Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0925-013
This folder contains a newspaper article, an invitation to the inauguration of Alabama Governor John Patterson, and correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy, members of Senator Kennedy’s staff, and various Alabama officials concerning local efforts in the Senator’s 1960 presidential campaign, Senator Kennedy’s victory in the Wisconsin Democratic primary, and individual delegates supporting his nomination at the Democratic National Convention. The majority of the correspondence consists of letters between Senator Kennedy’s staff and Governor Patterson and John W. Overton, President of Turner Insurance and Bonding Company.