Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph) 1914-2004 creator mixed material monographic eng 140,350 401 31 171.2 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. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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 Educators Historians Librarians of Congress mm 82056606 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009034.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 820618 20260227111715.0 mm 82056606