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Letter from Cordye Hall to J.M. Roche, the General Motors Chairman of the Board, regarding GMs involvement in manufacturing munitions for use in the Vietnam War. Hall states that she has guilt over owning a GM vehicle but will not buy another one…

Letter from Cordye Hall to D.C. Burnham at Westinghouse regarding Westinghouse's involvement in manufacturing munitions for use in the Vietnam War. Hall states that she has many Westinghouse appliances and so is shocked that they are "manufacturing…

Letter from Vice-President Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall in response to a letter he received from Hall in which she wrote to him about a previous speech. Johnson states that he sees no reason to "protect the Communists from the truth" and includes a…

Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall in response to a letter he received from Hall in which she sent him an article from the Times Herald. Johnson also refers to an apparent accusation from Hall regarding an incident at the Dallas County…

Letter from Cordye Hall to Senator Lyndon Johnson in reply to his letter from March 6, 1955 in which he sent her a letter from the Democratic National Committee signed by Clayton Fritchey. Hall discusses the Shivers Republicans and "dirty politics"…

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

Graduation portrait of Cordye Hall.

Letter from Cordye Hall to Lyndon Johnson regarding the amount of money that Johnson is receiving as a former president. Hall is dismayed and asks Johnson to explain. Hall also asks that Johnson give the enclosed "Another Mother for Peace"…

Letter from Cordye Hall to Vice-President Lyndon Johnson thanking him for sending her a copy of speech from a dinner honoring Adlai Stevenson. Hall states that she sees "no relevance" between Johnson's speech and the occasion. Hall takes issue with…

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