William Natcher papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- William Natcher papers
- Date
- 1953-1995, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 1.23 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Legislators -- Correspondence.
- Legislators -- Kentucky.
- Public policy and politics
- Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center
- Arrangement
- Collection retains its original order. Where possible original folder names were retained.
- Preferred Citation
- 2020ms102: [identification of item], William Natcher papers, 1953-1995, undated, University of Kentucky Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- William Huston Natcher was born on September 11, 1909, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He earned a B.A. from Western Kentucky State College in 1930, and an LL.B. from Ohio State University in 1933. Natcher was admitted to the bar in 1934 and practiced law in Bowling Green. He was the Federal Conciliation Commissioner for the Western District of Kentucky from 1936 to 1937, and County Attorney of Warren County from 1938 to 1950. In 1940, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. He was also the president of the Young Democratic Clubs of Kentucky between 1941 and 1946 and served in the U.S. Navy between 1942 and 1945. He was the Commonwealth Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District of Kentucky from 1951 to 1953.
- In 1953, Natcher was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett L. Withers. He was reelected to the next twenty Congresses, making him the second longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Natcher is known for never accepting campaign contributions and never missing a vote during his 41-year career in Congress. In 1992, he was elected Chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
- Natcher died on March 29, 1994, in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green.
- Sources: U. S. House of Representatives: History, Art, and Archives. "Natcher, William Huston." Accessed September 27, 2022. https://history.house.gov/People/Detail?id=18848 WKMS. "Influential Kentucky politicians series: William Natcher." Accessed September 27, 2022. https://www.wkms.org/2010-06-07/influential-kentucky-politicians-series-william-natcher The Washington Post. "Rep. William H Natcher Dies at 84." Accessed September 27, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1994/03/31/rep-william-h-natcher-dies-at-84/0d130e54-9fef-4cc0-8bff-90ea6a168290/
- Scope and Content
- The William Natcher papers (dated 1953-1995, undated; 1.23 cubic feet; 5 boxes) comprise congressional correspondence generated throughout Natcher's career in the U.S. House of Representatives as a respresentative from Kentucky as well as photographs of events and politicians.
- The collection retains its original order and labeling where possible and is arranged into two series. The correspondence series includes letters of appreciation, congratulations, and requests for support, memos, invitations, programs, and brochures. The photographs series is arranged into three subseries according to content. The events subseries contains photographs of the groundbreaking ceremony of the William H. Natcher Building as well as various White House events. The portraits subseries contains primarily head shots of politicians. The personal subseries contains photographs of unidentified individuals, presumed to be Natcher relatives.
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
Correspondence, 1953-1995, undated
Meeting and bill notices, invitations, congratulations, appreciation, and general, 1954-1971
Appreciation, congratulations, invitations, requests for support, and general, 1972-1993
Programs and brochures, 1954-1971
Memos, programs, and brochures, 1971-1995, undated
Invitations, 1955-1994, undated
Embassy, 1965-1993
White House and other government agencies, 1954-1993
Photographs, 1965-1992, undated
Events, 1970-1992, undated
President Richard Nixon at event outside White House, 1970
President Richard Nixon at event, 1973
President Richard Nixon shaking hands, outside White House, 1973
President Richard Nixon on stage, 1973
President Richard Nixon shaking hands on stage, 1973
President Richard Nixon, Vice President Spiro Agnew, and spouses at White House event, 1973
President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew on stage, 1973
President Richard Nixon on stage, Vice President Spiro Agnew speaks at podium, 1973
President Richard Nixon on stage, listening to speaker, 1973
President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew, group of military in background, 1973
President Richard Nixon on stage, White House in background, 1973
President George H. W. Bush shaking hands, 1986
President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle with spouses, 1986
Presidents (left to right) Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, undated
President Richard Nixon on stage, undated
William H. Natcher Building, ground breaking ceremony, 1992
Portraits, 1965-1981, undated
Fred R. Harris, Oklahoma senator, 1965
Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, 1965
Paul R. Ignatius, Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1967
Norman R. Augustine, Secretary of the Army, 1974
John P. East, North Carolina senator, 1981
Robert L. Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, undated
James O. Eastland, Mississippi senator, undated
Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona senator, undated
President Richard Nixon, undated
John Sparkman, Alabama senator, undated
Malcolm Wallop, Wyomming senator, undated
President Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Reagan, undated
President Ronald Reagan with dog, undated
President Ronald Reagan riding horse, undated
Personal, undated
Portrait of two unidentified children, undated
Man sitting, holding child. "Albert Edmond, Jr. - 3 mos. old" written on back, undated
Portrait of unidentified girl, undated
Portrait of unidentified man, undated
Unidentified woman leaning on wall, undated
Portrait of two unidentified children, undated
Portrait of unidentified family unit, undated
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