Thomas J. Dodd Papers Series II: Subject Files

Series II: Subject Files, 1959-1969

Thomas J. Dodd Papers

Series II: Subject Files

Finding aid prepared by Jeffrey D. Bass.
Finding aid encoded by Betsy Pittman in March 2004.

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road, Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1205

© 2004 University of Connecticut


Overview of the Collection
Repository:	Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
Creator:	Dodd, Thomas J.
Title:	Thomas J. Dodd Papers.
Dates:	1919-1971.
Extent:	220 linear feet.
Record Series:	MSS19940065S2
Language	English.
Abstract:	The Thomas J. Dodd Papers illuminate the diverse public life of a self-styled crusader. The collection consists primarily of material from Dodd's Senate years (1959-1971) and the Nuremberg war crimes trial before the International Military Tribunal from 1945-1946.

Organization

Series I: Outgoing Correspondence (1959-1970)

Series II: Subject Files (1959-1969) primarily contains correspondence to Dodd and his Senate staff concerning critical issues like taxes, trade, Vietnam, social security, Medicare, and veterans' benefits. This series includes many pamplets, brochures, reports, newspaper articles, and promotional literature that constituents supplied to buttress their arguments. Some of the material was provided to Dodd to facilitate his committee work on foreign relations, space, internal security, judicial matters such as juvenile delinquency, and anti-trust regulations. Box 111, Trade: Imports, Miscellaneous, contains a copy of a September 11, 1962 letter recounting how the Japanese are taking over the American market for such manufactured products as hand tools, screws, nuts, and rivets while the Utilities file for that same year holds several documents protesting ABC's use of Alger Hiss to "sit in judgment" of Richard Nixon. A variety of public relations files include Dodd's thank you letters to supporters, letters of condolence, and congratulations notes to friends and acquaintances. In most cases Dodd's reply is filed with the incoming material. Several folders contain crank letters and other incoherent correspondence that went unanswered, including a photocopy of a five page 1965 letter attacking Secretary of State Dean Rusk for Communist sympathies. Subject files exist in significant numbers only for 1962 and 1966-1969. This material is arranged alphabetically by subject for each year.

The series concludes with four boxes of City Files from 1965-1970 arranged alphabetically by municipality. These papers deal primarily with efforts by local officials to secure federal urban renewal funding for such communities as Hartford, Willimantic, New London, Danbury, and Waterbury.

Series III: Administrative and Legislative Files (1949-1971)

Series IV: Investigative Files (1956-1970)

Series V: Foreign Travel Files (1954-1969)

Series VI: Campaign Files (1949-1970)

Series VII: Nuremberg Trial (1919-1995)

Series VIII: Personal Papers (1920-1971)

Series IX: Scrapbooks (1935-1971)

Series X: Photographs (1920-1970)

Series XI: Awards and Memorabilia (1926-1970)

Series XII: Audiovisual Materials (1946-1969)

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