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Daniel J. Boorstin Papers

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Connie L. Cartledge with the assistance of Paul Colton, Patricia Craig, Patrick Kerwin, Mary Lacy, Donnelly Lancaster, and Sherralyn McCoy
Revised by Connie L. Cartledge

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Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2009

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Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Personal Names

Organizations

Subjects

Locations

Occupations

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Processing History:

Transfers:

Related Material:

Copyright Status:

Access and Restrictions:

Preferred Citation:

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Organization of the Papers

Description of Series

Container List

Family Papers, 1891-1995

University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975

Calendars, 1958-1975
Subject File, 1944-1975

Library of Congress File, 1950-1995

Calendars and Schedules, 1976-1995
Correspondence, 1976-1994
Subject File, 1950-1995

Speech File, 1943-1995

Writings File, 1882-1995

Miscellany, 1920-1993

Oversize, 1932-1975

Collection Summary

Title: Daniel J. Boorstin Papers
Span Dates: 1882-1995
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1944-1994)
ID No.: MSS56606
Creator: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004
Extent: 140,350 items; 431 containers plus 1 oversize; 171.2 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Author, historian, and Librarian of Congress. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, calendars and schedules, speeches and writings, background and research material, family and estate papers, financial and legal records, interviews, notes, course outlines and examinations, travel documents, photographs, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers documenting Boorstin's career as an educator, author, and administrator of the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.



Personal Names
Baker, Howard H. (Howard Henry), 1925---Correspondence.
Barzun, Jacques, 1907---Correspondence.
Bedini, Silvio A.--Correspondence.
Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995--Correspondence.
Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004.
Boorstin, Ruth Frankel.
Boorstin, Samuel.
Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995--Correspondence.
Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998--Correspondence.
Cunliffe, Marcus--Correspondence.
English, Maurice--Correspondence.
Fortas, Abe--Correspondence.
Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009--Correspondence.
Handlin, Oscar, 1915---Correspondence.
Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993--Correspondence.
Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970--Correspondence.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978--Correspondence.
Kissinger, Henry, 1923---Correspondence.
L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988--Correspondence.
Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986--Correspondence.
Marzio, Peter C.--Correspondence.
Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950--Correspondence.
Morris, Edmund--Correspondence.
Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003--Correspondence.
Powell, Lewis F., 1907-1998--Correspondence.
Reagan, Ronald--Correspondence.
Riesman, David, 1909-2002--Correspondence.
Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007--Correspondence.
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim--Correspondence.
Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999--Correspondence.
Wouk, Herman, 1915---Correspondence.

Organizations
Center for the Book.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Japan-United States Friendship Commission.
Library of Congress.
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
National Endowment for the Humanities.
National Museum of History and Technology.
Smithsonian Institution.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
University of Chicago.--Faculty.

Subjects
Books and reading--United States.
Law--History.

Locations
United States--Civilization.
United States--Historiography.
United States--History.

Occupations
Authors.
Educators.
Historians.
Librarians of Congress.

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Daniel J. Boorstin, author, historian, and Librarian of Congress, were deposited by Boorstin in the Library of Congress between 1976 and 1995. In 2006 his wife, Ruth Frankel Boorstin, donated the collection to the Library.

Processing History:

The papers of Daniel J. Boorstin were arranged and described in 1995. The finding aid was revised in 2009.

Transfers:

Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Sound and video recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Daniel J. Boorstin Papers.

Related Material:

A related collection in the Library's Rare Book and Special Collections Division is the Daniel J. Boorstin Collection. Official records relating to Boorstin's tenure as Librarian of Congress are held by the Library's Office Systems Services Division.

Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Daniel J. Boorstin in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for further information.

Access and Restrictions:

The papers of Daniel J. Boorstin are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Daniel J. Boorstin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Date Event
1914, Oct. 1 Born, Atlanta, Ga.
1934 A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1934-1937 Read law at the Inner Temple, London, England
1936 B.A., Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
1937 B.C.L., Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
Passed English bar examinations and became a barrister-at-law
1938-1942 Tutor, history and literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.
1939-1942 Lecturer, American legal history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1940 J.S.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1941 Married Ruth Carolyn Frankel
Published The Mysterious Science of the Law. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
1942 Admitted to the Massachusetts bar
Senior attorney, Lend-Lease Administration, Washington, D.C.
1942-1944 Assistant professor of history, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
1943 Editor, Delaware Cases, 1792-1830. St. Paul: West Publishing Co.
1944-1949 Assistant professor of history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1948 Published The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Holt
1949-1956 Associate professor of history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1950-1951 Fulbright lecturer, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
1953 Published The Genius of American Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
1956-1964 Professor of history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1957 Visiting professor of American history, University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Lecturer, Korea
1958 Published The Americans: The Colonial Experience. New York: Random House; awarded Bancroft Prize, 1959
1959-1960 Lecturer for the State Department in Turkey, Iran, Nepal, India, and Ceylon
1960 Published America and the Image of Europe: Reflections on American Thought. Cleveland: World Publishing Co.
1961-1962 First incumbent, chair of American history, University of Paris, Paris, France
1962 Published The Image, or What Happened to the American Dream. New York: Atheneum; republished in 1964 as The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America. New York: Harper and Row
1964-1965 Pitt professor of American history and institutions, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
1964-1969 Preston and Sterling Morton distinguished service professor of history, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
1965 Published The Americans: The National Experience. New York: Random House; awarded Francis Parkman Prize, 1966
1966 Editor, An American Primer. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
1968 Published The Landmark History of the American People: From Plymouth to Appomattox. New York: Random House
1969 Published The Decline of Radicalism: Reflections of America Today. New York: Random House
1969-1973 Director, National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1970 Published The Landmark History of the American People: From Appomattox to the Moon. New York: Random House
Published The Sociology of the Absurd: Or, the Application of Professor X. New York: Simon & Schuster
1972 Editor, American Civilization. London: Thames and Hudson
1973 Published The Americans: The Democratic Experience. New York: Random House; awarded Pulitizer Prize, 1974
1973-1975 Senior historian, National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1974 Published Democracy and Its Discontents: Reflections on Everyday America. New York: Random House
1974-1981 Member, State Department's Indo-American Joint Subcommittee on Education and Culture
1975-1987 Librarian of Congress
1976 Published The Exploring Spirit: America and the World, Then and Now. New York: Random House
1978 Published The Republic of Technology. New York: Harper & Row
1978-1984 Member, Japan-United States Friendship Committee
1981 Published with Brooks M. Kelley and Ruth Frankel Boorstin The History of the United States. Lexington: Ginn
1981-circa 1991 Member, board of editors, Encyclopedia Britannica
1983 Published The Discoverers. New York: Random House; awarded Watson-Davis Prize for History of Science and Society, 1986
1987 Published Hidden History. New York: Harper & Row
1987 Named Librarian of Congress Emeritus
1989 Published The Republic of Letters: Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin on Books, Reading, and Libraries, 1975-87. Washington: Library of Congress
Awarded the Charles Frankel Prize of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Awarded the National Book Award Medal for distinguished contribution to American letters
1992 Published The Creators. New York: Random House
1994 Published Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected. New York: Random House
1995 Published The Daniel J. Boorstin Reader. New York: Modern Library
2004, Feb, 28 Died, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Daniel Joseph Boorstin (1914-2004) span the years 1882-1995, with the majority of the papers concentrated in the period 1944-1994. The collection is comprehensive and chronicles Boorstin's career as an author, educator, and an administrator of two of the nation's most prestigious institutions, the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress. The papers consist of seven series: Family Papers, University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, Library of Congress File, Speech File, Writings File, Miscellany, and Oversize.

The Family Papers, 1891-1995, consist primarily of correspondence and other papers relating to Boorstin, his wife, Ruth Frankel Boorstin, and his three children, David, Jonathan, and Paul. The majority of the letters document the personal activities of the family. Boorstin's early letters in the 1950s and 1960s to his wife and to his father, Samuel Boorstin, are particularly insightful, describing his experiences while teaching and lecturing in Europe and Asia. Correspondence and papers pertaining to Ruth Boorstin are interfiled throughout the collection, since she was closely involved in her husband's professional activities and served as editor and sometimes as coauthor of his publications.

Papers in the University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975, illustrate Boorstin's diverse interests and activities. This series is divided into two subseries: Calendars and Subject File. The Calendars, 1958-1975, provide a glimpse of Boorstin's schedule while a professor of history at the University of Chicago, 1944-1969, and as director and senior historian at the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution, 1969-1975. Since Boorstin became Librarian of Congress in November 1975, his 1975 calendar also includes entries for his first two months as librarian. Some calendars also contain brief notes and notations of telephone numbers and addresses.

Arranged by Boorstin's staff, the Subject File subseries, 1944-1975, includes an extensive array of papers such as correspondence, reports, course material, minutes of meetings, and notes. This subseries documents his teaching and research interests, especially in American culture; his activities as a visiting lecturer and consultant; his duties as an administrator at the Smithsonian; and his membership and affiliation with various organizations and associations. The subseries contains a significant amount of correspondence reflecting Boorstin's friendship and acquaintance with prominent scholars and individuals such as Jacques Barzun, Edward L. Bernays, Henry Steele Commager, Marcus Cunliffe, Maurice English, Abe Fortas, John Hope Franklin, Oscar Handlin, Richard Hofstadter, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Kissinger, Dumas Malone, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), and C. Vann Woodward. Many of the correspondents and organizations in the Subject File also appear in other series of the collection, such as the Library of Congress Subject File and the Writings File. Also overlapping are subject files pertaining to Boorstin's visiting lectures and papers in the Speech File. The Subject File subseries contains little material prior to 1954.

Also documented in the University of Chicago and Smithsonian Subject File is Boorstin's appearance in 1953 before the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities. Boorstin had joined the Communist party briefly from 1938-1939 while at Harvard. He described his membership as an error of youth. His testimony before the committee was not looked upon favorably by all liberals and was not forgotten when Boorstin criticized the protests of student militants in the 1960s, particularly in his article "The New Barbarians" ( Esquire, October 1968). His affiliation with the Communist party was brought up again during his nomination for Librarian of Congress.

Comprising almost one third of the collection is the Library of Congress File, 1950-1995. This series consists of three subseries: Calendars and Schedules, Correspondence, and Subject File. The Calendars and Schedules subseries, 1976-1995, provides a record of Boorstin's professional and personal activities while Librarian of Congress and Librarian of Congress Emeritus. The Correspondence subseries, 1976-1994, contains a wide variety of professional and personal correspondence. The fan mail and general correspondence include both incoming and outgoing letters, while the official correspondence consists only of carbons of outgoing letters. The Manuscript Division received only the official correspondence for 1977-1978. An index of correspondents represented in the official correspondence is filed with the letters. The majority of fan mail relating to Boorstin's speeches, articles, books, and other writings is filed with the relevant presentation or writing.

The Subject File, 1950-1995, is the largest subseries in the Library of Congress File. As librarian, Boorstin promoted the Library as a public institution and strived to stimulate the public's interest in reading. The papers document his many public appearances and press interviews and his establishment of the Center for the Book at the Library. The Center utilized the institution's prestige and resources to increase public interest in reading and led to the CBS television network public service spots entitled "Read More About It." Files relating to social activities and events hosted by Boorstin and his wife further chronicle his active public profile while librarian. Other subjects prominently featured in the Subject File are his nomination for Librarian of Congress and his work with various organizations and committees such as the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. Among the more significant and frequent correspondents in this subseries are Howard H. Baker, Silvio A. Bedini, Edward L. Bernays, Warren E. Burger, Maurice English, Helen Hayes, Henry Kissinger, Louis L'Amour, Peter C. Marzio, Edmund Morris, Daniel P. Moynihan, Lewis F. Powell, David A. Riesman, Ronald Reagan, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, and Herman Wouk.

Papers in the Speech File, 1943-1995, include a wide range of material such as correspondence, notes, outlines, and drafts and final copies of texts. This series chronicles Boorstin's speaking activities from his early years at the University of Chicago through his position as librarian emeritus. Requests for permission to quote or publish from the speeches are filed with speech texts. Items filed in the "Permissions" folder concern multiple permission requests and those that could not be attributed to a specific speech. There is some overlap between this series and the Writings File because many of Boorstin's speeches were published as articles or were incorporated into books.

Comprising almost half of the collection, the Writings File, 1882-1995, documents Boorstin's contributions as an historian of American culture. The papers reflect his productivity in numerous publications, including articles, books, book reviews, editorial projects, and forewords and introductions. Some of his most voluminous papers relate to his award winning three-volume trilogy, The Americans, and the discussion it generated. Boorstin's Americans stressed the everyday aspects of American life, such as cattle drives, folklore, merchandising, and advertising, rather than the standard themes of politics and war. This approach brought criticism from many historians who felt that Boorstin paid little attention to divisive elements, such as the Civil War and the Vietnam War, and was too selective in choosing topics to fit his theses. Others criticized him for being nationalistic, conservative, and unabashed in his enthusiasm for early America. Boorstin continued to write on topics that interested him, and in the 1960s wrote a sharp attack on the mass media and some aspects of popular culture in The Image or, What Happened to the American Dream. The papers also document Boorstin's broadening interest in world history in the 1980s and 1990s with his books The Creators and The Discoverers.

Boorstin's longer works, in particular The Americans, The Creators, and The Discoverers, reflect his vast use of notes, background material, and detailed outlines. Most outlines and notes of books are filed separately from drafts. An exception is The Image, which contains notes and outlines filed with its early drafts. Papers pertaining to Boorstin's books also include complete and partial unpublished manuscripts and beginning ideas and outlines. One unpublished manuscript, "Two From Tulsa: A Tale of Two Cities," was apparently a joint venture between Boorstin and historian John Hope Franklin and includes drafts of both men chronicling their early life.

Also featured in the Writings File are various editorial projects and Boorstin's association with magazines and publishers. Editorial projects range from individual volumes, such as An American Primer and American Civilization, to the multi-volume Chicago History of American Civilization series. The magazine and publisher files document the demand for Boorstin as an author and consultant. Correspondence and papers relating to his writings are filed with individual works, although there is some overlap between these materials and the magazine and publisher files. Also included in the writings series is autobiographical research material relating to the Leo Frank case in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1913. Boorstin's father was one of the attorneys who defended Frank, a Jew convicted of murdering a fourteen-year-old girl and later lynched. The anti-Semitism exhibited in Georgia after the case was a central factor in the Boorstins' move in 1916 to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Items filed in the "Permissions" folder in the Writings File concern multiple requests and those requests that could not be identified as belonging to a specific work. Requests for permission to quote or publish from a particular writing by Boorstin are filed with that writing. Papers filed in the "Foreign translations" folder pertain only to multiple requests, general requests for information, and unidentified works; foreign translation information about specific works are filed with that publication. Royalty statements are filed in the "Royalty statements" folders or with individual publishers in the magazine and publisher files.

The final series, Miscellany, 1920-1993, consists chiefly of academic files, biographical information, and scrapbooks. The academic file chronicles Boorstin's accomplishments as a student and includes examinations and papers from his high school and college years, notably his Bowdoin Prize essay on Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and correspondence between Boorstin and distinguished Harvard professor, F. O. Matthiessen, while Boorstin was a student at Balliol College. The scrapbooks were compiled by Ruth Boorstin, although a few of the early ones were maintained by his father.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in seven series:

Description of Series

Container Series
BOX 1-6

Family Papers, 1891-1995

Correspondence between Boorstin and family members with attachments and enclosures, estate papers, invitations, writings, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein by name of family member.
BOX 6-63

University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975

BOX 6-8 Calendars, 1958-1975
Calendars recording Boorstin's personal and public activities while a professor at the University of Chicago and director and senior historian of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 8-63 Subject File, 1944-1975
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, notes, course outlines and examinations, background material, minutes of meetings, invitations, photographs, certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 63-194

Library of Congress File, 1950-1995

BOX 63-69 Calendars and Schedules, 1976-1995
Calendars, schedules, and staff notes pertaining to Boorstin's activities as Librarian of Congress and Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 69-79 Correspondence, 1976-1994
Fan mail and general and official correspondence, with attached and appended material, between Boorstin and his staff, government officials, friends, acquaintances, and the general public.
Arranged alphabetically by type of correspondence and therein chronologically.
BOX 79-194 Subject File, 1950-1995
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, notes, background material, minutes of meetings, invitations, certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 194-224

Speech File, 1943-1995

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, drafts and final texts, outlines, background material, announcements and programs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic and therein chronologically.
BOX 224-396

Writings File, 1882-1995

Correspondence, memoranda, articles, books, book reviews, forewords and introductions, bibliographies, notes, outlines, poetry, background and research material, royalty statements, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically into three categories: writings by Boorstin, writings by others, and the Chicago History of American Civilization series project. The files within the categories are further arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic.
BOX 396-431

Miscellany, 1920-1993

Correspondence, memoranda, examinations and papers, address books, cards and notes, biographical information, financial and legal papers, passports and travel documents, scrapbooks, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization, topic, or type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX OV 1

Oversize, 1932-1975

Oversize material consisting of an oversize poster and certificate organized and described according to the series, boxes, and folders from which the items were removed.

Container List

Container Contents
BOX 1-6

Family Papers, 1891-1995

Correspondence between Boorstin and family members with attachments and enclosures, estate papers, invitations, writings, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein by name of family member.
BOX 1 Correspondence
Boorstin, Anna (niece), 1975-1984
Boorstin, David (son) and family, 1959-1986, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Jonathan (son) and family, 1959-1987, undated
(5 folders)
Boorstin, Louis (nephew), 1980-1984
Boorstin, Paul (son) and family, 1951, 1959-1984, 1992-1993, undated
(5 folders)
Boorstin, Robert L. (brother), 1965-1970, undated
Boorstin, Robert O. (nephew), 1976-1986, undated
BOX 2 Boorstin, Ruth Frankel (wife), 1951-1987, undated
(7 folders)
Boorstin, Samuel (father), 1954-1963
Frankel, Bennett (brother-in-law) and family, 1957-1960, 1970-1973
Frankel, J. M. (father-in-law) and family, 1950-1964, undated
(4 folders)
Olsan, Frances (aunt), 1960-1983
Other relatives, 1970, 1978-1982
Pakula, Hannah (sister-in-law) and family, 1973-1987
Other papers
Boorstin, Benjamin (grandfather), 1891-1894, undated
Boorstin, David (son)
1950, 1957-1968
BOX 3 1971-1985, undated
Boorstin, Dora (mother), 1933-1948
Boorstin, Jonathan (son)
Academic file, 1951-1970, undated
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1950-1991, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Paul (son) and Sharon (daughter-in-law)
Miscellaneous
1944-1979
BOX 4 1980-1986, undated
Wedding, 1967-1968
Writings, 1962-1983, 1991, undated
(4 folders)
Boorstin, Robert L. (brother), 1928, 1946, 1967
Boorstin, Robert O. (nephew), 1979-1982
Boorstin, Ruth Frankel (wife)
Academic file, 1937, 1963-1964
American Civil Liberties Union, 1942-1943, undated
Biographical information, 1950-1985, undated
BOX 5 Correspondence
General, 1959-1964, 1970-1993, undated
Hall, Wyn, 1950-1987, undated
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1957, 1964, 1985, undated
National Opinion Research Center, 1957-1961, undated
Newspaper column, 1959-1969, undated
Passports and permits, 1950-1985
Women's National Bank, 1979-1981, undated
Writings, 1939-1941, 1948, 1955, 1976-1987, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Samuel (father)
1907-1909, 1917-1923, 1933-1966
(3 folders)
BOX 6 1967-1983, 1995
(3 folders)
Frankel, Bennett (brother-in-law), 1979
Miscellaneous, 1931, 1957-1984, undated
Pakula, Hannah (sister-in-law) and family, 1980-1985, undated
BOX 6-63

University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975

BOX 6-8 Calendars, 1958-1975
Calendars recording Boorstin's personal and public activities while a professor at the University of Chicago and director and senior historian of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 6 1958-1962
(3 folders)
BOX 7 1963-1972
(5 folders)
BOX 8 1973-1975
(4 folders)
BOX 8-63 Subject File, 1944-1975
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, notes, course outlines and examinations, background material, minutes of meetings, invitations, photographs, certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 8 Aaronson, Alfred, 1956-1959
Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Hollywood, Calif., 1969-1972
Ackerman, James S., 1967
Adult Education Council for Greater Chicago, Ill., 1960-1966
Advisory Committee for the Bicentennial Project on American Science and Technology, 1973
Agar, Herbert, 1954-1965
Agnew, Spiro T., 1970-1973
(2 folders)
Aaronson, Alfred, 1956-1959
Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Hollywood, Calif., 1969-1972
Ackerman, James S., 1967
Adult Education Council for Greater Chicago, Ill., 1960-1966
Advisory Committee for the Bicentennial Project on American Science and Technology, 1973
Agar, Herbert, 1954-1965
Agnew, Spiro T., 1970-1973
(2 folders)
BOX 9 Agriculture Department, 1966
Albert, Carl, 1973-1975
Alexander, Edward P., 1969-1972
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Mass., 1963-1975
American Antiquarian Society, 1968-1975
American Broadcasting Co., "Sounding Board" program, 1959-1960
American Council of Learned Societies, 1954-1975
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975, undated
American Film Institute
1972-1974
(5 folders)
BOX 10 1975
(2 folders)
American Heritage Advisory Council of Historians, 1972-1974
American Heritage Publishing Co., 1972-1974
American Historical Association
General, 1961-1975
Moses Coit Tyler Prize, 1960-1961
Service Center for Teachers of History, 1963-1967
American Institute of Interior Designers, 1974
American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1961-1969
American Marketing Association, 1973-1975
American Oxonian, 1961-1974
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
1966-1967
(2 folders)
BOX 11 1968-1973, undated
(3 folders)
American Society for Legal History, 1957-1971
American Studies Association, 1959-1972
(2 folders)
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1966-1970
Anderson, Jack, 1974-1975, undated
Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1970
BOX 12 Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, 1973-1975
(6 folders)
Auden, W. H., 1952, undated
Australia, 1958-1966
Awards and honors, 1967-1975
(3 folders)
BOX 13 "A" miscellaneous, 1956-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Barnes, James J., 1957
Bartley, Robert L., 1971-1972
Barzun, Jacques, 1953-1959, 1970-1975, undated
Bassani, Gerolamo L., 1952-1953, undated
Bedini, Silvio A.
General, 1969-1974
Jefferson, Thomas, essay, undated
Beeman, Richard R., 1965-1975
Bell, Daniel, 1952-1958, 1972-1973
Bellow, Saul, 1965, 1973-1974, undated
BOX 14 Beloff, Max, 1953-1958, 1970
Berman, Harold J., 1961-1962
Bernays, Edward L., 1955-1975
(3 folders)
Berwick, Keith, 1957-1973
(3 folders)
Billington, Ray A., 1961-1975
Birthday of Boorstin, sixtieth, 1974
Blair, John L., 1964-1974
Blitzer, Charles, 1968-1975, undated
Blum, John, 1958-1964
Book-of-the-Month Club, 1973
Bowden, Lord, 1965-1966
Bowes & Bowes Booksellers, 1966-1975
Bradford, Ernle, 1972-1973, undated
Bradley, Phillips, 1961-1971
BOX 15 Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., 1946-1947, undated
(2 folders)
Bridenbaugh, Carl, 1953-1970
Briggs, Asa, 1965-1971
British Broadcasting Corp., 1962-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Buckley, William F., Jr., 1969-1974
Bullitt, Stimson, 1959-1961, 1973
Burner, David, 1965-1967
BOX 16 Busing of school children, 1972
Byrne, Peter, 1960, undated
"B" miscellaneous
1955-1974
(8 folders)
BOX 17 1975, undated
(2 folders)
Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1967
Carmichael, Leonard, 1970-1973
Carnegie, Dorothy, 1957, 1971-1973, undated
Carnegie Corp. of New York, New York, N.Y., 1954-1957
Carter, Will, 1968-1969, undated
Casper College, Casper, Wyo., 1970-1975
Cater, Douglass, 1966-1974
Chicago Sun Times, 1965-1975, undated
Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., 1960-1961, 1968
Christmas card lists, 1965, 1971-1974
Christmas cards and letters, 1970-1974, undated
Clarke, Arthur C., 1945, 1969-1973
Cleveland, Harlan, 1960-1974, undated
Cochran, Thomas C., 1957-1969
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Board of trustees, meetings, 1973-1975
(5 folders)
BOX 18 General, 1955-1975
(6 folders)
International assembly, 1967-1968
Seminar, 1967
Williamsburg award, 1974
Columbia Broadcasting System, 1958-1973, undated
Commager, Henry Steele, 1963-1975
Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
1972-1973
BOX 19 1974-1975
(4 folders)
Committee for the Future, Philadelphia, Pa., 1971-1973
Committee on Academic Nondiscrimination and Integrity, 1974-1975
Conferences
1962-1971
(3 folders)
BOX 20 1973-1976
(4 folders)
Congregation Rodfei Zedek, Chicago, Ill., 1955-1956
Coordinating Center for Democratic Opinion, New York, N.Y., 1969
Copley, James S., 1971-1972
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1967, 1973, undated
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C., 1966-1975, undated
Cranberg, Lawrence, 1966-1967
Crank letters, 1957-1960, 1966-1975, undated
Craven, Avery, 1954-1960, 1966, undated
Cunliffe, Marcus, 1965-1974
BOX 21 Cunningham, Hugh T., 1958, 1967, undated
Curti, Merle, 1951, 1960, 1971-1974
"C" miscellaneous
1951-1974
(7 folders)
1975
Jan.-Apr.
BOX 22 May-Oct.
(2 folders)
Undated
Dainton, Sir Frederick, 1974-1975
Davis, Kenneth S., 1960, 1966-1971
Dexter Prize, 1974
Dickinson, William B., 1973-1974
Dillon, Wilton S., 1971-1975
Dixon, John, 1968-1971
Donald, David, 1954, 1961, 1971
Dorson, Richard M., 1959-1975
(2 folders)
Douglas, Jack D., 1966
Dowty, Alan, 1964
Duggan, Ervin S., 1968-1969
Duis, Perry, 1969-1974, undated
BOX 23 "D" miscellaneous, 1952-1975, undated
(4 folders)
E. P. Dutton & Co., 1969-1970
Eliot, T. S., 1951, 1961
Elliott, John H., 1965-1968
Elliott, John Tiffany, 1959-1961
Elton, Geoffrey, 1966-1971
Emme, Eugene M., 1970-1975
Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1965-1974
English, Maurice, 1962-1975
"E" miscellaneous, 1954-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Fisch, M. H., 1958-1959
Fischetti, John, 1968-1971, undated
Fleming, Donald, 1954-1959
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, Mass., 1972-1974, undated
BOX 24 Fogel, Robert W., 1967-1974
Ford, Gerald, 1973-1974, undated
Fortas, Abe, 1961-1968, undated
Forum for Contemporary History, Santa Barbara, Calif., 1972
Frank Goodman Associates, 1972-1973
Frank Nelson Doubleday lectures, 1973-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Frankfurter, Felix, 1950-1961
Franklin, John Hope, 1960-1975
Frantz, Joe B., 1962-1974
Friends of Literature, Chicago, Ill., 1958-1966, 1973
Fulbright grants
American studies programs at foreign universities, 1958-1962, undated
General, 1953, 1961-1967
Visiting lecturer
General, 1953, 1961-1967
Italy
Correspondence, 1950-1951
(2 folders)
General, 1949-1951, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 25 Lecture materials, 1951, undated
Japan, 1955-1958, undated
(3 folders)
Visiting scholars to the United States, 1960-1961
"F" miscellaneous, 1960-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Gass, Oscar, 1960-1968
Gertz, Elmer, 1966-1967
Glad, Betty, 1959-1967
BOX 26 Glassie, Henry, 1971
Goetzmann, William, 1965-1975
Goldberg, Rube, 1961, 1970-1973 See also Container 45, same heading
Goldin, Judah, 1965-1966
Goldman, Eric F., 1953-1968, 1975
Gordon, Lincoln, 1963-1967, 1975
Gore, Luther Y., 1970-1971
Gorr, Louis F., 1970-1974
Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, 1973-1975, undated
(3 folders)
Greenberg, Joe W., 1956-1961, 1975
"G" miscellaneous, 1952-1975
(3 folders)
Hagley Museum, Greenville-Wilmington, N.C., 1965-1970
Halle, Louis J., 1973-1975
BOX 27 Handlin, Oscar, 1952-1960, 1970-1975
Harris, Irving D., 1968-1974
Harrison, Gloria C., 1968-1973
Harry Walker, Inc., 1972
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, 1965-1975, undated
(2 folders)
General, 1953, 1966-1975
Harvard University Press, 1956-1975, undated
Hazard, Patrick, 1960-1963, 1971, undated
Health, Education and Welfare, Department of, 1966, 1975, undated
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1951
Herberg, Will, 1956-1960
Hill, Marvin, 1964-1975, undated
Hindle, Brooke, 1956-1957, 1965-1975
Hindus, Milton, 1954-1961
Hofstadter, Richard, 1952-1957, 1966-1969
Holbo, Paul S., 1960, 1967
Holbrook, David, 1963-1969
BOX 28 Hollingsworth, J. Rogers, 1958-1962
Holloway, David, 1965-1968
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford, Calif., 1974
Horie, Nobuyuki, 1958-1963, 1971-1974, undated
Horton, Homer F., 1954-1960
House of Representatives
Committee on Science and Astronautics, 1969-1970, undated
Committee on Un-American Activities
General, 1952-1953, undated
(2 folders)
Press, 1953-1954
(3 folders)
Howe, Mark DeWolfe, 1956-1959, 1967
Huggins, H. Dudley, 1956-1957
Humphrey, Hubert H., 1968
Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., 1968, 1974
Hyde Park Community Theater, Chicago, Ill, 1967-1968, undated
Hyman, Harold, 1965-1973
BOX 29 "H" miscellaneous, 1953-1975, undated
(7 folders)
Imazu, Akira, 1957-1969
Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 1965-1975, undated
Indo-American Academic Summit, New York, N.Y., 1974
BOX 30 Indo-American Joint Subcommittee on Education and Culture, 1974-1975 See also Containers 111-112, Indo-U.S. Subcommittee on Education and Culture
(4 folders)
Industry Government Special Task Force on Travel
General, 1967-1968
Press, 1968
Working papers, 1968, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 31 Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va.
Annual meetings, 1965-1968
Books, 1965-1967, undated
Cappon, Lester, 1956-1969
General, 1956-1957, 1966-1971, undated
Nominating committee of the council, 1968, 1974, undated
International Publishers Association, 1962, undated
"I" miscellaneous, 1958-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Jacobs, Wilbur, 1965-1968 See also Container 396, same heading
Jacobsen, Eric, 1970-1971
Jaffa, Harry V., 1972
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1970-1974, undated
Johnson, Walter, 1954-1969
Jones, Archie H., 1954-1960
BOX 32 Jones, Harry W., 1961-1975
Jones, Howard M., 1958-1961, undated
Jones, Jenkin L., 1968-1974
Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1970-1975
Juricek, John T., 1964-1975
(3 folders)
"J" miscellaneous, 1959-1975
(2 folders)
Kachi, Teruko, 1954-1971
Kahn, Herman, 1955-1958
Kaji, Shinzo, 1959-1960
Kasten, J. C. F., IV (Hans), 1960, undated
KCET Community Television of Southern California, 1971-1972, undated
Kelley, Brooks M., 1960-1975 See also Container 348, same heading
(2 folders)
Kennan, George F., 1958-1961, 1973
Ketcham, Ralph L., 1965-1975
BOX 33 Kimpton, Lawrence A., 1953-1960
King Broadcasting Co., 1971
Kirk, Russell, 1954-1957, 1970-1972
Kissinger, Henry, 1971-1974
Kluger, Richard, 1965-1973
Knopf, Alfred A. and Blanche, 1958-1975, undated
Kontos, William and Joan, 1961-1967, 1973-1974
Kristol, Irving, 1954-1960
"K" miscellaneous, 1956-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Lang, George, 1969-1975, undated
Larsen, Carl, 1961, 1967-1974
Laslett, Peter, 1965-1972
Lemisch, Jessie, 1964-1966
BOX 34 Leng, Shao-chuan, 1967-1975
Lerner, Max, 1952-1957, 1965-1969
Leuchtenberg, William E., 1959-1966, 1974
Levi, Edward H., 1955, 1966-1975
Levy, Beryl H., 1955-1958
Library of American History, New York, N.Y., 1975
Lipset, Seymour Martin, 1959-1961, 1967-1974
Lists, 1955-1971, undated
"L" miscellaneous, 1950-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Madison, James, papers, 1971-1975
BOX 35 Malina, Frank, 1963-1975
(2 folders)
Malone, Dumas and Elizabeth, 1951, 1960, 1966-1975, undated
Mann, Arthur, 1958-1974
Marty, Martin E., 1955-1971
Marzio, Peter C., 1968-1974
Mathews, Walter J., 1968
Mauldin, William, 1966, 1973-1975
May, Henry, 1954-1962
McCoy, Don R., 1966-1968
McDougal, Littell & Co., 1970-1973
McGhee, George C., 1970-1975
Medalist Publications, 1965-1967, undated
Medawar, Peter, 1971-1973, undated
Mexico City College, Mexico City, Mexico, 1959, undated
Minow, Newton, 1964-1973
M.I.T. Press, 1970-1974
Moloney, Raymond A., 1968-1969 See also Container 377, same heading
Mora, Sweden, seminar, 1962
Morgan, Edmund S., 1953, 1960-1975, undated
Morris, Richard B., 1965-1967, 1973-1975, undated
Morris, Robert, 1969
Mosk, Stanley, 1966
Mowat, Charles, 1956-1966
Multhauf, Robert P., 1958-1972, undated
BOX 36 "M" miscellaneous, 1953-1975, undated
(6 folders)
Nagel, Paul C., 1957-1960, 1970-1971
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1969-1975, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 37 National Archives and Records Service, 1966-1975
National Commission on Coping with Interdependence, 1974-1975
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1972-1975
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, 1968
National Council of Distinguished Citizens, proposed, 1971-1972
National Council of Elders, 1970-1971
National Defense Education Act, seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1966-1968
National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, 1968-1975, undated
(2 folders)
National Geographic Society and National Geographic magazine, 1972-1975
National Press Club, 1973-1975
National Review, 1968-1972
National Town Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1974-1975
Nef, John, 1946-1953, 1966, 1972
Neisser, Walter R., 1964-1967, 1973-1974
Nevins, Allan and Mary, 1959, 1965-1971
New American Library, 1957-1958, 1968
New York Times Magazine, 1958-1963
Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill., 1952, 1958-1975
Nixon, Richard M., 1968-1974
BOX 38 Notebooks, undated
"N" miscellaneous, 1953-1975, undated
(4 folders)
Oakes, John B., 1961, 1972-1973
O'Connor, William Van, 1965
Ogilvy & Mather, Inc., 1970-1971
O'Gorman, Edmundo, 1970-1973, undated
Oklahoma State Society of Washington, D.C., 1970-1971
Oppenheimer, Robert, 1959
Organization of American Historians
Committee on Professional Needs, 1967-1968
Correspondence, 1966-1974
Orr, Sir Alan, 1961-1970
Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1966, 1971-1975
Oxford University Press
General, 1966-1975
Library of Protestant Thought, 1962-1963
BOX 39 "O" miscellaneous, 1957-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Parton, James, 1958-1960, 1975
Pattullo, E. L., 1958-1961, undated
Pekarsky, Nell and Maurice, 1961-1966, 1973
Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1960-1975, undated
Percy, Charles, 1956-1960, 1970-1975, undated
Perkins, Dexter, 1953, 1965-1968, undated
Perman, John M., 1965-1967, undated
Persons, Stow, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1973, undated
Phi Beta Kappa, 1968-1974 See also Container 138, same heading, and Container 85, Phi Beta Kappa Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities
Pole, Jack, 1966-1970
Poli, Bernard, 1965-1974, undated
Polk, William R., 1967, undated
Pomeroy, Earl, 1954-1958, 1969
Presidential inaugurations, 1972-1974
BOX 40 Press
General, 1950-1975, undated
(9 folders)
Interviews
Congressional Quarterly, 1973
(2 folders)
Nationale Publiciteits Onderneming BV, 1972-1973
Radio, 1964-1973, undated
BOX 41 Television, 1962, 1968-1973
(3 folders)
Time, 1974
U.S. News and World Report, 1968-1972 See also Containers 55 and 379, same heading
(2 folders)
Presser, Josef and Agnes, 1965-1968, undated
Puerto Rico, 1953-1960, undated
(3 folders)
"P" miscellaneous
1953-1972
(4 folders)
BOX 42 1973-1975, undated
(3 folders)
"Q" miscellaneous, 1958-1973, undated
Rabin, Kenneth M., 1960-1966, undated
Recommendations, 1950-1975, undated
(5 folders)
Reform Club, London, England, 1962-1973, undated
Refsum, Helge, 1956-1963, 1971
BOX 43 Regnery, Henry, 1967-1975
Republican party
Governors meeting, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., 1972-1975
Platform committee, 1972
Revolution, undated
Rhodes scholarships, 1957-1961, 1967-1973
Rice University, Houston, Tex., 1965-1974
Riesman, David A., 1956-1966, 1973-1974, undated
Ripley, S. Dillon, 1969-1975
Robins, S. R. and Sylvia, 1958-1959, 1970
Roche, John P., 1959, 1965-1973
Rockefeller, Nelson A., 1971-1975
Romasco, Albert U., 1962-1968
Rossitter, Clinton, 1954-1960, undated
Rosten, Leo, 1957-1959, 1968-1974
Rotestreich, Nathan, 1951-1956
BOX 44 "R" miscellaneous, 1953-1975, undated
(6 folders)
Sadik, Marvin, 1970-1975
Safire, William, 1970-1975, undated
Samuels, Ernest, 1959-1973
Schlesinger, Arthur M. (1917-2007), 1957-1973, undated
Schmunk, Paul, 1966-1968, undated
Schultz, Stanley, 1965-1973
BOX 45 Schwartz, Robert, 1966-1972
Seaton, George and Phyllis, 1969-1974
Sellers, Charles, 1958, 1967
Settle, William A., 1968-1973
Shepperson, G. A. (Sam), 1960-1970, undated
Shugg, Roger W., 1967-1974
Smith, Henry N., 1954
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Academic program, 1966-1969, undated
(2 folders)
African-American history, 1969
American Museum of Immigration, proposed, 1967-1969, undated
Bibliography of Boorstin's speeches and writings, 1973-1975
Exhibits
Bicentennial, 1969-1974, undated
(4 folders)
General, 1965-1969, undated
Goldberg, Rube, 1969-1971 See also Container 26, same heading
(3 folders)
BOX 46 Films, 1969
General, 1967-1975, undated
(3 folders)
Ideas and projects, 1969-1970, undated
Institute for the Study of Islamic Arts and Sciences, proposed, 1975, undated
Libraries, 1968-1969
Lists for invitations and catalogs, 1972-1973, undated
Mid-America Center, proposed, 1969, undated
National medals for history and technology, 1969-1970, undated
National Museum of History and Technology
Appointment as director, 1969
BOX 47 Boorstin's research office, 1969-1970, undated
General, 1967-1969, undated
Orientation centers and films, 1970-1972, undated
Personal file, 1968-1975, undated
Projects and proposals, 1968-1971, undated
Phillips, Frederic M., 1969, undated
Rand Corp., 1967-1969
Smithsonian Magazine, 1970-1975, undated
Smithsonian Press, 1967-1969, undated
Tillotson, Robert, 1968-1969
Social activities
1971-1972
(3 folders)
BOX 48 1973-1975
(6 folders)
Society of American Historians
Francis Parkman Prize, 1966-1967
General, 1961-1975
Society of Midland Authors, 1959-1970, undated
BOX 49 Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, Calif., 1962-1966, undated
State Department
General, 1970-1975
Seminars, 1967-1968, 1974
Stennis, John C., resolution for the writing of a history of the Vietnam War, 1970-1971
Stieglitz, Perry, 1974-1975
Strainchamps, Ethel, 1963-1966
Symposiums
Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., 1970-1971
Symposium on communication, Barcelona, Spain, 1970-1972, undated
"S" miscellaneous
1954-1969
(3 folders)
BOX 50 1970-1975, undated
(7 folders)
Taylor, Harold, 1960-1967
Thistlethwait, Frank, 1954-1964
Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association, 1957, 1974-1975, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 51 Thompson, Edward K., 1970-1973
Thomson, John, 1965-1969, undated
Thonssen, Lester, 1967-1968
Time, Inc., 1965-1975, undated
Tolles, Frederick B., 1952-1964, 1970-1975, undated
Towner, Lawrence W., 1961-1963, 1969, undated
Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, fellow, 1964-1965, undated
Trips
1955-1956, Mexico
1959, Mexico
1959-1960, Asia
(8 folders)
1962
Germany
Yugoslavia
(2 folders)
BOX 52 1964-1965, Europe
(3 folders)
1966, Italy
1968, South Pacific
(4 folders)
1969, Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y.
1970
California and Mexico
Europe,
(2 folders)
1970-1972, Europe
(2 folders)
BOX 53 1973
Canada and England
Mediterranean
(5 folders)
1974
Iceland and Ireland
India and Pakistan
(8 folders)
BOX 54 1975
Asia
(6 folders)
Egypt
Tulsa Central High School, Tulsa, Okla., class of 1930 reunion, 1975
"T" miscellaneous, 1957-1975, undated
(5 folders)
BOX 55 U.S. News and World Report, 1970-1975 See also Containers 41 and 379, same heading
Undergraduates for a Stable America, 1970-1971, undated
United States Air Force Academy, Board of Visitors, 1968-1974, undated
(3 folders)
United States Capitol Historical Society, 1967-1972, undated
United States Information Agency and United States Information Service, 1961, 1967-1975, undated
University Centers for Rational Alternatives, 1970-1974
University College at Buckingham, All Souls College, Oxford, England, 1973-1975
University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, 1966-1967
University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1950, 1972
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
General, 1963-1968, undated
Litt. D. degree, 1965-1968
Pitt professor of American history and institutions, 1963-1965
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
African universities program, 1958
Alumni association, 1960-1969
Committee on Social Thought, 1950, undated
Division of the Social Sciences, 1953-1970
BOX 56 Faculty Committee, 1958-1967, undated
(3 folders)
General, 1958-1975, undated
Graduate School of Business, 1968-1973
History Department
Center for the Study of American Institutions, 1952-1954, undated
Committee on Departmental Resources, 1953, undated
Course offerings
Administrative information, 1966-1969, undated
American intellectual history
Seventeenth century, 1953-1968, undated
Eighteenth century, 1952-1967, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 57 Nineteenth century, 1952-1969, undated
(2 folders)
Twentieth century, 1952-1968, undated
General, 1949, 1955, undated
American political theory, 1950-1951, undated
American revolution, 1950-1956, undated
American revolution and the law, 1947, undated
Comparison of cultures seminar, 1953
Culture and civilization, Roman law, 1947
English constitutional and legal history
1944
BOX 58 1945, undated
Equality in America, 1946-1947, undated
(2 folders)
Foundations of American political and legal thought, 1948
History in relation to philosophical values, 1945
Law and civilization
Family, 1948, undated
Homicide, 1950
Miscellaneous classes, 1954, 1967, undated
Puritans in old and New England, 1952
Speculative thought in the ancient Near East, 1945
Distinguished service professorship, 1968
Examinations
Comprehensive, 1952-1969, undated
(2 folders)
General, 1945-1968, undated
Faculty
Candidates, 1954, 1964-1968, undated
BOX 59 Meetings, 1953-1967
Fellowships and scholarships, 1958-1959, 1966
General, 1959, 1965-1975
History, 1956
Social Science Research Committee grants, 1956
Student inquiries, 1966-1967
Students, recommendations and jobs, 1966-1967, undated
Teaching schedule, 1965-1968, undated
Library, 1956-1974
(2 folders)
Student affairs, 1966-1968, undated
University of Chicago Press, 1966
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1974
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1962-1967
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1972-1973
University of London, London, England, 1962-1964
University of Paris, Paris, France For additional material see Container 196, Texts and related material, 1961-1962
American Council of Learned Societies grant, 1960-1962, undated
BOX 60 General, 1961-1962
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1953-1958, 1965-1966, undated
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La., 1965-1966
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., 1969-1974, undated
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1967-1972
Urban Training Center for Christian Mission, Chicago, Ill., 1965
"U" miscellaneous, 1960-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Van Tassel, David D., 1958-1959, 1965, 1973, undated
Vassiliou, George, 1965-1968
Ver Steeg, Clarence, 1959, 1965-1967
Viereck, Peter, 1950-1974, undated
(2 folders)
Vogel, Virgil J., 1959-1973
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr., 1953-1969, undated
"V" miscellaneous, 1957-1959, 1966-1975, undated
BOX 61 Wade, Louise, 1969-1975
Wade, Richard C., 1961-1965, 1972-1975
Waldrop, Frank C., 1966-1970
Walker, Paul E., 1973-1975, undated
Wallis, W. Allen, 1962-1975
Warfel, Harry R., 1956-1958, undated
Washburn, Wilcomb E., 1956-1967, 1974-1975, undated
Wattenberg, Ben, 1966-1974
Webb, Walter P., 1953-1954, 1960
Weiss, E. B., 1966-1967
Welliver, Warman, 1953-1958
Wells, Henry, 1955-1958
Western History Association, 1963, 1971
Whiffen, Marcus, 1957-1959
White, Philip, 1956-1958, undated
White, Theodore H., 1967, 1973
White House, 1969-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Whitehill, Walter M., 1964-1972
William Volker Fund, 1958, undated
Wolfe, Tom, 1969
BOX 62 Woodman, Hal, 1961-1971, undated
(2 folders)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970-1975, undated
(3 folders)
Woodward, C. Vann, 1953-1960, undated
World Press Institute, 1963-1968, undated
Wyllie, Irvin G., 1965-1966
"W" miscellaneous
1955-1973
(5 folders)
BOX 63 1974-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Xerox Corp., 1970
Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1958-1975, undated
"Y" miscellaneous, 1958-1959, 1967-1975, undated
Ziman, H. D., 1962-1969, undated
Zonis, Marvin and Ella, 1965-1968
"Z" miscellaneous, 1959-1962, 1968-1975
Unidentified correspondence, 1972, undated
BOX 63-194

Library of Congress File, 1950-1995

BOX 63-69 Calendars and Schedules, 1976-1995
Calendars, schedules, and staff notes pertaining to Boorstin's activities as Librarian of Congress and Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 63 Calendars
1976-1977
(3 folders)
BOX 64 1978-1984
(6 folders)
BOX 65 1985, 1991-1993
(4 folders)
Schedules
General
1978-1989
(7 folders)
BOX 66 1990-1992
(8 folders)
BOX 67 1993-1995
Staff notes
1975-1979
(8 folders)
BOX 68 1980-1983
(8 folders)
BOX 69 1984-1987
(7 folders)
BOX 69-79 Correspondence, 1976-1994
Fan mail and general and official correspondence, with attached and appended material, between Boorstin and his staff, government officials, friends, acquaintances, and the general public.
Arranged alphabetically by type of correspondence and therein chronologically.
BOX 69 Fan mail
1976-1987
(2 folders)
BOX 70 1988-1994
(8 folders)
General
1977-1982
BOX 71 1983-1986
1987
Mar.-Oct.
(7 folders)
BOX 72 Nov.-Dec.
(4 folders)
1988
Jan.-June
(8 folders)
BOX 73 July-Dec.
(9 folders)
1989
Jan.
BOX 74 Feb.-Dec.
(5 folders)
1990
Jan.-Oct.
(4 folders)
BOX 75 Nov.-Dec.
1991
Jan.-Dec.
(4 folders)
1992
Jan.-Oct.
(3 folders)
BOX 76 Nov.-Dec.
1993-1994, undated
(6 folders)
Official
Indexes, 1977-1978
(2 folders)
BOX 77 General
1977
Jan.-Aug.
(8 folders)
BOX 78 Sept.-Dec.
(4 folders)
1978
Jan.-May
(5 folders)
BOX 79 June-Dec.
(7 folders)
BOX 79-194 Subject File, 1950-1995
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, notes, background material, minutes of meetings, invitations, certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 79 Abrams, M. H., 1978-1987
Adler, Mortimer J., 1977-1986, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 80 Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985
Albert, Carl, 1975-1985, undated
Albert, David, 1977-1982, undated
Albert Gallatin Fellowship in International Affairs, 1976-1980
American Academy of Achievement, Malibu, Calif., 1983-1994
(2 folders)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Mass., 1975-1987
American Academy of Diplomacy, Washington, D.C., 1980-1988
American Antiquarian Society, 1976-1987
(2 folders)
American Booksellers Association, 1978-1986
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C., 1976-1987, undated
(2 folders)
American Heritage Publishing Co., 1975-1987
BOX 81 American Historical Association, 1979-1986
American Learning Corp., board of directors
General, 1988-1992, undated
Meetings, 1988-1991
(4 folders)
American Libraries, 1975-1977, 1985
American Library Association, 1973-1985
BOX 82 American Philosophical Society, 1975-1991
(3 folders)
American Research Center in Egypt, Inc., 1975-1978
American Studies Association, 1975-1977, 1983
American Whig-Cliosophic Society, 1975-1977
Amos, Wally, 1979-1983, undated
Aries, Marie, 1978-1985, undated
Arlinghaus, Sandra Lach, 1984-1985
Ashihara, Yoshinobu, 1982-1987
Asia Society, 1975-1981, undated
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
1975-1976
BOX 83 1977-1986, undated
(5 folders)
Association of American Publishers
General, 1975-1986
Meetings, 1976-1977
(2 folders)
Astor, Brooke, 1977-1986
BOX 84 Awards and honors
General, 1975-1995, undated
(4 folders)
Honorary degrees
1976-1983
(9 folders)
BOX 85 1984-1993
(7 folders)
Lists, 1976, 1993-1995, undated
National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Prize, 1989
Phi Beta Kappa Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities, 1988-1989 See also Containers 39 and 138, Phi Betta Kappa
(2 folders)
BOX 86 Tulsa County Historical Society, Tulsa, Okla., Hall of Fame Award, 1989
"A" miscellaneous, 1975-1992, undated
(2 folders)
Baker, Howard H., 1977-1987
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1987
Baroody, William J., 1980
Barros, José Miguel, 1978-1981
Barth, Alan and Adreinne, 1979-1983
Barzun, Jacques, 1981-1987
Bayne, E. A., 1984-1986
Bedini, Silvio A., 1976-1987
Beeman, Richard, 1976-1979
Bell Laboratories, 1979
Bellow, Saul, 1976-1977, 1984
Benjamin, Curtis, 1979-1983
Benjamin, Ted, 1977-1986
Benton, Charles, 1976-1979, 1985-1986
Berman, Edgar F., 1983-1986
Bernays, Edward L., 1976-1987, undated
Berwick, Keith, 1978, 1984
Bessie, Simon Michael, 1981-1987 See also Containers 344, 353, and 373, same heading
Best, Geoffrey, 1977-1985
Bethmann, Johann Philipp Freiherr, von 1979-1980
Billington, Ray A., 1975-1981
BOX 87 Birthdays of Boorstin, 1981-1991, undated
Blair, Walter, 1980-1982
Blatt, Thora B., 1977-1983
Bloomingdale's, 1982
Bloustein, Edward J., 1977
Book-of-the-Month Club, 1983
Boswell, Paul, 1980
Boyer, Ernest, 1978-1987
Bradbury, Ray, 1980-1987, undated
Brademas, John, 1979-1987
Brandon, Henry and Mabel H. (Muffie), 1976-1987
Brandt, Joseph A. and Sallye, 1984-1985
Bremer, L. Paul, III, and Francie, 1977-1981
Briggs, Asa, 1976-1985
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1977-1981
British Broadcasting Corp., 1976-1987, undated
Brown, Charles L., 1983-1986, undated
Bruccoli, Matthew, 1983-1984
Buchen, Philip, 1974-1982
Buckley, William, F., Jr., 1985-1987
Bullitt, Stimson, 1976-1984
Bullock, Alan, 1976-1984
Bunker, Ellsworth and Carol, 1982-1984, undated
Burger, Warren E., 1978-1987, 1993
BOX 88 Bush, George and Barbara, 1981-1983
Bust of Boorstin, 1982-1985, undated
Butts, R. Freeman, 1981-1986
"B" miscellaneous, 1975-1993, undated
(2 folders)
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1977-1980, 1986
Caplan, Lincoln, 1984
Caplin, Mortimer, 1981-1985
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, Norman, Okla., 1978-1986, 1994
Carter, Jimmy, 1981-1984, undated
Casey, Albert V., 1986
Cater, Douglass and Libby, 1977-1987
Center for the Study of Popular Culture, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1976-1978
Challinor, Joan R., 1976-1985
Chaos Club, New York, N.Y., 1976-1984
BOX 89 Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill., 1978-1991, undated
(3 folders)
Chitester, Robert J., 1980-1983
Christmas greetings
Card and party lists
1975-1982
(5 folders)
BOX 90 1983-1986
(2 folders)
Cards, 1976-1993, undated
(2 folders)
Staff, 1975-1986
Cleveland, Harlan, 1979-1980, 1986, undated
Cleveland, Leslie, 1983-1986, undated
Cochrane, William M., 1977-1987
Coe, Richard and Christine, 1979-1980
Cohen, Maxwell, 1979-1985
Cohn, Marcus, 1976-1985, undated
(2 folders)
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., 1984-1985, undated
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Agricultural buildings project, 1982
BOX 91 Board of trustees
General
1975-1982
(8 folders)
BOX 92 1983-1987
(5 folders)
Meetings
1979
May
(3 folders)
BOX 93 Nov.
(3 folders)
BOX 94 1980-1981
(7 folders)
1982
Feb.-Apr.
(3 folders)
Nov.
(2 folders)
BOX 95 (3 folders)
1983
Feb.-Apr.
(3 folders)
Nov.
(2 folders)
BOX 96 (2 folders)
1984
(6 folders)
BOX 97 1986-1992
(6 folders)
Executive and finance committees, 1976-1983
(3 folders)
General, 1980-1986
BOX 98 Committee on Academic Nondiscrimination and Integrity, 1976-1978
Conferences
1987
Willard Conference: A Forum on Shaping the City, Shaping the Future, Washington, D.C.
(2 folders)
1989
World Conference on Preparing for Climate Change, Cairo, Egypt
Contributions, 1975-1987
(3 folders)
Cook, David A., 1979
Coopersmith, Esther, 1979-1983
Copyright, 1975-1976
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1976-1986
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1977-1978, 1986
BOX 99 Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
General, 1975-1992, undated
(4 folders)
Sponsoring letters for members, 1975-1992
(8 folders)
BOX 100 Cotsen, Lloyd H., 1982-1984
Council on Foreign Relations
General, 1984-1985, undated
(3 folders)
Television and American foreign policy, 1985
Coyne, Marshall B., 1981-1987, undated
Cramer, Watson H., Jr., 1984-1985
Crosby, Alfred W., 1987
Cunliffe, Marcus, 1978-1986
"C" miscellaneous, 1975-1993, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 101 Dainton, Sir Frederick, 1976-1985
Daniel, William H., 1984-1985
Davis, Bernard P., 1984
Davis, Shelby C., 1975-1980
Dean, John Gunther, 1980-1981
Ditchley Foundations, 1976-1978, undated
Dole, Robert and Elizabeth, 1977-1987
Donald, Aida, 1985-1987
Donnelly, Gaylord, 1981-1987
Donovan, Hedley, 1976-1980
Dorson, Richard M., 1975-1982
Duis, Perry, 1976-1985
"D" miscellaneous, 1975-1987, undated
(3 folders)
Eames, Charles and Ray, 1978-1982
Eastman, Ann H., 1984-1985
Ecke, Betty, 1978-1980, undated
Efron, Samuel, 1976-1987, undated
Eisenstein, Betty and Julian, 1976-1984
Ellison, Ralph, 1982
Emme, Eugene M., 1976-1984
Encyclopedia Britannica See also Container 375, same heading
Board of editors
General
1981-1982
BOX 102 1983-1991, undated
(10 folders)
BOX 103 Library of Congress meeting, 1985, undated
International Editorial Advisory Committee for TBS-Britannica
General, 1986-1991
Meetings, 1986-1990
(4 folders)
Suntory Foundation, 1989
Endorsements, 1975-1987
(5 folders)
BOX 104 Engle, Paul, 1983
English, Maurice, 1980-1985
Erburu, Robert F., 1981-1985
Erhardy, Joseph, 1981-1986, undated
Escayrac-Lauture, Comte et Comtesse Bernard d', 1975-1982
Evans, Luther and Helen, 1976-1983
"E" miscellaneous, 1975-1987, undated
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1983-1987
Feldman, Jacob and Sara, 1977-1980
Films, Inc., 1980
Fleischmann, Charles, 1985-1987
Flexner, Stuart, 1976-1980
Forbes, Malcolm S., 1983-1986
Ford, Gerald, 1977-1985, 1992, undated
Ford Motor Co., 1982, undated
Fortas, Abe, 1979-1982
Franc Shor Luncheon Club, 1976-1988, undated
Frankel, Charles, 1977-1979
Frankel, Robert, 1977-1982
Franklin, John Hope, 1976-1987
Fraser, J. T., 1981-1984
BOX 105 Frendo, Henry, 1978
Friedman, Milton, 1976-1984
"F" miscellaneous, 1975-1988, undated
(3 folders)
Gardner, John W., 1978-1987, undated
Garfield, Eugene, 1978-1986
Gart, Murray J., 1978-1983
George, Thomas, 1975-1986, undated
Gershwin, Lenore, 1985-1995
Gibney, Frank, 1982-1987
Gifts
1976-1979
(7 folders)
BOX 106 1980-1985
(12 folders)
BOX 107 1986-1987, undated
(3 folders)
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla., 1976-1978
Gingrich, Newt, 1979
Gish, Lillian, 1982-1984, undated
Glazer, Nathan, 1975-1987
Godine, David, 1978-1985
Goetzmann, William H., 1975-1977, 1983-1987
Goheen, Robert F., 1976-1982
Gopal, Sarvepalli, 1976-1982
Gordon, William H., 1980-1982
Gorr, Louis F., 1979-1984, undated
Goto, Kazuhiko, 1980-1981, undated
Gottlieb, Paul, 1984-1987
Gray, Robert K., 1981-1986
Greenfield, Meg, 1986-1987, undated
Gremillion, Genevieve, 1979-1985
Gress, Elsa, 1979-1987
Gridiron Club, 1976, 1984-1987
Griswold, Erwin and Harriet, 1979-1984
Grunwald, Henry, 1978-1982
BOX 108 "G" miscellaneous, 1976-1993, undated
(3 folders)
Haig, Alexander M., 1976-1984
Hall, Ivan P., 1972, 1982-1987
Hall, Winnifred, 1981-1987
Halle, Louis J., 1977-1987
Hammer, Armand, 1985-1991, undated
Handlin, Oscar, 1976-1979, 1985
Hanks, Nancy, 1978-1984
Harper & Row Publishers, 1976-1986 See also Container 376, same heading
Harris, Leon A., 1979-1982
Harriss, C. Lowell, 1976-1992, undated