Barnes, James Martin,  1899-1958. <br/><br/>
James Martin Barnes papers, 1918-1958  (bulk 1943-1945). 

 - 12,000  items. 39  9  containers plus  oversize. 19  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 8 series.  Series 1: General Correspondence, 1943-1945; Series 2: Special Correspondence, 1924-1958; Series 3: Presidential File, 1942-1945; Series 4: Appointment and Patronage File, 1943-1945; Series 5: Subject File, 1943-1945; Series 6: Telephone Logs, 1943-1945; Series 7: Photographs and Miscellany, 1939-1940; and Series 8: Scrapbooks (Oversize), circa 1918-1942. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Barnes's service (1943-1945) as administrative assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Subjects include appointments, patronage, requests of servicemen, domestic political matters during World War II, and the interaction between the White House, Congress, the Democratic National Committee, and various executive departments, offices, and agencies.  Scrapbooks and photographs concern his earlier career and his service with the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I.  Correspondents include Chester Bowles, James Forrestal, Harry L. Hopkins, Lyndon B. Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Scott Wike Lucas, John W. McCormack, Sam Rayburn, and Eleanor Roosevelt. 
<br/><br/><br/>Lawyer, judge, and U.S. representative from Illinois. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010285 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78011833  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 --Correspondence.<br/>Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 --Correspondence.<br/>Hopkins, Harry L. 1890-1946 --Correspondence.<br/>Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963 --Correspondence.<br/>Lucas, Scott Wike, 1892-1968 --Correspondence.<br/>McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 --Correspondence.<br/>Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 --Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Marine Corps. <br/>Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Patronage, Political--United States.<br/>Presidents--Staff.--United States<br/>World War, 1914-1918.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Jurists.<br/>Lawyers.<br/>Representatives, U.S. Congress--Illinois.