1956 Mock Convention

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The Washington and Lee University Mock Convention is a quadrennial tradition in which student delegates attempt to predict the presidential nominee of the political party currently out of the White House. W&L held its first Mock Convention in 1908. This collection contains selected materials from the University Archives' Record Group 36 on Mock Convention.

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Parade Results - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
News Coverage - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
Opening Gavel - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
Call to Order - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
Miss America's Address - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
Gov. Stanley Introducing the Keynote Speech - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
WLUR Coverage - 1956 Mock Convention (audiorecording)

Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee (Washington and Lee Mock Convention Committee, 1956)
Alben W. Barkley's Final Speech (audiorecording)

Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956; Jennings, John K. (4/30/1956)
Mock Convention Floor, 1956 (photographs)

Unknown author (4/30/1956)
Mock Convention Parade, 1956 (photographs)

Unknown author (4/30/1956)
Mock Convention Platform, 1956 (photographs)

Unknown author (4/30/1956)
Miss America 1956 at Mock Convention (photograph)

Unknown author (4/30/1956)
Statement from John Gilbert, April 30, 1956

Gilbert, John (4/30/1956)
Resolution, Region Three of the National Press Photographers Association, May 6, 1956

Unknown author (5/6/1956)
Letter from Anne Pannell to Francis P. Gaines, May 1, 1956 (correspondence)

Pannell, Anne G. (5/1/1956)
Letter from Francis P. Gaines to Freier and Woodson, June 5, 1956 (correspondence)

Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-1963 (6/5/1956)
Letter from J. B. Woodson, Jr. to Francis P. Gaines, May 29, 1956 (correspondence)

Woodson, J. B., Jr. (5/29/1956)
Letter from Milton Freier to Francis P. Gaines, May 27, 1956 (correspondence)

Freier, Milton (5/27/1956)
Letter from Francis P. Gaines to Shields Johnson, May 25, 1956 (correspondence)

Gaines, Francis Pendleton, 1892-1963 (5/25/1956)
Letter from Shields Johnson to Francis P. Gaines, May 18, 1956 (correspondence)

Johnson, Shields (5/18/1956)