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Hoskins Library
1401 Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-4000
865-974-4480
e-mail: special@utk.edu
© The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
Linear Feet: Collection contains
two folders.
Abstract: This collection, the
Estes Kefauver Papers, 1943-1964, contains 67 letters to or from Kefauver corresponding
with other political figures. Many of the letters are thank you notes, opinions
on particular bills, and for political appointments. There is also a photograph
of Kefauver and Walter Scheel of Germany, as well as two letters that do not
pertain to Kefauver, both of which are to Edwin Michael Hoffman of North Carolina.
Administrative Information
Statement of Provenance: Collection
was purchased in February 1997.
Copyright Statement: Copyright ©
2005. The University of Tennessee Libraries. All Rights Reserved. Permission
to use, copy, modify, and distribute these materials for educational, research,
and not-for-profit purposes, without fee and without a signed licensing agreement,
is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph
appear in all copies, modifications, and distributions. For commercial license
to use contact, University of Tennessee Libraries, Office of the Dean, Permissions,
1015 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996-1000.
Biographical Note: Carey Estes
Kefauver (1903-1963) was a U.S. House Representative (1939-1949), U.S. Senator
(1950-1963), and 1956 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate. He graduated
from the University of Tennessee in 1924 and Yale Law School in 1927. In 1935
he married Nancy Piggott, a native of Scotland.
During his years in the Senate, he served on the Committee to Investigate
Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, voted for the Civil Rights Acts of
1957 and 1960, and sponsored the Kefauver-Harris Drug Control Act of 1962.
He lost favor among Southerners with his support of the Brown v. Board of
Education (1954) decision to desegregate schools and when he and Albert Gore,
Sr., were the only southern senators to refuse to sign the Southern Manifesto,
intending to block school integration, in 1956.
In 1952, he lost to Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic Presidential Nomination,
but in 1956 he was Stevenson's Vice Presidential running mate.
Scope and Content: This collection,
the Estes Kefauver Papers, 1943-1964, contains 67 letters to or from Kefauver
corresponding with other political figures. Many of the letters are thank
you notes, including several for Christmas cards, Red River Valley Potatoes,
and Texan Ruby Red Grapefruit. Other letters deal with suggested political
appointments, opinions on particular bills, and various trips. Some of the
correspondents include Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Senator Adlai E.
Stevenson, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, President John F. Kennedy, Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and Vice President
Richard Nixon. Also, a photograph of Kefauver and Walter Scheel of Germany
is included.
There are two letters that do not pertain to Kefauver, both of which are to
Edwin Michael Hoffman of North Carolina. One is dated May 1959 from Senator
Barry Goldwater of Arizona, the other October 1964 from Governor Terry Sanford
of North Carolina.
Five of the items are from the 1940s (one in 1943 , one in 1947, the rest
from 1945). Between 1947 and 1955, there is only one letter from 1953. Eleven
are from the 1960s, including one seeming to have no connection to Kefauver.
The other 51 items are from the 1950s, the majority of them - a total of 38
- from 1957 and 1958.
The UT Special Collections Library holds several collections pertaining to
Estes Kefauver. The Martha Ragland Collection - Kefauver Campaign, Women's
Division 1948 is located at MS-883. These papers relate to the 1948 primary
and general election of Estes Kefauver to the United States Senate. Ragland
was chairman of the State Women's Division. The Estes Kefauver Papers, 1933-1939,
in MS-2025 is a collection of letters from family members, admirers, and the
future Mrs. Estes Kefauver. The Senator's political papers can be found in
MS-837. The Nancy Kefauver Collection in MS-2027 contains "mementos from Nancy
and Estes' life together," including photographs of their families, letters,
biographical sketches of Estes' political life, and information about the
Art in the Embassies Program.
Keywords
Tennessee
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate
Estes Kefauver
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Series/Container List
Folder 1
Item 1: Dollar bill with signatures and several dates, inscribed “To [The]
#1 Congressman Estes Kefauver;” dated January 8, 1943
Item 2: Letter to Kefauver from Eleanor Roosevelt about the Memorial Planning
Committee and the Hyde Park Library; dated June 14, 1945
Item 3: Letter to Donald L. O’Toole about the Joint Committee on the Library
and Mrs. Roosevelt’s letter; dated June 18, 1945
Item 4: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts
about streamlining Congress; dated October 19, 1945
Item 5: Letter from Kefauver to James Ellis about realigning parties; dated
August 27, 1947
Item 6: Letter from Kefauver to Nick D. Demopoulos about immigration; dated
November 16, 1953
Item 7: Copy of letter to Hubert Humphrey from Walter Scheel of Germany “Abgeordneter
des Deutschen Bundestages” about meeting Kefauver at the IPU summer session
in Helsinki, originally enclosed with photographs; dated December 1, 1955
Item 8: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota about
the IPU summer session, originally enclosed with a photograph (Item 9); dated
Item 9: Photograph of “Walter Scheel and Senator Kefauver taken during
summer session of IPU in Kelsinki;” 1955
Item 10: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Humphrey about Walter Scheel; dated
January 17, 1956
Item 11: Letter from Kefauver to Chilton O’Brien of Texas about supporting
his campaign for the Presidency; dated June 28, 1956
Item 12: Envelope to Kefauver from Senator John F. Kennedy; postmarked September
[1]8, 1956
Item 13: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Senator John F. Kennedy; dated October
1, 1956
Item 14: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey about the appointment
of Judge Irving Kaufman as a Circuit Judge in the Second Circuit; dated January
19, 1957
Item 15: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Humphrey about Kaufman; dated February
11, 1957
Item 16: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; dated May 9, 1957
Item 17: Letter to Kefauver from Drew Pearson about McCarthy column; dated May
12, 1957
Item 18: Letter to Kefauver from Billy Graham about the New York Crusade; dated
May 14, 1957
Item 19: Pamphlet “Why We Must Go to New York” by Billy Graham;
1957
Item 20: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Graham about the New York Crusade;
dated May 21, 1957
Item 21: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; dated June 19, 1957
Item 22: Letter to Kefauver from Harry S. Truman; dated June 25, 1957
Item 23: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Hubert H. Humphrey; dated July 10,
1957
Item 24: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Jacob K. Javits of NY; dated July 21,
1957
Item 25: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Javits; dated August 2, 1957
Item 26: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; dated September
9, 1957
Item 27: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Senator John F. Kennedy; dated November
29, 1957
Item 28: Letter to Kefauver from Adlai E. Stevenson; dated December 21, 1957
Item 29: Letter to Kefauver from Stevenson; received December 23, 1957
Item 30: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Stevenson, sent to George Barrett of
Vanderbilt University; dated January 4, 1958
Item 31: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; dated January 2,
1958
Item 32: Letter to Kefauver from Jimmy Durante; dated January 11, 1958
Item 33: Letter to Kefauver from Lady Bird Johnson about Congressional Tea;
received January 16, 1958
Item 34: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Lady Bird Johnson about Congressional
Tea; dated January 20, 1958
Folder 2
Item 35: Letter to Kefauver from Governor Frank G. Clement of TN about
Arnold Jones and TVA; dated January 24, 1958
Item 36: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Austin E. Anson of the Texas Citrus
and Vegetable Growers and Shippers and letter from Anson about grapefruit for
all the members of Congress; dated March 3-10, 1958
Item 37: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson about grapefruit;
dated March 10, 1958
Item 38: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Edward E. Bartlett about grapefruit,
with postcard from Bartlett; dated March 11, 1958
Item 39: Letter to Kefauver from Colonel George W. Johnson about Brussels Fair;
dated April 11, 1958
Item 40: Letter from Kefauver to Col. Johnson about Brussels; dated April 28,
1958
Item 41: Letter to Kefauver from Senators William Langer, Milton R. Young, Edward
J. Thye, and Hubert H. Humphrey about Red River Valley potatoes; dated April
24, 1958
Item 42: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Thye about potatoes; dated April 25,
1958
Item 43: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Young about potatoes; dated April 25,
1958
Item 44: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Langer about potatoes; dated April
25, 1958
Item 45: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Humphrey about potatoes; dated April
25, 1958
Item 46: Letter to Kefauver from Vice President Richard Nixon about Pete Provencal;
dated July 11, 1958
Item 47: Letter to Kefauver from Senate Majority Whip Mike Mansfield; dated
August 19, 1958
Item 48: Letter and envelope to Kefauver from Director J. Edgar Hoover of the
FBI about soapbox racing; dated December 27, 1958
Item 49: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Hoover; dated December 31, 1958
Item 50: Letter to Kefauver from Senator John F. Kennedy about the death of
Kefauver’s father; ca. 1958
Item 51: Letter to Kefauver from Harry S. Truman; dated May 16, 1959
Item 52: Letter to Edwin M. Hoffman from Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona
about the Wilderness Bill; dated May 27, 1959
Item 53: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; dated July 20; 1959
Item 54: Letter and copy to Kefauver from the Attorney General [Robert F. Kennedy?]
about the appointment of the Western District of TN State Attorney; dated May
17, 1961
Item 55: Letter to Kefauver from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; dated May
29, 1961
Item 56: Letter to Kefauver from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy about the
appointment of Harry Mansfield as the Eastern District of TN Marshal; dated
November 21, 1961
Item 57: Letter to Kefauver from Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller of NY; dated
January 16, 1962
Item 58: Letter to Kefauver from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; dated April
5, 1962
Item 59: Letter to Kefauver from Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine; dated
July 24, 1962
Item 60: Letter to Kefauver from Member of Parliament Harold Wilson; dated April
9, 1963
Item 61: Letter to Kefauver from Harry S. Truman; dated May 22, 1963
Item 62: Receipt for Lynda Kefauver from Texaco Station; dated June 4, 1963
Item 63: Letter and envelope to Kefauver from Barry Sullivan about filming in
Britain and his daughter’s visit to D.C.; dated June 6, 1963
Item 64: Copy of letter from Kefauver to Barry Sullivan; dated June 12, 1963
Item 65: Letter to Kefauver from President John F. Kennedy wishing him a happy
birthday with Kefauver’s notes for a reply; dated July 26, 1963
Item 66: Copy of letter from Kefauver to President Kennedy; dated July 29, 1963
Item 67: Letter to Edwin M. Hoffman from Governor Terry Sanford of NC about
the Ku Klux Klan; dated October 21, 1964
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