Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-1990 (bulk 1952-1965): Finding Aid

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Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-1990 (bulk 1952-1965): Finding Aid

MC124

Adlai Stevenson with Eleanor Roosevelt, August 1956

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Published in October 2005.

Summary Information

Creator:: Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
Title and dates:: Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-1990 (bulk 1952-1965)
Abstract:: The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers document the public life of Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), governor of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, and United Nations ambassador. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, subject files, United Nations materials, personal files, photographs, and audiovisual materials, illuminating Stevenson's career in law, politics, and diplomacy, primarily from his first presidential campaign until his death in 1965.
Size:: 251.51 linear feet (451 archival boxes, 2 half boxes, 76 8x10 photograph boxes, 4 16x20 size photograph boxes, 5 oversized boxes, and 93 custom boxes)
Call number:: MC124
Location:: Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Public Policy Papers.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA
Language(s) of material:: English
Storage note:: This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.

Biography of Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Ewing Stevenson, governor of Illinois (1949-1953), Democratic candidate for President in 1952 and 1956, and United States ambassador to the United Nations (1961-1965), was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1900, the son of Lewis G. Stevenson and Helen Davis Stevenson. He grew up in Bloomington, Illinois, where his ancestors had been influential in local and national politics since the nineteenth century. Jesse Fell, his maternal great-grandfather, a prominent Republican and an early Lincoln supporter, founded the Daily Pantagraph, a Bloomington newspaper. His paternal grandfather, Adlai E. Stevenson, served as Grover Cleveland's Vice President during his second term, was nominated for the office with William Jennings Bryan in 1900, and ran unsuccessfully for Illinois governor in 1908.

Stevenson attended preparatory school at Choate and went on to Princeton University, where he served as managing editor of the Daily Princetonian and was a member of the Quadrangle Club. He graduated in 1922 and matriculated at Harvard University Law School. However, in July 1924, he returned to Bloomington to work as assistant managing editor of the Daily Pantagraph while the Illinois courts probated his grandfather's will, determining share ownership of the newspaper. While working at the newspaper, Stevenson reentered law school at Northwestern University, and in 1926, graduated and passed the Illinois State Bar examination. He obtained a position at Cutting, Moore and Sidley, an old and conservative Chicago law firm, and became a popular member of Chicago's social scene. In 1928, he married Ellen Borden, a wealthy Chicago socialite. They had three sons: Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-); Borden Stevenson (1932-); and John Fell Stevenson (1936-). The couple divorced in 1949.

In the early 1930s, Stevenson began his involvement in government service. In July 1933, he became special attorney and assistant to Jerome Frank, general counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) in Washington, D. C. In 1934, after the repeal of Prohibition, Stevenson joined the staff of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration (FACA) as chief attorney. A subsidiary of the AAA, the FACA regulated the activities of the alcohol industry. He returned to Chicago and the practice of law in 1935. During this time, Stevenson also became involved in civic activities, particularly as chairman of the Chicago branch of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (known often as the White Committee, in honor of its founder, William Allen White). The Stevensons purchased a seventy-acre tract of land on the Des Plaines River near Libertyville, Illinois where they built a house. Although he spent comparatively little time at Libertyville, Stevenson considered the farm home.

In 1940, Colonel Frank Knox, newly appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy, offered Stevenson a position as his special assistant. In this capacity, Stevenson wrote speeches, represented Secretary Knox and the Navy on committees, toured the various theatres of war, and handled many administrative duties. From December 1943 to January 1944, he participated in a special mission to Sicily and Italy for the Foreign Economic Administration to report on the country's economy. After Knox's death in 1944, Stevenson returned to Chicago and attempted to purchase Knox's controlling interest in the Chicago Daily News, but another party outbid his syndicate.

After the war, he accepted an appointment as special assistant to the Secretary of State to work with Assistant Secretary of State Archibald MacLeish on a proposed world organization. Later that year, he went to London as Deputy United States Delegate to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Organization, a position he held until February 1946. In 1947, Louis A. Kohn, a Chicago attorney, suggested to Stevenson that he consider running for political office. Stevenson, who had toyed with the idea of entering politics for several years, entered the Illinois gubernatorial race and defeated incumbent Dwight H. Green in a landslide. Principal among his achievements as Illinois governor were reorganizing the state police, cracking down on illegal gambling, and improving the state highways.

Early in 1952, while Stevenson was still governor of Illinois, President Harry S. Truman proposed that he seek the Democratic nomination for president. In a fashion that was to become his trademark, Stevenson at first hesitated, arguing that he was committed to running for a second gubernatorial term. Despite his protestations, the delegates drafted him and he accepted the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a speech that according to contemporaries, “electrified the nation.” He chose John J. Sparkman, an Alabama Senator, as his running mate. Stevenson's distinctive speaking style quickly earned him the reputation of an intellectual and endeared him to many Americans, while simultaneously alienating him from others. His Republican opponent, enormously popular World War II hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, defeated Stevenson. Following his defeat, prior to returning to law practice, Stevenson travelled throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe, writing about his travels for Look magazine. Although he was not sent as an official emissary of the U.S. government, Stevenson's international reputation gave him entree to many foreign officials.

Back in the United States, Stevenson resumed his desultory practice of law. His national reputation, earned through his presidential campaign, made Stevenson a celebrity attorney who could pick and choose his clients. He accepted numerous speaking engagements and raised funds for the Democratic National Party, then suffering from an $800,000 deficit. Many Democratic leaders considered Stevenson the only natural choice for the presidential nomination in 1956 and his chances for victory seemed greater after Eisenhower's heart attack late in 1955. Although his candidacy was challenged by Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver and New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, Stevenson campaigned more aggressively to secure the nomination, and Kefauver conceded after losing a few key primaries. To Stevenson's dismay, former president Harry S. Truman endorsed Harriman, but the blow was softened by former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt's continued support. Stevenson again won the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He permitted the convention delegates to choose Estes Kefauver as his running mate, despite stiff competition from John F. Kennedy. However, Stevenson's best campaign efforts could not overcome the popularity of incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower. On November 6, 1956, Stevenson was again defeated by Eisenhower, this time by a larger margin.

Despite his two defeats, Stevenson remained enormously popular with the American people. Early in 1957, Stevenson resumed law practice with associates W. Willard Wirtz, William McC. Blair, Jr. and Newton Minow. He also accepted an appointment on the new Democratic Advisory Council, with other prominent Democrats, including Harry S. Truman, David L. Lawrence, and John F. Kennedy. He continued to serve on the board of trustees of the Encyclopedia Brittanica and to act as their legal counsel.

Prior to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Stevenson announced that he was not seeking the Democratic nomination for president, but would accept another draft. Because he still hoped to be a candidate, Stevenson refused to give the nominating address for relative newcomer John F. Kennedy, a cause for future strained relations between the two politicians. Once Kennedy won the nomination, Stevenson – always an enormously popular public speaker – campaigned actively for him. Due to his two presidential nominations and previous United Nations experience, Stevenson perceived himself as an elder statesman and a natural choice for Secretary of State, an opinion shared by many.

In December 1960, Kennedy offered Stevenson the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson refused to accept or decline the ambassadorship until Kennedy named the Secretary of State, deepening the rift between them. After Kennedy appointed Dean Rusk as Secretary of State, Stevenson accepted the U.N. ambassadorship. Although he was initially insulted by the offer, once he accepted the appointment, Stevenson devoted himself wholeheartedly to his responsibilities. He served as president of the Security Council and advocated arms control and improved relations with the new nations of Africa. He established residency in an apartment at the Waldorf Astoria, and threw himself into the busy social scene of the city.

In April 1961, Stevenson suffered the greatest humiliation of his career. After an attack against Fidel Castro's communist forces at the Bay of Pigs, Stevenson unwittingly disputed allegations that the attack was financed and supported by the Central Intelligence Agency, claiming instead that the anti-Communist forces were supported by wealthy Cuban emigres. When Stevenson learned that he had been misled by the White House, and even supplied with CIA-forged photographs, he considered resigning the ambassadorship, but was convinced not to do so. During the summer of 1961, Stevenson toured Latin America, trying to convince leaders that Castro was a threat to all of Latin America as well as to the United States. Just a year later, in October 1962, Stevenson demonstrated his seasoned statesmanship during the Cuban Missile Crisis. After the United States discovered offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba, Stevenson confronted Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin in an emergency meeting of the Security Council, challenging him to admit that the offensive weapons had been placed in Cuba and that he was prepared to wait “until Hell freezes over” for Zorin's answer.

In 1964, increasingly disillusioned with his inability to participate in the formulation of policy at the United Nations, Stevenson considered running for the U. S. Senate from New York, and was also regarded as a possible running mate for President Lyndon B. Johnson. In late 1964 and 1965, Stevenson and Secretary General U Thant began to discuss opening negotiations to end the war in Vietnam, although Stevenson publicly backed Johnson's Vietnam policies. Amid much speculation that he was considering resigning his post, Stevenson addressed the Economic and Social Council in Geneva in July 1965. During a stop in London, Stevenson died suddenly on July 14, 1965. Following memorial services in Washington, D.C. and Springfield and Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was interred in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois.

Description

The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers contain correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, United Nations materials, subject files, personal files, scrapbooks, travel materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The correspondence is a particularly rich resource for documenting all aspects of Stevenson's life and career. Stevenson's two presidential campaigns and service to the United Nations in both the 1940s and early 1960s are also well-documented in the appropriate series. The subject files illuminate Stevenson's career and civic activities prior to his election of governor of Illinois and also show his commitment to Chicago's benevolent institutions. The papers do not include materials from his governorship of Illinois which may be found at the Illinois State Historical Society in Springfield, Illinois.

Arrangement

The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers are divided into eleven series and are arranged as follows.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1919-1965
Subseries 1A: Office Correspondence, 1919-1965 (bulk 1952-1965)
Subseries 1B: Sampled Correspondence, 1952-1965
Series 2: Speeches and Statements, 1936-1965
Series 3: Writings, 1917-1965
Series 4: Campaign Materials, 1952-1960
Subseries 4A: 1952 Presidential Campaign, 1952-1954
Subseries 4B: 1956 Presidential Campaign, 1955-1957
Subseries 4C: 1960 Presidential Campaign, 1960
Series 5: United Nations, 1945-1965
Subseries 5A: Conference on International Organization, 1945
Subseries 5B: U. N. Preparatory Commission, 1945-1946
Subseries 5C: General Assembly, 1946-1947
Subseries 5D: United States Ambassador to United Nations, 1960-1965
Series 6: Subject Files, 1931-1965
Series 7: Personal Files, 1861-1990
Subseries 7A: Appointments/schedules, 1936-1965
Subseries 7B: Awards, 1936-1965
Subseries 7C: Biographical Materials, 1913-1990
Subseries 7D: Clippings, 1896-1968
Subseries 7E: Diaries, 1943-1964 (bulk 1943-1947)
Subseries 7F: Financial Materials, 1925-1969
Subseries 7G: Invitations, 1952-1965
Subseries 7H: Law School Notes, 1922-1926
Subseries 7I: Memberships, 1942-1965
Subseries 7J: Memorabilia, 1861-1965
Subseries 7K: Memorials, 1965-1970
Subseries 7L: Portraits and Photographs, 1951-1961
Subseries 7M: Religion, 1952-1969
Subseries 7N: Sponsorships, 1952-1965
Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1922-1962 (bulk 1952-1962)
Series 9: Travel Materials, 1953-1965
Series 10: Photographs, 1892-1965 (bulk 1949-1965)
Series 11: Audiovisual Materials, 1952-1965
Subseries 11A: Audio Tapes
Subseries 11B: Films
Subseries 11C: Phonograph Records

Access and Use

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to research.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Public Policy Papers. Copyright to material within the papers held by the Stevenson family has been donated to the Princeton University Library by Adlai E. Stevenson's sons, Adlai E. Stevenson III, Borden Stevenson, and John Fell Stevenson. Researchers are responsible for determining any question of copyright for other material.

Provenance and Acquisition

The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers were donated by several individuals, predominantly by Adlai E. Stevenson in 1963 and 1964. Significant additions were made in 1969 by his sons Adlai E. Stevenson III, Borden Stevenson, and John Fell Stevenson. Subsequent donations have been made by Dr. Robert G. Andrus, Barry Bingham, Sr., William McC. Blair, Jr., the Estate of George J. Cooke, Jr., Vincent Davis, Francis Dummer Fisher, Edward Gold, Phyllis Gustafson, Ralph Hansen, Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, Timothy R. Ives, Mort R. Lewis, Archibald MacLeish, T. S. Matthews, Harry S. May, Schlesinger Productions, Adlai E. Stevenson III, Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen, and Dale Warren.

Processing Information

Processed by Susan J. Illis in 1996-1997 with assistance from Carl D. Esche, Katherine Johnson, Sue Jean Kim, Debra Levin, Damian Long, James Macgillivray, Cei Maslen, Michelle Peart, Patrick Shorb, and Elizabeth Williamson.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Adlai E. Stevenson Papers; Box and Folder Number; Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Contents List

Series 1: Correspondence, 1919-1965

Subseries 1A: Office Correspondence, 1919-1965, (bulk 1952-1965)

(Boxes 1-91)

Subseries Description

Subseries 1A: Office Correspondence, is arranged alphabetically by the last name of correspondent and chronologically within each folder. The correspondence provides rich documentation for Stevenson's political activities during the 1950s and his involvement in international affairs in the 1950s and first half of the 1960s. Stevenson's enormous popularity with people of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds is evidenced in his letters. He was generally quite candid in his correspondence and sometimes embarrassingly honest and self-effacing.

Stevenson corresponded sporadically with a legion of individuals, including former Princeton classmates, friends and business associates from Bloomington and Chicago, people he met on his travels, distant relatives, individuals who worked on his political campaigns, Democratic politicians, and many others. They discussed a wide variety of topics, including national and local politics, international relations, and fellow acquaintances. The correspondence reveals the ebb and flow of many of his personal relationships. He may have corresponded on a weekly basis with an individual for a year or so, then only annually thereafter. Many leading lights of the Democratic Party are represented in the correspondence, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Jacob Arvey, the Kennedys, J. William Fulbright, Stephen Mitchell, Edmund G. Brown, and many others. Their correspondence reveals Stevenson's role as the titular head of the Democratic Party for most of the 1950s, as well as his tireless support and interest in Democratic officeholders and candidates throughout the country.

By the same token, some of this correspondence is not particularly enlightening. For example, Stevenson's correspondence with Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy is very formal, revealing little of the disagreements he had with both Presidents during his tenure as ambassador to the United Nations. In contrast, Stevenson's correspondence with his political advisors is often very insightful, particularly that with Agnes Meyer, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Barbara Ward. The Agnes Meyer correspondence is particularly significant because it includes Stevenson's handwritten letters to her, making this correspondence more revealing than his correspondence with others.

Correspondence with certain individuals, most notably Stephen Mitchell, Barry Bingham, and William McC. Blair, Jr., is largely related to his political campaigns. This correspondence includes not only Stevenson's correspondence with each, but also their correspondence with others involved with the campaigns. Because Stevenson was drafted for the 1952 Democratic presidential nomination, correspondence pertaining to the 1952 campaign dates only from late July, while later correspondence shows that Stevenson began preparing for the 1956 campaign in 1955, if not almost immediately after his defeat in 1952.

Included among those individuals with whom Stevenson corresponded frequently are George Ball, William Benton, Barry Bingham, William McC. Blair, Jr., Chester Bowles, John Brademas, Stuart Gerry Brown, Harlan Cleveland, Ewing Cockrell, Norman Cousins, Richard J. Daley, J. Edward Day, Jane Warner Dick, Ruth Field, Thomas K. Finletter, Clayton Fritchey, J. William Fulbright, Lloyd Garrison, Deborah Glassford, Seymour E. Harris, Hubert Humphrey, Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, Gerald Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Estes Kefauver, John F. Kennedy, Mary Lasker, Agnes Meyer, Newton Minow, Stephen Mitchell, Richard L. Neuberger, Alicia Patterson, Sam Rayburn, Eleanor Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, W. W. Rostow, Dean Rusk, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Albert Schweitzer, Lady Mary Spears, John Steinbeck, Adlai E. Stevenson III, Ellen Borden Stevenson, John Fell Stevenson, Nancy Anderson Stevenson, Benjamin H. Swig, Maurice Tempelsman, Harry S. Truman, James P. Warburg, Barbara Ward, Conrad Wrzos, Wilson Wyatt, Jean Wylie, and Robert Yoakum.

Much of the correspondence is routine and includes congratulatory letters on Stevenson's two presidential nominations and appointment as United States ambassador to the United Nations, letters of regret following his two defeats, commentaries on contemporary political issues, and general social correspondence. Because of the large volume of correspondence that Stevenson received, his responses are often quite brief, almost cursory, while the incoming correspondence is generally more loquacious. During Stevenson's frequent absences from his office and during periods of especially heavy correspondence, replies were often written by Stevenson's aides, law partners, and secretaries, particularly his executive assistant William McC. Blair, Jr., and long-time secretaries Carol Evans and Roxane Eberlein. These replies were sometimes acknowledged to have been written on Stevenson's behalf by others, but were often signed over Stevenson's name.

Although most of the correspondence pertains to Stevenson's political career, some personal correspondence is also included. Stevenson's correspondence with his three sons, Adlai III, Borden, and John Fell, shows his close relationship and involvement in their lives. Stevenson's correspondence with his ex-wife, Ellen Borden Stevenson, includes letters she wrote to him while he served in his various government posts in the 1930s and 1940s, as well as considerable correspondence and documentation pertaining to the court appointment of a conservator to look after her financial affairs in 1961. Clearly devoted to his family, Stevenson demonstrated remarkable patience in dealing with his ex-wife's erratic behavior and helping his sons cope with her financial demands, as shown through the correspondence. Stevenson also remained very close to his ex-wife's family after their divorce and continued his affectionate correspondence with his mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and others.

Stevenson accumulated many friends and acquaintances through the years who were not afraid to ask him for favors, jobs, and introductions to foreign dignitaries, and Stevenson generally cheerfully complied. Nor was Stevenson shy about asking his friends for favors, and this sort of exchange also is documented in the correspondence. His tireless socializing is illustrated in the correspondence, which contains countless exchanges setting up meetings and parties, thank you letters, and references to past social engagements. While he was serving at the United Nations, Stevenson opened his apartment at the Waldorf Towers to all friends and acquaintances visiting New York. The correspondence also reveals the high regard and affection many held for Stevenson.

In addition, Stevenson's flirtatious personality and his genuine kindness are evident in the correspondence. Stevenson developed close relationships with many of his friends' children, particularly Adele Dunlap Smith, Elizabeth Graham Weymouth, and Frances FitzGerald, and provided guidance and advice to them as they grew into adulthood. He also scrupulously kept in touch with his older relatives, and corresponded with a number of “pen pals,” most notably Jean Wylie and Edith Gifford, with whom he established close friendships, despite infrequent meetings. Stevenson's public image as an intellectual, charming gentleman attracted many women, some of whom imagined relationships with Stevenson that did not exist. Several file folders, labelled “Eccentrics,” contain love letters, gifts, and nuisance letters that Stevenson received.

Aa-Adkins, 1935-1965
Box 1, Folder 1
Adler-Albrecht, 1936-1965
Box 1, Folder 2
Albright-Allen, Shirley, 1936-1964
Box 1, Folder 3
Allen, Steve - American Festival, 1944-1965
Box 1, Folder 4
American Jewish Committee - Anievas, 1937-1965
Box 1, Folder 5
Annenberg - Arnold, O. C., 1933-1964
Box 1, Folder 6
Arnold, Stanley - Aspinall, 1947-1965
Box 1, Folder 7
Assiout - Aznar, 1938-1965
Box 1, Folder 8
Abram, Morris, 1961-1965
Box 1, Folder 9
Acheson, Dean, 1941-1960
Box 1, Folder 10
Adamowski, Benjamin S., 1938-1955
Box 2, Folder 1
Adebo, Chief S. O., 1963-1965
Box 2, Folder 2
Adenauer, Konrad, 1957-1963
Box 2, Folder 3
Africa, 1958-1960
Box 2, Folder 4
African Research Foundation, 1959-1961
Box 2, Folder 5
Agar, Herbert, 1952-1961
Box 2, Folder 6
Agnelli, Marella, 1961-1965
Box 2, Folder 7
Agronsky, Martin, 1955-1958
Box 2, Folder 8
Aitken, Judith, 1956-1964
Box 2, Folder 9
Alexander, Archibald, 1952-1962
Box 2, Folder 10
Alexander, Robert J., 1952-1958
Box 2, Folder 11
Alfaro, Jose Jr., 1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 12
Allen, George V., 1953-1963
Box 2, Folder 13
Allen, William R., 1957-1960
Box 2, Folder 14
Alley, James B., 1935-1961
Box 2, Folder 15
Allott, Gordon, 1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 16
Alsop, Stewart, 1952-1962
Box 2, Folder 17
Altschul, Frank, 1952-1965
Box 2, Folder 18
Amadeo, Mario, 1961-1964
Box 2, Folder 19
American Association for the United Nations, 1947-1965
Box 2, Folder 20
American Negro Leadership Conference, 1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 21
American Theatre Hall of Fame, 1965
Box 3, Folder 1
Americans for Democratic Action, 1952-1960
Box 3, Folder 2-3
Amherst College, 1962-1963
Box 3, Folder 4
Anderson, Clinton P., 1950-1960
Box 3, Folder 5
Anderson, Eugenie, 1952-1956
Box 3, Folder 6
Anderson, Glenn, 1960-1964
Box 3, Folder 7
Anderson, Steve, 1952-1965
Box 3, Folder 8
Anderson, Warwick and Mary San, 1954-1964
Box 3, Folder 9
Andrus, Robert G., 1952-1961
Box 3, Folder 10
Anfuso, Victor, 1952-1964
Box 3, Folder 11
Annan, David H., 1938-1961
Box 3, Folder 12
Applications for Jobs
1952-1955
Box 3, Folder 13-16
1955-1957
Box 4, Folder 1-8
1958-1961
Box 5, Folder 1-6
African-Americans, 1961
Box 5, Folder 7
Women, 1961
Box 5, Folder 8
1962-1965
Box 6, Folder 1
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1952-1964
Box 6, Folder 2
Arvey, Jacob M., 1947-1965
Box 6, Folder 3
Ascoli, Max, 1947-1958
Box 6, Folder 4
Ashmore, Harry S., 1954-1965
Box 6, Folder 5
Astor, Brooke, 1960-1965
Box 6, Folder 6
Atlantic Institute, 1960-1961
Box 6, Folder 7
Attwood, William, 1953-1964
Box 6, Folder 8
Austin, Edwin C., 1934-1965
Box 6, Folder 9
Austin, Warren and Mildred, 1946-1965
Box 6, Folder 10
Ba U - Baker, 1938-1965
Box 6, Folder 11
Bal - Barc, 1946-1965
Box 6, Folder 12
Bard - Bix, 1934-1965
Box 7, Folder 1-7
Bl - Brooks, C., 1934-1965
Box 8, Folder 1-7
Brooks, K. - By, 1937-1965
Box 9, Folder 1-4
Babcock, Richard F., 1952-1955
Box 9, Folder 5
Bacall, Lauren, 1952-1965
Box 9, Folder 6
Baggs, William C., 1958-1965
Box 9, Folder 7
Bailey, John M., 1952-1963
Box 9, Folder 8
Ball, George W., 1944-1965
Box 9, Folder 9-10
Bancroft, Mary, 1954-1956
Box 9, Folder 11
Bancroft, Mary, 1956-1963
Box 10, Folder 1
Barkley, Alben W., 1945-1956
Box 10, Folder 2
Barnes, Emily O., 1960-1965
Box 10, Folder 3
Bartlett, E.L., 1954-1964
Box 10, Folder 4
Baruch, Bernard M., 1946-1964
Box 10, Folder 5
Battle, John S., 1952-1956
Box 10, Folder 6
Beatty, Frank E., 1944-1959
Box 10, Folder 7
Bell, Laird, 1939-1963
Box 10, Folder 8
Benjamin, Robert S., 1956-1965
Box 10, Folder 9
Benton, William, 1945-Oct 1959
Box 10, Folder 10-13
Benton, William, Nov 1959-1966
Box 11, Folder 1-6
Bergman, G. Merle, 1948-1960
Box 11, Folder 7
Berle, Adolf A., 1952-1961
Box 11, Folder 8
Bingham, Barry, 1951-Nov 1955
Box 11, Folder 9
Bingham, Barry, Dec 1955-1965
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Bingham, Jonathan B., 1953-1964
Box 12, Folder 3
Bird, Remsen D., 1952-1964
Box 12, Folder 4-6
Birthday Party for the President, 1937-1939
Box 12, Folder 7-8
Black, Eugene R., 1952-1963
Box 12, Folder 9
Blair, William McC., Jr., 1940-Jun 1954
Box 12, Folder 10
Blair, William McC., Jr., Jul 1954-1965
Box 13, Folder 1-4
Blatt, Genevieve, 1954-1964
Box 13, Folder 5
Blaustein, Jacob, 1952-1964
Box 13, Folder 6
Blum, Henry S., 1948-1964
Box 13, Folder 7
Boggs, Hale, 1952-1960
Box 13, Folder 8
Bolton-Smith, Carlile, 1953-1965
Box 13, Folder 9
Bowles, Chester, 1945-1965
Box 14, Folder 1-4
Boyd, James, Jr., 1958-1963
Box 14, Folder 5
Boyd, Julian P., 1952-1965
Box 14, Folder 6
Boyle, Charles A., 1954-1960
Box 14, Folder 7
Brademas, John, 1952-1964
Box 14, Folder 8-9
Brown, Edgar A., 1952-1956
Box 14, Folder 10
Brown, Edmund G., 1954-1965
Box 14, Folder 11
Brown, John Paulding, 1934-1962
Box 15, Folder 1
Brown, Stuart Gerry, 1952-1965
Box 15, Folder 2-3
Brown, Vanessa, 1952-1964
Box 15, Folder 4
Broyles, Paul W., 1951-1955
Box 15, Folder 5
Bruce, James, 1952-1961
Box 15, Folder 6
Brussells World's Fair, 1957-1959
Box 15, Folder 7
Buccleigh, Mollie, Duchess of, 1958-1964
Box 15, Folder 8
Buck, Pearl S., 1958-1962
Box 15, Folder 9
Bunche, Ralph J., 1946-1964
Box 15, Folder 10
Burdick, Eugene, 1955-1958
Box 15, Folder 11
Burgess, Kenneth F., 1934-1965
Box 15, Folder 12
Burke, Fred G., 1960
Box 15, Folder 13
Burt, Struthers, 1944-1947
Box 15, Folder 14
Busch, Noel, 1952-1959
Box 15, Folder 15
Butler, Paul M., 1952-1960
Box 15, Folder 16
Byrnes, James F., 1945-1952
Box 16, Folder 1
Cab - Cla, 1934-1965
Box 16, Folder 2-8
Cle - Cz, 1940-1965
Box 17, Folder 1-7
California Campaign, 1958
Box 18, Folder 1
Campbell, William J., 1945-1963
Box 18, Folder 2
Canfield, Cass, 1952-1965
Box 18, Folder 3
Carey, Jane, 1958-1965
Box 18, Folder 4
Carlebach, Stevenson, 1955-1962
Box 18, Folder 5
Carlebach, William D., 1952-1962
Box 18, Folder 6
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1957-1960
Box 18, Folder 7
Carpenter, Ellen, 1952-1965
Box 18, Folder 8
Carver, George Washington Memorial Institute, 1962-1964
Box 18, Folder 9
Case, Everett, 1945-1964
Box 18, Folder 10
Celler, Emmanuel, 1954-1958
Box 18, Folder 11
Channon, Vesta W., 1937-1940
Box 18, Folder 12
Chapman, Ann & Oscar, 1952-1964
Box 18, Folder 13
Chavez, Dennis, 1952-1956
Box 18, Folder 14
Chase, Goodwin, 1954-1965
Box 18, Folder 15
Chicago Bar Association, 1946-1964
Box 18, Folder 16
Chicago National Bank, 1948-1953
Box 18, Folder 17
Chicago Sun-Times, 1947-1965
Box 18, Folder 18
Chicago Tribune, 1950-1955
Box 18, Folder 19
Children's Letters, 1953-1955
Box 19, Folder 1-2
Childs, Marquis, 1956-1965
Box 19, Folder 3
Churchill, Winston, 1952-1962
Box 19, Folder 4
Clark, Grenville, 1960-1964
Box 19, Folder 5
Clark, Joseph S., 1957-1965
Box 19, Folder 6
Clark, Kitty, 1954-1964
Box 19, Folder 7
Clayton, Will, 1952-1963
Box 19, Folder 8
Clement, Frank G., 1953-1962
Box 19, Folder 9
Cleveland, Harlan, 1954-1965
Box 19, Folder 10-11
Cockrell, Ewing
1953-1954
Box 19, Folder 12-13
1955
Box 20, Folder 1
Coffin, Frank, 1956-1961
Box 20, Folder 2
Cohen, Benjamin V., 1944-1958
Box 20, Folder 3
Cohn, David, 1953-1961
Box 20, Folder 4
Collins, LeRoy, 1955-1964
Box 20, Folder 5
Committee for Nuclear Information, 1959
Box 20, Folder 6
Cooke, Alistair, 1956-1962
Box 20, Folder 7
Corbett, Alfred & Nancy, 1952-1964
Box 20, Folder 8
Cordier, Andrew W., 1952-1965
Box 20, Folder 9
Cousins, Norman, 1952-1965
Box 20, Folder 10-11
Cox, Oscar, 1941-1957
Box 20, Folder 12
Currie, Bethia & John, 1953-1964
Box 20, Folder 13
D'am - Davis, 1936-1966
Box 20, Folder 14-15
Davisson - Dunn, 1913-1965
Box 21, Folder 1-7
Dunphy - Dyk, 1956-1964
Box 22, Folder 1
The Daily Pantagraph
1926-1938
Box 22, Folder 2-8
1939-1963
Box 23, Folder 1-4
The Daily Princetonian, 1956-1965
Box 23, Folder 5
Daley, Richard J., 1952-1965
Box 23, Folder 6-7
Dammann, Thomas L., 1935-1965
Box 23, Folder 8
Daniels, Jonathan, 1952-1961
Box 23, Folder 9
Darlington, Charles F., 1936-1965
Box 23, Folder 10
Darvall, Sir Lawrance, 1957-1964
Box 24, Folder 1
Davies, Clement, 1955-1962
Box 24, Folder 2
Davis, Jerome, 1954-1964
Box 24, Folder 3
Davis, Kenneth S., 1954-1962
Box 24, Folder 4-5
Davis, Nancy, 1952-1956
Box 24, Folder 6
Davis, W.O., 1963-1964
Box 24, Folder 7
Day, J. Edward, 1948-1965
Box 24, Folder 8-9
Dazey, William B., 1957-1960
Box 24, Folder 10
Declaration of Atlantic Unity, 1954-1962
Box 24, Folder 11
De Galberg, Eugenia, 1956-1965
Box 24, Folder 12
Democratic Digest, 1952-1961
Box 24, Folder 13
DeVoto, Bernard, 1952-1962
Box 25, Folder 1
Dick, Edison, 1935-1964
Box 25, Folder 2
Dick, Edison Jr., 1952-1965
Box 25, Folder 3
Dick, Jane Warner, 1942-1965
Box 25, Folder 4-5
Dilliard, Irving, 1951-1965
Box 25, Folder 6
Diggle, Arthur, 1960
Box 25, Folder 7
Dilworth, Richardson, 1956-1964
Box 25, Folder 8
Dodds, Harold, 1946-1964
Box 25, Folder 9
Donnelly, R.R. & Sons Co., 1964
Box 25, Folder 10
Douglas, Paul H., 1940-1965
Box 25, Folder 11
Douglas, William O., 1948-1965
Box 25, Folder 12
Doyle, James E., 1952-1965
Box 25, Folder 13-14
Drummond, Phyllis, 1963-1965
Box 25, Folder 15
Duke, Angier Biddle, 1952-1964
Box 25, Folder 16
Dulles, John Foster, 1946-1959
Box 25, Folder 17
Dungan, Ralph A., 1961-1964
Box 26, Folder 1
Dutton, Frederick, 1956-1964
Box 26, Folder 2
E, 1936-1965
Box 26, Folder 3-6
Eads, Ruth, 1960-1961
Box 26, Folder 7
Eaton, Cyrus S., 1954-1965
Box 26, Folder 8-9
Eban, Abba, 1952-1965
Box 27, Folder 1
Eberlein, Roxane, 1954-1965
Box 27, Folder 2
Eccentrics
1952-1958
Box 27, Folder 3-10
1958-1959
Box 28, Folder 1-7
1960-1962
Box 29, Folder 1-7
1963-1965
Box 30, Folder 1-3
Economic Club of Chicago, 1950-1963
Box 30, Folder 4
Edelstein, Julius, 1953-1956
Box 30, Folder 5
Edwards, India, 1952-1964
Box 30, Folder 6
Eichelberger, Clark M., 1940-1964
Box 30, Folder 7
Einstein, Albert, 1947-1952
Box 30, Folder 8
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1950-1963
Box 30, Folder 9
Eldridge, James A., 1953-1964
Box 30, Folder 10
Elizabeth, Queen Mother of Belgium, 1957-1962
Box 30, Folder 11
Elliott, John B., 1952-1965
Box 30, Folder 12
Encuentros, Siglos XX, 1965
Box 30, Folder 13
Engle, Clair, 1955-1963
Box 30, Folder 14
Evans, Carol, 1955-1965
Box 30, Folder 15
Fa, 1952-1974
Box 30, Folder 16
Fe - Fu, 1936-1965
Box 31, Folder 1-6
Fairbanks, Douglas, 1945-1965
Box 31, Folder 7
Family Mementos, 1956
Box 31, Folder 8
Farley, James A., 1952-1965
Box 32, Folder 1
Farrell, James T., 1953-1965
Box 32, Folder 2-3
“Favorites”, 1954-1965
Box 32, Folder 4
Fedorenko, Nikolai T., 1956-1965
Box 32, Folder 5
Field, Marshall, 1943-1954
Box 32, Folder 6
Field, Marshall, Jr., 1947-1964
Box 32, Folder 7
Field, Ruth P., 1956-1965
Box 32, Folder 8
Figueres, Jose, 1955-1963
Box 32, Folder 9
Finletter, Thomas K., 1950-1964
Box 32, Folder 10-11
Finnegan, James A., 1952-1960
Box 33, Folder 1
Fischelis, Robert, 1954-1965
Box 33, Folder 2
Fischer, John, 1953-1962
Box 33, Folder 3
FitzGerald, Frances, 1957-1965
Box 33, Folder 4
Flanagan, William I., 1959-1962
Box 33, Folder 5
Fleeson, Doris, 1948-1965
Box 33, Folder 6
Ford, John Anson, 1952-1962
Box 33, Folder 7
Fortas, Abe, 1952-1964
Box 33, Folder 8
Frankein, George S., Jr., 1961-1963
Box 33, Folder 9
Freeman, Orville, 1954-1963
Box 33, Folder 10
Frigerio, Rogelio, 1961-1963
Box 33, Folder 11
Fritchey, Clayton
1952-1963
Box 33, Folder 12-15
1964-1965
Box 34, Folder 1-3
Fromm, Erich, 1952-1962
Box 34, Folder 4
Fulbright, J. William, 1952-1965
Box 34, Folder 5
Ga - Ge, 1952-1965
Box 34, Folder 6-7
Gh - Gw, 1952-1965
Box 35, Folder 1-6
Gabriel, Alexander, 1963-1964
Box 36, Folder 1
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1952-1965
Box 36, Folder 2
Garrison, Lloyd K., 1938-1965
Box 36, Folder 3-4
Garth, W. LeRoy, 1954-1964
Box 36, Folder 5
Gellhorn, Martha, 1957-1965
Box 36, Folder 6
Gifford, Edith, 1953-1965
Box 36, Folder 7-9
Glassco, Kathryn, 1958-1964
Box 37, Folder 1
Glassford, Deborah L., 1950-1962
Box 37, Folder 2-3
Goetz, Rachel M., 1955-1959
Box 37, Folder 4
Goheen, Robert, 1957-1964
Box 37, Folder 5
Goldberg, Arthur J., 1941-1965
Box 37, Folder 6
Golden, Harry L., 1955-1965
Box 37, Folder 7
Goldman, Olive Remington, 1947-1964
Box 37, Folder 8
Goldwater, Barry, 1962-1964
Box 37, Folder 9
Goodman, Paul, 1965
Box 37, Folder 10
Gore, Albert, 1954-1964
Box 37, Folder 11
Graebel, Richard Paul, 1950-1965
Box 37, Folder 12
Graham, Frank P., 1952-1964
Box 37, Folder 13
Graham, John, 1956-1959
Box 38, Folder 1
Graham, Katharine, 1956-1965
Box 38, Folder 2
Graham, Philip L., 1950-1963
Box 38, Folder 3
Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1960
Box 38, Folder 4
Greeley, Dana McLean, 1958-1964
Box 38, Folder 5
Greenfield, Albert M., 1953-1964
Box 38, Folder 6
Greenfield, Edward L., 1959-1960
Box 38, Folder 7
Gromyko, Andrei, 1946-1961
Box 38, Folder 8
Gruening, Ernest, 1936-1962
Box 38, Folder 9
Gunther, John, 1959-1965
Box 38, Folder 10
Ha - Hat, 1952-1965
Box 38, Folder 11-14
Hau - Houg, 1952-1965
Box 39, Folder 1-6
Hous - Hy, 1952-1965
Box 40, Folder 1-2
Hale, William E., 1952-1962
Box 40, Folder 3
Hamilton, Hamish, 1959-1965
Box 40, Folder 4
Hammarskjold, Dag, 1954-1955
Box 40, Folder 5
Hardin, Adlai S., 1955-1965
Box 40, Folder 6
Hardin, Carol, 1952-1965
Box 40, Folder 7
Hardin, Julia, 1939-1965
Box 40, Folder 8
Harriman, W. Averell, 1952-1963
Box 40, Folder 9
Harris, Seymour E., 1952-1964
Box 40, Folder 10-11
Harrison, Billie Shelton, 1956-1964
Box 40, Folder 12
Harrison, Gilbert A., 1952-1964
Box 40, Folder 13
Hart, George, 1955-1965
Box 40, Folder 14
Hartsfield, William B., 1957-1962
Box 40, Folder 15
Hays, Brooks, 1952-1965
Box 40, Folder 16
Hechler, Ken, 1957-1960
Box 41, Folder 1
Helfrich, Baird, 1952-1961
Box 41, Folder 2
Hines, Mary Elizabeth Borden, 1949-1961
Box 41, Folder 3
Hiss, Alger, 1946-1947
Box 41, Folder 4
Hochschild, Harold, 1955-1964
Box 41, Folder 5
Hodge, Orville, 1956
Box 41, Folder 6
Hodges, Luther, 1954-1965
Box 41, Folder 7
Hoehler, Fred K., 1952-1960
Box 41, Folder 8
Hoffman, Paul G., 1952-1965
Box 41, Folder 9
Horne, John E., 1956-1960
Box 41, Folder 10
Horner, Henry, 1931-1940
Box 41, Folder 11
Humphrey, Hubert, 1952-1965
Box 41, Folder 12-15
Hutchins, Robert M., 1939-1965
Box 42, Folder 1
Huxley, Sir Julian, 1958-1964
Box 42, Folder 2
I, 1952-1965
Box 42, Folder 3-4
Ickes, Harold L., 1934-1951
Box 42, Folder 5
Ives, Elizabeth Stevenson, 1935-1965
Box 42, Folder 6-7
Ives, Ernest, 1932-1962
Box 42, Folder 8
Ives, Timothy, 1957-1965
Box 42, Folder 9
Ja - Jenkins, 1952-1965
Box 42, Folder 10
Jenner - Ju, 1952-1965
Box 43, Folder 1-2
Jackson, Henry M., 1956-1962
Box 43, Folder 3
Jackson, Sir Robert, 1956-1965
Box 43, Folder 4
Janeway, Eliot, 1946-1965
Box 43, Folder 5
Jeffers, Shirley J., 1961
Box 43, Folder 6
Jenkins, Richard, 1951-1956
Box 43, Folder 7
Job Offers
1952
Box 43, Folder 8-9
1953-1957
Box 44, Folder 1-3
Johnson, Gerald, 1952-1965
Box 44, Folder 4-5
Johnson, Lyndon
1953-1964
Box 44, Folder 6-7
1965
Box 45, Folder 1
Johnson, Lady Bird, 1955-1965
Box 45, Folder 2
Johnson, Walter, 1952-1963
Box 45, Folder 3
Joyce, William H., Jr., 1956-1963
Box 45, Folder 4
Ka - Kirk, 1952-1965
Box 45, Folder 5-9
Kirs - Ky, 1952-1965
Box 46, Folder 1-3
Kane, R. Keith, 1945-1965
Box 46, Folder 4
Kaplan, J. M., 1958-1964
Box 46, Folder 5
Karelson, Frank E., 1952-1963
Box 46, Folder 6
Kefauver, Estes, 1950-1963
Box 46, Folder 7-8
Kefauver, Nancy, 1956-1964
Box 46, Folder 9
Kelly, Edward J., 1935-1946
Box 46, Folder 10
Kennan, George, 1953-1963
Box 47, Folder 1
Kennedy, Jacqueline, 1960-1965
Box 47, Folder 2
Kennedy, John F.
1952-1964
Box 47, Folder 3-6
Library, 1964
Box 47, Folder 7
Memorials, 1964
Box 47, Folder 8
Kennedy, Robert, 1956-1964
Box 47, Folder 9
Kent, Roger, 1954-1965
Box 47, Folder 10
Kerner, Otto, 1954-1965
Box 48, Folder 1
Kerr, Jean, 1956-1965
Box 48, Folder 2
Khrushchev, Nikita, 1958-1960
Box 48, Folder 3
Killion, George, 1952-1962
Box 48, Folder 4
Klutznick, Philip M., 1952-1965
Box 48, Folder 5
Kohn, Louis, 1951-1965
Box 48, Folder 6
Kopper, Samuel K.C., 1952-1958
Box 48, Folder 7
Krock, Arthur, 1934-1959
Box 48, Folder 8
L - Lau, 1952-1965
Box 48, Folder 9-11
Lau - Luc, 1952-1965
Box 49, Folder 1-7
Lud - Ly, 1952-1965
Box 50, Folder 1
Lanigan, James, 1953-1964
Box 50, Folder 2
LaPira, Giorgio, 1961-1965
Box 50, Folder 3
Lasker, Mary, 1951-1965
Box 50, Folder 4-5
Lawrence, David L., 1952-1965
Box 50, Folder 6
Leader, George M., 1954-1958
Box 50, Folder 7
Lehman, Herbert H., 1952-1964
Box 50, Folder 8
Leibman, Morris I., 1960-1964
Box 50, Folder 9
Lewis, James Hamilton, 1932-1939
Box 50, Folder 10
Lewis, Kathryn, 1949-1961
Box 50, Folder 11
Lewis, Lloyd, 1941-1949
Box 50, Folder 12
Lie, Trygve, 1947-1963
Box 50, Folder 13
Link, Arthur S., 1955-1957
Box 50, Folder 14
Linowitz, Sol M., 1955-1965
Box 50, Folder 15
Lippmann, Walter, 1944-1965
Box 51, Folder 1
Lucas, Scott, 1940-1956
Box 51, Folder 2
Mc - Ma, 1952-1965
Box 51, Folder 3-8
Mai - Milb, 1952-1965
Box 52, Folder 1-7
Mile - My, 1952-1965
Box 53, Folder 1-7
McCallister, Frank, 1956-1964
Box 53, Folder 8
McCambridge, Mercedes, 1952-1965
Box 54, Folder 1
McClatchy, C. K., 1956-1965
Box 54, Folder 2
McCloskey, Matthew H., 1955-1963
Box 54, Folder 3
McCormack, John W., 1956-1963
Box 54, Folder 4
McCormick, Katherine Dexter, 1941-1962
Box 54, Folder 5
McDougal, Edward, Jr., 1941-1965
Box 54, Folder 6
McGill, Ralph, 1956-1965
Box 54, Folder 7
McGovern, George, 1954-1964
Box 54, Folder 8
McGowan, Carl, 1947-1964
Box 54, Folder 9
McGraw, Max, 1952-1964
Box 54, Folder 10
McGrory, Mary, 1959-1965
Box 54, Folder 11
McKeever, Porter, 1947-1965
Box 54, Folder 12
McKinney, Frank, 1951-1952
Box 54, Folder 13
McLean, Joseph E., 1952-1964
Box 54, Folder 14
MacLeish, Archibald, 1944-1965
Box 54, Folder 15
MacVeagh, Eames, 1955-1958
Box 54, Folder 16
Mahoney, Florence, 1953-1961
Box 55, Folder 1
Major, Stanfield M., 1958
Box 55, Folder 2
Mandell, Joseph L., 1949-1964
Box 55, Folder 3
Manta, John L., 1961-1965
Box 55, Folder 4
Maremont, Arnold H., 1952-1964
Box 55, Folder 5
Marshall, George C., 1947-1956
Box 55, Folder 6
Martin, John Bartlow, 1954-1964
Box 55, Folder 7-9
Martin, Ralph, 1957-1959
Box 55, Folder 10
Matthews, Thomas S., 1940-1963
Box 55, Folder 11
Medico, 1959
Box 55, Folder 12
Medlock, Julie, 1960-1961
Box 55, Folder 13
Mendelsohn, Jack, 1954-1961
Box 55, Folder 14
Mendes-France, Pierre, 1954-1961
Box 55, Folder 15
Menninger, Karl, 1952-1963
Box 55, Folder 16
Menshikov, Mikhail, 1958-1963
Box 55, Folder 17
Merrick, Leland, 1953-1964
Box 56, Folder 1
Merwin, Davis, 1934-1961
Box 56, Folder 2
Merwin, Loring C., 1936-1965
Box 56, Folder 3
Meyer, Agnes, 1953-1958
Box 56, Folder 4-8
Meyer, Agnes, 1959-1965
Box 57, Folder 1-4
Miller, Edward G., Jr., 1946-1960
Box 57, Folder 5
Miller, Francis P., 1937-1960
Box 57, Folder 6
Miller, John S., 1937-1964
Box 57, Folder 7
Minow, Newton, 1952-1960
Box 57, Folder 8
Minow, Newton, 1961-1965
Box 58, Folder 1
Mitchell, Stephen, 1945-1963
Box 58, Folder 2-6
Monroney, Mike, 1952-1964
Box 58, Folder 7
Moore, Bessie, 1952-1963
Box 58, Folder 8
Morgan, Howard, 1952-1963
Box 59, Folder 1
Morse, Wayne, 1952-1964
Box 59, Folder 2
Moses, Robert, 1961-1964
Box 59, Folder 3
Munn, Margaret M., 1953-1965
Box 59, Folder 4
Murray, Pauli, 1959-1964
Box 59, Folder 5
Murrow, Edward, 1959-1965
Box 59, Folder 6
Muskie, Edmund, 1952-1964
Box 59, Folder 7
Musmanno, Michael, 1952-1964
Box 59, Folder 8
N, 1952-1965
Box 59, Folder 9-13
National Issues Committee, 1953-1955
Box 60, Folder 1-2
Nelson, Gaylord A., 1959-1965
Box 60, Folder 3
Neuberger, Richard L., 1946-1960
Box 60, Folder 4-5
Nevins, Allan, 1951-1964
Box 60, Folder 6
New York Bar Association, 1961-1964
Box 60, Folder 7
Newman, Ralph, 1952-1965
Box 60, Folder 8
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1946-1963
Box 60, Folder 9
Nizer, Louis, 1956-1964
Box 60, Folder 10
Noel-Baker, Philip, 1945-1963
Box 60, Folder 11
Oa - Oc, 1945-1963
Box 60, Folder 12
Od - Ox, 1952-1965
Box 61, Folder 1-3
Oates, James F., Jr., 1934-1965
Box 61, Folder 4
Ober, Harold, 1954-1960
Box 61, Folder 5
Pac - Paz, 1952-1965
Box 61, Folder 6-8
Pe - Py, 1952-1965
Box 62, Folder 1-8
Paepcke, Pussy, 1951-1965
Box 63, Folder 1
Palmer, Nancy, 1955-1965
Box 63, Folder 2
Patterson, Alicia, 1948-1962
Box 63, Folder 3-5
Patton, James G., 1952-1964
Box 63, Folder 6
Peabody, Endicott, 1957-1965
Box 63, Folder 7
Pearson, Lester, 1957-1964
Box 63, Folder 8
Pell, Claiborne, 1953-1964
Box 63, Folder 9
Pepper, Claude, 1938-1964
Box 63, Folder 10
Perlman, Philip B., 1948-1956
Box 63, Folder 11
“Plains of Hesitation”, 1952-1956
Box 63, Folder 12
Plimpton, Francis T.P., 1935-1965
Box 63, Folder 13
Porter, Charles O., 1960-1962
Box 63, Folder 14
Princeton University, 1937-1965
Box 63, Folder 15
Proxmire, William, 1952-1964
Box 64, Folder 1
Pugwash Conferences, 1959-1961
Box 64, Folder 2
Q, 1952-1965
Box 64, Folder 3
Ra - Rodg, 1952-1965
Box 64, Folder 4-9
Rodi - Ry, 1952-1965
Box 65, Folder 1-4
Rajagopalachari, Charkravarti, 1956-1962
Box 65, Folder 5
Ramsay, Caroline, 1957-1964
Box 65, Folder 6
Rawlings, Calvin, 1952-1961
Box 65, Folder 7
Rayburn, Sam, 1952-1961
Box 65, Folder 8
Recommendations
1949-1957
Box 65, Folder 9-10
1958-1961
Box 66, Folder 1-5
Reiner, Gabriel, 1958-1965
Box 66, Folder 6
Requests to Intercede, 1963-1965
Box 66, Folder 7
Reuther, Victor, 1958-1964
Box 66, Folder 8
Reuther, Walter, 1952-1964
Box 66, Folder 9
Reynolds Metals Co.
1955-1956
Box 66, Folder 10
1957-1961
Box 67, Folder 1-7
Rhyne, Charles S., 1957-1965
Box 68, Folder 1
Riba, Leander W., 1956-1965
Box 68, Folder 2
Ribicoff, Abraham A., 1954-1963
Box 68, Folder 3
Riesman, David, 1958-1962
Box 68, Folder 4
Rifland, Simon H., 1957-1965
Box 68, Folder 5
Roberts, Dennis J., 1952-1958
Box 68, Folder 6
Roosevelt, Eleanor
1947-1962
Box 68, Folder 7-11
1962
Box 69, Folder 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1940-1945
Box 69, Folder 2
Roosevelt, James, 1948-1964
Box 69, Folder 3-4
Roper, Elmo, 1952-1964
Box 69, Folder 5
Rosenberg, Fritz, 1955-1965
Box 69, Folder 6
Rosenman, Samuel I., 1952-1956
Box 69, Folder 7
Rosenthal, Beatrice Holt, 1956
Box 69, Folder 8
Rostow, Eugene V., 1944-1964
Box 69, Folder 9
Rostow, W. W., 1954-1962
Box 69, Folder 10-11
Rounds, Frank Wendell, Jr., 1952-1965
Box 69, Folder 12
Rowe, James, Jr., 1953-1960
Box 69, Folder 13
Ruml, Beardsley, 1947-1958
Box 70, Folder 1
Rusk, Dean, 1947-1965
Box 70, Folder 2-3
Rusk, Howard, 1955-1956
Box 70, Folder 4
Russell, Richard, 1943-1956
Box 70, Folder 5
Rust, Franklin, 1952-1964
Box 70, Folder 6
Sa - Sc, 1952-1965
Box 70, Folder 7-11
Se - Smi, 1952-1965
Box 71, Folder 1-8
Smo - Stra, 1952-1965
Box 72, Folder 1-8
Stre - Sz, 1952-1965
Box 73, Folder 1-3
Salisbury, Harrison E., 1956-1964
Box 73, Folder 4
Samuel, Ralph E., 1956
Box 73, Folder 5
Sandburg, Carl, 1950-1965
Box 73, Folder 6
Schary, Dore, 1952-1965
Box 73, Folder 7
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
1950-1958
Box 73, Folder 8-11
1959-1965
Box 74, Folder 1-2
Schulz, Alfred E., 1958-1964
Box 74, Folder 3
Schweitzer, Albert, 1954-1965
Box 74, Folder 4-5
Separated Families
1958-1960
Box 74, Folder 6-9
1961-1964
Box 75, Folder 1
Sevareid, Eric, 1942-1962
Box 75, Folder 2
Sharon, John, 1953-1964
Box 75, Folder 3
Shaw, Charles, 1956
Box 75, Folder 4
Sheean, Vincent, 1949-1964
Box 75, Folder 5
Sherwood, Robert, 1943-1957
Box 75, Folder 6
Shirpser, Clara, 1952-1964
Box 75, Folder 7
Shriver, Sargent, 1952-1964
Box 75, Folder 8
Sicre, Betty, 1960-1965
Box 75, Folder 9
Sicre, Ricardo, 1961-1965
Box 75, Folder 10
Simon, Paul, 1954-1963
Box 75, Folder 11
Smith, Adele Dunlap, 1956-1965
Box 75, Folder 12
Smith, Hermon Dunlap, 1935-1965
Box 75, Folder 13
Sparkman, John, 1952-1964
Box 75, Folder 14
Spears, Sir E. Louis, 1948-1964
Box 75, Folder 15
Spears, Lady Mary, 1949-1965
Box 76, Folder 1-2
Spencer, Richard, 1952-1961
Box 76, Folder 3
Spingarn, Prome H., 1958-1959
Box 76, Folder 4
Spingarn, Stephen J., 1952-1957
Box 76, Folder 5
Spitty, Lester, 1955
Box 76, Folder 6
Spivack, Sidney S., 1937-1964
Box 76, Folder 7
Spivak, Lawrence, 1952-1965
Box 76, Folder 8
Staebler, Neil, 1952-1964
Box 76, Folder 9
Stanton, Frank, 1953-1964
Box 76, Folder 10
Steele, John L., 1955-1963
Box 76, Folder 11
Steinbeck, John, 1952-1964
Box 77, Folder 1-2
Stephan, Ruth, 1939-1965
Box 77, Folder 3
Stern, Philip, 1954-1964
Box 77, Folder 4
Stevens, Lewis, 1955-1964
Box 77, Folder 5
Stevens, Richard, 1952-1963
Box 77, Folder 6
Stevens, Roger, 1941-1964
Box 77, Folder 7
Stevenson, Adlai E. III
1943-1964
Box 77, Folder 8-12
1965
Box 78, Folder 1
Stevenson, Borden, 1947-1965
Box 78, Folder 2
Stevenson, Ellen Borden, 1933-1965
Box 78, Folder 3-5
Stevenson, John Fell, 1956-1965
Box 78, Folder 6-9
Stevenson, Nancy Anderson, 1954-1965
Box 79, Folder 1-2
Stevenson, Natalie Owings, 1962-1965
Box 79, Folder 3
Stevenson, William E., 1944-1965
Box 79, Folder 4
Streit, Clarence, 1955-1964
Box 79, Folder 5
Stritch, Samuel Cardinal (Archbishop of Chicago), 1949-1958
Box 79, Folder 6
Swig, Benjamin H., 1954-1965
Box 79, Folder 7-8
Swing, Raymond, 1944-1958
Box 79, Folder 9
Symington, Stuart, 1954-1964
Box 79, Folder 10
Ta - Thol, 1952-1965
Box 79, Folder 11-12
Thom - Ty, 1952-1965
Box 80, Folder 1-5
Taylor, Harold, 1960-1964
Box 80, Folder 6
Taylor, Wayne C., 1935-1948
Box 80, Folder 7
Tempelsman, Maurice, 1955, 1960-1965
Box 80, Folder 8
Texas, 1953-1954
Box 80, Folder 9
Thank You Letters
1948-1959
Box 81, Folder 1-8
1959-1964
Box 82, Folder 1-5
Thant, U, 1961-1965
Box 82, Folder 6
Thomas, Norman, 1952-1965
Box 82, Folder 7
Thompson, Frank, 1954-1960
Box 82, Folder 8
Tillett, Gladys, 1956-1963
Box 82, Folder 9
Time Magazine, 1952-1965
Box 82, Folder 10
Topping, Harry L., 1953-1961
Box 82, Folder 11
Tree, Marietta, 1952-1965
Box 83, Folder 1
Tree, Ronald, 1948-1963
Box 83, Folder 2
Truman, Harry S., 1945-1965
Box 83, Folder 3-5
Tucci, Niccolo, 1954-1960
Box 83, Folder 6
Tucker, Robert C., 1955-1963
Box 83, Folder 7
Tufts, Robert, 1952-1958,, 1962
Box 83, Folder 8
Tyler, S. Roger, 1962-1964
Box 83, Folder 9
U, 1941-1964
Box 83, Folder 10
U. S. News & World Report, 1952,, 1961
Box 83, Folder 11
Urquhart, Clara, 1955-1961
Box 84, Folder 1
V, 1952-1965
Box 84, Folder 2-3
Vanderbilt, William H., 1957-1958
Box 84, Folder 4
Van der Straeten, Edgar, 1961-1962
Box 84, Folder 5
Van Dusen, Henry P., 1940-1965
Box 84, Folder 6
Villemain, Francis T., 1961-1962
Box 84, Folder 7
Vrooman, Julia, 1941-1965
Box 84, Folder 8
Wa - Was, 1930,, 1952-1965
Box 84, Folder 9-11
Wat - Wi, 1952-1965
Box 85, Folder 1-7
Wo - Wy, 1952-1965
Box 86, Folder 1-2
Wagner, Lawrence, 1953-1960
Box 86, Folder 3
Wagner, Robert F., 1952-1964
Box 86, Folder 4
Walker, Kenneth, 1948-1963
Box 86, Folder 5
Wallace, Henry A., 1938-1956
Box 86, Folder 6
Walsh, Chad, 1953-1960
Box 86, Folder 7
Walstead, Elliot N., 1954-1956
Box 86, Folder 8
Warburg, James P., 1947-1964
Box 86, Folder 9-10
Ward, Barbara
1954-1956
Box 86, Folder 11
1957-May 1963
Box 87, Folder 1-6
\ Jun 1963-1965
Box 88, Folder 1-6
Washington, 1954
Box 88, Folder 7
Washington Post, 1963
Box 88, Folder 8
Wechsler, James, 1952-1965
Box 88, Folder 9
Weinstein, Jacob, 1948-1964
Box 89, Folder 1
Weinstein, Jerome, 1956
Box 89, Folder 2
Welling, Harriet, 1944-1961
Box 89, Folder 3
Wertheimer, Ilka, 1955-1964
Box 89, Folder 4
Weymouth, Elizabeth Graham, 1963-1965
Box 89, Folder 5
Wharton, John F., 1958-1965
Box 89, Folder 6
White, Harris Dexter, 1953
Box 89, Folder 7
White, Hugh, 1952-1960
Box 89, Folder 8
White, Theodore H., 1954-1965
Box 89, Folder 9
Whitners, Elizabeth, 1956-1965
Box 89, Folder 10
Wilkins, Roy, 1952-1963
Box 89, Folder 11
Will, Hubert L., 1956-1965
Box 89, Folder 12
Williams, G. Mennen, 1949-1964
Box 89, Folder 13
Williams, Harrison A., Jr., 1954-1962
Box 89, Folder 14
Wirtz, W. Willard, 1952-1965
Box 89, Folder 15
Woetzel, Robert, 1953-1961
Box 89, Folder 16
Woodward, Robert F., 1961-1964
Box 89, Folder 17
Woodward, Stanley, 1952-1964
Box 90, Folder 1
Woodward, Thomas M., 1935-1963
Box 90, Folder 2
Wright, Quincy, 1946-1963
Box 90, Folder 3
Wrzos, Conrad, 1957-1965
Box 90, Folder 4-5
Wyatt, Wilson, 1948-1965
Box 90, Folder 6-7
Wylie, Jean M., 1956-1965
Box 90, Folder 8
X-Y, 1952-1965
Box 90, Folder 9
Yarborough, Ralph, 1952-1965
Box 90, Folder 10
Yates, Sidney, 1952-1964
Box 90, Folder 11
Yoakum, Robert H.
1954-Sep 1958
Box 90, Folder 12
Oct 1958-1965
Box 91, Folder 1
Yorty, Samuel William, 1952-1956
Box 91, Folder 2
Yost, Charles, 1961-1965
Box 91, Folder 3
Young, Roy E., 1956-1964
Box 91, Folder 4
Z, 1952-1965
Box 91, Folder 5
Zellerbach, Harold, 1956-1961
Box 91, Folder 6
Ziffren, Paul, 1952-1963
Box 91, Folder 7
Zorin, Valerian, 1961-1963
Box 91, Folder 8

Subseries 1B: Sampled Correspondence, 1952-1965

(Boxes 91-123)

Subseries Description

Subseries 1B: Sampled Correspondence, consists of a sample of letters and clippings received by Adlai E. Stevenson during and following his two unsuccessful presidential campaigns, as well as during his tenure as U.N. ambassador. The bulk of the correspondence is arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent. Some of the correspondence pertaining to his presidential campaigns has been arranged by state. State files are arranged by the correspondent's state of residence, then alphabetically within each folder. The sampled correspondence, primarily letters received from the general public, was reduced by ninety percent by employing standard statistical sampling methods. The majority of the letters were written by supporters, including loyal Democrats, those who identified with Stevenson, female admirers, and young fans. Stevenson's responses range from personalized to form letters, with the majority taking the latter form. The responses were often written and signed by staff members such as Carol Evans or William McC. Blair, Jr., although some were signed by the Governor himself.

Pre-Election, 1952
Ad - Af
Box 91, Folder 9
Au - Az
Box 91, Folder 10
Ba - Be
Box 91, Folder 11-12
Bo
Box 92, Folder 1
Bu
Box 92, Folder 2
Chap - Chri
Box 92, Folder 3-4
Co
Box 92, Folder 5
Dav - De
Box 92, Folder 6-7
Du
Box 92, Folder 8
Ev - Farl
Box 93, Folder 1-2
Franc - Franz
Box 93, Folder 3
Gi - Gl
Box 93, Folder 4
Gri - Gro
Box 93, Folder 5
Harriss - Hatf
Box 93, Folder 6-7
Hing - Hiz
Box 93, Folder 8
Hul - Hunt
Box 93, Folder 9
Jor - Joyc
Box 94, Folder 1
Kim - Kin
Box 94, Folder 2
Lane - Lanz
Box 94, Folder 3
Lewk - Lil
Box 94, Folder 4
MacCan - McCas
Box 94, Folder 5
Maj - Mal
Box 94, Folder 6
Mes - Meyer
Box 94, Folder 7
Meyers - Mille
Box 95, Folder 1
Mos - Mulla
Box 95, Folder 2-3
Od - Om
Box 95, Folder 4-5
Penn - Per
Box 95, Folder 6
Pru - Q
Box 95, Folder 7-8
Robins - Rode
Box 96, Folder 1
Sap - Sau
Box 96, Folder 2
Schect - Shew
Box 96, Folder 3
Spi - Stal
Box 96, Folder 4
Sum - Swal
Box 96, Folder 5
Toa - Trea
Box 96, Folder 6-7
Waldm - Walk
Box 96, Folder 8
White - Wickl
Box 97, Folder 1
Woods - Wre
Box 97, Folder 2
Post-Election, 1952
Fairbank - Fulton
Box 97, Folder 3-4
Rabbino - Ryweck
Box 97, Folder 5-6
Do - Dz, 1953
Box 97, Folder 7
Me - Mz, 1953
Box 97, Folder 8
Wa - We, 1953
Box 98, Folder 1
Coash - Coyne, 1954
Box 98, Folder 2-4
Gi - Laz, 1954
Box 98, Folder 5-7
Pearl - Pelly, 1954
Box 98, Folder 8
Sn - Sr, 1954
Box 99, Folder 1
Bab - Bel, 1955
Box 99, Folder 2-3
Cen - Cox, 1955
Box 99, Folder 4-6
Cra - Cza, 1955
Box 100, Folder 1
Gra - Gwi, 1955
Box 100, Folder 2
Hac - Har, 1955
Box 100, Folder 3-4
Leg - Lew, 1955
Box 100, Folder 5
Pas - Per, 1955
Box 100, Folder 6
Sk - Sq, 1955
Box 100, Folder 7
St, 1955
Box 101, Folder 1
Wit, 1955
Box 101, Folder 2
Pre-Election, 1956
Bas - Baz
Box 101, Folder 3-4
Bea - Bej
Box 101, Folder 5
Bru - Brz
Box 101, Folder 6
Clarke - Cly
Box 101, Folder 7
Coa - Coh
Box 102, Folder 1
Der - Dez
Box 102, Folder 2-3
Dh - Di
Box 102, Folder 4
Fea - Few
Box 102, Folder 5-6
Gl
Box 102, Folder 7
Hare - Harrin
Box 103, Folder 1
Hollan - Holz
Box 103, Folder 2-3
Jon - Jor
Box 103, Folder 4
Las - Laz
Box 103, Folder 5
Lc - Len
Box 103, Folder 6-7
Mara - Mars
Box 103, Folder 8
Mart - Marz
Box 104, Folder 1
Mur - Nay
Box 104, Folder 2-4
Nea - Nei
Box 104, Folder 5
Ph - Pi
Box 104, Folder 6-7
Roach - Robeson
Box 104, Folder 8
Robichaud - Rodwick
Box 105, Folder 1
Scifres - Scully
Box 105, Folder 2
Spackman - Spear
Box 105, Folder 3
Spickard - Srdar
Box 105, Folder 4
Alaska Primary Campaign, June-July 1956
Box 105, Folder 5
Thompson - Thyen, 1956
Box 105, Folder 6-7
Wead - Wehrman, 1956
Box 105, Folder 8
Wei - Weitzel, 1956
Box 105, Folder 9
Zabel - Zaret, 1956
Box 106, Folder 1
Zeale - Zytkowicz, 1956
Box 106, Folder 2
1956, Post-Election
Aaronson - Alexander
Box 106, Folder 3
Allen - Azadian
Box 106, Folder 4
Gafni - Greiner
Box 106, Folder 5-7
Grieser - Guzman
Box 106, Folder 8
Nachmanson - Nylund
Box 107, Folder 1
Oberfelder - Oxford
Box 107, Folder 2
Pace - Phillips
Box 107, Folder 3
Pickey - Quinn
Box 107, Folder 4
Babington - Baxter, 1957
Box 107, Folder 5
Gafni - Gillespie, 1957
Box 107, Folder 6-7
Merriam - Milgram, 1957
Box 107, Folder 8
Millar - Mizkiwicz, 1957
Box 108, Folder 1
Stallcup - Story, 1957
Box 108, Folder 2
Stout - Povolny, 1957
Box 108, Folder 3
Achelis - Armon, 1958
Box 108, Folder 4
Dockhorn - Dwight, 1958
Box 108, Folder 5
Kabakoff - Kessler, 1958
Box 108, Folder 6-7
Page - Petty, 1958
Box 108, Folder 8-9
Steel - Szivos, 1958
Box 109, Folder 1-2
Requests, 1958
Hale - Jorgensen
Box 109, Folder 3
Kaap - Lyons
Box 109, Folder 4
Edgerton - Ewing, 1959
Box 109, Folder 5
Fabro - Funk, 1959
Box 109, Folder 6-7
Oakes - Ownby, 1959
Box 109, Folder 8
Requests, 1959
Callahan - Clinchy
Box 109, Folder 9
Curman - Clutter
Box 110, Folder 1
Sachar - Schmidt
Box 110, Folder 2
Scholes - Stringer
Box 110, Folder 3
Presidential Candidacy, 1960
Ea - Ew
Box 110, Folder 4
Fong - Futcher
Box 110, Folder 5
Licklider - Llewellyn
Box 110, Folder 6
Siemon - Sprague, 1960
Box 110, Folder 7
Condolences
Halberstaedter - Joseph, 1960
Box 111, Folder 1
Requests
Eden - Evergreen, 1960
Box 111, Folder 2
Cavanaugh - Peterson, 1960
Box 111, Folder 3
Randolph - Thompson, 1960
Box 111, Folder 4
Tarler - Pannitt, 1960
Box 111, Folder 5
United Nations, McAllen - Myers, 1960
Box 111, Folder 6
Kareleen - Luna, 1960
Box 111, Folder 7
McCarthy - Myers, 1961
Box 112, Folder 1
Osbourne - Rogowitz, 1962
Box 112, Folder 2
Public Affairs, 1963
Bogdan - Byron
Box 112, Folder 3-4
La - Lei
Box 112, Folder 5
Scala - Sevetson
Box 112, Folder 6
Public Affairs, Kahn - Myers, 1964
Box 112, Folder 7-8
A - B, August 1964
Box 113, Folder 1-2
Public Affair, 1964
Clelland - Czechoslovak
Box 113, Folder 3-4
Labiner - Lyden
Box 113, Folder 5-6
Special - Syracuse
Box 113, Folder 7-8
Tabasko - Thompson
Box 114, Folder 1
Thorman - Tyler
Box 114, Folder 2
Rach - Siegel, 1965
Box 114, Folder 3
Smalley - Southard, 1965
Box 114, Folder 4
Acknowledged by form letter, A, January 1965
Box 114, Folder 5
Acknowledged by form letter, B, January 1965
Box 114, Folder 6
Public Affairs, 1965
Ableser - Admur
Box 114, Folder 7
American Association - American Radio
Box 114, Folder 8
Ammerman - Aznar
Box 114, Folder 9
Macleod
Box 115, Folder 1
Milenko
Box 115, Folder 2
Mosher
Box 115, Folder 3
Arizona, Allen - Woody, 1952
Box 115, Folder 4
California, Saemen - Switzer, 1952
Box 115, Folder 5-6
California, 1952
Box 115, Folder 7-8
California, 1952
Box 116, Folder 1-7
California, Apple - Hull, 1952
Box 116, Folder 8
Florida, 1952
Box 117, Folder 1-2
Foreign Countries, 1952
Box 117, Folder 3-4
Illinois, 1952
Box 117, Folder 5-7
Illinois, 1952
Box 118, Folder 1-3
Iowa, 1952
Box 118, Folder 4
Kansas, 1952
Box 118, Folder 5
Maryland, 1952
Box 118, Folder 6-7
Massachusetts, 1952
Box 118, Folder 8-9
Massachusetts, 1952
Box 119, Folder 1
Michigan, 1952
Box 119, Folder 2
Missouri, 1952
Box 119, Folder 3-4
Post-Election, 1952
New Jersey
Box 119, Folder 5-8
New York
Box 120, Folder 1-6
New York
Box 121, Folder 1
North Carolina
Box 121, Folder 2-3
Oklahoma
Box 121, Folder 4
Pennsylvania
Box 121, Folder 5-8
Texas
Box 122, Folder 1-2
Virginia
Box 122, Folder 3-6
Wisconsin
Box 122, Folder 7-8
Pre-Election, 1956
California, Ferber - van Gundy
Box 122, Folder 9
Colorado
Box 122, Folder 10
Idaho
Box 123, Folder 1
Maine
Box 123, Folder 2
New Hampshire
Box 123, Folder 3
New Jersey
Box 123, Folder 4-5
Ohio
Box 123, Folder 6-8
Vermont
Box 123, Folder 9
Virginia
Box 123, Folder 10-11

Series 2: Speeches, 1936-1965

(Boxes 123-201)

Series Description

Series 2: Speeches, includes drafts, reading copies, final copies, newspaper clippings, press releases and published versions of speeches, statements, and interviews given by Stevenson. Although some speeches predate Stevenson's political career, the majority date from his election as Governor of Illinois (1948) and cover the subsequent seventeen years of his public and political life. Speeches are particularly numerous for those years in which he was campaigning for the presidency (1952 and 1956) or actively seeking the party nomination (1955).

Stevenson's speeches address a variety of issues and topics including education, civil rights, party politics, agriculture, housing, labor, taxes and international relations, particularly the spread of Communism and the Cold War. Subject access to the speeches is provided by the “Adlaipedia,” a subject index for speeches from 1936 to 1959 (Boxes 197-201). There are also chronological lists for campaign speeches, giving the date of the speech and where it was given. A card index lists speeches given from 1952 to 1956 chronologically by date and alphabetically by the city where it was delivered (Box 196).

While many of Stevenson's speeches were given for campaign purposes, he also frequently gave commencement addresses, eulogies, dedications, opening speeches, and acceptance speeches for many honorary degrees. Stevenson eulogized such notables as Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Winston Churchill, as well as friends and neighbors in Illinois. As a leading voice for the Democratic Party throughout the 1950s, Stevenson spoke at political fundraisers and campaigned for others seeking political office, most notably John F. Kennedy in 1960. Also of note are the speeches and addresses given by Stevenson as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, including his infamous dressing down of Valerian Zorin in the Security Council on October 23, 1962 during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Interestingly, Stevenson's reading copy of this speech was initially torn in half and discarded by a secretary, who later retrieved it when she realized it might be important. During his tenure at the United Nations, Stevenson co-hosted a biweekly television show, Adlai Stevenson Reports, produced by Arnold Michaelis and Stanley Frankel. Transcripts and Stevenson's preparatory notes for this show are included.

The speeches reveal not only Stevenson's ideas on issues but also the assistance he received from various business and political associates, including Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Archibald MacLeish, William McC. Blair, Jr., Newton Minow, Willard W. Wirtz, and Clayton Fritchey, all of whom often drafted speeches for him. Speech drafting began as early as several months prior to the event. The reading copies of the speeches reveal that Stevenson continued editing until the very last moment.

18 May 1936 - 25 February 1939
Box 123, Folder 12
22 October 1939 - 25 March 1948
Box 124, Folder 1-8
5 April 1948 - 10 January 1949
Box 125, Folder 1-7
10 January 1949 - 21 October 1949
Box 126, Folder 1-7
24 October 1949 - 27 January 1950
Box 127, Folder 1-7
2 February 1950 - 20 May 1950
Box 128, Folder 1-6
23 May 1950 - 4 September 1950
Box 129, Folder 1-7
8 September 1950 - 1 December 1950
Box 130, Folder 1-7
1 December 1950 - 16 May 1951
Box 131, Folder 1-7
17 May 1951 - 20 October 1951
Box 132, Folder 1-7
22 October 1951 - 24 February 1952
Box 133, Folder 1-8
26 February 1952 - 20 May 1952
Box 134, Folder 1-7
22 May 1952 - 22 August 1952
Box 135, Folder 1-7
27 August 1952 - 5 September 1952
Box 136, Folder 1-7
5 September 1952 - 11 September 1952
Box 137, Folder 1-7
11 September 1952 - 19 September 1952
Box 138, Folder 1-7
20 September 1952 - 26 September 1952
Box 139, Folder 1-6
26 September 1952 - 4 October 1952
Box 140, Folder 1-6
4 October 1952 - 9 October 1952
Box 141, Folder 1-7
9 October 1952 - 14 October 1952
Box 142, Folder 1-6
15 October 1952 - 18 October 1952
Box 143, Folder 1-7
18 October 1952 - 27 October 1952
Box 144, Folder 1-8
27 October 1952 - 1 November 1952
Box 145, Folder 1-7
2 November 1952 - 13 December 1952
Box 146, Folder 1-2
Summaries/Excerpts, 1952
Box 146, Folder 3-7
6 January 1953 - 7 January 1953
Box 146, Folder 8
7 January 1953 - 6 March 1954
Box 147, Folder 1-7
6 March 1954 - 27 May 1954
Box 148, Folder 1-7
5 June 1954 - 25 September 1954
Box 149, Folder 1-6
29 September 1954 - 22 March 1955
Box 150, Folder 1-7
24 March 1955 - 6 June 1955
Box 151, Folder 1-7
7 June 1955 - 12 November 1955
Box 152, Folder 1-6
15 November 1955 - 27 February 1956
Box 153, Folder 1-7
27 February 1956 - 9 April 1956
Box 154, Folder 1-7
10 April 1956 - 8 May 1956
Box 155, Folder 1-8
9 May 1956 - 14 June 1956
Box 156, Folder 1-7
17 June 1956 - 5 September 1956
Box 157, Folder 1-8
5 September 1956 - 20 September 1956
Box 158, Folder 1-7
22 September 1956 - 28 September 1956
Box 159, Folder 1-6
29 September 1956 - 6 October 1956
Box 160, Folder 1-6
9 October 1956 - 17 October 1956
Box 161, Folder 1-6
17 October 1956 - 26 October 1956
Box 162, Folder 1-7
26 October 1956 - 1 November 1956
Box 163, Folder 1-9
2 November 1956 - 5 November 1956
Box 164, Folder 1-5
Excerpts - Agriculture
Box 164, Folder 6
Excerpts - Civil Rights - Foreign Policy
Box 164, Folder 7
3 January 1957 - 16 February 1957
Box 164, Folder 8-9
2 March 1957 - 12 December 1957
Box 165, Folder 1-7
16 December 1957 - 29 March 1958
Box 166, Folder 1-8
30 March 1958 - 30 September 1958
Box 167, Folder 1-8
30 September 1958 - 18 January 1959
Box 168, Folder 1-6
23 January 1959 - 29 May 1959
Box 169, Folder 1-7
6 June 1959 - 8 December 1959
Box 170, Folder 1-6
7 March 1960 - 26 May 1960
Box 171, Folder 1-6
1 June 1960 - 14 September 1960
Box 172, Folder 1-6
15 September 1960 - 27 October 1960
Box 173, Folder 1-7
27 October 1960 - 14 April 1961
Box 174, Folder 1-7
15 April 1961 - 26 September 1961
Box 175, Folder 1-7
1 October 1961 - 29 November 1961
Box 176, Folder 1-6
1 December 1961 - 6 March 1962
Box 177, Folder 1-6
7 March 1962 - 19 June 1962
Box 178, Folder 1-7
22 June 1962 - 15 October 1962
Box 179, Folder 1-7
18 October 1962 - 22 January 1963
Box 180, Folder 1-8
22 January 1963 - 19 April 1963
Box 181, Folder 1-8
22 April 1963 - 12 June 1963
Box 182, Folder 1-7
20 June 1963 - 21 October 1963
Box 183, Folder 1-7
22 October 1963 - 9 January 1964
Box 184, Folder 1-7
10 January 1964 - 23 March 1964
Box 185, Folder 1-7
28 March 1964 - 15 May 1964
Box 186, Folder 1-7
16 May 1964 - 21 May 1964
Box 187, Folder 1-7
5 August 1964 - 29 September 1964
Box 188, Folder 1-7
2 October 1964 - 22 October 1964
Box 189, Folder 1-7
24 October 1964 - 14 December 1964
Box 190, Folder 1-6
20 December 1964 - 20 February 1965
Box 191, Folder 1-7
27 February 1965 - 22 April 1965
Box 192, Folder 1-6
26 April 1965 - 28 May 1965
Box 193, Folder 1-7
28 May 1965 - 17 June 1965
Box 194, Folder 1-7
18 June 1965 - 9 July 1965
Box 195, Folder 1-3
Lists
Box 195, Folder 4
Chronological List - Speeches, Publications, Recordings, etc.
Box 195, Folder 5
Campaign Speeches
Box 195, Folder 6-7
Indices (Incomplete)
Box 195, Folder 8
Speeches and Appearances (Chronological Index)
Box 196, Folder
Indices (Incomplete)
Box 197, Folder 1
Gubernatorial Speeches
Box 197, Folder 2
Adlaipedia:
Agriculture
Box 197, Folder 3
Atomic Power
Box 197, Folder 4
Domestic Policy
pp. i - 52
Box 197, Folder 5
pp. 53 - Appendix
Box 197, Folder 6
Economics, pp. 73 - Appendix
Box 198, Folder 1
Education
Volume I
Box 198, Folder 2
Volume II
Box 198, Folder 3
Foreign Affairs
Volume I
Box 198, Folder 4
Volume II
Box 198, Folder 5
Volume III
Box 198, Folder 6
Volume IV
Box 199, Folder 1
Volume V, pp. 351 - 412
Box 199, Folder 2
Volume V, pp. 413 - 465
Box 199, Folder 3
Volume VI
Box 199, Folder 4
Volume VII
Box 199, Folder 5
Appendix A
Box 199, Folder 6
Foreign Policy
Volume I, pp. 1 - 129
Box 199, Folder 7
Volume I, pp. 130 - 308
Box 200, Folder 1
Volume II
Box 200, Folder 2
Freedom
General
Box 200, Folder 3
Civil Liberties
Box 200, Folder 4
Civil Rights
Box 200, Folder 5
Health
Box 200, Folder 6
Housing
Box 201, Folder 1
Labor
Box 201, Folder 2

Series 3: Writings, 1917-1965

(Boxes 201-212)

Series Description

Series 3: Writings, is arranged chronologically and includes drafts, background materials, galley proofs, and reviews of articles and books that Stevenson wrote during his career. Published versions of newspaper and magazine articles are included. The topics Stevenson addressed vary, but primarily include state and national politics, social services, campaign reform, the Soviet Union, and his travels. Stevenson's writings prior to 1952 were published in local magazines and newspapers, including the Chicago Sun, Illinois Law Review, and Illinois Policeman and Police Journal. As Stevenson gained national prominence, his articles reached wider audiences through publications such as Look, The New York Times Book Review, and Life. This series also includes position papers Stevenson prepared for his 1956 presidential campaign on a variety of topics, including senior citizens, education, and natural resources. Many of his speeches were adapted into articles, or were simply reprinted in Vital Speeches and alumni magazines of the various colleges and universities at which he gave commencement addresses. The numerous drafts of Stevenson's articles reveal not only his tenacity when preparing written work, but also the heavy editorial assistance he received from his law associates and friends in publishing, such as Cass Canfield and William Benton.

General
1917-1951
Box 201, Folder 3-7
1952-1953
Box 202, Folder 1-5
Look
1953
Box 202, Folder 6
Drafts, 1953
Box 202, Folder 7-8
Drafts, 1953
Box 203, Folder 1
Major Campaign Speeches
1953
Box 203, Folder 2
Draft, 1953
Box 203, Folder 3-5
Reviews, 1953
Box 203, Folder 6
General, 1954
Box 203, Folder 7-8
Call to Greatness
1954
Box 203, Folder 9
Correspondence, 1954
Box 204, Folder 1
Drafts, 1954
Box 204, Folder 2
Reviews, 1954
Box 204, Folder 3-4
A Journey to a Troubled World
1954
Box 204, Folder 5
Draft, 1954
Box 204, Folder 6-8
Draft, 1954
Box 205, Folder 1-4
General, 1955
Box 205, Folder 5-6
Fortune
“My Faith in Democratic Capitalism”, 1955
Box 205, Folder 7
Drafts, 1955
Box 205, Folder 8
Look
“Memo to the President”, 1955
Box 206, Folder 1
“A Month in Africa”, 1955
Box 206, Folder 2
General, 1956
Box 206, Folder 3
“The New America: A Program for Children”
1956
Box 206, Folder 4
“The New America: A Program for Education”
1956
Box 206, Folder 5
Drafts, 1956
Box 206, Folder 6
“The New America: A Program for the Nation's Health”
1956
Box 206, Folder 7
“The New America: A Program for Our Natural Resources”
1956
Box 206, Folder 8
1956
Box 207, Folder 1
“The New America: A Program for Older Citizens”
1956
Box 207, Folder 2
“The New America: A Program for the True Economy”
1956
Box 207, Folder 3
What I Think
Correspondence, 1956
Box 207, Folder 4
Drafts, 1956
Box 207, Folder 5
Reviews, 1956
Box 207, Folder 6
General, 1957
Box 207, Folder 7
Colonialism
1957
Box 207, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1957
Box 208, Folder 1
Look, “Why I Raised the H-Bomb Issue”
1957
Box 208, Folder 2
The Lunatic Fringe
Review, 1957
Box 208, Folder 3
The New America
Correspondence, 1957
Box 208, Folder 4
Drafts, 1957
Box 208, Folder 5
General, 1958
Box 208, Folder 6
“Stevenson Reports on Russia”
Correspondence, 1958
Box 208, Folder 7
Articles 1-4, 1958
Box 208, Folder 8
Articles 5-12, 1958
Box 209, Folder 1-3
Newsclippings, 1958
Box 209, Folder 4
General, 1958-1959
Box 209, Folder 5-6
Friends and Enemies
Correspondence, 1959
Box 209, Folder 7
Introduction, 1959
Box 210, Folder 1
1959
Box 210, Folder 2
Reviews, 1959
Box 210, Folder 3
New York Times, “Elm Street Politics”
Review, 1959
Box 210, Folder 4
General, 1960
Box 210, Folder 5
Foreign Affairs, “Putting First Things First”
Correspondence, 1960
Box 210, Folder 6
Drafts, 1960
Box 210, Folder 7-8
Life, “National Purpose”
1960
Box 210, Folder 9
Drafts, 1960
Box 211, Folder 1
Look, “Our Plight in Latin America”, 1960
Box 211, Folder 2
New York Times Magazine, “Why the World Looks to the U.N.”, 1960
Box 211, Folder 3
Putting First Things First
Correspondence, 1960
Box 211, Folder 4
Galley Proofs, 1960
Box 211, Folder 5
Reviews, 1960
Box 211, Folder 6
This Week Magazine, “A New Plan for Presidential Campaigns”, 1960
Box 211, Folder 7
General
Apr-Sep 1961
Box 211, Folder 8
Oct-Dec 1961
Box 211, Folder 9
Harper's, “America Under Pressure”, 1961
Box 212, Folder 1
General, 1962-1963
Box 212, Folder 2-5
Looking Outward
1963
Box 212, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1963
Box 212, Folder 7
General, Jan-Aug 1964
Box 212, Folder 8
General, Sep-Dec 1964
Box 213, Folder 1-2
McCall's, “No Mission But Peace, No Enemy But War”, 1964
Box 213, Folder 3
General, 1965
Box 213, Folder 4
Posthumous
Box 213, Folder 5

Series 4: Campaign Materials, 1952-1960

Series Description

Series 4: Campaign Materials, is arranged into three subseries: 1952 Presidential Campaign; 1956 Presidential Campaign; and 1960 Presidential Campaign. These papers include correspondence, financial materials, state files, public relations materials, reports, statements, and personnel files. The campaign materials document the activities of the staff and volunteers on behalf of Stevenson and clearly demonstrate the extent to which Stevenson was removed from the administration of his own campaigns. Only in rare instances do these papers provide insight into the decision-making aspect of the campaign.

Subseries 4A: 1952 Presidential Campaign, 1952-1954

(Box 213-247)

Subseries Description

Subseries 4A: 1952 Presidential Campaign, is divided into two subgroups: Presidential Campaign Staff and Volunteers for Stevenson, following the administrative separation of these two groups. These papers include correspondence, public relations materials, state files, reports, schedules and itineraries, financial materials, and other items documenting Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign. These papers reveal the lack of advance organizational planning and the ad hoc nature of his first national campaign.

Presidential Campaign Staff

The 1952 Presidential Campaign Staff primarily included members of Stevenson's Illinois gubernatorial staff, including William McC. Blair, Jr., Wilson Wyatt, Carl McGowan, Newton Minow, Carol Evans, and Clayton Fritchey, all of whom undertook additional duties after his nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate. Others involved with the campaign were long-time associates of Stevenson, including Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Ernest Ives, and Elizabeth Ives. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by staff member's last name, and alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent within each file. Much of this correspondence is from the general public regarding campaign issues, speeches, campaign suggestions, and offers of support. Some of the correspondence is interoffice communication that deals with such administrative matters as reporting contributions, referrals of key contact people, and more mundane subjects, such as renting office furniture. In the correspondence, as well as in the papers in general, the lack of organizational planning is evident, as there is no clear division of duties among the staff.

Subject correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the issue and includes correspondence pertaining to Stevenson's Alger Hiss deposition, comments on Stevenson's speeches, and a large amount of correspondence regarding political contributions, particularly the Stevenson Fund and Richard M. Nixon's “Checkers” speech. In 1949, when Hiss was on trial for perjury, Stevenson served as a character witness for him, based on his acquaintanceship with Hiss in Washington during the 1930s and 1940s. Asked what Hiss's reputation for honesty was at that time, Stevenson replied “good.” This deposition was offered as proof of Stevenson's softness on Communism. Correspondents both condemned Stevenson for his leniency and praised him for his honesty. Most often, they simply asked for clarification of his position.

Political contributions became another significant campaign issue after it was revealed that Republican vice-presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon had accepted $18,000 in private contributions from wealthy Californians while serving as Senator. Nixon defended himself in late September in his so-called “Checkers” speech, in which he admitted that one contribution he refused to give up was his daughters' dog, Checkers. Shortly thereafter, Stevenson was questioned about the Stevenson Fund, composed of leftover gubernatorial campaign funds and additional contributions. The Stevenson Fund, amounting to approximately $80,000, was used primarily to increase the salaries of underpaid state employees, many of whom had sacrificed more lucrative positions in order to work in Stevenson's administration. Queries and comments from prospective supporters were answered by form letter. A sample form letter is included at the front of the first folder; others were discarded.

The reports reflect data-gathering on the part of staff members and volunteers, including media reports listing pro-Stevenson newspapers and tracking favorable editorials. State reports, used for preparation of speeches and campaign visits and arranged alphabetically by state, provide background information, such as local issues, politicians, demographics, key contact people, and voting records.

The speeches are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person giving the speech and include those given on Stevenson's behalf by staff and volunteers, including George Ball, Jane Dick, and Wilson Wyatt, by leading Democrats, such as Harry S. Truman, Maury Maverick, Estes Kefauver, and Stevenson's running mate, John Sparkman, and general speeches, presumably gathered for reference purposes. Copies of “sample” speeches sent to state organizations for local supporters to use as a guideline in preparing their own speeches are included, as are copies of Eisenhower's campaign speeches.

The correspondence in the Volunteers for Stevenson records is similar in scope to that of the staff. Correspondence with the state and local committees is arranged chronologically and documents the referral of volunteers to local groups, reports of local activities, and suggestions. The financial materials are arranged with general financial materials first, followed by records of contributions. The general financial materials include summary reports prepared for the Senate and House of Representatives in accordance with the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925, filed under receipts and disbursements. In addition to correspondence with donors, the contribution materials include fundraising information for specific drives, such as the Radio/TV Fund, New York Post Trust Funds, and fundraising events. The state financial files document the transfer of funds from state and local committees to the national committee.

Public relations material, arranged alphabetically, includes the correspondence of Porter McKeever, publicity director, and Robert Hind, assistant publicity director, regarding the placement of advertisements, offers of volunteer assistance, suggestions, and the organization of special committees. Press releases, newsletters, and state files containing advance materials are also included.

The reports include a master plan for managing the campaign, prepared by Edward L. Bernays, as well as post-election voting analyses and reports of the organization of local committees and an analysis of their effectiveness. Volunteers for Stevenson mobilized various groups of people to generate additional support for Stevenson among special interest groups, including minorities, labor representatives, lawyers, business leaders and doctors. The National Advisory Committee for Stevenson, an honorary group of prominent individuals, was also organized. The organization of the special groups is documentted through lists of individuals recruited, telegrams of acceptance and refusal, and notes of organization. Papers documenting the Springfield Conference, held in early October for leaders of Volunteers for Stevenson groups throughout the country to coordinate the work of the committees for the last month of the campaign, include schedules, planning materials, and lists of attendees.

Correspondence
General
Box 213, Folder 6
Bell, David
Box 213, Folder 7
Blair, William McC.
A - H
Box 213, Folder 8-9
J - Z
Box 214, Folder 1-4
Brewton, Charles
Box 214, Folder 5
Erickson, John L. - Evans, Carol
Box 214, Folder 6
Farwell, Robert L. - Fischer, John
Box 214, Folder 7
Fritchey, Clayton
Box 214, Folder 8-9
Fulbright, J. William
Box 214, Folder 10
Irvin, Lawrence E.
Box 214, Folder 11
Ives, Elizabeth S.
Box 214, Folder 12
Ives, Ernest - Johnson, Walter
Box 215, Folder 1
Lanigan, James
Box 215, Folder 2-3
McGowan, Carl
Box 215, Folder 4-5
Minow, Newton
Box 215, Folder 6-7
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
A - B
Box 215, Folder 8
C - Wh
Box 216, Folder 1-7
Wi - Z
Box 217, Folder 1
Wyatt, Wilson
A - C
Box 217, Folder 2-7
Da - Harl
Box 218, Folder 1-7
Harr - Mc
Box 219, Folder 1-8
Ma - Sc
Box 220, Folder 1-8
Se - Wi
Box 221, Folder 1-8
Wo - Z
Box 222, Folder 1
Hiss, Alger Deposition
Box 222, Folder 2
Nixon, Richard M.
A - R
Box 222, Folder 3-9
S - Z
Box 223, Folder 1-2
Pre-Convention (Urging Candidacy)
Box 223, Folder 3
Speeches
Box 223, Folder 4-7
Speeches
A - B
Box 223, Folder 8
Br - C
Box 223, Folder 9
D - Sm
Box 224, Folder 1-8
Sn - Z
Box 225, Folder 1-2
Speeches
Box 225, Folder 3-5
“Switch to Stevenson”
Box 225, Folder 6
Democratic National Committee
General
Box 225, Folder 7
Mailing List
Box 225, Folder 8
Press Releases
Box 225, Folder 9
Endorsements (Sample)
Box 225, Folder 10
Financial Records
Box 225, Folder 11
Issues
General
Box 225, Folder 12
Tidelands
Box 225, Folder 13
Public Relations
Broadsides
Box 226, Folder 1
Brochures
Box 226, Folder 2
Campaign Materials
Box 226, Folder 3
C.I.O. Political Action Committee
Box 226, Folder 4
Democratic National Committee
Box 226, Folder 5
Magazine Articles
Box 226, Folder 6
News Summaries
Box 226, Folder 7-8
Newspaper Advertisements
Box 226, Folder 9
Newspaper Clippings
Democratic National Convention
Please see oversized campaign materials located in Box 457 and Cabinet 1, Drawer 12.
Box 226, Folder 10
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Box 227, Folder 1
Nixon, Richard M.
Box 227, Folder 2
Republican Campaign
Box 227, Folder 3
Speeches
Box 227, Folder 4
Staff
Box 227, Folder 5
Stevenson, Adlai E.
Box 227, Folder 6
Stevenson Fund
Box 227, Folder 7
Supporters
Box 227, Folder 8
Volunteers for Stevenson
Box 227, Folder 9
Newspaper Clippings
Box 227, Folder 10-12
Newspaper Clippings
Box 228, Folder 1-3
Newspaper Mats
Box 228, Folder 4
Other Organizations
Box 228, Folder 5
Poems
Box 228, Folder 6
Reprints
Box 228, Folder 7
Republican Party
Box 228, Folder 8
Songs
Box 228, Folder 9
Speaker's Kit
Box 228, Folder 10
Speaker's Kit
Box 229, Folder 1
Stickers & Buttons
Box 229, Folder 2
Volunteers for Stevenson
Box 229, Folder 3
Volunteer's Work Kit
Box 229, Folder 4
Reports
General
Box 229, Folder 5
Democratic National Convention
Box 229, Folder 6
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Box 229, Folder 7
Election Analyses
Box 229, Folder 8
Media
Box 230, Folder 1
Republican Election Buying
Box 230, Folder 2
Republican National Committee
Box 230, Folder 3
Stevenson's Gubernatorial Record
Box 230, Folder 4
State
Arizona - California
Box 230, Folder 5
Colorado - Idaho
Box 230, Folder 6
Illinois - Iowa
Box 230, Folder 7
Kentucky - Massachusetts
Box 230, Folder 8
Michigan
Box 230, Folder 9
Minnesota - Montana
Box 230, Folder 10
New England - New Mexico
Box 231, Folder 1
New York
Box 231, Folder 2
Ohio - Oklahoma
Box 231, Folder 3
Oregon
Box 231, Folder 4
Pennsylvania - Tennessee
Box 231, Folder 5
Texas
Box 231, Folder 6-7
Utah - Virginia
Box 231, Folder 8
Washington
Box 231, Folder 9
Washington
Box 232, Folder 1
West Virginia - Wisconsin
Box 232, Folder 2
Wyoming
Box 232, Folder 3
Schedules
General
Box 232, Folder 4
Stevenson, Adlai E.
Box 232, Folder 5
Speeches
Sample
Box 232, Folder 6
B - W
Box 232, Folder 7
Ball, George
Box 232, Folder 8
Dick, Jane
Box 232, Folder 9
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Box 232, Folder 10
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Box 233, Folder 1
Harriman, W. Averell
Box 233, Folder 2
Kefauver, Estes
Box 233, Folder 3-4
Smith, Hermon Dunlap
Box 233, Folder 5
Sparkman, John
Box 233, Folder 6
Truman, Harry S.
Box 233, Folder 7-9
Wyatt, Wilson
Box 233, Folder 10
Staff List
Box 233, Folder 11
Statements
Box 233, Folder 12
Volunteers for Stevenson
Correspondence
General
Box 234, Folder 1
Post-Election Volunteer Groups
Box 234, Folder 2
Babcock, Richard F.
Box 234, Folder 3-4
Ball, George
Box 234, Folder 5
Collins, Julien
Box 234, Folder 6-8
Dick, Jane
Box 234, Folder 9-10
Kohn, Louis A.
Box 235, Folder 1
Rothschild, Edward
Box 235, Folder 2-3
Smith, Hermon Dunlap
Box 235, Folder 4-6
Sudler, Carroll H.
Box 235, Folder 7
Tenney, Henry F.
Box 235, Folder 8
State Committees
Alabama - Arkansas
Box 235, Folder 9
California
Box 235, Folder 10
Colorado
Box 235, Folder 11
Connecticut
Box 236, Folder 1
Delaware - District of Columbia
Box 236, Folder 2
Florida
Box 236, Folder 3-4
Georgia - Idaho
Box 236, Folder 5
Illinois
General
Box 236, Folder 6
Babcock, Richard F.
Box 236, Folder 7
Berger, Paul
Box 236, Folder 8-9
Collins, Julien
Box 236, Folder 10
Tenney, Henry
Box 236, Folder 11
Indiana
Box 236, Folder 12
Iowa
Box 237, Folder 1
Kansas - Kentucky
Box 237, Folder 2
Louisiana
Box 237, Folder 3
Maine - Maryland
Box 237, Folder 4
Massachusetts
Box 237, Folder 5-6
Michigan
Box 237, Folder 7
Minnesota - Mississippi
Box 237, Folder 8
Missouri
Box 237, Folder 9-10
Montana
Box 238, Folder 1
Nebraska - New Mexico
Box 238, Folder 2
New York
Box 238, Folder 3-5
North Carolina - Northwest
Box 238, Folder 6
Ohio
Box 238, Folder 7
Oklahoma - Oregon
Box 238, Folder 8
Pennsylvania
Box 238, Folder 9
Rhode Island - South Dakota
Box 238, Folder 10
Tennessee
Box 238, Folder 11
Texas
Box 239, Folder 1
Utah - Virginia
Box 239, Folder 2
Washington - West Virginia
Box 239, Folder 3
Wisconsin
Box 239, Folder 4
Wisconsin - Wyoming
Box 239, Folder 5
Finance
Budget & Expenses
Box 239, Folder 6
Correspondence
Box 239, Folder 7
Payroll
Box 239, Folder 8
Receipts & Disbursements
Illinois Volunteers for Stevenson
Box 239, Folder 9
National Volunteers for Stevenson
Box 239, Folder 10-11
Contributions
Illinois
Box 240, Folder 1-4
Kerr Telecast Wire
Box 240, Folder 5
List of Contributors
Box 240, Folder 6
List of Contributors - $50 or more
Box 240, Folder 7
National
Box 240, Folder 8-9
New York Lunch
Box 241, Folder 1
New York Post Trust Fund
Box 241, Folder 2-3
Prospective Donors
Box 241, Folder 4
Radio/TV Fund
Box 241, Folder 5-6
Ruml Certificate Books
Box 241, Folder 7
State Committees
Alabama - Guam
Box 241, Folder 8
Illinois
Box 241, Folder 9
Indiana - New York
Box 241, Folder 10
N. Carolina - Wisconsin
Box 242, Folder 1
Correspondence
General
Box 242, Folder 2
Moore, Margaret
Box 242, Folder 3
A - Sp
Box 242, Folder 4-8
Sq - Z
Box 243, Folder 1
Legal Materials
Box 243, Folder 2
Lists of Members
Box 243, Folder 3
Lists of Members - Illinois
Box 243, Folder 4
Meeting Minutes
Box 243, Folder 5
Public Relations
Books
Box 243, Folder 6
Campaign Materials
Box 243, Folder 7
Campaign Suggestions
Box 243, Folder 8
Correspondence
Box 243, Folder 9
Distribution of Materials
Box 243, Folder 10
Erwin, Wasey & Campany, Ltd.
Box 243, Folder 11
Film
Box 243, Folder 12
Hind, Robert (Assistant Publicity Director)
Box 243, Folder 13
McKeever, Porter (Publicity Director)
Box 243, Folder 14
Newsletter
Box 243, Folder 15
Newspapers
Box 243, Folder 16
“Pictorial Biography of Stevenson”
Box 244, Folder 1
Press Releases
Box 244, Folder 2-4
Press Releases, Speeches
Box 244, Folder 5
Public Opinion Polls
Box 244, Folder 6
Purchasing
Box 244, Folder 7
Radio and Television
Box 244, Folder 8-10
Rallies
Box 244, Folder 11
Reprints
Box 244, Folder 12
Songs
Box 244, Folder 13
State Files
Illinois
Box 245, Folder 1
California - Indiana
Box 245, Folder 2
Iowa - Michigan
Box 245, Folder 3
Minnesota - New York
Box 245, Folder 4
North Dakota - Utah
Box 245, Folder 5
Virginia - Wisconsin
Box 245, Folder 6
Suppliers
Box 245, Folder 7
Warehouse Inventory
Box 245, Folder 8
Reports
Box 245, Folder 9
Sample Forms
Box 245, Folder 10
Speaker's Bureau
Box 245, Folder 11
Special Groups
General
Box 246, Folder 1
Clergy/Religious
Box 246, Folder 2
Conservationists
Box 246, Folder 3
Education
Box 246, Folder 4
Labor
Box 246, Folder 5
Labor's Committee for the Election of Stevenson & Sparkman
Box 246, Folder 6
Lawyer's Committee
Box 246, Folder 7
Minorities
Box 246, Folder 8
National Advisory Committee for Stevenson
Box 246, Folder 9-12
Physicians
Box 246, Folder 13
Veterans for Stevenson
Box 247, Folder 1
Springfield Conference
Box 247, Folder 2
Staff Directories
Box 247, Folder 3

Subseries 4B: 1956 Presidential Campaign, 1955-1957

(Box 247-328)

Subseries Description

Subseries 4B: 1956 Presidential Campaign, is divided into two subgroups: Presidential Campaign Staff and Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver. These papers include correspondence, public relations materials, state files, and financial materials documenting Stevenson's 1956 campaign. Unlike the 1952 campaign materials, these materials reflect a high level of campaign planning.

Presidential Campaign Staff

Subseries Description

The Presidential Campaign Staff records include the director's files, correspondence, public relations materials, reports, speeches, and statements. The director's files include chronological correspondence, post-convention correspondence, special issues correspondence, regional reports, subject files, and materials pertaining to the presidential primaries generated by the campaign director, James A. Finnegan. The chronological correspondence documents the early planning of the campaign, while the post-convention correspondence is arranged alphabetically by state and documents contributions, suggestions, local activities, and offers of support. The special issues correspondence is arranged alphabetically by issue, then alphabetically by the correspondent's last name. Among the issues discussed were civil rights, Richard Nixon, highways, social security, vice presidential candidates, Harry S. Truman, senior citizens, and the Middle East. The regional reports include responses to questionnaires on issues of the campaign, centered on various regions of the country. The subject files are arranged alphabetically by subject, including civil rights, Dollars for Democrats, election data, Estes Kefauver, Israel, and the Speaker's Bureau. The material in Finnegan's subject files complements materials pertaining to these issues and activities located elsewhere in the subseries.

The staff correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name of the correspondent, with many of the same staff members as the 1952 campaign, including William McC. Blair, Jr., Newton Minow, John Bartlow Martin, and Carol Evans. The staff correspondence does not differ significantly in content from the director's correspondence. The files on Stevenson's primary opponents Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver include newsclippings, campaign materials, and biographical sketches. Because Kefauver was considered to be a more serious rival, the staff gathered more information on him, including press releases from his campaign headquarters and his attendance and voting records in Senate. The public relations materials include materials generated by the national committee, local committees and the Democratic National Committee. The materials distributed by the Democratic National Committee include brochures and the party's newsletter, The New America, addressing specific topics, such as health reform, education, and senior citizens.

The reports include both public opinion surveys and state reports, providing profiles of local politicians, demographics, and influential local organizations. The speeches and statements are arranged alphabetically by the name of the speaker, including both prominent Democratic politicians and lesser-known, local Stevenson supporters. The state files include correspondence pertaining to the primaries for states with particularly significant primary elections, such as California, Florida and Minnesota. Much of this correspondence predates the organization of a formal campaign structure and was answered by Blair, Evans, or Stevenson himself. A planning meeting was held in July 1955 among political leaders and Stevenson supporters to plan his campaign; correspondence and notes from this meeting are included in the strategy file, as are a review of the shortcomings of the 1952 campaign and materials from subsequent planning meetings in the autumn of 1955.

The Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver records include correspondence, financial materials, meeting minutes, public relations materials, reports, and a large amount of documentation concerning special groups of Stevenson supporters. Much of the correspondence is between the Volunteer leaders, Archibald Alexander (director), Barry Bingham (co-chair), and Jane Dick (co-chair), and individuals in their geographic areas of responsibility. Bingham corresponded frequently with Edward McDougal concerning contributions and the recruitment of leaders for state and local volunteer committees. The correspondence of John Horne, who served as a liaison with politicians in Washington, D. C. prior to the convention, shows the extent of pre-convention politicking undertaken by the Volunteers. Horne also corresponded with state politicians, labor leaders, and campaign officials regarding the organization of regional campaign offices.

Materials from the Democratic National Convention includes lists of delegates, convention committees, and correspondence regarding hotel arrangements. The financial materials include contribution acknowledgements, payroll information, budgets, correspondence of finance committee leaders John S. Graham, Mitzi Harrison, Louis Kohn, George McGhee, and Desmond Meehan, and documentation for the Shoe Pin Division. Volunteers in California initiated an enormously successful fundraising drive by selling sterling silver pins in the shape of a shoe, with (of course) a hole in the sole. These pins were sold in bulk to state committees who then sold them at a profit to raise funds for both the local and national committees.

The early planning of the campaign is documented through meeting minutes and the records of the National Committee for Stevenson, the pre-convention predecessor group of the Volunteers. These records include the precis of organization, meeting minutes, and memoranda between the principal members, Dick, Bingham, and Alexander. The public relations materials include newsletters, pamphlets, press releases, publicity kits, state files, and documentation of the use of various media, including radio, television, newspaper, and audio recordings. Files of the principal public relations staff members, Chloe Fox, Lemoine Skinner, and Don Pryor, are also included.

Following the convention and just prior to the commencement of the official campaign, the Volunteers held a series of regional conferences to coordinate the efforts of the state committees. Telegrams, schedules, and correspondence concerning these regional meetings are included. The special groups, more numerous in 1956 than 1952, included conservationists, educators, physicians, lawyers, minorities, business people, speakers' bureau, and students. Chapters of Students for Stevenson, administered by Jane Dick's daughter Letitia, were organized on college and university campuses throughout the country in an effort to win the support of first-time voters. Documentation for the Students for Stevenson groups and the mock conventions they held consist of correspondence, questionnaires, newspaper clippings, and telegrams.

The voluminous state files are arranged alphabetically by state name, with organizational information and interoffice memoranda arranged chronologically and correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. These files reflect the relative zeal of Stevenson supporters in various states, many of whom had well-organized state committees prior to the primaries, but some of whom never organized state committees. The state files also show the loyalty of Stevenson supporters as many local organizers from 1952 utilized their experience in 1956. The New York state files also include the files of publisher Cass Canfield who spearheaded fundraising efforts in New York, and organized additional special groups, including the Committee for the Arts and New York Businessmen for Stevenson.

Director's Files
Correspondence
Chronological
Box 247, Folder 4-6
Post-Convention State Files
Alabama - Connecticut
Box 247, Folder 7
Delaware - Florida
Box 247, Folder 8
Georgia - Michigan
Box 247, Folder 9
Minnesota - New Hampshire
Box 248, Folder 1
New Jersey - Ohio
Box 248, Folder 2
Oklahoma - South Carolina
Box 248, Folder 3
South Dakota - Wyoming
Box 248, Folder 4
Primaries
Alabama - Arizona
Box 248, Folder 5
Arkansas - California
Box 248, Folder 6
California
Box 248, Folder 7
California
Box 249, Folder 1-4
Colorado - District of Columbia
Box 249, Folder 5
Florida
Box 249, Folder 6
Florida
Box 250, Folder 1-4
Georgia - Illinois
Box 250, Folder 5
Illinois
Box 250, Folder 6
Indiana - Iowa
Box 250, Folder 7
Kansas - Maryland
Box 250, Folder 8
Massachusetts - Michigan
Box 251, Folder 1
Minnesota
Box 251, Folder 2-6
Mississippi - Montana
Box 251, Folder 7
Nebraska - New Hampshire
Box 252, Folder 1
New Jersey - New York
Box 252, Folder 2
New York
Box 252, Folder 3
North Carolina - Oklahoma
Box 252, Folder 4
Oregon
Box 252, Folder 5
Pennsylvania - Texas
Box 252, Folder 6
Utah - Virginia
Box 252, Folder 7
Washington - West Virginia
Box 252, Folder 8
Wisconsin
Box 253, Folder 1
Wyoming
Box 253, Folder 2
Regional Reports
Alabama - Iowa
Box 253, Folder 3
Kansas - New Hampshire
Box 253, Folder 4
New Jersey - Utah
Box 253, Folder 5
Vermont - Wyoming
Box 253, Folder 6
Special Issues Correspondence
Civil Rights
A - M
Box 253, Folder 7-9
N - Z
Box 254, Folder 1
Civil Service
A - Z
Box 254, Folder 2
Contributions
A - E
Box 254, Folder 3-6
F - Me
Box 255, Folder 1-6
Mi - Z
Box 256, Folder 1-7
(refused)
Box 257, Folder 1-2
Education
Box 257, Folder 3-5
Farmer
A - H
Box 257, Folder 6-7
J - Z
Box 258, Folder 1-3
Foreign
Box 258, Folder 4-6
Government Spending
A - G
Box 258, Folder 7
H-Z
Box 259, Folder 1-2
Health & Medical Care
Box 259, Folder 3-5
Highways
Box 259, Folder 6
Hiss, Alger
Box 259, Folder 7
Housing
Box 259, Folder 8
Hydrogen Bomb
A - Bi
Box 259, Folder 9
Bo - Q
Box 260, Folder 1-7
R - Z
Box 261, Folder 1-4
Illinois Politics
Box 261, Folder 5
Immigration
Box 261, Folder 6
Indians
Box 261, Folder 7
Labor
Box 261, Folder 8
Middle East
A - L
Box 261, Folder 9
M - Z
Box 262, Folder 1
Nixon, Richard
Box 262, Folder 2-4
Offers of Help
Box 262, Folder 5-7
Reciprocal Trade
Box 263, Folder 1
Religion
Box 263, Folder 2-7
Repeaters
A - R
Box 264, Folder 1-7
S - Z
Box 265, Folder 1
Requests
Box 265, Folder 2-4
Social Security
Box 265, Folder 5-8
Suggestions
A - Edw
Box 265, Folder 9
Eg - Z
Box 266, Folder 1-4
Switch to Stevenson
Box 266, Folder 5-8
Truman, Harry S.
Box 267, Folder 1-3
Vice-Presidential Candidate
Box 267, Folder 4-6
Young People
Box 268, Folder 1-3
Subject Files
Civil Rights - Dollars for Democrats
Box 268, Folder 4
Election Data
Box 268, Folder 5
Finances - Israel
Box 268, Folder 6
Itinerary Planning
Box 268, Folder 7
Kefauver, Estes
Box 268, Folder 8
Labor
Box 268, Folder 9
Minority/Ethnic Groups
Box 269, Folder 1
Radio and Television
Box 269, Folder 2
Regional Meetings
Box 269, Folder 3-4
Speaker's Bureau - Veterans Committee
Box 269, Folder 5
Voter Registration - Women's Division
Box 269, Folder 6
Correspondence
Ashmore, Harry S.
Box 269, Folder 7
Blair, William McC., Jr.
A - B
Box 269, Folder 8-9
C - T
Box 270, Folder 1-8
U - Z
Box 271, Folder 1
Democratic National Convention
Box 271, Folder 2
Brademas, John - Brewton, Charles
Box 271, Folder 3
Evans, Carol
Box 271, Folder 4
Hechler, Ken
Box 271, Folder 5
Martin, John B. - Rivkin, William R.
Box 271, Folder 6
Minow, Newton
Box 271, Folder 7-10
Minow, Newton
Box 272, Folder 1
Rowe, James Jr. - Sharon, John
Box 272, Folder 2
Tubby, Roger - Wyatt, Wilson
Box 272, Folder 3
Democratic National Convention
General
Box 272, Folder 4
Correspondence
Box 272, Folder 5
Democratic Platform
Box 272, Folder 6
National Committee
Box 272, Folder 7
Party Loyalty Issue
Box 272, Folder 8
Roosevelt, Eleanor Reception
Box 272, Folder 9
Guest Book, Stevenson for President Headquarters
Box 272a, Folder
Endorsements
Individuals
Box 272, Folder 10
Newspapers
Box 273, Folder 1
Organizations
Box 273, Folder 2
Financial Materials
General
Box 273, Folder 3-4
Correspondence
Box 273, Folder 5
Fundraising Dinner, August 6, 1956
Box 273, Folder 6-7
Harriman, Averell
Box 273, Folder 8
Issues
General
Box 274, Folder 1
Agriculture
Box 274, Folder 2
Kefauver, Estes
Box 274, Folder 3-6
Memoranda
Box 274, Folder 7
Memoranda
Box 275, Folder 1-2
Nixon, Richard M.
Box 275, Folder 3
Position Papers
Box 275, Folder 4-5
Public Relations
Audio and Film Recordings
Box 275, Folder 6
Brochures
Box 275, Folder 7-8
Bumper Stickers
Box 275, Folder 9
Campaign Materials
Box 275, Folder 10
Democratic National Committee
General
Box 275, Folder 11
Press Releases
Box 276, Folder 1
Publications
Box 276, Folder 2
Publications
The New America
Box 276, Folder 3
Newsclippings
Agriculture
Box 276, Folder 4
Announcement of Candidacy
Box 276, Folder 5
Civil Rights
Box 276, Folder 6-7
Foreign Policy
Box 276, Folder 8
Primaries
Box 277, Folder 1
Various Issues
Box 277, Folder 2
Chronological
Box 277, Folder 3-9
Chronological
Box 278, Folder 1-4
Newsletters
Box 278, Folder 5
Newspaper Advertisements
Box 278, Folder 6
Other Organizations
Box 278, Folder 7
Press Kits
Box 278, Folder 8
Press Releases
Box 278, Folder 9-10
Press Releases
Box 279, Folder 1-4
Reprints
Box 279, Folder 5
Republican National Committee
Box 279, Folder 6-7
Songs
Box 279, Folder 8
Speaker's Kit
Box 279, Folder 9
Window Stickers
Box 279, Folder 10
Reports
Please see oversized campaign materials in Boxes 456-457 and Cabinet 1, Drawer 12
General
Box 279, Folder 11
Briefing Notes
Box 280, Folder 1-2
Campaign Analysis
Box 280, Folder 3
Catholic Vote
Box 280, Folder 4
Mail Analysis
Box 280, Folder 5
Primary
Box 280, Folder 6
Public Opinion Surveys
Box 280, Folder 7
State
Alabama - California
Box 280, Folder 8
California - Oregon
Box 281, Folder 1-9
Pennsylvania - Wisconsin
Box 282, Folder 1-2
Schedules and Itineraries
Box 282, Folder 3-5
Speeches/Statements
Adams - Johnston
Box 282, Folder 6
Kefauver, Estes
Box 282, Folder 7
Kennedy - Ronan
Box 282, Folder 8
Ribicoff - Yorty
Box 283, Folder 1
Truman, Harry S.
Box 283, Folder 2
Staff
Box 283, Folder 3
State Files
Alabama - California (A-K)
Box 283, Folder 4-9
California (L-Z) - Hawaii
Box 284, Folder 1-7
Illinois - Tennessee
Box 285, Folder 1-7
Texas - Wyoming
Box 286, Folder 1-4
Strategy
Box 286, Folder 5
Thank You Letters
Box 286, Folder 6

Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver

Correspondence
Alexander, Archibald
Box 286, Folder 7
Alexander, Archibald
Box 287, Folder 1-3
Bingham, Barry
Box 287, Folder 4-7
Bingham, Barry
Box 288, Folder 1-2
Dick, Jane
Box 288, Folder 3-5
Horne, John
Box 288, Folder 6-8
Horne, John E.
General
Box 289, Folder 1-4
Alabama - Florida
Box 289, Folder 5-7
Georgia - Washington
Box 290, Folder 1
Karson, Stanley
Box 290, Folder 2-3
Democratic National Convention
General
Box 290, Folder 4
State Delegates
Box 290, Folder 5-6
Finance
Brooks, Shirley
Box 290, Folder 7-8
Budget
Box 290, Folder 9
Contributions
List of Contributions
Box 291, Folder 1-2
Thank You Letters
Box 291, Folder 3-8
Fundraising
General
Box 292, Folder 1
“Dollars For Democrats”
Box 292, Folder 2
“Let's Talk Sense” Fund
Box 292, Folder 3
Graham, John S.
Box 292, Folder 4
Harrison, Mitzi
Box 292, Folder 5
Kohn, Louis
Box 292, Folder 6
McGhee, George
Box 292, Folder 7-8
Meehan, Desmond J.
Box 292, Folder 9-11
Meehan, Desmond J.
Box 293, Folder 1-2
Payroll
Box 293, Folder 3
Receipts
Box 293, Folder 4
Reports
Box 293, Folder 5
Shoe Pin Division
Box 293, Folder 6
General
Box 293, Folder 6
Cash Account
Box 293, Folder 7
Receipts
Box 293, Folder 8
Reports
Box 293, Folder 9
Skallerup, Walter
Box 294, Folder 1-2
State Summaries
Box 294, Folder 3
Form Letters
Box 294, Folder 4
Meeting Minutes
Box 294, Folder 5
National Stevenson for President Committee
Box 294, Folder 6
Public Relations
Campaign Issues
Box 294, Folder 7
Films
Box 294, Folder 8
Fox, Chloe
Box 294, Folder 9
“Let's Talk Sense”
Box 295, Folder 1
Newsletters
Box 295, Folder 2
Newspapers
Box 295, Folder 3
Pamphlets
Box 295, Folder 4
Photographs
Box 295, Folder 5
Press Releases
Box 295, Folder 6
Pryor, Don
Box 295, Folder 7-8
Publicity Kit
Box 295, Folder 9
Radio
Box 295, Folder 10
Records
Box 296, Folder 1
Reference Files
Nixon, Richard M.
Box 296, Folder 2
Programs
Box 296, Folder 3
Republican Campaign Materials
Box 296, Folder 4
Stevenson Speech Excerpts
Box 296, Folder 5
Skinner, Lemoine Jr.
General
Box 296, Folder 6
Correspondence
A - Ma
Box 296, Folder 7-9
Me - Z
Box 297, Folder 1-2
Interoffice Communication
Box 297, Folder 3-5
Solicitations from Suppliers
Box 297, Folder 6-7
State Committees
Box 298, Folder 1-4
Stevenson, Adlai
Comments
Box 298, Folder 5
“The Stevenson Primer”
Box 298, Folder 6
Suggestions
Box 298, Folder 7
Tapes
Box 298, Folder 8
Television
Box 298, Folder 9
Television
Box 299, Folder 1
Wilson, Tom
Box 299, Folder 2
Regional Conferences
Box 299, Folder 3
Reports
General
Box 299, Folder 4
California
Box 299, Folder 5
New York
Box 299, Folder 6
State
Pre-Election
Box 299, Folder 7
Post-Election
Box 299, Folder 8
Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver
Box 299, Folder 9
Special Groups
General
Box 299, Folder 10
Conservation Committee
Box 300, Folder 1
Educators
Box 300, Folder 2
Lawyers - Mayors
Box 300, Folder 3
Minorities
Box 300, Folder 4
National Business Council for Stevenson
Box 300, Folder 5
Physicians and Surgeons for Stevenson
Box 300, Folder 6
Speakers' Bureau
Box 300, Folder 7-9
Students for Stevenson
Correspondence
Box 300, Folder 10
Correspondence
Box 301, Folder 1-2
Membership List
Box 301, Folder 3
Mock Convention
Box 301, Folder 4
National Conference
Box 301, Folder 5
Organizational Materials
Box 301, Folder 6
Switch to Stevenson
Box 301, Folder 7
Veterans for Stevenson
Box 302, Folder 1
Women for Stevenson
Box 302, Folder 2
Writer's Bureau
Box 302, Folder 3
Young Business and Professional Committee
Box 302, Folder 4
Young Democrats
Box 302, Folder 5
Staff
General
Box 302, Folder 6
Biographies
Box 302, Folder 7
Volunteers
Box 302, Folder 8
State Committees
Manuals
Box 302, Folder 9
Organizational Materials
Box 302, Folder 10-11
Thank you letters
Box 302, Folder 12
Alabama
Box 302, Folder 13-14
Alabama - California
Box 303, Folder 1-7
California
Box 304, Folder 1-8
California
Box 305, Folder 1-7
California - Connecticut
Box 306, Folder 1-8
Connecticut - District of Columbia
Box 307, Folder 1-9
District of Columbia - Georgia
Box 308, Folder 1-10
Georgia - Illinois
Box 309, Folder 1-9
Illinois - Indiana
Box 310, Folder 1-9
Indiana - Kentucky
Box 311, Folder 1-9
Kentucky - Maryland
Box 312, Folder 1-11
Maryland - Massachusetts
Box 313, Folder 1-7
Massachusetts - Minnesota
Box 314, Folder 1-9
Minnesota - Missouri
Box 315, Folder 1-8
Missouri - New Jersey
Box 316, Folder 1-10
New Jersey
Box 317, Folder 1-8
New Jersey - New York
Box 318, Folder 1-8
New York
Box 319, Folder 1-7
New York
Box 320, Folder 1-7
New York
Box 321, Folder 1-3
New York - Canfield, Cass
Box 321, Folder 4-6
New York - Canfield, Cass - Fundraising
Box 321, Folder 7
New York - Canfield, Cass - Fundraising
Box 322, Folder 1
North Carolina - Ohio
Box 322, Folder 2-9
Ohio - Oklahoma
Box 323, Folder 1-8
Oregon - Pennsylvania
Box 324, Folder 1-9
Pennsylvania - Texas
Box 325, Folder 1-12
Texas - Virginia
Box 326, Folder 1-9
Virginia - West Virginia
Box 327, Folder 1-8
Wisconsin - Wyoming
Box 328, Folder 1-4
Telegrams
Box 328, Folder 5

Subseries 4C: 1960 Presidential Campaign, 1960

(Boxes 328-335)

Subseries Description

Subseries 4C: 1960 Presidential Campaign, includes campaign materials, correspondence, Democratic National Convention materials, newspaper clippings, press releases, schedules, speeches, and state files, as well as papers collected independently by Stuart Gerry Brown concerning efforts to draft Stevenson. The Stuart Gerry Brown files have been arranged following the other campaign records.

For obvious reasons, the 1960 campaign records differ significantly from the 1952 and 1956 records and are much smaller in volume. The campaign materials were generated entirely by independent, mainly regional, groups, and include reprints of newspaper articles and Stevenson speeches, solicitations, and newsletters. The correspondence is arranged following the original order and includes general correspondence with individuals such as Agnes Meyer and Eleanor Roosevelt who persisted in urging Stevenson's candidacy despite his repeated refusals to actively seek the nomination, letters from the general public encouraging Stevenson to run, offers of assistance, suggestions for Kennedy's campaign and Stevenson's campaign speeches, comments on the religion issue, and campaign contributions.

Items from the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles include lists of delegates, a copy of the platform, itineraries, invitations, and Stevenson's handwritten notes. The last are particularly significant. Stevenson summarized his conversations with various political leaders concerning the candidate they were supporting for the nomination, what their opinions of Kennedy were, and so forth. These notes suggest that despite his public statements that he was not seeking the nomination, Stevenson was nurturing some hopes of being drafted in 1960.

During the campaign, Stevenson undertook an aggressive speaking tour on Kennedy's behalf. Both Stevenson's and Kennedy's schedules are included with the itineraries. The state files primarily predate the convention and include correspondence from individuals and local Stevenson for President committees. Overall, the 1960 campaign materials clearly illustrate Stevenson's ambivalence toward a third presidential nomination. His responses to correspondents state quite clearly that he was not seeking the nomination, yet his handwritten notes suggest that he hoped he would be drafted.

The Stuart Gerry Brown files are arranged in numerical order by the number assigned by Brown to each file folder. A calendar guide, contained in the first file folder, provides a folder listing for this distinct group of papers. These papers include interview transcripts, correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, financial materials, and other items documenting the efforts to draft Stevenson in 1960.

Campaign Materials
Box 328, Folder 6
Correspondence
General
Box 328, Folder 7
A - G
Box 328, Folder 8-9
H - Z
Box 329, Folder 1-3
Doyle, James E.
Box 329, Folder 4
Mock Convention
Box 329, Folder 5-6
Offers of Assistance
A - M
Box 329, Folder 7-8
P - Z
Box 330, Folder 1
Religion
Box 330, Folder 2
Thank You
Box 330, Folder 3
Democratic National Committee
Press Releases
Box 330, Folder 4
General
Box 330, Folder 5
Directories
Box 330, Folder 6
List of Delegates
Box 330, Folder 7
Platform
Box 330, Folder 8
Doyle, James E.
Box 330, Folder 9
Endorsements
Newspapers
Box 330, Folder 10
Itineraries
Box 331, Folder 1
Memoranda
Box 331, Folder 2
Newspaper Clippings
Box 331, Folder 3
Polls and Surveys
Box 331, Folder 4
Press Releases
Box 331, Folder 5
Speeches
Box 331, Folder 6
State Files
Alabama - Hawaii
Box 331, Folder 7-11
Illinois - Virginia
Box 332, Folder 1-8
Washington - Wyoming
Box 333, Folder 1
Stuart Gerry Brown Files
Guide
Box 333, Folder 2
2: Interview With Adlai Stevenson
Box 333, Folder 3
3: Interviews With Political Leaders - PA, NY, Washington
Box 333, Folder 4
4: Interviews With Political Leaders - Midwest
Box 333, Folder 5
5: Interviews With Political Leaders - California
Box 333, Folder 6
6: Stevenson Papers - Time Reports
Box 333, Folder 7
7: Stevenson Papers - U2 Speech (Pro)
Box 333, Folder 8
8: Stevenson Papers - U2 Speech (Anti)
Box 333, Folder 9
9: Stevenson Papers - Fan Mail
Box 333, Folder 10
10: Stevenson Papers - Offers of Help
Box 333, Folder 11
11: Stevenson Papers - New York
Box 333, Folder 12
12A: Stevenson Papers - California
Box 333, Folder 13
12: Stevenson Papers - Pennsylvania
Box 333, Folder 14
13: Stevenson Papers - Disappointed Correspondents
Box 334, Folder 1
13A: Stevenson Papers - Brown Correspondence
Box 334, Folder 2
14: Hemenway Papers
Box 334, Folder 3
15: Hemenway Correspondence - A - K
Box 334, Folder 4
16: Hemenway Correspondence - L - Z
Box 334, Folder 5
17: Brown Papers
Box 334, Folder 6
18: Shea Papers
Box 334, Folder 7
19: Shea Papers-Bean and Roper Students
Box 334, Folder 8
20: RDH Associates
Box 334, Folder 9
21: Mike Monroney Papers
Box 334, Folder 10
22: Sharon Papers
Box 334, Folder 11
23: Sharon Papers
Box 334, Folder 12
24: Doyle Papers
Box 334, Folder 13
25: New York Draft Group
Box 334, Folder 14
26: Missouri Draft Group
Box 335, Folder 1
27: Miscellaneous Draft Groups
Box 335, Folder 2
28: Los Angeles Convention
Box 335, Folder 3
29: Los Angeles Convention
Box 335, Folder 4

Series 5: United Nations, 1945-1965

Series Description

Series 5: United Nations, has been arranged in four subseries: Conference on International Organization; United Nations Preparatory Commission; General Assembly; and United States Ambassadorship to the United Nations. These materials document two diverse periods: Stevenson's involvement in the organization of the United Nations immediately following World War II; and his service to the United Nations as United States ambassador from 1961 until his death in 1965.

Subseries 5A: Conference on International Organization, 1945-1965

(Boxes 335-336)

Subseries Description

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject and includes the charter, Dumbarton Oaks proposals, meeting materials, and statements and press releases. These materials document the conference on international organization held in San Francisco, California in April 1945 following the Dumbarton Oaks conference calling for a general international organization. Materials pertaining to the charter include guides to anticipated questions, information concerning the ratification process, various chapters of the charter, and the final printed version. The Dumbarton Oaks Proposals are the recommendations calling for the conference in San Francisco.

The meeting materials include memoranda, amendments regarding procedure, agendas, and Stevenson's notes, documenting meetings of both the “Big 5” (the United States, United Kingdom, China, Soviet Union, and France) and the United States Delegation to the conference. Both groups determined procedure for the United Nations, and the Big 5 also established various committees. The statements and press releases were generated primarily by Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Secretary of State and Chairman of the U. S. Delegation, reporting on the progress of the Conference to the American public and recommending adoption of the charter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A draft statement by Stevenson and future Secretary of State John Foster Dulles regarding voting in the Security Council is also included, but this statement was never released.

Charter
Box 335, Folder 5-6
Dumbarton Oaks Proposal
Box 335, Folder 7
Meetings
Big 5 May-Jun, 1945
Box 336, Folder 1
U. S. Delegation May-Jun, 1945
Box 336, Folder 2-3
Statements/Press Releases
Box 336, Folder 4

Subseries 5B: U. N. Preparatory Commission, 1945-1946

(Boxes 336-337)

Subseries Description

This subseries is arranged alphabetically by form and includes diaries, materials regarding the establishment of permanent headquarters, invitations, executive committee materials, and records of meetings. The Preparatory Commission was held in London from the autumn of 1945 until early 1946. Stevenson went to London as deputy delegate, but when Stettinius' illness compelled him to return to the United States, Stevenson acted in his stead. Stevenson kept his diary from September 4, 1945 until September 19, 1945 and recorded both his comments on the progress of the Preparatory Commission and personal observations and notes. Stevenson's datebook from January until March 1946, recording appointments and occasional comments, is also included. The controversy and debate concerning the location of the United Nation's permanent headquarters is illustrated in the correspondence, statements, memoranda, criteria, and lists of suggested areas.

Materials pertaining to the Executive Committee include reports to the Secretary of State, directories, and provisional rules of procedure. Invitations, arranged chronologically, reflect the extent of socializing among participants in the fledgling international organization. The records of meetings were published as official documents and are arranged by committee name, including General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Committee, Trusteeship, Legal Questions, Administrative and Budgetary, League of Nations, and General questions.

General, 1945-1946
Box 336, Folder 5
Diary, 1945-1946
Box 336, Folder 6
Establishment of Permanent Headquarters
Box 336, Folder 7
Executive Committee
1945
Box 336, Folder 8
Meeting Minutes, 18 Oct-24 Nov 1945
Box 336, Folder 9
Invitations, 1945-1946
Box 337, Folder 1-2
Records of Meetings
Committees, 1-8
Box 337, Folder 3
Plenary Sessions
Box 337, Folder 4

Subseries 5C: General Assembly, 1946-1947

(Boxes 337-340)

Subseries Description

This subseries documents the first part of the first session of the General Assembly, held in London immediately following the Preparatory Commission, and the second part of the first session, held some months later in New York. These papers include Stevenson's calendar and diary, committee material, organization and procedural guidelines, reports, and statements. Most of the materials do not make a clear distinction between the first and second parts of the session. Stevenson's calendar and diary both date from 1946, with the diary covering October 17, 1946 through November 2, 1946. As in other diaries, Stevenson chronicles both his professional and personal activities. The Committee materials are arranged numerically by committee number and include reports of activities and research, statements, background books containing information on specific issues and concerns, position papers, agreements, reports, correspondence, and memoranda. The organizational and procedural material includes staff assignments, provisional and amended provisional rules, and the agreement between the United Nations and the United States regarding the placement of the U. N. headquarters in the United States. Press release versions of statements by Stevenson, President Truman, and Warren R. Austin are included. The statements summarize the activities of the General Assembly for the general public and appeal for financial assistance with specific programs, such as the U. N. Appeal for Children. Stevenson's statements to various committees, issued as press releases, are also included.

Calendar and Diary, 1946
Box 337, Folder 5
Committee 1
Political and Security Committee, 1946-1947
Box 337, Folder 6
Background Book
Box 337, Folder 7
Position Papers
Box 337, Folder 8
Committee 2
Economic and Financial Committee, Sep-Oct 1946
Box 337, Folder 9
Background Book, Nov-Dec 1946
Box 337, Folder 10
Position Papers
Box 338, Folder 1
Committee 4
Trusteeship
Box 338, Folder 2
Committee 5
Administrative and Budgetary - Background Book
Box 338, Folder 3-4
Position Papers
Box 338, Folder 5
Committee 6
Legal Committee
Box 338, Folder 6
Subcommittee 1
Palestine Committee
Box 338, Folder 7
Reports
Box 338, Folder 8
Delegations
Box 338, Folder 9
First Session
Box 338, Folder 10
International Law
Box 339, Folder 1
Organization and Procedures
Box 339, Folder 2
Reports
First Session, 1946
Box 339, Folder 3
Security Council, 1946
Box 339, Folder 4
Statements, 1946-1947
Box 339, Folder 5
U. S. Mission
Daily Summary, 05 Sep-19 Oct 1947
Box 339, Folder 6-7
Daily Summary, 21 Oct-22 Nov 1947
Box 340, Folder 1-2
Veto
Box 340, Folder 3
General, 1948-1960
Box 340, Folder 4

Subseries 5D: United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1946-1947

(Boxes 340-352)

Subseries Description

This subseries includes correspondence, subject files, statements, meeting notes, memoranda, and briefing notes illuminating the crises and issues that Stevenson addressed during his tenure as ambassador to the United Nations. These papers are arranged alphabetically by folder title and show Stevenson's involvement with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Cyprus, Congo, Israel, and Vietnam. Previously classified documents, released in 1987 by the State Department, are fully integrated into this subseries. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name of the correspondent. Much of this correspondence is with Assistant Secretary of State Harlan Cleveland and other State Department officials. Chronological files of outgoing correspondence, most of which is duplicated in the correspondence series, is arranged chronologically, with Stevenson's personal correspondence arranged first. Additional correspondence written in response to specific events, such as Stevenson's exchange with Zorin during the Cuban Missile Crisis, is included with the files pertaining to those events.

Particularly significant are Stevenson's handwritten notes, taken during meetings with the Secretary General, President, and the Security Council. In cases where the meeting was devoted to a single issue, the notes are arranged in the appropriate subject file; however, the majority of the meetings addressed a variety of issues. Because these notes are in Stevenson's hand and contain his unique abbreviations, they are in some cases difficult to decipher.

The files on United Nations financing document both fundraising through bond issues and the Article 19 controversy. By 1963, the Soviet Union had fallen into arrears due to their refusal to pay their allocation for U. N. peacekeeping efforts which they did not support. According to the U. N. charter, the Soviet Union could have voting rights in the General Assembly rescinded if they did not meet their financial obligations. Another major issue during Stevenson's tenure, the possible admission of Communist China to the United Nations, was protested by the American public; Stevenson received petitions signed by individuals opposing Chinese representation.

These papers also deal with the administrative side of the United States Mission, including personnel matters, budget, and appointment of officials. The protocol reports document the important social aspects of Stevenson's position.

Address Book
Box 340, Folder 5
Africa, 1961-1965
Box 340, Folder 6
Apartheid, 1960-1964
Box 340, Folder 7
Appointment and Diplomatic Passport, 1961-1965
Box 340, Folder 8
Arts and Decoration Committee, 1961-1965
Box 340, Folder 9
Cabinet Meetings, 1961-1965
Box 340, Folder 10
Cameroon Protest, 1963
Box 340, Folder 11
Chinese Representation, 1961-1964
Box 340, Folder 12
Colonialism, 1961
Box 341, Folder 1
Congo, 1960-1965
Box 341, Folder 2-3
Correspondence
A - Z, 1961-1965
Box 341, Folder 4-7
Chronological Files
Personal, 1961
Box 341, Folder 8
1961
Box 342, Folder 1-5
Personal
Jan-May 1962
Box 342, Folder 6
Jun-Dec 1962
Box 342, Folder 7
1962
Box 343, Folder 1-5
Personal, 1963
Box 343, Folder 6
Jan-Feb 1963
Box 343, Folder 7-8
Mar-Dec 1963
Box 344, Folder 1-5
Personal, 1964
Box 344, Folder 6
Jan-Apr 1964
Box 344, Folder 7-8
May-Dec 1964
Box 345, Folder 1-3
Personal, 1965
Box 345, Folder 4
1965
Box 345, Folder 5-7
Cuba
1960-Dec 1961
Box 345, Folder 8-9
1962
Box 346, Folder 1-4
Correspondence (Security Council speech), Oct-Nov 1962
Box 346, Folder 5
Alsop/Bartlett Article, 1962
Box 346, Folder 6
Correspondence
Alsop Article A - H
Box 346, Folder 7-8
Alsop Article I - Z
Box 347, Folder 1-4
1963-1965
Box 347, Folder 5
Cyprus, 1958-1964
Box 347, Folder 6
Dallas Incident
Correspondence
24-26 Oct 1963
Box 347, Folder 7
27 Oct-24 Nov 1963
Box 348, Folder 1
Newsclippings, 1963
Box 348, Folder 2
Delegations, 1963-1964
Box 348, Folder 3
Disarmament, 1960-1965
Box 348, Folder 4-5
Dominican Republic, 1965
Box 348, Folder 6
Economic and Social Council, 1961-1965
Box 348, Folder 7
Financing
1961-1963
Box 348, Folder 8-9
1964-1965
Box 349, Folder 1-2
General Assembly
16th Session, 1962
Box 349, Folder 3
17th Session, 1962
Box 349, Folder 4
18th Session, 1963
Box 349, Folder 5
19th Session, 1964
Box 349, Folder 6
“The Greatest Story Ever Told”, 1964-1965
Box 349, Folder 7
Guest Lists, 1961-1965
Box 349, Folder 8
Hammarskjold, Dag, 1961-1964
Box 349, Folder 9
Inter-Cabinet Affairs
Departments of Agriculture - Interior, 1962-1963
Box 349, Folder 10
Departments of Justice - Treasury, 1962-1963
Box 349, Folder 11
International School, 1963-1965
Box 350, Folder 1
Israel, 1962-1964
Box 350, Folder 2
Itineraries and Appointments, 1962-1965
Box 350, Folder 3
Kashmir, 1962-1964
Box 350, Folder 4
Korea, 1961
Box 350, Folder 5
Laos, 1961
Box 350, Folder 6
Latin America, 1961-1962
Box 350, Folder 7
Mail Control, 1961-1965
Box 350, Folder 8
Meeting Notes, 1960-1965
Box 350, Folder 9
Memoranda, 1961-1965
Box 350, Folder 10
Notes
Box 350, Folder 11
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1962-1963
Box 350, Folder 12
Permanent Missions, 1963-1965
Box 350, Folder 13
Personnel
1960-May 1961
Box 350, Folder 14
Jun 1961-1965
Box 351, Folder 1
Portugal, 1961-1963
Box 351, Folder 2
Presidential Memos, 1960-1963
Box 351, Folder 3
Press Releases, 1961-1965
Box 351, Folder 4
Protocol Reports, 1961-1964
Box 351, Folder 5
Reference Materials, 1961-1965
Box 351, Folder 6
Telsun Foundation Film Project, 1963-1965
Box 351, Folder 7
Thant, U, 1961-1965
Box 351, Folder 8-9
Training and Research Institute, 1964
Box 351, Folder 10
Travel Program, 1963-1965
Box 351, Folder 11
Tunisia, 1961
Box 352, Folder 1
Twentieth Anniversary Commemoration
1964-1965
Box 352, Folder 2
President's Speech, 1965
Box 352, Folder 3
Vietnam, 1964-1965
Box 352, Folder 4-6
Waldorf Towers, 1961-1965
Please see United Nations Appointments in oversized Box 456
Box 352, Folder 7

Series 6: Subject Files, 1931-1965

(Boxes 352-389)

Series Description

Series 6: Subject Files, includes correspondence, reference materials, newsclippings, meeting minutes, agendas, and other materials documenting those aspects of Stevenson's professional life not addressed in other series, including his governorship of Illinois, service on the boards of trustees for various companies and philanthropic organizations, his law career, government service during the New Deal and World War II, and political activities outside his presidential campaigns. These files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Stevenson served on the boards of trustees for a number of organizations, including the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation, Encyclopedia Britannica, Hull House, Daily Pantagraph, and the Field Foundation. Papers documenting Stevenson's organizational affiliations, such as the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Chicago Bar Association, and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, are also included. Clearly illustrated throughout this series is Stevenson's high level of involvement with a variety of organizations, ranging from social service to political groups. Stevenson's devotion to Chicago's institutions, well after he became a nationally – and internationally – prominent figure, is shown.

Stevenson's memoranda to president-elect John F. Kennedy, advising him on his first important actions as President (most notably appointing a Secretary of State) are particularly interesting.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933
Box 352, Folder 8-9
Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933
Box 353, Folder 1-2
All-Chicago Citizen's Committee, 1956
Box 353, Folder 3
Asia, 1956-1965
Box 353, Folder 4
Chicago Bar Association - Committee on Civil Rights, 1937-1941
Box 353, Folder 5-7
Chicago Commission on Human Relations, 1940-1941
Box 353, Folder 8
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
1934-1936
Box 353, Folder 9-10
1937-1960
Box 354, Folder 1-2
Chicago Daily News
1944-1965
Box 354, Folder 3-4
Financial Statements, 1940-1944
Box 354, Folder 5
Voting Trust Agreements, 1944
Box 354, Folder 6
Chicago, Illinois Demographics, 1950
Box 354, Folder 7
Citizens Commission for Judicial Amendment, 1957
Box 354, Folder 8
Civil Rights
1956
Box 354, Folder 9-10
1957-1964
Box 355, Folder 1-2
Coconut Oil, 1957
Box 355, Folder 3
Committee for International Economic Growth, 1958-1959
Box 355, Folder 4
Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, 1958-1959
Box 355, Folder 5
Committee on Illinois Government, 1955-1960
Box 355, Folder 6-10
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940-1951
Box 356, Folder 1-7
Congress
1954-1955
Box 356, Folder 8
1958-1959
Box 357, Folder 1
Council on Foreign Relations, 1961
Box 357, Folder 2
Council on World Tensions, 1963-1964
Box 357, Folder 3
“Dear Adlai” Book, 1953-1954
Box 357, Folder 4
Democratic Federation of Illinois, 1957-1959
Box 357, Folder 5
Democratic National Committee
1937-1956
Box 357, Folder 6-11
1957-1964
Box 358, Folder 1
Contributions, 1953-1954
Box 358, Folder 2
Democratic Advisory Council
1956-Oct 1959
Box 358, Folder 3-7
Nov 1959-1960
Box 359, Folder 1-4
Policy Statements, 1956-1960
Box 359, Folder 5-8
Democratic National Convention, 1952
Box 360, Folder 1
Democratic National Finance Committee
National Council of Roosevelt Electors, 1936-1937
Box 360, Folder 2-4
Democratic Party of Cook County, 1948-1955
Box 360, Folder 5
Democratic Study Group, 1965
Box 360, Folder 6
Department of Defense, 1960-1961
Box 360, Folder 7
Eisenhower, Dwight, 1953-1962
Box 360, Folder 8-9
Elections
General, 1948-1963
Box 360, Folder 10
Presidential - Bi-Partisan Fundraising, 1964
Box 361, Folder 1
Campaign, 1964
Box 361, Folder 2
Democratic National Convention, 1964
Box 361, Folder 3
Democratic Platform, 1964
Box 361, Folder 4
Newsclippings, 1964
Box 361, Folder 5
Vice-Presidential Candidacy
1964
Box 361, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1964
Box 361, Folder 7
U.S. Senate, Illinois, 1961
Box 361, Folder 8
Public Response, Sep-04 Dec 1961
Box 361, Folder 9
U.S. Senate, Illinois - Public Response 05 Dec, 1961-1962
Box 362, Folder 1-2
U.S. Senate, New York - Correspondence, 1964
Box 362, Folder 3
Newsclippings, 1964
Box 362, Folder 4
Notes and Statements, 1964
Box 362, Folder 5
Petition, 1964
Box 362, Folder 6
Electoral Board (Illinois), 1952
Box 362, Folder 7
Encyclopedia Britannica
1955-Sep 1959
Box 362, Folder 8-9
Oct 1959-1965
Box 363, Folder 1-6
Encyclopedia Britannica Films
1955-Oct 1957
Box 363, Folder 7
Nov 1957-1961
Box 364, Folder 1-5
Encyclopedia Britannica Ltd., 1957-1965
Box 364, Folder 6
Facts Forum
Box 364, Folder 7
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1934-1935
Box 365, Folder 1
Rules and Regulations, 1934-1935
Box 365, Folder 2
Statutes and Codes, 1934
Box 365, Folder 3
Field Foundation
1956-Mar 1958
Box 365, Folder 4-6
Apr 1958-Sep 1959
Box 366, Folder 1-6
Oct 1959-Aug 1960
Box 367, Folder 1-6
Sep 1960-1965
Box 368, Folder 1-5
Foreign Economic Administration
Italian Survey Mission
1943-1944
Box 368, Folder 6
Reports, 1944
Box 368, Folder 7
Report, Final, 1944
Box 369, Folder 1-2
Foreign Economic Development, 1957-1958
Box 369, Folder 3
Foreign Economic Policy, 1945-1947
Box 369, Folder 4
Foreign Policy, 1944-1965
Box 369, Folder 5-6
Foreign Policy Association, 1946-1965
Box 369, Folder 7
Global Television, 1959
Box 370, Folder 1
Governorship
1949-1953
Box 370, Folder 2
Addresses & Messages, 1949-1952
Box 370, Folder 3
Campaign Materials, 1948-Jul 1952
Box 370, Folder 4-8
Departmental Reports, 1952
Box 370, Folder 9
Legislation, 1951
Box 371, Folder 1
Personnel, 1951-1952
Box 371, Folder 2
Record
1949-1956
Box 371, Folder 3-4
Public Assistance, 1951-1956
Box 371, Folder 5
Reference Materials, 1948-1952
Box 371, Folder 6
Hall of Fame for Great Americans, 1958-1965
Please see oversized gubernatorial campaign materials Box 457 and Cabinet 1, Drawer 12
Box 371, Folder 7-10
Hammarskjold, Dag Memorial, 1964-1965
Box 372, Folder 1
Hydrogen Bomb
1956-1959
Box 372, Folder 2-8
1960
Box 373, Folder 1
Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, 1931-1961
Box 373, Folder 2-3
Immigrants Protective League, 1936-1943
Box 373, Folder 4-5
Industrial National Bank, 1938-1948
Box 373, Folder 6
International House
1938-1948
Box 373, Folder 7
1939-1958
Box 374, Folder 1-3
International Hudson Corporation, 1946-1949
Box 374, Folder 4
Israel, 1946-1949
Box 374, Folder 5
Kennedy, John F.
1960
Box 374, Folder 6-7
Campaign, Feb-Dec 1960
Box 375, Folder 1-2
Reports (draft), 1960
Box 375, Folder 3
Reports of Task Forces, Dec 1960
Box 375, Folder 4
Report of Task Force on Balance of Payments, Dec 1960-Jan 1961
Box 375, Folder 5
Report of Task Force on Foreign Economic Policy, 1960
Box 375, Folder 6-8
Report of Task Force on Foreign Economic Policy
Box 376, Folder 1
Stevenson's Report to Kennedy, Nov 1960
Box 376, Folder 2
Supplemental Memoranda, Nov 1960
Box 376, Folder 3
King Arthur (Stevenson's Dalmatian)
Box 376, Folder 4
Lake County Forest Preserve District, 1957-1965
Box 376, Folder 5
Law Practice
1936-Apr 1957
Box 376, Folder 6-8
May 1957-Aug 1959
Box 377, Folder 1-8
Aug 1959-1965
Box 378, Folder 1-6
Billing Reports
1957-1958
Box 378, Folder 7-8
1959
Box 379, Folder 1
Cash Statements, 1955-1960
Box 379, Folder 2
Client Lists, 1958-1960
Box 379, Folder 3-4
Deciding Group Data, 1958-1959
Box 379, Folder 5
Lohman, Joseph, 1954-1955
Box 379, Folder 6
Los Angeles County
Hollywood Museum, 1964
Box 379, Folder 7
McCarthy, Joseph R., 1952
Box 379, Folder 8
Marshall Plan, 1947
Box 379, Folder 9
Middle East, 1953-1954
Box 379, Folder 10
National Committee for an Effective Congress, 1958
Box 379, Folder 11
National Defense Policy, 1953-1954
Box 380, Folder 1
National Recovery Administration, 1934-1935
Box 380, Folder 2-5
New Worth Foundation, 1954
Box 380, Folder 6
Nixon, Richard M., 1953-1960
Box 380, Folder 7-10
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stevenson's Notebook, 1957
Box 381, Folder 1-4
Appointments/Schedules, 1957
Box 381, Folder 5
Background Material, 1957
Box 381, Folder 6
Dulles, John Foster, 1957
Box 381, Folder 7
Correspondence, 1957
Box 381, Folder 8
NATO
Working Papers, 1956-1957
Box 381, Folder 9
Northwestern University School of Law
1946
Box 381, Folder 10
1947-1948
Box 382, Folder 1
Panama, 1959
Box 382, Folder 2
Paris-Presse-L'intransigeant, 1960
Box 382, Folder 3
Polls and Surveys, 1957-1960
Box 382, Folder 4
Republican Party, 1952-1954
Box 382, Folder 5
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1946-1965
Box 382, Folder 6-7
Roosevelt, Eleanor Memorial Foundation
Awards, 1964
Box 382, Folder 8
By-Laws, 1963
Box 382, Folder 9
Commemorative Stamp, 1963-1964
Box 382, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1963-1965
Box 383, Folder 1-4
Finance Committee, 1962-1963
Box 383, Folder 5
Founding, 1962
Box 383, Folder 6
Human Rights Interns, 1963-1964
Box 383, Folder 7
Human Rights Study, 1963-1964
Box 383, Folder 8
J. M. Kaplan Fund, 1965
Box 383, Folder 9
Labor Unions, 1963-1965
Box 383, Folder 10
Mailmen's, March 1964
Box 383, Folder 11
Meeting Minutes, 1963-1964
Box 384, Folder 1
Publications, 1963
Box 384, Folder 2-3
Purposes Committee, 1962-1964
Box 384, Folder 4
Reports and Press Releases, 1963-1965
Box 384, Folder 5-6
Roosevelt Presidential Library, 1964-1965
Box 384, Folder 7
Trustees, 1963-1964
Box 384, Folder 8
United Nations Memorial, 1963-1964
Box 384, Folder 9
Roosevelt, Eleanor Cancer Foundation, 1959-1964
Box 384, Folder 10
Santa Barbara News Press, 1963-1964
Box 385, Folder 1
Schweitzer, Albert Education Foundation, 1958-1960
Box 385, Folder 2
Speech Material, 1941-1956
Box 385, Folder 3
State Department
1943-1945
Box 385, Folder 4
Memorandum, Parts I-IV, 1945
Box 385, Folder 5
Memorandum, Parts V-X, 1945
Box 385, Folder 6
Stevenson, Adlai E. III, 1945-1964
Box 385, Folder 7-8
Stevenson Clubs, 1953-1954
Box 385, Folder 9
Stevenson for Senate Committee, 1947
Box 385, Folder 10
Stevenson Report Committee, 1953
Box 385, Folder 11-12
Stevenson Report Committee
1953
Box 386, Folder 1-3
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 386, Folder 4
Truman, Harry S., 1948-1960
Box 386, Folder 5-7
U-2 Incident
Senate Hearings, 1960
Box 386, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1960
Box 387, Folder 1-3
Unitarian Church (Bloomfield, Illinois), 1958-1960
Box 387, Folder 4
United States Navy
1941-1944
Box 387, Folder 5-7
Correspondence, 1942
Box 387, Folder 8-9
Office of War Information
1942
Box 388, Folder 1-8
1943
Box 389, Folder 1-2
Media Reports, 1942
Box 389, Folder 3
South Pacific Trip, 1943
Box 389, Folder 4
United States Strategic Bombing Surveys, 1944
Box 389, Folder 5
World Brotherhood, 1958-1959
Box 389, Folder 6
World Government, 1949
Box 389, Folder 7

Series 7: Personal Files, 1861-1990

(Boxes 389-433)

Series Description

Series 7: Personal Files, is arranged into fourteen subseries. Subseries have been designated for: appointments/schedules; awards and honorary degrees; biographical materials; clippings; diaries; financial materials; invitations; law school notes; memberships; memorabilia; memorials; portraits and photographs; religion; and sponsorships.

Subseries 7A: Appointments/Schedules, 1936-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 7A: Appointments/Schedules, is arranged chronologically and includes Stevenson's desk calendars and daily schedules. The desk calendars were kept by Stevenson himself and include handwritten comments and notes, but are not always complete. Beginning when he was governor, Stevenson's secretaries prepared daily schedules, listing his appointments and other commitments. These schedules were kept consistently from 1949 until he left office, and sporadically in subsequent years. From 1957 until early 1961, when Stevenson was associated with the law firm Stevenson, Rifkind, and Wirtz, his secretaries maintained thorough documentation for his appointments, lunch engagements, and telephone calls. During his U.N. ambassadorship, daily schedules, such as those kept when he was governor, were again maintained. These schedules provide thorough documentation for the time Stevenson spent in his office, but provide little or no insight into his personal life or activities while he was away from the office. Particularly poignant is Stevenson's final schedule, in his briefcase at the time of his death, listing his appointments and engagements through the end of August 1965.

1948 - 1949
Box 389, Folder 8-9
1949 - 1952
Box 390, Folder 1-7
1952 - 1956
Box 391, Folder 1-8
1956 - 1959
Box 392, Folder 1-8
1959 - 1962
Box 393, Folder 1-9
1963 - 1965
Box 394, Folder 1-5

Subseries 7B: Awards/Honorary Degrees, 1936-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 27B: Awards/Honorary Degrees, is arranged chronologically and includes diplomas, awards, correspondence, newsclippings, and programs documenting the events at which Stevenson was honored. The majority of his awards were honorary degrees received from colleges and universities.

1932 - 1954
Box 394, Folder 6-8
1956 - 1965
Box 395, Folder 1-5
Citations/Introductions, 1954-1965
Please see oversized awards in Boxes 456 and 457
Box 395, Folder 6

Subseries 7C: Biographical Materials, 1913-1990

Subseries Description

Subseries 7C: Biographical Materials, includes biographies, press releases, correspondence, official documents, and narrative biographies written by individuals close to Stevenson. The biographical materials are arranged alphabetically, with general biographical materials first. The general biographical materials include official biographies prepared for Stevenson's political campaigns, speech introductions, and entries into Who's Who and other biographical anthologies. The correspondence primarily includes requests from students writing reports on Stevenson. A small amount of genealogical information, family reminiscences, and newspaper articles on Stevenson's accidental shooting of Ruth Merwin in 1913 are also included.

Stevenson's “black book” provides comprehensive information on his family, education, and affiliations. Included are lists of awards and honorary degrees, books by and about him, biographical information on his ancestors and three sons, lists of donations and memberships, and medical history. This book was presumably kept by Stevenson's secretaries as a reference tool.

The documents include copies of his birth certificate, passports and immunization records, Navy discharge, and various other official documents issued by state or federal agencies. Two transcripts of oral history interviews, conducted with Harriet Welling, Stevenson's longtime Chicago friend, and Margaret Munn, one of his secretaries while he served as governor of Illinois, are included. Writings about Stevenson include magazine and journal articles, master's theses, and remembrances of Stevenson's friends. Elizabeth Stevenson Ives' commentaries on biographies written about her brother are included. Ironically, she found John Bartlow Martin's 1976 biography, the official biography endorsed by the family, egregiously inaccurate and wrote a lengthy rebuttal.

General
1913-1952
Box 395, Folder 7
1953-1965
Box 396, Folder 1-2
“Black Book”
Box 396, Folder 3
Documents, 1900-1965
Box 396, Folder 4-5
Humor, Quotes
Box 396, Folder 6
Ives, Elizabeth S. Commentary, 1977-1990
Box 396, Folder 7
Memoirs (projected), 1965
Box 396, Folder 8
Oral Histories, 1968-1976
Box 396, Folder 9
Writings About Stevenson
1949-1953
Box 396, Folder 10
1954-1975
Box 397, Folder 1-7
1976-1990
Box 398, Folder 1-2

Subseries 7C: Clippings, 1896-1968

Subseries Description

Subseries 7C: Clippings, includes clippings from Illinois and national newspapers, primarily predating his first nomination as Democratic candidate for president. Most of the early newsclippings document the social activities of Stevenson and his family, and later, his wife and her family. Copies of articles that Stevenson wrote in the mid-1920s while on the staff of the Daily Pantagraph are particularly notable. Clippings from 1947 and onward primarily document Stevenson's political and professional activities. The majority of the post-1952 newsclippings have been discarded; those retained are from local newspapers. In particular, clippings from the late 1950s and 1960s were collected by Princetonians and are drawn from the Daily Princetonian, Princeton Packet, and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

1896 - 1950
Box 398, Folder 3-6
1951 - 1965
Box 399, Folder 1-3

Subseries 7E: Diaries, 1943-1964 (bulk 1943-1947)

Subseries Description

Subseries 7E: Diaries, includes handwritten and transcribed copies of Stevenson's diaries. These diaries are in no way comprehensive and primarily document the first few weeks of each of Stevenson's new endeavors in the 1940s. The 1943 diary documents his trip to the Pacific theatre while serving in the Department of the Navy, while the others document his early service to the United Nations. A single entry for November 25, 1957 provides an introduction to his role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a final diary records his 1964 trip to Jane Dick's house in Jamaica. Stevenson's diary entries are very forthright and revealing; unfortunately, he kept them very sporadically.

1943
Box 399, Folder 4
1944 - 1964
Box 399, Folder 5

Subseries 7F: Financial Materials, 1925-1969

Subseries Description

Subseries 7F: Financial Materials, includes correspondence, receipts, invoices, and statements documenting Stevenson's finances. This documentation primarily includes income tax returns and investment information. Stevenson's investments were predominantly in communications, including the Daily Pantagraph and the Bloomington Broadcasting Company, gas and oil speculation, and farms. From the late 1950s until his death, Stevenson was involved in a number of joint investments with his three sons, primarily oil wells. His farm investments were primarily inheritances from his parents that he shared with his sister, Elizabeth Stevenson Ives. The one exception to this generalization was his farm in Libertyville, Illinois that he maintained as his primary residence even when he spent the majority of his time in Chicago and New York. The correspondence with the caretakers and local tradespeople reveals his devotion to this property.

Documentation concerning the settlement of the estates of his parents, Helen D. Stevenson and Lewis G. Stevenson, as well as his own estate, is also included. During the 1930s, Stevenson's father-in-law, John Borden, experienced a series of financial setbacks that necessitated financial support from his children, spouses, and ex-wives. Stevenson assumed primary responsibility for coordinating Borden's financial affairs, and this activity is documented through correspondence. Unfortunately, Stevenson's experiences with his father-in-law would be a grim foreshadowing of his sons' experiences with their own mother in the early 1960s. Stevenson's income tax returns document his income, primarily from investments, as well as his charitable donations. Stevenson's frugality is well-documented in other areas of the papers, but the financial materials indicate not only that he was financially secure throughout his life, but also that he was quite generous with his family.

Belle Isle Oil, 1962-1965
Box 399, Folder 6
Bloomington Broadcasting Corp., 1945-1959
Box 399, Folder 7-8
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
1942-1956
Box 399, Folder 9
1957-1965
Box 400, Folder 1
Cash Statements, 1961-1965
Box 400, Folder 2
Cole, Howard S. Jr. Oil Investments, 1952-1960
Box 400, Folder 3-5
Daily Pantagraph
Agreements, 1925-1936
Box 400, Folder 6-7
Audit Reports, 1937-1959
Box 401, Folder 1-4
Fell Estates Trust, 1931-1951
Box 401, Folder 5-6
Income Tax Returns
1927-1951
Box 401, Folder 7-8
1952-1960
Box 402, Folder 1-8
1961-1964
Box 403, Folder 1-4
Kansas Farm, 1919-1964
Box 403, Folder 5
La Coastal Petroleum Corp., 1964
Box 403, Folder 6
Libertyville Farm
1936-Aug 1956
Box 403, Folder 7
Sep 1956-1969
Box 404, Folder 1-5
McLean County Farm, 1946-1968
Box 404, Folder 6
Northern Basin Oil Company, 1963-1964
Box 404, Folder 7
Panoil Campany, 1957-1961
Box 405, Folder 1-3
Payroll
1953-1965
Box 405, Folder 4
Holland, Frank and Bea, 1951-1964
Box 405, Folder 5
Reardy, Viola, 1959-1965
Box 405, Folder 6
Petty Cash, 1959-1965
Box 405, Folder 7
Pims Oil Company
1962-Jul 1963
Box 405, Folder 8-9
Aug 1963-1965
Box 406, Folder 1-2
Political Contributions, 1960-1964
Box 406, Folder 3
Receipts and Disbursements, 1953-1962
Box 406, Folder 4-6
Sangamon Valley Television Corportation, 1951-1956
Box 406, Folder 7
San Diego Corporation, 1955-1959
Box 406, Folder 8
Skiles Oil Corporation, 1951-1959
Box 406, Folder 9-10
Stevenson, Adlai E. Estate, 1965-1969
Box 407, Folder 1
Stevenson, Ellen Borden Investments, 1933-1939
Box 407, Folder 2-3
Stevenson, Helen D. Trust, 1930-1940
Box 407, Folder 4-6
Stevenson, Lewis G. Estate
1919-May 1929
Box 407, Folder 7
Jun 1929-Nov 1937
Box 408, Folder 1-3

Subseries 7G: Invitations, 1952-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 7G: Invitations, includes printed invitations, correspondence, newsclippings, and programs documenting Stevenson's social activities during this time period. Stevenson attended only a fraction of the events to which he was invited. The invitations he accepted reveal the types of functions which he was obligated or chose to accept.

In the 1950s, Stevenson attended numerous luncheons and dinners with politically influential people. These dinners were especially numerous in 1952 and 1953, where often, Stevenson would give speeches. During these years Stevenson declined invitations to many functions sponsored by various associations and religious groups. In addition, many schools and universities invited him to speak. Most of these invitations were regretted, although he did accept a few. Later in 1954 and 1955, in preparation for the next election year, Stevenson gave numerous speeches in various states such as Mississippi, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and accepted many invitations to speak in his home state of Illinois. Also in 1954, he travelled to Princeton to address the senior class banquet and accept an honorary degree at commencement. In preparation for the 1956 Presidential campaign, he accepted invitations in 1955 to various radio discussion programs and meetings with Democratic groups such as the Young Democrats Convention. At this time he declined many invitations to give speeches at colleges. In the late 1950s, he appeared on various television programs discussing political issues.

In the final years of his life, as ambassador to the United Nations, Stevenson attended numerous receptions held for representatives of other delegations, and most of the invitations that he accepted were in conjunction with his ambassadorial responsibilities. These functions included engagements with the political leaders of the world. In contrast to the bulk of his invitations in the 1950s, at which he was the speaker or honored guest, Stevenson was merely another invited guest at cocktail receptions and dinner parties.

Accepted
1952-1953
Box 408, Folder 4
Alaska, 1954
Box 408, Folder 5
A - C, 1954
Box 408, Folder 6
N, 1954
Box 408, Folder 7
P - R, 1954
Box 409, Folder 1
Speeches, 1954
Box 409, Folder 2-7
V - W, 1954
Box 410, Folder 1
A - Y, 1955
Box 410, Folder 2-6
1956-1957
Box 410, Folder 7-8
1959-1960
Box 411, Folder 1
1961
Box 411, Folder 2-7
1962
Box 412, Folder 1-6
A - C, 1963
Box 412, Folder 7
D - Z, 1963
Box 413, Folder 1-4
A - L, 1964
Box 413, Folder 5-5
M - Z, 1964
Box 414, Folder 1-2
1965
Box 414, Folder 3-5
Regretted
1953-1955
Box 414, Folder 6-7
1956-1965
Box 415, Folder 1-5

Subseries 7H: Law School Notes, 1922-1926

Subseries Description

Subseries 7H: Law School Notes, includes Stevenson's handwritten lecture notes from his law school attendance at both Harvard University and Northwestern University. The notes are arranged chronologically and include examinations, as well as notes. Several of the notebooks are not dated and contain no identification other than the name of the course.

Harvard Law School
1922-1923
Box 415, Folder 6
1922-1923
Box 415, Folder 7
1923-1924
Box 415, Folder 8
1923-1924
Box 416, Folder 1-2
Harvard Law School and Northwestern Law School, 1924-1926
Box 416, Folder 3
Unknown, undated
Box 416, Folder 4-5
Unknown, undated
Box 417, Folder 1-2

Subseries 7I: Memberships, 1942-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 7I: Memberships, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization. These papers include correspondence and membership cards for social, political, and benevolent organizations to which Stevenson belonged. He frequently wrote letters of support for his friends and associates who sought membership in some of the clubs to which he belonged. His affiliations with some of the organizations, such as Hull House, Century Association, and Onwentsia Club, spanned most of his adult life. He belonged to other organizations, particularly those which gave him honorary memberships, for only a short period of time.

A, 1952-1965
Box 417, Folder 3-5
B - I, 1942-1965
Box 418, Folder 1-7
J - Y, 1942-1965
Box 419, Folder 1-9

Subseries 7J: Memorabilia, 1861-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 7J: Memorabilia, includes invitations, programs, place cards, magazine covers, keys to cities, and other items that Stevenson designated for inclusion in his scrapbooks, but never were. As with other materials, these items reflect his rapid ascendancy in prominence. Early in his public career, he tended to save more items; as he gained greater prominence he clearly was not as easily impressed with the recognition and adulation he received. The memorabilia also includes guest lists, invitations, and toasts from his birthday parties, thrown annually by his wide circle of friends beginning with his fiftieth birthday. A guest book records visitors to Stevenson's various residences, including the Illinois governor's mansion, Libertyville farm, and his suite in the Waldorf Astoria. Clearly, the guest book was not signed by every visitor; however, it does give a flavor of his guests over the years.

General
1861-Oct 1950
Box 420, Folder 1-8
Nov 1950-1952
Box 421, Folder 1-7
1953-1956
Box 422, Folder 1-8
1957-1965
Box 423, Folder 1-7
Birthday Parties, 1950-1965
Box 424, Folder 1-3
Cartoons and Caricatures, 1955-1965
Box 424, Folder 4
Christmas Cards, 1949-1960
Box 424, Folder 5
Guest Book, 1950-1965
Please see oversized memorabilia in Boxes 455-457
Box 424, Folder 6

Subseries 7K: Memorials, 1965-1970

Subseries Description

Subseries 7K: Memorials, reflects Stevenson's immense popularity. This series includes condolence letters, eulogies, newsclippings, resolutions and proclamations, and papers documenting the planning of his funerals. Four official memorial services were held for Stevenson: Washington, D. C., July 17, 1965; Springfield, Illinois, July 18, 1965; Bloomington, Illinois, July 19, 1965 (including his interment); and United Nations, New York, July 19, 1965. Due to Stevenson's eminence, the services in Washington, Bloomington, and the U. N. were by invitation only. Memorial services were also held in Geneva, Switzerland; Princeton, New Jersey, and various other locales. Papers documenting the services include lists of invited individuals, telegrams, schedules and itineraries, programs, and memoranda. Bloomington mobilized quickly for the huge influx of mourners, with Illinois State University, the Daily Pantagraph, and State Farm Insurance Company providing administrative assistance.

The condolence letters are arranged by the writer. The majority were answered by Stevenson's eldest son, Adlai III, on behalf of the family. Several form letters were composed to acknowledge letters and telegrams received from social acquaintances, business and political associates, and lifelong friends. Numbered copies of the form letters are in the first file folder; Stevenson's secretaries indicated which form letter was used, by number, on each condolence. If a unique letter were written, the carbon was retained. The Department of State, United States Mission to the United Nations, and the Secretary General of the United Nations also received condolences from U. N. member nations. These condolences are arranged according to the organization which received and acknowledged them.

Eulogies include those delivered at the four memorial services discussed above, statements by Adlai III, Willard Wirtz, and other of Stevenson's long-time associates, and addresses given on the anniversary of his death. In addition to the memorial services held for Stevenson, he was honored in many other ways after his death. Numerous schools, libraries, lecture series, and roadways were dedicated to and/or named for him. Stevenson's friends and family attempted to consolidate all the memorial efforts into one central institution, the Stevenson Institute of International Affairs at the University of Chicago. Resolutions and proclamations honoring Stevenson and expressing sympathy to his family were adopted by many organizations and city, county, and state governments.

Condolence Letters
A - S, 1965
Box 425, Folder 1-7
T - Z, 1965
Box 426, Folder 1
Foreign Service, 1965
Box 426, Folder 2-3
State Department, 1965
Box 426, Folder 4
United Nations, 1965
Box 426, Folder 5-8
Eulogies and Statements
A - M, 1965
Box 426, Folder 9
O - Z, 1965
Box 427, Folder 1
Funerals and Memorial Services
Washington D.C., 17 Jul 1965
Box 427, Folder 2
Bloomington and Springfield, IL, 17-19 Jul 1965
Box 427, Folder 3-4
United Nations, 19 Jul 1965
Box 427, Folder 5
Unofficial, 1965
Box 427, Folder 6
Magazine Articles, 1965-1970
Box 427, Folder 7
Memorials
General
A - C
Box 427, Folder 8
D - Z
Box 428, Folder 1-5
Hallmark Gallery Exhibit, 1966
Box 428, Folder 6
New York World's Fair, Illinois Pavilion, 1965
Box 428, Folder 7
Princeton University, 1968-1969
Box 428, Folder 8
Stevenson College - Univ. of California at Santa Cruz, 1965-1990
Box 428, Folder 9
Stevenson Institute for Advanced Study, 1966
Box 428, Folder 10
Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, 1965-1968
Box 429, Folder 1
Stevenson Lectures on International Affairs
Correspondence, 1965-1969
Box 429, Folder 2
Lectures/Programs, 1965-1969
Box 429, Folder 3
Meeting Minutes, 1965-1965
Box 429, Folder 4
United Nations
General, 1965-1968
Box 429, Folder 5
Stevenson Memorial Fund, 1965
Box 429, Folder 6
Newsclippings
Box 429, Folder 7-9
Newsclippings
Box 430, Folder 1-5
Proclamations and Resolutions
Box 430, Folder 6

Subseries 7L: Portraits and Photographs, 1951-1961

Subseries Description

Subseries 7L: Portraits and Photographs, includes correspondence and promotional materials received by Stevenson and his staff from artists who sought to create works depicting Stevenson. Several portraits, photographs, and busts of Stevenson were commissioned over the years and these papers provide documentation for many of them.

1951 - 1958
Box 430, Folder 7-8
1959 - 1961
Box 431, Folder 1

Subseries 7M: Religion, 1952-1969

Subseries Description

Subseries 7M: Religion, includes correspondence, newsclippings, and a narrative report by Reverend Robert G. Andrus regarding Stevenson's religious affiliation. Although Stevenson belonged to the Unitarian church, he occasionally attended Presbyterian services, particularly while residing in Libertyville, which lacked a Unitarian church. In 1955, he joined the First Presbyterian Church in nearby Lake Forest, Illinois, while professing to maintain his Unitarianism. When this information received negative public response, prominent leaders in both denominations issued a statement affirming that Stevenson's formal affiliation with both churches did not marginalize his membership in either church. Both Stevenson and Reverend Andrus, minister of the First Presbyterian Church and one of the signatories of the statement, received numerous letters from both prospective voters and religious leaders expressing concern or approval for Stevenson's dual affiliations. Some Stevenson critics interpreted this issue as further proof of Stevenson's indecisiveness. In 1969, Andrus wrote a report revealing his interpretation of the events of 1955; this narrative is included.

General, 1952-1960
Box 431, Folder 2-3
Andrus, Robert
1954-1956
Box 431, Folder 4-5
Narrative, 1969
Box 431, Folder 6

Subseries 7N: Sponsorships, 1952-1965

Subseries Description

Subseries 7N: Sponsorships, contains correspondence documenting requests of institutions and organizations for Stevenson to serve on boards of trustees, advisory committees, and as a spokesperson. Stevenson's institutional affiliations remained consistent throughout his life, although he would generally accept honorary appointments that did not require significant time investments.

General
1952-1958
Box 431, Folder 7-9
1954-1963
Box 432, Folder 1-4
A - L, 1964
Box 432, Folder 5-6
M - Z, 1964
Box 433, Folder 1
A - Z, 1965
Box 433, Folder 2-3

Series 8: Scrapbooks, 1922-1962

(Box 434)

Series Description

Series 8: Scrapbooks, is arranged chronologically and includes microfilm copies of Stevenson's 108 scrapbook volumes, containing newsclippings and memorabilia documenting his personal and political activities. Beginning in 1952, many of the scrapbooks were compiled by Edith Gifford, a Stevenson supporter who worked for a clipping service. Thus, the post-1952 scrapbooks are uniform in size and arrangement, primarily documenting Stevenson's public activities. Earlier scrapbooks contain clippings about Stevenson's family and social activities. The scrapbooks reflect Stevenson's abrupt elevation in stature; the first four volumes cover the years 1922-1951, while later volumes each cover one or two months. A few of the volumes are devoted to specific events or topics, such as Conservation in Illinois (Volume 4, 1951) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (Volumes 105-107, 1962).

rolls of microfilm, circa 1925-1965
Box 434, Folder 19

Series 9: Travel Materials, 1953-1965

(Boxes 435-454)

Series Description

Series 9: Travel Materials, is arranged chronologically by the year of Stevenson's voyage, then alphabetically by country or region he visited. The travel materials include correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, itineraries, background information, and memorabilia, such as invitations and place cards. The bulk of the material documents his 1953 world tour which started in March and ended in August. During this trip, Stevenson established many of the contacts he cultivated through the remainder of his public career. Subsequent trips were taken both for pleasure and for business. He made his 1957 trip to Africa as a representative of legal clients Reynolds Metals and Maurice Tempelsman, while his 1958 trip to the Soviet Union was a goodwill, fact-finding tour. His written impressions of Russia were syndicated by the North American Newspaper Alliance and later published as Friends and Enemies.

The correspondence primarily documents the planning of his trips, but also includes thank-you notes to United States ambassadors, airline representatives, and local politicians and dignitaries, all of whom either expedited the planning of his trips or hosted him in the countries he visited. The files for those years in which he was ambassador to the United Nations, 1961-1965, include official statements made upon his arrival as well as copies of speeches he delivered. Stevenson sometimes kept notebooks recording his impressions of the places he visited; however, he was not always diligent in keeping the notebooks for the whole trip. These notebooks, some of which were later transcribed by his secretaries, are generally found at the beginning of materials documenting the trip. Stevenson received a tremendous amount of press coverage wherever he travelled and saved newsclippings from the local newspapers. These materials primarily document those trips that Stevenson undertook in some public capacity and although he usually incorporated some personal sightseeing into these trips, his purely personal vacations are not represented here.

Stevenson's entourage generally included William McC. Blair, Jr., one or more of his sons, translators and area experts, professional writers and photographers, and quite often, one or more of his female companions. Materials generated or collected by his travelling companions have been placed at the end of Stevenson's files for the appropriate trip. These materials include transcripts of Walter Johnson's recorded notes on the 1953 world tour, Robert Tucker's notes from the 1958 trip to Russia, and William Benton's notes and articles on the 1960 Latin American trip.

Summary List, 1953-1965
Box 435, Folder 1
General, 1953
Box 435, Folder 2
Correspondence
(Office), 1953
Box 435, Folder 3-4
Film, 1953
Box 435, Folder 5
Asia, 1953
Box 435, Folder 6-7
Austria, 1953
Box 435, Folder 8
Burma, 1953
Box 435, Folder 9
China
1953
Box 435, Folder 10
Hong Kong, 1953
Box 435, Folder 11
Taiwan, 1953
Box 435, Folder 12
Cyprus, 1953
Box 435, Folder 13
Egypt, 1953
Box 436, Folder 1
England
1953
Box 436, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1952-1953
Box 436, Folder 3-5
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 436, Folder 6
Europe, 1953
Box 436, Folder 7
France, 1953
Box 436, Folder 8
Germany
1953
Box 437, Folder 1
Background Information, 1953
Box 437, Folder 2
Greece, 1953
Box 437, Folder 3
Hawaii, 1953
Box 437, Folder 4
India
Correspondence, 1953-1956
Box 437, Folder 5-6
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 437, Folder 7
Notes, 1953
Box 437, Folder 8
Indochina, 1953
Box 438, Folder 1-3
Indonesia, 1953
Box 438, Folder 4
Iran, 1953
Box 438, Folder 5
Israel
1953
Box 438, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 438, Folder 7
Italy, 1953
Box 438, Folder 8
Japan
1953
Box 438, Folder 9
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 439, Folder 1
Jordan, 1953
Box 439, Folder 2
Korea, 1953
Box 439, Folder 3
Lebanon, 1953
Box 439, Folder 4
Malaya
Background Information, 1953
Box 439, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1953
Box 439, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 439, Folder 7
Middle East, 1953
Box 439, Folder 8
Pakistan
1953
Box 439, Folder 9
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 439, Folder 10
Philippines
1953
Box 439, Folder 11
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 440, Folder 1
Saudi Arabia, 1953
Box 440, Folder 2
Spain, 1953
Box 440, Folder 3
Syria, 1953
Box 440, Folder 4
Thailand, 1953
Box 440, Folder 5
Turkey
1953
Box 440, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1953
Box 440, Folder 7
Yugoslavia, 1953
Box 440, Folder 8
Welcome Home Letters, 1953
Box 440, Folder 9-10
Walter Johnson Tape Transcripts
Burma, 1953
Box 440, Folder 11
Cyprus, 1953
Box 441, Folder 1
Egypt, 1953
Box 441, Folder 2
Formosa, 1953
Box 441, Folder 3
Hong Kong, 1953
Box 441, Folder 4
India, 1953
Box 441, Folder 5
Indochina, 1953
Box 441, Folder 6
Indonesia, 1953
Box 441, Folder 7
Israel, 1953
Box 441, Folder 8
Japan, 1953
Box 441, Folder 9
Jordan, 1953
Box 441, Folder 10
Korea, 1953
Box 441, Folder 11
Lebanon, 1953
Box 441, Folder 12
Malaysia, 1953
Box 441, Folder 13
Middle East, 1953
Box 441, Folder 14
Pakistan, 1953
Box 441, Folder 15
Philippines, 1953
Box 441, Folder 16
Saudi Arabia, 1953
Box 441, Folder 17
Syria, 1953
Box 441, Folder 18
Thailand, 1953
Box 441, Folder 19
Turkey, 1953
Box 441, Folder 20
Yugoslavia, 1953
Box 441, Folder 21
Alaska, 1954
Box 442, Folder 1
Africa
Background Information, 1955
Box 442, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1955
Box 442, Folder 3
Newsclippings, 1955
Box 442, Folder 4
Notes and Statements, 1955
Box 443, Folder 1
Belgian Congo, 1955
Box 443, Folder 2
Ghana, 1955
Box 443, Folder 3
Kenya, 1955
Box 443, Folder 4
Rhodesia, 1955
Box 443, Folder 5
South Africa, 1955
Box 443, Folder 6
General, 1957
Box 443, Folder 7
Africa
Belgian Congo, 1957
Box 443, Folder 8
French Equatorial Africa, 1957
Box 443, Folder 9
Ghana, 1957
Box 443, Folder 10
Liberia, 1957
Box 443, Folder 11
Nigeria, 1957
Box 443, Folder 12
Rhodesia, 1957
Box 443, Folder 13
Union of South Africa
1957
Box 444, Folder 1
Newsclippings, 1957
Box 444, Folder 2
Europe
Correspondence, 1957
Box 444, Folder 3
England
Correspondence, 1957
Box 444, Folder 4-5
Correspondence (Oxford University), 1957
Box 444, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1957
Box 444, Folder 7
France, 1957
Box 444, Folder 8
Germany, 1957
Box 444, Folder 9
General, 1958
Box 444, Folder 10
Belgium, 1958
Box 444, Folder 11
Czechoslovakia, 1958
Box 444, Folder 12
England, 1958
Box 444, Folder 13
France, 1958
Box 444, Folder 14
Germany, 1958
Box 444, Folder 15
Italy, 1958
Box 444, Folder 16
Poland, 1958
Box 445, Folder 1
Russia
Correspondence, 1958-1960
Box 445, Folder 2-3
Correspondence (Tucker, Robert), 1958-1959
Box 445, Folder 4
Itineraries, 1958
Box 445, Folder 5
North American Newspaper Alliance Articles, 1958
Box 445, Folder 6
Notes, 1958
Box 445, Folder 7
“Impressions of Russia in 1958” (Robert C. Tucker), 1958
Box 445, Folder 8
Scandinavia, 1958
Box 445, Folder 9
General, 1959
Box 446, Folder 1
Latin America
General
1960
Box 446, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1959-1961
Box 446, Folder 3-6
Correspondence (Students), 1960
Box 446, Folder 7
Notes, 1960
Box 446, Folder 8
Argentina
1960
Box 447, Folder 1
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 447, Folder 2-3
Brazil
1960
Box 447, Folder 4
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 447, Folder 5-7
Chile
Background Information, 1960
Box 448, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1960
Box 448, Folder 2
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 448, Folder 3-5
Colombia
Correspondence, 1960
Box 448, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 448, Folder 7-8
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 449, Folder 1
Notes, 1960
Box 449, Folder 2
Costa Rica
1960
Box 449, Folder 3
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 449, Folder 4
Ecuador
1960
Box 449, Folder 5
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 449, Folder 6
Guatemala, 1960
Box 449, Folder 7
Mexico
1960
Box 449, Folder 8
Correspondence, 1960
Box 449, Folder 9
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 1-3
Panama
1960
Box 450, Folder 4
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 5
Peru
1960
Box 450, Folder 6
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 7
Uruguay
1960
Box 451, Folder 1
Newsclippings, 1960
Box 451, Folder 2
Venezuela, 1960
Box 451, Folder 3
Benton, William
Articles, 1960
Box 451, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1960
Box 451, Folder 5
Notes
Vol. I, 1960
Box 451, Folder 6
Vol. I-II, 1960
Box 451, Folder 7
Vol. II, 1960
Box 452, Folder 1
Vol. III, 1960
Box 452, Folder 2
Vol. IV, 1960
Box 452, Folder 3
Excerpts, 1960
Box 452, Folder 4
Manuscript
Part I, 1960
Box 452, Folder 5
Part II, 1960
Box 452, Folder 6
General
Italy, 1961
Box 452, Folder 7
Puerto Rico, 1961
Box 452, Folder 8
Sweden, 1961
Box 452, Folder 9
Latin America
General, 1961
Box 452, Folder 10
Background Information, 1961
Box 453, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1961
Box 453, Folder 2
Newsclippings, 1961
Box 453, Folder 3
Argentina, 1961
Box 453, Folder 4
Bolivia, 1961
Box 453, Folder 5
Brazil, 1961
Box 453, Folder 6
Chile, 1961
Box 453, Folder 7
Colombia, 1961
Box 453, Folder 8
Ecuador, 1961
Box 453, Folder 9
Paraguay, 1961
Box 453, Folder 10
Peru, 1961
Box 453, Folder 11
Uruguay, 1961
Box 453, Folder 12
Venezuela, 1961
Box 453, Folder 13
General, 1962-1963
Box 454, Folder 1-2
Belgium, 1963
Box 454, Folder 3
England, 1963
Box 454, Folder 4
France, 1963
Box 454, Folder 5
Germany, 1963
Box 454, Folder 6
Morocco, 1963
Box 454, Folder 7
Russia, 1963
Box 454, Folder 8
Spain, 1963
Box 454, Folder 9
Switzerland, 1963
Box 454, Folder 10
General, 1964
Box 454, Folder 11
Chile and Panama, 1964
Box 454, Folder 12
England, 1964
Box 454, Folder 13
Sweden, 1964
Box 454, Folder 14
General, 1965
Box 454, Folder 15
Oversized
Please see additional oversized material in Cabinet 1, Drawer 12
Political Cartoons, 1949-1969
Box 455
Awards, Campaign Posters, Memorabilia, U. N. Appointments, 1936
Box 456
Awards, Campaign Posters, Memorabilia, 1896-1965
Box 457

Series 10: Photographs, 1892-1965

(Boxes 458-554)

Series Description

Series 10: Photographs, is arranged by subject and chronologically within each subject designation. The photographs are primarily black and white 8“x10” with some negatives and color photos. They document various aspects of Stevenson's political career as well as his family life. There are some photographs of Stevenson's early years and his private life with his wife, his sister and his children. For the most part, however, these photographs document various political events and Stevenson's extensive travels as governor of Illinois, presidential nominee, and United Nations Ambassador.

The photographs are arranged in roughly the same manner as the rest of the Adlai Stevenson Papers:

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