06702cpcaa2201009 a 4500 mm 82056606 DLC 20260227111715.0 cr ||||||||||| 820618|||||||||||| eng mm 82056606 DLC DLC DLC dacs L lcmd Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004. Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-1995 (bulk 1944-1994). 140,350 items. 401 containers plus 31 oversize. 171.2 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1891-1995; Series 2: University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975; Series 3: Library of Congress File, 1950-1995; Series 4: Speech File, 1943-1995; Series 5: Writings File, 1882-1995; Series 6: Miscellany, 1920-1993; and Series 7: Oversize, 1932-1975. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, calendars and schedules, speeches and writings, background and research material, family and estate papers, financial and legal documents, interviews, notes, course outlines and examinations, passports and travel documents, invitations, certificates, programs, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers documenting Boorstin's career as a professor of history at the University of Chicago, as director and senior historian of the National Museum of History and Technology, as the Librarian of Congress, and as the author of numerous works on American history and civilization and legal history. Includes material on the establishment of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, Boorstin's efforts to promote public interest in reading, and his association with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Japan-United States Friendship Commission, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Smithsonian Institution. Correspondents include Howard H. Baker, Jacques Barzun, Silvio A. Bedini, Edward L. Bernays, Warren E. Burger, Henry Steele Commager, Marcus Cunliffe, Maurice English, Abe Fortas, John Hope Franklin, Oscar Handlin, Helen Hayes, Richard Hofstadter, Hubert H. Humphrey, Henry Kissinger, Louis L'Amour, Dumas Malone, Peter C. Marzio, F.O. Matthiessen, Edmund Morris, Daniel P. Moynihan, Lewis F. Powell, Ronald Reagan, David Riesman, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, C. Vann Woodward, and Herman Wouk. Family papers consist primarily of correspondence and other papers relating to Boorstin, his wife, Ruth Frankel Boorstin, who edited or coauthored some of his works, and their sons, and his father, Samuel Boorstin. Most photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Librarian of Congress, author, educator, and historian. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034 Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives. Baker, Howard H. (Howard Henry), 1925- Correspondence. Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 Correspondence. Bedini, Silvio A. Correspondence. Bernays, Edward L., 1891-1995 Correspondence. Boorstin, Ruth Frankel. Boorstin, Samuel. Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995 Correspondence. Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 Correspondence. Cunliffe, Marcus Correspondence. English, Maurice Correspondence. Fortas, Abe Correspondence. Franklin, John Hope, 1915-2009 Correspondence. Handlin, Oscar, 1915-2011 Correspondence. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993 Correspondence. Hofstadter, Richard, 1916-1970 Correspondence. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 Correspondence. Kissinger, Henry, 1923- Correspondence. L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988 Correspondence. Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986 Correspondence. Marzio, Peter C. Correspondence. Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto), 1902-1950 Correspondence. Morris, Edmund Correspondence. Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003 Correspondence. Powell, Lewis F., 1907-1998 Correspondence. Reagan, Ronald Correspondence. Riesman, David, 1909-2002 Correspondence. Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007 Correspondence. Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim Correspondence. Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999 Correspondence. Wouk, Herman, 1915- Correspondence. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Japan-United States Friendship Commission. Library of Congress. Library of Congress Officials and employees. Library of Congress. Center for the Book. Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. National Endowment for the Humanities. National Museum of History and Technology. Smithsonian Institution. University of Chicago. Faculty. Books and reading United States. Law History. United States Civilization. United States Historiography. United States History. Authors. itoamc Educators. itoamc Historians. itoamc Librarians of Congress. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034.3 43665 43665