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Finding Aid 552.1

Office of Secretary of State

Legislator Papers - Thomas D. Graham, 1951-1973

Abstract:  Papers (1947-1987) of Missouri Representative and Speaker of the House Thomas D. Graham (1922-2000), including bill files, campaign material, correspondence, legislative subject files, Missouri-New York World's Fair Commission files, National Commission on Constitutional Government files, National Legislative Conference files, scrapbook material, and speeches.

Extent:  12 cubic ft. (30 Hollinger boxes) plus one oversize flat box

Physical Description:  Paper, photographs

Location:  MSA Stacks 44A/4/6-8

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:  No special restrictions.

Publication Restrictions:  Copyright of correspondence to and from Graham in his official capacity is in the public domain, as is correspondence from Graham, since his copyright was transferred to the archives. However, copyright of correspondence to Graham in his personal, professional (legal), and volunteer (nonprofit) positions is retained by the authors. Researchers bear sole responsibility for following applicable copyright laws.

Acquisition Information:  Accessions 2001-0319 and 2001-0397. Physically transferred on August 23, 2001, and, after being inventoried, formally transferred in a deed of gift from Christopher Graham, only child of Thomas Dunbar Graham, on February 13, 2002. He retained signed original correspondence, with copies to the archives, of Thomas Hart Benton (2), Walt Disney, Bob Dole, Gerald R. Ford, Jacob K. Javits, Red McCombs, Edward R. Murrow, Ronald Reagan, A. Willis Robertson, Adlai Stevenson, Strom Thurmond, and Harry Truman. He retained one letter each of James T. Blair, John M. Dalton, Phil M. Donnelly, Thomas F. Eagleton, Warren E. Hearnes, Edward V. Long, and Stuart Symington.

Processing Information:  Processing completed by Mary Kay Coker on March 4, 2002.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Born in 1922 in St. Louis, Thomas Dunbar Graham moved to Jefferson City as a child and graduated from Jefferson City High School in 1940. He was orphaned while still in high school and was raised partially by his aunt, Nona Robertson. After military service in World War II and studying at the University of Missouri in Columbia, he set up his law practice in 1949 and filed as a Democratic candidate for Cole County representative to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1950. Winning election that year and in successive years until his retirement early in 1973, his twenty-two-year career spanned a tumultuous time in American history.

In 1961, Graham was elected to the first of three successive terms as Speaker of the House, serving in that capacity until 1967. He was chair of the following committees: Judiciary (1955-1960), Legislative Research (1967-68), Insurance (1969-70), and Military and Veterans Affairs (1971-72). As Speaker of the House from 1961-1967, he was an ex officio member of all committees. From 1962-65, he was appointed to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and was on the Special Committee on Uniform State Unfair Competition Acts. In 1966-1967, he served as president of the National Legislative Conference

Some of Graham's local accomplishments in Jefferson City were his support of the Capitol Parking Garage, funding for Lincoln University, and pay and benefits for state workers, particularly prison workers and the state highway patrol. Evincing an interest in historical preservation unusual in his era, his support was critical in saving Lohman’s Landing in Jefferson City and procuring funding to acquire the site of Wilson’s Creek Battlefield. Although there was talk of Graham running for statewide office in the mid-to-late 1960s, nothing ever materialized, and his high-profile battles with Governor Warren E. Hearnes curtailed a promising career that had once been called of "almost limitless potential in the government of Missouri."

Although of the same party, Graham and Hearnes locked horns over several issues, namely consecutive terms for governors (so-called gubernatorial succession) and reapportionment. Although he had helped Hearnes pass the great majority of the governor’s agenda in the well-regarded 73rd General Assembly, Graham felt strongly that the legislative branch should be a check, not a rubber stamp, of the executive branch. Hence, in the 74th General Assembly, in a bitterly contested Democratic caucus that drew allegations of gubernatorial arm-twisting, Graham was deposed as speaker in favor of Hearnes’ choice of James E. Godfrey from St. Louis.

The legislative issue that brought Graham into the national spotlight but also contributed to his loss of the speakership was his stance on reapportionment. A firm believer in the constitutional wisdom of checks and balances, he supported the "Little Federal" system in state legislature, with one chamber apportioned on the basis of population and the other on geography (primarily county representation). He felt that if both chambers were to be based strictly on population, the legislature would essentially become unicameral and dominated by urban interests.

However, starting in 1962 with Baker v. Carr, a series of US Supreme Court decisions successively challenged the right of states to apportion their legislatures on any other basis besides population. Using the "equal protection" clause of the 14th amendment to back the principle of "one man, one vote," they ruled it was unconstitutional for some citizens (e.g., rural) to have a greater proportional vote in state government than their peers in urban areas. In Missouri, the issue was primarily one of "big city political machines" versus "horse and buggy legislatures" rather than one of race (with most African-Americans in urban areas), although the issue was occasionally raised.

Graham was not alone in his stance, as state legislators across the country passed resolutions against reapportionment at the General Assembly of the States in December of 1962. In a case of strange bedfellows, rural heartland representatives such as Graham who had supported civil rights teamed up with southern "state's rights" activists who had opposed racial integration. Melded from bipartisan legislators from various Federal-State Relations committees, particularly from the National Legislative Conference, from the National Dual Sovereignty Volunteer Committee headed by W. Stuart Helm of Pennsylvania, and from the Florida Commission on Constitutional Government, a new nonprofit organization to combat reapportionment was chartered in Lincoln, Nebraska on February 5, 1964.

The site was purposefully chosen, as the commission was "fully aware of the fact that such a movement would be unsuccessful if it were pinned to the apron of the South." Calling itself "middle of the road conservative," it stood "broadly on constitutional questions and apart from radicalism of any brand." Originally to be called the Commission on Dual Sovereignty, it eventually settled on the National Commission on Constitutional Government, with the motto "Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States." Although their charter was broader in scope than the reapportionment question, for all intents and purposes, it was the driving force and, when it failed, so failed the rest of their agenda as a commission.

As of June 29, 1964, the commission was made up of state legislators Senator Hal Bridenbaugh, Nebraska, president; Speaker Mallory Horne, Florida, vice president; Representative John Masterton, Vermont, vice president; Senator Jack Schroeder, Iowa, treasurer; Representative J. Curtis McKay, Wisconsin, secretary. The executive director was George R. Prentice, who had been employed by the Florida Commission on Constitutional Government. Board members of the new nonprofit organization were Speaker Thomas D. Graham, Missouri; Representative Merle Lansden, Oklahoma; Lt. Governor John Brown, Ohio; Speaker Byron Tunnell, Texas; Senator Carl Robinson, Wyoming; Representative Nathaniel W. Cabell, South Carolina; Senator Gordon Melody, New Mexico; and Senator Vernon Cheever, Colorado.

The commission backed several proposals designed to return decisions on legislative reapportionment to the states. They began an extensive educational campaign, largely run by George R. Prentice, throughout the country. Looking for a spokesman, they turned to Ronald Reagan. Though "in complete sympathy with what you are doing," Reagan declined to take an active role in the commission, feeling that he was more effective when he had "no particular affiliations."

Due to financial mismanagement, Prentice was forced to resign in late 1964 and Graham took over as executive director. He hired Ernest A. Tupper, a consultant from Washington, DC, to spearhead the commission's efforts. Packets of educational materials were sent to members of the US Congress in early 1965 and several responded personally to Graham, in support of the group's aims, including Gerald R. Ford, Bob Dole, and Strom Thurmond. They already had the support of influential US Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, who had introduced legislation in Congress to combat reapportionment. Graham and several others spoke out in Congressional hearings on the issue.

In February of 1965, Dirksen believed he had two-thirds of the Senate with him but gradually the perception of it being a civil rights versus state’s rights issue had eroded support. Eventually it became a largely partisan issue of Democrats (pro-reapportionment) against Republicans (anti-reapportionment), which was particularly galling for both Graham and Dirksen, the former a Democrat and the latter an influential supporter of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

By the end of 1965, the commission had exhausted its resources and Graham recommended that "the corporation go out of existence," as the torch was passed to an organization whose members were US Senators and Representatives, led by Senator Dirksen. Called the Committee for Government of the People, it campaigned at the national legislative level; however, in the spring of 1966, the apportionment amendment fell seven votes short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage, effectively ending the "Little Federal" system in Missouri and many other states.

On the Missouri front, Graham finally acceded that reapportionment was inevitable and the battle turned to how it was to be accomplished. A plan (Amendment 3) backed by Graham for the House to reapportion itself failed in a statewide election on August 17, 1965, and then, on January 14, 1966, another Amendment 3, the plan favored by Hearnes, passed, putting control of reapportionment in the hands of a bipartisan citizens commission appointed by the governor. Feeling that the powers of the executive branch were already too considerable, Graham had adamantly opposed this amendment, and it was one more battle that contributed to his loss of the speakership.

Upon his retirement in 1973 to pursue his legal practice full-time, the General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing Graham's "skill, clarity and wit in oratory and debate" and praising his leadership and service "as outstanding and marked by devotion to the integrity and independence of the legislative branch of state government."

Timeline
1922 October 14 Born in St. Louis, MO, to Charles Edwin Graham and Margaret Cuthbertson
1940 Graduated from Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, MO
1941-1942Attended University of Missouri
1943-1946 Military service during World War II under Judge Advocate General’s Department of the Army Air Corps at Wright Field, Dayton, OH
1944 April 22 Married to Christine Wood of Princeton, KY
1949Admitted to the bar after completing studies at the University of Missouri
1951-1973Served in the Missouri House of Representatives (elected successively 1950-1970)
1961 Formed law partnership with Robert L. Hawkins, Jr.
1961-1967Served three consecutive terms as Speaker of the House
1962-65Member of National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
1962-65Delegate-at-large from Missouri at the Democratic National Convention
1964-65Executive board member of National Commission on Constitutional Government
1965-66Vice President of the National Legislative Conference
1966-1967President of the National Legislative Conference
2000 October 12 Died at home in Jefferson City, MO

ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION

Bibliography

Obituary of Thomas D. Graham, October 12, 2000, Jefferson City News Tribune (Online Edition).

Official Manual of the State of Missouri (Jefferson City, MO: Office of Secretary of State, various publication dates, legislative years 1951-52 through 1971-72).

"Thomas Dunbar Graham," in The History of Missouri, Vol. III, Family and Personal History (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1967), pp. 1-2. (Also pp. 1490-1494 in Vol. II cover the reapportionment battle.)

Related Material

Two audio cassette tapes (71, 72) of Thomas D. Graham, dated August 26, 1996, are part of the Missouri Oral History Project, Records, 1996- (C3929) located at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of Missouri / State Historical Society of Missouri, 23 Ellis Library, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201-5149.

SERIES

The papers of Thomas D. Graham are broken down into the following series:

Bill Files, 1955-1964

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Extent:  2.8 cubic ft. (7 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Chronological and thereunder by bill number

Scope and Content

Bill files contain records of legislation brought before the House and Senate of Missouri in the 68th to 72nd General Assemblies. Some files contain constituent correspondence related to the bill. These files also include some reports and Judiciary Committee meeting minutes and roll calls from the years when Graham was chair. The vast majority of bill files contain only a copy of the printed bill and, if applicable, the voting record in Judiciary Committee. Occasionally, on controversial bills, there may be correspondence from constituents either in support or in opposition to the bill. On rare occasions, there may also be statements made in hearings or background material on the issue.

In the 68th General Assembly (1955-56), the topics of substance were human (or civil) rights, school busing for private and parochial schools, a proposed ban on nudist colonies, and the right to work. In the 69th (1957-58), few controversial topics are covered, as the largest files are on probate courts, Mo-Kan Development Agency, and National Guardsmen license plates and retirement. In the 70th (1959-60), a bill banning textbooks on evolution drew controversy as did a bill prohibiting price advertising of eyeglasses. From the 71st (1961-1962), the bill files are much more sparse and haphazard, with some of the correspondence found in the General Correspondence series as well as in the Legislative Subject Files. Few bill files exist for the 71st but the one on fair employment practices drew a large response. From the 72nd (1963-1964), school busing for parochial and private schools surfaced once again, this time drawing national attention to the issue of separation of church and state as Catholics demonstrated and protested by registering their children at public schools. Also drawing correspondence were a sales tax increase, billboards on highways, and Sunday closing of retail stores.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
   68th General Assembly (1955-1956)
44A/4/611Report of Judicial Conference of Missouri
44A/4/612Report on Old Age and Survivors Insurance
44A/4/613Lists of House Bills in Judiciary Committee, Passed and Defeated
44A/4/614HB 7 (Appropriations for Higher Education)
44A/4/615HB13 (Damages in Wrongful Death)
44A/4/616HB 20 (Employment Security)
44A/4/617HB 21 (Cash Capital of Banks)
44A/4/618HB 22 (Division of Finance)
44A/4/619HB 23 (Magistrate Courts)
44A/4/6110HB 25 (Safety Regulations for Motor Carriers)
44A/4/6111HB 27 (Handicapped Children)
44A/4/6112HB 28 (Eligibility for Old Age Assistance)
44A/4/6113HB 43 (Criminal Procedure)
44A/4/6114HB 44 (Indeterminate Sentences)
44A/4/6115HB 47 (Fees of Jurors)
44A/4/6116HB 52 (Punishment for Escapees from Penitentiary)
44A/4/6117HB 64 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/6118HB 65 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/6119HB 66 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/6120HB 67 (Revenue Bonds)
44A/4/6121HB 69 (Civil Actions)
44A/4/6122HB 72 (Guardianship of Children)
44A/4/6123HB 77 (Re-employment of Teachers)
44A/4/6124HB 87 (Capital Punishment)
44A/4/6125HB 90 (Fees of Jurors)
44A/4/6126HB 91 (Prosecuting Attorneys)
44A/4/6127HB 95 (State Highway Patrol)
44A/4/6128HB 96 (State Highway Patrol)
44A/4/6129HB 97 (State Highway Patrol)
44A/4/6130HB 98 (Patrol Salaries)
44A/4/6131HB 99 (Circuit Court Judges)
44A/4/6132HB 100 (School Busing for Parochial Schools)
44A/4/6133HB 115 (Water Pollution)
44A/4/6134HB 118 (Teacher Retirement)
44A/4/6135HB 120 (Public School Desegregation)
44A/4/6136HB 126 (State Highway Patrol)
44A/4/6137HB 129 (Discharge of Convicts)
44A/4/6138HB 130 (Nudism)
44A/4/6139HB 132 (Publications Commission)
44A/4/6140HB 133 (Parking Garage)
44A/4/6141HB 136 (Cosmetology)
44A/4/6142HB 137 (Garnishments)
44A/4/6143HB 139 (County and City Fire Departments)
44A/4/6144HB 140 (Unemployment Compensation)
44A/4/6145HB 147 (Judicial Circuits)
44A/4/6146HB 148 (Salaries of Circuit Court Judges)
44A/4/6147HB 152 (Private Schools)
44A/4/6148HB 154 (Eighth Judicial Circuit)
44A/4/6149HB 157 (40-Hour Work Week)
44A/4/6150HB 158 (Statutory Liens)
44A/4/6151HB 170 (65-mph Speed Limit)
44A/4/6152HB 172 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6153HB 179 (Horse Racing)
44A/4/6154HB 192 (Temporary Filling of Circuit Court Vacancies)
44A/4/6155HB 195 (Empanelling of Alternate Juror)
44A/4/621HB 201 (Human Rights Commission)
44A/4/622HB 211 (Branch Banking)
44A/4/623HB 215 (Superintendent of Schools and Teachers)
44A/4/624HB 226 (Chiropractic)
44A/4/625HB 243 (Optometry)
44A/4/626HB 252 (Election of Special Judges of Circuit Court)
44A/4/627HB 260 (County Library Districts)
44A/4/628HB 268 (Compensation of Special Circuit Judges)
44A/4/629HB 269 (Law Libraries)
44A/4/6210HB 273 (Liquor Sales)
44A/4/6211HB 275 (Anti-Discrimination in Public Places)
44A/4/6212HB 276 (Grand Juries in Cities)
44A/4/6213HB 287 (Juries’ Qualification and Selection)
44A/4/6214HB 299 (Mortgages and Deeds of Trust)
44A/4/6215HB 301 (Soil Conservation)
44A/4/6216HB 302 (Twentieth Judicial Circuit)
44A/4/6217HB 303 (Embalmers)
44A/4/6218HB 306 (Insurance Agents)
44A/4/6219HB 307 & 308 (Filled Milk)
44A/4/6220HB 316 (Probate Clerks)
44A/4/6221HB 317 (Withholding State Income)
44A/4/6222HB 367 (Water Corporations)
44A/4/6223HB 368 (Abolishing Louisiana Court of Common Pleas)
44A/4/6224HB 370 (Execution in Courts of Common Pleas)
44A/4/6225HB 371 (Jurisdiction of Ceded Lands)
44A/4/6226HB 377 (Penal Reorganization)
44A/4/6227HB 383 (Immunity in Civil Actions)
44A/4/6228HB 384 (Court Reporters)
44A/4/6229HB 392 (Damages in Certain Cities)
44A/4/6230HB 393 (Charitable Organizations—Liability)
44A/4/6231HB 394 (Witness Depositions)
44A/4/6232HB 395 (Circuit Judges)
44A/4/6233HB 404 (Public Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6234HB 405 (Revival and Extension of a Corporation)
44A/4/6235HB 416 (Salary Increase for State Collector of Revenue)
44A/4/6236HB 431 (Violation of City Ordinances)
44A/4/6237HB 432 (Nonmoving Traffic Violations)
44A/4/6238HB 438 (Grand Jury Extension of Service)
44A/4/6239HB 444 (Trucking)
44A/4/6240HB 449 (Motor Vehicle Registration)
44A/4/6241HB 453 (Wrongful Death)
44A/4/6242HB 491 (Eliminate Discrimination in Employment)
44A/4/6243HB 494 (Conveying Land from Lincoln University to Jefferson City)
44A/4/6244HB 507 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/6245HB 525 (Wills)
44A/4/6246HB 530 (Actions Against Nonresidents)
44A/4/6247HB 536 (Venue)
44A/4/6248HB 548 (Conveying Land to Fayette)
44A/4/6249HB 549 (Fire Protection Districts)
44A/4/6250HB 560 (Rehabilitation of Women Prisoners)
44A/4/6251HB 562 (Licensing and Regulation of Professionals)
44A/4/6252HB 563 (Electronic Service Industry)
44A/4/6253HB 568 (Juries in Counties of 450,000 – 800,000)
44A/4/6254HB 572 (Toll Roads)
44A/4/6255HB 577 (Judges)
44A/4/6256HB 578 (Retirement of Judges)
44A/4/6257HB 579 (Executions and Exemptions)
44A/4/6258HB 582 (Judicial Conference of Missouri)
44A/4/6259HB 583 (Civil Procedure)
44A/4/6260HB 584 (Grand Juries)
44A/4/6261HJCR 7 (Veterans’ Bonus)
44A/4/6262HJCR 13 & 17 (Conservation Commission)
44A/4/6263HJCR 16 (Right to Work) Part 1, including 171-page The Case Against ‘Right to Work’ Laws by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (no date)
44A/4/6264HJCR 16 (Right to Work) Part 2
44A/4/6265HJCR 20 (Circuit Judge)
44A/4/6266HR 21 (Probation and Parole Survey)
44A/4/631SB 1 (Supreme Court Commissioners)
44A/4/632SB 2 (Commissioners of St. Louis Court of Appeals)
44A/4/633SB 23 (Forgery and Counterfeiting)
44A/4/634SB 24 (Sales Tax Tokens)
44A/4/635SB 25 (Violations of Vital Statistics Law)
44A/4/636SB 26 (False Use of Trademarks)
44A/4/637SB 27 (Offenses Against Property)
44A/4/638SB 36 & 37 (Venue for Trials for Stolen Property)
44A/4/639SB 46 (Civil Rights Forfeiture)
44A/4/6310SB 71 (Public Officers)
44A/4/6311SB 121 (Jurors)
44A/4/6312SB 136 (Ownership of Repossessed Vehicles)
44A/4/6313SB 140 (Probate Judges)
44A/4/6314SB 143 (Off-Street Parking Facilities)
44A/4/6315SB 187 (Green Motor Fuel)
44A/4/6316SB 206 (Toll Roads)
44A/4/6317SB 219 (Factors’ Liens)
44A/4/6318SB 259 (Interstate Compact for Juveniles)
44A/4/6319SB 267 (Practice of Law)
44A/4/6320SB 269 (Fiduciaries)
44A/4/6321SB 292 (Divorce and Alimony)
44A/4/6322SB 293 (Money Orders)
44A/4/6323SB 322 (State Purchasing Agent)
   69th General Assembly (1957-1958)
44A/4/6324Missouri Constitutional Amendment 1 (Legislator Salaries)
44A/4/6325Judiciary Committee Meeting Notes
44A/4/6326Judiciary Committee Roll Calls
44A/4/6327Printed Copies of Sponsored Bills
44A/4/6328Report of the Judicial Conference of Missouri
44A/4/6329HB 4 (Prohibitory Marriages)
44A/4/6330HB 21 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6331HB 27 (Effect of Remarriage on Support Payments)
44A/4/6332HB 33 (Motor Vehicle Registration)
44A/4/6333HB 34 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6334HB 37 (Division of Resources and Development)
44A/4/6335HB 41 (Offenses Against Public Health and Safety)
44A/4/6336HB 43 (Gifts of Securities to Minors)
44A/4/6337HB 44 (Recovery of Damages)
44A/4/6338HB 53 (Violations of State Income Tax Law)
44A/4/6339HB 85 (Public Advertisements)
44A/4/6340HB 86 (Kansas City Court of Appeals)
44A/4/6341HB 87 (Boiler and Refrigeration)
44A/4/6342HB 88 (Fireworks)
44A/4/6343HB 89 (Sales Tax)
44A/4/6344HB 90 (Trusts)
44A/4/6345HB 93 (Liability)
44A/4/6346HB 106 (Easement in St. Joseph)
44A/4/6347HB 108 (Taverns)
44A/4/6348HB 109 (Attorneys at Law)
44A/4/6349HB 110 (Administrative Procedure)
44A/4/6350HB 128 (County Assessors)
44A/4/6351HB 141 (Circuit Clerks)
44A/4/6352HB 143 (Liability for Injuries)
44A/4/6353HB 145 (Wrongful Death)
44A/4/6354HB 147 (Public Service Commission Fund)
44A/4/6355HB 169 (Domestic Relations)
44A/4/6356HB 176 (Administrative Procedure)
44A/4/6357HB 183 (County Attorneys)
44A/4/6358HB 188 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6359HB 192 (Juvenile Courts)
44A/4/6360HB 203 (Department of Corrections)
44A/4/6361HB 212 (Compulsory Insurance)
44A/4/6362HB 214 (Chemical Tests for Intoxication)
44A/4/6363HB 215 (Legal Publications)
44A/4/6364HB 218 (Signature of the Governor)
44A/4/6365HB 223 (Daylight Savings)
44A/4/6366HB 228 (Courts of Appeal)
44A/4/6367HB 229 (Publication of Court Opinions)
44A/4/6368HB 236 (Federal Soldiers’ Home at St. James)
44A/4/6369HB 237 (Off-Street Parking)
44A/4/6370HB 238 (Prosecuting Attorneys)
44A/4/6371HB 241 (Optometry)
44A/4/6372HB 245 (Alternate Juror)
44A/4/6373HB 246 (Circuit Judges)
44A/4/6374HB 260 (Motor Vehicle Fees and Reciprocity)
44A/4/6375HB 262 (State Highway Patrol)
44A/4/6376HB 264 (Offenses Against Morals)
44A/4/6377HB 266 (Warrants)
44A/4/6378HB 267 (Marital Separation)
44A/4/641HB 271 (Insurance Corporations)
44A/4/642HB 277 (Islands and Abandoned River Beds)
44A/4/643HB 281 (Savings and Loan)
44A/4/644HB 282 (Registration of Auto Dealers)
44A/4/645HB 286 (Venue)
44A/4/646HB 307 (Offenses Against Property)
44A/4/647HB 320 (Criminal Procedure)
44A/4/648HB 327 (Seventh Judicial Circuit)
44A/4/649HB 329 (Circuit Court Judges)
44A/4/6410HB 332 (Jury Lists)
44A/4/6411HB 346 (King-Thompson Act on Public Utilities)
44A/4/6412HB 356 (Worker’s Compensation)
44A/4/6413HB 366 (Prosecuting Attorneys)
44A/4/6414HB 371 (Sales and Use Tax Returns)
44A/4/6415HB 373 (Right of Trial by Jury)
44A/4/6416HB 374 (Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility)
44A/4/6417HB 376 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6418HB 381 (Civil Action)
44A/4/6419HB 388 (Executions and Exemptions)
44A/4/6420HB 397 (Private Schools)
44A/4/6421HB 400 (License Plate for National Guard)
44A/4/6422HB 405 (Judges in St. Louis Circuit Court)
44A/4/6423HB 408 (County Collectors)
44A/4/6424HB 419 (Offenses Against Property)
44A/4/6425HB 423 (Criminal Procedure)
44A/4/6426HB 431 (Tax on Bottle Gas Business)
44A/4/6427HB 440 (Lawyers for the Poor)
44A/4/6428HB 442 (Fortieth Judicial Circuit)
44A/4/6429HB 458 (Motor Vehicles)
44A/4/6430HB 461 (Prosecuting Attorneys)
44A/4/6431HB 462 (Sixteenth Judicial Circuit)
44A/4/6432HB 467 (Stenographers)
44A/4/6433HB 473 (State Park Board)
44A/4/6434HB 474 (Judges and Commissioners)
44A/4/6435HB 513 (Gambling)
44A/4/6436HB 518 (Municipal Procedure)
44A/4/6437HB 521 (Venue)
44A/4/6438HB 534 (Compensation of Probate Judges)
44A/4/6439HB 540 (Wrongful Death)
44A/4/6440HB 548 (Abstracts of Title)
44A/4/6441HB 559 (Invasion of Home and Molestation)
44A/4/6442HB 579 (Public Construction Contracts)
44A/4/6443HB 580 (Mortgages and Deeds of Trust)
44A/4/6444HB 601 & 602 (Sunday Closing of Retail Businesses)
44A/4/6445HCR 2 (State Tax Survey Commission)
44A/4/6446SB 1 (Probate Courts)
44A/4/6447SB 2 (Probate Courts)
44A/4/6448SB 4 (Inheritance Taxes)
44A/4/6449SB 5 (Actions for Partition of Lands)
44A/4/6450SB 6 (Homestead Estates)
44A/4/6451SB 15 (Juvenile Delinquency)
44A/4/6452SB 19 (Obscene Publications)
44A/4/6453SB 24 (Factors’ Liens)
44A/4/6454SB 25 (Water Pollution)
44A/4/6455SB 31 & 32 (State Park Board)
44A/4/6456SB 50 (Extension of Grand Jury)
44A/4/6457SB 54 (Blue Sirens for Firemen)
44A/4/6458SB 94 (Civil Procedure)
44A/4/6459SB 95 (Judgments)
44A/4/6460SB 96 (State Highway Patrol Retirement)
44A/4/6461SB 98 (Trusts)
44A/4/6462SB 116 (Publications Commission)
44A/4/6463SB 120 (Liquor Sales)
44A/4/6464SB 138 (Committee on Local Governments)
44A/4/6465SB 139 (Law Library)
44A/4/6466SB 142 (Judicial Conference)
44A/4/6467SB 143 (Surplus Reports of Courts)
44A/4/6468SB 151 (Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Limits)
44A/4/6469SB 162 (State Warrants)
44A/4/6470SB 176 (Administrative Officers)
44A/4/6471SB 190 (City Funds)
44A/4/6472SB 204 (Mo-Kan Development Agency)
44A/4/6473SB 212 (Fire Departments)
44A/4/6474SB 219 (Alternate Juror)
44A/4/6475SB 220 (Second and Subsequent Offenses)
44A/4/6476SB 221 (Depositions)
44A/4/6477SB 223 (Special Judges of the Circuit Court)
44A/4/6478SB 225 (Deposits in Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6479SB 227 (Mo-Kan Development Agency)
44A/4/6480SB 233 (Appellate Court Clerks)
44A/4/6481SB 281 (Shoplifting)
44A/4/6482SB 290 (County Attorneys)
44A/4/6483SB 296 (Depository Funds of Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6484SB 303 (State Merit System)
   69th General Assembly—2nd Extraordinary Session (1958)
44A/4/6485HB 19 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6486HB 21 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6487HB 22 (Voter Registration)
44A/4/6488SB 3 (State Buildings and Land)
44A/4/6489SB 5 (Revenue)
44A/4/6490SB 6 (State Comptroller)
44A/4/6491SB 7 (Search and Seizure)
44A/4/6492SB 14 (Circuit Court Judges)
44A/4/6493SB 15 (Seventh Judicial Circuit)
   70th General Assembly (1959-1960)
44A/4/651Final Report of the Joint Legislative Committee on Redistricting Judicial Circuits
44A/4/652Judiciary Committee Meetings
44A/4/653Judiciary Committee Roll Calls
44A/4/654Report of the Judicial Conference of Missouri
44A/4/655HB 7 (Stenographers)
44A/4/656HB 8 (Insurance Laws)
44A/4/657HB 9 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/658HB 10 (Escapes from Prison)
44A/4/659HB 11 (Penal Institutions)
44A/4/6510HB 12 (Drivers License for Those Under 18 Years)
44A/4/6511HB 24 (Excise Tax on Telephones)
44A/4/6512HB 26 (State Aeronautics Commission)
44A/4/6513HB 35 (Use Tax)
44A/4/6514HB 40 (County Recorders of Deeds)
44A/4/6515HB 41 (King-Thompson Act on Public Utilities)
44A/4/6516HB 47 (Interstate Compact on Mental Health)
44A/4/6517HB 49 (Non-Partisan Selection of Judges)
44A/4/6518HB 56 & 57 (Solicitation of Contributions)
44A/4/6519HB 94 et al (Revision Bills on Various Topics)
44A/4/6520HB 99 & 100 (Conveyance of Land by Married Persons)
44A/4/6521HB 108 (Property Taxes)
44A/4/6522HB 113 (Printing and Binding)
44A/4/6523HB 118 (State Auditor)
44A/4/6524HB 123 (Fair Employment Practices)
44A/4/6525HB 125 (Juvenile Courts)
44A/4/6526HB 134 (Highways)
44A/4/6527HB 150 (Salary of Magistrates)
44A/4/6528HB 151 (Judges)
44A/4/6529HB 161 (Textbooks on Evolution)
44A/4/6530HB 167 (Failure to Appear Before Court)
44A/4/6531HB 174 (County Collectors)
44A/4/6532HB 175 & 176 (Trucks)
44A/4/6533HB 177 (Grand Juries)
44A/4/6534HB 186 (Tobacco Tax)
44A/4/6535HB 207 (Smaller Cities)
44A/4/6536HB 210 (Juvenile Courts)
44A/4/6537HB 214 (Drunken Driving)
44A/4/6538HB 217 (Grain Elevators and Warehouses)
44A/4/6539HB 222 (Salaries of Probate Judges)
44A/4/6540HB 225 (Disposition of Property)
44A/4/6541HB 234, 255 & 288 (Dairy)
44A/4/6542HB 237 (Levy Districts)
44A/4/6543HB 243 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6544HB 247 (Optometry and Price Advertising)
44A/4/6545HB 249 & 306 (Homeowners Package Policies)
44A/4/6546HB 254 (Non-Partisan Court Plan)
44A/4/6547HB 261 (Convicts Who Become Insane)
44A/4/6548HB 262 (Calculating Terms of Imprisonment)
44A/4/6549HB 264 (Agreement on Detainers)
44A/4/6550HB 275 (Malicious Mischief)
44A/4/6551HB 282 (State Dry Cleaners Board)
44A/4/6552HB 283 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6553HB 295 (Witnesses)
44A/4/6554HB 298 (Public Construction Contracts)
44A/4/6555HB 332 (Marriage)
44A/4/6556HB 341 (Deeds and Wills)
44A/4/6557HB 343 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6558HB 344 (Wrongful Death)
44A/4/6559HB 345 (Lights at Railroad Switches)
44A/4/6560HB 373 (Independent Business Schools)
44A/4/6561HB 376 (Prosecuting Officials)
44A/4/6562HB 379 (Promissory Notes)
44A/4/6563HB 386 (Appointment of Attorneys)
44A/4/6564HB 393 (Business Schools)
44A/4/661HB 410 (Registration of Fictitious Names)
44A/4/662HB 411 (Board of Shorthand Reporting Examiners)
44A/4/663HB 428 (Releasing Land from Mineral Rights)
44A/4/664HB 436 (Architects and Engineers)
44A/4/665HB 443 (Judicial Circuits)
44A/4/666HB 484 (Unauthorized Use and Simulation of Judicial Process)
44A/4/667HB 490 (Impose Liability on Parents for Acts of Minors)
44A/4/668HB 498 (Embalmers)
44A/4/669HB 506 (Corporations)
44A/4/6610HB 507 (Abandoned Property)
44A/4/6611HB 523 (Licensing of Watchmakers)
44A/4/6612HB 524 (Gambling)
44A/4/6613HB 525 (Written Waiver of Extradition)
44A/4/6614HB 527 (Appellate Procedure)
44A/4/6615HB 531 (Nudism)
44A/4/6616HB 537 (Minors and Incompetents)
44A/4/6617HB 539 (Torts and Actions for Damages)
44A/4/6618HB 543 (Support of Illegitimate Children)
44A/4/6619HB 544 (Alimony and Child Support)
44A/4/6620HB 548 (Extradition)
44A/4/6621HB 538 (Nonprofits)
44A/4/6622HB 542 (Administrative Procedure)
44A/4/6623HB 568 (Banks)
44A/4/6624HB 575 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6625SB 1 & 2 (Court Commissioners)
44A/4/6626SB 4 (Child Protection and Reformation)
44A/4/6627SB 6 (Atomic Energy Commission)
44A/4/6628SB 7 (Court of Appeals)
44A/4/6629SB 24 (Chiropractic)
44A/4/6630SB 25 (Bi-State Development Agency)
44A/4/6631SB 27 (Earnings Tax in St. Louis)
44A/4/6632SB 28 (Security for Deposits)
44A/4/6633SB 40 and 41 (Revenue and Treasurer)
44A/4/6634SB 50 (Physicians)
44A/4/6635SB 67 (Prosecuting Attorney Assistants)
44A/4/6636SB 96 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6637SB 97 (Retail Installment Selling)
44A/4/6638SB 98 (Retail Credit Selling)
44A/4/6639SB 102 (Perimeter Zoning)
44A/4/6640SB 105 (Searches and Arrests)
44A/4/6641SB 116 (Public Service Commission)
44A/4/6642SB 120 (Disposition of Property)
44A/4/6643SB 121 (Liability)
44A/4/6644SB 127 (Credit Unions)
44A/4/6645SB 140 (Conveyance of Real Estate)
44A/4/6646SB 141 (Probate Courts)
44A/4/6647SB 153 (Dentistry)
44A/4/6648SB 159 (Taxation of Trusts)
44A/4/6649SB 163 (Shoplifting)
44A/4/6650SB 167 (Workmen’s Compensation)
44A/4/6651SB 168 (Employment Security)
44A/4/6652SB 173 (Magistrate Courts)
44A/4/6653SB 175 (Recreation)
44A/4/6654SB 185 (State Employees’ Retirement)
44A/4/6655SB 190 (Inheritance Tax)
44A/4/6656SB 197 (State Library)
44A/4/6657SB 201 (Horse Racing)
44A/4/6658SB 202 (Tuberculosis)
44A/4/6659SB 206 (Instructions of Juries)
44A/4/6660SB 216 (Dentistry)
44A/4/6661SB 228 (Participation of Corporations in Political Campaigns)
44A/4/6662SB 229 (Juvenile Courts)
44A/4/6663SB 238 (Exemptions)
44A/4/6664SB 245 (Election of Special Probate Judge)
44A/4/6665SB 254 (Administration of Property of Missing Persons)
44A/4/6666SB 257 & 295 (Mechanics’ Liens)
44A/4/6667SB 270 (Trusts)
44A/4/6668SB 283 (Cosmetology)
44A/4/6669SB 292 (Humane Slaughtering of Livestock)
44A/4/6670SB 305 (Probate Courts)
44A/4/6671SB 307 (Veterinary Medicine)
44A/4/6672SB 318 (Libraries)
44A/4/6673SB 334 (Mechanics’ Liens)
44A/4/6674SB 335 (Estates)
   71st General Assembly (1961-1962)
44A/4/671HB 194 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/672HB 240 (Billboards)
44A/4/673HB 327 (Daylight Savings)
44A/4/674HB 334 (Compulsory Immunizations)
44A/4/675HB 348 (Financing of Surplus Food)
44A/4/676HB 421 (Anti-Discrimination in Public Accommodations)
44A/4/677HB 540 (Probation and Parole)
44A/4/678HB 725 (Missouri Training School Board)
44A/4/679SB 45 (Rural Electric Cooperatives)
44A/4/6710SB 257 (Fair Employment Practices)
44A/4/6711SB 323 (Merit System)
   72nd General Assembly (1963-1964)
44A/4/6712Report of the Commission on Conflicts of Interest
44A/4/6713HB 26 (Billboards)
44A/4/6714HB 59 (Circuit Courts)
44A/4/6715HB 113 (Gasoline Tax)
44A/4/6716HB 115 (Sanitarians)
44A/4/6717HB 178, 662 & 760 (Firearms)
44A/4/6718HB 182 (Anti-Discrimination in Public Accommodations)
44A/4/6719HB 185 (Charter Buses)
44A/4/6720HB 200 (X-Rays in Medicine)
44A/4/6721HB 204 (Sewage Operators)
44A/4/6722HB 299 (Juvenile Courts)
44A/4/6723HB 367 (School Buses for Private/Parochial Schools)
44A/4/6724HB 403 & 404 (Mechanics’ Liens)
44A/4/6725HB 433 (Daylight Savings)
44A/4/6726HB 454 (Rural Electric Cooperatives)
44A/4/6727HB 475 (Insurance Agents)
44A/4/6728HB 499 (Physical Therapists)
44A/4/6729HB 568 (Plumbing)
44A/4/6730HB 598 (Credit Unions)
44A/4/6731HB 615 (Bread Products)
44A/4/6732HB 636 (Equal Pay for Equal Work)
44A/4/6733HB 669 (Real Estate Agents)
44A/4/6734HCJR 14 (Libraries)
44A/4/6735HCR 23 (Liberty Amendment)
44A/4/6736SB 4 & HB 744 (Sales Tax Increase)
44A/4/6737SB 5 (Public Assistance)
44A/4/6738SB 6 (Aid to the Blind)
44A/4/6739SB 7 (Blind Pensions)
44A/4/6740SB 8 (Trucks)
44A/4/6741SB 48 (Taxing Jurors’ Fees)
44A/4/6742SB 49 (Sunday Closing of Retail Stores)
44A/4/6743SB 56 (Mental Health Centers)
44A/4/6744SB 76 (Drunken Driving)
44A/4/6745SB 112 (Nursing Homes)
44A/4/6746SB 132 (Credit Unions)

Campaign Files, 1950-1970

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Extent:  0.8 cubic ft. (2 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains records relating to Graham’s campaigns for the Missouri House of Representatives and for Speaker of the House. Records include correspondence to and from Graham, political advertisements, brochures, receipts for campaign materials, speeches, newspaper clippings, and news releases. Also included is a "Citizen Politician’s Campaign Guide," dated ca. 1968, whose purpose is "to provide citizens with ideas and projects which can be used in the support and election of candidates who will defend and support religious liberty and separation of church and state."

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/681Campaign Material, no date
44A/4/682Campaign 1950
44A/4/683Campaign 1952
44A/4/684Campaign 1954
44A/4/685Campaign 1956
44A/4/686Speaker of the House Campaign 1956
44A/4/687Campaign 1960
44A/4/688Campaign 1962
44A/4/689Speaker of the House Campaign 1962
44A/4/6810Campaign 1964
44A/4/6811Campaign 1966 (Part 1)
44A/4/6812Campaign 1966 (Part 2)
44A/4/691Campaign 1968 (Part 1)
44A/4/692Campaign 1968 (Part 2)
44A/4/693Citizen Politician’s Campaign Guide, ca. 1968
44A/4/694Campaign 1970
44A/4/695Speaker of the House Campaign 1970

General Correspondence, 1951-1974

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Extent:  1.6 cubic ft. (4 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains incoming and outgoing (copies of) correspondence. Graham separated these files into either personal or legislative correspondence but there is carryover, especially of legislative in the personal and particularly in the early years. Correspondence relating to specific items of legislation can be found in the Bill Files, although there is again some carryover. Stray letters on topics of the times, such as civil rights and Vietnam, can be found here but the only topics of sustained interest are on reapportionment, insurance, and income taxes (bulk 1969). While there are a number of substantive letters on the subject of reapportionment in this series, the bulk from 1965-66 are found in the Legislative Subject Files and in the National Commission on Constitutional Government Files.

Correspondents include state legislators from Missouri and other states; Richard H. Ichord, US Representative from Missouri; Stuart Symington, Edward V. Long, Thomas F. Eagleton, US Senators from Missouri; and James T. Blair, John M. Dalton, and Warren E. Hearnes, governors.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/696Legislative, 1951-1955
44A/4/697Personal, 1953-59
44A/4/698Legislative, 1957-1958
44A/4/699Legislative, 1959
44A/4/6910Legislative, January – May 1960
44A/4/6911Legislative, July – September 1960
44A/4/6912Legislative, October – December 1960
44A/4/6913Personal, 1960
44A/4/6101Legislative, January – September 1961
44A/4/6102Legislative, October – December 1961
44A/4/6103Personal, January – May 1961
44A/4/6104Personal, July – December 1961
44A/4/6105Legislative, January – April 1962
44A/4/6106Legislative, May – August 1962
44A/4/6107Legislative, September – December 1962
44A/4/6108Personal, 1962
44A/4/6109Legislative, January – June 1963
44A/4/61010Legislative, July – August 1963
44A/4/61011Legislative, September 1963
44A/4/61012Legislative, October – December 1963
44A/4/61013Personal, 1963
44A/4/6111Legislative, January – March 1964
44A/4/6112Legislative, April – June 1964
44A/4/6113Legislative, July – September 1964
44A/4/6114Legislative, October – December 1964
44A/4/6115Personal, 1964
44A/4/6116Legislative, January 7–15, 1965
44A/4/6117Legislative, January 18–28, 1965
44A/4/6118Legislative, February – March 1965
44A/4/6119Legislative, April 1965
44A/4/61110Legislative, May 1965
44A/4/61111Legislative, June – July 1965
44A/4/61112Legislative, August – December 1965
44A/4/61113Personal, 1965
44A/4/6121Legislative, 1966
44A/4/6122Personal, 1966
44A/4/6123Legislative, January – July 1967
44A/4/6124Legislative, August – December 1967
44A/4/6125Personal, 1967
44A/4/6126Legislative, January – August 1968
44A/4/6127Legislative, September – December 1968
44A/4/6128Personal, 1968
44A/4/6129Legislative, January – July 1969
44A/4/61210Legislative, August – December 1969
44A/4/61211Personal, 1969
44A/4/61212Legislative, January – June 1970
44A/4/61213Legislative, July – December 1970
44A/4/61214Personal, 1970
44A/4/61215Legislative, 1971
44A/4/61216Personal, 1971
44A/4/61217Legislative, 1972
44A/4/61218Personal, 1972
44A/4/61219Personal, 1973
44A/4/61220Personal, 1974

Legislative Subject Files, 1947-1986

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Extent:  2.8 cubic ft. (7 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains a mixture of correspondence, newspaper clippings, articles, and other ephemera on topics related to legislation or to legislators. (Also included are some commission and committee files.) Many files contain largely constituent correspondence. Reapportionment is the largest topic by far and includes correspondence leading up to the 1965 Special Session, covering how Missouri would pick a commission to reapportion the General Assembly. One folder of correspondence from Missouri House members on this topic is of particular note, as it relates their personal views on the subject. Other topics of interest include the controversy over moving the press corps from the House floor to the balcony; communist or socialist teaching at state universities; Lohman’s Landing in Jefferson City; and cleaning and restoration of the Thomas Hart Benton murals in the capitol building.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/7131Acoustics in House Chamber, 1962-1964
44A/4/7132Appropriations, 1955-1963
44A/4/7133Attorney General, 1957-1959
44A/4/7134Aviation, no date
44A/4/7135Banking, 1957-1959
44A/4/7136Benton Murals (Cleaning and Restoration), 1959-1960
44A/4/7137Bills and Resolutions from Other States, 1963-1966
44A/4/7138Capitol Restoration Committee, 1965
44A/4/7139Centennial of 21st General Assembly (Civil War), 1961
44A/4/71310Cities, 1957-1963
44A/4/71311Civil and Human Rights, 1959-1968
44A/4/71312Civil Defense, 1959
44A/4/71313Committee Assignments, 73rd General Assembly, 1965-1966
44A/4/71314Communism and Socialism at Universities, 1963-1966
44A/4/71315Congress, 1960-1965
44A/4/7141Committee on Legislative Research, 1956-1963
44A/4/7142Computers, 1958-1959
44A/4/7143Delegates to National Democratic Convention, 1964
44A/4/7144Democratic Candidate Questionnaires and Letters of Support, 1962-1966
44A/4/7145Democratic Caucus, 73rd General Assembly, 1964
44A/4/7146Democratic Caucus, 74th General Assembly, 1966
44A/4/7147Election Contests, 1962-1963
44A/4/7148Electric Roll Call, 1958
44A/4/7149Evaluation of State Legislatures, 1971
44A/4/71410Farmers, 1957-1959
44A/4/71411Governor Dalton, 1961-1964
44A/4/71412Governor Hearnes, 1964-1971
44A/4/7151Highways and Traffic Safety, 1957-1963
44A/4/7152House Seat Assignments, ca. 1960s
44A/4/7153Impeachment (Virgil E. Poelker and William E. Robinson), 1962-1971
44A/4/7154Inauguration, 1961-1964
44A/4/7155Industrial Development, 1963
44A/4/7156Insurance, 1968-1971
44A/4/7157Joint Committee on Outdoor Recreational Resources, 1961-1962
44A/4/7158Juvenile Justice, 1972
44A/4/7159Labor and Unions, 1959-1963
44A/4/71510Law Day (May 1) USA, 1961
44A/4/71511Legislative Digest (Missouri Council of Churches), 1957, 1959
44A/4/71512Legislative News (Missouri Association for Social Welfare), 1959-1961
44A/4/71513Legislative Process, 1947, 1961-1972
44A/4/7161Legislator’s Compensation, 1966
44A/4/7162Lincoln Day, 1967
44A/4/7163Lincoln University, ca. 1956 – 1972
44A/4/7164Lohman’s Landing, 1968-1969
44A/4/7165Map of House of Representatives, 73rd General Assembly, 1965-1966
44A/4/7166Memorial Services, 1961-1971
44A/4/7167Mental Health, 1956-1963
44A/4/7168Missouri Election and Legislative Issues Handbook, 1964-1965
44A/4/7169Missouri Public Expenditure Survey, 1955-1964
44A/4/71610Missouri Trade Mission to Europe, April 27 – May 17, 1964
44A/4/71611News Releases, 1963-1966
44A/4/71612Opening Session Procedure, 1957-1965
44A/4/71613Parking, 1961-1964
44A/4/71614Peace Officers, 1963
44A/4/71615Penitentiary and Prison Guards, 1955-1957
44A/4/71616Press and Radio, 1963-1969
44A/4/71617Press Controversy, 1963
44A/4/71618Probation and Parole, no date
44A/4/71619Purchasing Committee, 1961-1963
44A/4/71620RCA Property Tax Dispute, 1969-1970
44A/4/7171Reapportionment, Articles, 1965-1967
44A/4/7172Reapportionment, Bills and Resolutions, 1963-1965
44A/4/7173Reapportionment, Congressional Record, 1963-1965
44A/4/7174Reapportionment, Correspondence, February 1963 – January 18, 1965
44A/4/7175Reapportionment, Correspondence, January 19–28, 1965
44A/4/7176Reapportionment, Correspondence, February 1965
44A/4/7177Reapportionment, Correspondence, March 1965
44A/4/7178Reapportionment, Correspondence, April – June 1965
44A/4/7179Reapportionment, Correspondence, July 1965 – March 1966
44A/4/71710Reapportionment, Maps, ca. 1965-1966
44A/4/71711Reapportionment, Missouri Constitutional Amendment No. 3, August 17, 1965
44A/4/71712Reapportionment, Missouri Constitutional Amendment No. 3, January 14, 1966
44A/4/71713Reapportionment, Missouri Court Cases, 1964-1965
44A/4/7181Reapportionment, Newspaper Clippings, 1963-1965
44A/4/7182Reapportionment, Notes, ca. 1963
44A/4/7183Reapportionment, Special Session, 1965
44A/4/7184Reapportionment, Statements, 1965
44A/4/7185Reapportionment, States, Overall, 1965
44A/4/7186Reapportionment, States, Alabama – Arkansas, 1964-1965
44A/4/7187Reapportionment, States, California, 1965
44A/4/7188Reapportionment, States, Colorado – Georgia, 1965
44A/4/7189Reapportionment, States, Illinois – Montana, 1964-1965
44A/4/71810Reapportionment, States, Nebraska – South Dakota, 1965
44A/4/71811Reapportionment, States, Texas – Wisconsin, 1965
44A/4/71812Reapportionment, Views of Missouri House Members, August – September 1965
44A/4/71813Rest Homes, 1959
44A/4/71814Retirement, 1961-1963
44A/4/71815Rules, 1961-1963
44A/4/7191Schools and Colleges, 1957-1971
44A/4/7192Speaker’s Awards, 1963
44A/4/7193Speaker’s Awards, 1965
44A/4/7194State Reorganization “Little Hoover” Commission, 1955-1964
44A/4/7195Statute Revision, ca. 1959
44A/4/7196Taxation, 1956-1959
44A/4/7197Taxation, January – March 1961
44A/4/7198Taxation, April 1961 – 1963
44A/4/7199Toll Roads, 1966-1967
44A/4/71910U.S. Constitution Bicentennial Commission of Missouri, 1986
44A/4/71911USS Saratoga Cruise, August 23-27, 1965
44A/4/71912Veterans’ Bonus, 1958-1966
44A/4/71913Welfare and Pensions for the Blind, 1956-1963

Missouri-New York World’s Fair Commission Files, 1962-1966

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Extent:  0.4 cubic ft. (1 Hollinger box)

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains records concerning the Missouri Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair of 1964-1965. Graham was a member and vice-chairman of the commission, which was appointed by Governor John M. Dalton on April 11, 1962. Records include Missouri agreements, bills, and resolutions; correspondence to and from the commission; minutes and memorandum of the commission; final report of the commission; financial records; invitation to official opening; preliminary reports of leased concessions; photographs of groundbreaking and construction of Missouri Pavilion, of Universal Match exhibit, and of proposed McDonnell exhibit; printed articles, brochures, publications, and newsletters; preliminary design proposals from Kivett and Myers, Midwest Design Center, and Displayers, Inc.; and public relations program for the Missouri Pavilion.

Photos of the commission members and the Missouri delegation are found in the Scrapbook Material. Also see Record Group 402 for more records on the Missouri-New York World's Fair.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/7201Agreements, Bills, and Resolutions, 1962-1965
44A/4/7202Correspondence, 1962-1966
44A/4/7203Final Report, 1966
44A/4/7204Financial Records, 1964-1966
44A/4/7205Invitations, 1964-1965
44A/4/7206Leased Concessions, 1964
44A/4/7207Minutes and Memos, 1962-1965
44A/4/7208Missouri Pavilion Floor Plan, 1963
44A/4/7209Photographs, 1963
44A/4/72010Printed Material, 1962-1965
44A/4/72011Proposals, 1962-1965
44A/4/72012Public Relations Program, 1963

National Commission on Constitutional Government Files, 1954-1967

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Extent:  2.0 cubic ft. (5 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains a wide range of material on the subject of reapportionment, including publications, subject files, progress reports, and correspondence of the National Commission on Constitutional Government (1964-1965). They include the files of George R. Prentice, a former newspaper correspondent from Tallahassee, Florida, who was named the first executive director of the commission in 1964. He was also director of the Florida Commission on Constitutional Government, founded in 1961, with himself as director and chairman as former governor and then state supreme court justice Millard Caldwell. When Prentice was fired for financial mismanagement in late 1964, Graham became his successor, apparently inheriting the files of Prentice, which included publications of state's rights organizations and of anti-Civil Rights correspondence.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/7211Apportionment Binder (ca. 1960s), A – D
44A/4/7212Apportionment Binder, E – H101
44A/4/7213Apportionment Binder, H102 – H145
44A/4/7214Apportionment Binder, H146 – I
44A/4/7215Apportionment Binder, Additions (1)
44A/4/7216Apportionment Binder, Additions (2)
44A/4/7217Articles, 1962-1965
44A/4/7218Biographical Sketches, ca. 1963-1964
44A/4/7219Board of Directors Meeting, September 18, 1964
44A/4/72110Booklet (no title), ca. 1964
44A/4/72111Booklet “The Case for Constitutional Government,” ca. 1964
44A/4/72112Booklet “Constitutionally Speaking…” (no date)
44A/4/72113Booklet “Erosion of Constitutional Government,” ca. 1964
44A/4/72114Booklet “Missouri Legislative Reapportionment: the Case for the Present System” (Missouri State Chamber of Commerce), 1963
44A/4/72115Bylaws, 1964
44A/4/72116Campaign Kit, ca. 1964
44A/4/72117Chamber of Commerce (States), 1964
44A/4/72118Chamber of Commerce (U.S.), 1964
44A/4/7221Charter, 1963
44A/4/7222Civil Rights Bill Correspondence (Florida Commission—Prentice), 1963-1964
44A/4/7223Committee for Government of the People (including “The Reapportionment Issues Book: A Discussion by Leading Authorities of the Arguments for the Dirksen Reapportionment Amendment”), 1966
44A/4/7224Correspondence (Prentice), December 1962 – February 1963
44A/4/7225Correspondence (Prentice), March – September 1963
44A/4/7226Correspondence (Prentice), October – December 1963
44A/4/7227Correspondence (Prentice), January 1964
44A/4/7228Correspondence (Prentice), February – September 1964
44A/4/7229Correspondence (Graham), October 1963 – June 1964
44A/4/72210Correspondence (Graham), July – August 1964
44A/4/72211Correspondence (Graham), September – December 1964
44A/4/72212Correspondence (Graham), January 1965
44A/4/72213Correspondence (Graham), February 1965
44A/4/72214Correspondence (Graham), March 1965 – March 1967
44A/4/7231Council for Statehood (Open Letters #1 – 31, 37) (from files of George Prentice), ca. 1960s
44A/4/7232Council of State Governments, 1961-1965
44A/4/7233Dirksen-Mansfield Rider, 1964-1965
44A/4/7234Dual Sovereignty Meeting, March 8-9, 1963
44A/4/7235Dual Sovereignty (Miscellaneous), 1962-1963
44A/4/7236Dual Sovereignty (Manuscripts), ca. 1963-1964
44A/4/7237Editorials (Printed), 1962-1966
44A/4/7238Farm Bureau Federation, 1964
44A/4/7239Financial Records, 1964-1965
44A/4/72310Florida Commission (from files of George Prentice), 1963-1964
44A/4/72311Form Letters, 1964-1965
44A/4/72312Fund-Raising Information, 1964
44A/4/72313General Assembly of the States, December 6, 1962
44A/4/7241Key Man Program, 1964
44A/4/7242Legislation, 1963-1965
44A/4/7243Letter to Society Editors, ca. 1964
44A/4/7244Litigation and Opinions, 1961-1965
44A/4/7245Logo, ca. 1964
44A/4/7246National Legislative Conference, 1962-1963
44A/4/7247News Releases, 1963
44A/4/7248News Releases, 1964-1965
44A/4/7249Newspaper Clippings, 1962-1965
44A/4/72410Objectors, 1964
44A/4/72411Organization, 1964-1965
44A/4/72412Organized Labor, 1964
44A/4/72413Photographs (of commission members), ca. 1963-1964
44A/4/72414Prentice, George R., 1963-1965
44A/4/72415Press (Alabama – Iowa), 1963
44A/4/72416Press (Kansas – Montana), 1963
44A/4/8251Press (Nebraska – South Dakota), 1963
44A/4/8252Press (Tennessee – Wyoming), 1963
44A/4/8253Press Associations, 1962-1963
44A/4/8254Radio Stations, ca. 1964
44A/4/8255Resolution Scoreboards, 1963
44A/4/8256Speech Material, ca. 1964
44A/4/8257Statements and Speeches, 1962-1965
44A/4/8258Statements Before Congress (A – G), 1964-1965
44A/4/8259Statements Before Congress (I – T), 1964-1965
44A/4/82510States (Background Information), 1954-1964
44A/4/82511States (Correspondence), 1963-1964
44A/4/82512Supreme Court Cases, 1963-1964
44A/4/82513Telegrams and Night Letters, 1964
44A/4/82514Tuck Bill, 1964

National Legislative Conference Files, 1961-1972

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Extent:  0.8 cubic ft. (2 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains records relating to Graham's involvement in the National Legislative Conference. Graham was a member of the Federal-State Relations Committee, Special Committee on Future Role of the National Legislative Conference, and Legislative Rules. Much of the material is closely related to reapportionment, as a number of executive committee members of the National Legislative Conference were active in the National Commission on Constitutional Government. Graham was vice president of the conference in 1965-66 and president from 1966-7.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/8261Annual Meeting (Proceedings),September 18-21,1962
44A/4/8262Annual Meeting (Program and Resolution),August 19-23,1963
44A/4/8263Annual Meeting (Attendance,Program,Proceedings),September 22-25,1964
44A/4/8264Annual Meeting (Preliminary Program),August 11-13,1965
44A/4/8265Booklet "Amending the Constitution to Strengthen the States in the Federal System," December 6,1962 (printed June 1963)
44A/4/8266Committee on Federal-State Relations,1961-1965
44A/4/8267Committee on Federal-State Relations,1966-1971
44A/4/8268Committee on Legislative Rules,1963-1967
44A/4/8269Committee on Liaison with Other Research Organizations,1966-1967
44A/4/82610Correspondence,1962-1963
44A/4/82611Correspondence,1964-1965
44A/4/82612Correspondence,1966
44A/4/8271Correspondence,1967-1972
44A/4/8272Council of State Governments,1963-1967
44A/4/8273Executive Committee,1961-1967
44A/4/8274Executive Committee Meeting,April 27,1969
44A/4/8275General Assembly of States,1962-1964
44A/4/8276Historical Sketches,1963-1968
44A/4/8277Legislative Research Checklist,1965-1966
44A/4/8278Map of Committee Memberships,1965-1966
44A/4/8279Miscellaneous Publications (including address made by Graham as president on September 27,1967),1966-1970
44A/4/82710National Conference of State Legislative Leaders,1960-1966
44A/4/82711National Society of State Legislators,1966-1967
44A/4/82712News Releases re: Graham,1965-1967
44A/4/82713Nominating Committee,1964-1965
44A/4/82714Special Committee on Future Role of National Legislative Conference,1968-1969
44A/4/82715State Government News,1965-1967
44A/4/82716Task Force on Commerce and Transportation,1970-1971
44A/4/82717Workshop Agenda Committee,1963-1966

Scrapbook Material, 1949-1987

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Extent:  0.8 cubic ft. (2 Hollinger boxes)

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains materials designated for scrapbooks, even though most were never actually placed in such. They include articles, awards, biographical information, and newspaper clippings (bulk 1965-66) of his legislative career. Photographs (1949-72), some of which are undated and unidentified, include inaugurations, posed shots for publication, oaths of office, speeches, bill signings, special events, and dedications.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/8281Articles, 1961-1966
44A/4/8282Awards and Certificates, 1961-1965
44A/4/8283Biographical Information, 1954-1965
44A/4/8284Invitations, 1958-1987
44A/4/8285Loose Photos, no date
44A/4/8286Loose Photos, 1949-1972
44A/4/8287Newspaper Clippings, no date
44A/4/8288Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1956
44A/4/8289Newspaper Clippings, 1957
44A/4/82810Newspaper Clippings, 1958
44A/4/82811Newspaper Clippings, 1959
44A/4/82812Newspaper Clippings, 1960
44A/4/82813Newspaper Clippings, 1961
44A/4/82814Newspaper Clippings, 1962
44A/4/82815Newspaper Clippings, 1963
44A/4/82816Newspaper Clippings, 1964
44A/4/82817Newspaper Clippings, January 1-9, 1965
44A/4/82818Newspaper Clippings, January 12 – August 15, 1965
44A/4/8291Newspaper Clippings, January 5-14, 1966
44A/4/8292Newspaper Clippings, January 15 – May 29, 1966
44A/4/8293Newspaper Clippings, July 8 – October 31, 1966
44A/4/8294Newspaper Clippings, November 1 – December 11, 1966
44A/4/8295Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1971
44A/4/8296Poems (no authors), no date
44A/4/8297Political Cartoons, 1963-1966
44A/4/8298Programs, 1962-1965
44A/4/8299Scrapbook Photos, January 1961
44A/4/82910Scrapbook Photos, 1949-1952
44A/4/82911Scrapbook Photos, May 1961 – June 1962
44A/4/82912Scrapbook Photos, 1963
44A/4/82913Scrapbook Photos, 1964
44A/4/82914Scrapbook Photos, January 1965
44A/4/82915Scrapbook Photos, March – October 1965
44A/4/82916Scrapbook Photos, 1966

Speeches, 1958-1977

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Extent:  0.4 cubic ft. (1 Hollinger box)

Arrangement:  Chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains remarks, statements, addresses, and speeches made before various assemblies. Because Graham usually spoke extemporaneously, the number of speeches transcribed or written out beforehand are relatively few. Some of Graham’s speeches on reapportionment are found in the files of the National Commission on Constitutional Government.

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/8301Speech Material, ca. 1963-1966
44A/4/8302Undated Speeches
44A/4/8303Conference on Legislative Procedures (Education), December 2, 1958
44A/4/8304First Baptist Church, Columbia, May 12, 1960
44A/4/8305Sunday School Lesson (Responsibility to Government), June 19, 1960
44A/4/8306Missouri School Boards Association, October 10, 1960
44A/4/8307Missouri Community Betterment Workshop, May 14, 1963
44A/4/8308Missouri State Chamber of Commerce, November 22, 1963
44A/4/8309Missouri Schools Administrators’ Association, January 20, 1964
44A/4/83010Opening of 73rd General Assembly, January 6, 1965
44A/4/83011Inauguration, January 11, 1965
44A/4/83012Congressional Hearings (Reapportionment), March 5, 1965
44A/4/83013Associated Industries, March 29, 1965
44A/4/83014Against Governor’s Succession, April 2, 1965
44A/4/83015St. Louis Law Day (Reapportionment), May 1, 1965
44A/4/83016Accomplishments of 73rd General Assembly, July 26, 1965
44A/4/83017For Amendment #3 (House Plan for Reapportionment), August 4, 1965
44A/4/83018Against Amendment #1 (Governor’s Succession), August 12, 1965
44A/4/83019Missouri Broadcasting Association (Reapportionment), November 6, 1965
44A/4/83020South Central Business Association (Reapportionment), November 30, 1965
44A/4/83021Jefferson City Rotary Club, February 5, 1968
44A/4/83022Trucker’s Association, November 6, 1969
44A/4/83023Cole County Sesquicentennial (Lohman’s Landing), May 8, 1971
44A/4/83024Missouri State Chamber of Commerce, November 29, 1977

Oversize Material, ca. 1950-1970

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Extent:  1 flat box

Arrangement:  Alphabetical and thereunder chronological

Scope and Content

This series contains two of Graham's campaign posters (ca. 1950) and his certificates of election (1960-1970).

Container List
LocationBoxFolderContents
44A/4/8311Campaign Posters, ca. 1950
44A/4/8312Certificates of Election, 1950-1970