Thruston B. Morton papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thruston B. Morton papers
- Date
- 1879, 1933-1969, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 115.5 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Agriculture -- Kentucky.
- Caricatures and cartoons.
- Legislators -- United States -- Congress.
- Politicians -- Correspondence.
- Politicians -- United States
- Political parties -- United States.
- Reports.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format in five series: (1) Kentucky, (2) National Republican Committee, (3) Senate, (4) Photographs, Mementos, Political Cartoons, and (5) Audiovisual Recordings.
- Preferred Citation
- 69M43 : [Identification of item], Thruston B. Morton Collection, 1933-1969, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Thruston Ballard Morton was born in 1907 to a prominent Louisville family which descended from George Rogers Clark, William Clark, and Rogers Clark Ballard. In 1929 Thruston Morton graduated from Yale University, then worked in the family grain and milling business, Ballard and Ballard, later sold to Pillsbury Company. From 1941-1946, during the Second World War, Morton served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Naval Reserve. After the war, he ran for Congress as a Republican and won. He served in the House for six years. In 1952 he successfully managed the campaign of John Sherman Cooper for the Senate. In January of 1953, President Eisenhower appointed him Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, a post he held for three years. In 1956 Morton obtained a United States Senate seat. While a Senator, Morton was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee, serving from 1959 to 1962. In 1946, Morton was Chair of the Republican National Convention. After retiring from the Senate Morton served on many boards including the Pillsbury Company, Liberty National Bank, Louisville, Churchill Downs, and the American Horse Council. He died in 1982, survived by his wife, Belle Clay Lyons, and two sons.
- Sources: "Thruston Ballard Morton", Retro Member Details, https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=m001022, accessed 2020 April 22
- Gaiter, Dorothy J., "Thruston B. Morton is dead at 74; served as Senator from Kentucky", The New York Times, 1982 August 18, https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/15/obituaries/thruston-b-morton-is-dead-at-74-served-as-senator-from-kentucky.html, accessed 2020 April 22
- Scope and Content
- The Thruston B. Morton papers (1879, 1933-1969, undated, 115.5 cubic feet, 306 boxes) comprise office records for the years Morton served in the United States Congress, as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, and as a leading member of the Republican National Committee. The papers are primarily composed of correspondence and reports on Kentucky and national issues. The collection includes campaign records, event planning, political and subject files for Republican platforms developed by the Republican National Committee (RNC). The Congressional and Executive office files comprise nominations, engagements, a federal agency constituent file, legislative records, committee reports, and files devoted to agriculture and public works. Also present are photographs of Morton and notable persons, awards, plaques, political cartoons representing Morton's career in political office. Finally, the collection includes film and audio recordings of Thruston Morton interviews and other political speeches or talks.
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
Kentucky files and reports, 1962-1968, undated
Scope and Contents
The Kentucky files and reports series includes files related to Kentucky constituents, arranged by counties. The series also contains the Commonwealth's Constitution Revision Assembly, legislative committees reports, and subject files pertaining to Kentucky issues during the 1950s and 1960s.
County Constituency Files, undated
Adair
Allen
Anderson
Ballard
Barren
Bath
Bell
Boone
Bourbon
Boyd
Boyle
Bracken
Breathitt
Breckinridge
Bullitt
Butler
Caldwell
Calloway
Campbell
Carlisle
Carroll
Carter
Casey
Christian
Clark
Clay
Clinton
Crittenden
Cumberland
Daviess
Edmonson
Elliott
Estill
Fayette
Fleming
Floyd
Franklin
Fulton
Gallatin
Garrard
Grant
Graves
Grayson
Green
Greenup
Hancock
Hardin
Harlan
Harrison
Hart
Henderson
Henry
Hickman
Hopkins
Jackson
Jefferson
Jessamine
Johnson
Kenton
Knott
Knox
Larue
Laurel
Lawrence
Lee
Leslie
Letcher
Lewis
Lincoln
Livingston
Logan
Lyon
McCracken
McCreary
McLean
Magoffin
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Martin
Mason
Meade
Menifee
Mercer
Metcalfe
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Muhlenberg
Nelson
Ohio
Oldham
Owen
Owsley
Pendleton
Perry
Pike
Pulaski
Robertson
Rockcastle
Rowan
Russell
Scott
Shelby
Simpson
Spencer
Taylor
Trigg
Trimble
Union
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Whitley
Wolfe
Woodford
Constitution Revision Assembly - Committee Reports, 1964-1965
Kentucky Matters - Session Transcript - Constitution Revision Assembly, 1965 November 22
State Government Committee Workbook For Committee's Assigned Sections, 1964 May 4
Local Government Committee Workbook for Committee's Assigned Sections, 1964 May 7
Revision Process Committee Workbood for Committee's Assigned Sections, 1964 May 13
Bill of Rights and Election Committee. Workbook for Committee Assigned Sections, 1964 May 15
Education, Health and Welfare Committee. Workbook for Committee's Assigned Sections, 1964 May 19
Coordinating Committee. Workbook for Committee's Assigned Sections, 1964 May 22
Kentucky Constitutional Revision - Correspondence from Constitution Revision Assembly, 1964 May-1965 March
Constitution Revision Assembly - Coordinating Committee Draft, 1965 December 17
Kentucky Constitutional Revision Miscellaneous, 1964-1965
Kentucky Constitutional Revision Miscellaneous, 1964-1965
Kentucky Constitutional Revision - Minutes of Committee and Subcommittee, undated
Kentucky Constitutional Revision - Progress Reports - Legislative Research Committee, undated
Governor's Race, 1963
General Subject - Morton Honors, 1963-1964
General Subject - Recommendations, 1963-1964
Kentucky Derby, 1963-1964
Woodbery Forest School, 1967-1968
Speaking Requests, 1963
Morton Personal, 1955-1968
Book Publishers - Book Release, 1964-1966
University of Kentucky, 1963-1965
National Guard, 1964
Louisville, Kentucky, 1963-1964
Public Relations, 1963-1964
National Council of Churches, 1964
Newspapers, 1963-1964
Radio and Television, 1963-1964
Lincoln National Historic Park, 1963-1964
Lincoln Institute, undated
University of Louisville, 1963-1964
Eastern Kentucky Regional, 1964
Kentucky Matters, 1966
Kentucky Matters, 1966
Subject - Requests, 1964-1965
School Lunch Program, undated
Library of Congress, 1965
"K" Miscellaneous, 1965
Thanks, 1966
Library of Congress, 1966
Kentucky Matters, 1966
Kentucky Matters No. 2, 1966
Kentucky Matters, 1968
Kentucky Colonels, undated
Thanks, 1967
Miscellaneous, 1967
Kentucky Matters, 1967
Morton Personal - Family Material, undated
Residual Oil, 1962-1964
Coal Mine Safety, 1956-1959
Coal Mine Safety, 1961-1962
Coal Mine Safety, 1963
Coal Mine Safety, 1964
Coal Mine Safety, 1965
Coal Mine Safety, 1966-1968
Coal to Florida Movement, 1957
Coal Pipeline, 1962
Coal Pipeline, 1963
United Mine Workers, 1963-1964
Strip Mining, 1964-1968
Coal, 1962
Coal, 1963
Coal, 1964
Coal Research, 1965
Coal Research, undated
Minerals, undated
Atomic Energy Commission in Kentucky, 1965
Kentucky Appalachian Authority, 1965-1966
Kentucky Appalachian Authority, 1967-1968
Federal Funds for Kentucky, undated
Mammoth Cave, 1958-1959
Mammoth Cave, 1960-1961
Mammoth Cave, undated
Kentucky Highways, 1965-1967
Kentucky Highways, 1967-1968
Kentucky Interstate - Insiders, undated
Kentucky Highways, 1967-1968
Subject Files, 1962-1968, undated
A, 1966
B, 1966
C, 1966
D, 1966
E, 1966
F, 1966
G, 1966
H, 1966
I, undated
J, 1966
K, 1966
L, 1966
M, 1965-1966
N, 1963-1968
O, 1964-1966
P, 1964-1968
R, 1963-1966
S, 1963-1966
T, 1966
U, 1965
V - General Subject, 1964-1966
W, 1966
X, undated
Y and Z, 1966
The Organization of Fruit and Vegetable Production in the United States. Part I and II - Chapters 1-6, undated
The Processing Industry for Fruits and Vegetables. Parts III and IV - Chapters 8-14, undated
Technical Study on Poultry and Eggs, undated
National Commission on Food Marketing, 1966 January
Grocery Manufacturing, undated
Part I - Grocery Manufacturing, undated
Part II - The Breakfast Cereal and Cracker and Cookie Industries, undated
Human Impact - Kentucky, 1966 June
"The 1966 Election Law on Campaign Financing" - Ky. Legislative Research Commission, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1966
"A Guide to the Historic House Museum Locust Grove" - Compiled by Dr. Samuel W. Thomas, undated
"Facts about municipal industrial revenue bonds." Prepared for the Honorable Thruston B. Morton - Commonwealth of KY, undated
Correspondence concerning an Abraham Lincoln Bay in the Washington Cathedral, 1965
Inauguration, 1965
"Eminent Domain Procedure" - Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Frankfort, KY, 1965
"Condemnation: Just Compensation" - Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, Frankfort, KY., 1965
"Highway Condemnation in Kentucky" - Commonwealth of Kentucky, Legislative Research Commission - Frankfort, Ky., 1965
Bell (Scot), 1963-1964
"The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky, Inc." - Pikeville, Ky., undated
Radio Television Stations, 1962-1963
Gordon Allott - Guard Against Premature Release, 1963
"Gov't Land Acquisition" - KY Edition - Percentage of Land owned by the federal and state governments and tax-exempt Indian Land in the U.S., undated
Federal Funds to Kentucky, 1962
Legislation: Kentucky Association of Soil Conservation Districts, 1957
Office Space - Morton's Office, 1963-1967
Morton Office - Miscellaneous, 1967
Lists - Kentucky Elected Republican Officials, 1967
Kentucky State Government, 1967
Hobson House (Restoration), 1967
Frontier Nursing, 1965-1967
"KY and Tobacco" - a chapter in America's industrial Growth - Tobacco History Series - the Tobacco Institute, Inc., 1967
"The Health Consequences of Smoking" - U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, undated
"The Oil Producing Industry in your State", 1967
"Report on the Agricultural Trade Negotiations of the Kennedy Round" Foreign Agricultural Service - U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture, 1967 September
Before the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax Division, Internal Revenue Service "Brief." Schenley Industries, Inc. N.Y. Hearings, 1967 September 18-22
"Water Resource Planning in Kentucky" Division of Water, Department of Natural Resources, 1967 July
Invitation to speak - Pending, 1968
Condolences, undated
Morton Miscellaneous Information, 1963-1968
Outlook issue "Tobacco Situation". Economic Research Service, U.S. Department. of Agriculture, 1967-1968
President's Council - Physical Fitness, 1968
Appreciation for Federal Bureau of Investigation position, undated
Miscellaneous Correspondence, undated
Contributions, undated
Capitol Hill Club, 1964-1968
Kentucky Colonels - Nunn, undated
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Soil Conservation Service - Kentucky Activities, 1968 March
Kentucky Problems, undated
Legislation: Kentucky State Matters, 1962-1968
Football tickets, 1967-1968
National Republican Committee (RNC) records, 1947-1968, undated
Scope and Contents
The Republican National Committee (RNC) records series includes the party's records maintained by Morton's office during his time in national office, 1947-1968. A large portion of the series contains records created during Senator Thrustion Morton's service as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, from 1959-1961, 1964. Files include reports by the party, politcal and legislative positions, plans for the Republican National Convention, and party campaigns - notably campaigns for President of the United States.
Political File, 1951-1967, undated
Congratulations on Being Chairman of the Republican National Committee - No. 1, 1959 April 7-15
Congratulations on Being Chairman of the Republican National Committee - No. 2, 1959 April 16-July 22
Biographies of Thruston Morton, 1959-1960
Chairman's File - Comments on Speeches, 1959
Chairman's File - Requests for Speakers, 1959
White House News Releases, 1959 April 23-May 24
"Battle Line", 1959 April 15-May 22
Site Committee for the 1960 Republican National Convention - Los Angeles Bid Presentation, 1959
Site Committee for the 1960 Republican National Convention - Miami Beach Bid Presentation, 1959
Site Committee for the 1960 Republican National Convention - New York City Bid Presentation, 1959
Site Committee for the 1960 Republican National Convention - Chicago Bid Presentation, 1959
Site Committee for the 1960 Republican National Convention - Hearings of the Representatives of the Television and Radio Industry, 1959
Republican Western Conference - Proposed Agenda, 1959
Republican Western Conference - Reports (2 Copies), 1959
Morton Speech (attack on the Truman Administration), St. Louis, 1959 December 4
California Tour of Chairman Thruston Morton - Scrapbook, 1959 September 27-30
Republican National Committee - Budget Committee Meeting, 1959 December 9-10
Republican National Committee - Committee on Rules Meeting, 1959 December 10
Republican National Committee - Committee Meeting, 1959 December 11
Republican National Committee - Executive Session, 1959 December 12
Republican National Committee - Media Hearing, 1960 March 3
Republican National Committee - Arrangements Committee Meeting, 1960 June 9
Republican National Committee - Committee Meeting (Morning Session), 1960 June 10
Committee Meeting (Afternoon Session), 1960 June 10
Arrangements Committee Meeting (2 Copies), 1960 July 20
Executive Session, 1960 July 21
Permanent Role of Delegates and Alternate Delegates, 1960 July 25
1960 Campaign - Personnel Lists of Presidential Appointees, 1953-1960
1960 Campaign - Personnel Lists - Cabinet and Independent Agencies, 1959
1960 Campaign - Lists of Officers of Republican State Central Committees, 1959-1961
1960 Campaign - Lists of Republican State Chairmen, 1959-1960
1960 Campaign - Lists of Members of the Republican National Committee and Chairmen of State Central Committees, 1959-1960
1960 Campaign - Staff Lists fo the Republican National Committee, 1959-1960
1960 Campaign - Personnel List of Republican Congressional Committee, 1960
1960 Campaign - Lists of Republican National Finance Committee, 1958-1960
1960 Campaign - Lists of Candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, 1960
1960 Campaign - Republican National Committee Speakers Bureau - Speaking Engagements, 1960
1960 Campaign - Richard Nixon's Speech at the Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner, N.Y., undated
1960 Campaign - Schedule of Henry Cabot Lodge, 1960 September 26-October 3
1960 Campaign - Milage of Chairman Morton, 1960 January 26-November 8
1960 Campaign - National Federation of Republican Women, 1959-1960
1960 Campaign - Special Projects - "Truth Squad," "Bell Ringers," and "Neighbor to Neighbor", 1960
1960 Campaign - Miscellaneous Material, 1960
1960 Campaign - Leadership Manual and Related Material, 1960
1960 Campaign - Material Catalog, 1960
1960 Campaign - Dr. L. Howard Schriver Affidavit, 1960
1960 Campaign - Letters of Appreciation for Work During the Campaign, 1960
Congratulations on Morton Re-Election as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1960
Lincoln's Birthday Dinners, 1960 February
Work as Chairman Republican National Committee No. 1, 1960-1961
Work as Chairman Republican National Committee No. 2, 1960
Appreciation Letters for Cooperation Shown to the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1960
Chairman's File - Comments on Chairman's Speeches, 1960
Chairman's File - Personal Clippings, 1960
Republican National Committee, 1951
"The Answer Desk", 1961 March 27
Engagements, 1960 November 30-1961 March 7
Engagements, 1961 March 9-July 9
Engagement Notebook, 1961 January 2-October 18
Fund Raising Engagements, 1961
Young Republican National Federation, 1959-1962
Miscellaneous Materials, 1958-1961
Letters concerning Morton Continuing as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1960-1961
Miscellaneous Thank You Letters, 1961
Offers of Help, 1959-1961
Political Correspondence, 1960-1961
Political Events of Some Importance, 1960-1961
Selection of a New Chairman of the Republican National Commission, 1961
Eisenhower Alumni List, 1961 October 4
Speech Bookings for Chairman Morton, 1960-1961
Speech Materials, 1961
Speech by Richard S. Salant - "The Changing Use of Television in Campaign Politics", 1961 September
Speeches of Senator Morton Delivered as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1959 April-December
Speeches of Senator Morton Delivered as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1960 January-1961 June
Speeches, Statements, Releases of Senator Morton While Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1959-1960 (2 Copies), 1959-1960
Statements Senator Morton made while Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 1959 April 11-1961 June 2
Arizona Activities - Western States Conference, 1961
Arizona Activities - Work as Chairman, Republican National Committee, undated
Illinois Activities - Republican National Finance Committee Meeting, 1961
Kansas Activities - Topeka Fundraising Dinner, 1961
Kentucky Activities - Chairman Morton's Kentucky Trip, 1959
Kentucky Activities - Goldfard Dinner Speech, 1959
Kentucky Activities - Louisville Fundraising Dinner, 1960
Kentucky Activities - Kentucky Matters as Chairman Republican National Committee, 1960
Kentucky Activities - Political Situation in Relationship to Republican National Committee Chairman's Responsibilities, 1960
Kentucky Activities - Work as Chairman Republican National Committee, 1961
Kentucky Activities - Young Republican Organizations, 1959
Maryland Activities - Lincoln Day Dinner - Speaker at Cumberland, Maryland, 1961
Massachusetts Activities - Victory Dinner in Honor of Governor Volpe and Senator Saltonstall, 1961
Michigan Activities - Kalamazoo Republican Rally, 1961, 1961
Missouri Activities - Kansas City Stop on the Way to Topeka, Kansas, 1961
Nebraska Activities - Founder's Day Banquet Speaker, 1961
New Mexico Activities - Fundraising Dinner, 1961
New York Activities - New York City, Yale Club Luncheon Speaker, 1961
New York Activities - Phelps Association Annual New York Dinner, 1961
Republican National Committee News Releases, 1959 April 9-1960 November 7
Republican National Committee News Releases, 1959 April 9-1960 December 21
Republican National Committee News Releases, 1961 October 2
Republican National Committee News Releases, 1959 April 30-1960 September 29
GOP On the March, undated
Original Cartoon; Crawford - Newark News, undated
Special Event Cards, undated
Programs, undated
Personal Stationary, undated
Badge, undated
List of Republican National Committee Offices, 1960
Appreciation Letters written by Chairman Morton to Those Who Helped in the Work of the RNC, Alphabetical order, 1959 March-1960 November
Transcript of Proceedings - Meeting of the Executive Committee of Republican National Committee, 1961 January 5
Transcript of Proceedings - Meeting of the Republican National Committee (Morning Session), 1961 January 6
Transcript of Proceedings - Meeting of the Republican National Committee (Afternoon Session), 1961 January 6
Transcript of Proceedings - Meeting of the Republican National Committee, 1961 January 7
Transcript of Proceedings - Republican National Finance Committee Meeting, 1961 March 17
Republican Political File of the Fifty States, General Political Correspondence with some Personal View, Alabama to Iowa, 1962-1966
Republican Political File of the Fifty States, Kansas - Nebraska, 1962-1966
Republican Political File of the Fifty States, Nevada to Tennessee, 1962-1966
Republican Political File of the Fifty States, Texas to Wyoming, 1962-1966
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1953-1965
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1966
Lists of Officers, Executive Committees, and Members of the Republican National Committee, 1955-1967
Lists of Republican State Chairman, 1967
Christmas Cards, 1959
Christmas Lists No. 1, 1959
Christmas Lists No. 2, 1959
Christmas Lists No. 3, 1959
Christmas Lists No. 4, 1959
Christmas Lists No. 5, 1959
Christmas Cards No. 1, 1960
Christmas Cards No. 2, 1960
Photographs, 1959 April 20-1960 July 18
Photographs, Republican National Committee, 1960 July 21-28
Photographs, 1961 May 10
Photographs, undated
National Campaigns, 1960-1968
Republican Campaign Materials, 1960-1967
Republican Campaign Material - Organizational Manual, 1960
Republican Campaign Material - Speakers' Manual Containing a Factual compilation of R. Nixon's position on Major domestic and foreign Issues, undated
Morton's American-Lithuanian Group appearance folder, 1960-1968
General Political File, 1962
General Political File, No. 1, 1963 January-March
General Political File, No. 2, 1963 April-June
General Political File, No. 3, 1963 July
General Political File, No. 4, 1963 August
General Political File, No. 5, September - December, 1963, 1963 September-December
Republican National Politics, 1963-1966
Political Form Letters, 1964
Material from the Campaign, 1964
Newspaper Clippings of the 1964 Campaign, 1959-1964
Goldwater Campaign, 1963-1966
Miscellaneous politics, 1965-1968
General Politics, 1965-1968
Percy as a Possible Presidential Candidate, 1967-1968
Romney as a possible Presidential Candidate, 1965-1968
Rockefeller as a possible Presidential Candidate, 1968
Rockefeller's Statements, 1963
Rockefeller Press Releases, 1968
Rockefeller for President Committee News Releases, 1968
Rockefeller - Attention Senator Morton Materials, 1968
Rockefeller State by State File - Alabama through Kansas, 1968
Rockefeller State by State File - Kentucky through New York, 1967-1968
Rockefeller State by State File - North Carolina through Washington, D.C., 1968
National Campaigns: Election 1968, 1964-1968
1968 Presidential Campaign, 1967-1968
1968 Campaign Ideas, 1964-1967
1968 Campaign: Miscellaneous Material, 1962-1968
Nixon Campaign, 1965-1968
Nixon - Correspondence with Campaign Organizations, 1968
Nixon - Key Issues Committee, 1968
Nixon - Miscellaneous Mail, 1968
Nixon - Press Releases, 1968
National Campaigns: Republican National Commission, 1960-1968
Republican National Convention, Chicago - Official Report of the Proceedings, 1960
Republican National Convention, Chicago - Official Program, 1960
Republican National Convention, San Francisco, 1964
Republican National Convention, San Francisco - Official Program, 1964
Republican National Convention, Miami Beach - Delegate Selection, 1968
Republican National Convention, Miami Beach - Republican Platform, 1968
Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, Miscellaneous Material, 1967-1968
National Campaigns: Republican Political Committee, 1962-1968
Republican Leadership, 1965
Republican Citizens Committee, 1963
Republican Congressional Committee, 1966-1967
Republican Coordinating Committee, 1965-1967
Republican National Committee, 1963-1968
Republican National Finance Committee, 1964-1968
Republican Policy Committee, 1962-1967
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1966-1968
National Campaigns: Republican Political Committee's Reports, 1963-1968, undated
Americans for Constitutional Action Index - an analysis of the voting record of each member of Congress, 1967
Background Data on Newly elected officials, 1963 January
Grass Roots Guides - "Money for Politics: The Getting and Spending", 1964
House Republican Policy Committee Recommendations - "Select Committee on Standards and Conduct", "Election Reform Act...", undated
National Republican Senatorial Committee Report - "Voting Statistics for United States Senate Election Campaigns, 1944-1964", 1966
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - Choice for America, 1958-1968, undated
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Latin America - U.S.", "The American Image Abroad", "The Crisis of Confidence", "Continuing Crisis in...", undated
Republican Coordinating Committee News Release - "The Middle East-Crisis and Opportunity", 1967
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Full and Equal Employment Opportunities" and "Improving Social Welfare", 1967
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Modern Urban Transportation", "New Directions for Urban America", and "Water Pollution Control: ...", undated
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "The Restoration of Federalism in America", "Crime and Delinquency - A Rep Response", and "Urban Education: ...", undated
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Decisions in National Security: Patchwork or Policy", "Research and Dev: Our Neglected Weapon" ..., undated
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Big City Politics:", 1962
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Voter Turnout by Counties in the 1960 Presidential Election", 1964
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "The 1966 Elections", undated
Republican Coordinating Committee Reports - "Vote History and Demographic Analysis Manual", a manual for utilizing election statistics, 1968
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "ABC's of Republican and Democratic Income Tax Records", 1959
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "The Republican Administration: Principles, Policies, Objectives", 1959
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "ABC's of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945-1960", 1960
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "Accomplishments of the Republican Administration, 1953-1960", 1960
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "ABC's of Federal Aid to Education", 1961
Senate Republican Policy Committee Report - "Status of Legislation...Pending in the U.S. Congress", 1961
Young Republican National Federation Publication - "Absentee Voters Manual", 1966
National Campaigns: Press Releases, 1963-1968
News Solicitation, 1963-1965
Republican Citizens Committee Press Releases, 1964
Republican Congressional Committee Newsletters, 1967
Joint Senate - House Republican Leadership Press Releases, 1963-1967
Miscellaneous Sources Press Releases, 1960-1965
Miscellaneous Sources Press Release, 1966-1968
Republican National Committee Press Release, 1965-1967
National Campaigns: Republican Governor's Association, 1963-1968
Republican Governors' Association, 1963-1968
Republican Governors' Association Policy Committee Report - "Workbook on Problems in Foreign Policy in the U.S." Vol I,, 1968
Republican Governors' Association Policy Committee Report - "Workbook On Problems in Foreign Policy of the U.S.", Vol. II, 1968
Republican Governor's Association Policy Committee Report - "Workbook on Problems in Foreign Policy of the U.S." Vol III, 1968
National Campaigns: Speaking Engagements, 1963-1968
Speaking Engagements - "No", 1966-1967
Speaking Engagements, 1968
Social and Speaking Commitments, 1968 October
Social and Speaking Commitments, 1968 November
Speech - "Public Welfare vs. Political Gain", undated
Speech - "The Great Society at Work and Play", 1966
Speech - "Down on the Farm", undated
Speech - "Dread in the Dark - and the Daylight", undated
Congressional Campaign Speech Kit, 1959
Congressional Campaign Kit, 1960
Speech Material - Defense, undated
Speech Material - Foreign Policy, 1957-1964
Speech Material - Lincoln Day, 1955-1959
Speech Material - Lincoln Day, 1962-1965
Speech Material - Miscellaneous, 1962-1964
Speech Material - Taxes, 1962-1964
Speech Material - Tobacco, 1958
Speech Material - Whiskey, 1958
Kentucky Politics, 1959-1968
Kentucky Politics - General, 1962-1964
Third District Politics, 1968
Fourth District Politics, 1966
Seventh District Politics, 1967-1968
Kentucky Colleges, 1967
Nunn Administration, Kentucky Patronage, 1967
Cook Campaign, 1968
Cooper Campaign, 1964-1966
Morton's Senate Race, 1962
Files Relating to Morton's Senatorial Race, 1968
Morton for President in 1968, 1967-1968
Morton Personal, 1959-1966
Radical Groups, 1963-1968, undated
Americans for Democratic Action, 1963-1964
Americans for Democratic Action, 1965-1966
John Birch Society, 1965-1968
Reaction to a Morton Speech Against the John Birch Society, 1965-1966
John Birch Society and Group Research, Inc., 1963
Group Research Inc., 1965-1966
Group Research, Inc., Directory - Contains Instructions for Use of Three Volumes and Listings of Organizations, undated
Group Research, Inc., Directory - Contains Listings of Individuals, undated
Group Research, Inc., Directory Contains abstracts of Publications and Special Research Reports, undated
Voting Records, 1947-1967
Voting Record of Senator Morton Arranged by topics: House 1947-1943, Senate 1957-1959, 1960
Voting Record of Senator Morton Arranged by topics: 85th Congress, 1957-1958
Voting Record of Senator Morton Arranged by topics: 86th Congress, 1959-1960
Voting Record of Senator Morton Arranged by topics: 87th Congress, 1959-1960
Voting Record of Senator Morton Arranged by topics: 87th Congress /1st Session, 1961
Individual Voting Records: 80th Through 82nd Congresses and 85th Congress, 1947-1958
Individual Voting Records: 86th Congress, 1959-1960
Individual Voting Records: 87th Congress, 1961-1962
Individual Voting Records: 88th Congress, 2nd Session and 90th Congress, 1st Session, 1964-1967
Voting Record of the Senate in a chronological index of considered major legislation: 86th Congress, 1st Session, 1959
Voting Record of the Senate in a numerical index of record votes; 89th Congress, 2nd session, 1966
Voting record of the Senate in a numerical index of record votes: 90th Congress, 1st Session, 1967
Practical Politics Action Course, undated
Practical Politics Action Course - Course Objectives, Suggested questions to ask your precinct leader, checklist of political ..., undated
Practical Politics Action Course - "Discussion Leader's Manual", undated
Practical Politics Action Course - "Student's Manual", undated
Subject Files, 1959-1968, undated
Advanced Techniques for Republican Organization Kit, undated
Episcopal Fund Raising, 1965-1967
Episcopal Fund Raising, Major Gift Prospects, undated
Politics: Labor, 1965-1966
Politics: Miscellaneous, 1966-1968
Bluegrass Republican: TBM, A Study of his approach to five political roles, undated
Miscellaneous Congratulation, 1964-1968
Political Redistricting, 1965
Senior Letter - Encouraging High School Seniors to take an interest in Politics, 1961
Young Republicans, 1965-1968
A Scrapbook, 1959-1960
Activity reports, 1958-1961
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Chairman, Morton (2 copies), 1958 December-1959 December
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Chairman, Morton (2 copies), 1960 January-June
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Chairman, Morton (2 copies), 1960 July-October
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Preconvention planning (2 copies), 1958-1960
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Chairman's dinner (2 copies), 1960 July 21
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Chairman, Morton (1 copy), 1960 November-1961 March
Activities of the Republican National Committee, 1960-1965
Activities of the Republican National Committee (1 copy), 1961-1965
Activities of the Republican National Committee, Pre-Convention Planning, 1958 August-1961 July
Activities of the Republican National Committee, clippings scrapbook, 1959-1960
Congressional and Executive records, 1933-1969, undated
Scope and Contents
The Congressional and Executive records series comprises office files from Thruston Morton's years as a member of the House of Represntatives, Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs and United States Senator. The files includes office records like appointment books, speech and address transcripts, press releases, and the intern program information. The series also contains legislative documents like bills passed, research, and public works project plans, constituent files, and Kentucky post office appointments. A significant portion of the series is official correspondence. Notable correspondents indexed in the Letters sub-sereies include: Spiro Agnew, George Aiken, Howard Baker, Edward Breathitt, A.B. Chandler, John Sherman Cooper, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Ted Kennedy, John Kennedy, Rogers Morton, William Natcher, Richard Nixon, Louis Nunn, Charles Percy, Carl Perkins, Dean Rusk, Nelson Rockefeller, Hugh Scott, Margaret Chase Smith, John Stennis, Stewart Udall, and John Watts.