G. Donald Kennedy papers, 1928-1968.

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G. Donald Kennedy papers, 1928-1968.

Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, and reports relating to his professional career; contain files relating to his work as municipal engineer in Pontiac, with the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority, the American Association of State Highway Officials, the Automotive Safety Foundation, and the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; include papers relating to highway and airport construction, to economic mobilization during World War II, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, Democratic Party politics. And the campaign visit of Franklin Roosevelt to Michigan in 1936. Correspondents include: Prentiss M. Brown, Richard E. Byrd, Albert E. Cobo, Frederick Delano, James A. Farley, Edward Jefferies, Edward H. Litchfield, Thomas H. McDonald, Rodolfo Michelf, Frank Murphy, Chase Osborn, George Romney, Charles Sorenson, Murray D. Van Wagoner, Henry A. Wallace, and G. Mennen Williams.

6 linear ft. (7 boxes) and 15 v. [outsize].

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SNAC Resource ID: 7359047

Bentley Historical Library

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