David L. Hackett (#90)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1943-1968
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers 1943-1968 [Bulk 1960-1968]
Urban affairs consultant. Member, John F. Kennedy's and Robert F. Kennedy's Presidential campaign staffs (1960, 1968). Delegate lists, political polls, petitions, campaign correspondence, speeches, campaign schedules.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed November 1978, 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. 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
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form. Direct your questions concerning copyright to the reference staff.

Provenance
Received from David Hackett of Washington, DC, in June 1974 (Acc. 1975-001); and in August 1978 (Acc. 1978-051).

Extent
About 11,000 items (8 linear feet, 4 linear inches ; 9.5 cubic feet)

Items Separated
Items separated include oversize papers (Ovz 90/3.)

Date Opened
1991

Processed by
Susan D'Entremont

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Related Collections
Personal Papers of Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

The Personal Papers of David L. Hackett (1927-  )

Biographical Note
David L. Hackett was born in Indiana in 1927. An urban affairs consultant, Hackett was a member of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign staff and served as the executive director of the president's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime from 1961 to 1962. By 1963, he had become a special assistant to the attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy. During the mid 1960s, following President Kennedy's assassination, Hackett served as the president of Policy Management Systems, Inc., based in Washington, D.C. A close friend of Robert F. Kennedy, Hackett also worked on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968. Following Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Hackett took on the role of executive director of the Robert Kennedy Memorial. He later founded the Youth Policy Institute, located in Washington, D.C., of which he has been the executive director. This organization, staffed by high school and college students, aims to involve young people in political decision making.

Collection Overview
The personal papers of David L. Hackett document his work on John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign and on Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign. The collection is arranged into four series: Delegate Cards, 1960; Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Material; Delegate Cards, 1968; and Personal Correspondence. The Delegate Cards from President John Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign consist of biographical, geographic, and political information about convention delegates. Campaign Material from Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign consists of correspondence; copies of speeches and statements; information on state and local officials and political leaders; campaign schedules, status statistics, and paraphernalia; primary results from select counties; volunteer lists, and thank you notes from Robert Kennedy. The third series, Delegate Cards from 1968 consist of biographical, geographic, and political information about convention delegates, and includes oversized 1968 campaign posters with tallied election results on the back. Personal Correspondence makes up the fourth series and consists of personal letters and athletic information and statistics sent by Robert F. Kennedy to Hackett, spanning from the early 1940s into the late 1950s.

List of Series
Series 1. Delegate Cards, 1960
Series 2. Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Material, 1968
Series 3. Delegate Cards, 1968
Series 4. Personal Correspondence

Collection Description

Series 1. Delegate Cards, 1960.
About 3,600 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by state.

This series consists of delegate cards from President Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. Most of these cards provide geographical information about each delegate as well as information about a delegate's past political involvement. Some cards are accompanied by newspaper articles or other additional information about a specific delegate. The delegate cards from 43 states and Puerto Rico are represented in this series. Each state's cards are arranged alphabetically. Occasionally a state's cards are separated into several sets with each individual set ordered alphabetically. Alternate delegate cards, if provided, tend to be placed at the end of a state's set of cards.
  

Series 2. Robert F. Kennedy Campaign Material, 1968.
About 6,000 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by topic.

This series encompasses many types of campaign material from Robert Kennedy's 1968 election campaign including newspaper articles, campaign speeches, organization member cards, and correspondence. Many states, individuals, and organizations have representative folders in this series; other folders contain information about campaign and election regulations and proceedings. There is extensive material for the following topics: democratic leaders, Indiana, and thank you notes. Whenever possible, papers are arranged chronologically within folders.  Also included are several oversized campaign posters from Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. The backside of each poster contains tallied election results.

Ovz Box 1 (90/2.)
Tally Sheets, 1968 [Oversize material]
  

Series 3. Delegate Cards, 1968.
About 1,200 items.
Arrangement: alphabetical by state.

This series consists of delegate cards from 33 states and the Canal Zone from Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign. Each card provides far less information than those from President Kennedy's 1960 campaign; these 1968 delegate cards usually contain only a delegate's name and address. Each state's delegate cards are arranged alphabetically. Alternate delegate cards, not always labeled as such, are often mixed in with the regular delegate cards. There are short sub series for Massachusetts and Nevada. 
  

Series 4. Personal Correspondence.
About 200 items.
Arrangement: chronological by date.

This series of personal correspondence contains notes and other papers dated from 1943 through 1955, including letters sent by Robert F. Kennedy to David Hackett, photographic copies of these letters, and athletic correspondence. The letters were sent by Kennedy from Harvard University or from his military training post in Lewiston, Maine to Hackett at Milton Academy and later at his own training post. Some of the later letters are notes that Kennedy sent to Hackett during Kennedy's trip to the former Soviet Union in the 1950s. There are also miscellaneous newspaper articles and Kennedy' s own commentary about athletics at Milton Academy.