| Abstract |
Collection includes correspondence, government pamphlets, speeches, bills, clippings, and other materials that relate to the four years (1921-1925) during which Ward was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Material concerns the handling of routine requests from Ward's constituents in the 1st Congressional District of North Carolina and minor correspondence relative to the conduct of his law practice in Washington, N.C. Correspondence topics include postmasterships in eastern North Carolina; veteran pensions; and the conditions of rivers, bridges, and roads in North Carolina. Other materials concern agriculture in North Carolina; African American education in North Carolina; the education system in the District of Columbia; applicants to the U.S. Naval Academy and U.S. Military Academy; the Overman Bill, which allowed for the creation of a third Federal Judicial District in North Carolina; and the Towner-Sterling Bill and the Smith-Towner Bill, which proposed the establishment of a cabinet-level Department of Education. Also included are a list of those members of Congress who made up the so-called "Farm Bloc" and a purported "Oath of the Knights of Columbus" submitted in testimony of a Congressional committee. |
| Access restriction | Joyner- No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Hallett S. Ward Papers (#53), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Joyner- Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Ida W. Grimes. |
| Biographical note | Hallett S. Ward (1870-1956) was a lawyer; member of the North Carolina state senate; mayor of Plymouth, N.C.; and a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1st District, 1921-1925. |
