William D. Hassett Papers

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: General Correspondence, 1911-1965

test Incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports and printed material arranged alphabetically by subject and surname of correspondent. Material before 1933 consists only of printed items. The Franklin D. Roosevelt files (1933-45) contain copies of Presidential memoranda from his papers in the Library of Congress)(Containers 1-19).

Box 1

A - General

Aiken, George D., 1946-1965

Allen, Leslie H., 1943-1954

Andrews, Robert, 1943-1945

Andrews, Robert, 1946-1952

Angly, Edward, 1942-1951

Annin, J. P., 1947-1952

Atwood, Wallace W., 1945-1949

Austin, Warren R., 1941-1964

Box 2

B - General

Barcella, Ernest, 1951-1963

Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. R. C., 1946-1951

Baukage, H. R., 1939-1949

Baukage, H. R., 1950-1960

Benton, William, 1945-1956

Bergman, Vonda, 1949-1955

Bishop, H. O., 1942-1951

Bogart, Charles M., 1950-1951

Books Loaned by W.D.H.

Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., 1951

Bradfield, H. C., 1943-1955

Box 3

Brodnax, Mrs. E. P. (Dorothy Mosely), 1946-1952

Brown, John P., 1945-1952

Buck, Gardner A., 1940-1950

Burlington Free Press, 1953-1962

Burlington Free Press Reunion, 1953 and 1958

C - General

Cave, Richard L., 1944-1952

Cayo, Arthur J., 1948-1951

Chadwick, H. H., 1950-1952

Chandler, Florence, 1942-1955

Christmas Lists, 1951

Christmas Card Lists, 1950, 1954

Clark University, 1927, 1945-1951

Clark University, 1952

Clark University Dinn, January 10, 1952

Box 4

Clark University, 1953-1965

Clark University - Alumni Bulletin, 1946-1952

Clifford, Clark M., 1947-1965

Clifford Children (Joyce, Mary and Margery), 1947-1952

Cobb, Mrs. Guy W., 1940-1951

Cogswell, Robert F., 1947-1952

Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Victor B., 1938-1955

Collet, John C., 1945-1952

Collier's Article - Correspondence re, October 20, 1951

Conversational Club, 1953-1964

Copies of Old Letter and Humorous Memos

Cosmos Club, 1940-1963

Box 5

Cosmos Club - Committee on Admissions, 1946-1952

Cosmos Club - House Rules, Membership Card, Notices

Cosmos Club - Board of Governors, 1951

Cosmos Club - Board of Governors, 1952

Cosmos Club - Bulletin, 1947-1952

Crain, Bennett, 1944-1958

Crane, Charles E., 1945-1957

Cross, Marie, 1949-1950

Cushman, Roy M., 1944-1955

D - General

Daniels, Jonathan, 1945-1965

Davenport, B. Warwick, 1945-1952

Box 6

Dolbear, Samuel H., 1952-1958

Drew, Ira Walton, 1936-1955

Drury, Newton B., 1949-1956

Drury, Newton B. - re Termination as Director of Park Servi, 1951

E - General

Early, Stephen, 1945-1952

Early, Mrs. Stephen, 1951

Edgerton, Alson B., 1941-1951

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1946-1949

Ellis, George A., 1950-1953

Emerson, George T., 1941-1952

Essex Junction

F - General

Farrar, John, 1952

Fisher, A. K., 1946-1948

Flash - Hassett's Mynah Bird

Funny Letters

G- General

Box 7

Gibson, Ernest W., 1944-1964

Graf, John E., 1949-1954

Great Indemnity Company, 1946-1950

Ha-Hi - General

Hargrove, Gale (See also H. John Kelly), 1950-1952

Harmon, Ernest N., 1951-1964

Hazen, Martha, 1950-1956

Helm, Edith, 1953-1961

Hewitt, Arthur, 1941-1952

Ho-Hu - General

Box 8

Holmes, George - Memorial Library, 1944

Home Life Insurance Company, 1945-1951

Hopkins, Bishop J. H., 1947-1949

Howe, David, 1941-1952

Illingsworth, Robert, 1945-1951

Important - To Be Filed Later

Irish, Stacey, 1947-1953

Isherwood, Mrs. Harold, 1954

J - General

Jefferson, Howard B., 1951-1952

Jefferson, Thomas (Papers of)

Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 1947-1952

Johnson, Luther, 1953-1962

K - General

Kelly, H. John (See also Gale Hargrove), 1949-1952

Kerin, Charles A., 1943-1964

Kerin, Susie, 1943-1951

Kerr and Elliott, 1945-1951

Kromer, Leon, 1947-1952

Kyes, Frank M., 1950-1952

L - General

Leahy, William D., 1945-1959

Leviero, Anthony, 1952-1954

Living Wilderness Magazine, 1946-1949

Box 9

M - General

U.S.S. "Margie", 1951

Marble, Henry C., 1944-1965

Marshall, George C., 1943-1964

Mayo Memorial Hospital, 1955

Mazuzan, John E., 1943-1952

McCrea, John E., 1943-1965

Mearns, David C., 1953-1964

Message to Garcia, February 8, 1952

Morse, Lincoln W., 1941-1955

Morse, Louis L., 1942-1952

Morse Children - Andy, Pat, Ellen, Tom, 1947-1952

Morse, Theron, 1943-1952

Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1946-1947

N - General

National Geographic Society, 1946-1951

National Life Insurance Company, 1947-1951

National Parks, 1950-1952

Box 10

National Press Club - Year Book, 1911-1913

Newsweek Magazine, 1950-1951

New Yorker Magazine, 1949-1951

New York Times, 1960-1962

Northfield High School Alumni Association, 1941-1951

Northfield High School Reunion, 1950

Northfield High School - The Aegis

Northfield Town Report, 1947-1950

Northfield - Miscellaneous, 1947-1965

Norwich University, 1945-1953

Norwich University - Reports and Printed Materials

Box 11

Norwich University - Board of Trustees, 1951-1953

O - General

O'Brien, Robert L., 1951-1953

O'Connor and Faber - re Saturday Evening Post Articles

Oehser, Paul H., 1948-1952

Oxford University Press, 1953-1957

P-Q - General

Pearl Harbor Disaster

Petigru, James - Epitaph

Pierce, H. R., 1941-1951

Pingree, C. E., 1945-1956

Plumley, Charles A., 1935-1960

Plumley, Fletcher, 1936-1952

Box 12

R - General

Revere Ware, 1952

Roosevelt, Anna Boettiger, 1942-1952

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1938-1963

Roosevelt, Elliot, 1941-1951

Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Materials re (1)

Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Materials re (2)

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1933-1939

Roosevelt, Franklin D., January-April 1940

Box 13

Roosevelt, Franklin D., May-December 1940

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1941

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1942-January 1944

Roosevelt, Franklin D., April 1944-1945

Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Campaign Speech Materi, 1944

Roosevelt, Franklin D. - V-E Day Proclamation, 1944-1945

Roosevelt Day Dinners, 1951-1952, 1956-1957

Roosevelt Foundation, 1947-1951

Box 14

Roosevelt - President's Birthday Ball, 1944-1945

Roosevelt Library, 1948-1966

Roosevelt National Historic Site, 1949-1950

Roosevelt - Warm Springs Foundation and Memorial Commission, 1947-1963

Roosevelt - Inscriptions in books given to Hassett

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 1949-1952

Roosevelt, James, 1938, 1950, 1964

Roosevelt, Mrs. Kermit, 1944-1946

Rutgers University Press, 1957-1965

S - General

Saturday Evening Post, 1953-1961

Shangri-La, 1946-1952

Sherry Hall - Hassett's Apartment, 1949-1951

Sherwood, Robert, 1944-1952

Box 15

Spaatz, Carl A., 1942-1951

Stephens, Marion W., 1943-1952

T - General

The Tablet, 1938-1951

Taylor, James H., 1943-1951

Taylor, Myron C., November 1946-June 1947

Taylor, Myron C., 1948

Box 16

Taylor, Myron C., 1949

Taylor, Myron C., 1950

Taylor, Myron C., 1951-1952

Taylor, Myron C., 1953-1959

Box 17

Taylor - Material for Book

Taylor - Printed Matter (1)

Taylor - Printed Matter (2)

Thompson, Malvina, 1945-1951

Tobin, Katharine H., 1948-1952

Travelers Insurance Company, 1945-1947

Truman, Harry S., 1945-1952

Box 18

Truman, Harry S., 1953-1965

Truman, Margaret and Bess, 1946-1952

Tuckerman, Louis B., 1948-1954

Tully, Grace G., 1939-1960

U-V - General

The Vermonter, 1946

Vermont Historical Society, 1943-1963

Vermont Life, 1946-1952

Vermont State Association, 1946-1952

Vermont Town Meeting, 1950-1951

Vinson, Fred M., 1945-1947

W - General

Washington, George - Farewell Addresses

Washington Post and Star, 1952

Box 19

Webb, Charles A., 1942-1952

Weil, Eliot, 1935-1952

Welch, Mrs. Guy N., 1950

Who's Who, 1947-1951

Wilderness Society, 1934-1955

Williams, Jay Jerome, 1944-June 1949

Williams, Jay Jerome, July 1949-1955

Wilson, Lyle C., 1941-1962

Zahniser, Howard, 1947-1952

Series 2: Personal File, 1903-1961

test Messages of congratulations, greeting cards, diary material, date and guest books, invitations, memorabilia and writings of Hassett and others. The diary is a marked copy which Hassett used in preparing Off the Record with FDR. The only material before 1933 is a Clark College notebook (1903) and White House invitations (1914 and 1917). (Containers 20-24)

Box 20

Congratulations on Appointment - A, February 1944

Congratulations on Appointment - D-H

Congratulations on Appointment - I-M

Congratulations on Appointment - N-S

Box 21

Congratulations on Appointment - T-Y

Correspondence re Resignation - A-W, 1952

Birthday Greetings, 1942-1951

Biographical Sketches

Diary, January 6-June 28, 1942

Diary, June 29-November 15, 1942

Diary, November 16, 1942-November 2, 1943

Box 22

Diary, November 3, 1943-September 18, 1944

Diary, September 19-December 19, 1944

Diary, December 23, 1944-May 13, 1945

Date Book, 1949

Guest Books

White House Invitations, 1914, 1917, 1939-1951, 1961

Box 23

Invitations - General, 1941, 1945-1947

Memorabilia (1)

Memorabilia (2)

Memorabilia - Presidential Cruise - U.S.S. Missouri, September 1947

Notes - Miscellaneous

Notebook - Clark College, October 1903

Box 24

Press Conferences, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1949

Speech - Hassett, June 16, 1954

Writings - "The Lengthening Shadow of FDR"

Writings - "Walking with the Devil"

Writings - "Off the Record with FDR" - Correspondence re

Writings - "Off the Record with FDR" - Material re

Writings - "Off the Record with FDR" - Galley Proof

Writings - "Off the Record with FDR" - Reviews

Writings - "The President was My Boss" - Article in the Saturday Evening Post

Reviews of Books about FDR

Writings of Others - Miscellaneous

Publications - "Confessions Of A Young Man" and "La Peinture de Michel'Ange"

Series 3: Clippings File, 1910-1960

test Containers 25-28 include newspaper clippings arranged in rough chronological order for the entire period. Containers 29-32 include newspaper clippings bound in scrapbooks covering the period 1944-1952.

Box 25

Clippings - Prior to 1939

Clippings, 1939

Clippings, 1940

Clippings, 1941

Clippings - Death of FDR's Mother, 1941

Clippings, 1942

Box 26

Clippings, 1943

Clippings, 1944

Clippings - Electi, 1944

Clippings, 1945

Clippings, 1946

Clippings, 1947

Clippings, 1948

Box 27

Clippings, 1949

Clippings, 1949

Clippings - Miscellaneous (1)

Clippings - Miscellaneous (2)

Box 28

Clippings - Miscellaneous (3)

Clippings - Miscellaneous (4)

Clippings - Miscellaneous (5)

Box 29

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1944

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1945

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1946

Box 30

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1947

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1948

Box 31

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1949

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1950

Box 32

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1951

Clippings - Scrapbook, 1952

Series 4: Microfilm, 1941-1955

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MICROFILM: The Hassett Papers contain three rolls of microfilm.

Microfilm NO. 46-1 (two rolls) consists of Hassett’s correspondence with family and friends filmed by the Library and returned to him. Roll 1 covers the period 1941-1955, and includes correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Frost, Warren Frost, Fred A. Howland and Mrs. C. E. Dorothy, Maxine and Wilson C. McNamara. Roll 2 covers the period 1944-1952 and contains correspondence with Wilson C. McNamara, Mrs. Lawrence Morah and Hassett personal papers relating to real estate, finance, travel, insurance and medical matters. Microfilm No, 46-2 (one roll) consists of material copied from the Hassett Papers in the Library of Congress. Included are a number of FDR memoranda, an invitation to the Truman-Barkley inauguration, an address by Hassett on the eighth anniversary of FDR’s death and material related to the FDR Memorial Commission. Some of this material is duplicated in the manuscript collection.

Sub-Series 1: No. 46-1

Box Roll 1

Frost, Mr. and Mrs. C., 1941-1955

Frost, Warr, 1941-1955

Howland, Fred, 1941-1955

McNamara, Mrs. C., 1941-1955

McNamara, Dorot, 1941-1955

McNamara, Maxi, 1941-1955

McNamara, Wilson, 1941-1955

Box Roll 2

McNamara, Wilson, 1944-1952

Morah, Mrs. Lawren, 1944-1952

Personal - Real Estate - Correspondence, 1944-1952

Personal - Financial, Trav, 1944-1952

Personal - Insuran, 1944-1952

Personal - Medical repor, 1944-1952

Personal - Humorous Poe, 1944-1952

Sub-Series 2: No. 46-2

Box Roll 1

FDR, 1935, 1939-1945

Invitation to Truman Barkley Inauguration

Hassett address on eighth anniversary of FDR's passing and material re FDR Memorial Commission