HUBERT H. HUMPHREY:

An Inventory of His Vice Presidential Staff and Research Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, creator.
	Title:	Vice Presidential staff and research files.
	Dates:	1949-1968.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Quantity:	18 boxes.
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Correspondence, subject files, and miscellany of various Humphrey staff members, reflecting their interests, contacts, and work within the vice presidential office. They do not constitute complete sets of these staff members' files, since the main body of coded vice presidential files contains portions generated by these staff members, as well.

Staff members represented: Edgar F. Berman, Julius Cahn, Barbara Currier, Ofield Dukes, David Gartner, Ray H. Hemenway, Sidney Hertzberg, Neal Peterson, Eiler Ravnholt, John E. Rielly, John G. Stewart, Ronald F. Stinnett, Bruce J. Terris, Frederick (Ted) Van Dyk, and William Welsh.

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ARRANGEMENT

These records are organized by staff member, and variously thereunder.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hubert H. Humphrey Papers. Vice Presidential Staff and Research Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: Many, see separate Humphrey, Hubert H. accession file.

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 99006951607010429

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Note to Researchers: The box number as assigned to these files during initial processing has been retained. To request materials, please note both the location and box number shown below.


Location	Box
147.D.6.7B	1395	Edgar F. Berman: Correspondence and Miscellany, undated, February 1966-December 1968. 9 folders.
			Berman was medical consultant to Humphrey and accompanied him on many of his overseas trips.
			The majority of these files relate to medical matters in Southeast Asia and Central America. Topics include: (a) Agency for International Development missions in Southeast Asia; (b) CARE groups operating in Southeast Asia; (c) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Vietnam Task Force on Health and Education (see memo of April 6, 1966); (d) Tropical Disease Treatment Center, Manila, Philippines; (e) Children's Hospital, Dominican Republic; (f) Council of Voluntary Agencies work in Vietnam; (g) National Educational Television; (h) Medical care for Vietnam civilians and refugees (International Rescue Committee); (i) Haitian American Community Health Organization; (j) Birth control; (k) Hospital and medical facilities in Malaysia, Yugoslavia, and Africa; (l) The Brother's Brother Fund (Central American health program).


		Julius Cahn:
			Memos, December 1965-December 1966; January, February, June 1967. 6 folders.
				Correspondence relating mainly to health matters, and messages sent by the Vice President.
			Health Messages, February, December 1964; January-May 1965. 3 folders.
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147.D.6.8F	1396		Health Messages, June 1965-February 1966. 6 folders.
			Correspondence and Miscellany, July-December 1965.
			Convention Information (Correspondence), November 1965, May 1966.
			Parade Article, 1965-April 1967. 2 folders.
				Includes correspondence from the Humphrey files illustrating his aid to constituents.


		Barbara Currier/William Welsh: Rural-Urban Balance:
			Symposium: Communities of Tomorrow (December 10-12, 1967):
				This symposium later evolved into the New Cities proposals and the Ad Hoc Cabinet Group on National Growth and Its Distribution.
				Speech Drafts, Notes, etc.
				Correspondence and Miscellany, May, September-December 1967; January- August 1968. 3 folders.
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150.H.5.1B	1397		New Cities Correspondence and Miscellany, December 1967; January-July 1968.
			Correspondence and Miscellany, undated; February 1962; September 1965; February 1966.
			Correspondence and Miscellany, February 1967-August 1968. 5 folders.


Currier/Welsh: Other Files:
	National Commission on Urban Problems, 1968.
	Plans for Progress:
		Correspondence and Miscellany, 1967-1968.
		Printed Items, 1967-1968.
	Presto Manufacturing Company Case, September 1965, May 1966.
		Relates to charges of racial discrimination in the company.
	Rural Youth, National Outlook Conference on (October 23-26, 1967):
		Speech drafts, correspondence, notes, etc. 1967.
		Printed Items, 1967.
	Correspondence and Miscellany, July-August 1968.


		Currier/Welsh/Bruce J. Terris: Black Entrepreneurship:
			Correspondence and Miscellany, January, April, June-December 1967. 3 folders.
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150.H.5.2F	1398		Correspondence and Miscellany, January-August 1968. 3 folders.
			Printed Items, 1966-1967.
			Black Business and Poverty Programs:
				Correspondence and Miscellany, 1965-April 1968. 5 folders.
				Newspaper Clippings, November 1966-February 1968.
				Operations Manual for Project Outreach of the National Business League, 1967.
				National Business League, Proposal..[for] Revitalization of the Los Angeles County Area.., March 1, 1967. 1 package.
			Department of Public Welfare: Work and Training Opportunity Center:
				Justification for Proposed 1968 Budget, April 1967. 1 package.
				"Target City Youth Program, Office of Manpower Policy Evaluation and Research (OMER Project). Final Report, " November 1967. 1 package.
				A Proprietary Proposal to Establish a New Manufacturing Facility Employing Hard Core Unemployed in Washington, D.C. KDI Corp., December 1967. 1 package.


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150.H.5.3B	1399	Ofield Dukes: Correspondence and Miscellany, April-December 1966. 9 folders.
			Dukes was one of Humphrey’s media representatives. He dealt mainly with Black journalists and publications.


		David Gartner Files:
			Gartner was the Vice President's liaison with the Senate, and personal aide during his travels. Most of his files are coded according to the vice president's office manual.
			Capitol Architect: Correspondence and Miscellany (ADM 3), 1962-1968.
			Capitol Architect: Report on the Structural Condition of the West Central Portion of the U.S. Capitol (ADM 3), November 1964. 5 volumes.
			Office Management Records: Guest Register (ADM 5.2), February 28, 1964-June 9, 1969? 1 volume.
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150.H.5.4F	1400		Protection: Secret Service (ADM 8): Correspondence, 1964.
			Memos (ADM 10.1), July 1965-December 1968. 4 folders.
			Weekly Reports (ADM 14), July-September 1966; January-April 1967; January 1968.
			Agriculture (AGR): Legislation (Humphrey Bills), March 1949; January 1963-September 1964. 2 folders.
			Agriculture (AGR): Transportation, 1963-1966.
			Agriculture (AGR): Wheat, 1963-January? 1967.
			Agriculture (AGR): By Date, April 1962, 1963-May 1968.
			Agriculture (AGR 2): Farm Organizations:
				Farmers Union GTA, 1965-August 1968.
				National Farmers Organization, October 1967-June 1968.
				National Grange, July 1965; April, December 1967; February, April 1968.
			Agriculture (AGR 4): Hunger in America, June 1968.
			Agriculture (AGR 5): Rural Development, September 1965; February 1966; June 1968.
			Agriculture (AGR 5.2): Rural Development Loans: REA, 1963, 1966-1968. 2 folders.
			Agriculture (AGR 6.2): Surplus Products: School Lunch Program, October 1963; September 1965; 1966-September 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1), 1966-March 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1): Robert C. Lewis Memos, August, November 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1.2): Soybeans, September 1963, 1966-March 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1.2): Sugar, May, July 1962; July 1964-August 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1.5): Wheat, June 1966-January 1968.
			Commodities, Agricultural (CMD 1.7): Meat, 1964-July 1968.
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150.H.5.5B	1401		Congressional (CNG): Correspondence and Miscellany, November 1965-December 1968.
			Congressional (CNG 7.2): Senate Members: VP Appointments, 1965-November 1966. 3 folders.
				Appointment of Senate members to various meetings, conferences, etc.
			Congressional (CNG 7.2): Senate Members: VP Appointments, 1967. 2 folders.
				Packets 1-19.
			Congressional (CNG 7.2): Senate Members: VP Appointments, 1968-January 1969. 2 folders.
				Packets 1-11 and miscellany.
			Congressional (CNG 7.2): Senate Members: VP Appointments: Regrets, 1967-June 1968.
			Federal Agencies (FED 3.1): Department of Agriculture, September 1965-January 1968. 2 folders.
			Federal Agencies (FED 3.5-3.6): Department of Interior, 1966-June 1968.
			Federal Agencies (FED 3.9-3.10): Department of State, 1966-May 1968.
			Foreign Affairs (FOA 3): Food for Peace/Food for Freedom, August 1961-March 1968. 2 folders.
				Includes a 1966 proposal to change the name of Food for Peace to Food for Freedom. The program was transferred to the State Department by Executive Order No. 11248, October 10, 1965.
			Laws, Public (LEG 4.2): Agriculture, July-September 1966, August 1967.
			Messages, Adults (MES 1.3): Sympathy, September 1966; May 1967-August 1968.
			Messages, Organizations (MES 3.1): Agricultural, May 1966-October 1968.
			Natural Resources and Parks (NRP), December 1964, September 1967.
			Trips (TRP), July 1963, July 1965-August 1968.
			Miscellany, 1963, September 1965, January-December 1966.
				Some letters are marked Humphrey Personal.
			Miscellany, 1967-1968.
			Newspaper Clippings and Magazine Articles concerning Humphrey, 1963-1964, 1966-1968.


		Ray H. Hemenway Files:
			Hemenway was special assistant to the administrator of the Economic Development Administration, and operated from the Minnesota headquarters. His files deal with EDA projects in the Midwest.
			Illinois, undated, 1961; 1966; April, October 1967.
			Indiana, Iowa, 1966-1967.
			Minnesota, 1967-1968.
			Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, 1966-1967.
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150.H.5.6F	1402		South Dakota, Texas, 1966-1967.
			Wisconsin, 1966-1968.
			EDA by Date, July 1966-December 1967. 2 folders.


		Neal Peterson Files:
			This correspondence was found with Peterson’s papers in the BEU files, but proved to contain several other codings relating to many other topics, as well.
			Correspondence by Name, A-FE, 1967. 23 folders.
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150.H.5.7B	1403		Correspondence by Name, FI-MI, 1967. 26 folders.
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150.H.5.8F	1404		Correspondence by Name, MO-TV, 1967. 28 folders.
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150.H.5.9B	1405		Correspondence by Name, U-Z, 1967. 8 folders.


		Eiler Ravnholt: Correspondence and Miscellany, undated, 1955; June 1963; 1964-January 1967. 4 folders.


John E. Rielly: Miscellaneous Files:
	Correspondence and Miscellany, June 1965-December 1966. 2 folders.
		Materials used in the preparation of speeches, and some speech drafts.
	Article: Catholic Church and Revolution in Latin America, for publication in The Sign.
		Drafts, correspondence, miscellany.


		John G. Stewart Files:
			Correspondence and Miscellany, November 1964-March 1965. 3 folders.
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150.H.5.10F	1406		Correspondence and Miscellany, April 1965-January 1966. 5 folders.
			Morris Ernst Correspondence, December 1964-November 1965.
			Leisure Conference, July 1965.
			Agriculture, 1965.
			Appointments, Pending, 1965.
			Arts and Humanities, November 1964-March 1965, October-December 1965.
			Civil Rights, July 1964, January 1965-February 1967. 5 folders.
				Includes contents of formerly separate small files for age discrimination; Project South Carolina Education; President's Council on Equal Employment Opportunity: Project Newark; employment; education; and Marshall Field Foundation.
			Civil Rights: White House Conference Planning Session, undated.
				Drafts, lists, etc. Full title: To Fulfill These Rights: White House Conference on Civil Rights. The conference planning session was held November 16-18, 1965. The actual conference was held June 1-2, 1966.
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150.H.6.1B	1407		Civil Rights: White House Conference Planning Session: Agenda Papers, Proposals, and Recommendations, November-December 1965.
			Civil Rights: White House Conference, February-September 1966. 3 folders.
			Education and Welfare, November 1964-December 1965. 3 folders.
				Including health matters.
			Foreign Affairs, November 1964, August-December 1965.
			General Government, November 1964, August-December 1965. 2 folders.
			Invitations, August 1964-January 1966.
			Messages, August-December 1965.
			National Security, December 1964-December 1965.
			Policy Development, July-December 1965.
			Public Works and Resources, January-November 1965.
			Publishers, May 1964-January 1966. 2 folders.
			Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, 1965.
			Taxes and Economic Policy, November 1964-December 1965.
			Urban Affairs, May-December 1965.
			White House Fellows, May-November 1965.
			Miscellaneous Subjects, Coded ADM-SPC, 1965-1966.
				ADM 14; EMP; NRP; PVY; PVY 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.6; PRL 1; PRL 7; PRL 9; SPC.
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150.H.6.2F	1408		Correspondence and Miscellany:
				By Date, December 1967-October 1968. 2 folders.
				Mexican Americans, March, October, December 1967; February-April 1968.
				Personnel, B-W, 1967-1968.
				By Name, A-Z, 1967-1968. 8 folders.


		Ronald F. Stinnett Files:
			Correspondence and miscellany relating to the many aspects of legislation in which the Vice President was interested, and some political matters.
			Agriculture, 1965. 2 folders.
			Appointments by the Senate to Committees, Conferences, etc. 1965.
			Appointments: Economic Development Administration, September-December 1965.
			Assateague Island National Seashore Legislation, October 1962, April 1963, March 1965.
			Civil Rights, 1965.
			Congratulatory Letters--Responses, April-August 1965. 2 folders.
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150.H.6.3B	1409		Congratulatory Letters--Responses, September-December 1965.
			Congressional Matters, 1965.
			Cybernetics, April-June 1965.
			Defense Matters, July-December 1965.
			Economics, April-December 1965.
			Education, 1965.
			Foreign Affairs, 1965.
				Includes foreign aid.
			Highway Beautification Legislation, August-October 1965.
			Housing and Urban Affairs, March-October 1965.
			Immigration, March-October 1965.
			International Conferences, February-August 1965.
			International Cooperation, White House Conference on, May-December 1965.
			Invitations: Regrets, August-November 1965.
			Job Applications: Recommendations, 1965.
			Labor, April-December 1965.
				Includes repeal of Section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act.
			Labor: Kit of Printed Materials regarding Repeal of 14b, 1965.
			Legislation, Miscellaneous, 1965.
			Legislative Program: Reports, January-November 1965.
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150.H.6.4F	1410		Legislative Program, Status of, January-September 1965. 3 folders.
				Prepared by Senate Democratic Policy Committee.
			Medicare, 1965.
			Morrissey, Francis X.: Nomination to Federal Bench, October-December 1965.
			Pollution: Air-Water, March-October 1965.
			Poverty, March-October 1965.
			Presidential Items, April-October 1965.
				Reprints of articles favorable to Lyndon B. Johnson, as entered into the Congressional Record by various members of Congress.
			Public Power-Works, April-December 1965.
			Reapportionment, 1965.
			Speeches, June-November 1965.
			Speeches: Syracuse University, A-Z, September-October 1965. 2 folders.
			Trip Reports: Arizona, Iowa, Wyoming, February 1965.
			Voting Rights, March-August, December 1965.
			Correspondence and Miscellany by Date, November 1964-July 1965. 5 folders.
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150.H.6.5B	1411		Correspondence and Miscellany by Date, August-December 1965. 5 folders.


		Ted Van Dyk/Sidney Hertzberg Files:
			Correspondence and miscellaneous papers, speech drafts, and notes relating to speeches. The speech materials seem to have been created by Sidney Hertzberg of the speech writing staff. The correspondence is that of Ted Van Dyk.
			A Liberal Response to Global Challenge, by Humphrey: Book Draft, December 1967.
			"Africa" (article for Saturday Review), 1967-1968.
			B'nai B'rith Women International Convention Speech, Washington, D.C. (March 24, 1968).
				Drafts, correspondence.
			Bonds for Israel Dinner (March 2, 1968), Miami.
				Notes and drafts.
			Disarmament, 1945-1968.
				Miscellaneous items.
			Foreign Affairs, 1968?
				Miscellaneous items.
			General Theory: Liberalism; Limits of Dissent, 1967-1968.
				Speeches, notes.
			International Exchange Programs: Educational; Youth, 1956, 1961, 1967.
				Miscellaneous items.
			Latin America, 1959-1968.
				Miscellaneous items.
			Legislative Histories: Lists, 1949-1964.
			Overseas Press Club Speech, New York City (April 22, 1968).
				Drafts.
			Peace Corps, 1957, 1961.
				Background information; Humphrey's role in.
			Miscellaneous drafts of speeches, statements, etc.; memos, 1968.
			Miscellaneous topics: drafts, correspondence, miscellany, 1962, 1963, 1966-1968.
			Correspondence and Miscellany by Date (Van Dyk):
				January, March-April 1965.
				Dorothy Allaston Correspondence, 1965.
				May-December 1965. 2 folders.
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150.H.6.6F	1412			January 1966-June 1967. 3 folders.

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY:

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