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Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, 1861-2001 (bulk 1952-1965): Finding Aid
MC124

Adlai Stevenson with Eleanor Roosevelt, August 1956
These papers were processed with the generous support of Mrs. Barry Bingham, William McC. Blair, Jr., Nona Cox, Mrs. J. Edward Day, Jane Warner Dick, Phyllis Gustafson, the Estate of Elizabeth S. Ives, Timothy R. Ives, Philip M. Klutznick, Nan McEvoy, Josephine P. McGowan, Newton N. Minow, Adlai E. Stevenson III, John Fell Stevenson, Maurice Tempelsman, and Willard Wirtz.
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
- Title and dates:
- Adlai E. Stevenson Papers
- 1861-2001
- 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:
- 262.31 linear feet
- 461 archival boxes, 3 half boxes, 76 8x10 photograph boxes, 4 16x20 size photograph boxes, 23 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 materials:
- English
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
Biography
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 Stevenson's 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, 1919-19651952-1965
- Subseries 1B: Sampled Correspondence, 1952-1965
- Series 2: Speeches, 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, 1945-1965
- Subseries 5B: U. N. Preparatory Commission, 1945-1946
- Subseries 5C: General Assembly, 1946-1947
- Subseries 5D: United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1946-1947
- Series 6: Subject Files, 1931-1965
- Series 7: Personal Files, 1861-1990
- Subseries 7A: Appointments/Schedules, 1936-1965
- Subseries 7B: Awards/Honorary Degrees, 1936-1965
- Subseries 7C: Biographical Materials, 1913-1990
- Subseries 7D: Clippings, 1896-1968
- Subseries 7E: Diaries, 1943-19641943-1947
- 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
- Series 9: Travel Materials, 1953-1965
- Series 10: Photographs, 1892-1965
- Series 11: Audiovisual Materials, 1952-2001
- Subseries 11A: Audio Tapes, undated
- Subseries 11B: Films, undated
- Subseries 11C: Phonograph Records, undated
Access and Use
Access
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.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Series 11 is composed of audiovisual materials in various formats. Access to this material follows the Mudd Manuscript Library policy for preservation and access to audiovisual materials.
Acquisition and Appraisal
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, Jean Baker, Barry Bingham, Sr., William McC. Blair, Jr., the Estate of George J. Cooke, Jr., Vincent Davis, Francis Dummer Fisher, Edward Gold, Phyllis Gustafson, Chuck Hand, Ralph Hansen, Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, Timothy R. Ives, Sally J. Jeans, Mort R. Lewis, Archibald MacLeish, T. S. Matthews, Harry S. May, Porter McKeever, the New York State Department of Civil Service, Schlesinger Productions, Adlai E. Stevenson III, John Fell Stevenson, Dr. Henry P. Van Dusen, and Dale Warren.
Appraisal
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Manuscript Library guidelines. Materials separated from this collection during processing in 2010 include newspaper clippings from major newspapers on Stevenson's political career, scrapbooks that are also available on microfilm, and duplicate photographs.
Processing and Other Information
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. Materials received after the collection was processed were integrated by Adriane Hanson in 2010.
Descriptive Rules Used
Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks on August 23, 2005. Revised by Dan Santamaria and Adriane Hanson.
Language(s) of this Finding Aid
Finding aid written in English.
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.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Ball, George W. (George Wildman) 1909-1994 -- Correspondence.
- Benton, William, 1900-1973 -- Correspondence.
- Bingham, Barry, 1906-1988 -- Correspondence,
- Blair, William McC. -- Correspondence.
- Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 -- Correspondence.
- Brademas, John, 1927- -- Correspondence.
- Brown, Stuart Gerry, 1912- -- Correspondence.
- Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905- -- Career in politics.
- Cleveland, Harlan -- Correspondence.
- Cockrell, Ewing -- Correspondence.
- Cousins, Norman -- Correspondence.
- Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 -- Correspondence.
- Day, James Edward, 1914- -- Correspondence.
- Dick, Jane -- Correspondence.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Career in politics.
- Field, Ruth -- Correspondence.
- Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893- -- Correspondence.
- Fritchey, Clayton -- Correspondence.
- Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905- -- Correspondence.
- Garrison, Lloyd -- Correspondence.
- Glassford, Deborah -- Correspondence.
- Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich, 1909-1989 -- Career in diplomacy.
- Hammarskjold, Dag, 1905-1961 -- Career in diplomacy.
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 -- Career in politics.
- Harris, Seymour Edwin, 1897-1974 -- Correspondence.
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 -- Correspondence.
- Ives, Elizabeth Stevenson, 1897- -- Correspondence.
- Johnson, Gerald W. (Gerald White), 1890-1980 -- Correspondence.
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Correspondence.
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 -- Correspondence.
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Correspondence.
- Krushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 -- Career in diplomacy.
- Lasker, Mary -- Correspondence.
- Meyer, Agnes Elisabeth Ernst, 1887- -- Correspondence.
- Minow, Newton N., 1926- -- Correspondence.
- Mitchell, Stephen A. -- Correspondence.
- Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 -- Correspondence.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 -- Career in politics.
- Patterson, Alicia, 1906-1963 -- Correspondence.
- Raeburn, Sam, 1882-1961 -- Career in politics.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, James, 1907- -- Correspondence.
- Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916- -- Correspondence.
- Rusk, Dean, 1909- -- Correspondence.
- Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 -- Correspondence.
- Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965 -- Correspondence.
- Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 -- Career in politics.
- Spears, Mary, Lady -- Correspondence.
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 -- Correspondence.
- Stevenson, Ellen Borden -- Correspondence.
- Stevenson, John Fell, 1936- -- Correspondence.
- Stevenson, Nancy Anderson -- Correspondence.
- Swig, Benjamin -- Correspondence.
- Tempelsman, Maurice -- Correspondence.
- Thant, U, 1909-1974 -- Career in diplomacy.
- Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980 -- Contributions to diplomacy.
- Tree, Marietta, 1917- -- Career in diplomacy.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Correspondence.
- Warburg, James Paul, 1896- -- Correspondence.
- Ward, Barbara, 1914-1981 -- Correspondence.
- Wrzos, Conrad -- Correspondence.
- Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905- -- Correspondence.
- Wylie, Jean -- Correspondence.
- Yoakum, Robert, 1922- -- Correspondence.
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration.
- Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
- Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies.
- Democratic National Committee.
- Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation.
- Encyclopedia Brittanica.
- Field Foundation.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- United Nations -- Anniversaries, etc.
- United Nations. General Assembly. 2nd session, 1947.
- United Nations -- Finance.
- United Nations. Security Council -- Proceedings.
- Ambassadors -- United States -- 20th century.
- Cuban missile crisis, 1962.
- Political oratory.
- Presidential candidates.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961.
- Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
- Audio tapes.
- Campaign literature, 1952 -- Democratic.
- Campaign literature, 1956 -- Democratic.
- Campaign speeches, 1952 -- Democratic.
- Campaign speeches, 1956 -- Democratic.
- Clippings.
- Correspondence.
- Motion pictures.
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Speeches.
- Politicians -- United States -- 20th century.
- Statesmen -- United States -- 20th century.
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Contents List
Series 1: Correspondence, 1919-1965
Subseries 1A: Office Correspondence, 1919-1965, bulk 1952-1965
Size: Boxes 1-91, 631
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, undated
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, 1945-1959 October
Box 10, Folder 10-13 Benton, William, 1959 November-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, 1951-1955 November
Box 11, Folder 9 Bingham, Barry, 1955 December-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, 1940-1954 June
Box 12, Folder 10 Blair, William McC., Jr, 1954 July-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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1952
Box 43, Folder 8-9 1953-1957
Box 44, Folder 1-3 Johnson, Gerald, 1952-1965
Box 44, Folder 4-5 Johnson, Lyndon, undated
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., undated
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, undated
1949-1957
Box 65, Folder 9-10 1958-1961
Box 66, Folder 1-5 Recordings by Adlai E. Stevenson, Includes List of Recordings 1961-1965, 1965
Box 631, Folder 1 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., undated
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, undated
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., undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, 1954-1977
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, undated
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, undated
1954-1956
Box 86, Folder 11 1957-1963 May
Box 87, Folder 1-6 \ 1963 June-1965, 1963 June-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., undated
1954-1958 September, 1954-1958 September
Box 90, Folder 12 1958 October-1965, 1958 October-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
Size: Boxes 91-123
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, undated
Box 91, Folder 9 Au - Az, undated
Box 91, Folder 10 Ba - Be, undated
Box 91, Folder 11-12 Bo, undated
Box 92, Folder 1 Bu, undated
Box 92, Folder 2 Chap - Chri, undated
Box 92, Folder 3-4 Co, undated
Box 92, Folder 5 Dav - De, undated
Box 92, Folder 6-7 Du, undated
Box 92, Folder 8 Ev - Farl, undated
Box 93, Folder 1-2 Franc - Franz, undated
Box 93, Folder 3 Gi - Gl, undated
Box 93, Folder 4 Gri - Gro, undated
Box 93, Folder 5 Harriss - Hatf, undated
Box 93, Folder 6-7 Hing - Hiz, undated
Box 93, Folder 8 Hul - Hunt, undated
Box 93, Folder 9 Jor - Joyc, undated
Box 94, Folder 1 Kim - Kin, undated
Box 94, Folder 2 Lane - Lanz, undated
Box 94, Folder 3 Lewk - Lil, undated
Box 94, Folder 4 MacCan - McCas, undated
Box 94, Folder 5 Maj - Mal, undated
Box 94, Folder 6 Mes - Meyer, undated
Box 94, Folder 7 Meyers - Mille, undated
Box 95, Folder 1 Mos - Mulla, undated
Box 95, Folder 2-3 Od - Om, undated
Box 95, Folder 4-5 Penn - Per, undated
Box 95, Folder 6 Pru - Q, undated
Box 95, Folder 7-8 Robins - Rode, undated
Box 96, Folder 1 Sap - Sau, undated
Box 96, Folder 2 Schect - Shew, undated
Box 96, Folder 3 Spi - Stal, undated
Box 96, Folder 4 Sum - Swal, undated
Box 96, Folder 5 Toa - Trea, undated
Box 96, Folder 6-7 Waldm - Walk, undated
Box 96, Folder 8 White - Wickl, undated
Box 97, Folder 1 Woods - Wre, undated
Box 97, Folder 2 Post-Election, 1952
Fairbank - Fulton, undated
Box 97, Folder 3-4 Rabbino - Ryweck, undated
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, undated
Box 101, Folder 3-4 Bea - Bej, undated
Box 101, Folder 5 Bru - Brz, undated
Box 101, Folder 6 Clarke - Cly, undated
Box 101, Folder 7 Coa - Coh, undated
Box 102, Folder 1 Der - Dez, undated
Box 102, Folder 2-3 Dh - Di, undated
Box 102, Folder 4 Fea - Few, undated
Box 102, Folder 5-6 Gl, undated
Box 102, Folder 7 Hare - Harrin, undated
Box 103, Folder 1 Hollan - Holz, undated
Box 103, Folder 2-3 Jon - Jor, undated
Box 103, Folder 4 Las - Laz, undated
Box 103, Folder 5 Lc - Len, undated
Box 103, Folder 6-7 Mara - Mars, undated
Box 103, Folder 8 Mart - Marz, undated
Box 104, Folder 1 Mur - Nay, undated
Box 104, Folder 2-4 Nea - Nei, undated
Box 104, Folder 5 Ph - Pi, undated
Box 104, Folder 6-7 Roach - Robeson, undated
Box 104, Folder 8 Robichaud - Rodwick, undated
Box 105, Folder 1 Scifres - Scully, undated
Box 105, Folder 2 Spackman - Spear, undated
Box 105, Folder 3 Spickard - Srdar, undated
Box 105, Folder 4 Alaska Primary Campaign, 1956 June-July
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, undated
Aaronson - Alexander, undated
Box 106, Folder 3 Allen - Azadian, undated
Box 106, Folder 4 Gafni - Greiner, undated
Box 106, Folder 5-7 Grieser - Guzman, undated
Box 106, Folder 8 Nachmanson - Nylund, undated
Box 107, Folder 1 Oberfelder - Oxford, undated
Box 107, Folder 2 Pace - Phillips, undated
Box 107, Folder 3 Pickey - Quinn, undated
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, undated
Box 109, Folder 3 Kaap - Lyons, undated
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, undated
Box 109, Folder 9 Curman - Clutter, undated
Box 110, Folder 1 Sachar - Schmidt, undated
Box 110, Folder 2 Scholes - Stringer, undated
Box 110, Folder 3 Presidential Candidacy, 1960
Ea - Ew, undated
Box 110, Folder 4 Fong - Futcher, undated
Box 110, Folder 5 Licklider - Llewellyn, undated
Box 110, Folder 6 Siemon - Sprague, 1960
Box 110, Folder 7 Condolences, undated
Halberstaedter - Joseph, 1960
Box 111, Folder 1 Requests, undated
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, undated
Box 112, Folder 3-4 La - Lei, undated
Box 112, Folder 5 Scala - Sevetson, undated
Box 112, Folder 6 Public Affairs, Kahn - Myers, 1964
Box 112, Folder 7-8 A - B, 1964 August
Box 113, Folder 1-2 Public Affair, 1964
Clelland - Czechoslovak, undated
Box 113, Folder 3-4 Labiner - Lyden, undated
Box 113, Folder 5-6 Special - Syracuse, undated
Box 113, Folder 7-8 Tabasko - Thompson, undated
Box 114, Folder 1 Thorman - Tyler, undated
Box 114, Folder 2 Rach - Siegel, 1965
Box 114, Folder 3 Smalley - Southard, 1965
Box 114, Folder 4 Acknowledged by form letter, A, 1965 January
Box 114, Folder 5 Acknowledged by form letter, B, 1965 January
Box 114, Folder 6 Public Affairs, 1965
Ableser - Admur, undated
Box 114, Folder 7 American Association - American Radio, undated
Box 114, Folder 8 Ammerman - Aznar, undated
Box 114, Folder 9 Macleod, undated
Box 115, Folder 1 Milenko, undated
Box 115, Folder 2 Mosher, undated
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, undated
Box 119, Folder 5-8 New York, undated
Box 120, Folder 1-6 New York, undated
Box 121, Folder 1 North Carolina, undated
Box 121, Folder 2-3 Oklahoma, undated
Box 121, Folder 4 Pennsylvania, undated
Box 121, Folder 5-8 Texas, undated
Box 122, Folder 1-2 Virginia, undated
Box 122, Folder 3-6 Wisconsin, undated
Box 122, Folder 7-8 Pre-Election, 1956
California, Ferber - van Gundy, undated
Box 122, Folder 9 Colorado, undated
Box 122, Folder 10 Idaho, undated
Box 123, Folder 1 Maine, undated
Box 123, Folder 2 New Hampshire, undated
Box 123, Folder 3 New Jersey, undated
Box 123, Folder 4-5 Ohio, undated
Box 123, Folder 6-8 Vermont, undated
Box 123, Folder 9 Virginia, undated
Box 123, Folder 10-11 Series 2: Speeches, 1936-1965
Size: Boxes 123-201
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.
1936 May 18-1939 February 25
Box 123, Folder 12 1939 October 22-1948 March 25
Box 124, Folder 1-8 1948 April 5-1949 January 10
Box 125, Folder 1-7 1949 January 10-1949 October 21
Box 126, Folder 1-7 1949 October 24-1950 January 27
Box 127, Folder 1-7 1950 February 2-1950 May 20
Box 128, Folder 1-6 1950 May 23-1950 September 4
Box 129, Folder 1-7 1950 September 8-1950 December 1
Box 130, Folder 1-7 1950 December 1-1951 May 16
Box 131, Folder 1-7 1951 May 17-1951 October 20
Box 132, Folder 1-7 1951 October 22-1952 February 24
Box 133, Folder 1-8 1952 February 26-1952 May 20
Box 134, Folder 1-7 1952 May 22-1952 August 22
Box 135, Folder 1-7 1952 August 27-1952 September 5
Box 136, Folder 1-7 1952 September 5-1952 September 11
Box 137, Folder 1-7 1952 September 11-1952 September 19
Box 138, Folder 1-7 1952 September 20-1952 September 26
Box 139, Folder 1-6 1952 September 26-1952 October 4
Box 140, Folder 1-6 1952 October 4-1952 October 9
Box 141, Folder 1-7 1952 October 9-1952 October 14
Box 142, Folder 1-6 1952 October 15-1952 October 18
Box 143, Folder 1-7 1952 October 18-1952 October 27
Box 144, Folder 1-8 1952 October 27-1952 November 1
Box 145, Folder 1-7 1952 November 2-1952 December 13
Box 146, Folder 1-2 Summaries/Excerpts, 1952
Box 146, Folder 3-7 1953 January 6-1953 January 7
Box 146, Folder 8 1953 January 7-1954 March 6
Box 147, Folder 1-7 1954 March 6-1954 May 27
Box 148, Folder 1-7 1954 June 5-1954 September 25
Box 149, Folder 1-6 1954 September 29-1955 March 22
Box 150, Folder 1-7 1955 March 24-1955 June 6
Box 151, Folder 1-7 1955 June 7-1955 November 12
Box 152, Folder 1-6 1955 November 15-1956 February 27
Box 153, Folder 1-7 1956 February 27-1956 April 9
Box 154, Folder 1-7 1956 April 10-1956 May 8
Box 155, Folder 1-8 1956 May 9-1956 June 14
Box 156, Folder 1-7 1956 June 17-1956 September 5
Box 157, Folder 1-8 1956 September 5-1956 September 20
Box 158, Folder 1-7 1956 September 22-1956 September 28
Box 159, Folder 1-6 1956 September 29-1956 October 6
Box 160, Folder 1-6 1956 October 9-1956 October 17
Box 161, Folder 1-6 1956 October 17-1956 October 26
Box 162, Folder 1-7 1956 October 26-1956 November 1
Box 163, Folder 1-9 1956 November 2-1956 November 5
Box 164, Folder 1-5 Excerpts - Agriculture, undated
Box 164, Folder 6 Excerpts - Civil Rights - Foreign Policy, undated
Box 164, Folder 7 1957 January 3-1957 February 16
Box 164, Folder 8-9 1957 March 2-1957 December 12
Box 165, Folder 1-7 1957 December 16-1958 March 29
Box 166, Folder 1-8 1958 March 30-1958 September 30
Box 167, Folder 1-8 1958 September 30-1959 January 18
Box 168, Folder 1-6 1959 January 23-1959 May 29
Box 169, Folder 1-7 1959 June 6-1959 December 8
Box 170, Folder 1-6 1960 March 7-1960 May 26
Box 171, Folder 1-6 1960 June 1-1960 September 14
Box 172, Folder 1-6 1960 September 15-1960 October 27
Box 173, Folder 1-7 1960 October 27-1961 April 14
Box 174, Folder 1-7 1961 April 15-1961 September 26
Box 175, Folder 1-7 1961 October 1-1961 November 29
Box 176, Folder 1-6 1961 December 1-1962 March 6
Box 177, Folder 1-6 1962 March 7-1962 June 19
Box 178, Folder 1-7 1962 June 22-1962 October 15
Box 179, Folder 1-7 1962 October 18-1963 January 22
Box 180, Folder 1-8 1963 January 22-1963 April 19
Box 181, Folder 1-8 1963 April 22-1963 June 12
Box 182, Folder 1-7 1963 June 20-1963 October 21
Box 183, Folder 1-7 1963 October 22-1964 January 9
Box 184, Folder 1-7 1964 January 10-1964 March 23
Box 185, Folder 1-7 1964 March 28-1964 May 15
Box 186, Folder 1-7 1964 May 16-1964 May 21
Box 187, Folder 1-7 1964 August 5-1964 September 29
Box 188, Folder 1-7 1964 October 2-1964 October 22
Box 189, Folder 1-7 1964 October 24-1964 December 14
Box 190, Folder 1-6 1964 December 20-1965 February 20
Box 191, Folder 1-7 1965 February 27-1965 April 22
Box 192, Folder 1-6 1965 April 26-1965 May 28
Box 193, Folder 1-7 1965 May 28-1965 June 17
Box 194, Folder 1-7 1965 June 18-1965 July 9
Box 195, Folder 1-3 Lists, undated
Box 195, Folder 4 Chronological List - Speeches, Publications, Recordings, etc., undated
Box 195, Folder 5 Campaign Speeches, undated
Box 195, Folder 6-7 Indices (Incomplete), undated
Box 195, Folder 8 Speeches and Appearances (Chronological Index), undated
Box 196 Indices (Incomplete), undated
Box 197, Folder 1 Gubernatorial Speeches, undated
Box 197, Folder 2 Adlaipedia, undated
Agriculture, undated
Box 197, Folder 3 Atomic Power, undated
Box 197, Folder 4 Domestic Policy, undated
pp. i - 52, undated
Box 197, Folder 5 pp. 53 - Appendix, undated
Box 197, Folder 6 Economics, pp. 73 - Appendix, undated
Box 198, Folder 1 Education, undated
Volume I, undated
Box 198, Folder 2 Volume II, undated
Box 198, Folder 3 Foreign Affairs, undated
Volume I, undated
Box 198, Folder 4 Volume II, undated
Box 198, Folder 5 Volume III, undated
Box 198, Folder 6 Volume IV, undated
Box 199, Folder 1 Volume V, pp. 351 - 412, undated
Box 199, Folder 2 Volume V, pp. 413 - 465, undated
Box 199, Folder 3 Volume VI, undated
Box 199, Folder 4 Volume VII, undated
Box 199, Folder 5 Appendix A, undated
Box 199, Folder 6 Foreign Policy, undated
Volume I, pp. 1 - 129, undated
Box 199, Folder 7 Volume I, pp. 130 - 308, undated
Box 200, Folder 1 Volume II, undated
Box 200, Folder 2 Freedom, undated
General, undated
Box 200, Folder 3 Civil Liberties, undated
Box 200, Folder 4 Civil Rights, undated
Box 200, Folder 5 Health, undated
Box 200, Folder 6 Housing, undated
Box 201, Folder 1 Labor, undated
Box 201, Folder 2 Series 3: Writings, 1917-1965
Size: Boxes 201-212
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, undated
1917-1951
Box 201, Folder 3-7 1952-1953
Box 202, Folder 1-5 Look, undated
1953
Box 202, Folder 6 Drafts, 1953
Box 202, Folder 7-8 Drafts, 1953
Box 203, Folder 1 Major Campaign Speeches, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
“My Faith in Democratic Capitalism”, 1955
Box 205, Folder 7 Drafts, 1955
Box 205, Folder 8 Look, undated
“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”, undated
1956
Box 206, Folder 4 “The New America: A Program for Education”, undated
1956
Box 206, Folder 5 Drafts, 1956
Box 206, Folder 6 “The New America: A Program for the Nation's Health”, undated
1956
Box 206, Folder 7 “The New America: A Program for Our Natural Resources”, undated
1956
Box 206, Folder 8 1956
Box 207, Folder 1 “The New America: A Program for Older Citizens”, undated
1956
Box 207, Folder 2 “The New America: A Program for the True Economy”, undated
1956
Box 207, Folder 3 What I Think, undated
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, undated
1957
Box 207, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1957
Box 208, Folder 1 Look, “Why I Raised the H-Bomb Issue”, undated
1957
Box 208, Folder 2 The Lunatic Fringe, undated
Review, 1957
Box 208, Folder 3 The New America, undated
Correspondence, 1957
Box 208, Folder 4 Drafts, 1957
Box 208, Folder 5 General, 1958
Box 208, Folder 6 “Stevenson Reports on Russia”, undated
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, undated
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”, undated
Review, 1959
Box 210, Folder 4 General, 1960
Box 210, Folder 5 Foreign Affairs, “Putting First Things First”, undated
Correspondence, 1960
Box 210, Folder 6 Drafts, 1960
Box 210, Folder 7-8 Life, “National Purpose”, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1961 April-September
Box 211, Folder 8 1961 October-December
Box 211, Folder 9 Harper's, “America Under Pressure”, 1961
Box 212, Folder 1 General, 1962-1963
Box 212, Folder 2-5 Looking Outward, undated
1963
Box 212, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1963
Box 212, Folder 7 General, 1964 January-August
Box 212, Folder 8 General, 1964 September-December
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, undated
Box 213, Folder 5 Series 4: Campaign Materials, 1952-1960
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
Size: Box 213-247, 631
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, undated
Description: 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 documented 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, undated
General, undated
Box 213, Folder 6 Bell, David, undated
Box 213, Folder 7 Blair, William McC., undated
A - H, undated
Box 213, Folder 8-9 J - Z, undated
Box 214, Folder 1-4 Brewton, Charles, undated
Box 214, Folder 5 Erickson, John L. - Evans, Carol, undated
Box 214, Folder 6 Farwell, Robert L. - Fischer, John, undated
Box 214, Folder 7 Fritchey, Clayton, undated
Box 214, Folder 8-9 Fulbright, J. William, undated
Box 214, Folder 10 Irvin, Lawrence E., undated
Box 214, Folder 11 Ives, Elizabeth S., undated
Box 214, Folder 12 Ives, Ernest - Johnson, Walter, undated
Box 215, Folder 1 Lanigan, James, undated
Box 215, Folder 2-3 McGowan, Carl, undated
Box 215, Folder 4-5 Minow, Newton, undated
Box 215, Folder 6-7 Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., undated
A - B, undated
Box 215, Folder 8 C - Wh, undated
Box 216, Folder 1-7 Wi - Z, undated
Box 217, Folder 1 Wyatt, Wilson, undated
A - C, undated
Box 217, Folder 2-7 Da - Harl, undated
Box 218, Folder 1-7 Harr - Mc, undated
Box 219, Folder 1-8 Ma - Sc, undated
Box 220, Folder 1-8 Se - Wi, undated
Box 221, Folder 1-8 Wo - Z, undated
Box 222, Folder 1 Hiss, Alger Deposition, undated
Box 222, Folder 2 Nixon, Richard M., undated
A - R, undated
Box 222, Folder 3-9 S - Z, undated
Box 223, Folder 1-2 Pre-Convention (Urging Candidacy), undated
Box 223, Folder 3 Speeches, undated
Box 223, Folder 4-7 Speeches, undated
A - B, undated
Box 223, Folder 8 Br - C, undated
Box 223, Folder 9 D - Sm, undated
Box 224, Folder 1-8 Sn - Z, undated
Box 225, Folder 1-2 Speeches, undated
Box 225, Folder 3-5 “Switch to Stevenson”, undated
Box 225, Folder 6 Democratic National Committee, undated
General, undated
Box 225, Folder 7 Mailing List, undated
Box 225, Folder 8 Press Releases, undated
Box 225, Folder 9 Endorsements (Sample), undated
Box 225, Folder 10 Financial Records, undated
Box 225, Folder 11 Issues, undated
General, undated
Box 225, Folder 12 Tidelands, undated
Box 225, Folder 13 Public Relations, undated
Broadsides, undated
Box 226, Folder 1 Brochures, undated
Box 226, Folder 2 Campaign Materials, undated
Box 226, Folder 3 C.I.O. Political Action Committee, undated
Box 226, Folder 4 Democratic National Committee, undated
Box 226, Folder 5 Magazine Articles, undated
Box 226, Folder 6 News Summaries, undated
Box 226, Folder 7-8 Newspaper Advertisements, undated
Box 226, Folder 9 Newspaper Clippings, undated
Democratic National Convention, undated
Description: Please see oversized campaign materials located in Box 457 and Cabinet 1, Drawer 12.
Box 226, Folder 10 Eisenhower, Dwight D., undated
Box 227, Folder 1 Nixon, Richard M., undated
Box 227, Folder 2 Republican Campaign, undated
Box 227, Folder 3 Speeches, undated
Box 227, Folder 4 Staff, undated
Box 227, Folder 5 Stevenson, Adlai E., undated
Box 227, Folder 6 Stevenson Fund, undated
Box 227, Folder 7 Supporters, undated
Box 227, Folder 8 Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Box 227, Folder 9 Newspaper Clippings, undated
Box 227, Folder 10-12 Newspaper Clippings, undated
Box 228, Folder 1-3 Newspaper Mats, undated
Box 228, Folder 4 Other Organizations, undated
Box 228, Folder 5 Poems, undated
Box 228, Folder 6 Reprints, undated
Box 228, Folder 7 Republican Party, undated
Box 228, Folder 8 Songs, undated
Box 228, Folder 9 Speaker's Kit, undated
Box 228, Folder 10 Speaker's Kit, undated
Box 229, Folder 1 Stickers & Buttons, undated
Box 229, Folder 2 Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Box 229, Folder 3 Volunteer's Work Kit, undated
Box 229, Folder 4 Reports, undated
General, undated
Box 229, Folder 5 Democratic National Convention, undated
Box 229, Folder 6 Eisenhower, Dwight D., undated
Box 229, Folder 7 Election Analyses, undated
Box 229, Folder 8 Media, undated
Box 230, Folder 1 Republican Election Buying, undated
Box 230, Folder 2 Republican National Committee, undated
Box 230, Folder 3 Stevenson's Gubernatorial Record, undated
Box 230, Folder 4 State, undated
Arizona - California, undated
Box 230, Folder 5 Colorado - Idaho, undated
Box 230, Folder 6 Illinois - Iowa, undated
Box 230, Folder 7 Kentucky - Massachusetts, undated
Box 230, Folder 8 Michigan, undated
Box 230, Folder 9 Minnesota - Montana, undated
Box 230, Folder 10 New England - New Mexico, undated
Box 231, Folder 1 New York, undated
Box 231, Folder 2 Ohio - Oklahoma, undated
Box 231, Folder 3 Oregon, undated
Box 231, Folder 4 Pennsylvania - Tennessee, undated
Box 231, Folder 5 Texas, undated
Box 231, Folder 6-7 Utah - Virginia, undated
Box 231, Folder 8 Washington, undated
Box 231, Folder 9 Washington, undated
Box 232, Folder 1 West Virginia - Wisconsin, undated
Box 232, Folder 2 Wyoming, undated
Box 232, Folder 3 Schedules, undated
General, undated
Box 232, Folder 4 Stevenson, Adlai E., undated
Box 232, Folder 5 Speeches, undated
Sample, undated
Box 232, Folder 6 B - W, undated
Box 232, Folder 7 Ball, George, undated
Box 232, Folder 8 Dick, Jane, undated
Box 232, Folder 9 Eisenhower, Dwight D., undated
Box 232, Folder 10 Eisenhower, Dwight D., undated
Box 233, Folder 1 Harriman, W. Averell, undated
Box 233, Folder 2 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 233, Folder 3-4 Smith, Hermon Dunlap, undated
Box 233, Folder 5 Sparkman, John, undated
Box 233, Folder 6 Truman, Harry S., undated
Box 233, Folder 7-9 Wyatt, Wilson, undated
Box 233, Folder 10 Staff List, undated
Box 233, Folder 11 Statements, undated
Box 233, Folder 12 Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Correspondence, undated
General, undated
Box 234, Folder 1 Post-Election Volunteer Groups, undated
Box 234, Folder 2 Babcock, Richard F., undated
Box 234, Folder 3-4 Ball, George, undated
Box 234, Folder 5 Collins, Julien, undated
Box 234, Folder 6-8 Dick, Jane, undated
Box 234, Folder 9-10 Kohn, Louis A., undated
Box 235, Folder 1 Rothschild, Edward, undated
Box 235, Folder 2-3 Smith, Hermon Dunlap, undated
Box 235, Folder 4-6 Sudler, Carroll H., undated
Box 235, Folder 7 Tenney, Henry F., undated
Box 235, Folder 8 State Committees, undated
Alabama - Arkansas, undated
Box 235, Folder 9 California, undated
Box 235, Folder 10 Colorado, undated
Box 235, Folder 11 Connecticut, undated
Box 236, Folder 1 Delaware - District of Columbia, undated
Box 236, Folder 2 Florida, undated
Box 236, Folder 3-4 Georgia - Idaho, undated
Box 236, Folder 5 Illinois, undated
General, undated
Box 236, Folder 6 Babcock, Richard F., undated
Box 236, Folder 7 Berger, Paul, undated
Box 236, Folder 8-9 Collins, Julien, undated
Box 236, Folder 10 Tenney, Henry, undated
Box 236, Folder 11 Indiana, undated
Box 236, Folder 12 Iowa, undated
Box 237, Folder 1 Kansas - Kentucky, undated
Box 237, Folder 2 Louisiana, undated
Box 237, Folder 3 Maine - Maryland, undated
Box 237, Folder 4 Massachusetts, undated
Box 237, Folder 5-6 Michigan, undated
Box 237, Folder 7 Minnesota - Mississippi, undated
Box 237, Folder 8 Missouri, undated
Box 237, Folder 9-10 Montana, undated
Box 238, Folder 1 Nebraska - New Mexico, undated
Box 238, Folder 2 New York, undated
Box 238, Folder 3-5 North Carolina - Northwest, undated
Box 238, Folder 6 Ohio, undated
Box 238, Folder 7 Oklahoma - Oregon, undated
Box 238, Folder 8 Pennsylvania, undated
Box 238, Folder 9 Rhode Island - South Dakota, undated
Box 238, Folder 10 Tennessee, undated
Box 238, Folder 11 Texas, undated
Box 239, Folder 1 Utah - Virginia, undated
Box 239, Folder 2 Washington - West Virginia, undated
Box 239, Folder 3 Wisconsin, undated
Box 239, Folder 4 Wisconsin - Wyoming, undated
Box 239, Folder 5 Finance, undated
Budget & Expenses, undated
Box 239, Folder 6 Correspondence, undated
Box 239, Folder 7 Payroll, undated
Box 239, Folder 8 Receipts & Disbursements, undated
Illinois Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Box 239, Folder 9 National Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Box 239, Folder 10-11 Contributions, undated
Illinois, undated
Box 240, Folder 1-4 Kerr Telecast Wire, undated
Box 240, Folder 5 List of Contributors, undated
Box 240, Folder 6 List of Contributors - $50 or more, undated
Box 240, Folder 7 National, undated
Box 240, Folder 8-9 New York Lunch, undated
Box 241, Folder 1 New York Post Trust Fund, undated
Box 241, Folder 2-3 Prospective Donors, undated
Box 241, Folder 4 Radio/TV Fund, undated
Box 241, Folder 5-6 Ruml Certificate Books, undated
Box 241, Folder 7 State Committees, undated
Alabama - Guam, undated
Box 241, Folder 8 Illinois, undated
Box 241, Folder 9 Indiana - New York, undated
Box 241, Folder 10 N. Carolina - Wisconsin, undated
Box 242, Folder 1 Correspondence, undated
General, undated
Box 242, Folder 2 Moore, Margaret, undated
Box 242, Folder 3 A - Sp, undated
Box 242, Folder 4-8 Sq - Z, undated
Box 243, Folder 1 Legal Materials, undated
Box 243, Folder 2 Lists of Members, undated
Box 243, Folder 3 Lists of Members - Illinois, undated
Box 243, Folder 4 Meeting Minutes, undated
Box 243, Folder 5 Public Relations, undated
Books, undated
Box 243, Folder 6 Campaign Materials, undated
Box 243, Folder 7 Campaign Suggestions, undated
Box 243, Folder 8 Correspondence, undated
Box 243, Folder 9 Distribution of Materials, undated
Box 243, Folder 10 Erwin, Wasey & Campany, Ltd., undated
Box 243, Folder 11 Film, undated
Box 243, Folder 12 Hind, Robert (Assistant Publicity Director), undated
Box 243, Folder 13 McKeever, Porter (Publicity Director), undated
Box 243, Folder 14 Newsletter, undated
Box 243, Folder 15 Newspapers, undated
Box 243, Folder 16 “Pictorial Biography of Stevenson”, undated
Box 244, Folder 1 Press Releases, undated
Box 244, Folder 2-4 Press Releases, Speeches, undated
Box 244, Folder 5 Public Opinion Polls, undated
Box 244, Folder 6 Purchasing, undated
Box 244, Folder 7 Radio and Television, undated
Box 244, Folder 8-10 Rallies, undated
Box 244, Folder 11 Reprints, undated
Box 244, Folder 12 Songs, undated
Box 244, Folder 13 State Files, undated
Illinois, undated
Box 245, Folder 1 California - Indiana, undated
Box 245, Folder 2 Iowa - Michigan, undated
Box 245, Folder 3 Minnesota - New York, undated
Box 245, Folder 4 North Dakota - Utah, undated
Box 245, Folder 5 Virginia - Wisconsin, undated
Box 245, Folder 6 Suppliers, undated
Box 245, Folder 7 Warehouse Inventory, undated
Box 245, Folder 8 Reports, undated
Box 245, Folder 9 Sample Forms, undated
Box 245, Folder 10 Speaker's Bureau, undated
Box 245, Folder 11 Special Groups, undated
General, undated
Box 246, Folder 1 Clergy/Religious, undated
Box 246, Folder 2 Conservationists, undated
Box 246, Folder 3 Education, undated
Box 246, Folder 4 Labor, undated
Box 246, Folder 5 Labor's Committee for the Election of Stevenson & Sparkman, undated
Box 246, Folder 6 Lawyer's Committee, undated
Box 246, Folder 7 Minorities, undated
Box 246, Folder 8 National Advisory Committee for Stevenson, undated
Box 246, Folder 9-12 Physicians, undated
Box 246, Folder 13 Veterans for Stevenson, undated
Box 247, Folder 1 Springfield Conference, undated
Box 247, Folder 2 Staff Directories, undated
Box 247, Folder 3 Additional Campaign Materials, 1947-1952
Size: 4 folders
Box 631 Subseries 4B: 1956 Presidential Campaign, 1955-1957
Size: Box 247-328, 631
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.
Please see oversized campaign materials located in Box 651.
Presidential Campaign Staff, undated
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, undated
Correspondence, undated
Chronological, undated
Box 247, Folder 4-6 Post-Convention State Files, undated
Alabama - Connecticut, undated
Box 247, Folder 7 Delaware - Florida, undated
Box 247, Folder 8 Georgia - Michigan, undated
Box 247, Folder 9 Minnesota - New Hampshire, undated
Box 248, Folder 1 New Jersey - Ohio, undated
Box 248, Folder 2 Oklahoma - South Carolina, undated
Box 248, Folder 3 South Dakota - Wyoming, undated
Box 248, Folder 4 Primaries, undated
Alabama - Arizona, undated
Box 248, Folder 5 Arkansas - California, undated
Box 248, Folder 6 California, undated
Box 248, Folder 7 California, undated
Box 249, Folder 1-4 Colorado - District of Columbia, undated
Box 249, Folder 5 Florida, undated
Box 249, Folder 6 Florida, undated
Box 250, Folder 1-4 Georgia - Illinois, undated
Box 250, Folder 5 Illinois, undated
Box 250, Folder 6 Indiana - Iowa, undated
Box 250, Folder 7 Kansas - Maryland, undated
Box 250, Folder 8 Massachusetts - Michigan, undated
Box 251, Folder 1 Minnesota, undated
Box 251, Folder 2-6 Mississippi - Montana, undated
Box 251, Folder 7 Nebraska - New Hampshire, undated
Box 252, Folder 1 New Jersey - New York, undated
Box 252, Folder 2 New York, undated
Box 252, Folder 3 North Carolina - Oklahoma, undated
Box 252, Folder 4 Oregon, undated
Box 252, Folder 5 Pennsylvania - Texas, undated
Box 252, Folder 6 Utah - Virginia, undated
Box 252, Folder 7 Washington - West Virginia, undated
Box 252, Folder 8 Wisconsin, undated
Box 253, Folder 1 Wyoming, undated
Box 253, Folder 2 Regional Reports, undated
Alabama - Iowa, undated
Box 253, Folder 3 Kansas - New Hampshire, undated
Box 253, Folder 4 New Jersey - Utah, undated
Box 253, Folder 5 Vermont - Wyoming, undated
Box 253, Folder 6 Special Issues Correspondence, undated
Civil Rights, undated
A - M, undated
Box 253, Folder 7-9 N - Z, undated
Box 254, Folder 1 Civil Service, undated
A - Z, undated
Box 254, Folder 2 Contributions, undated
A - E, undated
Box 254, Folder 3-6 F - Me, undated
Box 255, Folder 1-6 Mi - Z, undated
Box 256, Folder 1-7 (refused), undated
Box 257, Folder 1-2 Education, undated
Box 257, Folder 3-5 Farmer, undated
A - H, undated
Box 257, Folder 6-7 J - Z, undated
Box 258, Folder 1-3 Foreign, undated
Box 258, Folder 4-6 Government Spending, undated
A - G, undated
Box 258, Folder 7 H-Z, undated
Box 259, Folder 1-2 Health & Medical Care, undated
Box 259, Folder 3-5 Highways, undated
Box 259, Folder 6 Hiss, Alger, undated
Box 259, Folder 7 Housing, undated
Box 259, Folder 8 Hydrogen Bomb, undated
A - Bi, undated
Box 259, Folder 9 Bo - Q, undated
Box 260, Folder 1-7 R - Z, undated
Box 261, Folder 1-4 Illinois Politics, undated
Box 261, Folder 5 Immigration, undated
Box 261, Folder 6 Indians, undated
Box 261, Folder 7 Labor, undated
Box 261, Folder 8 Middle East, undated
A - L, undated
Box 261, Folder 9 M - Z, undated
Box 262, Folder 1 Nixon, Richard, undated
Box 262, Folder 2-4 Offers of Help, undated
Box 262, Folder 5-7 Reciprocal Trade, undated
Box 263, Folder 1 Religion, undated
Box 263, Folder 2-7 Repeaters, undated
A - R, undated
Box 264, Folder 1-7 S - Z, undated
Box 265, Folder 1 Requests, undated
Box 265, Folder 2-4 Social Security, undated
Box 265, Folder 5-8 Suggestions, undated
A - Edw, undated
Box 265, Folder 9 Eg - Z, undated
Box 266, Folder 1-4 Switch to Stevenson, undated
Box 266, Folder 5-8 Truman, Harry S., undated
Box 267, Folder 1-3 Vice-Presidential Candidate, undated
Box 267, Folder 4-6 Young People, undated
Box 268, Folder 1-3 Subject Files, undated
Civil Rights - Dollars for Democrats, undated
Box 268, Folder 4 Election Data, undated
Box 268, Folder 5 Finances - Israel, undated
Box 268, Folder 6 Itinerary Planning, undated
Box 268, Folder 7 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 268, Folder 8 Labor, undated
Box 268, Folder 9 Minority/Ethnic Groups, undated
Box 269, Folder 1 Radio and Television, undated
Box 269, Folder 2 Regional Meetings, undated
Box 269, Folder 3-4 Speaker's Bureau - Veterans Committee, undated
Box 269, Folder 5 Voter Registration - Women's Division, undated
Box 269, Folder 6 Correspondence, undated
Ashmore, Harry S., undated
Box 269, Folder 7 Blair, William McC., Jr., undated
A - B, undated
Box 269, Folder 8-9 C - T, undated
Box 270, Folder 1-8 U - Z, undated
Box 271, Folder 1 Democratic National Convention, undated
Box 271, Folder 2 Brademas, John - Brewton, Charles, undated
Box 271, Folder 3 Evans, Carol, undated
Box 271, Folder 4 Hechler, Ken, undated
Box 271, Folder 5 Martin, John B. - Rivkin, William R., undated
Box 271, Folder 6 Minow, Newton, undated
Box 271, Folder 7-10 Minow, Newton, undated
Box 272, Folder 1 Rowe, James Jr. - Sharon, John, undated
Box 272, Folder 2 Tubby, Roger - Wyatt, Wilson, undated
Box 272, Folder 3 Democratic National Convention, undated
General, undated
Box 272, Folder 4 Correspondence, undated
Box 272, Folder 5 Democratic Platform, undated
Box 272, Folder 6 National Committee, undated
Box 272, Folder 7 Party Loyalty Issue, undated
Box 272, Folder 8 Roosevelt, Eleanor Reception, undated
Box 272, Folder 9 Guest Book, Stevenson for President Headquarters, undated
Box 272a Endorsements, undated
Individuals, undated
Box 272, Folder 10 Newspapers, undated
Box 273, Folder 1 Organizations, undated
Box 273, Folder 2 Financial Materials, undated
General, undated
Box 273, Folder 3-4 Correspondence, undated
Box 273, Folder 5 Fundraising Dinner, 1956 August 6
Box 273, Folder 6-7 Harriman, Averell, undated
Box 273, Folder 8 Issues, undated
General, undated
Box 274, Folder 1 Agriculture, undated
Box 274, Folder 2 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 274, Folder 3-6 Memoranda, undated
Box 274, Folder 7 Memoranda, undated
Box 275, Folder 1-2 Nixon, Richard M., undated
Box 275, Folder 3 Position Papers, undated
Box 275, Folder 4-5 Public Relations, undated
Audio and Film Recordings, undated
Box 275, Folder 6 Brochures, undated
Box 275, Folder 7-8 Bumper Stickers, undated
Box 275, Folder 9 Campaign Materials, undated
Box 275, Folder 10 Democratic National Committee, undated
General, undated
Box 275, Folder 11 Press Releases, undated
Box 276, Folder 1 Publications, undated
Box 276, Folder 2 Publications, undated
The New America, undated
Box 276, Folder 3 Newsclippings, undated
Agriculture, undated
Box 276, Folder 4 Announcement of Candidacy, undated
Box 276, Folder 5 Civil Rights, undated
Box 276, Folder 6-7 Foreign Policy, undated
Box 276, Folder 8 Primaries, undated
Box 277, Folder 1 Various Issues, undated
Box 277, Folder 2 Chronological, undated
Box 277, Folder 3-9 Chronological, undated
Box 278, Folder 1-4 Newsletters, undated
Box 278, Folder 5 Newspaper Advertisements, undated
Box 278, Folder 6 Other Organizations, undated
Box 278, Folder 7 Press Kits, undated
Box 278, Folder 8 Press Releases, undated
Box 278, Folder 9-10 Press Releases, undated
Box 279, Folder 1-4 Reprints, undated
Box 279, Folder 5 Republican National Committee, undated
Box 279, Folder 6-7 Songs, undated
Box 279, Folder 8 Speaker's Kit, undated
Box 279, Folder 9 Window Stickers, undated
Box 279, Folder 10 Reports, undated
Description: Please see oversized campaign materials in Boxes 456-457, 632 and Cabinet 1, Drawer 12
General, undated
Box 279, Folder 11 Briefing Notes, undated
Box 280, Folder 1-2 Campaign Analysis, undated
Box 280, Folder 3 Catholic Vote, undated
Box 280, Folder 4 Mail Analysis, undated
Box 280, Folder 5 Primary, undated
Box 280, Folder 6 Public Opinion Surveys, undated
Box 280, Folder 7 State, undated
Alabama - California, undated
Box 280, Folder 8 California - Oregon, undated
Box 281, Folder 1-9 Pennsylvania - Wisconsin, undated
Box 282, Folder 1-2 Schedules and Itineraries, undated
Box 282, Folder 3-5 Speeches/Statements, undated
Adams - Johnston, undated
Box 282, Folder 6 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 282, Folder 7 Kennedy - Ronan, undated
Box 282, Folder 8 Ribicoff - Yorty, undated
Box 283, Folder 1 Truman, Harry S., undated
Box 283, Folder 2 Staff, undated
Box 283, Folder 3 State Files, undated
Alabama - California (A-K), undated
Box 283, Folder 4-9 California (L-Z) - Hawaii, undated
Box 284, Folder 1-7 Illinois - Tennessee, undated
Box 285, Folder 1-7 Texas - Wyoming, undated
Box 286, Folder 1-4 Strategy, undated
Box 286, Folder 5 Thank You Letters, undated
Box 286, Folder 6 Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver, undated
Description: 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.
Correspondence, undated
Alexander, Archibald, undated
Box 286, Folder 7 Alexander, Archibald, undated
Box 287, Folder 1-3 Bingham, Barry, undated
Box 287, Folder 4-7 Bingham, Barry, undated
Box 288, Folder 1-2 Dick, Jane, undated
Box 288, Folder 3-5 Horne, John, undated
Box 288, Folder 6-8 Horne, John E., undated
General, undated
Box 289, Folder 1-4 Alabama - Florida, undated
Box 289, Folder 5-7 Georgia - Washington, undated
Box 290, Folder 1 Karson, Stanley, undated
Box 290, Folder 2-3 Democratic National Convention, undated
General, undated
Box 290, Folder 4 State Delegates, undated
Box 290, Folder 5-6 Finance, undated
Brooks, Shirley, undated
Box 290, Folder 7-8 Budget, undated
Box 290, Folder 9 Contributions, undated
List of Contributions, undated
Box 291, Folder 1-2 Thank You Letters, undated
Box 291, Folder 3-8 Fundraising, undated
General, undated
Box 292, Folder 1 “Dollars For Democrats”, undated
Box 292, Folder 2 “Let's Talk Sense” Fund, undated
Box 292, Folder 3 Graham, John S., undated
Box 292, Folder 4 Harrison, Mitzi, undated
Box 292, Folder 5 Kohn, Louis, undated
Box 292, Folder 6 McGhee, George, undated
Box 292, Folder 7-8 Meehan, Desmond J., undated
Box 292, Folder 9-11 Meehan, Desmond J., undated
Box 293, Folder 1-2 Payroll, undated
Box 293, Folder 3 Receipts, undated
Box 293, Folder 4 Reports, undated
Box 293, Folder 5 Shoe Pin Division, undated
Box 293, Folder 6 General, undated
Box 293, Folder 6 Cash Account, undated
Box 293, Folder 7 Receipts, undated
Box 293, Folder 8 Reports, undated
Box 293, Folder 9 Skallerup, Walter, undated
Box 294, Folder 1-2 State Summaries, undated
Box 294, Folder 3 Form Letters, undated
Box 294, Folder 4 Meeting Minutes, undated
Box 294, Folder 5 National Stevenson for President Committee, undated
Box 294, Folder 6 Public Relations, undated
Campaign Issues, undated
Box 294, Folder 7 Films, undated
Box 294, Folder 8 Fox, Chloe, undated
Box 294, Folder 9 “Let's Talk Sense”, undated
Box 295, Folder 1 Newsletters, undated
Box 295, Folder 2 Newspapers, undated
Box 295, Folder 3 Pamphlets, undated
Box 295, Folder 4 Photographs, undated
Box 295, Folder 5 Press Releases, undated
Box 295, Folder 6 Pryor, Don, undated
Box 295, Folder 7-8 Publicity Kit, undated
Box 295, Folder 9 Radio, undated
Box 295, Folder 10 Records, undated
Box 296, Folder 1 Reference Files, undated
Nixon, Richard M., undated
Box 296, Folder 2 Programs, undated
Box 296, Folder 3 Republican Campaign Materials, undated
Box 296, Folder 4 Stevenson Speech Excerpts, undated
Box 296, Folder 5 Skinner, Lemoine Jr., undated
General, undated
Box 296, Folder 6 Correspondence, undated
A - Ma, undated
Box 296, Folder 7-9 Me - Z, undated
Box 297, Folder 1-2 Interoffice Communication, undated
Box 297, Folder 3-5 Solicitations from Suppliers, undated
Box 297, Folder 6-7 State Committees, undated
Box 298, Folder 1-4 Stevenson, Adlai, undated
Comments, undated
Box 298, Folder 5 “The Stevenson Primer”, undated
Box 298, Folder 6 Suggestions, undated
Box 298, Folder 7 Tapes, undated
Box 298, Folder 8 Television, undated
Box 298, Folder 9 Television, undated
Box 299, Folder 1 Wilson, Tom, undated
Box 299, Folder 2 Regional Conferences, undated
Box 299, Folder 3 Reports, undated
General, undated
Box 299, Folder 4 California, undated
Box 299, Folder 5 New York, undated
Box 299, Folder 6 State, undated
Pre-Election, undated
Box 299, Folder 7 Post-Election, undated
Box 299, Folder 8 Volunteers for Stevenson-Kefauver, undated
Box 299, Folder 9 Special Groups, undated
General, undated
Box 299, Folder 10 Conservation Committee, undated
Box 300, Folder 1 Educators, undated
Box 300, Folder 2 Lawyers - Mayors, undated
Box 300, Folder 3 Minorities, undated
Box 300, Folder 4 National Business Council for Stevenson, undated
Box 300, Folder 5 Physicians and Surgeons for Stevenson, undated
Box 300, Folder 6 Speakers' Bureau, undated
Box 300, Folder 7-9 Students for Stevenson, undated
Correspondence, undated
Box 300, Folder 10 Correspondence, undated
Box 301, Folder 1-2 Membership List, undated
Box 301, Folder 3 Mock Convention, undated
Box 301, Folder 4 National Conference, undated
Box 301, Folder 5 Organizational Materials, undated
Box 301, Folder 6 Switch to Stevenson, undated
Box 301, Folder 7 Veterans for Stevenson, undated
Box 302, Folder 1 Women for Stevenson, undated
Box 302, Folder 2 Writer's Bureau, undated
Box 302, Folder 3 Young Business and Professional Committee, undated
Box 302, Folder 4 Young Democrats, undated
Box 302, Folder 5 Staff, undated
General, undated
Box 302, Folder 6 Biographies, undated
Box 302, Folder 7 Volunteers, undated
Box 302, Folder 8 State Committees, undated
Manuals, undated
Box 302, Folder 9 Organizational Materials, undated
Box 302, Folder 10-11 Thank you letters, undated
Box 302, Folder 12 Alabama, undated
Box 302, Folder 13-14 Alabama - California, undated
Box 303, Folder 1-7 California, undated
Box 304, Folder 1-8 California, undated
Box 305, Folder 1-7 California - Connecticut, undated
Box 306, Folder 1-8 Connecticut - District of Columbia, undated
Box 307, Folder 1-9 District of Columbia - Georgia, undated
Box 308, Folder 1-10 Georgia - Illinois, undated
Box 309, Folder 1-9 Illinois - Indiana, undated
Box 310, Folder 1-9 Indiana - Kentucky, undated
Box 311, Folder 1-9 Kentucky - Maryland, undated
Box 312, Folder 1-11 Maryland - Massachusetts, undated
Box 313, Folder 1-7 Massachusetts - Minnesota, undated
Box 314, Folder 1-9 Minnesota - Missouri, undated
Box 315, Folder 1-8 Missouri - New Jersey, undated
Box 316, Folder 1-10 New Jersey, undated
Box 317, Folder 1-8 New Jersey - New York, undated
Box 318, Folder 1-8 New York, undated
Box 319, Folder 1-7 New York, undated
Box 320, Folder 1-7 New York, undated
Box 321, Folder 1-3 New York - Canfield, Cass, undated
Box 321, Folder 4-6 New York - Canfield, Cass - Fundraising, undated
Box 321, Folder 7 New York - Canfield, Cass - Fundraising, undated
Box 322, Folder 1 North Carolina - Ohio, undated
Box 322, Folder 2-9 Ohio - Oklahoma, undated
Box 323, Folder 1-8 Oregon - Pennsylvania, undated
Box 324, Folder 1-9 Pennsylvania - Texas, undated
Box 325, Folder 1-12 Texas - Virginia, undated
Box 326, Folder 1-9 Virginia - West Virginia, undated
Box 327, Folder 1-8 Wisconsin - Wyoming, undated
Box 328, Folder 1-4 Telegrams, undated
Box 328, Folder 5 Additional Campaign Materials, 1956
Size: 4 folders
Box 631 Subseries 4C: 1960 Presidential Campaign, 1960
Size: Boxes 328-335, 631
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, undated
Box 328, Folder 6 Correspondence, undated
General, undated
Box 328, Folder 7 A - G, undated
Box 328, Folder 8-9 H - Z, undated
Box 329, Folder 1-3 Doyle, James E., undated
Box 329, Folder 4 Mock Convention, undated
Box 329, Folder 5-6 Offers of Assistance, undated
A - M, undated
Box 329, Folder 7-8 P - Z, undated
Box 330, Folder 1 Religion, undated
Box 330, Folder 2 Thank You, undated
Box 330, Folder 3 Democratic National Committee, undated
Press Releases, undated
Box 330, Folder 4 General, undated
Box 330, Folder 5 Directories, undated
Box 330, Folder 6 List of Delegates, undated
Box 330, Folder 7 Platform, undated
Box 330, Folder 8 Doyle, James E., undated
Box 330, Folder 9 Endorsements, undated
Newspapers, undated
Box 330, Folder 10 Itineraries, undated
Box 331, Folder 1 Memoranda, undated
Box 331, Folder 2 Newspaper Clippings, undated
Box 331, Folder 3 Polls and Surveys, undated
Box 331, Folder 4 Press Releases, undated
Box 331, Folder 5 Speeches, undated
Box 331, Folder 6 State Files, undated
Alabama - Hawaii, undated
Box 331, Folder 7-11 Illinois - Virginia, undated
Box 332, Folder 1-8 Washington - Wyoming, undated
Box 333, Folder 1 Stuart Gerry Brown Files, undated
Guide, undated
Box 333, Folder 2 2: Interview With Adlai Stevenson, undated
Box 333, Folder 3 3: Interviews With Political Leaders - PA, NY, Washington, undated
Box 333, Folder 4 4: Interviews With Political Leaders - Midwest, undated
Box 333, Folder 5 5: Interviews With Political Leaders - California, undated
Box 333, Folder 6 6: Stevenson Papers - Time Reports, undated
Box 333, Folder 7 7: Stevenson Papers - U2 Speech (Pro), undated
Box 333, Folder 8 8: Stevenson Papers - U2 Speech (Anti), undated
Box 333, Folder 9 9: Stevenson Papers - Fan Mail, undated
Box 333, Folder 10 10: Stevenson Papers - Offers of Help, undated
Box 333, Folder 11 11: Stevenson Papers - New York, undated
Box 333, Folder 12 12A: Stevenson Papers - California, undated
Box 333, Folder 13 12: Stevenson Papers - Pennsylvania, undated
Box 333, Folder 14 13: Stevenson Papers - Disappointed Correspondents, undated
Box 334, Folder 1 13A: Stevenson Papers - Brown Correspondence, undated
Box 334, Folder 2 14: Hemenway Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 3 15: Hemenway Correspondence - A - K, undated
Box 334, Folder 4 16: Hemenway Correspondence - L - Z, undated
Box 334, Folder 5 17: Brown Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 6 18: Shea Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 7 19: Shea Papers-Bean and Roper Students, undated
Box 334, Folder 8 20: RDH Associates, undated
Box 334, Folder 9 21: Mike Monroney Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 10 22: Sharon Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 11 23: Sharon Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 12 24: Doyle Papers, undated
Box 334, Folder 13 25: New York Draft Group, undated
Box 334, Folder 14 26: Missouri Draft Group, undated
Box 335, Folder 1 27: Miscellaneous Draft Groups, undated
Box 335, Folder 2 28: Los Angeles Convention, undated
Box 335, Folder 3 29: Los Angeles Convention, undated
Box 335, Folder 4 Additional Campaign Materials, 1960
Box 631 Series 5: United Nations, 1945-1965
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
Size: Boxes 335-336
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, undated
Box 335, Folder 5-6 Dumbarton Oaks Proposal, undated
Box 335, Folder 7 Meetings, undated
Big 5 May-Jun, 1945
Box 336, Folder 1 U. S. Delegation May-Jun, 1945
Box 336, Folder 2-3 Statements/Press Releases, undated
Box 336, Folder 4 Subseries 5B: U. N. Preparatory Commission, 1945-1946
Size: Boxes 336-337
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, undated
Box 336, Folder 7 Executive Committee, undated
1945
Box 336, Folder 8 Meeting Minutes, 1945 October 18-November 24
Box 336, Folder 9 Invitations, 1945-1946
Box 337, Folder 1-2 Records of Meetings, undated
Committees, 1-8, undated
Box 337, Folder 3 Plenary Sessions, undated
Box 337, Folder 4 Subseries 5C: General Assembly, 1946-1947
Size: Boxes 337-340
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, undated
Political and Security Committee, 1946-1947
Box 337, Folder 6 Background Book, undated
Box 337, Folder 7 Position Papers, undated
Box 337, Folder 8 Committee 2, undated
Economic and Financial Committee, 1946 September-October
Box 337, Folder 9 Background Book, 1946 November-December
Box 337, Folder 10 Position Papers, undated
Box 338, Folder 1 Committee 4, undated
Trusteeship, undated
Box 338, Folder 2 Committee 5, undated
Administrative and Budgetary - Background Book, undated
Box 338, Folder 3-4 Position Papers, undated
Box 338, Folder 5 Committee 6, undated
Legal Committee, undated
Box 338, Folder 6 Subcommittee 1, undated
Palestine Committee, undated
Box 338, Folder 7 Reports, undated
Box 338, Folder 8 Delegations, undated
Box 338, Folder 9 First Session, undated
Box 338, Folder 10 International Law, undated
Box 339, Folder 1 Organization and Procedures, undated
Box 339, Folder 2 Reports, undated
First Session, 1946
Box 339, Folder 3 Security Council, 1946
Box 339, Folder 4 Statements, 1946-1947
Box 339, Folder 5 U. S. Mission, undated
Daily Summary, 1947 September 05-October 19
Box 339, Folder 6-7 Daily Summary, 1947 October 21-November 22
Box 340, Folder 1-2 Veto, undated
Box 340, Folder 3 General, 1948-1960
Box 340, Folder 4 Subseries 5D: United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1946-1947
Size: Boxes 340-352, 651
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, undated
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, undated
A - Z, 1961-1965
Box 341, Folder 4-7 Chronological Files, undated
Personal, 1961
Box 341, Folder 8 1961
Box 342, Folder 1-5 Personal, undated
1962 January-May
Box 342, Folder 6 1962 June-December
Box 342, Folder 7 1962
Box 343, Folder 1-5 Personal, 1963
Box 343, Folder 6 1963 January-February
Box 343, Folder 7-8 1963 March-December
Box 344, Folder 1-5 Personal, 1964
Box 344, Folder 6 1964 January-April
Box 344, Folder 7-8 1964 May-December
Box 345, Folder 1-3 Personal, 1965
Box 345, Folder 4 1965
Box 345, Folder 5-7 Cuba, undated
1960-1961 December, 1960-1961 December
Box 345, Folder 8-9 1962
Box 346, Folder 1-4 Correspondence (Security Council speech), 1962 October-November
Box 346, Folder 5 Alsop/Bartlett Article, 1962
Box 346, Folder 6 Correspondence, undated
Alsop Article A - H, undated
Box 346, Folder 7-8 Alsop Article I - Z, undated
Box 347, Folder 1-4 1963-1965
Box 347, Folder 5 Cyprus, 1958-1964
Box 347, Folder 6 Dallas Incident, undated
Correspondence, undated
1963 October 24-26
Box 347, Folder 7 1963 October 27-November 24
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, undated
1961-1963
Box 348, Folder 8-9 1964-1965
Box 349, Folder 1-2 General Assembly, undated
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, undated
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, undated
Box 350, Folder 11 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1962-1963
Box 350, Folder 12 Permanent Missions, 1963-1965
Box 350, Folder 13 Personnel, undated
1960-1961 May
Box 350, Folder 14 1961 June-1965, 1961 June-1965
Box 351, Folder 1 Portrait of Stevenson, Painting by Ben Slocum, 1964
Box 651 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, undated
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
Description: Please see United Nations Appointments in oversized Box 456
Box 352, Folder 7 Series 6: Subject Files, 1931-1965
Size: Boxes 352-389
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, undated
1934-1936
Box 353, Folder 9-10 1937-1960
Box 354, Folder 1-2 Chicago Daily News, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1937-1956
Box 357, Folder 6-11 1957-1964
Box 358, Folder 1 Contributions, 1953-1954
Box 358, Folder 2 Democratic Advisory Council, undated
1956-1959 October, 1956-1959 October
Box 358, Folder 3-7 1959 November-1960, 1959 November-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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1964
Box 361, Folder 6 Correspondence, 1964
Box 361, Folder 7 U.S. Senate, Illinois, 1961
Box 361, Folder 8 Public Response, 1961 September 04-December
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, undated
1955-1959 September, 1955-1959 September
Box 362, Folder 8-9 1959 October-1965, 1959 October-1965
Box 363, Folder 1-6 Encyclopedia Britannica Films, undated
1955-1957 October, 1955-1957 October
Box 363, Folder 7 1957 November-1961, 1957 November-1961
Box 364, Folder 1-5 Encyclopedia Britannica Ltd, 1957-1965
Box 364, Folder 6 Facts Forum, undated
Box 364, Folder 7 Federal Alcohol Control Administration, undated
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, undated
1956-1958 March, 1956-1958 March
Box 365, Folder 4-6 1958 April-1959 September
Box 366, Folder 1-6 1959 October-1960 August
Box 367, Folder 1-6 1960 September-1965, 1960 September-1965
Box 368, Folder 1-5 Foreign Economic Administration, undated
Italian Survey Mission, undated
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, undated
1949-1953
Box 370, Folder 2 Addresses & Messages, 1949-1952
Box 370, Folder 3 Campaign Materials, 1948-1952 July
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, undated
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
Description: 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, undated
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, undated
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., undated
1960
Box 374, Folder 6-7 Campaign, 1960 February-December
Box 375, Folder 1-2 Reports (draft), 1960
Box 375, Folder 3 Reports of Task Forces, 1960 December
Box 375, Folder 4 Report of Task Force on Balance of Payments, 1960 December-1961 January
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, undated
Box 376, Folder 1 Stevenson's Report to Kennedy, 1960 November
Box 376, Folder 2 Supplemental Memoranda, 1960 November
Box 376, Folder 3 King Arthur (Stevenson's Dalmatian), undated
Box 376, Folder 4 Lake County Forest Preserve District, 1957-1965
Box 376, Folder 5 Law Practice, undated
1936-1957 April, 1936-1957 April
Box 376, Folder 6-8 1957 May-1959 August
Box 377, Folder 1-8 1959 August-1965, 1959 August-1965
Box 378, Folder 1-6 Billing Reports, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
Working Papers, 1956-1957
Box 381, Folder 9 Northwestern University School of Law, undated
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, undated
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, 1964 March
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1941-1944
Box 387, Folder 5-7 Correspondence, 1942
Box 387, Folder 8-9 Office of War Information, undated
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
Size: Boxes 389-433, 633-635
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
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
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
Description: Please see oversized awards in Boxes 456 and 457
Box 395, Folder 6 Subseries 7C: Biographical Materials, 1913-1990
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, undated
1913-1952
Box 395, Folder 7 1953-1965
Box 396, Folder 1-2 “Black Book”, undated
Box 396, Folder 3 Documents, 1900-1965
Box 396, Folder 4-5 Humor, Quotes, undated
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 Quote Books, Photocopies, undated
Box 633 Quote Books, Volume 1, undated
Box 634 Quote Books, Volume 2, undated
Box 635 Writings About Stevenson, undated
1949-1953
Box 396, Folder 10 1954-1975
Box 397, Folder 1-7 1976-1990
Box 398, Folder 1-2 Subseries 7D: Clippings, 1896-1968
Description: Subseries 7D: 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
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
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., undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1936-1956 August, 1936-1956 August
Box 403, Folder 7 1956 September-1969, 1956 September-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, undated
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, undated
1962-1963 July, 1962-1963 July
Box 405, Folder 8-9 1963 August-1965, 1963 August-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, undated
1919-1929 May
Box 407, Folder 7 1929 June-1937 November
Box 408, Folder 1-3 Subseries 7G: Invitations, 1952-1965
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, undated
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, undated
1953-1955
Box 414, Folder 6-7 1956-1965
Box 415, Folder 1-5 Subseries 7H: Law School Notes, 1922-1926
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, undated
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
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
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, undated
1861-1950 October, 1861-1950 October
Box 420, Folder 1-8 1950 November-1952, 1950 November-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
Description: Please see oversized memorabilia in Boxes 455-457, 637-638
Box 424, Folder 6 Subseries 7K: Memorials, 1965-1970
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, undated
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, undated
A - M, 1965
Box 426, Folder 9 O - Z, 1965
Box 427, Folder 1 Funerals and Memorial Services, undated
Washington D.C, 1965 July 17
Box 427, Folder 2 Bloomington and Springfield, IL, 1965 July 17-19
Box 427, Folder 3-4 United Nations, 1965 July 19
Box 427, Folder 5 Unofficial, 1965
Box 427, Folder 6 Magazine Articles, 1965-1970
Box 427, Folder 7 Memorials, undated
General, undated
A - C, undated
Box 427, Folder 8 D - Z, undated
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, undated
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, undated
General, 1965-1968
Box 429, Folder 5 Stevenson Memorial Fund, 1965
Box 429, Folder 6 Newsclippings, undated
Box 429, Folder 7-9 Newsclippings, undated
Box 430, Folder 1-5 Proclamations and Resolutions, undated
Box 430, Folder 6 Subseries 7L: Portraits and Photographs, 1951-1961
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
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, undated
1954-1956
Box 431, Folder 4-5 Narrative, 1969
Box 431, Folder 6 Subseries 7N: Sponsorships, 1952-1965
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, undated
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
Size: Box 434
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). The series also includes 7 additional scrapbooks which were not microfilmed, documenting his 1952 presidential campaign.
rolls of microfilm, circa 1925-1965
Box 434, Folder 19 Scrapbooks, 1952 July-1953 January
Box 652-658 Series 9: Travel Materials, 1953-1965
Size: Boxes 435-454, 632, 636-638, 651
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, undated
(Office), 1953
Box 435, Folder 3-4 (Office), 1953
Box 638, Folder 1 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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1953
Box 438, Folder 6 Newsclippings, 1953
Box 438, Folder 7 Italy, 1953
Box 438, Folder 8 Japan, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1953
Box 439, Folder 9 Newsclippings, 1953
Box 439, Folder 10 Philippines, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
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, undated
1957
Box 444, Folder 1 Newsclippings, 1957
Box 444, Folder 2 Europe, undated
Correspondence, 1957
Box 444, Folder 3 England, undated
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, undated
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, undated
General, undated
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, undated
1960
Box 447, Folder 1 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 447, Folder 2-3 Brazil, undated
1960
Box 447, Folder 4 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 447, Folder 5-7 Chile, undated
Background Information, 1960
Box 448, Folder 1 Correspondence, 1960
Box 448, Folder 2 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 448, Folder 3-5 Colombia, undated
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, undated
1960
Box 449, Folder 3 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 449, Folder 4 Ecuador, undated
1960
Box 449, Folder 5 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 449, Folder 6 Guatemala, 1960
Box 449, Folder 7 Mexico, undated
1960
Box 449, Folder 8 Correspondence, 1960
Box 449, Folder 9 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 1-3 Panama, undated
1960
Box 450, Folder 4 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 5 Peru, undated
1960
Box 450, Folder 6 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 450, Folder 7 Uruguay, undated
1960
Box 451, Folder 1 Newsclippings, 1960
Box 451, Folder 2 Venezuela, 1960
Box 451, Folder 3 Benton, William, undated
Articles, 1960
Box 451, Folder 4 Correspondence, 1960
Box 451, Folder 5 Notes, undated
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, undated
Part I, 1960
Box 452, Folder 5 Part II, 1960
Box 452, Folder 6 General, undated
Italy, 1961
Box 452, Folder 7 Puerto Rico, 1961
Box 452, Folder 8 Sweden, 1961
Box 452, Folder 9 Latin America, undated
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, undated
Description: 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 Campaign Memorabilia, undated
Box 632 Campaign Memorabilia, Democratic National Convention Stevenson Hat, 1956
Box 651 Memorabilia (Princeton University Class of 1922 25th Reunions Jacket), 1947
Box 636 Memorabilia, undated
Box 637 Series 10: Photographs, 1892-1965
Size: Boxes 458-554, 638-639
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: Portraits, Family, Stevenson with Individuals, Photographs of Individuals, Gubernatorial Years, Presidential Campaigns (1952 and 1956), United Nations, Travels, and Public Appearances (including commencements). This last category, Public Appearances, consists of photographs from the 1950s and 1960s which do not fit into any other category.
There are several oversized and several small boxes in the collection, including one box of small miscellaneous negatives. Many of the photographs are copies from papers like the Chicago Sun Times and various Associated Press services, as well as the snapshots taken by Stevenson's volunteers, staff and family. Many of the photographs, particularly from the 1956 presidential campaign and Stevenson's travels, were taken by his youngest son, John Fell Stevenson. Several photograph albums document Stevenson's world tour in 1953 and voyage to the Soviet Union in 1958.
Small Photographs, 1942-1965
Portraits/candids, undated
Box 458 Family, undated
Box 458 Stevenson with Others, undated
Arvey, Jacob, undated
Box 458 Blair, Deeda, undated
Box 458 Blair, William McC., Jr., undated
Box 458 Day, J. Edward and Day, Mary Louise, undated
Box 458 Douglas, Paul, undated
Box 458 Fosdick, Dorothy and Stevenson, John Fell, undated
Box 458 Johnson, Lady Bird, undated
Box 458 Kennedy, Jacqueline, undated
Box 458 Kennedy, John F., undated
Box 458 Lanphier, Louise, undated
Box 458 MacLeish, Archibald, undated
Box 458 Reese, Dixie, undated
Box 458 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Box 458 Schweitzer, Albert, undated
Box 458 Spruance, Raymond, undated
Box 458 Individuals, undated
Blair Family, undated
Box 458 Eberlein, Roxane, undated
Box 458 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 458 Small Photographs, undated
Individuals, undated
Pratt, Jean Harvey, undated
Box 458 Pratt, Mary McCahill, undated
Box 458 Pratt, Captain W. V., undated
Box 458 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Box 458 Stevenson, Natalie Owens, undated
Box 458 Ward, Barbara and Jackson, Sir Robert, undated
Box 458 United Nations General Assembly, undated
Box 458 Governorship, undated
Box 458 1952 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 458 Small Photographs, 1943-1965
1952 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 459 1956 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 459 1960 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 459 United Nations, undated
Box 459 Travels, undated
Box 459 Small Photographs, 1952-1965
Travels, undated
Box 460 Public Appearances, undated
Box 460 Portraits, undated
1941-1952 July, 1941-1952 July
Box 461 1952 August-1955, 1952 August-1955
Box 462 1956
Box 463 1957-1963
Box 464 1964-1965
Box 465 Family, undated
Ancestors/Childhood, 1892-1935
Box 466 Farm/Sports, circa 1952-1956
Box 467 Sports/Individual Family Members, 1932-1964
Box 468 1947-1956
Box 469 1956-1963
Box 470 Individuals, 1950-1963
Anderson, Eugenie, undated
Box 471 Babcock, Richard, undated
Box 471 Ball, George, undated
Box 471 Benton, William, undated
Box 471 Bingham, Barry, undated
Box 471 Blair, William McC., Jr., undated
Box 471 Blair, William and Deeda, undated
Box 471 Blanchette, Estelle, undated
Box 471 Dick, Jane Warner Durante, Jimmy Fontaine, Joan Kefauver, Estes McCarthy, Eugene McDougal, Edward D. McKeever, Porter Mitchell, Stephen A. Mohammed, Ghulen Pepper, Claude Roosevelt, Eleanor Schweitzer, Albert and Urquhart, Clara Smith, Hermon Dunlap Sparkman, John Spruance, Admiral Raymond Tenney, Henry Wilson, Woodrow, undated
Box 471 Dick, Jane Warner, undated
Box 471 Durante, Jimmy, undated
Box 471 Fontaine, Joan, undated
Box 471 Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 471 McCarthy, Eugene, undated
Box 471 McDougal, Edward D., undated
Box 471 McKeever, Porter, undated
Box 471 Mitchell, Stephen A., undated
Box 471 Mohammed, Ghulen, undated
Box 471 Pepper, Claude, undated
Box 471 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Box 471 Schweitzer, Albert and Urquhart, Clara, undated
Box 471 Smith, Hermon Dunlap, undated
Box 471 Sparkman, John, undated
Box 471 Spruance, Admiral Raymond, undated
Box 471 Tenney, Henry, undated
Box 471 Wilson, Woodrow, undated
Box 471 Stevenson With Others, 1946-1964
Bankhead, Tallulah, undated
Box 472 Barkley, Alben W., undated
Box 472 Bowles, Chester, undated
Box 472 Bunche, Ralph, undated
Box 472 Bunche, Ralph and Benjamin, Robert, undated
Box 472 Byrnes, James F., undated
Box 472 Copland, Aaron, undated
Box 472 Davis, Sammy, Jr., undated
Box 472 Douglas, William O., undated
Box 472 Dulles, John Foster, undated
Box 472 Stevenson With Others, undated
Dulles, John Foster and Green, Theodore, undated
Box 472 Edwards, India and Dick, Jane Warner, undated
Box 472 Eisenhower, Dwight D., undated
Box 472 Elizabeth II, Queen of England, undated
Box 472 Stevenson With Others, 1948-1965
Ervin, Sam, undated
Box 473 Evans, Carol and Munn, Margaret, undated
Box 473 Evans, Carol, undated
Box 473 Farley, James A., undated
Box 473 Feighan, Michael A., undated
Box 473 Fulbright, F. William, undated
Box 473 Goheen, Robert F., undated
Box 473 Goheen, Robert F. and Meyner, Robert B., undated
Box 473 Gromyko, Andrei, undated
Box 473 Gromyko, Andrei and Rusk, Dean, undated
Box 473 Hammarskjold, Dag, undated
Box 473 Harriman, W. Averell, undated
Box 473 Hope, Bob, undated
Box 473 Humphrey, Hubert, undated
Box 473 Johnson, Lyndon B., undated
Box 473 Stevenson With Others, 1952-1964
Kefauver, Estes, undated
Box 474 Kennedy, Jacqueline, undated
Box 474 Kennedy, John F., undated
Box 474 Kennedy, John F. and Johnson, Lyndon B., undated
Box 474 Kennedy, Robert, undated
Box 474 Kent, Roger, undated
Box 474 Kerr, Sen. Robert S., undated
Box 474 Stevenson With Others, 1952-1963
Khrushchev, Nikita, undated
Box 475 Meyer, Agnes, undated
Box 475 Muskie, Edmund, undated
Box 475 Nehru, Jawaharlal, undated
Box 475 Nkrumah, Kwame, undated
Box 475 Ormandy, Eugene, undated
Box 475 Rayburn, Sam, undated
Box 475 Stevenson With Others, undated
Reuther, Walter and Meany, George, undated
Box 475 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Box 475 Stevenson With Others, 1946-1965
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., undated
Box 476 Rusk, Dean, undated
Box 476 Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., undated
Box 476 Schweitzer, Albert, undated
Box 476 Sparkman, John, undated
Box 476 Sparkman, John and Dick, Jane, undated
Box 476 Speer, Art, undated
Box 476 Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., undated
Box 476 Thant, U, undated
Box 476 Thant, U and Kennedy, Jacqueline, undated
Box 476 Tito, Josip Broz, undated
Box 476 Tito, Josip Broz and Kennan, George, undated
Box 476 Stevenson With Others, 1949-1963
Truman, Harry S., undated
Box 477 Truman, Margaret, undated
Box 477 Warren, Earl, undated
Box 477 Wilson, Harold, undated
Box 477 Wilson, Mrs. Woodrow, undated
Box 477 Zorin, Valerian, undated
Box 477 Government Service, undated
Governorship, undated
1942-1948
Box 478 Inauguration, 1949
Box 479 1949 January-April
Box 480 1949 April-August
Box 481 1949 August
Box 482 1949 October-December
Box 483 1949
Box 484 1949-1950
Box 485 1950
Box 486 1950
Box 487 1951
Box 488 1951
Box 489 1952
Box 490 Presidential Campaign, 1952
Box 491 Presidential Campaign, undated
1952
Box 492-497 Primaries, 1955-1956
Box 498 1956
Box 499-508 United Nations, undated
1945-1947, 1961, 1945-1947, 1961
Box 509 1961
Box 510 1961-1962
Box 511 1962-1963
Box 512 1963
Box 513 1963-1965
Box 514 1965
Box 515 Travels, undated
World Tour, 1953
Box 516-518 1953-1954
Box 519 1955-1958
Box 520 1958
Box 638 Soviet Union, 1958
Box 521-522 1959-1960
Box 523 Latin America, 1960
Box 524-525 1960-1962
Box 526 1963
Box 527 1963-1965
Box 528 Public Appearances, undated
1953
Box 529 1954
Box 530 1955
Box 531 1955, 1957-1958, 1955, 1957-1958
Box 532 1959-1960
Box 533 1960-1964
Box 534 1964
Box 535 Commencements, circa 1952-1965
Box 536 Oversized, circa 1946-1964
Portraits, undated
Box 537 Family, undated
Box 537 Individuals, undated
Box 537 Miller, Roy, undated
Box 537 Tree, Marietta, undated
Box 537 Stevenson with Others, undated
Dulles, John Foster, undated
Box 537 Green, William, undated
Box 537 Gronouski, John A., undated
Box 537 Kennedy, Jacqueline, undated
Box 537 Humphrey, Hubert, undated
Box 537 Johnson, Lyndon B. and Lady Bird, undated
Box 537 Johnson, Lyndon B., undated
Box 537 Khrushchev, Nikit, undated
Box 537 Meyner, Robert, undated
Box 537 Roosevelt, Eleanor, undated
Box 537 Gubernatorial Campaign, 1948
Box 538 Presidential Campaigns, 1952-1956
Box 539 Travels - United Nations, 1953-1965
Box 540 Princeton University Senior Council, circa 1922-1962
Box 541 MacLeish, Archibald, undated
Box 541 1952 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 541 1956 Presidential Campaign, undated
Box 541 Stevenson Portraits, undated
Box 541 John F. Kennedy's cabinet, undated
Box 541 Negatives, undated
1900-1961
Box 542 Photographs by John Fell Stevenson, 1956-1964, undated
Box 638 Photographs by John Fell Stevenson, 1956-1958, undated
Box 639 Photograph Albums, undated
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 1950 March 4
Box 543 World Tour, undated
Volume I, 1953
Box 544 Volume II, 1953
Box 545 Volume III, 1953
Box 546 Egypt, 1953 June 2
Box 547 Three Anniversaries Dinner, 1954 December 2
Box 548 American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, undated
Box 548 Africa, 1955
Box 549 A Night in Italy with Adlai E. Stevenson, 1956 May 2
Box 550 Latin America/Argentina, 1960
Box 550 San Sebastian, 1962 August
Box 550 Europe/U.S.S.R, 1958
Box 551 Bogota, Colombia, 1960 February 21-25
Box 552 A Composite Portrait of Adlai by his Friends on his 65th Birthday, 1965 February 5
Box 553 Honorary Degree, University of Toronto, 1965 May 28
Box 554 Series 11: Audiovisual Materials, 1952-2001
Size: Boxes 555-630, 640-647
Description: Series 11: Audiovisual Materials includes audio tapes, films, phonograph records, and video tapes. The materials are arranged by genre, and chronologically within type of material. Primarily documenting Stevenson's presidential campaigns and service to the United Nations, these materials also record his commencement addresses and appearances on television programs, including Meet the Press and Face the Nation, and oral history interviews and documentaries about his life and career.
Many of these materials have been copied onto other audiovisual formats, including DVD, CD, audiocassettes, VHS, Beta tapes, and DAT tapes. These copies are noted in the contents list where available and are located in Box 647. Additionally, many of the reel tapes in Subseries 11A: Audio Tapes are copies. The original reels are located in Box 648-650.
Subseries 11A: Audio Tapes, undated
1952 July 1-1952 September 1
Box 555 1952 September 1-1952 September 15
Box 556 1952 September 18-1952 September 23
Box 557 1952 September 23-1952 October 4
Box 558 1952 September 29-1952 October 4
Box 640 1952 October 7-1952 October 16
Box 559 1952 October 7-1952 October 10
Box 640 1952 October 16-1952 October 23
Box 560 1952 October 23
Box 640 1952 October 23-1952 October 30
Box 561 1952 October 23-1952 October 30
Box 641 1952 October 30 - 1952
Box 562 1952
Box 641 1952 - 1954 May 26
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (March 7, 1954 speech also available on audiocassette [Item 1]. March 22, 1954 Class of 1954 Dinner speech also available on CD [Item 2], audiocassette [Item 3], and DAT [Item 4].)
Box 563 1953 November 23-1954 March 22
Box 641 1954 July 10-1956 January 29
Box 564 1956 February 4-1956 February 25
Box 565 1956 February 25-1956 April 22
Box 566 1956 April 24-1956 May 1
Box 567 1956 May 3-1956 May 29
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Stevenson-Kefauver, May 21, 1956 also available on CD [Item 5].)
Box 568 1956 May 4-1956 May 5
Box 642 1956 May 31 - 1956
Box 569 1956 October 15-1956 October 24
Box 641 1956
Box 642 1956 - 1959 September 25
Box 570 1959 September 25-1960 May 19
Box 571 1960 May 19-1962 October 23
Box 572 1962 November 17-1964 October 20
Box 573 1964 October 23-1965 July 16
Box 574 1965 July 17
Box 575 undated
Box 576 10″ audio tapes, 1952 October 16-1965 August 26
Box 577 Interviews by Jean H. Baker, undated
Willow Blair, 1990 May
Box 643 Buffy Ives, 1988 August 2
Box 643 Michael Murphy (Newspaper Reporter), 1990 January
Box 643 Stevenson Ives, 1988 August 3
Box 643 Mrs. Paul Graekel, 1990 February
Box 643 Nancy Stevenson (Mrs. Adlai Stevenson), 1989 April
Box 643 Joseph Rauh, 1991 June
Box 643 J. Stuart Ingram, 1991 February
Box 643 Buffy Stevenson Ives, 1988 September 28
Box 643 Borden Stevenson, 1990 November
Box 643 Wilson Wyatt, 1991 April
Box 643 Margaret Mann, 1990s
Box 643 Mariette Tree, 1989 February
Box 643 Michael Maher (Friend of Buffy Ives), 1993 April
Box 643 John Taylor (Friend and Political Advisor of Stevenson III), 1990 February
Box 643 Larry Hanson (Stevenson III Aide), 1994 August
Box 643 Stuart Ingram, 1990
Box 643 Adlai Stevenson III, 1993-1994
Box 643 Paul Green, 1990 February
Box 643 Senator MacMathias, 1994 March 2
Box 643 Eddie Maumaree (Stevenson's Friend), 1995 August
Box 643 Steve Neall (Chicago News), 1992 September
Box 643 "Stevenson Sample", 1995 June 7
Box 641 Original Reel Tapes, 1952 August-October
Box 648 Original Reel Tapes, 1952 October-November
Box 649 Original Reel Tapes, 1953-1956
Box 650 Subseries 11B: Films, undated
“Meet the Press”, 1952 March 30
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on Beta tape [Item 6].)
Box 578 Democratic National Convention, 1952 July
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DVD [Item 7].)
Box 579 “The Stevenson Story” and campaign advertisements, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DVD [Item 8] and Beta tape [Item 9].)
Box 580 “Person to Person”, 1953 March
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on Beta tape [Item 10].)
Box 581 World Tour, 1953
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on VHS [Item 11] and Beta tape [Item 12].)
Box 582 African Films Spring, 1955
Box 583 Adlai E. Stevenson III's wedding, 1955 June 25
Box 584 Address to National Education Association, 1955 July 6
Box 585 Address at AFL-CIO Merger, 1955 December 8
Box 586 “Face the Nation”, 1956 January 8
Box 587 Minnesota Primary, 1956 March
Box 588 Oregon Write-in-Stevenson Campaign, 1956 April
Box 589 “Democratic Spirit of '56”, 1956 August
Box 590 Highlights of the 1956 Democratic Convention, undated
Part I, 1956
Box 591 Part II, 1956
Box 592 Part III, 1956
Box 593 Part IV, 1956
Box 594 Part V, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DVD [Item 13].)
Box 595 Liberal Party Speech, New York City, 1956 October 24
Box 596-600 Stevenson Rally, Manhattan Center, 1956 October 31
Box 601 Campaign, Nuclear Test Ban, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on Beta tape [Item 14].)
Box 602 Stevenson's Bandwagon, 1956
Box 603 1956 Campaign, Pittsburgh, 1956
Box 604 Stevenson in Springfield, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DVD [Item 8] and Beta tape [Item 9].)
Box 605 Californians for Stevenson, 1956
Box 606 Campaign Spots (35 mm.), 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on VHS [Item 15-16] and Beta tape [Item 17-19].)
Box 607 Campaign Spots (1, 22, 37, 38) (35 mm.), 1956
Box 608 “Nixon as King”, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on Beta tape [Item 20].)
Box 646 “Face the Nation”, 1957 September 8
Box 609 “Search for Truth”, 1957 November 10
Box 610 Address at United Parents Association, 1958 March 29
Box 611 “Look Here”, Martin Agronsky Program, 1958 March 30
Box 612 Interview “Careers in Politics”, Stanford University Series Careers, 1960 February 20
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on VHS [Item 21] and Beta tape [Item 22].)
Box 644 “Face the Nation”, 1960 July 10
Box 613 Stevenson for Kennedy, 1960
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on Beta tape [Item 23].)
Box 614 “The Great Challenge”, 1961 February 19
Box 615 “The Great Challenge”, 1961 February 19
Box 616 “The Uncertain Continent”, Eyewitness to History, 1961 June 16
Box 617 Uruguay, 1961
Box 618 “Face the Nation”, 1963 September 29
Box 619 “Today” Remote, 1963 October 29
Box 620 “Adlai Stevenson: The Man From Libertyville”, Schlesinger Productions, 1990
Program and Promos, 1990
Box 645 Transcripts, undated
Bacall, Lauren, 1990
Box 645 Blair, Bill, 1990
Box 645 Fritchey, Clayton, 1990
Box 645 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1990
Box 645 Ives, Elizabeth S, 1990
Box 645 Minow, Newton, 1990
Box 645 Reston, James, 1990
Box 645 Schlesinger, Arthur, 1990
Box 645 Sevareid, Eric, 1990
Box 645 Shriver, Sargent, 1990
Box 645 Simon, Paul, 1990
Box 645 Stevenson, Adlai, III and Wife, 1990
Box 645 Tree, Marietta, 1990
Box 645 Wirtz, Willard, 1990
Box 645 Wyatt, Wilson, 1990
Box 645 “A Voice of Conscience: The Legacy of Adlai Stevenson”, Schlesinger Productions, 1999 June 3
Box 646 Stevenson Exhibition, Princeton University Library Main Exhibition Gallery, 2000 February 05-April 23
Box 646 Stevenson: W. Wirtz Talk, 2000 February 5
Box 646 “Whatever Happened to Adlai Stevenson”, Conference, 2001 November 9
Description: Includes VHS, audiocassette tapes, and a transcript.
Box 646 Not identified, undated
Box 621-622 Small Films, undated
Campaign Tour, Elkhart, Indiana, 1952 October
Box 623 “The Possibility” (Nixon as president), 1956
Box 623 Blue Cross Commission, 1957 April 10
Box 623 Visit with Prime Minister H. C. Hansen (Denmark), 1958 June
Box 623 Kennedy Support, 1960 October
Box 623 Kennedy Endorsement, 1960 October
Box 623 Stevenson for Kennedy, 1960 October
Box 623 Amherst College, Honorary Degree, 1963 June 16
Box 623 Intermission of Philharmonic Concert, 1963 October 20
Box 623 Commencement of Stevenson's Memorial Service, Springfield, Illinois, 1965 July 16
Box 623 AES Funeral, Springfield, 1965 July 19
Box 623 BBC Program about AES, 1965 August
Box 623 Air Force One, undated
Box 623 Subseries 11C: Phonograph Records, undated
7“ and 10” Phonograph Records, undated
Not Identified, 1950
Box 624 Acceptance Speech, Democratic National Convention, 1952 July 26
Box 624 Vindication or Truman Song, 1952
Box 624 “We Want Adlai: He Knows the Score”, 1952
Box 624 Stevenson Telephones the Voter on Election Eve, Hollywood for Stevenson-Sparkman, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 24].)
Box 624 “Stevenson Campaign Song”, 1955
Box 624 “Songs of the Campaign for the New America”, 1956
Box 624 “Star-Spangled Banner”, “We're Madly for Adlai”, 1956
Box 624 “It's gotta be, to be in Texas”, “The Myth of Joe Smith”, 1956
Box 624 Songs for Stevenson, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 25] and DAT [Item 26].)
Box 624 “A Man Named Stevenson”, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DAT [Item 27].)
Box 624 “The Man With the Hole in his Shoe”, 1956
Box 624 “The Hole in the Sole of his Shoe”, 1956
Box 624 “Man With the Hole in His Shoes”, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 28] and DAT [Item 29].)
Box 624 “You Gotta Gotta Win This Time”, 1956
Box 624 “Believe in Stevenson”, 1956
Box 624 “Let's Change to Adlai Stevenson”, 1956
Box 624 “Let's Put Adlai & Estes In”, “Florida, the Sunshine State”, 1956
Box 624 “Next President Adlai Stevenson”, 1956
Box 624 “The Man With the Hole in His Shoe”, Grassroot Volunteers, 1956
Box 624 “Adlai Stevenson”, WNEW, 1961 April 19
Box 624 “I See an America”, 1963 February 17
Box 624 “The Star-Spangled Banner”, American Heritage Foundation, undated
Box 624 “Mr. Stevenson”, John Leagan, undated
Box 624 “Lyrics: Richard Adler”, “Lyrics: Mary Beatty”, undated
Box 624 “Christmas Card Ballad”, “I'm Believin' Stevenson”, undated
Box 624 “We Vote for Stevenson”, undated
Box 624 “Trains”, undated
Box 624 “Talks by Adlai Stevenson”, undated
Box 624 “We're Madly for Adlai”, Stu Watson, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 30] and DAT [Item 31].)
Box 624 Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY, undated
Box 624 “Vote for Democracy”, undated
Box 624 Not Identified, undated
Box 624 12″ Phonograph Records, 1948-1964
“Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands 4 &5, 1948 October 14
Box 625 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands 8 - 1, 1948 October 14
Box 625 “An Address by Mr. Carl Sandburg”, #1 & #4, 1949 October 8
Box 625 “An Address by Mr. Carl Sandburg”, #2 & #5, 1949 October 8
Box 625 “An Address by Mr. Carl Sandburg”, #3 & #6, 1949 October 8
Box 625 “Christmas Spirits”, Chicago Bar Association “Bikini Babes”, 1949
Box 625 “Christmas Spirits”, Chicago Bar Association “Hiss of the Hot Dogs”, 1949
Box 625 “Operations - Mansion”, Sides 1 & 3, 1951
Box 625 “Operations - Mansion”, Sides 2 & 4, 1951
Box 625 “Address, Adlai E. Stevenson”, Temple Beth Grace Dedication, 1951 December 2
Box 625 “Gov. Stevenson interview with Clifton Utley”, Part 1, 1949
Box 625 “Gov. Stevenson interview with Clifton Utley”, Part 2, 1949
Box 625 “Stevenson Endorsements” (sequence of 8 people), 1952 October 24
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 32].)
Box 625 “Stevenson Endorsement” (Ettz Moten), 1952 October 24
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 33].)
Box 625 “Stevenson for President”, Track 11 - Kefauver; Track 12 - Veterans, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 34].)
Box 625 “Mrs. Edison Dick Interview”, 1952 October 15
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DAT [Item 35].)
Box 625 “Stevenson for President”, Tracks 8 - 10, 1952
Box 625 “Stevenson Bandwagon”, Hollywood for Stevenson-Sparkman, sides 1 & 4, 1952
Box 625 “Stevenson Bandwagon”, Hollywood for Stevenson-Sparkman, sides 2 & 3, 1952
Box 625 “Ballads for Democrats”, 1953 January 20
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DAT [Item 36].)
Box 625 “This I Believe” Edward R. Murrow and guests, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on cassette tape [Item 37] and DAT [Item 38].)
Box 625 “Stevenson Speeches”, 1953
Box 625 “Address to the Nation on the Far Eastern Situation”, 1955 April 11
Box 625 “Address at the American Jewish Tercentenary”, 1955 June 1
Box 625 “Mr. President: From FDR to Eisenhower”, 1953
Box 625 “Portrait of Adlai Stevenson”, Arnold Michaelis, 1956 June 19
Box 625 “We Believe in Stevenson”, “Madly for Adlai”, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DAT [Item 39].)
Box 625 “Political Quiz” 21 May, 1957
Box 625 “Transatlantic Conversation”, Parts 1 & 4, 1958 March 12
Box 625 “Transatlantic Conversation” Parts 2 & 3, 1958 March 12
Box 625 “Democratic National Convention”, Sides 1 & 2, 1960 July 13
Box 625 “Democratic National Convention”, Sides 3 & 4, 1960 July 13
Box 625 “United Nations Day Address”, 1961 October 21
Box 625 “Eulogy of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt”, 1962 November 17
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 40] and DAT [Item 41].)
Box 625 “Spotlight”, Jack Webster interviews Adlai Stevenson, 1963 May 30
Box 625 “The Eternal Light”, 1964 November 1
Box 625 “Eleanor Roosevelt: A Recollection”, 1964 November 1
Box 625 “The National Purpose”, John Jessup, Adlai Stevenson, undated
Box 625 “The National Purpose”, Archibald MacLeish, David Sarnoff, undated
Box 625 “The National Purpose”, Billy Graham, John Gardner, undated
Box 625 “The National Purpose”, Clinton Rossiter, Albert Wohlstetter, undated
Box 625 “The National Purpose”, Walter Lippmann, undated
Box 625 “Audition Recording: the Tune Toppers”, undated
Box 625 Anne-Lise & Norman Reynolds, undated
Box 625 “Lincoln's Gettysburg Address”, undated
Box 625 “Woman's World Interview”, Borden and John Fell Stevenson, undated
Box 625 Not Identified, undated
Box 625 Not Identified, undated
Box 625 16″ Phonograph Records, undated
“Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #1, 1948 August 28
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #1, Part 2, 1948 August 28
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #2, 1948 August 28
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #3, 1948 August 28
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #2, 1948 September 03
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #3, 1948 September 05
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Talks”, Program #4, 1948 September 13
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Speech at Courthouse”, 1948 September 15
Box 626 “Stevenson for Governor”, Program #7, 1948 September 26
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands #2 - 3, 1948 October 14
Box 626 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands #4 -5, 1948 October 14
Box 627 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands #6 -7, 1948 October 14
Box 627 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands #8, 1948 October 14
Box 627 “Adlai Stevenson Spots”, Bands #9, 1948 October 14
Box 627 “Stevenson for Governor”, 1948 October 22
Box 627 “Stevenson for Governor”, 1948 October 23
Box 627 “Fred Blaisdell: Republicans for Stevenson”, 1948 October 28
Box 627 “Governor Adlai Stevenson”, Constitutional Convention Proposal, 1949 March 09
Box 627 “Governor Adlai Stevenson”, American Legion Speech, 1952 August 27
Box 627 Sound Recording and Two Press Releases Regarding a Speech to the Central Regional Conference of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada, Springfield, Illinois, 1950 May
Box 627 “Governor Adlai Stevenson's Speech at Denver”, 1952 September 05
Box 627 “The Honorable Adlai Stevenson”, Armed Forces Radio Service, 1952 September 29
Box 628 “Political Spots”, Volunteers for Stevenson, 1952 September 30
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 42] and DAT [Item 43].)
Box 628 “Stevenson Bandwagon Trailer”, Lauren Bacall, 1952 October 16
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 44] and DAT [Item 45].)
Box 628 One Minute Announcements, #1-13 Connecticut Volunteers for Stevenson, 1952 October 20
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 46].)
Box 628 “Stevenson in Cleveland”, Part 1, 1952 October 23
Box 628 “Stevenson in Cleveland”, Part 2, 1952 October 23
Box 628 Spot Announcements, Hollywood Committee for Stevenson-Sparkman, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 47].)
Box 628 “Three Strangers”, Hollywood Committee for Stevenson-Sparkman, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 48] and DAT [Item 43].)
Box 628 “Rip Van Winkle”, Hollywood Committee for Stevenson-Sparkman, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 49].)
Box 628 Blair House, 1952
Box 628 “Proposal of Maurice L. Cowen for Stevenson”, Part 1, 1952
Box 629 “Proposal of Maurice L. Cowen for Stevenson” Part 2, 1952
Box 629 “Stevenson for President”, Tracks #1 -7, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 50].)
Box 629 “Independent Committees for Stevenson & Douglas”, 1952
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 51].)
Box 629 “Stevenson Primary Spots: Florida”, 1955
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 52].)
Box 629 “Stevenson Primary Spots: Illinois”, 1955
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 53].)
Box 629 “Stevenson Primary Spots: New Hampshire”, 1955
Box 629 “Stevenson Primary Spots: Pennsylvania”, 1955
Box 629 “Stevenson Primary Spots: California”, 1955
Box 629 “Great Moments in History”, Victory spots for Stevenson and Kefauver, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 54].)
Box 629 “Great Moments in History”, Committee for the Arts, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 55].)
Box 630 “The Stevenson Switch Show”, 1956
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 56].)
Box 630 “Former Republicans who Switched to Stevenson”, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 57].)
Box 630 “Adlai E. Stevenson Political Spot Announcements”, Spots 1-6, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on DAT [Item 43].)
Box 630 “Adlai E. Stevenson Political Spot Announcements”, Spots 7-11, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 58] and DAT [Item 43].)
Box 630 “H-Bomb Radio Spots”, Volunteers for Stevenson, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 59].)
Box 630 “Mr. Adlai Stevenson Interviewed by Tony Beamish”, undated
Box 630 “Tom C. Clark”, Attorney General of the United States, undated
Box 630 “Stevenson for President”, National Volunteers for Stevenson, Tracks 1-10, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 60].)
Box 630 “Stevenson for President”, undated
Location of Copies or Alternate Formats: (Also available on audiocassette [Item 61].)
Box 630 Copies on Other Audiovisual Formats, 1952-1962
Box 647
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