| Name | Presidential Campaign Collection of William L. Benoit |
| Dates | 1912-2004: Bulk 1960s-2000 |
| Extent | 1 cubic foot |
| Historical Note | Dr. William L. Benoit was a member of the faculty of the UAB Department of Communication Studies from 2017 until his retirement in 2022. Benoit received his PhD from Wayne State University and spent his academic career before joining UAB at Miami University, at Bowling Green State University, at the University of Missouri, and at Ohio University. His areas of expertise were crisis communication and political campaign communication. He is known for developing the "image repair theory" and for applying that theory in the real world of political campaigns. Benoit authored or co-authored two dozen books and over 300 scholarly publications. He was also editor of the Journal of Communication and of Communication Studies. On April 9, 2021, Dr. Benoit was named as a Distinguished Professor at UAB by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. |
| Scope and Contents | This collection consists of campaign material for presidential primaries and for the general presidential elections, with original material dated from the 1936 campaign of Alf Landon to the 2000 campaigns of George W. Bush and Al Gore, Jr., and some photocopied material dated from the 1912 campaign of Woodrow Wilson to the 2004 campaign of Howard Dean. The collection includes flyers, pamphlets, brochures, and leaflets. |
| Arrangement | The collection is divided into two subseries: Presidential Primary Campaign and Presidential Elections, then each series is arranged chronologically and alphabetically by candidate. |
| Accession Number | M2022-07 |
| Provenance | Donated to the UAB Libraries in 2022 by Dr. Benoit and transferred to the UAB Archives. |
| Copyright | The UAB Archives owns and maintains its proprietary rights to all material in this collection, but the university does not own copyrights to any of the items contained within. |
| Fnding Aid | Printed descriptive guide by Tim L. Pennycuff and Jennifer L. Beck available in repository. |
| Access Points | Benoit, William L. Communication in politics z United States. Political campaigns z United States. Primaries z United States. University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
| Document Types | Brochures, flyers, leaflets, pamphlets. |
| Location | Manuscript Stacks |
| Related Series | n/a |
| Physical Condition | Acid free folder, acid free box |
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