Edward W. Pou (1863-1934) Papers, PC.219

[Identification of item], PC.219, Edward W. Pou Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers of Pou, Smithfield Democrat, congressman (1901-1934), and chairman of House Rules Committee (1917-1918, 1930-1934). Letters include 24 from Woodrow Wilson (1915-1922) requesting Pou's help in expediting neutral and wartime legislation and also commenting on resolution to restrict travel on armed merchantmen (1916), the Mexican situation (1916), woman suffrage, the draft, the railroads (1918), and danger from pro-German attitudes in Mexican oil district (1918). Other letters are from Pou's son Edwin, pilot at U.S. Naval Air Station, Finisterre, France (1918); cabinet officers Josephus Daniels, William G. McAdoo, and Franklin K. Lane; Congressmen Champ Clark (1919) and Edward E. Cox (1933); Joseph P. Tumulty; Mrs. John Nance Garner; George Creel; Ohio Gov. George White; Warren G. Harding; Herbert Hoover about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932); and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt about politics and friendship (1931-1933). Also copy of his UNC graduation speech against tariffs (1884); bound volume of memorial services and speeches about Pou in Congress (1934); and historical issue of the Smithfield Herald (Aug., 1971) about Pou and his times.

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Pou, Edward William

Wilson, Woodrow

Pou, Edwin

Daniels, Josephus

McAdoo, William Gibbs

Lane, Franklin K.

Clark, Champ

Cox, Edward E.

Tumulty, Joseph P.

Garner, John Nance, Mrs.

Creel, George

White, George

Harding, Warren Gamaliel

Hoover, Herbert

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Smithfield Herald

Democratic Party (U.S.)

United States. Congress. House

House Rules Committee

United States Naval Air Station

North Carolina. Cabinet

United States. Navy

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Presidents

Congressmen

Governors

Legislation

War

Neutrality

Seamen

Merchant Mariners

Merchant Ships

Ships

Travel

Deadly Weapon

Military service

Draft

Women

Suffrage

Registration of Voters

Railroads

Germans

Oil wells

Petroleum industry and trade

Air pilots

Naval aviation

World War, 1914-1918

Politics

Politics, Practical

Commencement Ceremonies

Tariff

Memorial Service

Historical data

College graduates

Universities and colleges

Ohio

Smithfield

Finisterre (France)

Mexico

United States

Friendship