Martin Baldwin Whitaker CollectionWLU.Coll.0627Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
204 W. Washington St.Lexington, VA 24450specialcollections@wlu.eduURL:
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This collection consists of materials collected and preserved by Martin Baldwin Whitaker, Student Liaison Officer for the Alabama Delegation during the 1968 Washington and Lee Mock Republican Convention. Highlights of the collection include letters to Whitaker from Alabama state representatives John H. Buchanan, William L. Dickinson, and Jack Edwards. Other materials related to the 1968 Mock Convention include an order of business pamphlet, a program, letterhead, clippings, a Washington and Lee University magazine for Fall 1967, and the election edition of the Washington and Lee Young Republican Club's newsletter "Tusk." Whitaker graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1971.

 Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

 Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

 Preferred Citation Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Martin Baldwin Whitaker Collection, WLU Coll. 0626, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Martin Whitaker's brother Meade Whitaker of Birmingham, Alabama in May 2016.

 Elections Correspondence Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Printed ephemera Periodicals Washington and Lee University. Mock Convention Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) Control Folder/repositories/5/archival_objects/7904English.11Mock Convention Correspondence and Letterhead/repositories/5/archival_objects/79051968-03-06-1968-04-09English.12Mock Convention Printed Ephemera/repositories/5/archival_objects/79061967-02-1968-05English.13Mock Convention Artifacts/repositories/5/archival_objects/79071968English.14Newspaper Clippings Related to Mock Convention/repositories/5/archival_objects/79081968English.15