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Henry Morgenthau III Papers Relating to the Television Series "Eleanor Roosevelt: Prospects of Mankind", 1959-1962 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Henry Morgenthau III Papers Relating to the Television Series "Eleanor Roosevelt: Prospects of Mankind", 1959-1962Add to your cart.

Primary Creator: Henry Morgenthau III

Extent: 3.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 10/00/1980

Collection Historical Note

During the last three years of her life, Eleanor Roosevelt hosted a television series entitled "Prospects of Mankind." The program was based at Brandeis University and was produced by National Educational Television, the forerunner of PBS. Henry Morgenthau III was at that time a producer for WGBH-TV, the Boston educational station as well as associate director of Brandeis University's Morse Communication Center. Mr. Morgenthau formulated the original proposal for the series and served as its executive producer.

The format for "Prospects of Mankind" was that of a colloquium, based on crucial national and international issues. Participants in these discussions during the three seasons included John F. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Henry Kissinger and many other prominent world leaders.

The first program in the series was recorded the week of Mrs. Roosevelt's 75th birthday and the last season ended the summer of 1962, just a few months before her death on November 7th of that year.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Acquisition Method: Presented to the Library in October 1980.

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Series 1: Eleanor Roosevelt: Prospects of MankindAdd to your cart.

Box 1Add to your cart.

Series ProposalAdd to your cart.

Program ListAdd to your cart.

Press ReleaseAdd to your cart.

General Correspondenc, 1961Add to your cart.

General Correspondenc, 1963Add to your cart.

Proposed Series "The American Experience:" Proposals, Program Ide, 1962-1963Add to your cart.

Mailing ListsAdd to your cart.

Correspondence - Beatrice Braud, 1962Add to your cart.

Biographical Information-GeneralAdd to your cart.

WGBH-TV General CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.

Season, Proposals, Schedules Corresponden, 1959-1960Add to your cart.

"New Possibilities for Co-Existence" with V. K. Krishna Henon, Robert R. Bowie, Harrison Salisbury: Scripts, Correspondenc, October 4, 1959Add to your cart.

"What Hope for Disarmament" with Jules Hoch, Trevor Gardner, Saville Davis: Miscellaneou, November 15, 1959Add to your cart.

"Foreign Aid and Economic Policy"with Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, John Kenneth Galbraith, Arthur Lewis: Miscellaneou, December, 6 1959Add to your cart.

"Europe Faces East and West" with Senator John F. Kennedy, Erwin D. Canham, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan: Miscellaneou, January 2, 1960Add to your cart.

"Latin America: Neglected Neighbors" with Luis Munoz-Marin, Nelson Rockefeller, Benjamin Cohen: Schedules, Script, February, 6 1960Add to your cart.

"Africa: Revolution in Haste" with Julius Nyerere, Barbara Ward, Ralph Bunche: Miscellaneou, March 13, 1960Add to your cart.

"The American Image Abroad"with Denis Brogan, Harlan Cleveland, Santha Rama Rau: Excerpts, Schedule, April, 10 1960Add to your cart.

"China: Shadow on the Summit" with Blair Frazer, Z. K. Brzezinski, Saville Davis: Program Information, Press Release, May 8, 1960Add to your cart.

"Future of Democracy Abroad" with Adlai Stevenson, Vladimir Dedijer, Henry Kissinger: Program Information, Script, June 5, 1960Add to your cart.

Season Schedules, Correspondenc, 1960-1961Add to your cart.

"Britain: Ally or Neutral" with

Hugh Gaitskell, Lord Bertrand Russell, Lord Robert Boothby: Program Information, Correspondenc, September, 13 1960

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"Rethinking Our Alliances " with Hans Morgenthau: Miscellaneou, January 8, 1961Add to your cart.

Box 2Add to your cart.

"Nuclear Test Ban-First Step to Arms Control" with Henry Kissinger, Chet Holifield, John Strachey, Laurence Martin: Miscellaneou, February, 5 1961Add to your cart.

"Congo: Challenge to the UN" with Adlai Stevenson (introduction), G. Mennen Williams, Rajeshwar Dayal,Jaja Wachuku, William Frye: Correspondence, Transcript, March 30-31, 1961Add to your cart.

"America's Propaganda capabilities"' with Edward R. Murrow, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Chanchal Sarkar, Roscoe Drummund: Correspondence, Script, May 26, 1961Add to your cart.

Season Corresponce, 1961-1962Add to your cart.

Season Program Schedule, 1961-1962Add to your cart.

Background Information, Clipping, 1961-1962Add to your cart.

"American Capitalism: Challenged at Home and Abroad" with Walter Reuther, Eric A. Johnson, Paul A. Samuelson, Robert McKenzie: Correspondence, Outlines, Schedules, Scripts,program Information, Background Information,Newspaper Clipping, September 9, 1961Add to your cart.

"Berlin - What Choices Remain?"with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Dr. Paul Tillich, Henry Kissinger, James B. Reston, Max Freedman: Correspondence, Program Information, Background Information, Clipping, October 7, 1961Add to your cart.

"United Nations: Future Endangered?" with Harlan Cleveland, C. S. Jha, William Frye, Stanley Hoffman: Correspondence, Program Information, Scripts, Background Information, Clipping, November 2, 1961Add to your cart.

"Southeast Asia in Crisis" with Jacob Javits, Vu Van Thai, Leo Cherne,Peggy Drudin: Correspondence, Program Information, Pre-Interviews, Scripts, Filming Schedules, Background Information, Clipping, December 3, 1961Add to your cart.

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"Latin America Looks at Cuba"with Adlai Stevenson, Richard Goodwin, Roberto Campos, Theodore Draper, Tad Szulc: Correspondence Background Information, Clippings, Transcript, January 5, 1962Add to your cart.

"Russia and China: What Does the Future Hold?" with Allen Dulles, Reinhold Niebuhr, Lord Lindsay of Birker, Seymour Freidin, Marshall Shulman: Correspondence, Transcripts, Schedules, Background Information,Clipping, February 4, 1962Add to your cart.

"The Future of France" with Maurice Schumann, Raymond Aron, Stephanie Hessel, Alfred Grosser: Correspondence, Transcripts, Program Information, Pre-Interviews, Background Information, Newspaper Clipping, February 15, 1962Add to your cart.

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"Europe: Robert Kervyn Rival or Partner" with Marjohn, Kenneth Younger, Baron Albert de Lettenhove, Edwin Dale, George Bal, February 16, 1962; March 27, 1962Add to your cart.

Correspondence, Program Information, TranscriptsAdd to your cart.

"What Status for Homen" with President John F. Kennedy, Arthur J. Goldberg, Agda Rossel, Thomas Mendenhall, Mirra Komarovsky: Correspondence, Transcripts, Schedules, Fact Sheets, Background Informatio, April 18, 1962Add to your cart.

"The Peace Corps: What Shape Shall It Take?" with President John F. Kennedy (introduction), Senator Hubert Humphrey, Samuel Hayes, Senteca Kajubi, Sargent Shriver: Correspondence, Scripts, Press Releases, Newspaper Clipping, April 5, 1962Add to your cart.

"New Vistas for Television " with Newton Minow, Marya Mannes, Irving Gitlin, John White: Correspondence, Program Information, Pre-Interviews, Scripts,Taping Schedules, Biograpllical Information, Background Informatio, April 29, 1962Add to your cart.

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"Campaign Money and Political Ethics" with James Farley and Joseph H. Martin, Jr. (introduction), Senator Paul Douglas, Robert McKenzie, Belle Zeller, Malcolm Moos: Correspondence, Program Information, Background Interviews , Press Releas, August 29, 1962Add to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: AfricaAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: Civil RightsAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: Conflict of InterestsAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: Foreign PolicyAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: JapanAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: PresidencyAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: Biographical InformmationAdd to your cart.

Newspaper Clippings, Background Information: PublicityAdd to your cart.

Mimeographic DittosAdd to your cart.

Box 6Add to your cart.

Henry Morgenthau. Jr.: Copies of letters to his son, 1945Add to your cart.

Henry Morgenthau, III: Interview with Pehle, Dubois and BernsteinAdd to your cart.

Henry Morgenthau, III: Interview with John J. McCloy, (added) March 3, 2003Add to your cart.

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