Research Catalog

Title

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers, 1922-2007.

Author

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989.
• Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
• Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
• Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.
• Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
• Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.
• Rauh, Joseph L., 1911-
• Tree, Marietta, 1917-1991.

Description

242.99 linear feet (574 boxes, 1 tube)

Summary

The Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers document the life and work of Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), noted for his political activities in the Democratic Party and for his acclaimed accounts of nineteenth and twentieth century history.

Subject

• Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963
• Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. 1917-2007
• Americans for Democratic Action
• Century Club (New York, N.Y.)
• City University of New York
• Democratic Party (U.S.)
• Harvard University
• Political campaigns > United States
• United States > History > 1945-
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• United States > Social life and customs > 1945-1970
• United States > Social life and customs > 1971-

Genre/Form

• Appointment books.
• Diaries.
• Photographs.
• Scrapbooks.
• Sound recordings.
• Video recordings.

Access (note)

• Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref Sound and video recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer. Journals may not be photocopied. Restricted correspondence to be made available in 2050. Classified research material restricted pending government declassification.

Additional Formats (note)

• were published in 2007 as Journals, 1952-2000 by Penguin Press.

Terms of Use (note)

• can not be photocopied.
• Permission to quote must be obtained from the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Estate, c/o The Wylie Agency, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 2114, New York, NY 10107.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

• Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Provenance (note)

• Portions of the collection had previously been on deposit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Material deposited in 1968 and 1969, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Schlesinger's time in the White House, remains at the Kennedy Library. Material deposited from 1980 forward has all been incorporated into this collection.

Call Number

MssCol 17775

OCLC

683283395

Author

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.

Title

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers, 1922-2007.

Restricted Access

Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref Sound and video recordings are unavailable for use pending preservation transfer. Journals may not be photocopied. Restricted correspondence to be made available in 2050. Classified research material restricted pending government declassification.

Additional Formats

Selections from the journals were published in 2007 as Journals, 1952-2000 by Penguin Press.

Terms Of Use

The journals can not be photocopied.

Permission to quote must be obtained from the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Estate, c/o The Wylie Agency, Inc., 250 West 57th Street, Suite 2114, New York, NY 10107.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Gilbert Seldes correspondence, 1956-1970; Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. papers; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available online and in repository.

Provenance

Portions of the collection had previously been on deposit at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Material deposited in 1968 and 1969, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Schlesinger's time in the White House, remains at the Kennedy Library. Material deposited from 1980 forward has all been incorporated into this collection.

Source

Purchased from the estate of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 2007; MSS2007M19.

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Collection guide

Occupation

College teachers United States

Historians United States

Journalists United States

Added Author

Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989.

Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.

Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.

Rauh, Joseph L., 1911-

Tree, Marietta, 1917-1991.

Research Call Number

MssCol 17775