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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.1.2116
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.1.2116

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

American, 1917 - 2007
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. was a historian and writer. In 1960, he worked as a speechwriter in John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. He was appointed Special Assistant to the President by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and held the position until 1964. He served as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University in 1966. He was appointed Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities at the City University of New York in 1966 and held this position until his retirement in 1994.
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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/schlesingera Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10679514Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/85421570