Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice (1937-1964).
Papers (1920-1967) consist of materials relating to his career, the Bureau, and many prison or crime related issues including gun control, sentencing, and post World War II German prisons.
Oral History Interview (1974): Bennett completed one interview for the Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program of the John F. Kennedy Library; RFK interview: 11/11/1974. This interview comments upon the attorneys general under whom Bennett served, Robert F. Kennedy’s Justice Department reforms, and J. Edgar Hoover, among other issues.