McCARTHY, Eugene Joseph, 1916-2005



Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office

Guide to Research Collections

Broadcast Pioneers Library
University of Maryland Hornbake Library
College Park, MD
Papers: 5 audiotapes (1968-1970) in Westinghouse Broadcasting Company collection, 1945-1981.


Columbia University
Oral History Project
New York, NY
Oral History: Discussed in interview with Edward Costikyan.


Columbia University
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York, NY
Papers: In Ruth Nanda Anshen papers, 1938-1986; Edward Costikyan papers, 1952-1985; and Lenore Marshall papers, 1887-1980.


Cornell University Libraries
Rare Books and Manuscript Collections
Ithaca, NY
Papers: In National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees Division Director’s records, 1939-1970; National Federation of Grain Cooperatives records, 1946-1976; Sarah Rebecca Elbert papers, 1968-1976; and Coalition for an Independent Candidacy records, 1968.

Oral History: Discussed in interviews with Alice Cook, Joel Feigenbaum, and John Marcham.


Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Papers: Material relating to McCarthy’s New Hampshire 1968 primary campaign in David C. Hoeh papers, 1960-1978.


Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers: 4 photocopies (1960); material concerning McCarthy’s presidential campaign in Joseph L. Rauh papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1950-1984); and correspondence in Katie Louchheim papers, 1914-1974.


Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
Papers: 1943-2000. 379 cubic feet. Includes correspondence, memoranda, press releases, campaign files, scrapbooks, legislative material, speeches, clippings, diaries, appointment books, literary manuscripts, and personal and family miscellany. Includes material on congressional committees, executive departments, campaigns, legislation, public and constituent relations, agriculture, public works, civil rights, public finance and economic policy, foreign trade, Indian affairs, commerce and industry, public lands, and Vietnam. Finding aid available in the repository and online.

Additional Papers: In Carol Connolly papers, 1964-1991; Abigail Q. McCarthy papers; Minnesota McCarthy for President records; Hjalmar Petersen papers, 1907-1968; James M. Youngdale papers, 1932-1981; and audiovisual materials in Minnesota governor tapes and films collection, [195-]-[196-].

Oral History: 1968. 1.5 hours. Television interviews. Copyright, CBS and NBC. Also discussed in interviews (1964, 150 pages; 1970, 57 pages) with Hubert Humphrey.


Moorhead State University
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Moorhead, MN
Papers: 6 letters in William Dosland papers, 1959-1971; and 10 letters in Harry Basford papers, 1948-1973.

Oral History: Discussed in interview with Burnett Bergeson (July 7, 1977), 115 minutes.


Radcliffe College
Schlesinger Library
Cambridge, MA
Papers: In Mary Abigail McCarthy papers, 1968-1990; Ruth Proskauer Smith papers, 1959-1975; and Margaret Louise Murray Blizard papers, 1929-1985.


Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park, NY
Papers: Correspondence in James H. Rowe papers, 1924-1983.


St. Cloud State University
Central Minnesota Historical Center
St. Cloud, MN
Papers: 1968. 1 cubic foot. St. Cloud McCarthy-for-President Committee records including newspaper articles, advertisements, invitations, photographs, subject files, and memorabilia. Finding aid.


Stanford University Libraries
Special Collections
Stanford, CA
Oral History: Presidential campaign discussed in interview (1984) with Stanley K. Sheinbaum.


State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Archives Division
Madison, WI
Papers: Correspondence in Joseph R. Starobin papers, 1932-1979; Humphrey for President Committee records, 1956-1960; United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers records, 1937-1982; David Schoenbrun papers, 1963-1978; Wisconsin McCarthy for President records, 1967-1968; Donald O. Peterson papers, 1960-1980; a speech in Libertarian party recorded proceedings (1979); a film interview transcript in Howard K. Smith papers, 1941-1963; and materials relating to a documentary film entitled “America is Hard to See,” (1970) a study of McCarthy’s 1968 campaign in Emile de Antonio papers, 1868-1989.


State University of New York
College at Plattsburgh Feinberg Library
Plattsburgh, NY
Papers: 1966-1968. 119 items. Election campaign material of Eugene McCarthy and Paul O’Dwyer. Finding aid.


University of Georgia
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Athens, GA
Papers: Material relating to Eugene McCarthy movement among Georgians in John Burnett Morris papers, 1966-1970.


University of Michigan
Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: Correspondence in Stella Brunt Osborn papers, 1916-1983; Richard G. Wilson papers, 1967-1969; William H. McNitt papers, 1968-1974; LeRoy Cappaert papers, 1963-1970; and Arnold S. Kaufman papers, 1954-1971. Finding aid.


University of Minnesota
Special Collections
Minneapolis, MN
Papers: 1948-1976. 545 feet. Materials related to Senator McCarthy’s campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, and 1976 together with other personal papers and literary manuscripts. The papers include office and national campaign files, audio-visual materials including tape recordings, 16mm and 35mm film, video tape, and photographs; campaign film footage, advertising, correspondence, speeches, press releases, oral history transcripts that were part of the McCarthy Historical Project, card files, news clippings, books, and other materials. These were transferred from Georgetown University in 2002. Finding aid.


Oral History: Ca. 700 interviews with 1968 campaign workers and 70 written narratives. Part of the McCarthy Historical Project.



University of Oklahoma
Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives
Norman, OK
Papers: 1968. .6 foot. Oklahoma McCarthy for President Committee records including correspondence, press releases and speeches, position papers, and clippings.


University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
Laramie, WY
Papers: Correspondence in Louis De Rochement papers, 1930-1977.


Wayne State University
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit, MI
Papers: Correspondence in Wayne County AFL-CIO records of the president and vice president, 1951-1967. Finding aid.

Research Libraries Information Network In addition to the institutions listed above, items are also cataloged in collections at: Jewish Theological Seminary Library, New York, NY; New York Public Library, New York, NY; State University of New York, Poetry and Rare Books, Buffalo, NY; Syracuse University, George Arents Research Library, Syracuse, NY; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives, IL; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; and Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.