The Library of Congress >  Researchers >  Search Finding Aids  >  Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-2004

Daniel J. Boorstin papers, 1882-2004

Contact UsHelpSearch All Finding Aids
Access restrictions apply.Some or all content stored offsite.
ContainerContents
BOX 1-6 Part I: Family Papers, 1891-1995
Correspondence between Boorstin and family members with attachments and enclosures, estate papers, invitations, writings, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein by name of family member.
BOX 1 Correspondence
Boorstin, Anna (niece), 1975-1984
Boorstin, David (son) and family, 1959-1986, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Jonathan (son) and family, 1959-1987, undated
(5 folders)
Boorstin, Louis (nephew), 1980-1984
Boorstin, Paul (son) and family, 1951, 1959-1984, 1992-1993, undated
(5 folders)
Boorstin, Robert L. (brother), 1965-1970, undated
Boorstin, Robert O. (nephew), 1976-1986, undated
BOX 2 Boorstin, Ruth Frankel (wife), 1951-1987, undated
(7 folders)
Boorstin, Samuel (father), 1954-1963
Frankel, Bennett (brother-in-law) and family, 1957-1960, 1970-1973
Frankel, J. M. (father-in-law) and family, 1950-1964, undated
(4 folders)
Olsan, Frances (aunt), 1960-1983
Other relatives, 1970, 1978-1982
Pakula, Hannah (sister-in-law) and family, 1973-1987
Other papers
Boorstin, Benjamin (grandfather), 1891-1894, undated
Boorstin, David (son)
1950, 1957-1968
BOX 3 1971-1985, undated
Boorstin, Dora (mother), 1933-1948
Boorstin, Jonathan (son)
Academic file, 1951-1970, undated
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1950-1991, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Paul (son) and Sharon (daughter-in-law)
Miscellaneous
1944-1979
BOX 4 1980-1986, undated
Wedding, 1967-1968
Writings, 1962-1983, 1991, undated
(4 folders)
Boorstin, Robert L. (brother), 1928, 1946, 1967
Boorstin, Robert O. (nephew), 1979-1982
Boorstin, Ruth Frankel (wife)
Academic file, 1937, 1963-1964
American Civil Liberties Union, 1942-1943, undated
Biographical information, 1950-1985, undated
BOX 5 Correspondence
General, 1959-1964, 1970-1993, undated
Hall, Wyn, 1950-1987, undated
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1957, 1964, 1985, undated
National Opinion Research Center, 1957-1961, undated
Newspaper column, 1959-1969, undated
Passports and permits, 1950-1985
Women's National Bank, 1979-1981, undated
Writings, 1939-1941, 1948, 1955, 1976-1987, undated
(2 folders)
Boorstin, Samuel (father)
1907-1909, 1917-1923, 1933-1966
(3 folders)
BOX 6 1967-1983, 1995
(3 folders)
Frankel, Bennett (brother-in-law), 1979
Miscellaneous, 1931, 1957-1984, undated
Pakula, Hannah (sister-in-law) and family, 1980-1985, undated
BOX 6-63 Part I: University of Chicago and Smithsonian Institution File, 1944-1975
BOX 6-8 Calendars, 1958-1975
Calendars recording Boorstin's personal and public activities while a professor at the University of Chicago and director and senior historian of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 6 1958-1962
(3 folders)
BOX 7 1963-1972
(5 folders)
BOX 8 1973-1975
(4 folders)
BOX 8-63 Subject File, 1944-1975
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, interviews, notes, course outlines and examinations, background material, minutes of meetings, invitations, photographs, certificates, programs, newspaper clippings, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, topic, or type of material.
BOX 8 Aaronson, Alfred, 1956-1959
Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Hollywood, Calif., 1969-1972
Ackerman, James S., 1967
Adult Education Council for Greater Chicago, Ill., 1960-1966
Advisory Committee for the Bicentennial Project on American Science and Technology, 1973
Agar, Herbert, 1954-1965
Agnew, Spiro T., 1970-1973
(2 folders)
Aaronson, Alfred, 1956-1959
Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Hollywood, Calif., 1969-1972
Ackerman, James S., 1967
Adult Education Council for Greater Chicago, Ill., 1960-1966
Advisory Committee for the Bicentennial Project on American Science and Technology, 1973
Agar, Herbert, 1954-1965
Agnew, Spiro T., 1970-1973
(2 folders)
BOX 9 Agriculture Department, 1966
Albert, Carl, 1973-1975
Alexander, Edward P., 1969-1972
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Mass., 1963-1975
American Antiquarian Society, 1968-1975
American Broadcasting Co., "Sounding Board" program, 1959-1960
American Council of Learned Societies, 1954-1975
American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., 1973-1975, undated
American Film Institute
1972-1974
(5 folders)
BOX 10 1975
(2 folders)
American Heritage Advisory Council of Historians, 1972-1974
American Heritage Publishing Co., 1972-1974
American Historical Association
General, 1961-1975
Moses Coit Tyler Prize, 1960-1961
Service Center for Teachers of History, 1963-1967
American Institute of Interior Designers, 1974
American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1961-1969
American Marketing Association, 1973-1975
American Oxonian, 1961-1974
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
1966-1967
(2 folders)
BOX 11 1968-1973, undated
(3 folders)
American Society for Legal History, 1957-1971
American Studies Association, 1959-1972
Next Page »

Contents List