John G. Feild (#72)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1961-1963
At 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 1961-63
Government official. Executive Director, President's Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity (1961-63). Memorandums, correspondence, releases, reports, news clippings, and miscellaneous papers.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed May 1999, copyright of these materials has been assigned 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 John Feild of Washington, DC, in April 1975 (Acc. 1975-049).

Extent
About 1500 items (1 linear feet, 4 linear inches ; 1.5 cubic feet)

Date Opened
June 1998

Processed by
Megan Floyd Desnoyers

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Revisions
Finding aid revised in July 2003 by James M. Roth

Related Collections
John T. Dunlop, Personal Papers.

Personal Papers of John G. Feild (1922- )

Biographical Note
John G. Feild was born in 1922. In 1959, he became a legislative assistant to Senator Philip A. Hart from Michigan. Mr. Feild aided in the campaign to elect John F. Kennedy for president. He served as the executive director of the President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity between 1961 and 1963.

Collection Overview
The papers of John G. Feild cover the years 1961 - 1963. The collection consists of memorandums, correspondence, releases, reports, newsclippings, and miscellaneous papers relating to his work with the President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.

The John F. Kennedy Library also has an oral history interview with Mr. Feild.

List of Series
Series 1. President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity

Series Description

Series 1. President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1961-1963.
About 1500 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

Memorandums, correspondence, releases, reports, newsclippings, and miscellaneous papers relating to his work with the President’s Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.