Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with William Hopkins

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

OralHistoryResource

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with William Hopkins

1962-1998

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5711967

This is a transcript of five oral history interviews with William Hopkins. In the interviews Hopkins discussed his personal background; his entry into government service; his career as Executive Clerk in the White House; the organization and duties of the permanent White House staff, including the staffs of the Mail Room, the Telegraph Office, the Correspondence Section, the Switchboard, the Records Office, Central Filing, the Accounts, Purchases and Personnel Section, and the Messenger and Miscellaneous Service Units; White House personnel issues; storage of White House files; treatment of White House mail; presidential transitions; and Mrs. Hopkins's work for Dwight D. Eisenhower in the War Department. Individuals mentioned in these interviews include Rudolph Forster, Maurice Latta, Rita Ridenour, Herbert Miller, Wayne Hawks, John Ratchford, Noble Melencamp, Lillian “Rusty” Brown, Betty Bonsteel, Frank Sanderson, Sherman Adams, Jack Z. Anderson, Phillip Areeda, Evan Aurand, Edward Beach, J. William Barba, Stephen Benedict, Paul “Pete” Carroll, Earle Chesney, Dale Crittenberger, Robert Cutler, Fred Dearborn, Joseph Dodge, William Draper, John S.D. Eisenhower, Milton Eisenhower, Frank Evans, William Ewald, Arthur Flemming, Frederick Fox, Arthur Minnich, Gordon Gray, Robert K. Gray, Homer Gruenther, James Hagerty, Robert Hampton, Charles Willis, Bryce Harlow, Gabriel Hauge, Stephen Hess, Leo Hoegh, Emmet Hughes, C.D. Jackson, Roger Jones, David Kendall, Meyer Kestnbaum, Robert Kieve, James Lambie, Arthur Larson, Albert Leman, Edward McCabe, Gerry McCabe, Mary Jane McCaffree, Kevin McCann, F. Moran McConihe, Paul McCraken, H. Roemer McPhee, I. Jack Martin, Charles Masterson, Robert Merriam, L. Arthur Minnich, Robert Montgomery, Malcolm Moos, Gerald Morgan, E. Frederic Morrow, Don Paarlberg, Bradley Patterson, John Patterson, Wilton Persons, Val Peterson, David Peyton, Douglas Price, Howard Pyle, Max Rabb, Clarence Randall, Nelson Rockefeller, Stan Rumbough, Chris Russell, Robert Schulz, Fred Seaton, Howard Crim, Murray Snyder, Elmer Staats, Tim Stanley, Maurice Stans, Harold Stassen, John Steelman, Andrew Goodpaster, Roger Steffan, Louise Hackmeister, Thomas Stephens, Lewis Strauss, Richard Streiff, Edward Tait, Charles Willis, Walter Tkach, Albert Toner, Wayne Warrington, Gerald Weyrauch, Anne Wheaton, Ann Whitman, and Philip Young.

386 pages

eng, Latn

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6483446

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k17x25 (person)

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Areeda, Phillip E. (Phillip Elias), 1930-1995

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60m31k6 (person)

Phillip Elias Areeda (January 28, 1930 – December 24, 1995) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was of Lebanese ancestry. Areeda was an authority in antitrust law, and was often called upon to lend his expertise to academics and judiciaries. He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1954 after graduating from Harvard University. After law school, Areeda served in the U.S. Air Force for two years. In 1956, he became assistant special counsel to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, later joining the staff...

Hopkins, William J., 1910-2004

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb5sq7 (person)

William J. Hopkins (b. May 13, 1910, Netawaka, Kan.-d. July 29, 2004, Gainesville, Fla.) was an executive assistant and clerk to the President of the United States who served under seven presidents, from Herbert Hoover to Richard Nixon. During the Johnson Presidency, he served as Executive Clerk, White House Office, from 1963 thru July 1966, when his title changed to Executive Assistant, White House Office. A title he held from July 1966 thru 1969. He retired from government service in 1971. ...