Series 63. NATIONAL POLITICAL AFFAIRS, 1945-1976
17 boxes
5 sub-series
Office file code: 77a; 78; 78 a,b; 79; 79 a,b, gen.,
Watergate; 80, 82 a,c,b, Stevenson
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, memoranda,
printed reports
and related materials pertaining to national political affairs,
particularly possible
presidential or cabinet position for JWF; presidential and
senatorial campaigns,
Democratic party affairs and Watergate.
Sub-series:
Arranged chronologically.
- National Political Affairs (General),
1946-1976
- National Democratic Party, 1945-1974
- Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,
1954-1973
- Presidential Campaigns, 1948-1972
- Watergate, 1972-1974
Sub-series 1. National Political Affairs
(General), 1946-1976.
3 boxes.
Office file code: 77a; 78; 78a, b; 79 gen.; 80
Records pertain primarily to political affairs on national level,
particularly the possible selection of JWF as Secretary of State
1960; proposed
Kennedy-Fulbright tickets in 1968 and 1972; and congressional and
presidential
anti-war candidates. Some records pertain to 1948 "Dixlecrat"
split from the
Democratic Party and civil rights. A few records pertain to
activities of Senator
Joseph McCarthy.
Correspondents include: Harry Scott Ashmore (1.2), Robert Francis
Kennedy (2.7),
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (3.5)
Sub-series 2. National Democratic Party,
1945-1974.
3 boxes.
Office file code: 82, 79, 79a
Records pertain primarily to national party affairs, particularly
matters
relating to presidential nominating conventions, especially
delegate selection; fund
raising for the national party; and party organization. Some
records pertain to
Democratic National Committee fact sheets and research material.
A few records
pertain to party platforms.
Correspondents include: John Moran Bailey, Larry Francis O'Brien,
and Robert S. Strauss.
Sub-series 3. Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, 1954-1973.
3 folders.
Office file code: 79b, 77
Records pertain primarily to efforts of the Committee to assist
in election
campaigns of Democratic senators. Some records pertain to
Democratic Committee fund
raising activities. A few records pertain to McGovern Commission
on party reform.
Sub-series 4. Presidential Campaigns,
1948-1972.
10 boxes.
Office file code: 77; 78; 79; 82 a,b,c, Stevenson
Records pertain primarily to presidential campaigns, particularly
constituent
evaluations of candidates, potential candidates, issues, and
party platforms. Some
records pertain to JWF role in various presidential campaigns;
campaigh tactics; and
campaign speeches and materials. A few records pertain to
campaigns of congressional
anti-Vietnam War candidates.
Correspondents include: Harry Scott Ashmore, George Wildman Ball
(11.6), George
Stanley McGovern (16.3), Wilton Robert Stephens (15.6), Adlai
Ewing Stevenson, Lee
Williams (16.2).
8 folders.
Office file code: 79 Watergate
Records pertain primarily to public reaction to Watergate affair.
Some
records pertain to reaction to JWF statement on Watergate. A few
records pertain
to Vietnam and Cambodia as well.
Correspondents include: Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (16.4,
17.3).
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