Monongalia County



Morgantown

John F. Kennedy visited on June 11, 1958, and during the campaign on April 18.
Hubert Humphrey visited on May 5.
Jacqueline Kennedy came on April 18.
Muriel Humphrey visited on April 19-20.
Robert Kennedy came on April 27.
Eleanor Roosevelt came on September 24.
Charles Porter came on behalf of Humphrey on April 27.
Jim Wright was in town on behalf of Lyndon Johnson on April 27.
Stuart Symington Jr. came on April 27.
Scotts Run

John F. Kennedy visited on April 18.
Sabraton

Muriel Humphrey visited on April 20.

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Campaign in Monongalia County

John F. Kennedy visited Morgantown on June 11, 1958, and, during the campaign, came with his wife Jacqueline on April 18, at which time he also went to Scotts Run. Hubert Humphrey made a campaign stop in Morgantown on May 5. Muriel Humphrey was in town on April 19 and April 20, when she also stopped at Sabraton.

Robert Kennedy was in Morgantown on April 27, as were Rep. Charles Porter, for Humphrey; Rep. Jim Wright, for Lyndon Johnson; and Stuart Symington Jr., representing his father, for a WVU Democratic Mock Convention.

During the general election campaign, Eleanor Roosevelt came to Morgantown on September 24.

Newspapers
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, June 10, 1958
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, June 11, 1958
Article, Charleston Gazette, April 15, 1960
Article, Morgantown Post, April 15, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 16, 1960
Article, Morgantown Post, April 16, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 18, 1960
Article, Morgantown Post, April 18, 1960
Article, Fairmont Times, April 19, 1960
Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 19, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 19, 1960
Article, Morgantown Post, April 19, 1960
Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 20, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 21, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 22, 1960
Article, Clarksburg Exponent, April 27, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, April 27, 1960
Article, Clarksburg Exponent, May 4, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, May 5, 1960
Article, Charleston Gazette, May 6, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, May 6, 1960
Article, Morgantown Post, May 6, 1960
Article, Morgantown Dominion News, September 26, 1960

Documents
Ticket, Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Morgantown
Name Card, Hulett Smith, Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Morgantown
Program, Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Morgantown
Note, Helen Frankman to Jennings Randolph, regarding transportation of Eleanor Roosevelt to Morgantown
Memorandum, September 12, 1960, regarding air transportation of Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennings Randolph

Photographs
Photograph, Jennings Randolph and another man helping Eleanor Roosevelt exit a Baker and Coombs Construction Company plane at the Morgantown airport, September 24, 1960
Photograph, Jennings Randolph and another man helping Eleanor Roosevelt exit a Baker and Coombs Construction Company plane at the Morgantown airport, September 24, 1960
Photograph, Eleanor Roosevelt and Jennings Randolph at the Morgantown airport, September 24, 1960
Photograph, Campaign dinner in Morgantown for Jennings Randolph and John F. Kennedy, attended by Randolph, Harley Staggers, and Eleanor Roosevelt, September 24, 1960

Speeches
Speech, John F. Kennedy, Morgantown


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