mums311 Maurice A. Donahue Papers, 1960-1971 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by SCUA staff. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Eric Steven Cartier. 2003-08-15 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mu225 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Maurice A. Donahue Papers, 1960-1971 Finding Aid Manuscript Number 311 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Donahue, Maurice A. Maurice A. Donahue Papers 1960-1971 MS 311 19 boxes, 89 volumes (scrapbooks) (29 linear ft.) Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts State Representative, Massachusetts State Senator, Senate Majority Leader, Senate President, and Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts. Papers include scrapbooks of clippings, correspondence, speeches, press releases, photographs, and memorabilia. English. Biographical Note

Maurice A. Donahue was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1948 as part of its first Democratic majority. In 1950, he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate, became Senate Majority Leader in 1958, and in 1964, became Senate President, a position he held until 1971 when he took the position of Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts. Legislation he sponsored while in the Senate established the Willis-Harrington Commission on Education, the University of Massachusetts Boston campus and Medical School, state scholarships for needy students, commissions to improve vocational education, study problems of urban school systems, and extend educational facilities in Massachusetts.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The papers reveal Donahue's shaping of his political career, his leadership of the Massachusetts Democratic party organization, and his interactions with and affect on state events and government in the 1960s. The papers include 80 scrapbooks of clippings, most relating to Donahue's Presidency of the Massachusetts Senate 1964-1970 with some dating from 1960; cards on courtesy actions for constituents; appointment calendars 1964-1971; correspondence 1964-1970; tapes of radio talks; typescript texts and recordings of speeches; films; photographs of Donahue and other Massachusetts leaders; press releases; awards, citations, plaques, memorabilia; a charcoal sketch of Donahue; and a billboard-sized poster.

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Maurice A. Donahue Papers (MS 311). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Gift of Maurice Donahue, July 1974.

Processed by SCUA staff.

Search Terms Donahue, Maurice A. Massachusetts--Politics and government--20th century. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Videotapes. 1 Guide: Biographical material; Correspondence 1963-1968 2 Correspondence; Calendar and Nomination Papers 1969-1970 3 Press Releases A-M 1964-1970, n.d. 4 Press Releases M-Z; Speeches A-F 1953-1970, n.d. 5 Speeches G-L 1961-1970, n.d. 6 Speeches M-Z 1957-1973, n.d 7 Speeches (typescripts) 1961-1970, n.d. 8 Radio Talks (typescripts) 1964-1970 9 Conference on Education- Medicaid 1965-1969, n.d. 10 Tapes and Films 1965-1970, n.d.

See Appendices B and C for item lists.

11 Videotapes 1964-1970, n.d.

See Appendix C for item list.

12 Photographs 13 Photographs 14 Photographs 15 Photographs 16 Printed Materials 17 Donahue Courtesy File, List of Supporters and Index to Press Releases

See Appendix A.

18 Awards, Memberships, Memorabilia 1953-1970, n.d.

See Appendices D for item list.

19 Awards, Memorabilia 1950-1970, n.d.

See Appendix E for item list.

20 Scrapbook 1959 21 Scrapbook 1959 Nov. 4-1960 Mar. 25 22 Scrapbook 1959 Jan. 15-1959 July 11 23 Scrapbook 1960 Mar. 23-1961 June 8 24 Scrapbook 1961 May 8-1962 Aug. 23 25 Scrapbook 1962 Aug. 23-1964 Mar. 4 26 Scrapbook 1964 Mar. 4-1964 Apr. 22 27 Scrapbook 1964 Apr. 22-1964 July 2 28 Scrapbook 1964 July 3-1964 Nov. 30 29 Scrapbook 1964 Dec. 1-1965 Jan. 31 30 Scrapbook 1965 Jan. 31-1965 Mar. 6 31 Scrapbook 1965 Mar. 6-1965 Apr. 15 32 Scrapbook 1965 Apr. 15-1965 May 28 33 Scrapbook 1965 May 28-1965 July 7 34 Scrapbook 1965 July 7-1965 Aug. 27 35 Scrapbook 1965 Aug. 27-1965 Oct. 18 36 Scrapbook 1965 Oct. 19-1965 Dec. 22 37 Scrapbook 1965 Dec. 23-1966 Feb. 8 38 Scrapbook 1966 Feb. 8-1966 May 30 39 Scrapbook 1966 Apr. 7-1966 May 30 40 Scrapbook 1966 May 31-1966 July 17 41 Scrapbook 1966 July 18-1966 Sept. 15 42 Scrapbook 1966 Sept. 15-1966 Dec. 30 43 Scrapbook 1967 Jan. 10-1967 Dec. 26 44 Scrapbook 1967 Jan. 2-1967 Sept. 15 45 Scrapbook 1967 Sept. 16 -1967 Nov. 11 46 Scrapbook 1967 Nov. 7-1967 Dec. 22 47 Scrapbook 1967 Dec. 27-1968 Feb. 22 48 Scrapbook 1968 Feb. 16-1968 Mar. 25 49 Scrapbook 1968 Apr. 1-1968 May 28 50 Scrapbook 1968 July 1-1968 July 30 51 Scrapbook 1968 July-1968 Aug. 52 Scrapbook 1968 Aug. 53 Scrapbook 1968 Aug. 27-1968 Oct. 31 54 Scrapbook 1968 Nov. 1-1968 Dec. 31 55 Scrapbook 1969 Jan. 1-1969 Jan. 31 56 Scrapbook 1969 Feb. 1-1969 Mar. 31 57 Scrapbook 1969 Apr. 1-1969 Apr. 30 58 Scrapbook 1969 May 1-1969 May 30 59 Scrapbook 1969 June 1-1969 June 30 60 Scrapbook 1969 July 1-1969 Aug. 6 61 Scrapbook 1969 Aug. 7-1969 Sept. 30 62 Scrapbook 1969 Oct. 1-1969 Nov. 30 63 Scrapbook 1969 Dec. 1-1969 Jan. 28 64 Scrapbook 1970 Jan. 27-1970 Feb. 27 65 Scrapbook 1970 Mar. 66 Scrapbook 1970 Apr. 67 Scrapbook 1970 May 68 Scrapbook 1970 June 1-1970 June 14 69 Scrapbook 1970 June 14-1970 June 28 70 Scrapbook 1970 July 1-1970 July 17 71 Scrapbook 1970 July 17-1970 Aug. 2 72 Scrapbook 1970 Aug. 73 Scrapbook 1970 Sept. 1-1970 Oct. 1 74 Scrapbook 1970 Oct. 1-1971 Jan. 14 75 Scrapbook (Bellotti) 1969 July 11-1970 July 8 76 Scrapbook (O'Donnell) 1969 June 19-1970 July 9 77 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1969 June 18-1969 July 3 78 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1969 July 3-1969 July 30 79 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1969 July 30-1969 Aug. 31 80 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1969 Nov. 1-1969 Dec. 6 81 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1969 Dec. 6-1970 Jan. 12 82 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Jan. 12-1970 Feb. 5 83 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Feb. 84 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Mar. 1-1970 Mar. 21 85 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Mar. 21-1970 Apr. 12 86 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Apr. 13-1970 Apr. 29 87 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Apr. 30 88 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 May 16-1970 June 4 89 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 June 4-1970 June 24 90 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 June 25-1970 June 30 91 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 June 30-1970 July 11 92 Scrapbook (Sargent) 1970 Oct.-1970 Nov. 93 Scrapbook (White) 1969 June 18-1969 Sept. 17 94 Scrapbook (White) 1969 Sept. 17-1969 Nov. 30 95 Scrapbook (White) 1969 Dec. 1-1970 Jan. 16 96 Scrapbook (White) 1970 Jan. 16-1970 Mar. 8 97 Scrapbook (White) 1970 Mar. 12-1970 May 6 98 Scrapbook (White) 1970 May 7-1970 June 12 99 Scrapbook (White) 1970 June 13-1970 July 100 Poster