Details

Subject(s)

• Ambassadors—20th century—United States [Browse]
• Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 [Browse]
• Political oratory [Browse]
• Presidential candidates [Browse]
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 [Browse]
• Cuba—History—Invasion, 1961 [Browse]
• Illinois—Politics and government—1865-1950 [Browse]
• United States—Politics and government—1945-1989 [Browse]
• Chicago Council on Foreign Relations [Browse]
• Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies [Browse]
• Democratic National Committee (U.S.) [Browse]
• Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation [Browse]
• United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration [Browse]
• United Nations [Browse]
• United Nations. Security Council [Browse]
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization [Browse]
• Ball, George W. [Browse]
• Cleveland, Harlan [Browse]
• Cousins, Norman [Browse]
• Dick, Jane [Browse]
• Field, Ruth [Browse]
• Fritchey, Clayton [Browse]
• Lasker, Mary [Browse]
• Stevenson, Ellen Borden [Browse]
• Wrzos, Konrad [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Audio tapes [Browse]
• Campaign literature, 1952—Democratic [Browse]
• Campaign literature, 1956—Democratic [Browse]
• Campaign speeches, 1952—Democratic [Browse]
• Campaign speeches, 1956—Democratic [Browse]
• Clippings [Browse]
• Correspondence [Browse]
• Photographs, Original [Browse]
• Scrapbooks [Browse]
• Speeches [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1861-2001 1952-1965

Restrictions note

The collection is open to research.

Summary note

• The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers document the public life of Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), governor of Illinois, Democratic presidential candidate, and United Nations ambassador. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, subject files, United Nations materials, personal files, photographs, and audiovisual materials, illuminating Stevenson's career in law, politics, and diplomacy, primarily from his first presidential campaign until his death in 1965.
• The Adlai E. Stevenson Papers contain correspondence, speeches, writings, campaign materials, United Nations materials, subject files, personal files, scrapbooks, travel materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The correspondence is a particularly rich resource for documenting all aspects of Stevenson's life and career. Stevenson's two presidential campaigns and service to the United Nations in both the 1940s and early 1960s are also well-documented in the appropriate series. The subject files illuminate Stevenson's career and civic activities prior to his election of governor of Illinois and also show his commitment to Chicago's benevolent institutions. The papers do not include materials from his governorship of Illinois which may be found at the Illinois State Historical Society in Springfield, Illinois.

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