Elizabeth M(onroe) Boggs (#32)

An Inventory of Her Personal Papers
1956 - 1967
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Series Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers, 1956-1967
Educator, civic worker. Member, President's Panel on Mental Retardation (1961-62). Materials relating to the work of the Panel.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed February 1981, copyright of these materials has been assigned to the United States.

Copyright
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Provenance
Received from Elizabeth M. Boggs of Hampton, N.J. in September 1978 (Acc. 1978-061).

Extent
About 150 items (5 linear inches ; 0.5 cubic feet)

Date Opened
April 1982

Processed by
Jo August Hills

Revisions
Jeremy P. Schmidt, October 2003

Encoded by
Jeremy P. Schmidt

Related Collections
Oral History Interview of Elizabeth M. Boggs. Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation: Stafford L. Warren.

The Personal Papers of Elizabeth M(onroe) Boggs (1913-96)

Biographical Note

Collection Overview
This collection of papers covers a very small part of Elizabeth M. Boggs work on mental retardation during the period 1956 through 1965. The material includes several speeches, memoranda, and papers prepared by Mrs. Boggs, among them "Sidelights in the Activities of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation," July 1962, and "Landmarks in the Development of a Comprehensive Federal Program for the Mentally Retarded," October 1965. It also contains numerous drafts of "Need for a National Plan for Mental Retardation" which was the background paper prepared by the National Institute of Health for the executive order which established the President's Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation. There is also some material on mental health legislation during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. The collection also contains some issues of Children Limited, published by the National Association for Retarded Children.

List of Series

Series Description
Series 1.  Mental Retardation.

Series 1. Mental Retardation, 1956-1967.
About 150 items.
Arrangement: unarranged.

Elizabeth M. Boggs' work on mental retardation (1956-1967), including several speeches, memoranda, and papers prepared by Mrs. Boggs, and numerous drafts of the background paper prepared by the National Institute of Health for the executive order which established the President's Advisory Committee on Mental Retardation. The files also cover some mental health legislation during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.