Eleanor Charwat (#328)

An Inventory of Her Personal Papers
1961-1969
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Series Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers, 1961-1969
Government official. Information Assistant, President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. Minutes, newsletters, reports, training manuals, and publications relating to her work on the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed December 2003, copyright of these materials has been retained by Eleanor Charwat. Upon donor’s death all said rights shall pass to the United States. Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.

Copyright
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Provenance
Received from Eleanor Charwat of Poughkeepsie, NY, in December 2003 (Acc. 2004-037).

Extent
About 85 items (8 linear inches ; 0.75 cubic feet)

Date Opened
February 2004

Processed by
Meghan Banach

Encoded by
Meghan Banach

The Personal Papers of Eleanor Charwat 

Biographical Note
Eleanor Rubin Charwat worked as an Information Assistant on the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency from 1962 to 1965.

Collection Overview
Working files of Eleanor Charwat consist of minutes, newsletters, reports, training manuals, and publications relating to her work on the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. Reports consist of federal programs on delinquency and training. The meeting minutes document demonstrations projects, training projects, and the Community Advisory Council. The progress reports are from Executive Director David Hackett to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze. The folder marked reports to Congress contains a legislative history of the Juvenile Delinquency Act of 1961, public laws, and testimony and messages to the House of Representatives. Publications consist of magazine articles by David L. Hackett.

Collection Description

Series 1. President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, 1961-1969.
About 85 items.
Arrangement: by type.

This series contains the working files of Eleanor Charwat consisting of minutes, newsletters, reports, training manuals, and publications relating to her work on the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. Reports consist of federal programs on delinquency and training. The meeting minutes document demonstrations projects, training projects, and the Community Advisory Council. The progress reports are from Executive Director David Hackett to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Anthony Celebrezze. The folder marked reports to Congress contains a legislative history of the Juvenile Delinquency Act of 1961, public laws, and testimony and messages to the House of Representatives. Publications consist of magazine articles by David L. Hackett.