Scope and Contents
The papers, the bulk of which are divided into two parts, document the life and political career of John V. Lindsay from his student days at Yale University through his two terms as mayor of New York City, 1965-1973. Part I contains pre-congressional and congressional papers covering the years 1944-1965 and includes his Yale senior thesis, personal correspondence and subject files, campaign records, and congressional papers for the years 1959-1965. Part II contains Lindsay's personal mayoral papers covering the years 1965-1973. The papers include personal correspondence, schedules, appointment books, subject files, campaign records, the papers of ten assistants to the mayor, photographs and other materials. Accessions to the collection provide additional material relating to Lindsay's congressional and mayoral years, his work on a study of the Metropolitan Transit System of New York City, as well as his 1972 Democratic presidential nomination bid and his 1980 Senate primary campaign.
Dates
- 1944-2001
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exists pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site. Copies of commercially produced audiovisual materials contained in this collection cannot be made for researcher use outside of the repository.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has been transferred to Yale University for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by John Vliet Lindsay. Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff in Accession 2014-M-053 was transferred to Yale University by Anne Phipps Sidamon-Eristoff in 2014. Copyright to the unpublished writings of James Carberry in Accession 2007-M-061 was transferred to Yale University in 2017. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact beinecke.library@yale.edu. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of John V. Lindsay, 1973-1982; Allen Klotz, 1982 (Accessions 1983-M-009), Jay Kriegel, 1997 (Accession 1998-M-094), Katharine Lake, 2005, Ava Carberry, 2007 (Accession 2007-M-061), and Mrs. Anne P. Sidamon-Eristoff, 2014 (Accession 2014-M-053). Gift of Katharine Lake, 2016 (Accession 2016-M-075). Gift of Susan H. Perkins, 2021 (Accession 2022-M-0010).
Arrangement
Arranged in two parts, oversize material, and eight additions: Part I. Pre-Congressional and Congressional Papers. Part II. New York City Mayoral Personal Papers.
Part I is organized into fourteen series: I. Yale College, 1944. II. Executive assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, 1954-1958. III. American Bar Association, 1950-1960. Personal correspondence, 1949-1961. V. Campaign records, 1958. VI. Appointment books, 1959-1965. VII. Bills introduced, 1959-1965. VIII. NATO Parliamentarian's Conference and Ditchley Foundation conference records, 1955-1965. IX. Policy file, chronological, 1958-1965. X. Policy file, by subject, 1958-1965. XI. Speech file, 1958-1965. XII. Constituent newsletters and questionnaires, 1959-1965. XIII. Publication reprints, 1959-1965. XIV. Biographical newspaper and magazine articles, 1959-1965.
Part II is organized into twenty-five series: I. Personal correspondence, 1966-1973. II. Schedules and fact sheets, 1965-1973. III. Appointment books and journals, 1965-1973. IV. Daily crisis calendars, 1970-1973. V. Speech files, 1966-1969. VI. Campaign records, 1965. VII. Campaign records, 1969. VIII. Presidential campaign, 1972. IX. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968. X. Project management staff, 1972-1973. XI. Robert W. Sweet (Deputy Mayor), 1969. XII. Richard R. Aurelio (Deputy Mayor), 1969-1972. XIII. Edward Hamilton (Deputy Mayor), 1969-1973. XIV. Sid Davidoff (Assistant to the Mayor), 1965-1973. XV. Nathan Leventhal (Assistant to the Mayor), 1970-1972. XVI. Jay Kriegel (Assistant to the Mayor), 1966-1973. XVII. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff (Assistant to the Mayor), 1966. XVIII. Steven Isenberg (Assistant to the Mayor), 1970-1973. XIX. Richard Weston (Assistant to the Mayor), 1972-1973. XX. Peter Goldmark (Assistant to the Mayor), 1965-1970. XXI. Photographs, 1950-1972. XXII. Audio material, 1965-1972. XXIII. Telephone conversation records: lists and memoranda, 1968-1973. XXIV. Campaign workers and fund raising records, 1958-1973. XXV. Restricted personal financial records, 1957-1971.
Extent
216.92 Linear Feet (486 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The papers, the bulk of which are divided into two parts, document the life and political career of John V. Lindsay from his student days at Yale University through his two terms as mayor of New York City, 1965-1973. Part I contains pre-congressional and congressional papers covering the years 1944-1965 and includes his Yale senior thesis, personal correspondence and subject files, campaign records, and congressional papers for the years 1959-1965. Part II contains Lindsay's personal mayoral papers covering the years 1965-1973. The papers include personal correspondence, schedules, appointment books, subject files, campaign records, the papers of ten assistants to the mayor, photographs and other materials. Accessions to the collection provide additional material relating to Lindsay's congressional and mayoral years, his work on a study of the Metropolitan Transit System of New York City, as well as his 1972 Democratic presidential nomination bid and his 1980 Senate primary campaign.
Biographical / Historical
John V. Lindsay: born on November 24, 1921, in New York City; lawyer, former mayor of New York City; B.A., Yale, 1944, LL.B., Yale Law School, 1948; law practice in New York City, 1949- ; executive assistant to the United States Attorney General, 1955-1957; member of the United States House of Representatives, 86th-89th Congress, 17th District, New York, 1959-1965; Mayor of New York City, 1966-1973; vice chairman, National Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967. Died on December 19, 2000, in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Separated Materials
Part II. Series XXV, boxes 435 and 436, RESTRICTED PERSONAL FINANCIAL RECORDS destroyed.
- Aurelio, Richard S.
- Davidoff, Sidney
- Goldmark, Peter C.
- Hamilton, Edward
- Isenberg, Steven
- Kriegel, Jay L.
- Law
- Lawyers
- Leuenthal, Nathan
- Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet), 1921-2000
- Mayors
- Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
- Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Elections
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951-
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Politicians
- Sidamon-Eristoff, Constantine, 1930-2011
- Sweet, Robert
- Transportation -- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
- Weston, Richard
- Title
- Guide to the John Vliet Lindsay Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- by Jane Thompson, Sheila Conneen, Linda Billingsley, John Dojka, and staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- January 1982
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- December 2014: Finding aid revision description not supplied.
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Location
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