Cordye Hall Papers, 1910s-1980s

Title

Cordye Hall Papers, 1910s-1980s

Description

This collection includes a series of files that document the life and activism of Cordye Hall. Files include a number of letters to political figures, including Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan, as well as images of Hall. Topics include Hall's anti-war activism, anti-nuclear activism, and her condemnation of aggression toward Russia.

Creator

Hall, Cordye

Date

1910-1980

Rights

Materials may not be used without permission. For further information, please contact us at (940) 898-3751 or womenshistory@twu.edu.

Type

Manuscripts; photographs

Identifier

MSS052

Items in the Cordye Hall Papers, 1910s-1980s Collection

Denver Post article about Cordye Hall, June 4, 1979

THE DENVER POST Mon., June 4, 1979 7
[Image of Carl Brannin and Cordye Hall. Hall is holding a sign reading "STOP NUCLEAR POWER/RADIATION=CANCER"

VETERAN PROTESTERS
Ninety-year-old Carl Brannin and Cordye Hall join Saturday's anti-nuclear rally…

Open letter from Cordye Hall to President Ronald Reagan, undated

AN OPEN LETTER TO PRES. REAGAN
Pres. Ronald Reagan
White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. President:
I have before me a news item emanating from United Press International containing quotes from your speech to the British Parliament…

Letter from Cordye Hall to President Ronald Reagan, February 19, 1983

Dallas, Texas
February 19, 1983


President Ronald Reagan
White House
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:
When you stood at the microphone and broadcast to the world that the Russians are dishonest, liars, cheats and respond only…

Open letter from Cordye Hall to President Ronald Reagan, June 22, 1982

An open letter to Pres. Ronald Reagan 6/22/82
Pres Ronald Reagan
White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. President:
Your speech to the United Nations was so divisive that the few positive overatures you made were rendered worthless, especially…

Letter from Cordye Hall to J.M. Roche, July 22, 1970

Dallas, Texas
July 22, 1970


Mr. J. M. Roche, Chairman of the Board
GENERAL MOTORS
7667 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022

Dear Mr. Roche:
It is with some sense of guilt that I read in ANOTHER MOTHER FOR PEACE bulletin (June 1970) that…

Letter from Cordye Hall to D.C. Burnham, July 22, 1970

Dallas, Texas
July 22, 1970


Mr. D.C. Burnham
Westinghouse
3 Gateway Center.
Pittsburgh, Pa 15222

Dear Mr. Burnham:
Your company is one I have always held in high esteem. I have many Westinghouse appliances in my house and they have…

Letter from Vice-President Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall, December 6, 1961

(American Eagle THE VICE PRESIDENT
surrounded by WASHINGTON
stars) December 6, 1961



Dear Mr. Hall:
I cannot agree with your reasoning. I saw no reason to protect the Communists from the truth.

I am enclosing a copy of…

Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall, August 12, 1958

LYNDON B. JOHNSON
TEXAS
United States Senate
Office of Democratic Leader
Washington, D.C

August 12, 1958


Dear Mrs. Hall:
I have read with interest your letter of August 6th and the indicted story in the accompanying tearsheet from…

Cordye Hall at a protest
Cordye Hall at a protest holding a sign that reads, "War is not healthy for children and other living things."

Cordye Hall, 1945
Cordye Hall, 1945, modeling a Yugoslavian sleeve from wedding dress