Thomas E. Coleman Papers, 1914-1964

Appendix: Lists of Prominent Correspondents

These lists have been broken down by the major series. In cases where a correspondent frequently appeared in some months or years, exact dates have not been given.

Series 1: Personal Correspondence and Papers
  • Styles Bridges, 1959 November 12
  • Wayne Hood, 1958 October-November, 1959 October-November
  • Victor Johnston, 1954 November, 1959 October
  • James Scott Kemper, 1954 October, 1964 February 19
  • Warren P. Knowles, 1957 April 26
  • W.H. “Bill” Lawrence, 1963 May 22
  • I. Jack Martin, 1953 March-June
  • John F. “Jack” Mills, 1963 May-June
  • Jack Rouse, 1953 June 19, 1963 May 20
  • Arthur E. Summerfield, 1962 March 15, 1963 September 25
  • Chester O. Wanvig Jr., 1959 April 1
  • Wendell Willkie, 1943 December 28
Series 2: Political Correspondence and Papers
  • Joseph W. Alsop, 1954 February-March, regarding a misrepresentation of Coleman's position printed in the Alsop column. See also letters from prominent Republicans concerning this matter.
  • Ray C. Bliss, 1950 March 8, 1954 March 8
  • Owen Brewster, 1949-1950 Styles Bridges, 1956 July
  • Styles Bridges, 1956 July
  • John W. Byrnes, 1949 June-July; 1953 April 1; 1954, 1963 June, August
  • Glenn Davis, 1953 October 23; 1955 April, 1956, 1961 October 9; 1962 January 2, December 5
  • Cecil B. de Mille, 1952 October 16
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 June 5
  • William T. Evjue, 1950 June, regarding Madison Capital Times libel suit
  • Leslie H. Fishel Jr., 1960 July 20, regarding the history of the 1960 Republican National Convention
  • Barry Goldwater, 1959 January 23
  • Walter S. Goodland, 1946 April, June 5
  • Harvey V. Higley, 1959-1960, regarding movement to nominate Richard M. Nixon as the Republican Presidential candidate
  • Wayne Hood, 1951-1956, 1958-1963
  • Victor Johnston, 1946 March 28; 1959 January 19; 1962 April 12; 1963 April, September 16
  • James Scott Kemper, 1944-1956, 1960 June-November
  • Charles J. Kersten to Richard M. Nixon, 1952 October 23, regarding campaign tactics
  • Warren P. Knowles, 1959 April 23, 1963 September
  • Philip G. “Buz” Kuehn, 1959 April-May, September, 1961 June, October-November
  • Melvin Laird, 1956 May 31, 1956 June-July, 1961 August 25, December 27
  • W.H. “Bill” Lawrence, 1954 January, 1956 June 1, 1959 November 30, December 2
  • Clarence Manion, 1959 June-July, regarding movement to nominate Barry Goldwater as the Republican Presidential candidate
  • John F. “Jack” Mills, 1961-1962
  • Richard M. Nixon, 1960 October
  • Ronald Reagan, 1962 May 28
  • T.J. Reardon, 1955 January 28 regarding Senator John F. Kennedy's nomination of Senator Robert A. Taft for Man of the Year in 1955
  • Henry Ringling, 1948-1949, 1953 October 23., 1954 March 10
  • Hugh D. Scott Jr., 1949-1952
  • Harold E. Stassen, 1947 December, 1948 June
  • Arthur E. Summerfield, 1948-1962
  • Robert A. Taft, 1949 June 28
  • Robert A. Taft Jr., 1963 September 30, October-December
  • Harold Talbot, 1951 January 18, June 19, 1954 March 12
  • Chester O. Wanvig Jr., 1950-1951, 1954, 1958 May
  • Alexander Wiley, 1949 July 6
  • John Wyngaard, 1955 September, 1956 January
Series 3: Senator Robert A. Taft Campaign of 1952
  • Styles Bridges, 1952 June 21
  • Homer E. Capehart, 1952 June 21
  • Cecil B. de Mille, 1952 July 28
  • Thomas E. Dewey to Dewitt T. Van Alen, 1952 July 10
  • Everett McKinley Dirksen, 1952 July 29
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 August 8
  • L. Richard Guylay, 1951 October November
  • John D. M. Hamilton, throughout the correspondence
  • Harvey V. Higley, throughout the correspondence
  • David S. Ingalls, throughout the correspondence
  • William E. Jenner, 1952 June 16
  • Victor Johnston, throughout the correspondence
  • James Scott Kemper, 1952 June
  • Warren P. Knowles, 1952 July 16
  • W.H. “Bill” Lawrence, 1954 August 16
  • Henry Cabot Lodge, 1952 June 25, July 1
  • Joe McCarthy, 1952 June 20
  • I. Jack Martin, throughout the correspondence
  • John F. “Jack” Mills, throughout the correspondence
  • John G. Pegg, 1952 June 25, Memo “Report on Colored Delegates”
  • Jack Rouse, 1952 January-June
  • Harold E. Stassen, 1952 August 11
  • Arthur E. Summerfield, 1951 December 10
  • Robert A. Taft, throughout the correspondence
  • Benjamin E. Tate, throughout the correspondence
  • A.C. Wedemeyer, 1952 June-July
Series 4: Robert A. Taft Memorial Foundation
  • Sherman Adams, 1956 April 13
  • Ezra Taft Benson, 1955 October 18, 1959 February 5
  • John W. Bricker, 1955 October 4
  • Styles Bridges, 1955 December 12
  • Clarence J. Brown, throughout the correspondence
  • Katherine Kennedy Brown, throughout the correspondence
  • Walther Buchen, 1955 August 11, September 2, November 28, December 7, 1956 July 27-31
  • John M. Christie, throughout the correspondence
  • May Preston Davie, throughout the correspondence, see especially 1960 May 31
  • Everett McKinley Dirksen, 1955 December 8, 1956 January 17
  • Robert V. Fleming, throughout the correspondence
  • Barry Goldwater, 1956 January 13, 1957 December 2
  • L. Richard Guylay, throughout the correspondence
  • Herbert Hoover, 1955 October 28
  • George Humphrey, 1955 October 17
  • David S. Ingalls, throughout the correspondence
  • Pauline Isaacson, 1954 October 26-1955 March 3; 1956 February 21-27; 1958 December 29-1959 March 23; 1959 August 3-September 18, November 13, December 31-1960 February 18; 1960 May 17-20 regarding Taft biography
  • William E. Jenner, 1956 January 13
  • Philip G. Kuehn, 1955 September 16; 1958 May 20
  • Melvin Laird, 1956 January 16
  • I. Jack Martin, throughout the correspondence
  • Joseph W. Martin, 1956 February 13, to Lewis B. Perkins
  • John F. “Jack” Mills, throughout the correspondence
  • B. Carroll Reece, throughout the correspondence, especially from Thomas E. Coleman, 1960 May 26
  • Lawrence E. Spivak, 1955 August 11-22, 1956 January 6
  • Lewis L. Strauss, 1955 November 8
  • Arthur E. Summerfield, 1956, May 28, 1958, July 31
  • Robert A. Taft Jr., 1955 August 10-December; 1956 May 14; 1957 February 14-20; 1958 May 27-29
  • Ben E. Tate, throughout the correspondence
  • A.C. Wedemeyer, 1955 December 12