The Inventory of the John Peter Leacacos Collection #1231
The Inventory
of the
John Peter Leacacos
Collection
#1231
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center LEACACOS, JOHN PETER
Gift of February, 1969
I. Manuscripts
Box 1 A) FIRES IN THE IN-BASKET: THE ABC'S OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT,
World Publishing Co,, 1968.
1) First draft. Typescript with holo. corrections, 541 pp.
Box 2 2) Second draft. Typescript with halo. corrections, 545 pp. Box ..3 3) Third draft. Typescript with holo. corrections, 533pp, Box ' 4-5°4) Typescript, 1004 pp.
Box ·b 5) Carbon typescript, 1004 PP• Box '1'" 6) Chapters 1-9. Carbon typescript. 487 pp. Box 8 7) Chapters 1-8. Carbon typescript, 2 copies, 232 pp. each.
Box q,, 8) Chapters 1-12. Carbon typescript, 348 pp.
9) REsearch materials, Typescript, charts, etc., 32 pp.
10) Printed Items
a) 7 announcements and advertisements
b) 16 reviews
B) Untitled. "JohhFoster Dulles •.• " July, 1958, Not published.
Typescript with holograph corrections, 4 pp.
C) Untitled. "The Bagdad Pact ... " Typescript, 3 pp.
D) "Are We Getting Short Changed in our World News or The Case of
the Vanishing American Foreign Correspondent."
1) Carbon typescript, 29 pp.
2) Carbon µypescript, 25 pp.
E) Untitled, "The snob: He tucks ..• " Typescript with holograph
corrections, 4 pp. p_age 2 LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
II, Scrapbooks containing newspaper clips of articles written for
the "Cleveland Plain Dealer".
Box tO A) 1933-1945
1) Scrapbook #1 (1933-1936) No byline, 98 pp.
2) Scrapbook #2 (1936-1937) No byline, 106 pp.
Box ti 3) Scrapbook #3 (1937-1938) Some byline, 99 pp.
4) Scrapbook #4 (1939) Some byline, 104 pp.
Box ifl. 5) Scrapbooks #5 ( 1940) Some byline, 54 pp.
6) Scrapbooks #6 (1941) Some byline, 83 pp.
Box 11 7) Scrapbooks #7 (1942-1945) Some byline, 76 pp.
B) 1946-1957- All byline JPL as European correspondent
1) Scrapbook #8 (1946) In Italy, 46 arti6les,
Box 14 2) Scrapbook #9 (1947) Mostly Italy, some Greece & Turkey, 131 articles/
3) Scrapbooki #10 (1948) Israel, Spain, Italy, 85 articles,
Box l.5'' 4) Scrapbook #11 (1949) Italy and Germany, 83 articles.
5) Scrapbook #12 (1950) Various countries, 78 articles.
Box lh 6) Scrapbook #13 (1951) Various countries, 72 articles. 7) Scrapbook #14 (1952) Various countries including Korea, 102 articles.
Box l!- 8) Scrapbook #15 (1953) Mostly Italy, some Germany, 54 articles.
9) Scrapbook #16 (1954) Various countries, 61 articles.
Box lS 10) Scrapbooks #17 (1955) Various countries, 76 articles. 11) Scrapbook #18 (1956) Various countries, Much mid-East, 58 articles.
Box 1q 12) Scrapbook #19 (1957) Various countries, Much Mid-East, 95 articles.
C) 1958-1969- All byline JPL as Washington Correspondent.
1) Scrapbook #20 (1958) 49 articles.
2) Scrapbook #21 (1959) 101 artieles, page 3 LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
Box '28 3) Scrapbook {122 (1960: Jan.-Aug.) 110 articles.
4) Scrapbook #23 (1960: Sept.-Dec.) 52 articles.
Also 13 daily journals of U.N. Proceedings re: "Krushchev" visit.
Box '2.t 5) Scrapbooki #24 (1961: Jan.-July) 65 articles.
6) Scrapbook {125 (1961:Aug.-Dec.) 54 articles.
Box 2Q. 7) Scrapbook {126 (1962: Jan.-June) 75 articles.
8) Scrapbook 1127 (1962: July,:,Dec.) 101 articles.
Box 2.l 9) Scrapbook 1/28 (1963) 100 articles.
10) Scrapbook 1129 (1964: Jau.-June) 67 articles.
Box 2!1 11) Scrapbook 1130 (1964: July-Dec.) 55 articles.
12) Scrapbook 1/31 (1965: Jan.-July) 59 articles. Some from Eastern Europe.
Box 2S 13) Scrapbook 1132 (1965: Aug.-Dec.) 32 articles.
Also some memorabilia from European trip- ticket stubs, etc.
Also including interview with Konrad Adenauer in German, Carbon
Typescript, 8 pp.
14) Scrapbook #33 (1966) 62 articles.
15) Scrapbook #34 (1967) 60 articles.
Including speech. Typescript with holograph corrections, 8 pp.
16) Scrapbook #35 (1968) 66 articles.
17) Scrapbooki #36 (1969) 4 articles. Boxes 1!-2.8 D) 611 Tearsheets of articles: 1948-1968.
III. Correspondence
Box 29( A) 1946-1954
33 TLS
5 CTL page 4 LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
9 ALS
6 Telegrams
Including TLS:
McGhee, George (Ambassador to Turkey) Oct. 14, 1952.
Taft, Robert A. (Senator) June 29, 1953.
B) 1955-1956
14 TLS
4 CTL
3 ALS telegrams 16 ALS; all re: Suez Crisis
Including TLS:
Mendes-France, Pierre, May 18, 1955.
C) 1957-1958
19 TLS
1 CTL
4 ALS
D) 1959
12 TLS
1 CTL
2 ALS
Including TLS:
Dillon, Douglas, June 29, 1959.
Hickenlooper, Bourke, June 6, 1959.
Mansfield, Mike, July 15, 1959.
page 5
LEACACOS, JORN PETER Gift of February, 1969
E) 1960
11 TLS
Including:
Black, Eugene (President, International Bank for Reconstriction
and Development) Jan. 26, 1960.
Monroney, A.S. Mike, 2 letters, March 9, 1960.
Kerr, Robert, March 16, 1960.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, August 25, 1960.
Mansfield, Mike, Sept. 6, 1960.
Scranton, William, Dec. 2, 1960.
F) 1961
8 TLS
2 CTL
Including TLS:
Hays, Wayne (Representative: Ohio) 3 letters, July 11, 1961.
All letters of introduction for JPL's use in Germany.
G) 1962
6 TLS
Including:
Bow, Frank (Representative: Ohio), Augst 1, 1962.
Hickenlooper, Bourke, Sept. 11, 1962.
2 Xerox TLS
Including:
Hilsman, Roger, July 27, 1962. page 6 LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
H) 1963
15 TLS
1 CTL
Including TLS:
Hilsman, Roger, Jan. 26, 1963.
Johnson, U. Alexis, April, 12, 1963.
Rowan, Carl, June 20, 1963.
Sch:1.esinger, Arthur, Jr., July 20, 1963.
Shriver, R. Sargent, July 3l, 1963.
I) 1964
16 TLS:
Inclding:
Fulbright, J.W., Jan. 15, 1964.
Lausche, Frank, Feb. 17, 1964.
Scranton, William, March 3, 1964.
Jenkins, Walter, March 12, 1964.
White, William S. March 19, 1964.
Dillon, Douglas~' March 23, 1964.
Eaton, Mrs. Cyrus, March 30, 1964.
Rowan, Carl, April 3, 1964.
Reedy, George, July 11, 1964.
Mann, Thomas ( Assistant Secretary of State), August 10, 1964.
Alphand, Hervl (Ambassador of France) Oct. 6, 1964.
1 Xerox TLS: Hilsman, Roger to Dean Rusk, March 14, 9 pp. page 7 LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
J} 1965
32 TLS
5 ALS: Including Brosio, Manlio, May 15, 1965.
5 CTL
Including TLS:
Lausche, Frank, Feb. 18, 1965.
Galbraith, John K., Feb. 23, 1965.
Eaton, Cyrus, 3 letters, Sept. 1, April 1, May 21, 1965.
Brosio, Manlio (Secretary General of NATO), April 12, 1965.
Zablocki, Clement (Rep. Wisc.), Sept. 14, 1965.
Dillon, Douglas, October 11, 1965.
Crockett, William (Deputy under Secretary of State for Administration)
2 letters, October 19, Nov. 5, 1965.
K) 1966
51 TLS
98 CTL
4 ALS
Including TLS:
Bundy, McGeorge, Jan. 20, 1966.
Goldberg, Arthur, Jan. 13, 1966.
Johnson, U. Alexis, Jan. 22, 1966.
Fulbright, J.W., Jan. 26, 1966.
Rostow, W.W., April 18, 1966.
Pearson, Lester A., April 18, 1966.
Douglas, Paul, April 19, 1966.
Martin, Graham (Ambassador to Thailand), May 3, 1966. page 8 1EACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
Sullivan, William (Ambassador to Laos), May 6, 1966.
Sylvester, Arthur, May 21, 1966.
Symington, James (Chief of Protocol), May 24, 1966.
Rusk, Dean, August 30, 1966.
Tasca, Henry (Ambassador to Morocco), Sept. 26, 1966.
Crockett, William, Sept. 26 and Nov. 18, 1966.
Dillon, Douglas, Oct. 5, 1966.
Bruce, David (Ambassador to England) Nov. 2, 1966.
Brosio, Manlio, Nov. 3, 1966.
Green, Marshall (Ambassador to Indonesia) Nov. 3, 1966.
Hilsman, Roger, Nov. 6, 1966.
Sisco, Joseph (Assistant Secretary of State for L.A.), Nov. 8, 1966.
Box JO L) 1967
42 TLS
2 ALS
41 CTL
Including TLS:
Neustadt, Richard, Jan. 4 and Jan. 18, 1967.
Watson, Marvin, Jan. 10, lliarch 27, 1967.
Fulbright, J,W., Jan. 14, 1967.
Humphrey, Hubert, March 14, 1967.
Lausche, Frank, March 29, 1967.
Dililron, Douglas, April 3, 196 7.
Rowen, Henry (President, Rand Corp.), March 11, 1967.
Micuno~ic, Veljko (Ambassador of Yugoslavia) May 9, 1967.
Hayward, John (President, Naval War College) June 1, 1967, p_age 9
LEACACOS, JOHN PETER Gift of February, 1969
Vaughn, Jack H., June 8,1967.
Bundy, McGeorge, July 4, 1967.
Wood, Robert (Under Secretary H.U.D.), Aug. 15, 1967.
Brezezinski, Zbigniew, Sept. 29, 1967.
Rostow, W.W., October 13, 1967.
Christian, George, May 12, and Sept. 2, 1967.
M) 1968-1969
16 TLS
5 Xerox TLS
2 ALS
5 CTL
Including TLS:
Lodge, Henry C., Jan. 2
Mccloskey, Robert, June 28,
Brosio, Manlio, July 1
Rostow, W.W., July 1
Kohler, Foy, July 8
Humphrey, Hubert, Dec. 18
Bliss, Ray, Jan. 16, 1969.
N) Undated
6 TLS
15 ALS
Box Jt IV. Memorabilia
A) WHo's Who, 1958-1959. Overseas press Club of America, 128 pp.
B);c73 business cards, mostly foreign diplomats, most with some holo. notation. page 10
LEACACOS, JOHN PETER IDilifili~ Gift of Feb. 1969
C) 58 press passes, special visas, identity cards, etc. Mostly foreign ! for JPL.
D) 47 admission tickets, badges, etc. relating to presidential
conventions and elections, 1960, 1964, 1968.
E) Daily calendar, 1966, with holograph entries.
F) 30 Miscellaneous items, invitations, Gridiron Club notices, etc.
LEACACOS, John P.
Addenda: January 1971 - June 1972
Box 32: I, Printed Material
A. Magazine Articles by J.P. Leacacos
1. "Browbeating the Press: Good News - Bad News", DATELINE,
1970, tear sheets, (Folder Ill)
2. "Reporters & Diplomats: The1Competitive SibHngs", FOREIGN
SERVICE JOURNAL, March 1969, tear sheets.
3. "Sena tor Fouls Rogers, K:l.ssinger", FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL,
May 1971, tear sheets.
B. Pamphlets by JPL (/12)
1. "Clearing the Fog in Europe", THE PLAIN DEALER, 1970, 14 p.
2. "Kissinger's Apparat'\ NATIONAL AFFAIRS, INC,, 1971. Reprfot
from FOREIGN POLICY, 27 p.
c. Newspaper Articles by JPL. All from THE PLAIN DEALER. The
majority are his column "Clearing the Fog".
1. 2/2/69 - 12/28/69. 51 articles. (112½)
2. 1/4/70 - 12/27/70. 74 articles. (.//3)
3. 1/3/71 - 12/19/71. 51 articles. (114)
4. 1/23/72 - 5/28/72. 22 articles. (//5)
D. Publicity. "Current Magazine Comment", 12/22/71. Xerox 2 p.
Re: JL's article, "Kissinger's Apparat".
Leacacos, John Peter #1231 4/28/11, 5/10/11 Preliminary Listing
I. Correspondence. A. General to/from JPL; may include TLS, ALS, ANS, greeting cards. Box 33 1. 1937-1942. [F. 1] 2. 1943. [F. 2] 3. 1944-1959, includes notables: [F. 3] a. TLS from Henry R. Luce to Colonel Charles Poletti re: JPL writing for ----TIME magazine, 9/21/44. b. TLS from US Senator Frank Lausche to JPL, 1/5/59. 4. 1960-1964, includes notables: [F. 4] a. 2 photocopies of TLS from Lyndon Johnson to JPL re: the campaign trail, 12/8/64. b. 2 TLS from US Senator Frank Lausche to JPL, 11/9/62, 9/23/64. 5. 1965. [F. 5] 6. 1966-1969, includes notables: [F. 6] a. Printed invitation to dinner at the White House from Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson to JPL, 9/11/68. b. Christmas card from Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson to JPL, 1969. c. 3 TLS from US Senator Frank Lausche to JPL, 3/7/66, 5/13/68, 6/11/68. d. TLS from US Representative William Harsha to JPL, 8/3/66. e. TLS from US Assistant Secretary of State Dixon Donnelley to JPL, 8/3/66. f. TLS from US Assistant Secretary of Defense Phil Goulding to JPL, 8/3/66. g. TLS from US Senator Bourke Hickenlooper to JPL, 8/2/66. h. 2 TLS from US Representative Clarence Brown to JPL, 8/9/66, 3/13/68. i. TLS from US Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Fryklund to JPL, 4/6/67. j. TLS from Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Henkin to JPL, 3/28/67. k. TLS from US Representative Donald Lukens to JPL, 1/6/67. l. TLS from US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart to JPL, 3/18/69. m. TLS from American Ambassador to Kenya Glenn Ferguson to JPL, 2/26/69. n. TLS from Mayor of Cleveland Carl Stokes, 3/18/69.
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o. TLS from Special Assistant to the President James Jones to JPL, 9/4/68. p. TLS from Deputy Press Secretary to the President W. Thomas Johnson to JPL, 9/14/68. q. TLS from Deputy Under Secretary of State William Macomber, Jr. to JPL, 10/3/69. r. TLS from Publisher of the Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Daily News Marshall Field to JPL, 9/25/69. s. TLS from Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco to JPL, 2/7/69. t. TLS from Counsellor to the President Bryce Harlow to JPL, 11/11/69. u. Photocopy of TLS from Richard Nixon to US Representative Frank Bow re: a JPL article in the Congressional Record, 2/14/69. v. TLS from Counsel to the President John Ehrlichman to JPL, 4/17/69. w. TLS from Director of Communications for the Executive Branch to JPL, 3/31/69. 7. 1970-1974, includes notables: [F. 7] a. Printed invitation to the White House from Richard and Patricia Nixon to JPL, 2/22/70. b. Photocopy of TLS from Henry Kissinger to JPL re: article on the National Security Council, 6/28/72. c. Photocopy of TLS from Richard Nixon to JPL commending JPL on his career as he prepared to retire, 7/10/72. d. TLS from US Representative Wayne Hays to JPL, 11/27/70. e. TLS from US Representative Louis Stokes to JPL, 11/24/70. f. TLS from US Senator Edmund Muskie to JPL, 12/1/70. g. 2 TLS from US Representative William Minshall to JPL, 1/28/70, 11/23/70. h. TLS from Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Lawrence O’Brien to JPL, 7/22/71. i. TLS from US Senator Ralph Yarborough to JPL, 11/23/70. j. TLS from Special Assistant to the President Harry Flemming to JPL, 2/4/70, includes photocopied copy. k. TL from Deputy Assistant to the President William Timmons to US Representative William Minshall, 2/2/70. l. TLS from Under Secretary of State Elliot Richardson to JPL, 1/26/70. m. TL from Brigadier General Alexander Haig, Jr. to Caro Generale, 8/6/70, includes photocopies copy. n. TLS from Press Secretary to the Vice President, Victor
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Gold, to JPL, 12/3/70. o. 2 TLS from Chairman of the Board of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Cyrus Eaton to JPL, 3/9/70, 3/19/70. p. 3 TLS from US Senator Robert Taft, Jr. to JPL, 11/16/70, 3/22/71, 6/8/71. q. TLS from US Senator Stephen Young to JPL, 11/28/70. r. 4 TLS from Press Secretary to the President Ronald Ziegler to JPL, 12/16/70, 3/22/71, 5/4/71, 6/25/71 s. TLS from Director of the United States Information Agency Frank Shakespeare, 11/24/71. t. 2 TLS from Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Richard Allen to JPL, 11/24/71, 12/16/71. u. TLS from Editor in Chief of the National Review William Buckley, Jr. to JPL, 11/30/71. v. 3 TLS from The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot Richardson to JPL, 5/7/71, 12/21/71, 1/12/73. w. TLS from Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman to JPL, 12/8/71. x. CTL from JPL to Henry Kissinger re: the Nisson identification tags, 2/12/71, includes photocopied copy. y. TLS from Deputy Chief, Field Coordination of the Office of Management and Budget of the Executive Office of the President Stanley Doremus to JPL, 7/8/71. z. TLS from US Representative James Stanton to JPL, 3/5/71. aa. TLS from Special Assistant for Inter-governmental Relations Thomas Graves to Mayor of the City of Cleveland Carl Stokes, 3/31/71. bb. Photocopy of TLS from Director of Communications for the Executive Branch Herbert Klein to Thomas Vail, 11/29/71, TLS from Herbert Klein to JPL, 1/8/73. cc. TLS from Major General, U.S. Marine Corps Fred Haynes to JPL, 12/6/71. dd. TLS from US Representative Charles Vanik to JPL, 5/5/71. ee. TLS from American Ambassador to Australia J. Plimsoll to JPL, 8/27/71. ff. TLS from Assistant Director of Communications for the Executive Branch Paul Costello to JPL, 1/12/71. gg. 3 TLS from Deputy Under Secretary of State William Macomber to JPL, 7/9/71, 9/21/71, 4/2/73. hh. TLS from US Representative Cornelius Gallagher to Thomas Vail, 3/11/71. ii. TLS from US Senator Hubert Humphrey to JPL, 2/16/71. jj. CTL from Major General Alexander Haig, Jr. to “Al,”
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8/25/71. kk. TLS from Mayor of the City of Cleveland Ralph Perk to JPL, 1/3/72. ll. TLS from US Senator William Saxbe to JPL, 6/22/72. mm. TLS from the French Ambassador the United States to JPL, 1/28/72. nn. TLS from the Under Secretary of Commerce James Lynn to JPL, 12/18/72. oo. TLS from Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs of the Department of State William Blair, Jr. to JPL, 5/9/73. pp. CTL from President of the Gridiron Club to Chairman of the Republican national Committee George Bush, 3/2/73. qq. TLS from Press Secretary to the President Jerald Terhorst to JPL, 8/14/74. 8. Undated, includes notables: [F. 8] a. Personalized printed invitation from the President of the United Mexican States and the Ambassador of Mexico inviting JPL to a reception at the Mexican Embassy. b. Personalized printed invitation from the Shah of Iran and the US Secretary of State inviting JPL to a luncheon at the Department of State. c. ANS from Clare Boothe Luce thanking JPL for his condolences upon the death of Henry R. Luce. d. ANS Christmas card from Clare Boothe Luce to JPL, includes color print of Clare Boothe Luce. e. Printed invitation from the Director of the Agency for International Development, the Director of the United States Information Agency, and the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration to a reception to meet the Summer Interns and the Foreign Affairs Scholars. f. ALS from US Representative Charles Vanik to JPL.
II. Photographs. A. Files. 1. “Leacacos Political Portraits,” 1950-1971, 12 black and white prints, 1 color print; includes correspondence; includes notable: [Env. 1] a. TLS from Harry Byrd to JPL. b. 1 black and white print of Stephen Young, autographed. c. 1 black and white print of Douglas Dillon, autographed. d. 1 black and white print of Frank Rauche, autographed. e. 2 black and white prints of William Saxbe, autographed. f. 1 black and white print of Hubert Humphrey, autographed. g. 1 black and white print of Jack Gillings, autographed. h. 1 color print of Robert Taft, autographed. 2. “Velia,” n.d., 8 black and white prints. [F. 9]
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B. General. 1. 401 black and white prints, 1944-1972, includes notable: [Env. 2-8, F. 10] a. 1 black and white print of Clare Boothe Luce, autographed. [Env. 2] 2. 1 color print re: JPL in uniform, 10/30/65. [Env. 9] 3. 1 slide re: unidentified room, n.d. 4. 1 contact sheet re: headshots of Philip D. Rush, n.d.
III. Printed Materials. A. 1 flyer, n.d. [F. 11] B. 9 menus re: The Gridirion Club, 1972-1975. C. 1 prayer card, n.d. D. 2 itineraries re: travel to Germany, March 1955, The Gridiron Club event schedule, 4/8/72. E. 3 programs, 1959-1971. F. 3 newspaper clippings, 1965, n.d. G. 12 booklets, 1964-1973. [F. 12] H. 5 seating plans, 1971-1975. [F. 13] I. 1 invitation, 1972. J. 2 maps, 1950, n.d.
IV. Professional Materials. A. Subject files. 1. Untitled re: JPL identification cards, 1968-1971. [Env. 10] 2. Untitled re: JPL military service, 1944-1961. [F. 14]
V. Memorabilia. A. Prayer card with necklace. [Env. 11] B. Certificate of honorary membership of the crew of the USS Salem. C. Name card and table number from The White House.
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