Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Papers, 1957-1982 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Collection Overview

Title: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Papers, 1957-1982

Primary Creator: Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), (1917-2007)

Extent: 2.4 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in two series: Manuscripts, Miscellaneous Materials.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1957. More info below under Accruals.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of manuscripts of Arthur M Schlesinger's three-volume work The Age of Roosevelt and the manuscript of a fourth volume, Exercise of Democracy, that was not published under that title. Also included are other materials related to his scholarship on the FDR period.

Collection Historical Note

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., was an historian and an important figure in Democratic Party politics in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1960 to 1963 her served as a special assistant to John F. Kennedy. Schlesinger published more than 20 books. including his study of the New Deal, The Age of Roosevelt (1957-1960), A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965), and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1978).

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Accruals: After the initial acquistion of the manuscript of vol. 1 of The Age of Roosevelt, the manuscript of vol. 2 was acquired in the fall of 1959 and the manuscripts of vols. 3-4 in October 1961.

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Related Materials: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Papers, 1923-2007. For more information please see http://www.nypl.org/archives/85294.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series 1: Manuscripts],
[Series 2: Miscellaneous Materials],
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Series 1: Manuscripts

Box 1

Crisis of the Old Order (1)
Crisis of the Old Order (2)
Crisis of the Old Order (3)
Crisis of the Old Order (4)
Crisis of the Old Order (5)
Crisis of the Old Order (6)

Box 2

The Coming of the New Deal (1)
The Coming of the New Deal (2)
The Coming of the New Deal (3)
The Coming of the New Deal (4)
The Coming of the New Deal (5)
The Coming of the New Deal (6)

Box 3

Politics of Upheaval (1)
Politics of Upheaval (2)
Politics of Upheaval (3)
Politics of Upheaval (4)
Politics of Upheaval (5)
Politics of Upheaval (6)
Politics of Upheaval (7)

Box 4

The Exercise of Democracy (1)
Politics of Upheaval (2)
Politics of Upheaval (3)
Politics of Upheaval (4)
Politics of Upheaval (5)

Box 5

Age or Roosevelt (1)
Age of Roosevelt (2)
Age of Roosevelt (3)
Age of Roosevelt (4)
Age of Roosevelt (5)
Age of Roosevelt (6)
Age of Roosevelt (7)

Box 6

Age of Roosevelt (8)
Age of Roosevelt (9)
Age of Roosevelt (10)

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