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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-007
This folder contains correspondence and background information about a meeting of the Conference on the Public Service, a group of individuals from government, foundations, and various other organizations who were interested in strengthening public administration and federal service. It includes letters from Laurin L. Henry of the Brookings Institution, and a speech by John J. Corson titled "Alleviating the Birth Pains of a New Administration."
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-006
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence related to a meeting between President Eisenhower and President-elect Kennedy, as well as handwritten notes taken by Clifford during the meeting. There are also a memorandum regarding the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an official briefing memorandum prepared for Kennedy, and copies of press releases from the meeting of President Truman and President-elect Eisenhower in 1952.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-005
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, and handwritten notes related to a meeting between President Eisenhower and President-elect Kennedy.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-004
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and notes concerning Clifford's interactions with General Wilton B. Persons, the Eisenhower administration's transition liaison. Topics include staff clearances, the appointment of aides, arrangements for employees to remain in the White House Office, daily operations requiring prompt attention, an overview of documentation prepared by the previous administration, arrangements for the transfer of responsibilities, office space, and budgetary matters. Also included are discussion topics for meetings between Kennedy and Eisenhower, a list of topics to be covered in transition memoranda, and miscellaneous notes by Clifford. The folder contains a few copies of Eisenhower administration documents dating back to 1953.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-003
This folder contains letters from Clifford to President-elect John F. Kennedy and his staff, a handwritten agenda for a meeting with Kennedy, notes concerning how to handle Kennedy's trust funds during the presidency, and a memorandum of a conversation with Kennedy.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-002
This folder contains memoranda written by Clifford and others during early planning for the presidential transition on such topics as staffing and legislation for the first hundred days. Some were written by management consultants from McKinsey and Company, Inc., for submission to the Brookings Institution "Study of the 1960-61 Presidential Transition." Authors include John J. Corson, David D. Lloyd, and Kenneth M. Birkhead.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-001
This folder contains memoranda and outlines by Clifford related to early discussions with President-elect Kennedy and others regarding the transition. Topics include timelines and schedules, priority actions to be taken, the selection of personnel, and meetings with General Persons, the Eisenhower administration liaison.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-011
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda regarding the mortgage loan for Wexford, the Kennedy family property in Atoka, Virginia.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-010
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, notes, and plans regarding the Kennedy family residences in Middleburg and Atoka, Virginia (Glen Ora and Wexford). The items document Clifford's work on legal issues concerning the properties, including such topics as property taxes, deeds of easement and right of way, the parking lot and access road, insurance coverage, and leases; local opposition to an electric transmission line proposed by Virginia Electric Power Company; restorations at Glen Ora; the ownership of architectural drawings; and planning for the acquisition of the Atoka property.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-009
This folder contains materials related to the leasing of Wexford, the Kennedy family residence in Atoka, Virginia. The items document Clifford's work on legal issues concerning the property and include lease agreements with Ogden B. Armour and A. Dana Hodgdon; a report on bacteriological examination of the water quality; a surveyor report and plat maps for the property of Hubert Phipps and Arthur H. Adams; proposals and invoices for construction of the main road; a resolution by the Middleburg Chamber of Commerce regarding construction of an electric transmission line nearby; and other assorted notes and news clippings.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-008
This folder contains legal documents concerning the purchase of Wexford, the Kennedy family residence in Atoka, Virginia. Items include a memorandum of agreement for sale of the land from Hubert and Phoebe Phipps to Paul R. Fout; a confidential agreement between the Phipps, John F. Kennedy, and Paul Fout stating that the land would be acquired by Fout's name and then transferred to Kennedy; and a draft by Clifford of the confidential agreement. The agreement was intended to minimize the "unusual interest" and "unnecessary publicity" surrounding the President's purchase.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-007
This folder contains legal paperwork for real estate transactions related to Wexford, the Kennedy family residence in Atoka, Virginia. Documents include the deed purchasing the property from Paul and Eve Fout; easements and rights of way from Hubert and Phoebe Phipps, Kitty Barrett Wiley, and Arthur H. Adams; title insurance; maps and surveys of the Phipps property; the certificate of title; a deed for land sold by Hubert and Phoebe Phipps to Paul and Eve Fout; a draft lease for the house in Atoka; and other drafts of deeds.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-006
This folder contains correspondence and notes related to Wexford, the Kennedy family residence in Atoka, Virginia. The items document Clifford's work on legal issues concerning the property, including such topics as the filing of purchase paperwork, right of way easements, pension and annuity benefits following President Kennedy's death, property insurance, and lease arrangements.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-005
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, lease contracts, news clippings, notes, and receipts related to Glen Ora, the Kennedy family residence in Middleburg, Virginia. The items document Clifford's work on legal issues concerning the property, including such topics as renovations, property maintenance, lease arrangements, discussions with owner Gladys R. Tartiere (Mrs. R. F. Tartiere), and a sublease by Mrs. Paul Entenman.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-004
This folder contains correspondence, news clippings, and other items related to Jacqueline Kennedy, mainly concerning legal matters on which Clifford consulted. Topics include a project with Molly Thayer and Doubleday to reprint three Ladies Home Journal articles; a documentary by United States Productions on the White House, called "The President's House"; and the loaning of paintings to the White House through Florence Mahoney.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-003
This folder contains correspondence and draft contracts with McGraw-Hill Book Company for a publication by Jacqueline Kennedy with the tentative title My Favorite Stories.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-002
This folder contains Clifford's correspondence with and about Jacqueline Kennedy. Topics include birthday wishes, condolences, the White House guidebook and renovations, and fashion designer Ann Lowe.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF02-001
This folder contains one letter to Clifford with information on the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-013
This folder contains correspondence and resumes from individuals who were seeking jobs in the Kennedy administration.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-012
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence by Clifford and others on presidential campaign topics such as the Kennedy-Nixon television debates, central aspects of campaign strategy, and suggested speech material.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-011
This folder contains miscellaneous items retained by Clifford about the 1960 presidential campaign. It includes correspondence, notes, memoranda, lyrics to humorous songs from the "Kennedy Campaign Press Gang," campaign schedules, and news stories on Senator Kennedy's visit to Ohio in 1959.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-010
This folder contains information related to the Democratic National Committee's National Finance Committee during the 1960 presidential campaign. It includes correspondence and records of donations. Clifford served as a member of the Finance Committee.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-009
This folder contains materials related to the 1960 presidential campaign, specifically the policy committee. Items include news articles and clippings, notes, memoranda, correspondence, practice questions and answers, statements, outlines, and position papers. These records cover such topics as Puerto Rico bishops, Cuba, China and Formosa, the television debates, foreign policy, Sputnik, nuclear testing, polling of public attitudes on the Kennedy campaign, Khrushchev, and opponent research on Nixon.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-008
This folder contains miscellaneous papers compiled by Clifford that pertain to John F. Kennedy. It includes correspondence, news clippings, funeral items, notes, memoranda, and White House dinner invitations. Significant topics include a watch given to Clifford in 1958 by then-Senator Kennedy, the James Landis tax matter, a transition meeting between President Eisenhower and President-elect Kennedy, a Warner Brothers movie about PT-109, and the television rights to Profiles in Courage.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF01-007
This folder contains Clifford's correspondence with and about President John F. Kennedy. Topics include Clifford's appointment to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, visits to the White House, condolences on the death of baby Patrick Kennedy, and post-assassination funeral arrangements.