Mamie Doud Eisenhower Papers. 1896 - 1979. Tributes on Death of General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Mamie Doud Eisenhower Papers. 1896 - 1979. Tributes on Death of General Dwight D. Eisenhower

1969

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Following General Dwight D. Eisenhower's death on March 28, 1969, members of the general public, religious and secular organizations, and foreign and domestic governments (along with their representatives) sought to commemorate his life and mourn his death through memorial tributes presented to Mamie Doud Eisenhower. The majority of tributes made by individuals are posthumous enrollments in various religious societies made on General Eisenhower's behalf. These enrollments include commemorative certificates embellished with religious iconography and are typically bound in book form. Along with the enrollment certificates there are eulogies, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches, newspaper articles, and in one instance a record of a donation to a charitable cause made in Eisenhower's name. Names of notable individuals offering tributes include Omar Bradley and Lyndon Johnson. Organizations offering tributes filed within this series are private, public, and non-governmental political bodies. Organizational bodies presented tributes such as posthumous enrollments in various religious denominations, resolutions, dedications in magazines, signature books, records of memorial exercises, and certificates. Tributes in the States and Counties subseries are almost exclusively decoratively embellished resolutions of condolence from states, counties, towns, foreign nations, United States territories, and overseas components of the United States military. The "White House" subseries series is a collection of condolence letters sent to the Nixon White House by foreign dignitaries and then collected and presented to Mamie Eisenhower. In some instances, correspondence accompanying the tributes is included with them along with responses from Mamie Eisenhower's secretary.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979

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Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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