Correspondence, Telegrams, and Greeting Cards
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Slaughter, Lenora, 1906-2001
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content: Lenora Slaughter Papers
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content: Lenora Slaughter Papers / Series 2: Professional Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1995, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1227, Subseries 2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Include both incoming and outgoing communications including correspondence, memos, and telegrams mostly dealing with Slaughter's leadership of the Miss America pageant. There is communication with major corporations whom she solicited as sponsors. A significant amount of the communication is between Slaughter and winners of the pageants both during and after her reign as director. Correspondence with political figures, whose participation in publicity activities Slaughter sought, include Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator Barry Goldwater. In addition, there are a few greeting cards and a list of her contacts. The materials are arranged in chronological order.