it. (8 x 10 in. black and white; Lafayette Studio, Lexington, KY)., circa 1930s
Virgil Chapman, A.B. Chandler, and unidentified. (8 x 10 in. black and white, damaged), circa 1940s
Unidentified jockey riding unidentified horse. (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
Portrait of Frank Chelf, U.S. Representative, Kentucky-4th District. Inscription reads: "To my good friend Tom Underwood, our new U.S. senator-with best wishes for success. Frank Chelf, 4th Kentucky, 4-30-51." (8 x 10 in. black and white), 1951 April 30
Unidentified group of men. (8 x 10 in. black and white, damaged), circa 1940s
Portrait of unidentified woman (5.75 x 8.75 in. silver print on cardboard backing), undated
Portrait of young man (4 x 10 in. silver print), 1912
Portrait of young man in uniform (4 x 10 in. silver print), 1919
Portrait of young man (8 x 10 in. silver print), circa 1920s
Portrait of Eliza Piggott (8 x 10 in. silver print, damaged; Bradley, Kentucky), circa 1920s
Portrait of woman wearing necklace that appears to be a Masonic symbol. (4 x 6 in. silver print), undated
Portrait of young man. Inscription reads: "Jack T. Berry." (6.5 x 9 in. silver print), undated
Portrait of young woman and boy. (4 x 6 in. silver print on cardboard backing; Standford Studio, Louisville, KY), undated
Portrait of young man standing next to a chair. (4 x 10 in. silver print; Brown's Studio, Louisville, KY), circa 1920s
Woman holding baby, studio potrait. (5 x 8 in. photogravure), circa 1920s
Noble A. Gregory portrait. Inscription reads: "To my very able and distinguished friend, Dr. Thos. Underwood, statesman and gentleman without peer, with affectionate regards, Noble A. Gregory." (8 x 10 in. black and white), 1951 May 5
Garrett Withers portrait. Inscription reads: "To my good friend, Tom Underwood, Sincerely, Garrett Withers." (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
Alben W. Barkley portrait. Inscription reads: "To my friend, Tom Underwood, Alben W. Barkley." (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
Earle C. Clements portrait. Inscription reads: "To my friend from school days, Tom Underwood, now my esteemed colleague. I could not be more blessed. Sincerely, Earle C. Clements." (8 x 10 in. black and white), circa early 1950s
A.B. "Happy" Chandler (sitting behind desk) (10 x 8 in. black and white), undated
Herman Donovan (University of Kentucky president) portrait. Inscription reads: "Presented to my friend, H.G. Donovan." (8 x 10 in. black and white), circa 1940s
Gathering of Kentucky politicians including, sitting on couch, left to right, Rodes K. Myers, Keen Johnson, A.B. Chandler, and two unidentified men. (10 x 8 in. black and white; copy 1 of 2, damaged), circa 1930s
Gathering of Kentucky politicians including, sitting on couch, left to right, Rodes K. Myers, Keen Johnson, A.B. Chandler, and two unidentified men. (10 x 8 in. black and white, copy 2 of 2, damaged), circa 1930s
Earle C. Clements (standing) making a speech at an unidentified dinner. (9.5 x 6 in. black and white; damaged), circa 1940s
Thomas R. Underwood (at head table, 4th from right) with other Kentucky politicians, including Keen Johnson (at head table, 6th from right), at dinner meeting. (10 x 8 in. black and white; damaged), undated
Unidentified banquet (10 x 8 in. black and white), undated
Thomas R. Underwood (standing, 2nd from left), with group of Kentucky politicians. A.B. Chandler (seated, 1st on left), Rodes K. Meyers (seated, 2nd from right), and Keen Johnson (seated, 1st on right), among others. (10 x 8 in. black and white; damaged), circa 1930s
Portrait of three men: (L-R) B.M. Arnett, L.C. Wagner, E.R. Baxter. (3.75 x 4.5 in. reprint on cardbaord backing), 1877 January 28
Unidentified portrait of a middle - aged man. Inscription reads: From Joe to Tom. May 10, 1951. (8 x 10 in. black and white), 1951 May 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt signing document. (10 x 8 in. black and white; damaged), circa 1944
Col. George M. Chinn portrait in Marine Corps uniform. Inscription reads: "To Tom Underwood from one unreconstituted rebel to another, with sincere best wishes, George M. Chinn." (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
U.S. Congress swearing in ceremony. Inscription reads: "Washington, Jan. 3 -- Members of the House Take Oath of Office -- Members of the House of Representatives take the oath of office at the opening of the 81st Congress today. Rep. Sam Rayburn (D - Tex) (on rostrum at right), new Speaker of the House, administers the oath." (9.5 x 6 in. black and white glossy on cardboard backing; AP Wirephoto), 1948 January 3
Lawrence W. Wetherby portrait. Inscription reads: "To Senator Tom Underwood with Best Wishes, Lawrence W. Wetherby." (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
Fred M. Vinson portrait (in judicial robe). Inscription reads: "For my good friend Tom Underwood, Fred M. Vinson." (8 x 10 in. black and white), undated
Thomas R. Underwood, Thomas Rust, and R.P. Dick Moloney (l - r). (8 x 10 in. black and white; left corner creased), circa 1950s
Thomas R. Underwood portrait as a young man. (10 x 13 in. silver print), undated
Thomas R. Underwood (standing 4th from right) with unidentified group of men outside unidentified building. (13 x 11 in. black and white), circa 1940s
First meeting of NASRC (National Association of State Racing Commissioners). Thomas R. Underwood is at far right. (13 x 9 in. black and white), undated
A.O. Stanley portrait. Inscription reads: "To my dear Tom Underwood, whom I have known these many years as a great journalist and an accomplished statesman, but above all have I treasured him as my dear and valued friend, A.O. Stanley." (9.25 x 13 in. black and white), 1951 February 26
Desha Breckinridge portrait. (9 x 13 in. silver print), circa 1925-1930
Unidentified formal dinner, perhaps at the White House, Thomas R. Underwood seated 2nd from right. (9.75 x 13.5 in. black and white), undated
Unidentified portrait of a young man. (7 x 9 in. photogravure), undated
Harry S. Truman. Inscription reads: "Washington, May 8 -- President Truman Announces German Surrender -- President Truman poses with his speech at the microphone in the White House this morning after he had finished his announcement to the nation that allied armies have won unconditional surrender from German forces on all fronts." (7.5 x 10.5 black and white reprint; damaged; AP Wirephoto), 1945 May 8
Sam Rayburn, Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, portrait. Inscription reads: "For my friend, Tom Underwood, with best wishes. Sam Rayburn." (9 x 11 in. black and white; damaged by crease), circa 1948
Fred M. Vinson portrait (in judicial robe). Inscription reads: "For my long - time friend, Tom Underwood, with every good wish. Fred M. Vinson." (7.25 x 9.25 black and white on cardboard backing), undated
Vatican Square, undated
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Research and legislation files, 1896-1957
- Correspondence, 1923-1956
- Speeches, 1924-1956
- Pamphlets, 1929-1955
- Scrapbooks, 1923-1952, undated
- Army Orientation Course (AOC), circa 1930-1943, undated
- Assorted, circa 1914-1950s, undated
- Certificates of recognition, circa 1936-1967
- European Mission - Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1952, undated
- Grooved audio discs, undated
- Mrs. W.J. (Clare Jolly) Piggott, circa 1857-1955, undated
- Photographs, circa 1877-1950s, undated
- Posters, circa 1933-1945
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