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Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold Papers
Manuscript Collection: A4
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| Record Class: Textual, Photographs |
| Date: 1943-1949 |
| Creator: Samuel Washington (Wat) Arnold |
| Provenance: Original materials of Arnold, arranged by P.O. Selby |
| Organization: Subject |
| Extent: 2.6 linear feet |
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Language: English |
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Abstract: Correspondence accumulated during Wat Arnold's
terms as Representative in the House of Representatives, U.S. Congress
(1943-1949), during which time he represented the interests of his
constituents in the First District of Missouri (Adair, Clark, Daviess,
Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Putnam,
Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan Counties). Correspondence
includes letters, photographs, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and more. |
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Keywords: Arnold, Samuel Washington; Politics; Radio; KIRX; Flood Control; Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery; Osteopathic Medicine; Education; Rural Electrification Administration;
Voting |
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Arnold Biography (from the Official Manual,
State of Missouri, 1943-1944): WAT ARNOLD (Republican), born on
a farm
near Downing, Schuyler County, Mo., September 21, 1879; attended the Coffey,
Mo., rural school and was graduated
from the Kirksville State Teachers College [First District Normal School];
taught school at Atlanta, Mo.,
1903-04; entered
the lumber business in 1905, and in 1908 organized the Arnold Lumber Co., in
which company he is now associated with
his son, Sam M. Arnold; past president of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of
Commerce of Kirksville; active in civic and
fraternal organizations; member of the Presbyterian Church; married Miss Myra
Gertrude Mills; three children; elected to the
Seventy-eighth Congress on November 3, 1942.
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