Maureen and Mike Mansfield Family Photographs and Papers

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Family Photographs and Papers, 1907-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Mansfield, Maureen Hayes, 1905-2000; Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
Title: Maureen and Mike Mansfield Family Photographs and Papers
Dates: 1907-1987 (inclusive)
19071987
Quantity: 55 images, (0.2 linear feet)
Collection Number: Mss 944
Summary: This collection features photographs and papers from Mike Mansfield, Montana politician and statesman, his wife Maureen and their daughter Anne. The collection highlights the Mansfields' private life and is more personal in nature than Mike Mansfield's political papers, although much of the contents do reflect on his career. Photographs of the Mansfields' childhoods and extended family, as well as some limited correspondence related to Marueen's early career in social work are noteworthy, as is Mike Mansfield's hand-written diary from a study trip to Latin America in 1948 (photocopied).
Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions: Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.
Languages: visual, English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mike Mansfield was a prominent politician and statesman from Montana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1952), the U.S. Senate (1953-1977), and as Ambassador to Japan (1977-1988). He married Maureen Hayes in 1932 and they had one daughter, Anne Fairclough Mansfield, who later became a researcher and scholar based in London.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of 55 photographs of Mike Mansfield, Maureen Mansfield and daughter Anne Mansfield, including images of Mike Mansfield as a child and in military uniform. The collection also includes photographs of Mike Mansfield during his tenure as Congressman and Senator from Montana and as U. S. Ambassador to Japan. Other family members, including both Maureen and Mike’s siblings and Maureen’s parents, are also represented in the collection. Most of the images were captured in Western Montana and the Washington D.C. area and were selected by Anne Mansfield Marris for donation to the Archives. Photocopies of some of Maureen Mansfield's letters and Mike Mansfield's 1948 diary from a trip to Latin America are also present.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Alternative Forms Available

Scans of the 55 photographs in this collection were provided by the donor, Anne Mansfield Marris.

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Non-exclusive copyright to some images in this collection is held by the University of Montana.

Preferred Citation

Maureen and Mike Mansfield Family Photographs and Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection is divided into two series.

Series I: Photographs, 1907-1987, 55 images

Series II: Papers and Miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1948, 0.2 linear feet

Custodial History

Anne Mansfield Marris held photographs 944-0001 through 944-0051, as well as the photocopies in Series II, until she donated them to the University of Montana in 2002 and 2003. Custodial history for photographs 944-0052 through 944-0055 is unknown.

Acquisition Information

Anne Mansfield donated the photographs and papers to the University of Montana Archives in 2002 and 2003.

Processing Note

University of Montana’s Archives assigned photo numbers to the images in 2002 and initially planned to house them with the Mike Mansfield Papers (Mss 065). In 2021, the images were processed as a separate collection (Mss 944) and assigned updated photo numbers. Four additional photos (944-0052 through 944-0055) were accessioned in 2021 and added to the collection. In 2023, Series II was added to the collection.

Related Materials

The University of Montana's Archives and Special Collections holds the Mike Mansfield Papers, Mss 65, which includes thousands of photographs.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Photographs, 1907-1987Return to Top

55 photographs

Series I features photographs of the Mansfields, including childhood images, extended family, and Mike Mansfield's service in the armed forces, Congress, and the State Department.

This series is arranged by photo number.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	photo_number
1	944-0001	Mike and Anne Mansfield dancing	undated
1	944-0002	Mike and Anne Mansfield	undated
1	944-0003	Mike Mansfield and Jimmy Carter	undated
1	944-0004	Mike Mansfield passing a dish to Jimmy Carter	undated
1	944-0005	Mike and Anne (as a young girl) Mansfield in Washington, D.C., view of Capitol Dome in background	undated
1	944-0006	Maureen and Anne Mansfield seated on sofa in front of their 1942 portrait	undated
1	944-0007	Mike, Maureen, and Anne Mansfield posed behind desk	undated
1	944-0008	Anne, Mike, and Maureen Mansfield seated in front of a world map	undated
1	944-0009	Mike and Maureen Mansfield at home on the Rattlesnake, Missoula, Montana	1938
1	944-0010	Mike and Anne Mansfield	January 1939
1	944-0011	Maureen and Anne Mansfield, the Rattlesnake, Missoula, Montana	1940
1	944-0012	Maureen, Anne, and Mike Mansfield, Washington, D.C.	October 1943
1	944-0013	Painted portrait of Maureen and Anne Mansfield, made in Chevy Chase, Maryland	1942
1	944-0014	Maureen and Anne Mansfield having a portrait made in Chevy Chase, Maryland	1942
1	944-0015	Maureen, Anne, and Mike Mansfield in Vatican before an audience with Pope Pius XII	undated
1	944-0016	Maureen Mansfield standing on the U.S. Capitol Steps, Washington, D.C.	undated
1	944-0017	Maureen Mansfield with unidentified young girl standing near Rattlesnake Creek, Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana	undated
1	944-0018	Maureen Mansfield	undated
1	944-0019	Maureen Mansfield, portrait, from the Missoulian	June 1962
1	944-0020	Daddy Hayes and Anne Mansfield (as an infant), Rattlesnake, Missoula, Montana	undated
1	944-0021	Anne and Maureen Mansfield at their home on Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Maryland	1943
1	944-0022	Anne and Mike Mansfield at their home on Bradley Lane, Chevy Chase, Maryland	1943
1	944-0023	Mike, Anne, and Maureen Mansfield, "saying goodbye to Mike Mansfield on his way to South America", Note: Mike is wearing a parachute	undated
1	944-0024	Mike, Maureen, and Anne Mansfield with Unidentified group of people at Brookes Hotel, Corvallis, Montana	undated
1	944-0025	Mike and Anne Mansfield on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives	undated
1	944-0026	Family reunion in Missoula, Montana. Mrs. Fairclough (Verna) Hayes, Maureen Scanlon, Anne Mansfield, Anne Scanlon, Frank F. Hayes, Fairclough Hayes, and Terry Scanlon	undated
1	944-0027	Maureen Hayes Mansfield, portrait	undated
1	944-0028	Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield leaving the Capitol building on his last day in the Senate (AP photo by Bob Daughtery)	September 16, 1976
1	944-0029	Maureen Hayes (as a child)(?) with an unidentified girl	undated
1	944-0030	Mike Mansfield on beack wearing a bat sweatshirt (color photo)	undated
1	944-0031	Mrs. Mansfield with the Duchess of Windsor on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Democratic National Convention	August 1964
1	944-0032	Maureen Mansfield	undated
1	944-0033	Mike Mansfield as a child, Great Falls, Montana	undated
1	944-0034	Michael J. Mansfield (as a child) with a school group, Twin Bridges, Montana	undated
1	944-0035	Catherine, Michael, and Helen Mansfield, as children, New York, New York	circa 1907
1	944-0036	Group of naval officers in a Far Eastern garden	undated
1	944-0037	Unidentified young man waving	undated
1	944-0038	Two unidentified men with Mike Mansfield in uniform (?), far right	undated
1	944-0039	Ship U.S.S. Huron from Philippine Islands to China	1921
1	944-0040	Unidentified group of men standing in front of a store house, Olongapo	1921
1	944-0041	Ship U.S.S. Huron, Manika Bay	January 1922
1	944-0042	Mike Mansfield in uniform as a young man	circa 1920s
1	944-0043	Mike Mansfield, football team at School of Mines, Butte, Montana	1927
1	944-0044	Mike Mansfield posed in front of an automobile, Montana State University, Missoula, Montana	undated
1	944-0045	Mike Mansfield as football "end", Montana State University (?)	undated
1	944-0046	Mike Mansfield standing on what looks like a sluicebox	undated
1	944-0047	John Mansfield, University of Montana	1934
1	944-0048	Joseph Mansfield in uniform, World War II	undated
1	944-0049	Mike Mansfield as best man at his first secretary Marge Mumm's wedding in Washington, D.C.	undated
1	944-0050	Mike Mansfield, Butte, Montana	1925
1	944-0051	The rear of Mike Mansfield's Ford, showing both his license place from Montana and the U.S. Senate, 83rd Congress	undated
1	944-0052	Mike and Maureen Mansfield, Mansfield Center, University of Montana	undated
1	944-0053	Mike Mansfield and Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan	undated
1	944-0054	Mike Mansfield, Ronald Reagan, and Prime Minister Nakasone	undated
1	944-0055	Mike Mansfield smoking a pipe with face in hand	undated

Series II: Papers and Miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1948Return to Top

0.2 linear feet

Series II features photocopies of Mike Mansfield's diary from a Latin American study trip in 1948, Maureen Mansfield's graduate school papers, diploma, and letters from her early career in social work. This series also includes a pair of Maureen's white leather gloves.

This series is arranged chronologically by creator.

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box/Folder
2/1	Mike Mansfield Diary: Latin American Study Trip	November-December 1948
2/2	Maureen Mansfield: “Humor in the Poetry of Thomas Hardy”	circa 1930-1934
2/3	Maureen Mansfield: Master of Arts diploma from the State University of Montana	1934
2/4	Maureen Mansfield: Montana State Relief and social work correspondence	1934-1937
2/5	Maureen Mansfield: Elbow-length white leather gloves	undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Ambassadors--United States--Photographs
Legislators--United States--Photographs

Personal Names

Mansfield, Anne Fairclough, 1939-2013--Photographs
Mansfield, Maureen Hayes, 1905-2000--Photographs
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001--Photographs

Family Names

Mansfield family--Photograph collections

Geographical Names

Montana--Photographs
Washington (D.C.)--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

Photographs

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