The Adlai E. Stevenson papers, 1919-1965
Subtitle: filmed from the holdings of the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
Contributors: Primary Source Microfilm (Firm); Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Series: Twentieth-century American politics and diplomacy -- ser. 2
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woodbridge, CT
Language: eng
Format: [microfilm] :
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Archives; Politics and government; Sources
Description: Adlai E. Stevenson, presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, was the leading Democrat and a major figure in American politics and diplomacy during the Cold War years. As U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, he negotiated the U.S. position through the Cuban Missile Crisis and Cold War relations with the Soviet Union. This collection is includes Stevenson's correspondence over his long career in public service; his papers on his involvement in the United Nations; and selected subject files illuminating other important aspects of his political career.
Notes: Accompanied by a printed reel guide.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Correspondence, A-G (reel 1-36); title: pt. 2. Correspondence, H-R (reel 37-73); title: pt. 3. Correspondence, S-Z (reel 74-96); title: pt. 4. Sampled correspondence (reel 97-131); title: pt. 5. United Nations and selected subject files (reel 132-178).