An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1959-1964
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 1959-1964
Public administrator. Copies of Brookings Institution papers relating to the 1960-61 Presidential transition.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
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Provenance
Received from Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS, in December, 1978 (Acc. 1979 - 010).
Extent
About 680 items (2 linear feet, 2 linear inches ; 2.5 cubic feet).
Date Opened
circa 1979
Processed by
Jennifer Miller
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Related Collections
Clark Clifford Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
The Personal Papers of Laurin L. Henry
Biographical Note
Laurin L. Henry (1921 - ) was born in Kankakee, Illinois. Henry earned his Bachelor's degree from DePauw University, graduating with honors in 1942. After serving in the U.S. Navy, 1942 - 1946, he received his Masters and Ph.D. from University of Chicago in 1948 and 1960, respectively. Henry worked as a staff assistant at the Public Administration Clearing House in Washington, DC, 1952 - 1955, before moving to the Brookings Institution, an independent research institute, as a research associate. He was the primary research associate for the Brookings Institution 1960 - 1961 Study on Presidential Transition, and in 1961, became part of the Brookings Institution senior staff. Along with contributing to various publications, Henry wrote
Presidential Transitions
(Brookings Institution, 1960) and
The Presidential Election and Transition, 1960 - 1961
(With P.T. David, Brookings Institution, 1961). Henry also served as a consultant to the Alaska State Commission and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Biographical information adapted from the Biography Resource Center (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/menu).
Collection Overview
Copies of drafts, notes, articles, correspondence and memorandums relating to the Brookings Institution 1960 - 1961 Study on Presidential Transition. Contains copies of the initial memorandums given to presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, along with material relating to the subsequent investigation of specific federal departments. Includes articles from various publications addressing the transition of federal power during and after the 1960 election. Also, material related to Henry's own investigation into the subject, including drafts of lectures and correspondence relating to his book,
Presidential Transitions
(1960).
List of Series
Description
Series 1. Brooking Institution Study, 1959 - 1964.
Material relating to the Brookings Institution Study of the 1960 - 61 Presidential Transition. Broken into four subseries; Administration, Interviews, Memorandums and Book.
Subseries 1.1. Administration, 1959 - 1964.
About 275 items.
Arrangement: by subject.
Material concerning the administrative aspects of the Brookings Institution Study including project planning, correspondence, publicity and other government studies used by the Brookings Institution as research material. Includes material related to both the initial transition study and subsequent study of transition within specific federal departments.
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Box 1
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Project planning and proposals
Misc. office
Advisory Committee - selection, memorandums
Advisory Committee - correspondence
General correspondence
Correspondence with Nixon and representative
Correspondence with Kennedy and representative
Publicity
Corson article for New York Times
Carnegie Quarterly articles
Departmental study
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Box 2
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Government financing for transition (2 folders)
Special Committee on Federal Conflict of Interest Laws
Legislative Reference Service - required presidential appointments
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Subseries 1.2. Interviews, 1959 - 1962.
About 50 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Write-ups of interviews conducted as research for the Brookings Institution Study, along with memorandums and correspondence regarding these interviews. Includes material related to both the initial transition study and subsequent study of transition within specific federal departments.
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Box 2
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Research interviews (2 folders)
Departmental study - research interviews
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Subseries 1.3. Memorandums, 1960.
About 20 items.
Arrangement: numerically.
Copies and drafts of the nine different memorandums produced by the Brookings Institution in the fall of 1960 during the initial transition study, along with research material and correspondence related to the memorandums. Also includes memorandum to John F. Kennedy from Clark Clifford on the subject of transition.
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Box 2
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No. 1 "Priorities for the President Elect"
No. 2 "The White House and the Executive Office of the President"
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Box 3
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No. 3 "Reorganization and the Next President"
No. 4 "The Cabinet"
No. 5 "The President's Press Conference"
No. 6 "Transition in the Conduct of Foreign Affairs"
No. 7 "The Bureau of the Budget"
No. 8 "Personnel Problems of the Incoming President"
No. 9 "The Independent Regulatory Commissions"
Clifford Memorandum to Kennedy
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Subseries 1.4. Book, 1960 - 1964.
About 50 items.
Arrangement: chronological
Material relating to the lecture series and book produced by the Brookings Institution as part of the transition study.
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Box 3
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Brookings lecture series and book (2 folders)
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Series 2. Articles
, 1959 - 1964.
About 200 items.
Arrangement: by subject.
Articles from various publications concerning the transition of federal power during and after the 1960 presidential election and the activities of Kennedy, Nixon and Eisenhower during this time period.
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Box 4
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Kennedy and transition
Problems and proposed changes
Procedure and operation of transition
State transition
1960 Nixon campaign
1960 Kennedy campaign
Eisenhower Activities
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November 1 - 15, 1960
November 16 - 30, 1960
December 1 - 15, 1960
December 16 - 31, 1960
January 1 - 20, 1961
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Kennedy Activities
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Box 5
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November 1 - 15, 1960
November 16 - 30, 1960
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December 1 - 15, 1960
December 16 - 31, 1960
January 1 - 20, 1961
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Inaugural arrangements/moving day
Johnson and Vice-Presidency
Democrats and the Democratic party
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Series 3. Personal, 1959 - 1964.
About 80 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
Correspondence, memorandums and material regarding Henry's book
Presidential Transitions
(Brookings, 1960), along with drafts of articles and lectures given by Henry on the subject of transition.
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Box 5
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Correspondence, activities and articles re. transition (2 folders)
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