Guide to the Election Returns of Allegheny County, Pa. Records, 1926-1983 AIS.1965.10

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Election Returns of Allegheny County, Pa. Records
Creator
Allegheny County (Pa.). Department of Elections
Collection Number
AIS.1965.10
Extent
11.25 Linear Feet (114 microfilm reels)
Date
1926-1983
Abstract
This collection includes the official return books for the general, municipal, and primary elections in Pittsburgh, Clairton, McKeesport, Duquesne, and other townships, boroughs, and school districts of Allegheny County, Pa., 1926-1983.
Language
English .
Author
Frank Zabrosky and Dennis East. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on August 5, 2004.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Scope and Content Notes

This collection includes four series. Series I and II contain the official return books for the general, municipal, and primary elections in Pittsburgh, Clairton, McKeesport, Duquesne, and other townships, boroughs, and school districts of Allegheny County, Pa., 1926-1983, not including the years 1937-1940.

National Election records include President. State election records include United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of Internal Affairs, Supreme Court Judge, Judge of Superior Court, Representatives in Congress, Senator in the General Assembly, and Representative in the General Assembly. Municipal election records include County Controller, Clerk of Courts, District Attorney, Director of the Poor, Judge of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, County Treasurer, County Commissioner, Recorder of Deeds, Register of Wills and Ex Officio Clerk of The Orphans Clerk, Prothonotary, and Judges of County Court.

Series III consists of tabulations and summaries of primary and general elections from various years from 1939 to 1979. Series IV contains voter registration statistics, 1977-1983. All series are arranged by date.

Note: This collection was acquired in four parts, or accessions, and is divided into series according to the date it was acquired. The majority of these records have been microfilmed.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Accruals

Additional material received in August 1980 and September 1980.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Allegheny County, Pa., June 6, 1965.

Preferred Citation

Election Returns of Allegheny County Records, 1926-1983, AIS.1965.10, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

Election Returns of Allegheny County Records, 1926-1983, AIS.1965.10, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Allegheny County Voting Records, 1926-1969, AIS 65:10, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh Libraries, University of Pittsburgh.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Frank Zabrosky in 1970 and Dennis East in 2001.

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Allegheny County (Pa.). Department of Elections

    Genres

    • Voters' lists

    Other Subjects

    • Local elections -- Pennsylvania -- Duquesne
    • Local elections -- Pennsylvania -- McKeesport
    • Local elections -- Pennsylvania -- Clairton
    • Local elections -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Government
    • Local elections -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County

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