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Box 1

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Letter, Attorney General John R. Dethmers to Ekdal J. Buys, Lt., Oct. 22, 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: Oct. 22, 1945

Map, “Block the Return of Bossism in Kent County.”, [ca. 1942]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: [ca. 1942]

Election flyer for H. Wayne Parker. “Vote Against the McKay Machine.” N.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: 1942-1948

Certificate, “Notice by County Clerk of Election as Delegate to County Convention,” Ekdal Buys, 33rd precinct, 3rd ward, September 20, 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: September 20, 1948

Radio address, “Prepared for the Republican Party by Mr. Ekdal Buys, to be presented on WLAV Thursday, October 29, 6:10-6:15, 1948.”, 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.5
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: 1948

Miscellaneous reference photocopies

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 0.6
Identifier: Series I
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Five photocopied documents concerning Ekdal Buys, a Republican delegate in Kent County and member of the political reform movement Home Front. Most documents are related to the election of 1948. Included is a letter to Buys, a map of the precincts of Kent County, a radio address written by Buys, an election flyer and a certificate of election. The originals of these documents have been retained by Mr. Buys (1996).

Dates: 1942-1948

Papers

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1-8
Identifier: Series II
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection 210 was formerly known as the Ekdal J. Buys Collection, containing only one folder. With the receipt of new Home Front photocopied material, from former GRPL Archivist Dick Harms and Calvin College, the two accessions were combined, providing additional information on Buys, as well as other significant individuals in the Home Front movement.

Dates: 1942-1948

Willard Ver Meulen. President. Home Front Movement

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Series II
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection 210 was formerly known as the Ekdal J. Buys Collection, containing only one folder. With the receipt of new Home Front photocopied material, from former GRPL Archivist Dick Harms and Calvin College, the two accessions were combined, providing additional information on Buys, as well as other significant individuals in the Home Front movement.

Dates: 1942-1948