This is an artificial collection of correspondence, photographs, and ephemera relating to Maureen and Mike Mansfield. The majority of the collection consists of letters written by Mike Mansfield to constituents, non-constituents, and acquaintances about specific, and often personal, issues. The collection also contains a few photographs and one letter from Maureen Mansfield to friends in Missoula. Items in this collection came to the Mansfield Libary Archives and Special Collections at different times from individual donors.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the individual(s) who collected and/or donated the items to the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. Accurals added after initial processing are listed in the order they were received by the Archives, not alphabetically.
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.
Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright not transferred to the University of Montana.
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Miscellany Collection, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
This is an artificial collection with various creators. Most items were held by the original recipients until they donated them to the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections.
The Mansfield Library received the items in this collection at different times between the years of 1991 and 2023. .
Copies of the Congressional Record were not retained.
The University of Montana's Archives and Special Collections holds the
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Correspondence re: job seeking, foreign service, Chile Exploration Company, Christmas cards, condolences, etc.
Correspondence re: Vietnam War opposition, ending the war, Cambodia
Correspondence re: Marine service, Korean War, China, communism, MacArthur Plan, European Common Market, Bay of Pigs, Thailand, Katanga regime, economic policy of the Kennedy administration, International Cooperation Agency, etc.
Correspondence expressing condolences
Reminisince and correspondence re: JFK assassination
Correspondence re: Dr. Martin Luther King and Vietnam; photograph of the Meagher County Historical Society
Correspodence from former student re: Vietnam, Iranian revolution, exit visas, etc.
Miscellaneous correspondence
Correspondence from Maureen Mansfield
Correspondence re: campaign assistance, Gardiner Cromwell, etc.
Correspondence re: National Next Door Neighbor Day
Photograph of the Butte, Montana home where Mike Mansfield rented a room as a student at the School of Mines
Correspondence re: automobile tags for Mansfield's personal car
Correspondence and campaign materials for a different Mike Mansfield who ran for U.S. Congress in Illinois
Correspondence and photographs re: Montana Young Democrats, recommendations for appointments, Montana housing projects, Mansfield endowment at the University of Montana, Mansfield Foundation, etc.
Photograph of Mansfield and unidentified others in front of the Montana state flag
Correspondence re: daughter's wedding
Correspondence re: gun control
Correspondence re: seasonal greetings
Correspondence re: Democratic Party dinner in Butte, Montana, on November 2, 1974. Mansfield wrote the letter to Pam Swiger, a journalist at the
Photograph of Mansfield with an unidentified man holding a dog
Memorandum to an unidentified U.S. President asking if he planned to veto an education bill
Correspondence re: tax reform
Correspondence re: Lieutenant William Calley's court martial and trial for the My Lai Massacre
Clippings about Mansfield collected over the span of his career; limited correspondence
Correspondence, parking pass and map for American Embassy in Japan
Correspondence re: aquisition of a visa and National Science Foundation grant for Dr. Medora
Clipping and photograph of Mike Mansfield meeting with an Alpha Tau Omega singing group at the University of Montana (then called Montana State University) in Missoula