Albert M. Rains papers
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Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, texts of speeches, and federal government publications relating to housing, labor, mass transportation, and waterways development, including the Warrior-Tombigbee, Chattahoochee, and Coosa Rivers. Rains's correspondents included Silvio O. Conte, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Conrad M. Fowler, Charles B. Heinz, H. A. Morris and John Sparkman.
Dates
- Creation: 1902-1966
Biographical/Historical note
Albert McKinley Rains was born in DeKalb County, Alabama in 1902. He attended both Jacksonville State and the University of Alabama and was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1928. He served in the Alabama Legislature from 1940 until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1944. He served in that body until his retirement in 1965, and was instrumental in drafting many important pieces of housing legislation.
Extent
8.8 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Correspondence, texts of speeches, and federal government publications relating to housing, labor, mass transportation, and waterways development, including the Warrior-Tombigbee, Chattahoochee, and Coosa Rivers. Rains's correspondents included Silvio O. Conte, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Conrad M. Fowler, Charles B. Heinz, H. A. Morris and John Sparkman.
Physical Location
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Provenance
Gift of Albert Rains, 1966
General
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Source
- Rains, Albert (Albert McKinley) (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Albert M. Rains papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository