An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1944-1963
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 1944-1963
Lawyer, government official. Counsel, staff director, President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services (1962-1963). Correspondence, publications, questionnaires, reports, news clippings and other background materials relating to the integration of the United States Armed Forces.
Access
Open.
Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed December 1994, 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 Laurence Hewes of Washington, DC, in December 1994 (Acc. 1995-009).
Extent
About 100 items (1 linear feet, 4 linear inches ; 1.5 cubic feet)
Date Opened
August 1995
Processed by
Michelle Andino and Jennifer Walton
Encoded by
James M. Roth
Related Collections
Gerhard Gesell Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
The Personal Papers of Laurence Hewes III(1933- )
Biographical Note
Laurence I. Hewes, III, worked as counsel, staff director, on the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces during 1962 and 1963.
Collection Overview
The Laurence Hewes collection consists of Hewes’ work on the President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces relating to the integration of the United States Armed Forces. The papers span the period 1944 to 1963.
List of Series
Series 1. President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces Files, 1944-1963.
Collection Description
Series 1. President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces Files, 1944-1963.
About 100 items.
Arrangement: by type of material.
This series contains correspondence, publications, questionnaires, reports, news clippings and other background materials relating to the integration of the United States Armed Forces.
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Box 1
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Leadership and the Negro Soldier
, Army Services Manual M5, October 1944
The Integration of the Negro into the United States Navy, 1776-1947, with a Brief Historical Introduction
, by Lt. Dennis Denmark Nelson, USNR, 1948
Freedom to Serve: Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
, report by the President’s Committee, 1950
Questionnaire-Hewes’ copy, 5/62-8/62 (3 folders)
Directives on Equal Opportunities in the Armed Forces-Hewes’ copy, 1948-1963 (5 folders) |
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Box 2
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First report--annotated copy (2 copies)
Initial report, President’s Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces, 6/21/63 (6 folders)
Extracts from the Congressional Record, 6/26/63 -9/25/63 (2 folders) |
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Box 3
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Personal correspondence (3 folders) |