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PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Collection
JFKPP
Personal Papers, 1917-1963. Student, Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-1936), Harvard College (1936-1940), Stanford University (1941); Naval Officer (1941-1945); Representative (1947-1953) and Senator (1953-1961) from Massachusetts; President of the United States (1961-1963). Includes childhood letters, diaries, correspondence, academic records (copies donated by Harvard University) and notebooks, financial papers, Navy records including medical files, medical records, records relating to the investigation of the sinking of the S.S. Athenia (copies donated by the State Department), manuscripts of Why England Slept (1940) and Profiles in Courage (1956), some Boston office House of Representatives files, Presidential doodles, and scrapbooks. Includes Historical Manuscripts and Autographs formerly listed as a separate collection (Manuscripts 18th to 20th centuries, presented to President Kennedy or given to the John F. Kennedy Library). Includes documents signed by George Washington, John Adams, Daniel Webster, William Howard Taft, and several letters written by a Union soldier during the Civil War.
Collection
VOKPP
Papers 1910-1963. Educator, political scientist, government official. Author, "Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups" (1942), "Southern Politics" (1949), "Public Opinion and American Democracy" (1961), and "American State Politics: An Introduction" (1956). Miscellaneous material used in political science courses, background material for writings, files from Bureau of the Budget and other government agencies, correspondence, notes, and materials from American Political Science Association, Social Science Research Council, and other academic organizations.
Collection
KPOPP
Papers 1924-1977. Assistant and friend to Robert and John F. Kennedy, government official, politician, author, businessman. Assistant Counsel, Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activities in Labor-Management Relations in the Senate (1957-59); campaign director, Kennedy for President (1960); appointment secretary to the President (1961-1963); Special Assistant to the President (1961-1965); president, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Associates (1965-1977); Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate (1966, 1970); co-author (with David F. Powers and Joe McCarthy), "Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye" (1972). Personal and professional papers relating to Harvard College football, the Kennedy Administration, national and Massachusetts state politics and campaigns, and O’Donnell's work in private industry.
Collection
JFKWHSFFLH
White House Staff Files 1959-1963. Special Assistant, White House office (1961-65). Correspondence, public opinion mail.
Collection
ANHPP
Papers 1952-1960 [fragment]. Educator. Professor of government, Harvard University (1910-1955). Material relating to a lecture given by John F. Kennedy at Harvard in 1952, and to the political effects of an article by John Mallan that appeared in the New Republic during the 1960 presidential campaign.
Collection
AYPP
Papers 1864, 1922-1977 (bulk 1951-1972). Lawyer, educator, government official. Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (1961-1964); director, President's antipoverty program (1964); Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Affairs (1965-1966); professor of law, Harvard University (1966-1972); author, The Military Establishment (1971). Personal and professional papers relating to a wide range of his activities and pursuits.
Collection
JKGPP
Economist, educator, author, diplomat. Professor of Economics, Harvard University (1949-1975); Ambassador to India (1961-1963). Correspondence, memorandums, draft manuscripts of books and articles, reports, speeches, interviews, testimonies, and news clippings covering his early career, early government service, Harvard University, the 1960 Presidential election campaign as well as other Presidential and Senatorial campaigns, diplomatic papers, and his career as an author.
Collection
MBPP
Author, professor, government official. Research Assistant to Henry L. Stimson (1946-1948), Lecturer and Professor of Government, Harvard (1949-1953), Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard (1953-1960), Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs (1960-1966), President, Ford Foundation (1966-1980), Professor, New York University (1980-1990), Scholar-in-Residence, Carnegie Corporation (1990-1996). Personal and professional papers consisting of letters, memos, research notes and drafts, writings, publications, photographs, and ephemera. Includes information regarding social and professional organizations and 20th-century personalities, academic figures and government officials. Topics include World War II, Harvard University, the John F. Kennedy Library, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, civil rights, United States foreign policy, and atomic weapons development and control.