Personal Correspondence, 1960-1964
Arranged in a correspondence subseries and a subject subseries. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by year and thereunder alphabetically by name of correspondent. The subject folders follow the correspondence and are arranged alphabetically. When first opened for research in 1976, this file was arranged in five subseries. To simplify research use and reference, the Library staff reorganized the folders. The original titles of the subject folders have almost always been retained though in a few cases (books, civil rights, and polls) related materials have been organized under a broader category.
Correspondence, memoranda, newsclips, polls, postcards, telegrams, several transcripts of telephone calls and statements, some notes, speeches, manuscript draft materials, a television script, some business cards,, legal briefs and maps.
These documents come from the correspondence handled by Robert F. Kennedy's personal secretary, Angela Novello, or from items she filed because of their personal significance to RFK. On the one hand, the file complements the General Correspondence, yet on the other it reveals a more personal side of Robert Kennedy. The range of documents runs from jottings and notes he made on election night in 1960 to information on skiing in New Mexico and briefing mterials received for foreign trips. There is information on a number of the Attorney General's particular interests such as civil rights, juvenile delinquency, and the National Service Corps. Though the correspondence folders contain the usual routine documents -- congratulatory messages, thank-you notes from newly appointed judges, Department of State telegrams and memoranda on foreign countries., letters with attached newsclips, there are many items of exceptional interest. For example, filed under Gubow, Larry, are legal documents on Jimmy 'Hoffa's suit against RFK and under Wyden, Peter, are copies of early John F. Kennedy letters. In addition there are two special subgroups of correspondence that follow the main body of correspondence: FAMILY, 1962-1964, and VIP, 1963-1964.
With the exception of the relatively few documents from 1960, the material is evenly divided for the period.
