McNAMARA, Patrick Vincent, 1894-1966



Courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office

Guide to Research Collections

Columbia University
Oral History Project
New York, NY
Oral History: Discussed in interviews with Harold Sheppard and Irwin Wolkstein.


Providence College
Phillips Memorial Library
Providence, RI
Papers: Correspondence in John E. Fogarty papers, 1939-1967. Finding aid.


University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Papers: In Louis E. Shecter miscellaneous manuscripts, 1965, consisting of one-sentence appraisals of Kennedy’s life and presidency.


University of Michigan
Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: Correspondence in Stella Brunt Osborn papers, 1916-1983; George Murphy papers, 1911-1961; Margaret Bayne Price papers, 1918-1969; George Francis Lemble papers, 1958-1968; Fellowship of Reconciliation papers, 1940-1957; Homer J. Cleary papers, 1944-1957; Ferdinand Northrup Menefee papers, 1928-1968; and Josephine Fellows Gomon papers, 1913-1971. Finding aid.


Wayne State University
Walter P. Reuther Library
Detroit, MI
Papers: 1942-1966. 427.5 feet and 500 volumes. Chiefly senatorial papers including subject files (1955-1966), legislative files (1955-1956), campaign files (1954, 1960, 1966), public information files, post office appointments (1955-1965), Detroit office files (1955-1966), memorabilia (1942-1966), and government publications. The subject files include general correspondence, public relations and publicity materials, political affairs and activities, departmental files and general topical files on civil rights, Detroit, foreign relations, Michigan, and unions. Legislative files include correspondence on various issues including aging, agriculture, atomic energy, civil rights, education, irrigation, repeal of section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act, taxes, and Vietnam. Committee files document work on the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field and the Public Works Committee. Public information files include press releases, rough and final drafts of speeches, newspaper columns, radio addresses, and newsletters. Memorabilia includes scrapbooks (1942-1966), plaques, certificates, photographs, records, tapes, films, and mementos. Finding aid.

Additional Papers: Correspondence in Detroit Council of Churches records, 1920-1969; International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Workers of America, Legislative Department records, 1943-1962; Wayne County AFL-CIO records of president and vice president, 1951-1967; and Michigan AFL-CIO Lansing office collection, 1930-1963.