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Guide to the Douglas Bennet Papers,
1940
- 2004
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McKelvey, class of 1959, and the Adelphic Educational Fund, with additional
support from faculty and staff, in honor of Doug Bennet's retirement.
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Guide to the Douglas Bennet Papers, 1940-2004
Special Collections &
Archives
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, USA
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Descriptive Summary
Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan
University
Bennet, Douglas Joseph.
Douglas Bennet Papers,1940 - 2004
2009-32
Material in English
50
118 archival boxes.
For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
Bennet graduated from Wesleyan
University, class of 1959, and was president of that institution from 1995 to 2007.
These professional papers contain materials from his undergraduate studies,
including materials from Bennet's position as co-president of fraternity Alpha Chi
Rho. There are also materials from his graduate studies at the University of
California, Berkeley, and at Harvard University. The bulk of the materials cover his
professional career, beginning as administrative assistant to Ambassador Chester
Bowles in India in the mid 1960s, and continuting through his many years in
Washington D.C. He was a speech writer for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey from
1967 to 1968 and the collection contains realia from the 1968 Humphrey/Muskie
presidential election. In the early 1970s, Bennet was an administrator, first for
senator Thomas F. Eagleton and then for Abraham Ribicoff. As administrator for
Senator Eagleton, he helped craft the Democratic Platform in the 1972 election and
was active in Eagleton's political campaign. Bennet ran for the House of
Representatives in 1974 and went on to be the staff director for the newly-formed
Senate Budget Committee from 1974 to 1977. Bennet served twice as Assistant
Secretary of State, as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations from
1977 to 1979, and as Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs from
1993 to 1995. He also served as administrator for the Agency for International
Development (AID), 1979 to 1981. The AID series contains many photographs. This
collection also contains material on Bennet's two years as president of the
Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies and some material from his ten years as
president of National Public Radio. The personal series includes a family scrapbook
containing a 19th century sampler.
Correspondence, chronological files, subject files,
photographs, realia and one scrapbook.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Listening copies of audio and videotapes need to be made prior to use.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all
other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Douglas Bennet Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan
University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Donation by Douglas J. Bennet, 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Jennifer Miglus, August 2009
Encoded by Jennifer Miglus, August 2009
The funding for this project was generously provided by lead donations from Bob
McKelvey, class of 1959, and the Adelphic Educational Fund, with additional
support from faculty and staff, in honor of Doug Bennet's retirement.
Biographical Note
Douglas Joseph Bennet Jr. was born in Orange, New Jersey, on June 23, 1938, to
Douglas Joseph Bennet Sr. and Phoebe Benedict Bennet. The family settled in Lyme,
Connecticut. Bennet Sr. (Wesleyan class of 1933) was a businessman, and he also
engaged in civic service. He was active in the Connecticut Democratic party and
worked as executive secretary for Chester Bowles, then-governor of Connecticut, from
1949 to 1951. Phoebe Bennet was a graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and the New York
School of Social Work. She was on the board of trustees for the Mansfield Training
School and helped to establish the Office of Mental Retardation in the Connecticut
State Department of Health. She was also on the board of the League of Women Voters
in Lyme and the Lyme Board of Education. Bennet, Jr. was the oldest of five
children. He graduated from Lyme High School in June 1955.
In the fall of 1955, Douglas Bennet, Jr. entered Wesleyan University as a freshman,
class of 1959. During his four undergraduate years he showed a developing interest
in history, government and the Russian language. He was co-president of the
fraternity Alpha Chi Rho and was active in the Wesleyan chapter's decision to
withdraw from the national organization as a result of racial and religious
intolerance on the part of the parent organization. Although he would later
self-deprecatingly describe this exercise by saying, "This operation involved a
great deal of organizing and correspondence, and was one of the most inconsequential
exercises imaginable," it was emblematic of his strongly developed social
conscience. Bennet went on to receive his M.A. in history from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1960 and then moved to Cambridge, MA, to begin work on his
Ph.D. at Harvard.
Bennet's dissertation,
The Idea of Kingship in 17th Century
Russia, was competed in 1967. In the intervening years he had his first
taste of international government work. Family friend and mentor Chester Bowles, who
was then Ambassador to India, offered Bennet a position as his administrative
assistant in New Delhi, India, in 1963. Bowles had been a member of the U.S. House
of Representatives from Connecticut's second district from 1959 to 1961 and his
vision and civic engagement were models for Bennet. Although Bennet had been
thinking of going to Russia, he went instead to India, and spent two and a half
years there. During that time he traveled extensively and wrote many speeches for
Bowles and other administrators. He returned to Cambridge in January 1966 and
finished his dissertation the following year.
With his experience as a speech writer, Bennet was able to land a job in Washington
as speech writer for Vice President Hubert Humphrey. This was the beginning of
almost 30 years in Washington, although his occupation was to change many times.
Being a speech writer for Humphrey quickly swept Bennet into the heady and intense
world of politics, especially when Humphrey ran for president in 1968. When Humphrey
lost the election to Nixon, Bennet joined the staff of Thomas F. Eagleton, a senator
from Missouri, in January 1969.
He worked for Eagleton as administrative assistant for the next four years. Bennet
was active in the 1972 presidential election, in which Eagleton was a candidate for
vice president, and helped to craft the Democratic platform that year. The
controversy that broke in July regarding Eagleton's mental health gave Bennet
on-the-ground training in crisis management. In April 1973, Bennet joined the staff
of Abraham Ribicoff, the senator from his home state of Connecticut, again as
administrative assistant. This was a short lived assignment as Bennet decided to
make a run for the House of Representatives in 1974. His father, Bennet, Sr. ran for
the same position in 1956. Bennet, Jr. did not win the primary and ceded the
Democratic House nomination to Christopher Dodd.
In September 1974 Senator Edmund Muskie tapped him to be the first staff director of
the newly formed Senate Budget Committee. Bennet held this post for the next two and
a half years and it was his last in the legislative branch of government.
In 1977 Bennet reconnected with his 1960s roots in the State Department by becoming
the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. His two and a half
years in this position gave him exposure to current foreign policy thinking. He
traveled to Africa and China and was credited by President Carter for being
instrumental in the signing of the Panama Canal Treaties in 1977. In July 1979
Carter nominated him to be administrator for the Agency for International
Development (AID). Bennet held this post for the next year and a half until the 1980
election and the change of administration in January 1981. During his tenure at AID
he traveled intensively, both nationally and internationally.
In January 1981 Bennet decided to spend much of that year at a slower pace, exploring
his options and reconsidering his involvement with government. In December 1981 he
accepted an offer by Chicago businessman, Richard J. Dennis, to be president of the
Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies, a think tank started and bankrolled by
Dennis. The mission of this organization was to act as a "bridge between the public
and policymakers. By increasing the public's store of unbiased information, by
opening up our national debate to fresh thinking about long-term solutions, and by
working directly with policy-makers, the Center aims to help Americans and their
leaders make constructive and farsighted policy choices." As president, Bennet was
well positioned to make the best use of his extensive administrative and foreign
policy experience. He worked hard for the next year and a half to further the
Center's mission and was blindsided by Dennis's decision in June of 1983 to remove
him as president. Bennet resigned at the end of June and spent the summer
investigating the possibility of creating his own think tank, but lack of funding
prevented it. In December 1983 it was announced that he would be the next president
of National Public Radio.
National Public Radio was having its own problems in the early 1980s, having nearly
declared bankruptcy just before Bennet became president. Fresh from his
disappointment at the Roosevelt Center and bringing his impressive administrative
skills to bear, he quickly turned NPR around, injecting solvency and a new sense of
energy. Bennet took up the banner of freedom of speech and the first amendment as
enthusiastically as he had foreign policy.
The pull of the State Department was still strong, however. After a break with
government and 10 successful years at NPR, Bennet was ready to re-engage with global
issues as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs in
1993. For the next two years he worked closely with the United Nations working to
improve the standard of living worldwide as he had, off and on, for thirty
years.
Bennet had always retained a strong affection for Wesleyan University, his alma
mater. He had been on its board of trustees for three years, from 1972 to 1975. His
father was an alumnus and two of his children were alumni. So, in 1995 when he was
asked to serve as Wesleyan's president, he accepted. He was president for 12 years,
from 1995 to 2007, at which time he retired from public service.
Chronology List
1938 June 23
Born in Orange, NJ. Parents: Douglas Joseph Bennet and Phoebe Benedict
Bennet
1959 June
BA, Wesleyan University. Dutcher Prize in History.
1960
MA, History. University of California, Berkeley.
1963-1964
Assistant to the Economic Advisor, AID, New Delhi
1964-1966
Special assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles, New Delhi
1967
PhD, Russian, medieval history, Harvard University
1967-1968
Assistant to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey
1969-1973
Administrative assistant to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton
1972-1975
Member of Wesleyan University Board of Trustees
1973-1974
Administrative assistant to Senator Abraham Ribicoff
1974
Ran for House of Representatives, CT 2nd district
1974-1977
Staff director of Senate Budget Committee
1977 March - 1979 August
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations
1979 August - 1981 January
Administratior of the Agency for International Development (AID)
1981 December - 1983 June
President of Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies
1983 December - 1993 May
President of National Public Radio
1993 May - 1995 May
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs
1994
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wesleyan University
1995-2007
15th President of Wesleyan University
1997
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Lawrence University
1999
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Amherst College
2007
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Williams College
2008
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Trinity College
2008
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Hartford
Collection Overview
Collection Arrangement
- Series I: Executive service
- Series II: Legislative service
- Series III: Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies
- Series IV: National Public Radio
- Series V: Personal
- Series VI: News Clips
As much as possible, the original folder titles have been maintained. In the
container list below, these titles have been transcribed as accurately as
possible. There is not a distinction made between the original folder titles and
those provided by the processor.
Bennet's papers are filed in reverse date order, with the most recent in front.
This arrangement has been maintained where found within a folder. The folders
themselves are arranged in progressive date order. Thus, folders will be filed
January to December, but within the January folder the first page would be
January 31.
Series I: Executive service
Bennet worked for the State Department for much of his professional career. His
first professional assignment, from 1963 to 1966, was in India as assistant to
the economic advisor for the Agency for International Development, and then as
special assistant to Ambassador Chester Bowles. Bennet was Assistant Secretary
of State in two capacities: for Congressional Relations from 1977 to 1979, and
for International Organization Affairs from 1993 to 1995. He also served as
administrator for the Agency for International Development (AID) from 1979 to
1981. Bennet's executive service also included employment as a speech writer for
Vice President Hubert Humphrey from 1967 to 1968. The collection contains realia
from the 1968 Humphrey/Muskie presidential campaign.
This series contains "chron files," which are chronological correspondence. Files
labeled "personal correspondence" are formal letters which relate to
professional issues. The series also contains many speeches written by Bennet
during his India days, as well as speeches written for Vice President Humphrey
during his 1968 bid for the presidency. Bennet traveled extensively as
administrator for AID and this sub-series contains many photographs.
Series II: Legislative service
Bennet was administrative assistant to two senators, Thomas F. Eagleton of
Missouri from 1969 to 1973, and Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut from 1973 to
1974. Bennet made an unsuccessful run for the House of Representatives in 1974,
and went on to be staff director of the newly formed Senate Budget Committee
from 1974 to 1977.
The Eagleton sub-series documents the fraught 1972 campaign with Eagleton as the
running mate of George McGovern. The series documents Bennet's active role in
framing the 1972 Democratic platform. There are also extensive newspaper
clippings as well as files on the pivotal 18 days in July of 1972 when Eagleton
was under siege and eventually withdrew. A PDF containing a list of magazines
with coverage of this event which were removed from this part of the collection
is available at: Magazines Removed
(http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/FAs/MagazinesRemoved.pdf).
The documentation of Bennet's brief tenure as administrative assistant to Senator
Ribicoff is minimal. It is represented only by "memos," which are the equivalent
of "chron files." His departure was voluntary, driven by his decision to run for
the House of Representatives in the 1974 election. This section of the
collection is interesting for the insider's guide it provides to mounting a
national campaign. This sub-series consists entirely of correspondence and
subject files.
The Senate Budget Committee (SBC) sub-series contains chron files and subject
files, including some speeches. The bulk of the series, however, is composed of
the history of the SBC during its first two years. A PDF containing a list of
government documents removed from this part of the collection is available at:
Gov Docs Removed
(http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/FAs/GovDocsRemoved.pdf).
Series III: Roosevelt Center for American Policy
Studies
The Roosevelt Center series documents Bennet's 18 months as president of a new
public policy think tank. The papers document his active engagement in the
creation of this organization. They also document his dismissal by the chairman
of the board.
Because Bennet was between jobs from January to December of 1981 and from June to
December of 1983, this series contains materials that precede and extend beyond
his actual tenure at the Center.
Series IV: National Public Radio (NPR)
The bulk of Bennet's papers from his ten years as president of NPR are held at
the National Public Broadcasting
Archives, [http://www.lib.umd.edu/NPBA/].
The papers contained in this series give evidence of Bennet's success in bringing
that organization from a tenuous financial position to one with a bright future.
Much of the series is composed of speeches and articles from that period. There
are also files on speech topics of particular interest to public radio. The
subject files span the ten years, from early objectives to his eventual
departure. A PDF containing a list of books removed from this part of the
collection is available at: Books
Removed
(http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/schome/FAs/BooksRemoved.pdf).
Subjects such as "AID correspondence" fall under this series due to their date
range and original location within the papers, even though they are not directly
related to NPR.
Series V: Personal
The personal series has three sub-series: correspondence, education, and subject
files. Since these are primarily professional papers, personal correspondence is
not well represented, although there is a collection of family Christmas cards
sent by Bennet's parents throughout his childhood. There are also letters from
his time in India from 1963 to 1965.
The education sub-series contains class notebooks, papers, and bibliographies
from Bennet's years at Wesleyan, UC Berkeley, and Harvard. Of particular note is
the file: "EQV: a history" [EQV stands for Esse Quam Videre]. This file
documents Wesleyan's break with the fraternity Alpha Chi Rho on the grounds of
intolerance, an event in which Bennet played a significant role.
Noteworthy in the subject files is a family scrapbook. The items in this
scrapbook were not pasted in and are now housed in an acid free folder. Included
are handwritten notes, presumably from Bennet's mother, explaining some of the
documents. The scrapbook also contains an embroidered 19th century sampler.
Series VI: News Clips
News Clips are compilations of clippings prepared by the State Department's
Office of Press Relations in the Bureau of Public Affairs. They were published
daily. This series is a substantially complete run from 1993 March to 1995 May,
during Bennet's time as Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online
catalogs.
Bennet, Douglas Joseph.
Eagleton, Thomas F., 1929-2007.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio),
1911-1978.
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986.
Ribicoff, Abraham, 1910-1998.
National Public Radio (U.S.)
Roosevelt Center for American Policy
Studies.
United States. Agency for International
Development.
United States. Dept. of State.
Alpha Chi Rho.
Wesleyan University (Middletown,
Conn.)
Political campaigns.
Democratic Party
(U.S.)--Platforms.
Scrapbooks.
Samplers (embroidery)
Photographs.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Executive service, 1962-1995
State Department
India,
1963-1965
Correspondence
1
1
Proposal for India,
1962-1963
1
2
Correspondence,
bulk 1964
1
3
Leaving India,
1965 December-1966 March
Chron files
1
4
1963 August-December
1
5
1964 January-March
1
6
1964 April-August
1
7
1964 September-October
1
8
1964 November-1965 January
1
9
1965 February-June
1
10
1965 July
1
11
1965 August-October
1
12
1965 November-1966 January
Subject files
1
13-16
Reference materials
Speeches and articles
2
1
Titles and topics,
1958-65
2
2
Bowles: The Makings of a
Just Society,
1963 December
2
3
Education: Cornerstone of a Just
Society,
1964 February 14
2
4
SID conference, Calcutta,
1964 February 15
2
5
Two Stages of Indian
Agricultural Development,
1964 February 16
2
6
New York Times article
- draft,
1964 February 19
2
7
Relations of American
Populist New Deal Traditions to Overseas
Development - draft,
1964 April 17
2
8
Agenda for India,
1964 March-June
2
9
U.N. Report on Planning of
Economic Development in the U.S.,
1964 June 26
2
10
Partners for growth and
social justice, Calcutta,
1964 September 3
2
11
American Foreign Policy after
the Cold War,
1964 October 14
2
12
U.S. Policy Toward
India, Sagar University,
1964 November 13
2
13
For J.P. Lewis, Bombay - draft,
1964 November 18
2
14
Inaugural - draft,
1964 December 16
2
15
State of the union address - drafts,
1964 December 17
2
16
Johnson AID speech - draft,
1965 January 7
2
17
Inauguration, Sharavathy hydroelectric
dam,
1965 January 24
2
18
Critical Roadblocks to a
More Prosperous and Dynamic India -
draft,
1965 February 5
2
19
Roundtable conference, New Delhi,
1965 February 24
2
20
Struggle for Economic
Democracy in India, Gauhati
University,
1965 March 2
2
21
Need for a More
People-oriented Approach to Development -
draft,
1965 April 7
2
22
Ghandi as I Understood
Him, New Delhi,
1965 May 5
2
23
Impact of Modern Technology on
the American Government,
1965 May 7
2
24
Indian Achievements and
Problems,
1965 July 2
2
25
The Second American
Revolution,
undated
2
26
Speech outline on PL 480 - draft,
undated
2
27
Bowles: India - 1963,
undated
Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Relations,
1977 January-1979 July
Correspondence
2
28-30
Personal, spring,
1977 January-April
2
31-33
Personal,
1977
3
1-12
Personal,
1978 January-1979 July
Chron files
4
1-8
1977 January-June
5
1-12
1977 July-1978 May
6
1-10
1978 June-1979 January
7
1-15
1979 February-May
8
1-5
1979 May-July
Subject files
8
6
Africa trip,
1978 November 27-30
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Douglas J. Bennet Jr.,
1978 January 19
93 [oversize]
3
Certificate of appreciation,
1978 June 16-17
8
7
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations,
1977 October
8
8-13
China trip,
1978 January 2-17
8
14
Crisis consultation,
1977 February-1978 January
9
1-2
Congressional access to information: Brubeck
paper,
1977 February-November
9
3-4
Foreign policy articles,
1977-1978
9
5-6
Funny stuff,
1975 June-1977 November
9
7-8
Legislative constraints,
1978-1979
10
1-2
Memoranda of conversations,
1977 December-1979 June
10
3
Photographs,
1977 March-1979 July
93 [oversize]
2
Photograph: signing of the Panama Canal
treaties,
1977 September 7
10
4
Press, personal,
1974-1978
10
5
Press
1977-1980
10
6
Swearing-in,
1977 March 18
Speeches
10
7
Speeches and appointments,
1977 June-1978 September
10
8
Congressional relations policy,
1978 March 28
10
9
Speeches,
1978
Administrator for the Agency for International Development
(AID),
1979 July-1981 January
Correspondence
11
1-9
Personal,
1979 August-1981 January
11
10
Holiday cards,
1980 December
12
1-2
Congratulatory letters and responses,
1979 June-September
Chron files
12
3-8
1979 June-November
13
1-10
1979 December-1980 September
14
1-5
1980 October-1981 March
AID trips and photographs
14
6
Travel,
1978 October-1980 October
14
7
Middle East trip,
1979 September 15-30
14
8
Israel, photographs,
1979 September 16-19
14
9
Jordan, photographs,
1979 September 19-21
14
10
Egypt, photographs,
1979 September 23-25
14
11
Yemen, personal photos,
1979 September 25-29
14
12
Yemen, Bennet/Wheeler trip,
1979 September 25-29
15
1
Latin America,
1979 November 13-16
15
2-4
Costa Rica, photographs,
1979 November
15
5
Detroit conference, U.S. foreign policy in
Africa,
1979 December 13
15
6
Asia,
1980 January 15-February 3
15
7
Sri Lanka, photographs,
1980 January 21-February 1
15
8
Dallas, American Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education,
1980 February 28-29
15
9
Williamsburg conference, The Presidency, Congress and U.S. Global
Leadership,
1980 April 18-20
15
10
New York, The Third
World: U.S. Opportunites for
Survival,
1980 May 23
16
1
California, Foreign Aid
in a Turbulent World,
1980 June 2-3
16
2
Hartford, CT, U.S.
Opportunities in a Fast-changing Third
World,
1980 June 16
16
3
London,
1980 July 4-15
16
4
Nicaragua/Panama,
1980 August 3-7
16
5
Panama, Bennet/Vaughn photographs,
1980 August 4-7
16
6
Rome, FAO African food conference,
1980 September 17-20
16
7
Africa,
1980 September 25-October 11
16
8-9
Mauritania, Nouakchott photographs,
1980 September
16
10-11
Upper Volta photographs,
1980 September-October
17
1
New Orleans,
1980 October 24
17
2
New York,
1980 October 29
17
3
Ottawa,
1980 November 13-16
17
4-5
General photographs
17
6
Publicity photographs
Subject files
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: E79-1 Morning Plenary Session, Economic
Club of Detroit,
1979 December?
92 [oversize]
Audiotapes: A.I.D., sides 1 and 2,
1980 December 15
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: [unlabeled],
undated
88 [oversize]
5
Clippings,
1972-1980
17
7
Council on foreign relations,
1979-1980
17
8
Departure,
1981 January
93 [oversize]
5
Departure,
1981 January
17
9
Departure luncheon,
1981 January 13
17
10
Education,
1980 March
17
11
Hold for Doug,
1979-1980
17
12
IDCA - redundancy file,
1980 July-August
18
1-5
IDCA - relationship,
1979 December-1981 January
18
6-7
IDCA - reorganization,
1979 April-July
18
8
IDCA - history,
1980 July-August
18
9
ISTC,
1979-1980
19
1
Memoranda of conversation,
1979-1980
93 [oversize]
4
Order of the Plimsoll Mark,
1980 October 24
19
2
Papers for administrator nomination,
bulk 1979
19
3
Prep,
1979 June-August
19
4
Private file - NODIS,
bulk 1979
19
5
Project development procedures,
1979-1980
89 [oversize]
5" reel tape, Doug Bennet before National War
College: Economic Assistance as
an Instrument of U.S. Foreign
Policy,
1980 November 19
19
6
Regional administrators' visions,
1979 May-July
89 [oversize]
Videotape: Administrator's Address to AID
Employees,
1979 August
90 [oversize]
Videotape: AID 1980
Awards Ceremony, 42:00,
1980
90 [oversize]
Videotape: AID,Seeking
the Delicate Balance, S.J. Staniski,
36:00,
undated
AID evaluations
19
7-11
Project impact evalutation reports,
1980 December-1981 June
20
1-8
Project impact evaluation reports,
1981 September-1982 October
21
1-9
Project impact evaluation reports,
1982 December-1984 February
22
1-2
Project impact evaluation reports,
1984 March, June
22
3-8
Program evaluation discussion papers,
1982 April-1984 September
22
9
Program evaluation reports,
1982 March
23
1-5
Program evaluation reports,
1982 August-1984 January
23
6-8
Evaluation special studies,
1981 July-1983 March
24
1-5
Evaluation special studies,
1983 March-1984 April
24
6
Evaluation working paper,
1983 November
24
7
Program design and evaluation methods,
1984 January
24
8-10
Lessons learned - evaluation report
abstracts,
1981 September-1983 October
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs,
1993 May-1995 May
Correspondence
25
1-5
Personal,
1993 March-1994 December
Subject files
25
6
Agenda for peace,
1992-1995
25
7
The American assembly, Arden House,
1993 June 3-6
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Secretary Christopher at luncheon,
Bosnian-Croatian signing,
1994 March 18
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Dumbarton Oaks speech (at State
Department),
1994 May 5
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Open foroum, Doug Bennet,
1994 November 21
92 [oversize]
Audiotapes: ASIL, tapes 3 and 4, Reforming the United
Nations, Parts 1 and 2,
1994
25
8
Congressional testimony,
1993-1995
25
9
Confirmation hearning,
1993 January-May
26
1
Grant, James P.,
1995 January-February
26
2
I.O. Appointment,
1992 December-1993 September
26
3
News clips,
1993-1995
26
4
Notes,
1993 March-May
26
5-7
Personal,
1992-1995
26
8
Policy & Strategy,
1992 October-1995 April
26
9
Press,
1993
26
10
Rwanda,
1994
27
1-2
Rosenau, James - papers,
1993, November 16
27
3
Sovereignty question,
1993 March 5
27
4
U.N.,
1991 December-1992 July
27
5-8
U.N. speech material,
1974, 1990-1993
28
1-2
U.N. speech material,
1994-1995
28
3
U.N. speech material - clippings,
1992-1995
91 [oversize]
Videotape: NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp. UN PKO: A Somalian
Perspective,
1993 November 11
91 [oversize]
Videotape: Assistant
Secretary of State, Douglas Bennet on Rwandan
Television,
1994 February 5
91 [oversize]
Videotapes #1 and #2, NHK
Interview of Douglas Bennet by Junko Tanaka,
1994 March 24
91 [oversize]
Videotape: On the Line #60,The United Nations at
Fifty, 20:00
1995 February 9
91 [oversize]
Videotape: [card of public speaking expert attached],
Assistant Secretary
Bennet,
undated
28
4
Vouchers - taxi, telephone, etc.,
1993-1995
Speeches/press interviews
28
5-7
1993-1995
Phone logs
29
1-5
1993 May-1995 May
Assistant to Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey,
1967 July-1969 January
30
1
Correspondence
1968 May-1969 January
30
2
Looking back in 1982,
1982 July-August
30
3
Resumes of consultants, possible employees,
1968 May-June
30
4-7
HHH selected speeches,
1967 July-1968 September
1968 campaign
30
8
Convention
30
9
Invitations
30
10-11
Memos, etc.,
1968 April-November
30
12
Publicity
89 [oversize]
Realia: campaign buttons
93 [oversize]
1
Realia: campaign materials
Research materials
31
1
Agnew
31
2-5
HHH Vs. Nixon - & Wallace
31
6
Newspaper articles
31
7
Nixon - debates
31
8
Nixon - personal financial worth
31
9
Nixon - rep. - crime
31
10
Nixon - speeches and quotes
31
11
P.R. 9/29 Nixon: crime piece - double
talk
31
12
Securities Exchange letter - Nixon
31
13
Wallace
Speeches
32
1-3
HHH
32
4-6
HHH, I-VIII
32
7
Unused speech drafts
32
8
Task forces,
1968 July-August
Series II: Legislative Service,1969-1977
Administrative Assistant to Senator Thomas F. Eagleton
(MO),
1969 January-1973 March
Correspondence
32
9-12
Personal,
1969 January-1970 August
33
1-7
Personal,
1970 September-1972 August
Memos
33
8-10
Memos from Doug,
1969 January-December
33
11-13
Memos,
1970 January-December
34
1-7
Memos,
1971-1972
34
8
Memos, addendum,
1972 July-November
Subject files
34
9
Bowles, Chester,
1967 August-1968 December
89 [oversize]
7" reel tape: Ambassador
Bowles' Remarks at Mission Staff
Meeting,
1969 April 17
87 [oversize]
1-6
Clippings,
1968-1973
34
10-13
Office expenses,
1968-1973
35
1-4
Research materials,
1960-1972
35
5
Speeches, notes and drafts,
1968-1971
35
6
Speeches,
1972, 1973
35
7
Unused speech drafts,
1970 February, May
1972 Campaign
35
8
Campaign, general,
1972 July
35
9
CT state Democratic lists,
1972-1973
35
10
Democratic convention
35
11-12
Democratic platform
36
1-2
Democratic platform
36
3
Fact book: the Nixon record,
1972 July
36
4
Fact book, update,
1972 July 18
36
5
Muskie,
1971 April-1972 April
36
6-7
Muskie campaign,
1972 March-June
36
8
Negative on other candidates,
1972 April
36
9
Nixon record on poverty and welfare,
1972 July 19
36
10
Organization file - 1972 VP
1972 July
89 [oversize]
Realia: campaign buttons
37
1
Reference materials
37
2
Richard Nixon and the special interests,
1972 July 17
37
3-5
18 days,
1972 July-August
37
6
18 days, oral history,
1976
37
7
18 days, memo,
1986-1987
37
8
Parting thoughts: an interview with Thomas
Eagleton,
1986
Administrative Assistant to Senator Abraham Ribicoff
(CT),
1973 April-1974 April
37
9
The Center Magazine,
1973 May-August
37
10-13
Memos,
1973 January-1974 March
Bennet 1974 Campaign for House of Representatives,
1974 April-August
Correspondence
37
14
Correspondence, A-Z
37
15
Chronological,
1972 November-1973 February
37
16
Contributor's letters,
1974 February-July
38
1
CT Democratic prospects,
1972 August-1973 February
38
2
Inter-office,
1974 February-June
38
3-6
Outgoing, A-Z
38
7
Thank-you letters, A-Z,
1974 April-July
38
8
Post-campaigin
Subject files
38
9
Advertising
38
10
Announcement statement,
1974 April 30
38
11
Bailey
38
12
Budget
38
13
Chron files,
1974 July 5-9
88 [oversize]
1-4
Clippings
38
14
Contacts
38
15
Delegate cards
39
1-2
Delegate cards
39
3
Delegate mailings
39
4
Democratic town chairmen, mayors and
delegates
39
5
DJB senior
39
6
Dodd
39
7
Dues: seminars, subscriptions
39
8
Filing forms
39
9
June 10 reports
39
10
15th day reports
39
11
5th day filings
39
12
Financial
39
13-15
Fundraising
40
1
Fundraiser, Washington,
1974 June 5
40
2
Invitations extended and accepted
40
3
Meals
40
4
Misc.
40
5
Nominating speech, drafts, copy
40
6
Office supplies/rent
40
7
Old, reimbursable forms
40
8
Peck
40
9
Past schedules and notes
40
10
Planning
40
11
Political activists
40
12
Postage
40
13
Presentation
40
14
Press
40
15-16
Press releases
40
17
Printing
40
18
Promotion
41
1-2
Promotion
41
3
Registration papers, info, etc.
41
4
Resumes, support services, consultants
41
5
Savage
41
6
Schonberger
41
7
2nd district Democratic town chairmen, mayors and
delegates,
1974 April 15
41
8
Speeches
41
9
Speech material
41
10
Steele-Ribicoff poll,
1973 July-December
41
11-12
Telephone
41
13
Town chairman/chief of Demo.'s letter with
enclosures,
1974 April 8
41
14
Travel
89 [oversize]
Vinyl, 45 rpm: Watergate
Bugs by Les Waldroop,
1974
41
15
Willing workers
Staff Director of Senate Budget Committee,
1974 September-1977 March
Chron files
42
1-12
1974 September-1976 March
43
1-9
1976 April-1976 December
Subject files
43
10
General correspondence,
1974 September-December
43
11-12
European trip,
1976 January
43
13
Invitations and speaking engagements,
1975
43
14-15
Invitations,
1976 February
44
1
Invitations,
1976 April-December
44
2
Reports,
1975-1977
44
3
Search for CBO director,
1974-1975
44
4-5
Speaking engagements,
1974 October-1975 December
44
6
Speaking engagements, Maine Teacher's
Association,
1976 October 1
44
7
Speeches, not for ESM,
1976
44
8
Staff directory,
1976 October 1
44
9
Travel expenses,
1975 February
Senate Budget Committee History
Budget process book, parts I and II
44
10-13
Part I
45
1-2
Part I
45
3
Part I, back-up
45
4-8
Chronology,
1975 January 1-March 18
46
1-5
Part II
46
6-9
Chronology,
1975 March 19-May 15
Separate notebooks, documents
47
1
C-2
47
2
C-3
47
3
C-4
47
4
4-A
47
5-6
4-Supplemental
48
1
C-5
48
2
C-6
48
3
C-7: Trade-offs
48
4-5
C-8: March 18 committee reports
48
6
C-9: Cohn report
49
1
C-10: Transcripts of trade-off meetings,
1975 March 20-21
49
2
C-11: Transcripts of trade-off meetings,
1975 April 8
49
3-4
C-11: Transcripts of trade-off meetings,
1975 April 9
49
5-6
C-11: Transcripts of trade-off meetings,
1975 April 10
49
7-8
C-11: Transcripts of trade-off meetings,
1975 April 11
49
9-10
C-11: Mark-ups on trade-offs,
1975 April 8-11
49
11
C-12: Floor management background,
1975 April 29-May 1
50
1-2
C-13: Conference on first concurrent
resolution
50
3-4
Outlay section
50
5-7
Allowances
50
8
Congressional Record - debate,
1975 April 29-May 1
First concurrent resolution,
1976
50
9
Memos and correspondence,
1974 December-1975 May
50
10
President's budget,
1975 January-February
50
11
Miscellaneous notes,
1975 March-April
51
1
Mark-up,
1975 March-September
51
2
[unlabeled]
1975 April
51
3
Conference report,
1975 May 6-12
51
4
Scorekeeping,
1975 June-September
51
5
Reconciliation,
1975 September
51
6
Revenues,
1975 September
Second concurrent resolution,
1976
51
7
Memos and correspondence,
1975 June-December
51
8
Schedule for 1976
1975 December
51
9-11
Hearing transcripts,
1975 October 21-30
51
12
Preparation for markup - key
51
13
Preparation for markup, tab A
52
1-9
Preparation for markup, tabs B-H
52
10
Markup session transcript,
1975 November 4
53
1-4
Markup session transcripts,
1975 November 5-12
53
5-7
Conference transcripts,
1975 December 3-8
53
8
Outlay shortfall,
1976 October-1977 January
First concurrent resolution,
1977
53
9
Preparation,
1975 December
53
10
Review of President's budget,
1976 January-February
54
1-2
Candidate issues,
1975 November-1976 February
54
3
Hearings,
1976 January-March
54
4
March 15 committee reports,
1976 January-March
54
5-7
Markup materials,
1976 March
54
8
Floor action,
1976 April
55
1-2
Report,
1976 April
55
3
Conference,
1976 April-May
55
4
Tax expenditures,
1976 April-May
55
5
Letter to all staff directors,
1976 May
55
6
Budget status reports,
1976 July
Second concurrent resoluation,
1977
55
7
Preparation for: memos and
correspondence,
1976 July-September
55
8-9
Markup materials,
1976 August
56
1-3
Markup materials,
1976 August
56
4
Hearing, Thursday August 26,
1976 August
56
5-6
Floor debate,
1976 August-September
56
7
Conference,
1976 September
56
8
Conference report, floor debate and final
passage,
1976 September
56
9
Crosswalk reports,
1976 September-October
57
1-3
Clips and articles
1976
57
4-5
Editorials and feature articles,
1975-1976
57
6
Review of President Ford's budget for FY'78,
1977 January
Series III: Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies,1981-1983
Chron files
57
7-13
1981 April-1982 April
58
1-9
1982 May-December
59
1-11
1983 January-June
60
1-4
1983 June-October
Subject files
60
5
Activities reports,
1983 March-June
60
6
American Assembly,
1982 April 15-18
60
7
American Enterprise Institute conference,
1982 January 7
60
8
Aspen Institute,
1982 February-November
60
9
Bennet, Douglas, publications,
1978-1981
60
10
DB personal papers on "Institute" (from blue
folder),
1981 July-August
60
11
California trip,
1982 February 14-17
60
12
California trip,
1983 April 4-8
60
13
Celeste, Richard F.
60
14
Center for European Policy Studies,
1982 June-December
60
15
Connecticut trip,
1982 February 11-12
61
1
Contacts,
1981-1983
61
2
Dennis, institute expenses,
1981 June-December
61
3
Eagleton, Thomas F., article,
1982 January
61
4
EST Foundation meeting,
1983 March 20-22
61
5
Expenses,
1981 November-1983 April
61
6
First year objectives,
1982 January-April
61
7
First year report,
1983 May 1
61
8
Humphrey, H.H. - Carl Solberg correspondence,
1982-1983
61
9
Invitations completed,
1981 January-October
61
10
Issue file, foreign policy,
1981-1982
61
11
Issue file, U.S. economy,
1982
61
12
Kettering Foundation,
1983 August-September
61
13
Memoranda of conversation,
1981 November-1983 May
61
14
New World Foundation,
1981 June
61
15
New World Foundation, project memoranda
1981 February-July
61
16
Press,
1982-1983
61
17
Publication: Brown, Melissa, "Tax Choices,"
1983
61
18
Richardson, Elliot L.
1982 September
61
19
Rockefeller correspondence,
1981 August-October
62
1
Rockefeller Foundation, DB consultant material,
1981-1983
62
2
Tokyo trip, October 21-31, 1982,
1982 February-November
62
3
Tokyo trip, May 13-14, 1983,
1983 April-May
62
4
Urban Institute,
1983 September-October
62
5
Vance speech,
1981 October 5
62
6
White, Arthur
62
7
Wingspread, March 18-21, 1982,
1982 January-August
Board meetings
62
8
May 5, 1982
62
9
June 22-23, 1982
62
10-11
October 12-13, 1982
62
12
Minutes of May, June and October meetings
1982-1983
63
1-2
Februaryruary 2-3, 1983
Resignation and departure
63
3
Dennis-Bennet correspondence,
1983 January-Jun
63
4-5
Prep for RD meeting,
1983 June 15
63
6
Pre-resignation fight,
1983 June 17-27
63
7
Resignation, etc.,
1983 February-June
63
8
Notes about resignation,
1983 June-September
63
9-11
Successor to Roosevelt Center,
1983 June-October
Series IV: National Public Radio,1983-1993
Subject files
64
1-4
AID correspondence,
1988-1991
64
5-6
Annual reports,
1982-1991
64
7
Articles and speeches,
1978-1988
91 [oversize]
Audiotape: National Public Radio, Retrospective on the Gulf: The Questions of
War,
1991 January
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Dale K. Ouzts, Prima roast, Branson,
MO,
1987 September 13
92 [oversize]
Audiotapes: Conan Teleconference,
1991 March 7-8
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Illegal Abortion, I
and II,
1992 April 21-22
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: The Pennekamp
Rap!,
1993 January 29
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Doug Bennet - Prima
Tributes,
1993 April 27
92 [oversize]
Audiotape: Douglas J. Bennet, President National Public
Radio,Public Radio: A Signal of
Distinction,
undated
Big black notebook
64
8
Companywide objectives,
1990
64
9-10
CEO objectives,
1984-1989
65
1-2
Multiple tabs,
1984-1989
65
3
Loose materials,
1988-1992
65
4
Clippings archive,
1982-1985
88 [oversize]
6
Clippings,
1982-1993
65
5
Departure, correspondence,
1993 March-April
65
6
Departure,
1993 March-May
65
7
Departure, farewell event,
1993 April 7
65
8-10
Employment,
1986-1992
66
1
Fanfare campaign,
1986
66
2
Executive compensation,
1991
66
3
Foreign policy pamphlets,
1992
66
4
Loose materials,
ca. 1992
66
5
Memoranda,
1984-1985
66
6-9
NPR,
1983-1993
66
10
Phone lists,
1992-1993
67
1
Photos
67
2-3
Press,
1983-1993
67
4
Retreat, 1989 October 2: NPR
1983-1989
67
5
Retreat, 1989 October 2: duplicate materials
67
6
Retreat, 1989 October 2: confidential,
1989-1993
67
7
State of public radio programming in FY 1984,
1983 December
67
8
Transition,
1989, 1993
67
9
Transition - Joe Dembo,
1993
68
1-3
Transition - Joe Dembo,
1993
91 [oversize]
Videotape: Douglas Bennet: Edward
R. Murrow Award, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting,
1993 May
68
4
WRI - partnership for sustainable development,
1991 December 3
68
5
WRI - visions of a sustainable world,
1992 June 26
Speeches and articles
68
6
Oversight and investigations subcommittee,
1984 February 10
68
7
Communications subcommittee,
1984 February 22
68
8
Labor, HHS and education subcommittee,
1984 March 26
68
9
Commerce, science and transportation,
1984 March 26
68
10
PRC,
1984 April 9
68
11
Commerce, justice, state and the judiciary
subcommittee,
1984 May 3
68
12
PTFMA,
1984 May 19
68
13
SECA,
1984 October 13
68
14
National women's democratic club,
1984 October 29
68
15
CFR - international ethics and campaign politics,
1984 October 30
68
16
Commonwealth Club, San Francisco,
1984 November 8-9
68
17
Speeches,
1984 May-November
68
18
NYU conference,
1985 March 1-2
68
19
Washington - higher education speech,
1985 March 5
68
20
Speeches,
1985 March-July
69
1-2
Chautauqua institution,
1985 August 21
69
3
Pine article,
1986 February
69
4-5
Foreign relations testimony,
1986 April 21
69
6
PTFMA,
1986 May 28
69
7
Pittsburgh State University appreciation dinner,
1986 November 12
69
8
Society of professional journalists, Atlanta,
1986 November 13
69
9
Speeches,
1986 October-November
69
10-11
PRC, San Diego,
1986
69
12
President's report,
1987 May 2
69
13-14
EBU, Torremolinos, Spain,
1987 May 9-13
69
15
Media and philanthropy, Chicago
Tribune,
1987 June 2
70
1
Speeches,
1987 August-November
70
2
Speeches,
1988 April-May
70
3
PRC,
1988 May 21
70
4
Program corporation of America, Syracuse, NY,
1988 September 15-16
70
5
Benton fellowship: notes,
1989 March 9
70
6
EPR,
1989 September
70
7
Cleveland city club,
1989 December 20
70
8
Speeches,
1990
70
9-10
University of Missouri commencement,
1991 January 6
70
11
Ohio State University, communications class,
1991 March 12
70
12
Nieman fellows, Boston, MA,
1991 March 13
70
13
Mass communications conference, Jackson, MS,
1991 March 20-22
70
14
Carnegie corporation,
1991 April 25
70
15
The planning forum, Toronto, Canada,
1991 April 29-30
70
16
Council on Foreign Relations committee meeting,
1991 May 23
70
17
Speeches,
1991 September-November and undated
71
1
European Broadcasters Union,
1992 April 14
71
2
Rebuilding to Become a Leader,
1992 April
71
3
City club of Seattle,
1992 May 7
71
4
Dowling College, Oakdale, NY,
1992 May 9
71
5
PTFMA conference, Ft. Meyers, FL,
1992 May 27-28
71
6
NAB/radio conference, Montreux, Switzerland,
1992 June 10-13
71
7
Wesleyan seminar,
1992 November 12
71
8
du Pont forum, Columbia University,
1993 January 28
71
9
Speeches,
1993 January-February
71
10
Speeches, notes,
undated
Speeches - subject files
71
11
Campus free speech,
1989
71
12
Commercial speech/federal funding
71
13
First ammendment,
1990-1991
71
14
Flag burning
71
15
Foreign policy speech file
71
16
Jackson/art
71
17
Media issues, fairness, indecency
71
18
NEA funding issue/Corcoran/artist's space,
1989
71
19
Public radio speech material
71
20-22
Statistics,
1990-1991
Series V: Personal,1940-2004
Correspondence
Chronological
72
1-11
1972 May-1976 December
72
12
1984-1986
73
1
1987-1993 and undated
73
2
1994-1999
73
3
2002-2004 and undated
Alphabetical
73
4
Bowles, Chester,
1960, 1972
73
5
Connecticut,
1974-1975
73
6
Family letters from Europe,
1962 March-April
73
7
Family Christmas cards,
1940-1972 and undated
India
73
8
Halina and John,
1963-1964
73
9
Letters from friends,
1963-1965
73
10-13
Lyme letters,
1963-1965 and undated
73
14
Phoebe and Jim,
1963-1965
Education
Wesleyan,
1955-1959
74
1-13
1955-1957
75
1-15
1956-1959
76
1-4
1958-1959
76
5
Honors thesis,
1959 May
93 [oversize]
6
Photos, Alpha Chi Rho,
1957-1958
76
6
EQV: a history,
1962, 1969
Berkeley
1959-60
76
7-10
1959-1960
77
1-7
1959-1960
Harvard
1960-1967
77
8-14
1960-1961
78
1-17
1961-1962
79
1-5
1961-1963
Dissertation
79
6-13
1962-1966 and undated
80
1-14
1966-1967 and undated
81
1-6
1967 May and undated
94 [oversize]
Sources and bibliography
Subject files
81
7
Address book,
ca. 1969
93 {oversize]
8
Artwork, youthful
81
8-13
Beauvoir school,
1972-1974
82
1-4
Beauvoir school,
1975-1976
82
5
Car park,
1990
82
6
Center for the study of democratic institutions,
1973-1974
82
7
Connecticut - future jobs,
1972-1973
82
8
Connecticut house,
1984-1991
82
9-10
Cosmos Club,
1989-1993
82
11-12
Date books,
1973-1974
83
1-6
Date books,
1974-1977
84
1-8
Date books,
1978-1982, 1993-94
85
1
Frelek, Ryszard,
1990-1991
85
2
High school yearbook,
1955
85
3
Insurance,
1989-1992
85
4
Loose materials
85
5
Music, clarinet
85
6
Music, Lessons in
harmony,
1931
85
7
Personal,
1987 and undated
85
8
Photos, family
93 [oversize]
7
Scouting sash
93 [oversize]
9
Scrap book,
1844-1942
85
9
Speeches,
1994, 2008
85
10
Taxes,
1985-1991
85
11
Thapa,
1986-1992
86
1
Vacation,
1986 and undated
86
2
Vacation, South Bar,
1990
86
3-4
Wesleyan,
1972-1975, 1991
86
5
Where are they now? lists,
1983-1992 and undated
Series V: News Clips,1993-1995
95
1-7
1993 March 4-September 7
96
1-5
1993 September 9-30
97
1-5
1993 October 3-21
98
1-5
1993 October 22-November 12
99
1-5
1993 November 14-December 6
100
1-6
1993 December 7-1994 January 9
101
1-5
1994 January 10-31
102
1-5
1994 February 1-23
103
1-5
1994 February 24-March17
104
1-5
1994 March 18-April 11
105
1-6
1994 April 12-29
106
1-5
1994 April 29-May 20
107
1-5
1994 May 24-June 15
108
1-6
1994 June 16-July 12
109
1-6
1994 July 13-August 7
110
1-5
1994 August 8-September 5
111
1-5
1994 September 6-26
112
1-5
1994 September 27-October 25
113
1-5
1994 October 25-November 30
114
1-6
1994 December 1-1995 January 6
115
1-6
1995 January 9-February 14
116
1-5
1995 February 15-March 17
117
1-5
1995 March 20-April 18
118
1-6
1995 April 19-May 23