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Title
C. David Heymann: Robert F. Kennedy Collection

Collection Number
SC 349

OCLC Number
In-process

Creator 
C. David Heymann, 1945-2012

Provenance 
This collection was donated by C. David Heymann in 1997.

Extent,Scope, and Content Note 
The collection is comprised of 70 cubic ft. of research material created by and amassed by D. David Heymann for the purpose of writing RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy (1998). Contents include manuscript drafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, subject files, and interviews. The date span of the materials range from 1925 to 1994.

Arrangement and Processing Note
Processed by Special Collections in 1997 and 1998. The files are organized in the order they were received by subject and format.
Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in July 2019.

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
Some restrictions as per donor. Recordings can not be duplicated. 

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Item], [Box], C. David Heymann: Robert F. Kennedy Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Historical Note
David Heymann (1945-2012) was a literary biographer turned best-selling celebrity biographer. Born Clemens Claude Oscar Heymann, he authored three New York Times best-sellers: A Woman Named Jackie (1989), a life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis that reached No. 1; Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor (1995), and Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story (2009). Other works include: Poor Little Rich Girl: The Life and Legend of Barbara Hutton (1983); Ezra Pound, the Last Rower: A Political Profile (1976); American Aristocracy: The Lives and Times of James Russell, Amy, and Robert Lowell (1980); The Georgetown Ladies’ Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation’s Capital (2003); and American Legacy: The Story of John & Caroline Kennedy (2007). Heymann earned a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration from Cornell (1966) and master of fine arts from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1969). He did doctoral-level study in English literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. (Source: New York Times, May 10, 2012)

Subjects
Kennedy, Robert F., -- 1925-1968.
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Kennedy, Robert F., -- 1925-1968
United States. -- Congress. -- Senate.
Legislators.
United States.

INVENTORY

Boxes 1a-1c: Pre-1940 (42 folders)

Box 1a

1. oral history: RFK early years, youth interview
2. oral history: RFK personality
3. oral history: JFK early years
4. oral history: Joseph Kennedy, Sr., early years
5. oral history: Kennedy family early years
6. oral history: England (1938-1940)
7. general files: articles about C. David Heymann
8. general files: introduction
9. general files: RFK general information
10. overview of Kennedy family
11. Barbara Gibson and Ted Schwartz book proposal
12. Fitzgeralds and Kennedys: early family background
13. Joseph Kennedy, Sr.: general clips (folder 1 of 2)
14. Joseph Kennedy, Sr.: general clips (folder 2 of 2)
15. Joseph Kennedy, Sr.: will

Box 1b

16. Rose Kennedy: early years
17. Joseph Kennedy, Sr.: 1920s
18. Gloria Swanson (folder 1)
19. Gloria Swanson (folder 2)
20. RFK childhood: 1925-1939 (folder 1)
21. RFK childhood: (1925-1939) (folder 2)
22. Kennedy family, 1920s and 1930s
23. Kennedy homes: early years
24. JFK historical site
25. JFK, 1930s
26. Lem Billings: early friendship with JFK
27. Rosemary Kennedy
28. Louella Hennessy, nurse (1937)
29. Ted Kennedy: early clips
30. Eunice: early years
31. Hyannisport house (1928)

Box 1c

32. Palm Beach house (1933)
33. Palm Beach scene
34. Joseph, Sr.: 1930s (folder 1 of 2)
35. Joseph, Sr.: 1930s (folder 2 of 2)
36. Roosevelt Inauguration
37. Joseph, Sr.: England (1938-1939)
38. RFK: England
39. Joseph Kennedy and family interviews
40. London: general family
41. Kennedy Riverdale house
42. Kennedy family: 1920s and 1930s
* Folder not received as of 1/99: RFK masculinity

Boxes 2a-2b: 1940-1949 (35 folders)

Box 2a


1. oral history: Joseph Jr.
2. oral history: Kennedys, 1940s
3. oral history: RFK, Milton Academy
4. oral history: RFK, law school
5. oral history: JFK, 1940s (1946 campaign)
6. Kennedys: general 1940s
7. Cardinal Cushing
8. Joseph, Sr.: 1940s (folder 1)
9. Joseph, Sr.: 1940s (folder 2)
10. JFK 1940s
11. PT 109/John Harley
12. Durie Malcolm
13. Inga Arvad: non-FBI material
14. Inga Arvad: FBI material (folder 1)
15. Inga Arvad: FBI material (folder 2)
16. Joseph Jr.
17. Joseph, Jr.: death (August 1944)
18. Kathleen Kennedy (Kick)

Box 2b

19. Marquess of Hartington (and Billy Cavendish, husband)
20. 8th Earl Fitzwilliam ("Peter")
21. RFK 1940s: general information
22. Portsmouth Priory: Fall 1939-Spring 1942
23. Milton Academy: Fall 1942-Spring 1944
24. Harvard: 1944-1945
25. Bates: 1945-1946
26. Harvard: 1946-1948
27. Harvard/Bates: 1946-1948
28. RFK post Harvard: 1948-1949
29. RFK: University of Virginia Law School (first year and general information)
30. schools (includes folder with Milton yearbook)
31. RFK personality
32. Kennedy heritage
33. 1946 campaign
34. England
35. oral history: RFK early years

Boxes 3a-3b: 1950-1953 (31 folders)

Box 3a


1. oral history: Kennedy family, 1950-1953
2. oral history: JFK Senate campaign, 1952
3. oral history: Margaret Coit
4. oral history: RFK and Herbert Hoover
5. oral history: RFK and Joseph McCarthy
6. Kennedy family: 1950
7. RFK: 1950
8. University of Virginia Law School: 1950
9. wedding preparations
10. Ethel: General information (early years, Skakel, etc.)
11. Ethel: post 1950
12. Ethel: romance with RFK
13. RFK: 1951 (folder 1)
14. RFK: 1951 (folder 2)

Box 3b

Unnumbered folder: oral history of JFK Senate Campaign, 1952
15. RFK: 1951 (folder 3)
16. University of Virginia
17. law school
18. RFK: articles for the Boston Post
19. RFK: 1952
20. Kennedy family: 1952
21. 1952 campaign
22. Kennedy family: 1953
23. JFK as Senator
24. Shrivers (married 1953) (see also Jackie material from 1953)
25. oral history: RFK regarding JFK Senate campaign
26. RFK: 1953
27. Hoover Commission: August 1953-February 1954
28. Joseph McCarthy: 1953
29. Roy Cohn: general information (see also Box 4)
30. Red ships: Greek/Chinese

Boxes 4a-4b: 1954 (29 folders)

Box 4a


1. oral history: 1954
2. RFK: 1954
3. Sollymossy correspondence
4. Army/McCarthy: 1953
5. Cohn/Schine
6. Cohn: 1954
7. G. David Schine: 1954
8. Roy Cohn book proposal
9. Army/McCarthy: RFK memo and Schine phone list (wiretaps)
10. Army/McCarthy: RFK notes
11. Army/McCarthy (folder 1 of 2)

Box 4b

12. Army and McCarthy (folder 2 of 2)
13. Irving Peress, re: Army/McCarthy
14. Peress: 1955
15. Kennedy family: 1954
16. JFK: 1953
17. Oral history: JFK health
18. JFK health: general information
19. Max Jacobson
20. FBI material: Roy Cohn, 1960s (folder 1 of 4)
21. FBI material: Roy Cohn, 1960s (folder 2 of 4)
22. FBI material: Roy Cohn, 1960s (folder 3 of 4)
23. FBI material: Roy Cohn, 1960s (folder 4 of 4)
24. Roy Cohn,:1953
25. Army/McCarthy/Cohn
26. Cohn/Kennedy
27. personal: RFK
28. democratic registration
29. JFK: back surgery

Boxes 5a-5b: 1955-1956 (31 folders)

Box 5a


1. oral history: 1955 (folder 1 of 2)
2. oral history: 1955 (folder 2 of 2)
3. RFK, 1955: January-July
4. Cosmo/Metro Club (resigned 1961)
5. RFK: Russia trip
6. RFK: Russia diary
7. RFK: 1955, August-December
8. 1955 desk diary
9. McClellan Commission, 1955 (folder 1 of 2)
10. McClellan Commission, 1955 (folder 2 of 2)
11. Talbot (Re: Joseph, Sr., 1955)
12. Kennedy family" 1955
13. Ethel Kennedy and children: 1955
14. RFK: 1955
15. oral history: 1956 (folder 1 of 2)

Box 5b

16. oral history: 1956 (folder 2 of 2)
17. RFK: 1956, January-June
18. RFK: 1956, July-December
19. RFK: desk diary, 1956
20. McClellan: 1956
21. Rackets Complaints: 1956
22. Hickory Hill (purchased from JFK in 1956) (folder 1 of 2)
23. Hickory Hill (folder 2 of 2)
24. Kennedy family
25. Joseph, Sr.
26. Smiths (married 1956)
27. JFK: 1956
28. NY Times Magazine, April 1956
29. Stevenson Presidential campaign
30. democratic convention
31. 1956 hearings

Boxes 6a-6c: 1957 (23 folders)

Box 6a

1. oral history: 1957
2. RFK: 1957, January-March
3. Desk diary, 1957
4. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1957 (see Box #7 for later information)
5. James Elkins: March 1957 (folder 1 of 2)

Box 6b

6. James Elkins: March 1957 (folder 2 of 2)
7. McClellan: 1957
8. Labor complaints to RFK
9. Dave Beck
10. complaints regarding Teamsters, 1957
11. RFK: 1957, April-June
12. Victor Riesel
13. Meany: AFL-CIO

Box 6c

14. Reuther: UAW
16. RFK: 1957, July-September
17. RFK: 1957, October-December
18. Ethel and children
19. Kennedy family
20. Joseph, Sr.
21. JFK: 1957
22. early rackets: end of 1956
23. racketeering probe

Boxes 7a-7c: James "Jimmy" Hoffa insert (23 folders)

Box 7a


1. notes/fragments of oral histories that make reference to James "Jimmy" Hoffa
2. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: general
3. Edward Bennett Williams (James "Jimmy" Hoffa's lawyer)
4. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1958
5. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1959
6. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: J.B. Martin articles, 1959
7. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1957-1959, J.B. Martin book
8. James "Jimmy" Hoffa:1960
9. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1961
10. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1962
11. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1963

Box 7b

12. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: JFK assassination
13. FBI: James "Jimmy" Hoffa, 1962-1963 (Medlin and Bell)
14. FBI: James "Jimmy" Hoffa, 1964 (Medlin and Bell)
15. FBI: James "Jimmy" Hoffa, 1963 (Dorfman and Tweel)
16. FBI: James "Jimmy" Hoffa, 1963-1964 (Dorfman and Tweel) (folder 1 of 2)

Box 7c

17. FBI: James "Jimmy" Hoffa, 1963-1964 (Dorfman and Tweel) (folder 2 of 2)
18. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1964
19. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1965-1967
20. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: 1968 and following years
21. James "Jimmy" Hoffa: book excerpts
22. rackets: investigation and trial
23. James "Jimmy" Hoffa during the Attorney General years

Boxes 8a-8b: 1958-1959 (22 folders)

Box 8a

1. oral history: 1958
2. RFK: 1958, January-May
3. RFK: 1958, June-December
4. RFK: desk diary, 1958
5. McClellan Commission: 1958
6. Rackets complaints
7. Ernest Mark High
8. JFK: 1958
9. Kennedy-Ives Labor Bill
10. Ethel: 1958
11. Kennedy family: 1958
12. Joan Kennedy (married 1958) and see later clips
13. oral history: 1959

Box 8b

14. RFK, 1959: January-May
15. RFK, 1959: June-December
16. RFK: desk diary, 1959
17. McClellan: 1959
18. rackets complaints: 1959
19. JFK: 1959
20. Catholic issue: 1959-1960 (regarding 1960 election)
21. Kennedy family: 1959
22. The Enemy Within: RFK book and movie deal
*Folders not received: Carl Mundt; Bernard Goldfine

Boxes 9 and 10
Not received.

Boxes 11a-11c: 1960 (1 of 2) (16 folders)

Box 11a

1. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 1 of 7)
2. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 2 of 7)
3. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 3 of 7)
4. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 4 of 7)
5. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 5 of 7)
6. oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 6 of 7)

Box 11b

7. Oral history: 1960 campaign (folder 7 of 7)
8. RFK: 1960: campaign general information
9. RFK: 1960, January -March
10. RFK: 1960, April-May
11. RFK: 1960, June-August
12. Desk diary: August 1960

Box 11c

13. JFK: campaign, 1960
14. civil rights: 1960
15. Oral History: 1960, Pierre Salinger
16. John Seigenthaler on 1960 campaign

Boxes 12a-12c: 1960 (2 of 2) (19 folders)

Box 12a


1. Kennedy family: 1960
2. oral history: LBJ as Vice-President
3. LBJ: 1960
4. Adlai Stevenson
5. Nixon: 1960
6. RFK: 1960, September 1-September 24
7. RFK: 1960, September 24-September 30

Box 12b

12. JFK: President-elect
13. oral history: Cabinet appointments
14. Kennedy Cabinet
15. Robert NcNamara: 1960 (also relevant to other years)
16. RFK: 1960, December
17. RFK: 1961, January
18. oral history and news clips: Inauguration 1/20/61
19. RFK as Attorney General: general information and OH

Box 12c

8. RFK: 1960, October
9. RFK: 1960, November
10. oral history: Attorney General appointment
11. Attorney General: appointment clips, 1960, November-December

Boxes 13a-13c: 1961 (1 of 2) (16 folders)

Box 13a

1. oral history: general/undated/early
2. oral history: LBJ as vice-president
3. oral history: 1961 White House
4. oral history: 1961: RFK as Attorney General and Justice Department
5. oral history: John Seigenthaler

Box 13b

6. oral history: RFK as Attorney General, civil rights, general (folder 1 of 2)
7. oral history: RFK as Attorney General, civil rights, general (folder 2 of 2)
8. oral history: 1961: RFK as Attorney General, Civil rights
9. oral history: Burke Marshall
10. 1961: civil rights

Box 13c

11. 1961: civil rights clips
12. White House: Africa
13. FBI: 1961 (folder 1)
14. FBI: 1961 (folder 2)
15. Oral history: Thomas Wicker
16. Oral history: Jack Patterson et.al.

Boxes 14a-14c: 1961 (2 of 2) (25 folders)

Box 14a

1. White House years: general information
2. LBJ as vice president
3. RFK: 1961 expenses
4. RFK: Feb. 1961
5. Hickory Hill seminars
6. Brumas (dog)
7. pool dunking
8. RFK: March-April, 1961
9. oral history: Bay of Pigs
Unnumbered folder: telephone messages

Box 14b

10. Cuba: 1961
11. RFK: May-June, 1961
12. RFK: July-August, 1961
13. telephone messages: July 1961
14. RFK: September-October 1961
15. RFK: November-December, 1961

Box 14c

16. JFK: 1961
17. Frank Morrisey (includes James Landis case)
18. JFK homes (White House years)
19. Peace Corps
20. Lord Harlech (David Ormsby-Gore)
21. Gutman ghostwriting
22. Mary Bankcroft
23. family life: 1961
24. Joseph Sr.: White House years, book clips
25. Citizen Cohn (book clip)

Boxes 15a-15c: Hoover insert from 1961 (20 folders)

Box 15a


1. oral history: Hoover/RFK wiretaps
2. J.E. Hoover: general information
3. Hoover: book excerpts
4. Martin Luther King: general information
5. Martin Luther King: surveillance
6. wiretaps: FBI history
7. wiretaps: 1961
8. wiretaps: 1962-63
9. Hoover: FBI, 1964-65
10. wiretaps: 1966

Box 15b

11. wiretaps 1967
12. wiretaps/FBI material: 1966 (folder 1 of 2)
12. OH wiretaps (folder 2 of 2)

Box 15c

13. FBI 1967
14. FBI: 1968-69
15. Hoover/RFK: feud, post RFK assassination
16. oral history: Walter Yeagley
17. Yeagley: FBI material
18. William Sullivan material (1 of 2)
19. William Sullivan material (2 of 2)

Boxes 16a-16c: Conspiracy (17 folders)

Box 16a


1. oral history: organized crime
2. mafia: 1950s
3. organized crime: 1960s
4. organized crime: 1961
5. organized crime: 1961 Senate hearings
6. organized crime: 1962

Box 16b

7. Valachi: 1960s
8. Evan: 1963, FBI
9. Fred Black Jr. surveillance: 1966 FBI
10. wiretaps/Otepka
11. Cuba: 1961-1962
12. Cuba: articles re: missiles
13. Cuba

Box 16c

14. Cuba: conspiracy
15. Cuba: theories
15. Mickey Cohen, 1957
16. JFK: assassination theories (folder 1 of 2)
17. JFK: assassination theories (folder 2 of 2)

Boxes 17a-17c: 1962 (1 of 2) (10 folders)

Box 17a


1. oral history: 1962
2. FBI - RFK: 1962
3. Cassini: 1962
4. RFK: Jan. 1962

Box 17b

5. civil rights: Jan.-Aug., 1962
6. Feb. 1962: world tour (folder 1 of 2)
7. Feb. 1962: world tour (folder 2 of 2)
8. March-April, 1962
9. May-June, 1962
10. July-August, 1962
10. wiretaps- Otepka

Boxes 18a-18c: 1962 (2 of 2) (20 folders)

Box 18a


1. RFK: September 1962
2. oral history: civil rights, 1962
3. civil rights: September 1962
4. FBI McShane: civil rights

Box 18b

5. civil rights: September-December
6. RFK: October 1962
7. CIA: missiles
8. National Security Archives: 1962 (folder 1 of 2)
9. National Security Archives: 1962 (folder 2 of 2)
10. oral history: Cuban Missile Crisis

Box 18c

11. Cuban Missile Crisis: book excerpts, etc. (folder 1 of 2)
12. Cuban Missile Crisis: book excerpts, etc. (folder 2 of 2)
13. RFK: November-December, 1962
14. JFK: 1962
15. Peanut Island: 1962
16. Joseph Kennedy
17. Kennedy: family life, 1962
18. Teddy: 1962
19. oral history: RFK personality
20. civil rights: FBI investigation

Boxes 19a-19c: 1963, January-October, Pre-JFK Assassination (24 folders)

Box 19a


1. oral history: 1963, general information (pre-assassination)
2. oral history: civil rights, 1963
3. RFK: January, 1963
4. Feb.-March, 1963
5. Civil rights: January-March
6. April 1963

Box 19b

7. Civil rights, April
8. May 1963
9. Civil rights, May
10. Baldwin meeting (May 10, 1963)
11. Civil rights: June-December; Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights, 1963
12. June-July
13. Civil rights, June

Box 19c

14. civil rights, July
15. August-September, 1963, October, 1963
16. civil rights: August-September
17. civil rights: October
18. Kennedy Family: 1963
19. Ethel: horse incident (1963 +)
20. Ethel: 1963
21. additional White House gate logs
22. RFK: Assassination
23. LBJ: tapes
24. FOIA, civil rights, Dept. of Justice files - 1963

Boxes 20a-20c: JFK Assassination, November-December 1963 (25 folders)

Box 20a


1. oral history: JFK assassination
2. RFK: November 22-30
3. JFK assassination: personal reminiscences
4. JFK assassination: contemporary accounts, general information
5. JFK assassination: book excerpts, general information
6. JFK funeral

Box 20b

7. A. Biddle Duke, protocol
8. grave
9. Oswald
10. FBI/Oswald/Ruby
11. Warren Commission
12. Jim Garrison/Oliver Stone
13. LBJ as President (Nov.-Dec., 1963)
14. MacBird play
15. Paul "Red" Fay book
16. oral history: William Manchester
17. Manchester, 1964

Box 20c

18. Manchester/John Corry book
19. Manchester out-takes
20. Manchester, 1966
21. Manchester, 1967
22. JFK Library
23. Kennedy Center
24. JFK: post-assassination (tributes, etc.)
25. JFK: miscellaneous excerpts
*Folders not received as of 1/99: RFK Nov., 1-21, RFK Dec., 1963

Boxes 21a-21c: 1964, January-August Transition (18 folders)

Box 21a


1. RFK: general information, 1964
2. Civil rights: 1964
3. LBJ: 1964
4. RFK and LBJ: RFK as vice president
5. Bobby Baker
6. Hubert Humphrey
7. Vice President RFK: citizen correspondence
8. Letters to RFK, re: vice president

Box 21b

9. January, 1964
10. February, 1964
11. March, 1964
12. April, 1964

Box 21c

13. May, 1964
14. June, 1964
15. July, 1964
16. August, 1964
17. August, 1964 (beginning of senate campaign)
18. Vidal Palimpsest book clip

Boxes 22a-c: Campaign 1964 insert (10 folders)

Box 22a


1. general information and clips re: 1964 campaign (folder 1 of 3)
2. general information and clips re: 1964 campaign (folder 2 of 3)
3. general information and clips re: 1964 campaign (folder 3 of 3)
4. oral history: 1964 post-JFK transition re: LBJ/RFK relationship

Box 22b

5. oral history: January-August post-assassination
6. oral history: Campaign 1964 (binder)

Box 22c

7. FBI (FOI Acts): 1963 post-JFK assassination
8. FBI (FOI Acts): 1964 RFK
9. FBI material: threats, 1963-64
10. RFK: A.G., special group for insurgency

Boxes 23a-c: 1964 Campaign clips (13 folders)

Box 23a


1. RFK: September, 1964
2. October, 1964 (folder 1 of 2)

Box 23b

3. October, 1964 (folder 2 of 2)
4. November, 1964
5. Robert Wagner, Mayor of N.Y.C.
6. Keating
7. Ethel: family campaign
8. campaign: 1964 Fair Practices

Box 23c

9. Civil Rights: Campaign 1964
10. General Analine/J.G. Farben
11. Campaign: 1964 Israel
12. Harry Golden
13. RFK: December, 1964
14. Ted Kennedy: 1964

Boxes 24a-24c: 1965 (1 of 2) (14 folders)

Box 24a


1. RFK as senator: general clips and information
2. oral history: RFK as Senator 1965-67 (folder 1 of 2)
3. oral history: RFK as Senator 1965-67 (folder 2 of 2)
4. oral history: Edelman, RFK as Senator (folder 1 of 3)

Box 24b

5. oral history: Edelman, RFK as Senator (folder 2 of 3)
6. oral history: Edelman, RFK as Senator (folder 3 of 3)
7. oral history: Frank Mankewiecz, RFK as Senator
8. oral history: Walinsky, RFK as Senator
9. Bedford Styvusant: clips on restoration

Box 24c

10. oral history: Bedford Styvusant (folder 1 of 2)
11. oral history: Bedford Styvusant (folder 2 of 2)
12. FBI
13. RFK: assorted files
14. oral history: assorted files

Boxes 25a-c: 1965 (2 of 2) (24 folders)

Box 25a


1. RFK: 1965 general information
2. RFK: 1965 opinions
3. speech index
4. food stamps
5. 1965 schedules
6. FBI: RFK, 1965

Box 25b

7. LBJ: 1965
8. Harry Golden: 1965-68
9. Allard Lowenstein: 1965-68
10. January 1965
11. February 1965
12. March (Mt. Kennedy)
13. April
14. May
15. June

Box 25c

16. July
17. August
18. September
19. October
20. November
21. Senate trips files: Latin America
22. December
23. RFK: family, 1965
24. Ted: 1965

Boxes 26a-c: 1966 (24 folders)

Box 26a


1. RFK: general information, 1966
2. FBI: RFK, 1966
3. Chavez

Box 26b

4. LSD
5. Hollywood Hospital
6. January 1966
7. February
8. March
9. April
10. May
11. June (mostly South Africa trip)
12. June, 1966, non-South Africa
13. July
14. August
15. September

Box 26c

16. October
17. November
18. December
19. Family: 1966
20. oral histories: 1966 (folder 1 of 2)
21. oral histories: 1966 (folder 2 of 2)
22. oral history: Peter Edelman
23. oral history: Adam Walinsky
24. Kennedy article on South Africa

Boxes 27a-c: 1967 (29 folders)

Box 27a


1. oral history: 1967 (folder 1 of 2)
2. oral history: 1967 (folder 2 of 2)
3. RFK: general information, 1967
4. FBI: RFK, 1967
5. LBJ: 1967
6. January
7. February
8. March

Box 27b

9. April
10. May
11. June
12. July
13. August
14. September
15. October
16. November
17. December
18. Citizens for Kennedy

Box 27c

19. USS JFK, 1967
20. JFK Civic Center, Mitchell Field, Nickerson
21. family: 1967 (folder 1 of 2)
22. family: 1967 (folder 2 of 2)
23. family: 1968
24. RFK: 1967 Vietnam
25. Vietnam: 1965
26. Vietnam: 1966
27. Vietnam: White House years
28. Oral history: Vietnam
29. Vietnam: book excerpts

Boxes 28a-c: Oral History, 1968 (1 of 3) (11 folders)

Box 28a


1. Oral history: Walinsky, Adam
2. Oral history: Edelman, Peter (folder 1 of 2)
3. Oral history: Edelman, Peter (folder 2 of 2)
4. Oral history: Newberg, Ester
5. Oral history: Mankiewicz, Frank
6. Oral history: Tolan, James E.

Box 28b

7. Oral history: King, Ray
8. Oral history: Guggenheim, Charles
9. Oral history: Greenfield, Jeff
10. Oral history: campaign 1968 (binder 1 of 2)

Box 28c

11. Oral history: campaign 1968 (binder 1 of 2)

Boxes 29a-c: January-March of 1968 (2 of 3) (15 folders)

Box 29a


1. RFK: January-February general information
3. Hubert Humphrey
4. Eugene McCarthy
5. FBI, RFK: 1968
6. civil rights: 1968
7. January, 1968

Box 29b

8. February, 1968
9. RFK March, 1968: general information
10. March 1-10
11. March 11-15
12. March 16-19

Box 29c

13. March 20-25
14. March 26-31
15. Michael Aguirre book: The Story of Robert F. Kennedy in His Own Words: The Campaign of 1968

Boxes 30a-c: 1968 (3 of 3) (20 folders)

Box 30a


1. RFK: April-May, general information
2. FBI/RFK: April-May
3. Martin Luther King's death
4. J. B. Martin Diary re: April-June, 1968
5. April 1-9
6. April 10-19

Box 30b

7. April 20-30
8. May 1-9
9. May 10-13
10. May 14-16
11. May 17-19
12. May 20-27

Box 30c

13. May 28-31
14. Thesis: 1968 campaign
15. Book: Finding Common Ground
16. RFK to Malaysia
17. RFK impersonator case # 2
18. Oral history: Jackie Onassis
19. C.D.H. request to FBI for information
20. Kennedy family campaign (Ethel)

Boxes 31a-c: RFK Assassination (17 folders)

Box 31a


1. Oral history: assassination
2. RFK: June 1-4, 1968
3. Assassination: general information
4. FBI/LAPD witness reports A-F
5. FBI/LAPD witness reports G-Z

Box 31b

6. LAPD interviews:
Evelle Younger
William Barry
Rosie Grier
Melvin Hall
Frank Mankiewicz
Michael Marcus
Freddy Plimpton
Sandra Serrano
Earl Williman
Richard G. Lubic
Paul Schraga

7. FBI: RFK autopsy
8. June 5: RFK assassination
9. June 6: RFK assassination

Box 31c

10. June 7: St. Patrick's
11. RFK: funeral train
12. June 8: funeral service in N.Y. and burial at Arlington
13. LBJ, re: RFK assassination, beginning June 5
14. June 9-12
15. June 13-20
16. June 20-30

Boxes 32a-c: Post-assassination (30 folders)

Box 32a


1. RFK: 1968 CIA file - death threats
2. Sirhan Sirhan
3. Blavatsky
4. Sirhan: 1969
5. book excerpts, re: Sirhan Sirhan
6. trial transcripts (folder 1 of 2)
7. trial transcripts (folder 2 of 2)
8. Sirhan: 1970 to date
9. Sirhan: book contract
10. 1968 July-December
11. RFK: Memorial Foundation and RFK Library

Box 32b

12. Ethel: 1968 post-assassination
13. Ted: 1968 post-assassination
14. violence/gun control
15. mass cards/thanks
16. 1968 tributes
17. post-assassination, 1969
18. RFK: assassination later theories
19. FBI: RFK post-assassination

Box 32c

20. Ted Charac and Betsey Langman interviews:
Borman, Stan
Marchetti, Victor
Pena, Manuel
Reddin, Thomas
Schorr, Dr.
Lubic, Richard
Cesar, Thane Eugene

21. Post-assassination, 1970s to date re: RFK tributes
22. Post-assassination, 1970s to date re: RFK tributes
23. Articles, services, anniversaries, etc.

Boxes 33a-b: 1969-1980s (39 folders)

Box 33a


1. RFK: post-1968
2. Ethel: 1969
3. Hugh Carey
4. Ted: 1969
5. Chappaquidick
6. Joan Kennedy
7. Joseph Sr.: 1969
8. Rose
9. Ethel: 1970-75
10. Aspen
11. Claudine Longet
12. Andy Williams
13. Ted: 1970-79
14. Ethel: 1976-79
15. JFK: Library dedication, 1979
16. Thomas Skakel (Martha Moxley)

Box 33b

17. third generation: 1970s
18. Ethel Kennedy: 1980-85
19. Kennedy family: general, 1980s
20. third generation: 1980s
21. Joseph III (Joseph Patrick Kennedy III, b. 1952)
22. RFK Jr. (Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., b. 1954)
23. Kathleen Hartington Kennedy, b. 1951 (Townsend)
24. Mary Courtney Kennedy, b. 1956
25. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy, b. 1958
26. Mary Kerry Kennedy, b. 1959
27. Christopher George Kennedy, b. 1963
28. Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, b. 1965
29. Douglas Harriman Kennedy, b. 1967
30. Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy, b. 1968
31. Kara Kennedy
32. Patrick Kennedy
33. Ted, Jr.
34. Robert Shriver
35. Maria Shriver
36. Christopher Lawford
37. Ted: 1980s
38. Ted: 1990s
39. Ethel: 1986

Boxes 34-35: David Kennedy, Will Smith, FBI and RFK (38 folders)

Boxes 34/35a


1. Takiff, Michael
2. RFK (folder 1 of 3)
3. RFK (folder 2 of 3)
4. RFK (folder 3 of 3)
5. Oral history: Mondale and Walton
6. RFK: chronology
7. Selected bibliography
8. Robert Kennedy: personality
9. RFK: oral history master list
10. RFK: chronological file list
11. RFK: biographies
12. RFK: chronology
13. Chronologies and biographies
14. Epilogues: Ethel, Will Smith, David, Joseph Jr.
15. Willie Smith case: William Barry, 1991
16. Willie Smith case: general
17. William K. Smith: prior to rape case

Boxes 34/35b

18. RFK and children
19. David Kennedy
20. 1964: RFK family life
21. Ted: 1964
22. RFK: family life, 1965
23. RFK: family, 1966
24. RFK: family, 1968
25. David Kennedy (folder 1 0f 3)
26. David Kennedy (folder 2 of 3)
27. David Kennedy (folder 3 of 3)
28. William Kennedy Smith: rape case
29. New York Times article on RFK, 6/15/97
30. Ted: Will Smith rape case
31. Lem Billings, post-1969
32. FBI material: Japan and Italy trip, 1962
33. FBI files: visit to LA, 10/2/62
34. FBI files: trip to Manila
35. FBI files: impersonation case
36. FBI materials
37. FBI: assassination attempt
38. Wiretapping

Boxes 36a-b: Jackie (19 folders)

Box 36a


1. Caroline Kennedy
2. John F. Kennedy Jr.
3. Jackie Kennedy, 1969-79 (marriage, 1968)
4. Jackie Kennedy, 1980s
5. Maurice Templesman, 1980+
6. Jackie, 1980-86
7. Jackie memorials
8. Jackie and cancer
9. Jackie, 1989
10. Jackie, 1990

36b

11. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1991
12. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1992
13. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1993
14. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1994
15. John F. Kennedy, Jr., 1994
16. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, death (19 May 1994)
17. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, death (19 May 1994)
18.Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, death (19 May 1994)
19. Jackie, M. Templesman: miscellaneous

Boxes 37a-b: Administrative Lists and Notes (19 folders)

Box 37a


1. Re: interviews
2. lists of names
3. possible inverviews
5. RFK: chronological file list
6. RFK file: FBI
7. Presidential recordings: 1962-63, The Papers of JFK
8. lists
9. master list
10. bibliography
11. master list of oral histories
12. historical materials in JFK Library, 1993
13. JFK Library oral history list
17. drivers and other papers
18. interviews
19. photograph file folder
20. interview file
21. book review folder

Box 37b

4. photocopies of 1948 Yearbook (Harvard)
14. Tony Mazzaschi: "interview notes"
15. Tony Mazzaschi: "research notes" (folder 1 of 2)
16. Tony Mazzaschi: "research notes" (folder 2 of 2)

Boxes 38a-c: Administrative (29 folders)

Box 38a


1. oral history update
2. Melissa Gilbert
3. assorted files
4. oral history master list
5. Anne Conway
6. appeal forms: to be submitted
7. Boston
8. letters: Melissa Gilbert
9. appeals: JFK Library
10. JFK file: appeals
11. JFK Library: requests
12. oral history permissions
13. oral history
14. assorted files
15. finding aids for open materials
16. RFK: articles in Time
17. articles by RFK

Box 38b

18. CIA computer printouts
19. assorted files
20. National Security Archives (NSA)
21. FOIA on going as of 1/30/92
22. John Mintz-Gibson, Dunn
23. FOIA: Mintz
24. FOIA: requests received

Box 38c

25. FOIA: requests
26. "Pat" notes
27. Mazzarachi, Tony
28. Mazzarachi, Tony
29. Mazzarachi, Tony

Box 39: RFK Photos/Photographic Files


1. RFK photographs/RFK birthplace
2. RFK Photographic files 1934-1965
3. RFK Photographic files 1966-1968

Boxes 40a-40c: notes and oral histories/interviews (not conducted by or for CDH), A-L (56 folders)

Box 40a

1. Auchincloss, Janet
2. Austin, David
3. Baker, John
4. Ball, George
5. Bartlett, Charles
6. Bayh, Birch
7. Bayley, Edwin
8. Berlin, Sir Isaiah
9. Boggs, Hale
10. Bundy, William
11. Carr, Oscar C.
12. Clark, Ramsey
13. Clifford, Clark
14. Cloherty, Peter
15. Colby, William
16. Dempsy, Lt. John F.
17. Dillon, Douglas
18. Donahue, Maurice
19. Douglas, William O.
20. Dragon, Ed
21. Dubinsky, David
22. Dungan, Ralph

Box 40b

23. Durr, Clifford and Virginia
24. Durr, Virginia Foster
25. Edwards, India
26. Evans, Courtney A.
27. Evers, Charles
28. Farmer, James
29. Forrestal, Michael
30. Fox, Sanford L.
31. Gelb, Leslie
32. Gilpatric, Roswell L.
33. Goldberg, Arthur
34. Graham, Katherine
35. Hackler, Loyd
36. Halle, Kay
37. Harllee, John
38. Hatcher, Andrew T.
39. Hays, Brooks
40. Hays, Wayne
41. Helms, Richard
42. Hilsman, Roger
43. Hopkins, William J.
44. Huber, Father Oscar L.
45. Humphrey, Hubert
46. Inouye, Daniel R.
47. Jaworski, Leon

Box 40c

48. Jeffrey, Mrs. Mildred
49. Jenkins, Walter
50. Katzenbach, Nicholas
51. Knebel, Laura B.
52. Korth, Fred
53. Krock, Arthur
54. Lilienthal, David E.
55. Long, Russell B.
56. Louchheim, Kathleen

Boxes 41a-c: notes and oral histories/interviews (not conducted by or for CDH), M-Z (65 folders)

Box 41a


57. Marshall, Thurgood
58. McCormick, John
59. McGee, Gale
60. McGovern, George
61. McPherson, Harry
62. Mesta, Perle
63. Moynihan, Daniel P.
64. Neustadt, Richard
65. Nimetz, Matthew
66. O'Donnell, Kenneth
67. O'Neill, Thomas P.
68. Pearson, Drew
69. Pell, Clairborne
70. Perkins, Carl D.
71. Pierson, W. DeVier
72. Proxmire, William
73. Rather, Dan
74. Reedy, George
75. Roberts, Charles
76. Roche, John P.
77. Rogovin, Mitchell
78. Rostow, Walt W.

Box 41b

79. Rowe, James
80. Rusk, Dean
81. Schary, Dore
82. Schlesinger, Arthur
83. Sidney, Hugh
84. Spalding, Charles
85. Spock, Dr. Benjamin
86. Stennis, John
87. Stevens, Roger L.
88. Stoughton, Cecil
89. Strauss, Robert
90. Sullivan, William
91. Symington, Stuart
92. Talmadge, Herman
93. Tate, James
94. Taylor, Hobart
95. Taylor, Maxwell
96. Thomas, Mrs. Albert
97. Thornberry, Homer
98. Travell, Dr. Janet
99. Tree, Marietta
100. Udall, Stewart
101. Valenti, Jack

Box 41c

102. Vance, Cyrus
103. Wagner, Bobby
104. Wagner, Robert
105. Warren, Earl
106. Wattenberg, Ben
107. Weaver, George
108. Webb, James
109. Weisl, Edwin Jr.
110. Werts, Leo R.
111. Westmoreland, William
112. White, June
113. White, William S.
114. Wicker, Thomas G.
115. Wilkins, Roy
116. Winship, Thomas
117. Wirth, Conrad
118. Yorty, Samuel
119. Young, Andrew
120. Youngblood, Rufus
121. Zablocki, Clement
122. Zuckart, Eugene

Box 42: Title pages, A-J (folders 1-276)
This box contains copies of 276 title pages of books used as research material for RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy by C. David Heymann, as well as a small number of excerpts from selected books.
• Copyright information for each book is listed in alphabetical order by author

Box 43: Title pages, continued, K-Z (folders 277-612)
This box contains copies of 336 title pages of books used as research material for RFK: A Candid Biography of Robert F. Kennedy by C. David Heymann, as well as a small number of excerpts from selected books.
• Copyright information for each book is listed in alphabetical order by author

Boxes 44a-b: Draft manuscript pages

Boxes 44a-45
RFK draft manuscript

Boxes 46a-c: Research Finding Aids

Box 46a
- Letters from libraries without materials on JFK
- Harvard University Archives
- JFK Library
- University of Indiana
- Halberstam - BU Material
- Syracuse University
- Columbia University
- Princeton University
- UVA and UMD research
- university libraries responses
- university libraries
- university libraries

Box 46b
- presidential libraries
- presidential recordings
- request for appeal donor restricted material JFK library
- Massachusetts State Library
- OH form/transcripts/permission
- oral history lists
- social files completed
- RFK assassination archives
- Requests for appeal pink slips
- FBI administration file
- JFK file recent appeals
- Boston University archives
- JFK Library requests for materials

Box 46c
- JFK Library accession records
- JFK Library finding aid RFK papers
- JFK oral history permission forms
- photo files UPI/Bettman
- photo files National Archives of Canada
- finding aid: Stuart Adall Papers from University of Arizona
- LBJ Library request sheets
- LBJ Library oral history lists

Boxes 47a-b: assorted files

Box 47a

Box 47b
- RFK Stephen M. Leachy
- RFK Edwyn Silberling
- RFK University of Rochester
- William McCormack Blair, Jr.
- RFK US Dept. of Justice
- Arthur Kaplan
- RFK Research Susan Kennedy
- RFK Maureen O'Sullivan
- RFK James Neff
- RFK Minnesota Historical Society
- RFK Doris Rosenquest
- RFK Nena Conch Ohio State University Library
- RFK National Security Agency
- RFK Martin Luther King Jr. Center
- Kennedy Library
- Koss, Helen South Western Massachusetts Library
- Assassination archives
- FICHE unpublished US Senate Committee Hearings index
- Congressional Record Index, 1968
- Bibliographies of Kennedys
- Senate OH
- Jimmy Carter
- RFK phone and answering machine information
- Dudley Freeman NY news service
- Jeanne Heyman correspondence
- Deborah Chiel correspondence
- Ted Schwartz
- Potential interviews-England
- information pamphlets
- Frank Hogan municipal archives
- RFK Kristy Witker
- RFK photo material

Box 48: John F. Kennedy, Jr.
- NY Post 7/18/99-7/22/99
- Daily News 7/22/99-7/24/99
- JFK Jr., "A Night to Remember"
- RFK Jr.
- Kennedy Confidential by Jean Dixon
- JKF Jr. book proposal
- JRK Jr. news articles
- JFK Jr. book proposal correspondence
- Jackie Kennedy
- JFK Jr. CDH handwritten notes
- JFK Jr. National Enquirer, People, Star, Time
- JFK Jr. New York Times
- JFK Jr. New York Press

Interview Box Listing

Box 1 : A; Interview numbers 1 - 42
Box 2 : Ba - Bl; Interview numbers 43 - 66
Box 3 : Bo - By; Interview numbers 67 - 88
Box 4 : Ca - Ch; Interview numbers 89 - 121
Box 5 : Cl - Cu; Interview numbers 122 - 164
Box 6 : Da - Di; Interview numbers 165 - 196
Box 7 : Do - Ev; Interview numbers 197 - 237
Box 8 : F; Interview numbers 238 - 282
Box 9 : Ga - Gl; Interview numbers 283 - 312
Box 10: Go - Gw; Interview numbers 313 - 346
Box 11: Ha - He; Interview numbers 347 - 387
Box 12 : Hi - I; Interview numbers 388 - 410
Box 13: Ja - Ka; Interview numbers 411 - 440
Box 14 : Ke - Kw; Interview numbers 441 - 468
Box 15 : La - Le; Interview numbers 469 - 507
Box 16 : Li - Lu; Interview numbers 508 - 527
Box 17 : Ma - McG; Interview numbers 528 - 569
Box 18 : McH - Mu; Interview numbers 570 - 612
Box 19: Na - Ni; Interview numbers 613 - 624
Box 20: No - Oe; Interview numbers 625 - 642
Box 21: Og - Pr; Interview numbers 643 - 682
Box 22: Pu - Re; Interview numbers 683 - 701
Box 23: Ri - Ro; Interview numbers 702 - 733
Box 24: Ru - Se; Interview numbers 734 - 766
Box 25: Sh - Sp; Interview numbers 767 - 797
Box 26: St - Sw; Interview numbers 798 - 827
Box 27: Ta - Ty; Interview numbers 828 - 859
Box 28: U-V; Interview numbers 860 – 878
Box 29: Wa - Z; Interview numbers 879 - 929