Guide to the Merton G. Henry Political Papers , 1947-2008, undated
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Merton G. Henry Political Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections &Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Merton G. Henry was born in Hampden in Maine in 1926. He moved to South Portland at the beginning of World War II and attended South Portland High School. The first in his family to attend college, he was graduated from Bowdoin College as a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1950. He received a law degree from George Washington Univeristy in 1955. He was awarded honorary law degrees from Bowdoin College, Northwood University, and St. Joseph's College. Henry helped to establish the Jensen Baird Gardener & Henry law firm in Portland. He also served on boards at Bowdoin, the Volunteer Law Project, Maine Medical Center, the Portland Museum of Art, and the Margaret Chase Smith Center. Throughout his life, he has been an active member of the Maine Republican Party working on the reelection campaign of Senator Fredreick Payne in 1958. He married Harriet Henry.
Merton G. Henry's political papers, chiefly topical files documenting his involvement in local (Portland, Me.), state (Maine), and national politicals and election campaigns, mainly affiliated with the Republican Party. Also includes miscellaneous publications, many from Republican Conventions.
Contains correspondence between Merton G. Henry and various public officials, private individuals, and donors regarding local, state, and national elections and campaigns.
Correspondence with Senator Margaret Chase Smith 1947-1950
Young Republican Club and Convention, 1949-1950
Miscellaneous Correspondences from 1949-1950
Correspondence with Representative Robert Hale, 1950
Personal Correspondence To Bowdoin Faculty/President, 1949, 1952-1958
Political Correspondences, 1951-1957
Miscellaneous Political Pamphlets and Papers, 1953-1966
Senator Frederick G. Payne Folder, 1957-1958
1960's Politics, Folder 1/2, 1958, 1959
1960's Politics, Folder 2/2, 1960
1964 Republican National Convention
Stanley R. Tupper Recount, Folder 1/2, 1950, 1962, 1964
Stanley R. Tupper Recount, Folder 2/2, 1964-1965
Portland School Committee, Folder 1/2, 1967-1969
Portland School Committee, Folder 2/2, 1969-1970
Erwin For Governor Campaign, Folder 1/2, 1969-1970
Erwin For Governor Campaign, Folder 2/2, 1970-1971
Uniform Property Tax, 1977
Committee on Federal Service, 1980-1981
Inauguration 1981
Standish Town Meetings, Folder 1/2, 1980-1986
Standish Town Meetings, Folder 2/2, 1988-1998
Correspondences with Senator Mitchell, 1983-1984
Republican Party Convention Booklets and Programs, Folder 1/2, 1976, 1980
Republican Party Convention Booklets and Programs, Folder 2/2, 1984
Special Commission on Governmental Restructuring, 1991
Susan Collins for Senate, Folder 1/2, 1993, 1994, 1996
Susan Collins for Senate, Folder 2/2, 1996
Productivity Realization Task Force 1996
Banking Study, March 1975-March 1984
Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Public Television WCBB Trustees File, July 1976-July 1981
Charles Cragin for Governor, Folder 1/3, January 1977-April 1978
Charles Cragin for Governor, Folder 2/3, April 1978-January 1989
Charles Cragin for Governor, Folder 3/3, 1978-1979
Republican National Convention, August 1976, April 1980-October 1980
Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, February 1979-January 1986
Delegate Lists, October 1979-April 1980
Ronald Reagan-Bush Presidential Campaign, Folder 1/3, 1980, October 1963-November 1963
Ronald Reagan-Bush Presidential Campaign, Folder 2/2, November 1983-March 1984
Ronald Reagan-Bush Presidential Campaign, Folder 3/3, March 1984-July 1984
Ronald Reagan-George Bush, Folder 1/3, August 1982-September 1984
Ronald Reagan-George Bush, Folder 2/3, September 1984-January 1985
Ronald Reagan-George Bush, Folder 3/3, 1984, April 1985
George H. Bush Correspondences, April 1985-February 1986
Rollin Ives for Congress Campaign, Folder 1/2, 1982, November 1985-August 1986
Rollin Ives for Congress Campaign, Folder 2/2, August 1986-October 1986
George H. Bush for President, Folder 1/3, 1976, 1980, February 1987-January 1988
George H. Bush for President, Folder 2/3, January 1988-September 1988
George H. Bush for President, Folder 3/3, September 1988-November 1988
Henry Black Campaign, Folder 1/2, November 1986, March 1988-October 1988
Henry Black Campaign, Folder 2/2, October 1988-January 1989
Governor John R. McKernan Jr, October 1988
Merton G. Henry, Miscellaneous, January 1960-May 1964
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, December 1966-November 1967
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, November 1967-November 1968
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1969-December 1969
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1970-December 1970
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, February 1971-December 1971
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1972-November 1972
Merton G. Henry, January 1973-December 1973
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1974-November 1974
Republican Rules Committee, Folder 1/2, June 1974-December 1981
Republican Rules Committee, Folder 2/2, October 1983-April 1986
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1975-November 1975
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1976-March 1977
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, December 1976-December 1977
Charles Cragin for Governor, September 1977-December 1977
Miscellaneous, December -1977 December 1978
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, December 1978-December 1979
Merton G.Henry Miscellaneous, December 1979-May 1983
Merton G. Henry, January 1981-November 1983
Miscellaneous, November 1981-October 1982
Republican Convention, November 1983-April 1986
Congressional Education Advisory Committee, Folder 1/3, February 1983-November 1983
Congressional Education Advisory Committee, Folder 2/3, December 1983-February 1984
Congressional Education Advisory Committee, Folder 3/3, February 1984-November 1984
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1986-November 1986
Merton G. Henry Miscellaneous, January 1990-April 1990
Miscellaneous, October 1995
William S. Cohen for Senator, June 1995-May 1996
Peter Mills for Governor, October 2005-June 2006
Contains correspondence, campaign materials, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to local, state, and national political campaigns.
Government Reform Committee, May 1960-October 1960
Tupper Testimonial Dinner, Folder 1/2, February 1965-October 1965
Tupper Testimonial Dinner, 2/2, October 1965-December 1965
Greater Portland Chamber of Commerce (Legislative Committee), November 1965-November 1970
Portland Club, Folder 1/2, 1965-1967
Portland Club, 2/2, 1969-1971
Senator Payne Testimonial Dinner, January 1967-March 1967
School Committee Recall, Folder 1/2, March 1967-September 1967
School Committee Recall, Folder 2/2, September 1967-December 1967
Bill Cohen for Congress, 1967- 1972
Edward I. Bernstein for Portland City Council October 1968-December 1968
Chamber of Commerce-Tax Study Committee, Folder 1/2, 1964, 1969
Chamber of Commerce- Tax Study Committee, Folder 2/2, 1970-1971
Cadigan for City Council Committee, November 1969-December 1969
Bernstein for Clerks of Courts, May 1970-1970
Norman Hammond Recount, November 1970
Citizens for Ballot Reform, November 1970-February 1971
Cumberland County Recreational Center, Folder 1/2, January 1972-June 1972
Cumberland County Recreational Center, Folder 2/2, June 1972-March 1973
David Emery Campaign, October 1974-June 1976
Edward I. Bernstein for Portland City Council 1974, 1981
Ford Campaign 1976, February 1976-October 1976
Cumberland County Republican Committee, Folder 1/2, 1976, 1978-1979
Cumberland County Republican Committee, Folder 2/2, 1980-1982
Linwood E. Palmer for Governor, 1978-1979
Susan Collins for Senator, Folder 1/2, 2001-2002
Susan Collins for Senate, Folder 2/2, 2002
Susan Collins for Senate, August 2006- November 2008
Committee on Foreign Relations, Folder 1/2, January 1965-November 1972
Committee on Foreign Relations, 2/2, November 1972-April 1978
Congressman William Cohen, May 1977-November 1977
Cragin Issues Committee, October 1977-July 1980
George J. Mitchell, January 1978-May 1979
Fundraising Cragin Campaign, Folder 1/2, April 1978-July 1982
Fund Raising Cragin Campaign 2/2, July 1979-November 1987
David F. Emery Breakfast, October 1980
David F. Emery Campaign, December 1980-November 1982
Correspondence, October 1980-July 1983
Olympia Snowe, February -1981 June 1981
Charles Cragin 1982, February 1981-October 1984
Cragin for Governor Schedule, November 1981
Charlie Cragin Miscellaneous, 1/2, November 1980-January 1982
Charlie Cragin Miscellaneous, Folder 2/2, January 1982-March 1982
Bartley Williams Advertising Inc, January 1081-June 1983
Miscellaneous, Folder 1/2, July 1980-September 1982
Miscellaneous, Folder 2/2, July 1980-September 1982
Sherry Huber for Governor, January 1982-March 1982
Chalmers Reports (Cragin Campaign), February 1981-November 1982
John R. McKernan for Congress, December 1981-February 1982
John R. McKernan, August 1985-April 1994
Rockefeller Campaign, November 1959-January 1963
City Referendum Direct Elections, January 1965, April 1974-December 1975
Portland School Committee Election, 1966
Portland School Committee Meetings, 1966-1969
Portland School Committee Miscellaneous, 1966-1969
Study Committee Report on School Facilities and Population, June 1968
City Election 1970
Bernstein for City Council, November 1971-December 1971
Bernstein for City Council, 1974
Weber for Register of Deeds Committee, 1976
Bernstein for Register of Deeds, 1978
Robinson for State Senator, 1978
George Bush for President, 1979-1980
Ronald Reagan Campaign, 1980
Edward I. Bernstein 1984 Portland City Council
Republican National Committee, 1984
McKernan Gubernatorial Campaign, 1985-1986
Bernstein for City Council, April 1984-August 1987
Contains informational material, notes, and correspondence regarding the Republican conventions for state election years and presidential election years from 1958 to 2008.
Twenty-Eighth Republican National Convention, San Francisco, 1964
Thirty-First Republican National Convention, Kansas City, 1976
Thirty-Second Republican National Convention, Detroit, 1980
Thirty-Third Republican National Convention, Dallas, 1984
Thirty-Fourth Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988
1958 Republican Materials
Bowdoin College Files, Folder 1/2, June 1962-November 1967
Bowdoin College Files, Folder 2/2, November 1967- September 1970
1964 Republican Materials
1996 Maine Republican State Convention
1968 Republican Materials
1970 Republican Materials
1972 Republican Materials
1976 Republican Materials
Schedule for Maine Republican Convention
1978 Republican Materials
Maine Republican State Convention
1980 Republican Materials
1982 Republican Materials
1984 Republican Materials
1986 Republican Materials
1988 Republican Materials
1990 Republican Materials
1992 Republican Materials
1994 Republican Materials
1996 Maine Republican State Convention
1998 Republican Materials
2000 Republican Materials
2002 Republican Materials
Tributes to Merton G. Henry
2004 Republican Materials
2006 Republican Materials
2008 Republican Materials