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The papers relate to Frank Wayland Higgins' political career as New York State Senator, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor. The majority consist of newspaper clippings of articles and political cartoons, invitations to social occasions, correspondence, and telegrams housed in scrapbooks. Other materials include correspondence, photographs, and event programs. Some of the scrapbooks contain invitations, cards, newspaper clippings, and information on Higgins' retirement and death.
A significant portion of the records document Higgins' campaigns for office, as well as the struggle for power in the Republican Party. Correspondents of note include Theodore Roosevelt, Gov. Frank Black, Gov. Levi Morton, Thomas Platt, M. Linn Bruce, Timothy Woodruff, Melvil Dewey, Elihu Root, W. J. Houghton, Nicholas Murray Butler, Judge Gary of U.S. Steel, and Jacob G. Schurman.
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