Robert F. Kennedy Papers. 1937 - 6/6/1968. Robert F. Kennedy Papers: Attorney General Files: Speeches

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Robert F. Kennedy Papers. 1937 - 6/6/1968. Robert F. Kennedy Papers: Attorney General Files: Speeches

1961-1964

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SPEECHES, 1961 - 1964 3 boxes 1.2 Linear Feet Final copies of speeches with drafts, notes, and revisions in a few cases. This speech file is not a definitive collection of all the addresses, remarks, and speeches made by Robert F. Kennedy while Attorney General; nor do the folders normally contain the correspondence inviting him to speak or the background material, notes, and drafts used in preparing the final speech copy. However, there are a few folders that are more complete, and several are notable: 3/18/63, speech for theEmancipation Proclamation Centennial; 7/18/63, civil rights testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee; and 8/27/64, introduction to "A Thousand Days" at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. For the correspondence preceeding a speaking engagements refer to the Attorne@ General's General and Personal Correspondence especially for 1961-1962 and to the Invitations Correspondence. For example, correspondence for the Attorney General's University of Chicago Law Day Speech (5/1/64) is under Neal, Dean Phil C., in the Invitations Correspondence. For additional speeches from this period, see the Robert F. Kennedy Papers, 1964 Campaign, Reference Files, where Ed Guthman and John Nolan have arranged many of the Attorney General's speeches by subject.

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