Farewell Speech to House, June 30, 1943

The Nichols Collection contains 0.75 cubic feet and consists primarily of correspondence, memos, telegrams, and campaign materials. There are also invitations, Congressional Record reprints, a diary (1945), speeches, scrapbooks, voting records (1939-1940), congressional reports, and clippings. Although the collection covers the period from 1934-1949, most of the material documents Nichols's congressional career.  Topics covered include campaigns; aviation and air accidents, including the 1943 Board Reports of the Select Committee to Investigate Air Accidents; Nichols's biography; legislation of the late1930s, including the Gavagan Anti-Lynching Bill; and relief programs. Correspondents include Gene Autry, James Roosevelt, congressional colleagues, Democratic Party members, and constituents.