Papers, 1886-1988 (bulk 1940-1970) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, writings, speeches, transcripts, reports, research materials, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and other papers, relating primarily to Goldman's career as author, historian, and special consultant to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Topics relating to Goldman's role as intermediary between the president and the intellectual community include the arts, domestic affairs, immigration, international cooperation, poverty, Vietnam, and programs for presidential scholars, White House fellows, and summer interns. Includes materials relating to Goldman's work as moderator of the television program, Open Mind (1959-1967) and as president of the Society of American Historians (1962-1969) and to Jacob K. Javits's 1962 senatorial campaign. Also includes materials from Goldman's research and writings on Charles J. Bonaparte (including letters signed by Bonaparte, Benjamin Harrison, and Theodore Roosevelt), the civil rights movement, reform in America, and post-World War II American history