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Items associated with name 'Agnew, Spiro (1918-1996)'
Papers of J. Millard Tawes
by Crisfield Heritage Foundation; Tawes, J. Millard (1782 – 1994)
61 boxes, 7 oversize folders (75 linear feet)
The Papers of J. Millard Tawes consist of the political and personal papers of J. Millard Tawes and of historic Maryland records. The collection documents Tawes’ career as a politician from 1930-1979, including his service as the 54th Governor of Maryland from 1959-1967. It contains speeches, correspondence, photographs, publications and ephemera offering insight into fifty years of state and national politics. The collection includes Tawes’ speeches on the Freedom Riders and on the Cambridge Riots of 1963. It also includes correspondence between Tawes and Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.