Manuscript Group 342
GEORGE HOWARD EARLE PAPERS
1932-39, 1949, 1966 & undated.
23 cubic feet
George H. Earle III served as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania from 1935-1939.
Born in Devon, Chester County, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1890, Earle attended
Harvard University and served as a private in the Second Pennsylvania Infantry
under General John J. Pershing during the Mexican Border Campaign in 1916. Earle
enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I and after the war distinguished
himself in a number of businesses in Philadelphia, including the Flamingo Sugar
Mills (which he founded) and the Pennsylvania Sugar Company. During the 1930s
he entered politics, supporting Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election.
His support won him appointment as United States Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Republic of Austria in 1932, which post he resigned to run for Governor of Pennsylvania
in 1934. During his term as governor, Earle obtained passage of the Equal Rights
Act in 1935, prohibiting racial discrimination in hotels, restaurants, and places
of amusement. After an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate in 1938,
he served as United States Minister to Bulgaria in 1940, Assistant Naval Attache
to Turkey, and Assistant Governor of Samoa from 1940 to 1945. He returned to private
life in 1945 and died on December 3, 1974.
OFFICIAL PAPERS
- Subject File, 1935-1939. (11 boxes) {#342m.1}
- General File, 1934-1939. (2 boxes) {#342m.2}
- Speeches, 1935-1938. (2 boxes) {#342m.3}
- Press Releases, 1935-1938. (11 boxes) {#342m.4}
- Scrapbooks, 1935, 1936. (4 volumes) {#342m.5}
- Photographs, 1932-1938, undated. (1 box) {#342m.6}
PERSONAL FILE
- Correspondence, 1933-1939. (4 boxes) {#342m.7}
- Accounts, 1934-1938. (4 boxes) {#342m.8}
- Miscellaneous, 1933, 1949, 1966. (2 folders) {#342m.9}
MRS. GEORGE H. EARLE PAPERS
- Correspondence, 1934-1939. (10 boxes) {#342m.10}
- Miscellaneous, 1935-1939. (3 folders) {#342m.11}
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