MSS 803 James A. Rhodes Papers

              NSS 803
OHIO James A. Fhcdes ? apers
H I S T O R Y 88 C & ~ C f e e t
Preliminary rnvenkory
Collection Synopsis
Provensnce: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society acquired the James A.
Rhodes Papers as a g i f t of Governor Rhodes, Columbus, Ohio, i n
January 1983. Barbara Floyd processed the c o l l e c t i o n i n
January 1983.
Propert>- r i s h t s : The Ohlo H i s t o r i c a l Society owns tho property
r i g h t s to t h l s c o l l e c t i o n .
Copyrights: James A. Rhodes has dedicated such copyrights as he
possesses i n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e public. Consideration of a l l
other copyrights is the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of the author and publisher
Access: This collection rs r e s r r i c t e d u n t i l January L O , 2003.
C i t a t i o n : Researchers are requested t o c i t e c s l l e c t i o n name,
c o l l e c t i o n number, and the Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society in 211 foot-note
and biblioqrap>, ic - Aa, r Leren~ es.
Transfer: The d i v i s i o n chief t r a n s f e r r e d twenty- six boxes t o the
s t a t e archives department on January 13, 1983.
aiographical sketch: James Allen Eihodes was born in Coalton,
Jackson County, Ohio, on September 13, 1 9 0 9 . After h i s faxi1y
moved to Columbus, he attended The Ohio State University and
served i n h i s f i r s t p o l i t i c s 1 o f f i c e as a me~. ber of the Columbus
Eoard of Education from 1937 to 1939. He held two other c i t y
o f f i c e s , t h a t of a u d i t o r from 1 9 4 1 to 1944, and nayor froa 1944
to 1953, before being e l e c t e d a u d i t o r o f the s t a t e in 1953. Iie
servsd as s t a t e a u d i t o r for ten y e a r s , leaving when he defeated
incumbent Michael V. DiSalle in the 1962 governor's race. With
h i s re- election in 1 9 6 6 , he became the f i r s t to serve two
consecutive term ~ ~ a d tehre 1954 c o n s t i t u t i o n a l amendmenr e s t a b l i s h -
ing four- yezr terms for governors. He was electec! for two more
terms as governor in 1 9 7 4 and 1978.
Source: The Governors of Onio, 1969, t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l Society,
pp. 208- 211; and k- v.' . h o'r; lJho i n Pmerica, 1982- 83 e d i t i o n , p. 2790.
Scope and content: The James A. Rhodes Papers consist of eighty-eigi.,
t cuSic f e e t of o f f i c e f i l e s and newspaper clippings contained
in twenty- four t r a n s f e r czses and forty- one record center boxes
collected dcring Xhodes's 1974 to 1982 years as governor of Ohio.
The m a t e r i a l includes correspondence, information on f e d e r a l
agencies, and extensive clippings concerning the governor's
a c t i v i t i e s taken from news2apers t? roughout the s t a t e . The collec-t
i o n is arranged by subject.
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