Series: 7: Public Relations File, 1936, 1946-1965
Note: Specify series number when requesting boxes.

Physical Description: 106 boxes, 11 volumes, and 9 reels of microfilm (35 mm) 
Scope and Content Note

The ADA Public Relations File contains mostly clippings and also includes press releases, the annual Roosevelt Day Dinners, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed and mimeographed material. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically by months within each folder.

The clippings, and miscellaneous printed and mimeographed material includes sixty-three boxes of clippings, arranged chronologically by month and alphabetically by subject folder within each month from 1949 to 1963, but only chronologically from 1964 to 1965. The remaining seven boxes are a mixture of clippings and miscellaneous printed and mimeographed material, 1936-1964, in which material is arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically by month within each folder. This is primarily a research file, with much of the material relating to Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. This series also contains eleven scrapbooks of clippings, dating from December 1946, to May 1953.

The press releases, 1947-1965, are arranged chronologically by days. This file is not complete.

The material concerning the Roosevelt Day Dinners is composed largely of correspondence and related printed matter, 1947-1965. The first dinners were held simultaneously in many cities in January 1949, to raise funds and disseminate information of both national and local significance to ADA members and friends. These dinners are still an annual ADA chapter event.

The files for the Roosevelt Day Dinners have been divided into two sections: "chapter participation" and "organizational affairs." The former deals with the numerous local chapter dinners, while the latter deals with the organizational problems which confront the ADA as a whole in relation to these annual dinners. There is some overlapping of material in each section. Both of these sections are arranged chronologically by months.

The types of material that will be found in the files on Roosevelt Day Dinners includes correspondence, invitations, tickets, programs, annual Journals, newspaper clippings, financial reports, memoranda, minutes of various staff meetings, guest lists, and seating charts.

The remainder of the ADA Public Relations File are general research folders containing both correspondence and miscellaneous printed and mimeographed material, with printed matter predominating. Some of the subjects include civil liberties, communism, and material on various right wing political groups. Some of the files relate to individuals such as: William O. Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, Hubert H. Humphrey, Joseph McCarthy, Leland Olds, Lillian Smith, Harold E. Stassen, Harry S. Truman, and Henry Wallace. This series also includes the correspondence, 1917-1965, of ADA's director of publicity.

ADA World, correspondence 1947 May-1964 March

Appeal to Liberals, correspondence 1948 October

Asia Policy Commission, correspondence 1950 September-1951 December

Booklist, 1962

California, correspondence 1947 January-1960 November

Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1946 November -1953 November

Civil Liberties, correspondence 1946 March-1964 August

Clippings
Note: Boxes 3-65 were not microfilmed.

1949 June-August; 1953 June-August

1953 August-October

1953 October-December

1954 January

Harry Dexter White Case, 1953-1954

1954 February

1954 March-April

1954 April-June

1954 June-July

1954 August-September

1954 September-October

1954 October

1954 October-December

1954 December-1955 February

1955 February-March

1955 April -May

1955 June-August

1955 August-October

1955 November-1956 January

1956 January-February

1956 March-April

1956 May

1956 June-July

1956 August

1956 August-September

1956 October

1956 November-1957 January

1957 February-May

1957 June-September

1957 October-1958 January

1958 February-May

1958 June-September

1958 October-December

1959 January-March

1959 April-July

1959 August-November

1959 December-1960 March

1960 April-July

1960 July-September

1960 September-December

1961 January-April

1961 May-September

1961 October-December

1961 December-1962 February

1962 February-April

1962 April-June

1962 July-September

1962 September-October

1962 October-December

1963 January-April

1963 May-August

1963 September-December

1964 February-June

1964 June-August

1964 August-September

1964 September

1964 September

1964 September

1964 October

1964 October

1964 October

1964 October

1964 October-November

1964 November-1965 January

Clippings and Printed Material

ADA Feature Stories and Articles, 1951-1964

Communism, 1936-1962

Communist Pronouncements, 1955-1963

Communist Party Convention, 1957 February 9-12

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Extracts from Press Conferences on Particular Issues, [1955]

1956

Press Conferences, 1953-1961

Speeches, 1953-1959

Elections, 1960 Presidential, Goldwater Quotes 1960-1963

Elections, 1962, Candidates and Campaign Issues 1962

"Humphrey-in-1960-Committee", 1959-1960

Issues (Domestic) of Interest to ADA, 1953-1963

A-H

I-Z

Issues (Foreign) of Interest to ADA, 1953-1963,

Johnson, Lyndon B.

1955-1959, 1963-1964

Press Conferences, 1963-1964

Speeches and Statements, 1963-1964

Kennedy, John F.

Death of, 1963

1950-1961

Press Conferences, 1961-1963

Speeches, 1961-1963

Statements and Messages, 1961-1963

Warren Commission Report, 1964

Miscellaneous, 1947 January-1964 November

Political Personalities, 1953-1957

A-D

E-Z

Communism, 1946 March-1961 October

Communism, Radio Broadcasts 1953

Connecticut, correspondence 1947 April-1955 March

Correspondence

1947 January-1949 December

1950 January-1954 December

1955 January-1958 March

1958 April-1961 June

1961 July-1964 September

1964 November-December

1965 January-March

"Crossroad Papers," correspondence 1962 September-1965 March

Douglas, William 0. 1948 July

Editorials and ADA Replies, correspondence 1952 August-1964 July

Eisenhower, Night D., correspondence 1948 June-July

"Facts Forum", 1952 September-1955 October

Fund for the Republic, correspondence 1954 November-1957 May

Georgia, 1948 January

Germany, correspondence 1946 November-1950 March

Goldwater, Barry, correspondence 1961 December-1963 November

Guide to Politics, correspondence 1953 June-1956 April

Greece, 1947

Hollywood Ten, correspondence 1947 October-November

Humphrey, Hubert H., correspondence 1947 February-1959 February

Illinois, correspondence 1947 October-1950 March

India, correspondence 1950 December-1951 October

Joint Committee on the Economic Report, correspondence 1946 April-1947 October

(ADA) Journal, correspondence 1947 October-November

Labor, 1947 April-1950 April

Lee, Jennie, correspondence 1947 October-November

Liberalism, correspondence 1951 March-July

Loyalty Order, correspondence 1947 April-1950 December

Magazines, correspondence 1947 January-1962 March

Marshall Plan, correspondence 1947 August

Maryland, correspondence 1947 June-1955 April

Massachusetts, correspondence 1947 May-1964 November

McCarthy, Joseph

Correspondence, 1953 March-1954 December

Clippings, 1952 January-1954 March

Michigan, correspondence 1947 July-1953 June

Mimeographed Materials, 1947-1949

Mimeographed Materials, 1950-1962

Minnesota, correspondence 1947 May-1949 January

Mobilization Conference, 1949 July-1950 September

National Planning Association, 1944-1952

New Jersey, correspondence 1949 February-1964 October

New York, correspondence 1947 February-1960

Ohio, correspondence 1948 September-1953 October

Olds, Leland, correspondence 1949 September

The Only War We Seek, correspondence 1951 January-1952 March

Oregon, 1947 October-1948 April

Pacific Foundation (KPFA, WBAI) 1960-1961

Pennsylvania, correspondence 1947 July-1955 August

Press Releases

1947-1951 June

1951 July-1955 May

1955 June-1958 May

1958 June-1959 May

1959 June-1965 February

Primaries, Campaigns, Elections 1948

"Public Relations Primer for ADA Chapters", 1953-1954

Radio Programs, correspondence 1947 March-1964 February

Rent Control, correspondence 1946 August-1947 November

Right Wing Materials

Americans for Constitutional Action, 1957 December-1962 October

Anti-Right Wing Clippings and Speeches, 1961 April-1962 April

Christian Anti-Communist Crusade, 1959 March-1964 April

Clippings and Speeches, 1952 July-1961 December

Clippings and Speeches, 1962 January-1963 December

Correspondence, 1958 August-1962 October

John Birch Society, correspondence 1961 November-1962 January

Young Americans for Freedom, correspondence 1961 February-1963 June

Roosevelt Day Dinners

Chapter Participation, correspondence

1947 April-1951 February

1951 September-1954 December

1955 January-1958 December

1959 January-1961

1961 April-1963 May

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1949

1948 July-1949 May

1949 June-1950 July

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1950

1949 July-1950 June

1950 February-December

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1951

1951 January-February

1951 August-1952 May

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1952, 1951 August-1952 May

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1953

1952 January-December

1953 January-February

Organizational Affairs for 1954 Dinner, correspondence 1953 July-1954 June

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1956, 1955 August-1956 February

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1957, 1956 October-1957 April

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1958

1957 July-1958 February

1958 February

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1959, 1959 January

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1960, 1959 March-1960 March

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1961, 1960 December-1961 February

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1962, 1961 November-1962 January

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1963, 1962 January-1963 February

Organizational Affairs for Dinner, correspondence 1965, 1965 January

Satirical Materials, 1955-1959

Smith, Lillian, correspondence 1947 June-1948 February

Speeches

1947

1948 January-1963 April

Stassen, Harold E. 1948-1950

Television Programs, 1953 October-1964 December

Tennessee, correspondence 1947 May-1949 May

Texas, correspondence 1953 October-1955 June

Travel Programs, 1962

Truman, Harry S. 1947 June-1948 July

United Automobile Workers, correspondence 1947 July-1950 March

Vietnam, 1965 February-March

(ADA) Voting Guide-1956, correspondence 1956 April

Wallace, Henry

Correspondence, 1947 May-1949 April

Clippings and Speeches

1945 January-1948 April

1948 May-1951 June

Washington, D.C., correspondence 1947 October-1954 October

Workshops, correspondence 1953 February-1955 July

Wyatt, Wilson, correspondence 1947 February-1950 February

Clipping Scrapbooks
Note: Volumes 1-11 were not microfilmed.

1946 December 23-1947 January 13

1947 January 14-1947 March 21

1947 March 23-1947 July 24

1947 July 25-1947 September 23

1947 September 24-1947 December 12

1947 December 9-14

1947 December 14-1948 February 25

1948 February 24-1948 March 11

1948 March 11-1948 March 31

1953 January 1-1953 May 9

1953 April 7-1953 May 23