Assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy MFM 1 A collection of reproductions of articles from 27 different newspapers and 6 magazines from around the globe at the time of the assassination. Microfilmed by AMCO Microfilming Historical Archive Department, Fresno, California.
Benjamin Cudworth Yancy Papers MFM 220
Yancy (1817-1891) was a southern planter, lawyer, editor,
businessman, civil war officer, and political figure who served at
various
times as a member of the legislature of three southern states,
South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. This collection of 5,800
items
which date from 1800 to 1931 also includes papers of his son,
Hamilton Yancy.
Charles Carroll Papers MFM 206
Charles Carroll (1737-1832) was a propertied Maryland gentleman, a
member of the Committee of Correspondence, an unsuccessful
commissioner to Canada "to promote or form a union" between Canada
and the colonies, delegate to the Continental Congress, and
the representative from Maryland in the first federal Congress
until 1782. When he died in 1832 he was considered the wealthiest
citizen of the United States and was the last surviving signer of
the Declaration of Independence. Most of the original papers in
this
collection are located at the Maryland Historical Society.
Civil Rights During the Johnson Administration,
1963-1969 MFM
1039
Todd Library has Part 5: Records of the National Advisory
Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission). This commission
investigated the riots of summer, 1967, especially the Detroit
Riot. Their task was to profile the riots, the rioters, their
environment,
their victims, and their causes and effects as well as to give
advice on short-term measures to prevent riots, better measures to
contain
riots once they begin, and long-term measures of prevention. These
records of hearings and reports from the Lyndon Baines Johnson
Library, Austin, Texas, were edited by Steven F. Lawson. From
"Black Studies Research Sources" Series.
Department of Justice Investigative Files: Part II, The
Communist Party
MFM 1162 Part II
When the U.S. entered World War I the Department of Justice
launched a campaign of surveillance, infiltration, and prosecution
of
American radicals that had a profound impact on the political
outlook of the American Left. The "Palmer Raids" of 1919-1920
pushed
the radicals to develop conspiratorial methods of organization.
This collection of records is from the DOJ files relating to the
Communist movement kept at the National Archives. It provides a
first-hand account of Communist activities through correspondence,
reports, and memos of the Attorney General, U.S. attorneys, the
FBI, and various Communist and non-Communist organizations and
individuals. The topics included cover the period between World
Wars I and II.
Despatches from U.S. Consuls in Turks Island, British
West Indies, 1818-1906
MFM 611
Reports to the Department of State from U.S. consular
representatives covering a wide range of subjects dealing with
economic,
political, and social conditions as well as routine matters. From
originals in RG 59 at National Archives.
Henry Clay Warmoth Papers MFM 273
Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931) was an officer in the Union Army
during the Civil War, Reconstruction Governor of Louisiana,
owner of Magnolia Plantation, railroad investor, and Republican
politician. This collection consists of two series, each arranged
in
chronological order. The correspondence includes approximately
5000 items dating from 1789 to 1934, some belonging to other
owners of Magnolia Plantation. The 82 volumes includes scrapbooks
and diaries dated 1863-1867 and 1922-1931, plantation journals,
slave records, and plantation account books. Originals are in the
University of North Carolina Library.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Oral History
Collection MFM 1172
The John F.Kennedy Library in Boston contains, among its many
documents, oral histories concerning Kennedy's presidency and
political career gathered from interviews with over 1,000 people.
Transcripts of these interviews are grouped in two parts for this
publication. "Part I: The White House and Executive Departments"
contains interviews with key officials and aides. "Part II: The
Congress, the Judiciary, Public Figures, and Private Individuals"
includes all the nonrestricted interviews from those outside the
executive branch. Researchers will find addressed here such issues
as the Cold War (i.e. Berlin Crisis, 1961; Geneva Conference on
Laos; and the nuclear test ban); growing unrest over civil rights,
urban renewal and rural development; and states rights vs. federal
rights. Also included are transcripts of two panel discussions,
one dealing with the origins and development of the federal
"poverty
programs" of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and the other
involving leading press personalities concentrating on Kennedy's
relationship with and use of the press. Part of "The Presidential
Oral History Series".
Papers of James Henry Hammond MFM 262
James Henry Hammond (1807-1844) was governor of South Carolina,
U.S. Senator, and large plantation owner. He favored slavery,
was an advocate of public education and bank reform, and was a
scientific, highly practical manager of his plantation. The chief
event
of his senatorial career was his speech of March 4, 1858, in reply
to Seward's boast that the North would rule the South as a
conquered
province. Hammond then advanced the theory that the slaves of the
South and the wage-earners of the North constituted "the very
mudsills of society," and declared, "You dare not make war on
cotton - No power on earth dares make war upon it. Cotton is king."
These papers from the collection at the Library of Congress contain
33 volumes of correspondence, speeches, etc. dating from 1823
to 1875, diaries covering 1836-1855, Plantation Books from 1832 to
1858, and other miscellaneous material.
John Macpherson Berrien Papers MFM 274
Approximately 550 items of correspondence and legal papers of John
Macpherson Berrien (1781-1856) and his son Lawrence C.
Berrien. The greater portion of the papers cover the 1830's,
1840's, and 1850's when John Berrien was active as Attorney General
in Jackson's cabinet and as a U.S. Senator for Georgia. Originals
are in the University of North Carolina Library.
John Rutledge Papers MFM 276
These are largely the papers of John Rutledge (1766-1819) who was
third in a line of five prominent Charlestonians of that name.
He usually signed his name John Rutledge, Jr. or Gen. John Rutledge
(War of 1812) to distinguish between him and his more famous
father, the governor of South Carolina. This Rutledge served
several terms in the South Carolina legislature and one term in the
U.S.
House of Representatives. Extensive water damage to many of the
original papers, housed at the University of North Carolina
Library, result in poor legibility of many of the reproductions.
Map Room Messages of President Roosevelt
(1939-1945) MFM 731
In addition to the Map Room Papers, this collection contains
communications between President Franklin Roosevelt and Churchill,
Stalin, Chiang Kai-Shek, Harriman (Ambassador to Moscow), Hurley
(Ambassador to China), and Winant (Ambassador to Great
Britain). Also included are Roosevelt's personal file, 1941-1944,
his secretary's file, and miscellaneous presidential messages.
Oral Histories of the Johnson Administration,
1963-1969 MFM 1171
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas, contains, among
its many documents, oral histories gathered from interviews
with more than 1000 people. Some of the transcripts are not
included in this collection due to privacy restrictions. Those
published
here are divided into two parts. "Part I: The White House and
Executive Departments" contains interviews with key officials and
aides.
"Part II: The Congress, the Judiciary, Public Figures, and Private
Individuals" includes histories from those outside the executive
branch. Here are firsthand recollections from those involved in
the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the War on Poverty, and
other issues of the 1960's. Part of "The Presidential Oral History
Series".
Organization of American States Treaty Series
MFM 3976
A collection of the sixty-eight inter-American treaties signed by
member states of the Organization of American States through 1988.
Includes multilateral, bilateral, and regional agreements,
conventions and treaties deposited with the General Secretariat of
the OAS,
as well as information about signatures, accessions, ratifications,
declarations, and reservations.
Papers of Aaron Burr, 1756-1836 MFM 454
The outline of the career of Aaron Burr (1756-1836) is well known
- a short military career, Vice-President under Jefferson, a duel
with Hamilton, the "Burr Conspiracy", trial and acquittal of
treason charges, self-imposed exile in Europe, and return to New
York
to a small law practice. These papers reveal many little-known
details and subtleties of his life and career. Public and private
papers
show consistent patterns of interest in territorial expansion and
the internal improvements of frontier regions. Burr's
correspondence
for 1804-1807 and records of U.S. vs Burr offer source material for
research on the "Burr Conspiracy". The Journal for his years in
Europe (1808-1812) is a fascinating record of intellectual and
social life in Great Britain and on the Continent during the
Napoleonic
era. After his return to New York his personal correspondence
reveals the economic and social patterns of families left without
fathers
or husbands in the early 19th century and his correspondence as a
lawyer together with case papers offer documentation for the social
issues reflected in suits concerning family law, the distribution
of estates, and guardianship as well as a unique record of a
lawyer's
practice in this era.
Papers of Aaron Columbus Burr MFM 454A
Aaron Columbus Burr was the adopted son of Aaron Burr. This
collection of his papers consists of correspondence and business
papers
dated 1838-1871 relating to an attempt by A.C. Burr and James Grant
to purchase a tract of land known as Stand Creek in British
Honduras. They hoped to sell the land to the United States to be
used for colonizing freed American blacks. When this plan failed,
the American Honduras Company was formed to cut and export
mahogany.
Papers of Andrew Jackson MFM 962
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was one of a handful of people who
dominated American life in the first half of the 19th century.
Considered by many to be one of the nation's strongest presidents,
he is also one of the most controversial. The documents in this
collection portray both the man and the period. The personal,
public, and official letters, speeches, memoranda, legal papers and
opinions, receipts, accounts, and deeds chronicle his life as he
reacted to people, issues and events in a time of transition. This
microfilm collection is a result of an exhaustive worldwide search
for Jackson documents and supplements the microfilms of Jackson
papers in the Library of Congress and the National Archives.
Papers of Charles Sumner MFM 1038
Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a prominent student, lawyer,
reformer, and U.S. Senator. In the Senate and in his private life
he
was a major advocate for reforms, especially ending slavery, and
was vitally concerned about America's intellectual reputation.
Therefore, the Sumner correspondence collected here touches upon
virtually every aspect of political, social, and intellectual life
in
mid-nineteenth century America. The collection is divided into two
series. Series I contains all letters to and from Sumner in the
Charles Sumner Papers collection at the Houghton Library, arranged
chronologically. Series II contains all existing letters outside
the
Charles Sumner Papers collection, both to and from Sumner, which
could be found through an exhaustive search over Europe and
North America.
Papers of Salmon P. Chase, 1755-1898 MFM
503
Salmond Portland Chase (1808-1873) was Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, Senator from and Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the
Treasury in Lincoln's cabinet, lawyer, and abolitionist. This
collection of approximately 12,150 items contains correspondence,
diaries,
letterbooks, speeches and writings, memoranda, financial and legal
papers, and miscellany. The bulk of the material spans the years
1824-72. Beyond the detailed account of Chase's personal and
professional life outlined in his diaries and correspondence,
specific
topics dealt with include his Cincinnati law practice, Ohio and
national politics, the Liberty Party, anti-slavery activities,
problems of
national finance and banking, creation of a national currency (the
issue of "greenbacks"), Civil War and Reconstruction, business of
the Treasury Department and the Supreme Court, the impeachment of
Andrew Johnson, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. A copy of
Appeal of the Independent Democrats, written by Chase to
denounce the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, is included in the
speeches and the miscellany includes an unfinished biography of
Chase written by Edward L. Pierce in 1854 or 1855 when he was
a student in Chase's office. Filmed from manuscripts at the
Library of Congress.
Papers of William H. Seward MFM 631
William H. Seward (1801-1872) was a lawyer, antislavery orator,
reformer, governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and Secretary of
State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. He played a key role
in shaping the foreign and domestic policies of the U.S. during the
periods of sectional conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction.
These papers include his correspondence; his Public Papers as
Governor,
Senator, and Secretary of State; his personal, financial, and legal
papers; drafts of a number of his speeches; memorabilia related to
his career; and related papers belonging to his family. Students
of political science, economics, and social, intellectual, and
diplomatic
history of the 19th century will find much source material here.
The originals are at the University of Rochester.
President Kennedy and the Press (1961-1963) MFM
1173
This publication contains transcripts of press conferences with
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger and assistants, messages and press
releases from the White House, and transcripts of the presidential
press conferences during the one thousand days of the Kennedy
presidency.
The Presidential Diaries of Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
(1938-1945) MFM 732
This collection contains memos, letters, press releases, and notes
of communications between Morgenthau, who was U.S. Secretary
of the Treasury, and Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. Subjects
include public finance, Lend-Lease, Victory Bonds, and currency
questions during World War II.
State Constitutional Conventions from Independence to
the Completion of the Present
Union; 1776-1959 MFE 347
Official records of the state constitutional conventions and copies
of the constitutions which were adopted. Todd Library has the
following states: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Thomas Ewing, Sr. Papers MFM 477A
Thomas Ewing, Sr. (1789-1871) was U.S. Senator from Ohio, Secretary
of the Treasury under Harrison and Tyler, Secretary of the
Interior under Taylor and Fillmore, advisor to President Andrew
Johnson, highly successful lawyer, and worker and owner in the
salt-
boiling business. This collection of papers includes his
correspondence, law papers, financial papers, and miscellaneous
items. The
originals are at the University of Notre Dame Archives.
Timothy Pickering Papers MFM 91
Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) held many public offices including
Adjutant General, Quartermaster General, Postmaster General,
Secretary of War, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and U.S.
Representative. This collection includes his personal letters and
official
correspondence providing much source material on U.S. history
during the Revolution and first four presidential administrations.
U.S. Military Intelligence Reports: Surveillance of
Radicals in the United States, 1917-
1941 MFM 1175
This publication contains the most significant reports on American
radicals from the records of the Military Intelligence Division
located at the National Archives. It does not include files
concerned with radicalism and suspected subversion among American
blacks
because they are covered in another publication (see MFM 1163,
entry # 13). In addition to many reports, included here are three
distinct subsets of records: first, a nearly complete set of the
weekly "General Intelligence Bulletin" of the Justice Department's
Bureau
of Investigation for 1920-1921; second, files from army recruiting
stations on local radical conditions in 1920; and third, regular
monthly reports on radical activities from nine regional army corps
areas in the U.S. from 1932 to 1941.
Watergate Cover-Up Trial Transcript MFM
1157
The official court transcripts (nearly 10,000 pages) of the
day-to-day account of the trial proceedings of H. R. Haldeman, John
Erlichman, John Mitchell, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson
from Oct. 15, 1974 through Jan. 1, 1975, plus the sentencing of
the defendants in February, 1975. Filmed from the daily
transcripts acquired by The New York Times.
William Lowndes Papers MFM 275 Primarily the papers of William Lowndes (1782-1822), lawyer, planter, and political figure. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina from 1810 to 1822 where he was an enthusiastic member of the "War Hawks".
William Wirt Papers MFM 654
William Wirt (1772-1834) was an author, essayist, historian,
popular orator, eminent lawyer, Attorney General of the U.S.
(1817-1829),
and unsuccessful candidate for presidency in 1832. He participated
in almost every litigation of national significance from the
Callender trial in 1800 to the Cherokee cases of 1831-32. Since he
was away from his family much of the time, he conducted a
voluminous correspondence with his wife and children. He was a
gifted writer, and his candid , often gossipy, letters and papers
provide invaluable insight into the cultural, social, political,
and legal history of three decades.
Winthrop Sargent Papers MFM 124
Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) was a typical representative of the
New England upper class. He was the son of a wealthy merchant,
educated at Harvard, served as an officer in the Revolution, served
in public offices, supported the Federalist position in politics,
and
made a solid contribution to the establishment of an orderly
government in the Northwest Territory. His Papers contain diaries,
correspondence, books, pamphlets, and papers including many
relating to the Ohio Company, the Northwest Territory, and the
Mississippi Territory as well as a Ph.D. thesis by Benjamin H.
Pershing entitled "Winthrop Sargent: A Builder in the Old
Northwest"
(University of Chicago, 1927).
