Collection
KPOPP
Papers 1924-1977. Assistant and friend to Robert and John F. Kennedy, government official, politician, author, businessman. Assistant Counsel, Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activities in Labor-Management Relations in the Senate (1957-59); campaign director, Kennedy for President (1960); appointment secretary to the President (1961-1963); Special Assistant to the President (1961-1965); president, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Associates (1965-1977); Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate (1966, 1970); co-author (with David F. Powers and Joe McCarthy), "Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye" (1972). Personal and professional papers relating to Harvard College football, the Kennedy Administration, national and Massachusetts state politics and campaigns, and O’Donnell's work in private industry.