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PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

ACCESSIONS

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Additional material re: DDE Centennial, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, 1990.

Additional papers of George M. Humphrey, 1953 - 68 (microfilm), Secretary of the Treasury, 1953 - 57.

Papers of Robert S. Kieve, 1953 - 2003, special assistant in the White House, 1953 - 55.

Additional papers of Justus Baldwin Lawrence, 1986 - 2003, public affairs officer ETOUSA, 1944 - 45, and SHAPE, 1951 - 52.

Papers of Arthur Stark, 1946 - 2002, labor arbitrator involved with three Presidential emergency boards in the 1950s to resolve labor disputes.

John F. Kennedy Library

Approximately 656 photograph items, 78 audio recordings, 11 videotapes, one digital video disc (DVD). The accessions include a significant collection of photographs (with some original color negatives) of Robert F. Kennedy from the Edwin O. Guthman papers, and photographs, transparencies, and oral histories from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.

Accretion to the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy, President's Office Files. Documents relating to James Meredith and the integration of the University of Mississippi. These items were recovered through a replevin case conducted by the General Counsel's Office on behalf of the Library. Includes memorandums, summaries, notes, and drafts, some with President Kennedy's handwritten notes. 15 pages. Open.

Scrapbooks made by Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, with some scrapbooks from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 15 cubic feet. Closed.

Accretion to the personal papers of Rose Kennedy. Bound copy of oration by Mayor John Fitzgerald of Boston, July 5, 1887. 27 pages. Closed.

Accretions to the personal papers of McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The first accretion contains books, correspondence, writings, and personal files pertaining to Bundy's White House years and his work at the Ford Foundation. The second accretion consists of books, files, correspondence, and personal research and manuscripts, including material generated while Bundy worked at Harvard University. 201 cubic feet. Closed.

Personal papers of John Hurford Sharon, legislative assistant to Representative George Howell of Illinois; Democratic Party campaign organizer (1956, 1960); Presidential adviser on foreign affairs. Transferred from the University of Wyoming. 27 cubic feet. Closed.

Accretion to the personal papers of John Robert Bittner, six tapes of oral history interviews with Ernest Hemingway - related interviewees Jack Hemingway, Clara Speigel, Tillie Arnold, Don Anderson, and Emmett Watson. Open.

Accretions to the Ernest Hemingway Collection, totaling less than 0.25 cubic feet:
Ad for Johnson's Wax featuring Pauline Hemingway (Mrs. Ernest Hemingway). Ca. 1920 - 30. 1 page. Open.
Photocopies of correspondence from the American Red Cross relating to Ernest Hemingway's plans to drive ambulances in World War I. Medical examination, various printed materials related to health and well-being. 31 pages. Open.
Photocopies of letters from Ernest Hemingway to his sister Marcelline Hemingway Sanford. Open.

Accretions to the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection. Oral history interviews with
Kathe Mayer, Ceylon, 1962 - 64
Kenney Karem, Chile, 1966 - 68
Herminio Concepcion, Honduras, 1992 - 94
Claudia Wieland-Randall, Jamaica, 1989 - 91
Steven Baines, Bolivia, 1995 - 97
Susan Biddle, Jamaica, 1989 - 91
Judith Cline, Sierra Leone, 1962 - 64
Kent Streeb, Senegal, 1990 - 92
Carol J. Peiffer, Brazil, 1967 - 69
William Michael Kulina, Paraguay, 1986 - 88. Open.

Thirteen additions to the John F. Kennedy Tributes Collection and nine additions to the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.

Oral history interviews:
Harvard professor Samuel Beer
Ambassador William Butterworth
Judge Joseph Feeney
Former President Gerald R. Ford
Journalist Helen Thomas
White House staff member Henry Hall Wilson
White House staff member Thomas Wilson
Richard Neustadt, professor of government at Columbia University and Harvard University, and consultant to President Kennedy. 302 pages, 10.5 hours of tape.

Deeds of gift were completed for 16 oral history interviews; Returned Peace Corps volunteers and Helen Thomas and Theodore Musho.

Gerald R. Ford Library

Papers of David W. Belin, 1963 - 88, consisting of files collected during his tenure as a member of the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Included are materials generated by the Warren Commission, the House Assassination Committee, and the media and draft chapters of his 1988 book on the assassination. 6 cubic feet.

Accretions to the Melvin Laird Papers, John Robert Greene Papers, Gerald R. Ford Personal Papers, Gerald R. Ford Scrapbooks, Gerald R. Ford Post-Presidential Office Files, Composite General Accessions, Composite Grand Rapids Accessions and the Ford Library Audiovisual Administrative Files.

Ronald Reagan Library

Papers of Mabel H. Cabot, 1980 - 82. This accession consists of items related to Mrs. Cabot's service as Social Secretary, White House Office of Social Affairs, during the first two years of the Reagan administration. At the time, her name was Mabel "Muffie" Brandon. One linear foot.

Pre-Presidential Papers of Ronald Reagan, 1918 - 80. Title to this material was transferred from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation to the National Archives and Records Administration. This accession consists of materials related to Ronald Reagan's childhood, education, military service, early political activities, service as Governor of California, radio commentary show, speeches and his 1976 and 1980 Presidential campaign material. Access to the material is currently restricted. 25 linear feet, 300 audiovisual items.

Ronald Reagan Library Composite Collection of Audio Visual Material, 2003. This accession consists of 15 VHS tape, 1 3/4" tape, 5 Betacam tapes, 4 reel-to-reel audiotapes, 1 audiocassette, 1 CD, 1 16mm film, 1 LP, and 76 photographs of various events concerning Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, the library, documentaries and interviews.

George Bush Library

Accretion to the Jean Becker Collection, 2.5 linear feet. Closed

Accretion to the Barbara Pierce Bush Collection, 3.5 linear feet. Closed

Papers of Ambassador Anne L. Armstrong, first American female ambassador to Great Britain. 13 linear feet. Closed

Papers of Dr. Burton Lee, former White House physician. 20 linear feet. Closed

OPENINGS

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Additional papers of George M. Humphrey, 1953 - 68.

Additional papers of Justus Baldwin Lawrence, 1986 - 2003.

Papers of Betty E. Schwesinger, 1939 - 74.

John F. Kennedy Library

Personal papers of Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President Kennedy, banker, financier, and diplomat. 47 feet. Permission required collection.

Accretion to the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy, President's Office Files. Documents relating to James Meredith and the integration of the University of Mississippi. These items were recovered through a replevin case conducted by the General Counsel's Office on behalf of the library. Includes memorandums, summaries, notes and drafts, some with President Kennedy's handwritten notes. 15 pages.

Accretions to the Ernest Hemingway Collection, totaling less than 0.25 cubic feet.

Accretion to the personal papers of John Robert Bittner, six tapes of oral history interviews with Ernest Hemingway - related interviewees Jack Hemingway, Clara Speigel, Tillie Arnold, Don Anderson, and Emmett Watson.

Thirteen additions to the John F. Kennedy Tributes Collection and nine additions to the Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection.

Oral history interviews:
Derek C. Bok, Harvard University President
Bertram S. Brown, Special Assistant to the President on Mental Retardation. Portions closed.
Wymberley DeRenne Coerr, U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay
Howard H. Hazen, Wisconsin political figure
Fred Korth, Secretary of the Navy. Portions closed.
Edward J. Logue, president of the NY State Urban Redevelopment Authority (for the Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program)
Edwin M. Martin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1960 - 62; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1962 - 64. Portions closed.
Booker T. McGraw, Assistant to the Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency
Edwin W. Pauley, businessman and political figure in California
John E. Powers, Massachusetts senate president
Alex Rose, Labor union official, political leader (for the Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Stanton, Democratic National Committee member and Massachusetts state senator
Ben S. Stephansky, U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, portions closed.
Cecil W. Stoughton, White House photographer
John H. Treanor, Jr., advance man for John Kennedy's 1960 campaign
Charles Tyroler II, Democratic Party official
Jesse M. Unruh, Chairman, John F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign, California, 1960; Chairman, Robert F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign, California, 1968.

Lyndon B. Johnson Library

National Security File, files of Robert Komer, NSC staff member, Special Assistant to the President, and Deputy for Pacification in Vietnam beginning in 1967. These boxes contain material on the CENTO, Ceylon, congressional contacts, excess currencies, Food for Peace, Galbraith correspondence, and India.

National Security File, Country File for Cyprus.

National Security File, Country File for Vietnam.

National Security File, one folder titled "ANZUS Council Meeting, Washington," International Meetings and Travel File.

Nixon Presidential Materials Staff

Approximately 240 hours of White House tape recordings from the Nixon Presidency. Included are approximately 3,000 conversations that were recorded at the White House from July 1972 through October 1972. These conversations comprise the fourth of five chronological segments to be released

Gerald R. Ford Library

National Security Adviser collection, Kissinger's Reports on China, USSR, and Middle East Discussions, 2 linear feet.

 

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