Description
Campaign notes and schedule books from the 1960 Kennedy Presidential Campaign, an archive from longtime Kennedy family assistant Helen Keyes.
Includes two handwritten notebooks and 15 handwritten index cards. The notebooks detail the travel schedule of Senator Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, and many more. Includes extensive notes on the Kennedy family schedules in Wisconsin and West Virginia, where Kennedy was able to secure the democratic nomination from Humphrey. Wisconsin and West Virginia were critical tests for Kennedy, who was confronted with the Catholic issue and his ability to connect with working-class white voters.
An extensive behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of the 1960 campaign.
This archive is from the private collection of Helen Keyes (1922-1992), longtime Kennedy family confidant and campaign assistant. Keyes served in the 1960 presidential campaign for John F. Kennedy, and as treasurer of the 1968 Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign. During the interim, she worked for the Kennedy Library and taught a course at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Boston. She remained close with Ted Kennedy until her death in 1992.
