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Front Cover.P65 A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg The Confidential File of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 Part 3: Departments and Agencies A UPA Collection from Cover: Portrait courtesy of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg The Confidential File of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 Part 3: Departments and Agencies Project Editor Robert E. Lester Guide compiled by Carrie B. Vivian A UPA Collection from 7500 Old Georgetown Road • Bethesda, MD 20814-6126 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The confidential file of the Eisenhower White House, 1953–1961 [microform] / project editor, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels. — (Research collections in American politics) “The documents reproduced in this publication are from the Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the custody of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, National Archives and Records Administration. Former President Eisenhower donated his literary rights in these documents to the public.” Includes index. Contents: pt. 1. Confidential subject files—pt. 2. Presidential trips and conferences— pt. 3. Departments and agencies. ISBN 1-55655-959-3 (pt. 1) — ISBN 0-88692-630-0 (pt. 2) — ISBN 0-88692-648-3 (pt. 3) 1. United States—Politics and government—1953–1961—Sources. 2. United States—Foreign relations—1953–1961—Sources. 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library—Archives. I. Lester, Robert. II. United States. National Archives and Records Administration. III. LexisNexis (Firm) IV. Series. E835 973.921—dc22 2004046529 CIP Copyright © 2005 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-88692-648-3. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scope and Content Note ............................................................................................ v Source Note ................................................................................................................. ix Editorial Note .............................................................................................................. ix Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................... x Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. xi Reel Index Reel 1 Agriculture, Department of .................................................................................... 1 Air Force, Department of the ................................................................................. 1 Army, Department of the ....................................................................................... 1 Reel 2 Army, Department of the, cont. ............................................................................. 2 Atomic Energy Commission.................................................................................. 3 Bureau of the Budget ............................................................................................ 3 Central Intelligence Agency .................................................................................. 3 Civil Aeronautics Board ........................................................................................ 3 Reels 3–4 Civil Aeronautics Board cont................................................................................. 3 Reel 5 Civil Aeronautics Board cont................................................................................. 6 Civil Service Commission ..................................................................................... 6 Commerce Department ......................................................................................... 6 Council of Economic Advisors .............................................................................. 6 Council on Foreign Economic Policy .................................................................... 6 Reel 6 Council on Foreign Economic Policy cont. ........................................................... 7 Reel 7 Defense, Department of ........................................................................................ 8 Reel 8 Defense, Department of, cont. .............................................................................. 10 Defense Mobilization, Office of ............................................................................. 10 Federal Aviation Agency ....................................................................................... 10 Federal Bureau of Investigation ............................................................................ 10 Federal Civil Defense Administration .................................................................... 11 Federal Communications Commission ................................................................. 11 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ................................................................ 11 iii Federal Housing Administration ............................................................................ 11 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service .......................................................... 11 Federal Power Commission .................................................................................. 11 Foreign Operations Administration ........................................................................ 11 Reel 9 Foreign Operations Administration cont................................................................ 12 General Services Administration .......................................................................... 12 Government Patents Board .................................................................................. 12 Government Printing Office................................................................................... 12 Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of .................................................... 12 Housing and Home Finance Agency .................................................................... 12 Interior, Department of .......................................................................................... 12 International Cooperation Administration .............................................................. 13 Reel 10 International Cooperation Administration cont....................................................... 13 Interstate Commerce Commission ....................................................................... 13 Justice, Department of .......................................................................................... 13 Labor, Department of ............................................................................................ 14 Maritime Administration ......................................................................................... 14 Mutual Security Agency ........................................................................................ 14 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ...................................................... 14 National Aeronautics and Space Administration ................................................... 14 National Aeronautics and Space Council ............................................................. 14 National Labor Relations Board ............................................................................ 14 National Security Agency ..................................................................................... 15 Reel 11 National Security Resources Board ..................................................................... 15 Navy, Department of ............................................................................................. 15 Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization ............................................................... 15 Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization ........................................................... 15 Office of Defense Mobilization .............................................................................. 15 Office of Special Representative in Europe .......................................................... 15 Operations Coordinating Board ............................................................................. 16 Post Office, Department of.................................................................................... 16 President, The ....................................................................................................... 16 President’s Committee on International Information Activities .............................. 16 President’s Committee to Study U.S. Military Assistance .................................... 16 Reel 12 President’s Committee to Study U.S. Military Assistance cont. ........................... 17 President’s Science Advisory Committee ............................................................ 17 Presidential Advisory Committee on Energy Supplies and Resources Policy ..... 17 Presidential Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Policy and Organization .............................................................................................. 17 Psychological Strategy Board............................................................................... 17 Railroad Retirement Board .................................................................................... 18 Reconstruction Finance Corporation ...................................................................
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