| Scope and content |
The bulk of the collection pertains to Dr. Burnside's congressional and political activities. Materials concern environmental issues, unemployment, problems of small businesses and farmers, and the promotion of tariffs on foreign products. Scrapbooks contain clippings and memorabilia concerning life and politics in Washington, D.C. Other photographs are of Burnside's travels through Europe and Asia, congressional investigative junkets to Korea and Southeast Asia, and political figures from the 1940s and 1950s. Also contains testimonies to congressional committees, extensions of remarks to the Congressional Record, and reports of congressional investigative junkets. Reports concerning the U.S.-Philippines War Damage Commission include pictures of buildings repaired after World War II. Also includes a scrapbook pertaining to a congressional investigation of aid to the Korean Army. Correspondence pertains to Burnside's failure to win re-election in 1956 and his support of various bills in Congress. Letters from John F. Kennedy express appreciation for Burnside's support for Kennedy's presidential nomination, and a letter from Adlai E. Stevenson seeks Burnside's advice for his upcoming presidential campaign. Telegrams pertain to the halting of H-Bomb tests and campaign financing. Materials concerning the Tri-State Tobacco Warehouse, Huntington, W.Va., include business and financial reports, correspondence, photographs, and clippings. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Maurice G. Burnside Papers (#468), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | 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 Maurice G. Burnside. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mrs. Marilyn B. Weaver. |
| Biographical note | Maurice Gwinn Burnside was a political science professor, West Virginia Democratic congressman, and tobacco warehouse executive. He taught political science Marshall College from 1940 until 1948. He served three terms in Congress and worked briefly at the National Security Agency in Washington, D. C. He was a member of the committees on Public Works and the Post Office, Civil Service, and Expenditures in the Executive Department, and served on the United States-Philippine War Damage Commission. |
