06838cpcaa2201069 a 4500 mm 81058347 DLC 20260227111709.0 cr ||||||||||| 820107|||||||||||| eng mm 81058347 DLC DLC DLC dacs R lcmd Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919- Edward William Brooke papers, 1956-1988 (bulk 1963-1978). 240,000 items. 656 containers plus 2 classified and 31 oversize. 273.6 linear feet. Arranged in 9 series. Series 1: Attorney General Office Files, 1962-1966; Series 2: Senatorial Papers, 1965-1978; Series 3: Speeches and Writings File, 1961-1980; Series 4: Campaign Materials, 1960-1978; Series 5: Political File, 1963-1978; Series 6: Legal File, 1979-1988; Series 7: Miscellany, 1956-1988; Series 8: Oversize, 1966-1973; and Series 9: Classified, 1974. Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, transcripts of interviews, reports, notes, subject files, draft and printed legislative bills, briefing books, press releases, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Brooke's career as attorney general of Massachusetts (1963-1966) and as U.S. senator (1967-1978). Brooke's cases as attorney general pertain to conflict of interest, consumer protection, corruption, eminent domain, and the case against Albert De Salvo, known as the Boston Strangler. His chief interest as senator concerned such domestic issues as housing, the aged, and poverty. Other topics include the bicentennial of the American Revolution, civil rights, unfair competition, economic conditions in Massachusetts, energy policy, fishing rights, foreign policy, military base closures, military policy, the financial crisis of New York, N.Y., nominations of Clement H. Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell to the U.S. Supreme Court, Vietnam war, and the Watergate scandal. Includes materials relating to Brooke's participation in Republican party politics; papers (1979-1988) from his private legal practice in Washington, D.C., relating primarily to cases involving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and files of from the Massachusetts assistant attorney generals office. Correspondents include Howard H. Baker, John S. Bottomly, Jimmy Carter, Silvio O. Conte, Clarence Elam, Gerald R. Ford, Albert A. Gammal, Mark O. Hatfield, Hubert H. Humphrey, Jacob K. Javits, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kivie Kaplan, Edward T. Martin, Richard M. Nixon, Glendora M. Putnam, Harold Putnam, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Francis W. Sargent, Hugh Scott, Josiah A. Spaulding, John A. Volpe, Roger Woodworth, and Charlotte Yaffee. Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. First popularly elected African American to serve in U.S. Senate, lawyer, and attorney general of Massachusetts. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009033 Baker, Howard H. (Howard Henry), 1925- Correspondence. Bottomly, John S. Correspondence. Carswell, G. Harrold (George Harrold), 1919-1992. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Correspondence. Conte, Silvio O. (Silvio Ottavio), 1921-1991 Correspondence. De Salvo, Albert Henry, 1931- Elam, Clarence Correspondence. Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 Correspondence. Gammal, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1928- Correspondence. Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011 Correspondence. Haynsworth, Clement F. (Clement Furman), 1912-1989. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 Correspondence. Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986 Correspondence. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Correspondence. Kaplan, Kivie, 1904-1975 Correspondence. Martin, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1910- Correspondence. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Correspondence. Putnam, Glendora M., 1923- Correspondence. Putnam, Harold, 1916- Correspondence. Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 Correspondence. Sargent, Francis W., 1915-1998 Correspondence. Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994 Correspondence. Spaulding, Josiah A., 1922-1983 Correspondence. Volpe, John A. Correspondence. Whitehead, Donald W. (Donald Wharton), 1929- Woodworth, Roger Correspondence. Yaffee, Charlotte Correspondence. Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office. United States. Supreme Court. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) African American legislators. Older people. American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976. Civil rights. Competition, Unfair. Conflict of interests. Consumer protection. Political corruption. Eminent domain. Energy policy. Fishery law and legislation. Housing. Military base closures. Military policy. Murder Massachusetts Boston. Poverty. Practice of law Massachusetts. Practice of law Washington (D.C.) Vietnam War, 1961-1975. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. Massachusetts Economic conditions. New York (N.Y.) Appropriations and expenditures. United States Foreign relations. United States Centennial celebrations, etc. United States Politics and government 1945-1989. Attorneys general Massachusetts. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress Massachusetts. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009033 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009033.3 43230 43230