David L. Hackett Papers. 1943 - 1968. Personal Letters Sent, 1943 - 1955

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David L. Hackett Papers. 1943 - 1968. Personal Letters Sent, 1943 - 1955

1943-1955

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This series of personal letters contains notes and other papers, including letters sent by Robert F. Kennedy to David L. Hackett. The letters were sent by Kennedy while attending Harvard University or from his military training post in Lewiston, Maine to Hackett at Milton Academy and later at his own military training post. Some of the later letters are notes that Kennedy sent to Hackett during Kennedy's trip to the former Soviet Union in the 1950s. There are also miscellaneous newspaper articles and Kennedy's own commentary about athletics at Milton Academy.

5 linear inches

eng, Latn

John F. Kennedy Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6493179

John F. Kennedy Library

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Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK and occasionally by the nickname Bobby, was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was the brother of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Senator Edward Moore Kennedy. Kennedy and his brothers were born into a wealthy,...

Hackett, David L., 1927-

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Born in 1927, David L. Hackett was later employed as an urban affairs consultant. Hailing from Indiana, he was a member of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign staff and served as the executive director of the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime from 1961 to 1962. By 1963, he had become a special assistant to the attorney general, Robert F. Kennedy. During the mid 1960s, following President Kennedy's assassination, Hackett served as the president of Policy Manag...