James M. Cannon (#314)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1939-1963
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 1939-1963
Writer and political advisor. Materials related to potential articles on Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. for the Readers Digest  and on Robert F. Kennedy for Newsweek . Included in the papers are drafts of articles, correspondence, transcripts of interviews, notes and notebooks, research material and newspaper clippings, with the bulk of the material relating to Cannon’s article, "The Kennedy Who Isn’t There," about the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Of note are transcripts of interviews Cannon conducted with John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed March 2001, copyright of these materials has been retained by the donor for his lifetime. After the donor’s death, all said rights shall pass to the Government of the United States. Users of the materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they plan to publish excerpts.

Copyright
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Provenance
Received from James M. Cannon of Washington, D.C., in December 2000 (Acc. 2001-233).

Extent
About 100 items (5 linear inches ; 0.5 cubic feet)

Date Opened
August 2001

Processed by
James M. Roth

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Related Collections
Cannon, James M. - Files 1975-77 (Domestic Council, Domestic Affairs), Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

Cannon, James M. – Papers 1974-79 (Domestic Council, Domestic Affairs, Vice President Rockefeller) Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

The Personal Papers of James M. Cannon

Biographical Note
James M. Cannon (1918-), writer and political advisor, began his career in journalism and worked at various times for the Potsdam, NY, Herald-Recorder , the Gloversville, NY, Leader Republican , the Baltimore Sun , Time , and Newsweek . Cannon later became an assistant to Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, and then, Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker. The following biographical list was adapted from the finding aid on James M. Cannon at the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum.

Series 2. Robert F. Kennedy, Research Material, 1961-1963.
3 items.
Arrangement: by subject.

Two interviews by Cannon and an article in the New York Times Magazine  by Anthony Lewis. In 1961, Cannon interviewed Ethel S. Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy for an article about Robert F. Kennedy that appeared in Newsweek.