Clark M. Clifford papers, 1883-1999 (bulk 1946-1998).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 29,000 items; 83 containers plus 5 classified and 1 oversize; 34.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 -- Correspondence
- Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989 -- Correspondence
- Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895- -- Correspondence
- Ball, George W. -- Correspondence
- Bayh, Birch, 1928- -- Correspondence
- Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 -- Correspondence
- Brown, Hillyard -- Correspondence
- Bundy, McGeorge -- Correspondence
- Bundy, William P., 1917- -- Correspondence
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- -- Correspondence
- Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977 -- Correspondence
- Colton, Barnum L. -- Correspondence
- Cook, Donald C. -- Correspondence
- Cooke, James -- Correspondence
- Dart, Justin Whitlock, 1907- -- Correspondence
- Davies, Joseph Edward -- Correspondence
- Eagleton, Thomas F., 1929-2007 -- Correspondence
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 -- Correspondence
- Firestone, Leonard K. (Leonard Kimball). 1907-1996 -- Correspondence
- Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995 -- Correspondence
- Halsell, Grace -- Correspondence
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 -- Correspondence
- Hassett, William D., 1880-1965 -- Correspondence
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 -- Correspondence
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 -- Correspondence
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Correspondence
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Correspondence
- Knight, John Shively, 1894-1981 -- Correspondence
- Laird, Melvin R. -- Correspondence
- Lance, Bert, 1931-2013 -- Correspondence
- Lashly, John H. (John Henderson), 1916-1987 -- Correspondence
- Lashly, Paul W. (Paul Webster). 1917-
- Mathias, Charles McC. (Charles McCurdy), 1922-2010 -- Correspondence
- McCullough, David G. -- Correspondence
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Correspondence
- McGrory, Mary, 1918- -- Correspondence
- Morgan, Edward P., 1910-1993 -- Correspondence
- Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996 -- Correspondence
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 -- Correspondence
- Porter, Paul Aldermandt, 1904-1975 -- Correspondence
- Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard), 1904- -- Correspondence
- Rostow, W. W. (Walt Whitman), 1916-2003 -- Correspondence
- Rowe, James H. (James Henry), 1909-1984 -- Correspondence
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 -- Correspondence
- Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007 -- Correspondence
- Truman, Bess Wallace -- Correspondence
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Correspondence
- Wadsworth, James Jeremiah, 1905- -- Correspondence
- Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993 -- Correspondence
- Williams, Edward Bennett -- Correspondence
- Bank of Credit and Commerce International
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- United States. Department of Defense
- United States. National Security Act of 1947
- Banks and banking
- Business
- Cold War
- Elections -- United States
- Industrial policy
- International relations
- Law -- United States
- National security
- Practice of law -- Washington (D.C.)
- Presidents -- United States -- Election
- Presidents -- United States -- Transition periods
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Cyprus -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Commerce
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Cabinet officers
- Lawyers
Restrictions apply.
Classified, in part.
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, congressional testimony, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Clark M. Clifford's personal and professional life including his role as an adviser and counsel to the Democratic administrations of Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter; his service as U.S. secretary of defense (1968-1969); and his career as a lawyer in Washington, D.C.
Subjects include the relationship between business and government, politics, national security, international relations, law, presidential elections and transitions, the Truman Doctrine, the National Security Act, the Vietnam war, Clifford's mission to Cyprus in 1977, his involvement with the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, and his role as personal lawyer for John F. Kennedy.
Correspondents include Dean Acheson, Joseph Alsop, Clinton Presba Anderson, George W. Ball, Birch Bayh, Edmund G. Brown, Hillyard Brown, McGeorge Bundy, William P. Bundy, Jimmy Carter, Tom C. Clark, Barnum L. Colton, Donald C. Cook, James Cooke, Justin Whitlock Dart, Joseph Edward Davies, Thomas F. Eagleton, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leonard K. Firestone, J. William Fulbright, Grace Halsell, W. Averell Harriman, William D. Hassett, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, John Shively Knight, Melvin R. Laird, Bert Lance, John H. Lashly, Paul W. Lashly, Charles McC. Mathias, David G. McCullough, George S. McGovern, Mary McGrory, Edward P. Morgan, Edmund S. Muskie, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Paul Aldermandt Porter, Elwood R. Quesada, W. W. Rostow, James H. Rowe, Dean Rusk, George A. Smathers, Bess Wallace Truman, Harry S. Truman, James Jeremiah Wadsworth, Thomas J. Watson, and Edward Bennett Williams.
Audio recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Lawyer and cabinet officer. Full name: Clark McAdam Clifford.
Collection material in English.
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