Mike Mansfield Papers 1903-2002, MSS 065
Dublin Core
Title
Mike Mansfield Papers 1903-2002, MSS 065
Description
Mike Mansfield was a Butte, Montana, miner who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1943-1952), the U.S. Senate (1953-1977), and as the Ambassador to Japan (1977-1988). The collection consists of his congressional and unofficial ambassadorial papers, along with audio, moving image, and photographic materials, and a collection of art objects.
Creator
Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
Publisher
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Date
1903-2002
Rights
Copyright transferred to the University of Montana—Missoula. For more information, please contact Archives and Special Collections at the University of Montana, Mansfield Library.
Identifier
MSS 065
Collection Items
Senator Mike Mansfield seated on a couch with President Gerald Ford who is reading a document and smoking a pipe.
Senator Mike Mansfield with the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford, 1976.
President Richard Nixon and Senator Mike Mansfield seated on a couch and looking at each other.
Senator Mike Mansfield and the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon
Senator Mansfield kneeling and smiling at an Vietnamese infant who is being held by a U.S. Navy serviceman.
Senator Mansfield with two US sailors and a Vietnamese infant
Senator Mike Mansfield leaning over President Lyndon Johnson who is seated at a typewriter.
Senator Mike Mansfield with 36th President of the United States Lyndon Johnson. Though members of the same political party, Mansfield disapproved of President Johnson’s escalation of the Vietnam War.
Senators Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen standing in a three-way handshake with Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
Senator Mike Mansfield with Senator Everett Dirksen and
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey after cloture was invoked to break a filibuster and allow a vote on the civil rights bill
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey after cloture was invoked to break a filibuster and allow a vote on the civil rights bill
Senators Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen smiling and each speaking into a telephone.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen phone President Lyndon Johnson to tell him the Senate is ready to adjourn the session that passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Senator Mike Mansfield standing and holding a book and his pipe.
Mike Mansfield poses for photo holding a book and his pipe
An apparition of old man floating in the air and being deflated by two men who prick him with pins.
Senator Mansfield Deflating the Southern Civil Rights Filibuster. Text: “I knew I’d eventually run out of hot air.”
Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen’s letter about the Civil Rights Act
Republican Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen’s signed response to Senator Mike Mansfield’s letter about the passage of the Civil Rights Act
Senator George Aiken's letter about the Civil Rights Act
Senator George Aiken’s response to Mansfield’s letter about the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Mansfield ate breakfast with his Republican colleague every morning before heading to work in the Senate.
Mike Mansfield letter about Civil Rights Act
Copy of letter written by Mike Mansfield to Everett Dirksen after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This letter was sent to all 99 US senators, regardless of how they voted.
Senator Hubert Humphrey's letter about the Civil Rights Act
Senator Hubert Humphrey’s signed response to Senator Mike Mansfield’s letter about the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Senator Milton Young’s letter about the Civil Rights Act
Senator Milton Young’s signed response to Senator Mike Mansfield’s letter about the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Senator Mansfield’s report on Indochina
INDOCHINA: Report of Senator Mike Mansfield on a Study Mission of the Associated States of Indochina - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Senate vote count on civil rights bill
Senator Mansfield’s vote count on which senators would vote for cloture to end the filibuster on the civil rights bill.
Mike Mansfield's meeting notes
Notes of Senator Mansfield’s meeting with Senator Richard Russell, the leader of the Republican opposition to the Civil Rights Bill.
Confidential Memo about Vietnam War
Confidential Memo from Senator Mike Mansfield to President Lyndon Johnson opposing Johnson's escalation of the Vietnam War.
Senator Mike Mansfield and President John F. Kennedy sitting next to each other at a desk with a typewriter in front of them.
Senator Mansfield with President Kennedy, possibly in Oval Office. The two men sit side-by-side at a desk. A model ship is on the credenza behind the men and in front of a window. Flags are on either side of the men.
Clear plastic fountain pen used for the Civil Rights signing ceremony sitting atop a typed letter.
Pen used by President Lyndon Johnson to sign H.R. 7152, Civil Rights Act of 1964, into law. Letter accompanying the pen gifting it to Mansfield.