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In Conclusion: A Research and Informative Speech Project
Learning to research and speak effectively are essential skills in today’s world. It matters in both our personal and professional lives. It can be a powerful tool for change and is critical to democracy and the safety of each of us. This project utilizes archival documents and steps students through developing and delivering an informative speech.
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- 115th Infantry Regiment After-Action Report on D-Day and Combat Operations in Normandy (1944)
- 22nd Infantry Regiment After-Action Report on Combat Operations in Normandy Following D-Day (1944)
- 4th Infantry Division Journal Recounts the D-Day Assault and Capture of Utah Beach (1944)
- 82nd Airborne Division After-Action Report on the D-Day Airborne Assault and Fighting in Normandy (1944)
- Acting Attorney General William Rogers Warns That the Senate’s Jury-Trial Amendment Could Weaken Enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Praises Eisenhower Following Senate Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- Alaska Delegation
- Alaskans Appeal to Eisenhower for Statehood (1954)
- Allied Chiefs Review the First Operation Overlord Plan and the Requirements for a Successful Invasion of Normandy (1943)
- Allied Conference Meeting “Trident” (1943)
- Allied Headquarters Issues Planning Directive for Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy (1944)
- Allied Intelligence on German Forces Before D-Day (1944)
- Allied Leaders Develop Operation Bodyguard to Deceive Germany About the Location and Timing of the D-Day Invasion (1943)
- American Veterans Committee Asks Eisenhower to Reflect on His Warning About the Military-Industrial Complex (1966)
- Ann Whitman Recounts Events Leading to McCarthy’s Break with the Eisenhower Administration (1954)
- Appeal to Eisenhower to Commute the Rosenbergs’ Death Sentences (1953)
- Army Situation Report Documents Continued Military Protection and Racial Tensions at Little Rock Central High School (1958)
- Army Situation Report Documents Harassment and Continued Military Security at Little Rock Central High School (1958)
- Army Situation Report Documents Racial Harassment and Continued Military Security at Little Rock Central High School (1958)
- Army Situation Report Documents Racial Harassment and Military Security at Little Rock Central High School (1958)
- Army Situation Report Records Minnijean Brown’s Suspension and Continued Federal Troop Presence at Little Rock Central High School (1957)
- Atomic Energy Commission Memorandum to President Eisenhower on Soviet Thermonuclear Capabilities (1953)
- Atoms for Peace
- Attorney General Herbert Brownell Defends the Eisenhower Administration’s Proposed Civil Rights Legislation Before Congress (1957)
- Attorney General Reports on Eisenhower Administration Efforts to Eliminate Racial Segregation and Discrimination (1955)
- Attorney General William Rogers Recommends the Timing for Eisenhower’s Proclamation Admitting Alaska to the Union (1958)
- Background Paper on Soviet Overflights of Free World Nations Before the 1960 Paris Summit (1960)
- Billy Graham Advises Eisenhower on Desegregation, Race Relations, and the Politics of the Black Vote (1956)
- Bradley Urges a Rapid Counterattack Against German Forces During the Battle of the Bulge (1944)
- British Military Leaders Assess Naval Gunfire Support Requirements for Operation Overlord (1944)
- British Plans for Soviet Cooperation in Operation Bodyguard Deception Raids Against Norway and Finland (1944)
- Bryce Harlow Briefs Eisenhower and Nixon on the Military-Industrial Complex, Republican Politics, and the Kennedy Administration (1961)
- Budget Bureau Reviews the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and Recommends Eisenhower Approve the Legislation
- Bureau of the Budget Memorandum Recommending Approval of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959
- Bureau of the Budget Outlines Federal Challenges Created by Alaska Statehood (1958)
- Bureau of the Budget Recommends Eisenhower Approve Legislation Establishing NASA (1958)
- Bureau of the Budget Recommends Eisenhower Approve the Federal-Aid Highway Act Creating the Interstate Highway System (1956)
- C. D. Jackson Explains the Origins and Development of Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Proposal (1955)
- C. D. Jackson Urges Eisenhower to Confront McCarthy and Records Divisions Over National Security Policy (1953)
- C. D. Jackson Urges the Justice Department to Seek Information from the Rosenbergs Before Their Execution (1953)
- Cabinet Paper – The Civil Rights Program
- Camp David Guidebook for Presidential Guests (1958)
- Chance for Peace
- Chicago Defender Telegram to President Eisenhower Requesting Federal Action in the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- Chronology of the “Atoms for Peace” Project (1954)
- CIA Analysis of TRUE Magazine’s Coverage of the U-2 Incident (1960)
- CIA Provides Eisenhower’s Staff a Chronology of U-2 Reconnaissance Flights Over the Soviet Bloc (1956–1960)
- CIA Tests U-2 Vulnerability to Soviet Fighters While Identifying Priority ICBM Reconnaissance Targets (1959)
- Civil Rights Act Establishes a Federal Civil Rights Commission and Strengthens Voting Rights Protections (1957)
- Columbia University Professor Clyde R. Miller Urges Eisenhower to Grant Clemency to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
- Combined Chiefs of Staff Evaluate Operation OVERLORD and the Proposed Invasion of Southern France (1943)
- Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks Reports Early Progress on Building the Interstate Highway System (1956)
- Commission on Civil Rights Reports on Federal Cooperation and Investigations into Voting, Housing, and Education Discrimination (1959)
- Communist Party Memorandum on the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- Congressional Record Marks the Fifth Anniversary of Eisenhower’s Farewell Address and Its Warning About the Military-Industrial Complex (1966)
- Copy of Telegram and note for President Eisenhower
- Cover Plan
- D-Day, Order of the Day
- Daily Notes by C.D. Jackson, Speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Eisenhower
- DDE Addresses the Little Rock Situation
- Defense Department Responds to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Claims of Communists Working in Defense Plants (1954)
- Department of the Interior Prepares Eisenhower for a Meeting with Alaska Statehood Advocates (1954)
- Draft of Eisenhower’s “Communism and Freedom” Speech Defending General George C. Marshall (1952)
- Draft of Eisenhower’s D-Day “Order of the Day” (1944)
- Draft of Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Warning Against the Military-Industrial Complex and the Concentration of Scientific Power (1961)
- Draft of President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” Address to the United Nations (1953)
- Draft Presidential Statement Rejecting Clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
- Drew Pearson Discusses the U-2 Spy Flight, Francis Gary Powers, and the Risks of Aerial Reconnaissance Over the Soviet Union (1960)
- E. Frederic Morrow Urges Eisenhower to Meet with Martin Luther King Jr. and Other Black Civil Rights Leaders (1957)
- E. Frederic Morrow Urges the Eisenhower Administration to Address Racial Violence and Strengthen Its Civil Rights Leadership (1955)
- Early Draft of Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Develops His Warning About the Military-Industrial Complex (1960)
- Eighth Air Force Report on Tactical Bombing Operations in Preparation for the Normandy Invasion (1944)
- Eisenhower Administration Debates Civilian and Military Control of U.S. Space Programs Before the Creation of NASA (1958)
- Eisenhower Administration Debates Which Islands Should Be Included in the Proposed State of Hawaii (1953)
- Eisenhower Administration Explains the Purpose and Development of the Atoms for Peace Proposal (1953)
- Eisenhower Administration Fact Paper Outlining Proposed Civil Rights Legislation and Voting Rights Protections (1957)
- Eisenhower Administration Makes the Case for Immediate Hawaiian Statehood Before Congress (1957)
- Eisenhower Administration Plan for Alaska Statehood While Preserving Federal Control of Strategic Defense Areas (1957)
- Eisenhower Administration Plans NASA’s Creation and Debates Which Military Space Programs Should Become Civilian (1958)
- Eisenhower Administration Prepares the Federal Government for Alaska’s Transition from Territory to Statehood (1958)
- Eisenhower Administration Reviews the U.S. Satellite Program Following the Soviet Launch of Sputnik (1957)
- Eisenhower and Advisers Plan a Civilian Space Agency and Define NASA’s Relationship with the Military (1958)
- Eisenhower and Advisers Respond to Khrushchev’s U-2 Ultimatum at the Paris Summit (1960)
- Eisenhower and Allied Chiefs Debate Operation Anvil and the Allocation of Forces for the Normandy Invasion (1944)
- Eisenhower and Allied Commanders Debate Mediterranean Operations and Operation Anvil in Support of D-Day (1944)
- Eisenhower and Allied Commanders Discuss Expanding the Normandy Invasion Plan and Coordinating Operation Anvil (1944)
- Eisenhower and Allied Commanders Plan D-Day Air and Naval Support and Reconsider Operation Anvil (1944)
- Eisenhower and Churchill Discuss Atomic Weapons, Nuclear Cooperation, and the Risks of Renewed War in Korea (1953)
- Eisenhower and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson Reach Agreement on Space Agency and Defense Reorganization Legislation (1958)
- Eisenhower and SHAEF Commanders Review D-Day Weather, Bombing Plans, and Civilian Warnings Four Days Before the Normandy Invasion (1944)
- Eisenhower Announces Approval of Alaska Statehood and Urges Congress to Admit Hawaii (1958)
- Eisenhower Approves Alaska Statehood and Directs the Federal Government to Prepare for Its Admission to the Union (1958)
- Eisenhower Assesses Weather, Beach Obstacles, French Cooperation, and Allied Strategy Three Days Before D-Day (1944)
- Eisenhower Briefs Republican Senators on the Paris Summit, the U-2 Incident, and Cold War Foreign Policy (1960)
- Eisenhower Calls on Allied Forces to Turn Back Germany’s Ardennes Offensive and Pursue Complete Victory (1944)
- Eisenhower Criticizes the Expansion of the Interstate Highway Program Beyond His Original Vision (1960)
- Eisenhower Defends Executive Privilege and Separation of Powers During the Army-McCarthy Hearings (1954)
- Eisenhower Denies Executive Clemency to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
- Eisenhower Directs the Bureau of the Budget to Coordinate the Federal Government’s Transition to Alaska Statehood (1958)
- Eisenhower Directs the Defense Department to End Segregation in Schools on U.S. Army Posts (1953)
- Eisenhower Discusses His Atoms for Peace Proposal with Churchill and Laniel at the Bermuda Conference (1953)
- Eisenhower Discusses Southern Resistance, Civil Rights, and His Approach to Racial Integration (1959)
- Eisenhower Discusses the U-2 Incident with Congressional Leaders (1960)
- Eisenhower Establishes the TALENT-KEYHOLE Security System to Protect Satellite Reconnaissance Intelligence (1960)
- Eisenhower Explains His Battle of the Bulge Strategy and Defends Allied Command Arrangements to Montgomery (1944)
- Eisenhower Explains His Reasons for Resisting Clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
- Eisenhower Explains the Origins and Meaning of His “Military-Industrial Complex” Warning (1967)
- Eisenhower Explains the Origins of Atoms for Peace and His Efforts to Reduce Cold War Nuclear Tensions (1953)
- Eisenhower Explains Why He Opposes Publicly Attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy (1953)
- Eisenhower Expresses Support for Hawaii Statehood and Plans for a Statehood Celebration (1959)
- Eisenhower Issues the Presidential Proclamation Admitting Alaska as the 49th State (1959)
- Eisenhower Meets with Martin Luther King Jr. and Other Black Leaders to Discuss Civil Rights and Voting Rights (1958)
- Eisenhower Orders the Protection of Meuse River Bridges During the Battle of the Bulge (1944)
- Eisenhower Outlines Allied Strategy to Defeat the Ardennes Offensive and Resume the Advance into Germany (1944)
- Eisenhower Outlines His Strategy for Operation Overlord and Balancing the Normandy and Italian Campaigns (1944)
- Eisenhower Praises NASA’s Achievements and Outlines the Future of American Space Exploration (1960)
- Eisenhower Proposes Atoms for Peace Before the United Nations General Assembly (1953)
- Eisenhower Questions Nuclear Disarmament and Orders Further Study of America’s Atomic Strategy (1953)
- Eisenhower Reflects on Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, and His Frustrations with Congress in a Personal Letter to Edward “Swede” Hazlett (1957)
- Eisenhower Reflects on the Continuing Dangers of the Military-Industrial Complex (1966)
- Eisenhower Reflects on the Supreme Court’s School Desegregation Decision and the Pace of Integration (1956)
- Eisenhower Reorganizes Allied Forces and Plans a Counterattack During the Battle of the Bulge (1944)
- Eisenhower Reports on the Progress, Losses, and Challenges of the Normandy Invasion Two Days After D-Day (1944)
- Eisenhower Reports to General Marshall on the Opening Hours of the D-Day Invasion (1944)
- Eisenhower Responds to Louisiana Governor on School Segregation Cases (1953)
- Eisenhower Responds to Texas Governor Allan Shivers About the Supreme Court School Segregation Cases (1953)
- Eisenhower Responds to Theodore Repplier’s Proposal for a Humanitarian Campaign Against Communism (1955)
- Eisenhower Reviews and Expands the Forces Needed for Operations Overlord and Anvil (1944)
- Eisenhower Signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 While Warning Against Changes to Highway Funding (1958)
- Eisenhower Signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act Establishing NASA (1958)
- Eisenhower Tells a Concerned Citizen That the Rosenberg Espionage Case Has Deeply Disturbed Him (1953)
- Eisenhower Updates General Marshall on the Battle of the Bulge and the Crisis in Alsace (1945)
- Eisenhower Urges Congress to Create and Finance a Modern Interstate Highway System (1955)
- Eisenhower Urges South Carolina Governor James Byrnes to Support Federal Action Against Racial Discrimination (1953)
- Eisenhower Welcomes Alaska as the 49th State and Approves the New 49-Star American Flag (1959)
- Eisenhower Writes to Billy Graham About Moderation and Partisan Divisions over Civil Rights (1956)
- Eisenhower Writes to Jackie Robinson on Civil Rights, Equal Citizenship, and the Pace of Racial Progress (1958)
- Eisenhower Writes Winston Churchill About Nuclear Weapons, Anglo-American Relations, and the Danger of Future War (1956)
- Eisenhower’s “In Case of Failure” Note Accepting Full Responsibility for a Possible D-Day Defeat (June 5, 1944)
- Eisenhower’s D-Day Order of the Day to Allied Forces Before the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944
- Eisenhower’s Early Plans for His Farewell Address (1959)
- Eisenhower’s Farewell Address Warns of the Military-Industrial Complex and the Challenges of the Cold War (1961)
- Eisenhower’s Private Responses to Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)
- Eisenhower’s Private Strategy for Dealing with Senator Joseph McCarthy (1953)
- Eisenhower’s Reading Copy of His Farewell Address Warning of the Military-Industrial Complex (1961)
- Ethel Rosenberg Appeals Directly to Eisenhower for Clemency Days Before Her Execution (1953)
- Executive Order 10730: Enforcing School Integration in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957)
- FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Reports to Eisenhower’s Cabinet on Racial Tensions, Civil Rights, and Resistance to School Integration (1956)
- FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover Transmits Study on Communist Efforts to Influence African Americans (1956)
- FBI Intelligence Summary Reports on Communist Party Leadership, Political Activity, and Internal Security Concerns (1956)
- FBI Study of the Communist Party’s Activities Among African Americans, 1953–1956
- Federal Court Order Initiating the Brown v. Board of Education School Segregation Case in Topeka, Kansas (1951)
- Federal Prison Director Reports on Interviews with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Weeks Before Their Execution (1953)
- Federal Report Surveys School Desegregation Efforts and Court Orders Across the South Following Brown v. Board of Education (1957)
- Flyer for a clemency rally
- Former President Eisenhower Reflects on Cuba, President Kennedy, and the National Security Council (No Date)
- General Carl Spaatz Recommends Strategic Bombing Priorities to Eisenhower in Support of Operation Overlord (1944)
- General George C. Marshall Advises Eisenhower on Allied Mediterranean Strategy and Protecting Forces for Operation Overlord (1944)
- General J. Lawton Collins Describes the Battle of the Bulge and the Decision to Counterattack German Forces (1945)
- German General Alfred Jodl Describes the Planning and Failure of the Ardennes Counteroffensive (1945)
- German Generals Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel Explain the Planning and Failure of the Ardennes Offensive (1945)
- Governor Orval Faubus’s Telegram Accepting President Eisenhower’s Invitation to Meet on Little Rock Crisis(1957)
- Harry C. Butcher’s Diary Describing Eisenhower’s Mediterranean Command During World War II (1943)
- Intelligence Panel Urges Expanded U-2 Reconnaissance to Locate Soviet Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (1959)
- Inverview with German General
- Jackie Robinson Urges President Eisenhower to Take Stronger Action for Civil Rights (1958)
- James Hagerty Records Eisenhower’s Strategy to Counter Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Attempt to Investigate the CIA (1954)
- John Foster Dulles and Attorney General Herbert Brownell Discuss the Rosenberg Case and Possible Supreme Court Intervention (1953)
- John Foster Dulles Warns Attorney General Herbert Brownell About European Concerns Over the Rosenberg Case (1953)
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Submit an Application for Executive Clemency (1953)
- Justice Department Recommends the Timing of Alaska’s Formal Admission to the Union (1958)
- Letter from Dr. Glennan to President Eisenhower
- Letter from Herbert Brownell to President Eisenhower
- Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Dillon Anderson
- Letter from President Eisenhower to General Alfred Gruenther
- Letter from Robert Merriam to President Eisenhower regarding the Highway Act
- Letter from the Pittsburgh Courier Requesting Federal Action in the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- Letter Inviting President Eisenhower to Promote the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1954)
- Letter reply to Hon. Samuel P. King
- Letter Requesting a Presidential Message to the People of Hawaii on Statehood (1954)
- Letter to Hanson Baldwin Defending General Eisenhower’s Battle of the Bulge Command Decision (1946)
- Letter to President Eisenhower
- Letter to Senator Henry Jackson
- Letter, Adam Clayton Powell to DDE
- Louisiana Governor Urges Eisenhower to Preserve Segregated Public Schools (1953)
- Mamie Till Bradley’s Telegram to President Eisenhower Requesting Justice for Emmett Till (1955)
- Marie McCrum Reconstructs the Origins of Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Initiative and Project “Wheaties” (1956)
- Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Lester Granger Urge Eisenhower to Take Stronger Federal Action on Civil Rights (1958)
- Mayor Woodrow Mann’s Telegram Requesting Federal Troops for Little Rock (1957)
- Memo for DDE and Milton
- Memo for the Record
- Memo regarding George Washington’s farewell address
- Memo to Malcolm Moos
- Memo to President Eisenhower
- Memorandum for the Record, Meeting of Negro Leaders with the President June 23, 1958
- Memorandum of Conference with the President
- Memorandum on General Eisenhower’s Command Decision During the Battle of the Bulge (1946)
- Memorandum on the Organization of U.S. Space Activities & NASA (1959)
- Memorandum Proposing Themes for President Eisenhower’s 1961 State of the Union Address (1960)
- Michael Rosenberg Appeals to Eisenhower to Meet with Him Days Before His Parents’ Execution (1953)
- Montgomery Informs Eisenhower of Reinforcements and Troop Movements During the Battle of the Bulge (1944)
- Montgomery Outlines the 21st Army Group’s Planned Offensive Toward the Rhine and Ruhr (1944)
- Montgomery Praises American Commanders and Reflects on Allied Cooperation During the Battle of the Bulge (1945)
- Montgomery Urges Eisenhower to Centralize Command for the Allied Advance Toward the Rhine (1944)
- NAACP Leader Roy Wilkins Thanks Eisenhower for Meeting with Black Leaders and Urges Continued Action on Civil Rights (1958)
- NASA’s Cover Story for the U-2 Incident (1960)
- National Security Council Reviews Soviet Pressure on Afghanistan and Growing Cold War Competition in the Region (1955)
- Naval Operation Orders for the British Assault Area in Preparation for D-Day (1944)
- NEEDS FIXING! South Carolina Governor James Byrnes Urges President Eisenhower to Defend School Segregation Before the Supreme Court (1953)
- News Release from the Republican National Committee
- Newspaper Article on President Eisenhower’s Proposed “Operation Candor” (1953)
- Norwegian Students’ Association Resolution Supporting Justice for Emmett Till (1955)
- Notes by L. Arthur Minnich, Assistant White House Staff Secretary
- Operation Candor Plan to Educate Americans About the Soviet Threat and the “Age of Peril” (1953)
- Operation Statehood
- Operations Coordinating Board Develops a Strategy to Promote Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Proposal (1954)
- Order of the Day for June 6, 1944
- Otto Skorzeny Describes the Planning and Failure of Operation Greif During the Battle of the Bulge (1945)
- Outline of Subjects for Speeches
- Overlord Cover Operations
- Overseas Reaction to Rosenberg Case
- Pamphlet, ‘The Commission on Civil Rights’
- Parents Challenge Racial Segregation in Topeka Public Schools in Brown v. Board of Education (1951)
- Parents of the Little Rock Nine Thank President Eisenhower for Enforcing School Integration (1957)
- Planning Documents for Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Camp David Conference on the Berlin Crisis (1959)
- Planning Documents for Nikita Khrushchev’s Visit to Camp David (1959)
- President Eisenhower Selects “Aspen” as the Name for Camp David’s Main Lodge (1958)
- President Eisenhower Warns of a Military Industrial Complex in Farewell Address
- President Eisenhower’s Annotated Draft of Little Rock Address (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Diary Notes on His Meeting with Governor Orval Faubus over Little Rock (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Handwritten Notes During the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Letter Supporting the Families of the Little Rock Nine (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Letter to Congressman Oren Harris on the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Letter to Milton Eisenhower on Senator Joseph McCarthy (1953)
- President Eisenhower’s Letter to Senator John C. Stennis Explaining Federal Intervention in Little Rock (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Letter to Senator Richard B. Russell on the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s National Address on the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Press Conference Following the Launch of Sputnik (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Statement Following the Withdrawal of the Arkansas National Guard in Little Rock (1957)
- President Eisenhower’s Statement on the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959
- President Eisenhower’s Statements on Alaska and Hawaii Statehood (1953-1956)
- President Eisenhower’s Telegram to Governor Orval Faubus During the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- Proclamation 3204: President Eisenhower Orders the Dispersal of Unlawful Assemblies in Little Rock (1957)
- Professor Theodore Kennedy Asks Eisenhower About the Origins of His “Military-Industrial Complex” Warning (1967)
- Project Candor Adviser Proposes Using Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Claims to Highlight American Scientific and Industrial Strength (1953)
- Proposal for an International Organization to Advance Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Program and the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1954)
- Psychological Strategy Board Considers Using a Prisoner Exchange Proposal to Undermine Soviet Propaganda (1953)
- Psychological Strategy Board Warns That the Rosenberg Clemency Decision Could Carry Over into the Eisenhower Administration (1953)
- Psychological Warfare Division
- Ralph Williams Recounts the Development of Eisenhower’s “Military-Industrial Complex” Farewell Address (1985)
- Republican National Committee Highlights the Eisenhower Administration’s Civil Rights Record (1955)
- Republican National Committee Official Val J. Washington Urges Eisenhower Not to Compromise on Civil Rights Legislation (1957)
- Republican National Convention
- Roosevelt Informs Stalin of Eisenhower’s Appointment to Command Operation Overlord (1943)
- Rosenberg Children Appeal to Eisenhower to Spare Their Parents from Execution (1953)
- Science Adviser James Killian Assesses U.S. Missile Development and Satellite Programs After Sputnik (1957)
- Science Adviser James Killian Reports to Eisenhower on Early U.S. Satellite Discoveries and the Hazards of Space Travel (1958)
- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Discusses Justice Douglas’s Stay of Execution in the Rosenberg Case with Allen Dulles (1953)
- Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton Celebrates Senate Approval of Alaska Statehood and Calls for Hawaii’s Admission (1958)
- Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton Presents Eisenhower with Evidence Supporting Alaska Statehood (1958)
- Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton Recommends Eisenhower Endorse Plans Celebrating Hawaiian Statehood (1959)
- Senator Henry M. Jackson Challenges Eisenhower’s National Security Concerns Over Alaska Statehood (1955)
- Senator John Stennis Urges Eisenhower to End Forced School Integration (1957)
- Senator Joseph McCarthy Calls for Communist-Controlled Nations to Be Discussed at Eisenhower’s Geneva Summit (June)
- Senator Joseph McCarthy Urges Eisenhower to Oppose James Conant’s Nomination as High Commissioner for Germany (1953)
- Senator Richard B. Russell’s Telegram to President Eisenhower on the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- SHAEF Establishes Standard Beach Markings and Navigation Signals for the Normandy Invasion (1944)
- SHAEF Intelligence Assessment of Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge (1944)
- Solicitor General’s Memorandum Summarizing Court-Ordered School Desegregation Cases (1957)
- Sophie Rosenberg Appeals to Mamie Eisenhower for Mercy for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
- South Carolina Governor Urges Eisenhower to Defend School Segregation (1953)
- Soviet Government Accuses the United States of Espionage Following the U-2 Incident (1960)
- State Department press release #254
- State Department Reports on International Reactions and Growing Calls for Clemency in the Rosenberg Case (1953)
- Statements by President Eisenhower and Governor Orval Faubus Following Their Newport Meeting on Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- Summaries of Letters to President Eisenhower Concerning the Murder of Emmett Till (1955)
- Summary of Telephone Conversations Between President Eisenhower and Attorney General Herbert Brownell During the Little Rock Crisis (1957)
- Supreme Court Opinion
- Ted Stevens Outlines the Alaska Statehood Act and Federal Land, Defense, and Resource Issues (1958)
- Telegram to Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. Requesting a Federal Investigation of the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- Texas Governor Allan Shivers Urges Eisenhower to Support State and Local Control of School Segregation (1953)
- The Ardennes Campaign’ by General Courtney H. Hodges
- The Eisenhower Administration Responds to the Soviet U-2 Announcement (1960)
- Theodore Repplier Proposes a U.S. Humanitarian “Crusade” to Counter Communist Propaganda During the Cold War (1955)
- U.S. Army Situation Report on Little Rock Central High School and Continued Violence During Integration (1958)
- U.S. Navy Report on the D-Day Amphibious Assault and Battle for Omaha Beach (1944)
- U.S. Officials Evaluate Secrecy and Cover Stories for Project CORONA Reconnaissance Satellites (1959)
- U.S. Officials Track Soviet Bloc Reaction to Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Speech (1953)
- War Department Observer’s Report Evaluates American and British Airborne Operations in Normandy (1944)
- Washington Post Report on the U-2 Spy Plane Mission, Francis Gary Powers, and the Eisenhower Administration’s Cover Story (1960)
- White House Adviser Urges Eisenhower to Publicly Address the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- White House Advisers Recommend That Eisenhower Publicly Confront Senator Joseph McCarthy (1953)
- White House Aide Rocco Siciliano Reports on Black Leaders’ Positive Reaction to Their Civil Rights Meeting with Eisenhower (1958)
- White House Considers Responding to Public Letters and Petitions About Racial Violence and the Emmett Till Case (1956)
- White House List of Attendees for the Ceremony Formally Admitting Alaska as the 49th State (1959)
- White House Memoranda on Coordinating U.S. Military Satellite and Space Operations (1959)
- White House Memorandum Advocating Increased Funding for NASA’s 1961 Space Program (1959)
- White House Memorandum on Communist Involvement in the Emmett Till Case (1955)
- White House Memorandum on the Federal Response to Mamie Till-Mobley’s Appeal (1956)
- White House Prepares for Pope Pius XII’s Appeal to Eisenhower for Clemency in the Rosenberg Case (1953)
- White House Response to the Chicago Defender Regarding the Murder of Emmett Till (1955)
- White House Reviews Public Reaction to Eisenhower’s Denial of Clemency in the Rosenberg Case (1953)
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