History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett |
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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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Eisenhower Presidential Topics
Ike involved in war plans while in the War Department [photo courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library] The research projects listed below are merely a sample of the wide variety of topics available for research at the Eisenhower Library. Many of the projects pertain to Eisenhower's personal relationships or a are of a human interest nature; some concern domestic and foreign policy issues of the Eisenhower Presidency, and others pertain to World War II with individual projects also listed for the Korean War and Indochina. Each project listing cites the file locations, a topic heading, and briefly describes types of materials. All of the topics have been suggested by the Eisenhower Library staff. If you have questions, please feel free to ask the Library staff about these or any other materials in their holdings. 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower's correspondence with his brothers (Boxes-11-12, Name Series, Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, Ann Whitman File.) These boxes contain correspondence exchanged between Dwight D. Eisenhower and his brothers, Arthur, Earl, Edgar, and Milton. The correspondence with Edgar reflects the frequent disagreements Edgar and Dwight had on policy matters. Milton's correspondence, in comparison, may reflect his role as a confidential adviser to the President. 2. "On the Beach": Growing fears over nuclear war (Box 15, Cabinet Series, Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President, Ann Whitman File.) The controversial movie, "On the Beach," which depicted a world devastated by nuclear war, was discusses at the Cabinet meeting of December 11, 1959. While the minutes of the meeting contain only a few paragraphs on the movie, this file also contains a Cabinet paper discussing "On the Beach" plus a paper outlining possible questions raised by the movie. Perhaps this will bring back memories of the nuclear radiation debates in the 1950s. 3. The Cranberry Scare (Box 542, White House Central Files, Official File, OF 110-N-11-Cranberries). Perhaps some of you can remember the controversy which surfaced around Thanksgiving, 1959 concerning cranberries contaminated by pesticides. This forerunner of pesticides controversies to come in later years is documented by reports, statements by such agencies as Health, Education and Welfare, and Agriculture, and a report by the President's Science Advisory Committee. 4. Civil Rights during the Eisenhower Administration (Box 731, White House Central Files, Official File, OF-142-A). This box contains rich documentation of the struggle for racial equality in American society and includes letters from Jackie Robinson and Adam Clayton Powell plus a message from Martin Luther King. 5. Little Rock Desegregation Crisis (Boxes 16-17, Subject Series, Alpha Subseries, Records of White House Staff Secretary). These boxes contain daily logs maintained by the U.S. Army units sent to keep peace in Little Central High School in the fall of 1957. The logs record the experiences of the nine black students first integrated into the high school plus incidents and reactions. Also found in these boxes are memoranda and notes reflecting the Administration's decision to send troops to Little Rocks. 6. United States--relations with the Soviet Union (Box 15, International Series, Records of White House Staff Secretary). In view of collapse of the Soviet Union, it might be interesting to look at U.S.-Soviet relations during the 1950s. This file contains memoranda of presidential conversations with Soviet officials, messages from the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union reporting on developments, and communications between President Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev. 7. The U-2 Incident: Crisis in U.S.-Soviet Relations (Box 25, Subject Series, Alpha Subseries, Records of the White House Staff Secretary). The 1950s were marked by tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet government. Ongoing efforts o the part of both governments to ease these tensions were sharply curtailed by downing of a U.S. high altitude reconnaissance plane over the U.S.S.R. in 1960. This file contains statements, messages, intelligence reports, plus reports on the Soviet trial of Francis Garry Powers, the American pilot captured by the Soviets. 8. Revolution in the Middle East: Iraq, 1958-60 (Box 4, Special Staff File, NSC Staff Papers, Iraq-Philip Halla Special File). During the the late 1950s, revolution broke out in Iraq. In 1959, the National Security Council established a special committee to monitor the Iraq situation. These folders contain a State Department paper outlining the Iraq problems, plus memoranda of Special Committee meetings. Many of these documents have been released only in part while others are still classified. A person using this file can experience the frustrations felt by researchers when seeing the sections of dots on sanitized documents and the seemingly interminable lists of items withdrawn because of security classifications. 9. The United States First Army in World War II, 1944-45 (Box 25, Papers of Courtney Hodges). This box contains a detailed diary kept by General Hodge's staff which records the U.S. First Army's campaigns on a daily basis. The diary covers the period from D-Day in June 1944 until the end of the war in Europe in May 1945. This diary describes combat operations, weather conditions and other aspects of waging war in Northwest Europe. 10. Kay Summersby's Diary (Box 140, Dwight D. Eisenhower's PrePresidential Papers, 1916-52). Do not expect to find lurid accounts of lovemaking between Ike and Kay Summersby, but instead, students will find an account of World War II in Europe and the functioning of General Eisenhower's headquarters as viewed by Ms. Summersby, a key member of Ike's office staff. 11. Psychological Warfare During World War II (Box 5, Papers of C.D. Jackson). C. D. Jackson served in General Eisenhower's headquarters as a civilian psychological warfare specialist. This box contains several folders of propaganda leaflets, some of which were written in several languages, memoranda and a report on the theory and practice of propaganda, and folders of intelligence reports on Germany and France. 12. Air Operations During World War II (Box 5, Papers of Lauris Norstad). 13. The Korean War, 1950-53 (Box 23, Papers of J. Lawton Collins). 14. Indochina, 1954-55 (Box 11, National Security Council Series, Briefing Notes Subseries, Records of the White House of Special Assistant for National Security Affairs). 15. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Religion (Box 48, Papers of Frederic Fox). 16. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Correspondence with Ruby Norman Lucier (Box 1, Papers of Ruby Norman Lucier). 17. 442nd Infantry Regiment, 1943-45 (Boxes 1527-1529, U.S. Army Unit Records). 18. Eisenhower as Elder Statesmen during the 1960s (Boxes 1-2, Augusta-Walter Reid Series of Post Presidential File). 19. World War II in the Pacific (Boxes 3-4, Papers of J. Lawton Collins, File Folders: "Operations of 25th Infantry Division in Central Solomons, August-October, 1943" (1)-(4)). 20. The Holocaust (Box "Porter", World War II Participants and Contemporaries Collection, File Folders: "Dachau," and "Letters May 1945"). 21. FBI Reports (Boxes 7-16, White House Office, Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, FBI Series, Various folders). 22. Salk Polio Vaccine (Boxes 601-602, White House Central Files, Official File, Folders: OF 117-I-1 (1-4). 23. St. Lawrence Seaway (Boxes 835-836, White House Central Files, Official File, Folders: OF 155-D-1 ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY 1953 (1-2), 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958-60 (1-2) and OF 155-D-1-A ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY CELEBRATION.) 24. Sputnik (Boxes 743-744, White House Central Files, Official File, Folders: OF 146-F OUTER SPACE (1-2), 146-F-1 SOVIET SATELLITES, 146-F-2 EARTH-CIRCLING SATELLITES (1-2), 146-F-2-A PROJECT SCORE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE FROM ATLAS SATELLITE "SCORE" LAUNCHED, 12/18/58). 25. U.S.S. NAUTILUS (Box 535, White House Central Files, Official File, OF 108-G-1 NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE). 26. The Rosenbergs (Box 411, White House Central Files, Official File, OF 101-R Rosenbergs-Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel (1-2)). 27. McCarthyism (Box 4, Papers of Fred A. Seaton, FAS Eyes Only Series, numerous folders). 28. Operation Alert (Boxes 47-49, White House Central Files, Folders: Operation Alert (1-27)). 29. Clare Booth Luce: Ambassador Extraordinaire (Oral history interview by John Luter, Columbia University, January 11, 1968). 30. James Hagerty: White House Press Secretary (Box 1 and 1a, James Hagerty Papers, Folders: All). 31. Jackie Cochran: Aviatrix, Businesswoman and Politician (Box 49, Jacqueline Cochran Papers, General File Series, Folder: Recording: Trip to Eisenhower in Paris Feb. 1952). 32. Edith Davis and the WACs (Boxes "Curtis" and "Davis," World War II Participants and Contemporaries Collection, Folders: All those pertaining to Edith Davis). 33. Eleanor Lansing Dulles: Relief Work in World War I (Boxes 14-15, Eleanor Lansing Dulles Papers, Folders: All the "Letters from France" folders in box 14 and the "Diary re Refugee Relief Work" and "American Relief Work in France...Scrapbook" folders in Box 15). 34. 1919 Transcontinental Convoy (Box 1, U.S. Army Transport Corps, First Transcontinental Motor Convoy, Folders: entire box; and Box 967, White House Central Files, President's Personal File, Folder: PPF 1075, GREANY, Maj. William C.). 35. Ike and Children (Boxes 725-728 [these will be processed shortly], White House Central Files, President's Personal File, Folders PPF 28-B Letters to Children -- Heart Interest). 36. White House Staff Secretary: L. Arthur Minnich (Box 1, White House Office of the Staff Secretary, L. Arthur Minnich Series, Folders: Miscellaneous A through W). 37. I Miss Ike...Hell, I Even Miss Harry! (Box 116, Pre-Presidential Papers of Dwight Eisenhower, Folders: TRUMAN, Harry S. (1-4) and Box 33, Papers of Dwight Eisenhower as President, Name Series, Folders: TRUMAN, Harry S. 8/12/52-1/15/53 (1-4) and TRUMAN, Harry S 1/23/53-5/2/59).
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