Guide to the Jack Edwards Congressional Papers

Descriptive Summary
Creator: The office of Congressman Jack Edwards
Title: Jack Edwards Congressional Papers
Dates: 1965-1984
Quantity: 253 cubic feet
Abstract: Numerous files relating to the day-to-day operations of a U.S. congressional office and to the issues faced by U.S. congressmen.
Accession: 86-09-129

Biographical Sketch
William Jackson "Jack" Edwards was born in 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama. His family subsequently moved to Point Clear, Alabama, and he ran successfuly for the congressional seat for Alabama's First District in 1964. Edwards served in the U.S. Congress until 1985, and then returned to his law practice in Mobile, Alabama.

Scope and Content
The Jack Edwards Papers span Edwards' entire twenty-year congressional career, and include congressional office and subject files; constituent correspondence; departmental documents; files related to the operation of his congressional office; appointment books for 1965 through 1981; and papers related to his district visits. The material is supplemented by Republican Party and convention materials, as well as by speeches, legislation, news releases, voting records, photographs, and audio and video cassettes. Of particular interest are files related to Edwards' Defense Appropriations Subcommittee assignment; stint as vice chair of the Republican Conference; Vietnam; school busing and desegregation; George Wallace for President campaign; the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and other waterways in the First District; and matters related to the Watergate scandal, including the impeachment proceedings and later pardon of Richard Nixon.

Arrangement
Arranged topically by year. 

Access Restrictions
None

Usage Restrictions
None

Preferred Citation
Jack Edwards Congressional Papers, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.

Guide prepared by:  Carol Ellis

Guide last updated:  2000

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