Noble Jones Gregory papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Noble Jones Gregory papers
- Date
- 1884-1979, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 42.4 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Agricultural laws and legislation.
- Bills, Legislative.
- Education and state
- Politicians -- Correspondence.
- Public works -- Kentucky -- Paducah.
- Social security -- Law and legislation.
- Taxation.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 59m121 : [identification of item], Noble Jones Gregory papers, 1884-1979, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- U.S. Congressman, Noble Jones Gregory was born in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1897. He graduated from Mayfield Business College and went to work in the First national Bank of Mayfield, serving as a bookkeeper, cashier, and trust officer from 1917 to 1936. He was elected secretary-treasurer of the Mayfield Board of Education in 1923 and continued in that post until 1936. He also managed his brother Voris' campaigns for Congress from 1926 to 1936. Voris had succeeded Alben Barkley as First District Congressman when the future Vice-President had won election to the Senate. When Voris died suddenly during a campaign in 1936, Noble was chosen to run in his brother's stead. Noble was elected, serving the district until 1958. During his tenure in the House, Noble served on the committees for Post Offices and Post Roads, Internal Revenue, Taxation,d Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means. Gregory died in 1971.
- Scope and Content
- The Noble Jones Gregory papers (dated 1884-1979; 42.4 cubic feet; 79 boxes, 1 folder) consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, legislative files, photographs, and scrapbooks documenting Noble Jones Gregory's career as the 1st district U.S. Congressman from Kentucky. The papers contain correspondence with constituents and publications concerning general legislation (agriculture, Robinson-Patman Bill, social security, taxation, etc.) and Gregory sponsored public (H.R. 5599) and private bills (Juliette Watson bill). There are also folders on topics of special interest to Gregory's district such as sewer plant aid in Paducah. The following are congressmen and other significant Kentuckians who corresponded with Gregory on the topics in parenthesis: Harry Byrd, Willard S. Curtin (Hospitals), Mark Ethridge, John E. Fogerty (Hospitals), Orin Harris (Natural Gas), Wilbur D. Mills (Taxation), William H. Natcher (Budget), and Melvin Price.
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
Congressional, 1933-1972
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials that date from 1933-1972. Topics range from correspondence between Gregory and his political counterparts and constitutents; various legislation, bills and house resolutions Gregory sponsored or in which he took an interest; and Gregory's activities as part of the committees for the Post Offices and Post Roads, Internal Revenue, Taxation, Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means.
Agriculture, 1958
Bald Eagle Bill, 1958
Correspondence, 1933-1940
Correspondence, 1954-1959
Correspondence, 1961-1972
Chrome Ore Stockpiling, HR 569, SR 304, 1958
Hospital Construction Housing Act, 1956
Internal Revenue Code, HR 5599, 1957
Human Slaughter Bill, HR 8308, report #706, 1957-1958
Indecent Literature, HR 2542, 3663, 1957
Legislation -- Agriculture, 1957
Legislation -- Civil Service, 1957-1958
Legislation -- Cooperative Tax, HR 4765, 1958
Legislation -- Corn Acreage Shortage, Soil Bank Program, 1958
Legislation -- Education, 1957
Legislation -- Education, 1958
Legislation -- Education, King-Jenkins Bill, HR 4662, 1958
Legislation -- Education, Elliot Bill 13247, HR 10763, Murray-Metcalfe, S3311, undated
Legislation -- Education, Elliot Bill 13247, Murray-Metcalfe, HR 10763, S3311, 1958
Legislation -- Emergency Conservation Measures, HR 12437, Cooper S 3853, 1958
Legislation -- Excise Tax, General, 1957-1958
Legislation -- Fluorspar, 1951-1958
Legislation -- General, A-K, 1957
Legislation -- General, L-Z, 1957
Legislation -- General, A-K, 1958
Legislation -- General, L-Z, 1958
Legislation -- Health Bills, 1957-1958
Legislation -- Hospital Aid Bill, HR 10610 (Gaither), 1958
Legislation -- Library Services Act, HR 11645, 1958
Legislation -- Milk, Reduction of Price Support, 1958
Legislation -- National Guard Reduction, 1958
Legislation -- Natural Gas, HR 8525, 1957
Legislation -- Natural Gas, 1958
Legislation -- Postal, 85th Congress, 1958
Legislation -- Railroad, 1958
Legislation -- Railroad, form letter on HR 12488, 1958
Legislation -- Reporting Employee Welfare Plan, HR 13507 Bosch Amendment, 1958
Legislation -- Small business, HR 10527, 1958
Legislation -- Smathers Amendment, Excise Tax; Transportation, HR 7125, HR 12695 to Conference, 1958 June 23
Legislation -- Social Security, Hospital Insurance; Forand Bill, HR 9467, 1958
Legislation -- Social Security, Lumpsum Death Payments, 1958
Legislation -- Social Security, Doctors, 1958
Legislation -- Taxation, HR 5737 and 8737 (Curtis), 1958
Legislation -- Televisions, Pay, 1958
Legislation -- Tobacco, 1958
Legislation -- Unemployment Compensation, 1958
Legislation -- Water Pollution, 1958
Legislation -- Watson, Juliette G, HR 11M876, 1958
Labor Bills, 1958
Library Services Act, 1957
Liquor, 1957-1958
Postal, 1957
Railroad, 1957
Reciprocal Trade, 1957-1958
Robinson-Patman, HR 11 "Anti- Good Faith Amendment", 1957-1958
Sewer Plant Aid Bill, Paducah HR 30121, 1957
Social Security, 1957-1958
Social Security for Self-Employed; Dentist, Income Tax, Jenkins-Keogh bill, HR 9 and 10, 1957-1958
Spain NATO, HR 101, 1957
Taxation -- Amendment, Revenue Code; HR 9119, Sadlack-Herlong Bill, 1957-1958
Taxation -- Banks: Savings and Loan Assocation, Equalization of Tax; HR 8727, Curtis Bill, 1957-1958
Taxation -- General, 1957-1958
Veterans, 1957-1958
Family, 1884-1979
Scope and Contents
The Family series contains materials that date from 1894-1971, and is divided into two sections: Correspondence and Diaries. The correspondence documents communications between Gregory, family members, friends, and casual greetings from Gregory's political contemporaries. The diaries contain writings and observations chiefly from Gregory's daughter Marion Hale Gregory (Petitt), Gregory's wife Marion Sr., and Gregory's mother-in-law Mrs. W.L. Hale. Researchers may find the extensive and detailed letters from Gregory to his daughter from Washington, D.C. during his tenure on the Ways and Means Committee of particular interest, as well as official White House correspondence and invitations for various Washington functions from the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations.
Correspondence, 1894 October 28 - 1924 August 6
Correspondence, 1924 August 9 - 1939 April 11
Correspondence, 1939 April 30 - 1948 April 2
Correspondence, 1948 April 4 - 1949 January 20
Correspondence, 1949 January 20 - 1951 February 10
Correspondence, 1951 February 14 - 1952 March 19
Correspondence, 1952 March 24 - October 14
Correspondence, 1952 October 17 - November 1
Correspondence, 1952 November 1-29
Correspondence, 1952 December 9 - 1953 February 18
Correspondence, 1953 February 22 - May 11
Correspondence, 1953 May 13 - August 5
Correspondence, 1953 August 11 - 1954 January 9
Correspondence, 1954 January 10 - May 2
Correspondence, 1954 June 2 - 1955 October 7
Correspondence, 1955 October 8 - 1956 August 3
Correspondence, 1956 August 5 - December 28
Correspondence, 1956 December 27 - 1957 January 9
Correspondence, 1957 January 11 - February 12
Correspondence, 1957 April 30 - May 29
Correspondence, 1957 June 9 - 1958 March 15
Correspondence, 1958 March 16-20
Correspondence, 1958 March 20 - April 2
Correspondence, 1958 April 6 - December 31
Correspondence, 1959 January 8 - 1960 May 16
Correspondence, 1960 May 19 - 1971 September 26
Correspondence, 1971 September 26-27
Correspondence, 1971 September 28
Correspondence, 1971 September 29
Correspondence, 1971 September 29-30
Correspondence, 1971 September 30-October 1
Correspondence, 1971 October 2-3
Correspondence, 1971 October 3-4
Correspondence, 1971 October 5-6
Correspondence, 1971 October 7-12
Correspondence, 1971 October 12-November 10
Correspondence, circa 1971 September
Correspondence, circa 1971 September -1979
Correspondence, circa 1950s-1970s
Diaries -- Account Book, 1884-1885
Diaries -- Baby Book, 1931 March 22 - 1933 September 5
Diaries, 1938 January 1 - 1939 October 23
Diaries, 1941 January 3 - February 1
Diaries, 1941 January 1 - 1942 March 31
Diaries, 1944 January 1 - February 11
Diaries, 1946 August 1 - 1947 October
Diaries, 1947 February 11 - May 9
Diaries--Marion Gregory, Sr., 1949 September 12-15
Diaries -- Mrs. W. L. Hale, 1955 January 1 - 1957 December 19
Diaries -- Mrs. W. L. Hale, Notes and Poems, 1956 February 29 - 1958 January 28
Diaries -- Marion Gregory, Sr., 1958 June 8 - 1964
Miscellaneous, 1937-1972, undated
Scope and Contents
The Miscellaneous Series contains a vast array of materials belonging to Gregory, Marion Hale Gregory (Pettit) and other Gregory family members that date from ca. 1894-1971. Materials include a variety of ephemera (postcards, magazines, playbills, concert programs, poems, church materials, dinner menus, maps) and three-dimensional objects and realia (pocket knives, bibles, school books, locks of hair, small paintings, Washington D.C. memorabilia, Daughters of the American Revolution materials, and travel mementos).
Church Bulletins, 1959 July 12 - 1971 October 17
Congressional materials, 1948 - 1972 January 13
Drawings, Executive Coloring Book, undated
Horse racing, undated
Hotel Room Service, undated
Inspirational Books, undated
Inspirational Books, undated
Magazines, 1940 September 16 - 1950 January 2
Magazines, 1951 November 24 - 1952 October 3
Magazines, 1952 October 10 - 1954 March 8
Memorial Register, William Gregory and Noble Jones Gregory, 1910 December 1 - 1971 September 26
Memorial Register, Marion Gregory, 1975 February 8
Opera, Symphony and Choir, 1953 April 27 - 1957 February 28
Playbills, 1952 January 21 - 1955 August 1
Playbills, 1955 November 14 - 1956 December 24
Playbills, 1957 October 14 - 1958 January
Poems, cards, etc., undated
Political Dinner Programs, 1937 May 17 - 1952 March 29
Undated
War Ration Book, 1945
"Your National Capital," 75th Congress Democratic Congressional Register, 1937
Pocket knives, straight razor, fraternity paddle, bird egg, musical clappers
Cherry Blossom Program, Miss Sweet Briar, United Daughters of the Confederacy
Le Petit Journals and Life Magazines
Dog Portrait
School Books
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bible, Barcelona Travel Book, History of the 7th Infantry Division
Calendars and School Books
Commencement Exercises, School Directories, Grade Reports
Locks of Hair, Buttons, Cloths, Presidential Pin, Thimble, Mirror
Trip to Spain
Match Books, Napkins, Nixon Ink Pen, Concert Ticket Stubs
Post Cards
Memorabilia: Congressional
Newspaper Clippings, 1923-1974
Scope and Contents
The Newspaper Clippings Series ranges from 1923-1974, covering a variety of activities of the Gregory family documented in local, national, and congressional newspapers. Topics include Gregory's political activities, family news, social events and community news, and current events.
1923 June 17 - 1938 November 9
1939 January 3 - 1940 November 20
1941 January 4 - 1943 May
1944 June 2 - 1945 April 15
1945 April 16 - 1950 November 16
1951 February 11 - 1956 December 30
1957 January 4 - 1963 November 28
1965 February 15 - 1974 June 17
Undated
Undated
Photographs
Scope and Contents
The Photographs series consists of several hundred photographs that document the political career and family life of Gregory from 1894-1971. The series contains mainly black and white photographs, and includes both loose photos and photos affixed in family albums. Topics include political functions, social gatherings, family holidays and vacations, family pets, school and graduations, weddings, and official Washington portraits.
Autographed and Political Photographs
Family Photographs and Noble Jones Gregory Portraits
Portraits of Marion Hale Gregory (Pettit), Azalee Gregory, and family photographs
Portrait of William Gregory and Certificate of Kentucky Colonel to Noble Jones Gregory
Autographed and Family Photographs
Family Photographs
Autographed, Family, and Political Photographs
Family Photographs
Portraits of Marion Hale Gregory (Pettit) and Family Photographs
Family Photographs
Albums: Miscellaneous Ephemera
Albums
Photographs from Albums 1 and 5
Photographs from Albums 1, 2, 3, 7, 14
Albums
Photographs from Albums 1, 2, 4, 6
Photographs from Albums 7 and 8
Photographs from Albums 8, 9, 10, 11,13, 14, 15, 16
Committee Ways and Means portrait, House of Representatives, June 26, 1956
Scrapbooks, 1936-1960
Scope and Contents
The Scrapbook Series consists of approximately fourteen scrapbooks of various sizes and shapes dating from 1894-1971. Most of the scrapbooks were compiled and constructed by Gregory's daughter Marion Hale Gregory (Pettit), although a few of scrapbooks belonged to either Gregory's wife Marion Hale Gregory Sr., or Gregory's mother-in-law Mrs. W.L. Hale. The scrapbooks contain a wide variety of emphemera, including notes, letters, drawings, photos, poems, autographs, travel momentos, maps, matchbooks, menus, napkins, and the like. Of interest to some researchers might be scrapbooks from both Marion Hale Gregory Sr. and her daughter that detail campus life during their college days at Sweet Briar College in the early 20th century.
Note: some loose items from the scrapbooks have been rehoused and sleeved due to preservation concerns. The original scrapbook location of these items have been documented.
Scrapbook 1: Newspaper Clippings of Washington D.C., George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fashion, Movie Stars; Scrapbook 8: Outlines a Trip, Postcards, 1936-1937
Scrapbook 2: Poetry and Prose, Christmas Card List, Kentucky and Washington D.C. Contacts; Scrapbook 3: Newspaper Clippings "Know Your Dogs"; Scrapbook 13: Guest Book from Noble Jones Gregory's Office
Scrapbook 4: Memorabilia from Shorter College, Post Cards, Greeting Cards, Newspaper Clippings, 4-Leaf Clovers, Fan, Wedding Present List, 1923
Scrapbook 5: Newspaper Clippings, Drawings, Letters, Water Colors,White House Invitations
Scrapbook 6: Memorabilia from Sweet Briar College, Notes, Ticket Stubs, Newspaper Clippings, Matchbooks, Playbills, Letter from Secretary of State (KY) George Glenn Hatcher, Pressed Flowers, Photographs, Cards, Cigarette Boxes, 1947-1949
Scrabpook 7: Memorabilia from Sweet Briar College, Cigarette Boxes, Ticket Stubs, Programs, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Matchbooks, Earrings, Pressed Flowers, Memorabilia, 1949
Scrapbook 8: Postcards
Scrapbook 9: Postcards, 1947-1948
Scrapbook 9: Newspaper Clippings, Ticket Stubs, Playbills, Cards, Pressed Flowers, Telegrams, Postcards, Name Cards, Naval Pin, Political Invitations, 1947-1948
Scrapbook 10: Newspaper Clippings of Marion Hale Gregory (Pettit) and Harrison Foster Pettit Engagement and Wedding Announcements, Telegrams, Playbills, White House Invitations, and Photographs, 1956-1960
Scrapbook 10: Postcards and Family Photographs, 1956-1960
Scrapbook 11: Pressed Flowers, Tickets, Programs, Presidential Inauguration Program 1945, Name Cards, President Truman White House Invitation
Scrapbook 12: Letters and Newspaper Clippings
Scrapbook 12: Family Photographs
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