09844cpcaa2201465 4500 mm 96083793 DLC 20260227111725.0 cr ||||||||||| 960613|||||||||||| eng mm 96083793 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009. Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). 93,500 items. 268 containers plus 5 classified and 2 oversize. 107.2 linear feet. Part I arranged in 8 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1964-1996; Series 2: World Bank, 1958-1997; Series 3: Organizations, 1968-2002; Series 4: Subject File, 1960-2003; Series 5: Speeches and Writings, 1961-2000; Series 6: Miscellany, 1965-1998; Series 7: Classified, 1968-1992; and Series 8: Oversize, 1973-1974. Part II arranged in 9 series. Series 1: World Bank, 1967-2005; Series 2: Organizations, 1969-2006; Series 3: Subject File, 1946-2006; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1934-2006; Series 5: Miscellany, 1960-2009; Series 6: Classified, 1962-2002; Series 7: Top Secret, 1963-1967, 2000; Series 8: Sensitive Compartmented Information, 1962; and Series 9: Oversize, 1994. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, oral history transcripts, organization records, subject files, conferences and meetings files, background and research material, and other papers relating primarily to McNamara's private and public life following his service as U.S. secretary of defense, including his leadership of the World Bank, his role as counselor and adviser to various private corporations and nonprofit organizations and foundations, and his commentary on and advocacy for solutions to the critical domestic and foreign policy issues of the times. Includes drafts of his books, In Retrospect : The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam (1995) and Argument Without End : In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy (1999) as well as drafts of Wilson's Ghost : Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century co-written by McNamara and James G. Blight (2001). Subjects include arms control and nuclear policy; defense; domestic and international politics; East-West relations; economic policy; education, food, and health programs; environment; geopolitical issues; international development; onchocerciasis (river blindness); population; poverty; Third World countries in Africa and elsewhere; war and peace; and world hunger. Other subjects include McNamara's legacy as a leading strategist of the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and Westmoreland v. CBS et al., 1984-1985. Documents McNamara's association with organizations and conferences including the African Development Bank, Aspen Institute, Atlantic Council of the United States, Battelle Memorial Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Corning Incorporated, Council on Foreign Relations, Drug Strategies, East African Development Bank, Eminent Persons Group on Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons, Enterprise Foundation, Global Coalition for Africa, Henry L. Stimson Center, Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Investment in Nigeria, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, InterAction Council, International Irrigation Management Institute, National Committee on United States-China Relations, Overseas Development Council, Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Rockefeller Foundation, Trilateral Commission, Urban Institute, World Food Prize Foundation, and World Resources Institute. Correspondents include Graham T. Allison, James G. Blight, McGeorge Bundy, William P. Bundy, Lloyd N. Cutler, Alain C. Enthoven, Orville L. Freeman, Kurt Gottfried, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, W. Averell Harriman, Paul Hendrickson, Henry Kissinger, Frans M. Lurvink, Helmut Schmidt, Sargent Shriver, Gerard C. Smith, Carl E. Taylor, Stewart L. Udall, Cyrus R. Vance, and Barbara Ward. Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085 Allison, Graham T. Correspondence. Blight, James G. Correspondence. Bundy, McGeorge Correspondence. Bundy, William P., 1917- Correspondence. Cutler, Lloyd N. Correspondence. Enthoven, Alain C., 1930- Correspondence. Freeman, Orville L. Correspondence. Gottfried, Kurt Correspondence. Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward, 1920-1997 Correspondence. Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 Correspondence. Hendrickson, Paul, 1944- Correspondence. Kissinger, Henry, 1923- Correspondence. Lurvink, Frans M. Correspondence. Schmidt, Helmut, 1918 December 23- Correspondence. Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011 Correspondence. Smith, Gerard C. Correspondence. Taylor, Carl E. Correspondence. Udall, Stewart L. Correspondence. Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts), 1917-2002 Correspondence. Ward, Barbara, 1914-1981 Correspondence. Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 Trials, litigation, etc. African Development Bank. Aspen Institute. Atlantic Council of the United States. Battelle Memorial Institute. Brookings Institution. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. CBS Inc. Trials, litigation, etc. Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Corning Incorporated. Council on Foreign Relations. Drug Strategies (Organization) East African Development Bank. Eminent Persons Group on Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons. Enterprise Foundation. Global Coalition for Africa. Henry L. Stimson Center. Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Investment in Nigeria. Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. InterAction Council. International Irrigation Management Institute. National Committee on United States-China Relations. Overseas Development Council. Rockefeller Foundation. Trilateral Commission. Urban Institute. World Bank. World Food Prize Foundation. World Resources Institute. Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs. Arms control. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Economic development Developing countries. Education. Geopolitics. Hunger Developing countries. International relations. Nuclear weapons. Onchocerciasis. Peace. Population. Poverty. Security, International. Trials (Libel) Vietnam War, 1961-1975. War. World health. World politics 20th century. World politics 21st century. Developing countries. Cuba Foreign relations United States. Soviet Union Foreign relations. United States Economic policy 20th century United States Economic policy 21st century United States Defenses. United States Foreign relations 20th century. United States Foreign relations 21st century. United States Foreign relations Cuba. United States Military policy. United States Politics and government 20th century. United States Politics and government 21st century. Vietnam History 1945-1975. Cabinet officers. itoamc Executives. itoamc Blight, James G. Wilson's ghost : reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century. 2001. McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009. Argument without end : in search of answers to the Vietnam tragedy. 1999. McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009. In retrospect : the tragedy and lessons of Vietnam. 1995. McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009. Wilson's ghost : reducing the risk of conflict, killing, and catastrophe in the 21st century. 2001. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085.3 44382 44382