Series I: Civil Rights, 1947-1956
This series contains information on Lehman's efforts to support civil rights legislation. It includes material on fair employment legislation, reports and correspondence on housing discrimination, and documents on the cases of black soldiers who were denied access to classes at several Southern universities, despite a program that provided the classes for free to soldiers. There is also material on filibusters, a tactic Lehman opposed and hoped to eliminate. It includes letters from those facing discrimination, correspondence between Lehman's office and other government officials, goals and plans for meeting with officials, and press releases.
Box 1 Folder 1
Army Education Segregation-W.B.W. Personal File, 1956
Box 1 Folder 2
Army and Education I: University of South Carolina, 1949-1956
Box 1 Folder 3
Army and Education II, undated
Box 2 Folder 1-3
Background Material, 1951-1956, (3 Folders)
Box 2 Folder 4
Discharge of H.R., undated
Box 2 Folder 5
Economic Coercion, 1952
Box 2 Folder 6
Election Statistics, 1950-1956
Box 2 Folder 7
Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1950-1955
Box 2 Folder 8
Housing Discrimination, 1947-1956
Series II: Communism, 1955
Series II contains one folder of clippings and letters from the ACLU written in reaction to the booklet "How to Spot a Communist."
Series III: Constitutional Amendment, 1940-1956
This series contains correspondence, fliers, clippings, press releases and other documents on two proposed amendments: the Bricker Amendment, which concerned treaty regulation, and The Lodge-Gossett Amendment, which would have eliminated the Electoral College and replaced it with a proportional electoral vote.
Box 3 Folder 2-4
Bricker Amendment, 1952-1955, (3 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 5
Lodge-Gossett,1940-1955, (2 Folders)
Box 3 Folder 6
S.J. Res. No. 3 "Relative to the Taking of Private Property,"1953-1954
Series IV: Immigration, 1952-1955
Material in this series relates to immigration legislation and problems faced by immigrants. It includes a wide range of documents, such as immigration and crime statistics, clippings and editorials, information on the effect of the McCarren Act on immigrants, a collection of hate literature (much of it anti-Semitic) accompanied by notes, and letters to Lehman from people who experienced problems applying for visas or with reentering the country and his responses. The series focuses primarily on European immigration, but there are two folders on illegal Mexican immigrants.
Box 3 Folder 7
Eastland, James O.,--Background Material and Racist Statements, 1956
Box 3 Folder 8
Amendments in 84th Congress,1955
Box 3 Folder 9
Bibliography, 1953
Box 3 Folder 10
Crime Statistics, 1952-1954
Box 3 Folder 11
Draft Speeches, undated
Box 4 Folder 1
Editorials, 1953
Box 4 Folder 2
83rd Congress, 1953
Box 4 Folder 3
Foreign Press Comments, 1952-1953
Box 4 Folder 4
General articles, 1952-1953
Box 5 Folder 1
Hardship Cases, 1953
Box 5 Folder 2
Hate Literature, 1953
Box 5 Folder 3
Hate Literature, 1952
Box 5 Folder 4-5
Human Interest Background, 1952-1953
Box 5 Folder 6
Justice Department: Deportations, 1953-1955
Box 6 Folder 1
McCarran Bill: Amendment to S.2550, 1952
Box 6 Folder 2
McCarran Bill Fact Sheet For Floor Debate, undated
Box 6 Folder 3
Private Bills, 1953
Box 6 Folder 4
Publications and Reprints, 1952-1953
Box 6 Folder 5
Race, 1953
Box 6 Folder 6
Resolutions and Editorials in Congressional Record, 1953
Box 6 Folder 7
Statistics, 1953-1954
Box 7 Folder 1
Illegal Immigrants, 1954
Box 7 Folder 2
Illegal Immigrants, 1951-1953
Series V: Joseph McCarthy, 1950-1954
This series contains material on Joseph McCarthy and McCarthyism, which Herbert Lehman opposed. It contains research and clippings, reports, press releases, and copies of Lehman's speeches on McCarthy and his charges against him. There is a folder on the McCarthy franking controversy, in which both Lehman and McCarthy accused each other of abusing franking privileges, that includes franked envelopes sent by McCarthy.
Box 7 Folder 3
Background Material, 1950-1953
Box 7 Folder 4
Censure, 1950-1954
Box 7 Folder 5
Charges against made by Lehman, 1950
Box 7 Folder 6
Lehman Franking Controversy, 1953-1954
Box 8 Folder 1
Lehman Franking Controversy, 1953-1954
Box 8 Folder 2
Lehman's Resolution, 1949-1953
Series VI: Refugee Relief Act, 1954-1956
This series is primarily concerned with efforts to amend the act and contains bills, correspondence between Lehman and his assistants, reports, visa statistics, lists of immigrants, and descriptions of individual cases.
Box 8 Folder 3
General, 1965
Box 8 Folder 4
Amendments and Hearings I, 1955-1956
Box 8 Folder 5
Amendments and Hearings II, 1954
Box 8 Folder 6
Monthly Report of Assurances, 1954-1956
Box 8 Folder 7
Status of Visa Applications per week, 1955-1956
Series VII: Senate Rules, 1950-1954
Series VII holds information the Fair Committee Procedure, a proposal put forth by a group of Senators and members of the House (including Lehman) which would outline an official set of procedures to be used by all committees and subcommittees. It also includes a proposal to change rules on Senate conference reports. It contains correspondence, drafts of resolutions, and notes, among other materials.
Series VIII: Tidelands, 1819-1955
Box 9 Folder 3
Background Material I, 1819-1936
Box 9 Folder 4-5
Background Material II: Historical Content, 1838-1936, (2 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 1
Foreign Waters, undated
Box 10 Folder 2-4
General material, 1953-1955, (3 Folders)
Box 10 Folder 5
General Material, 1945-1952
Series IX: Vietnam, 1954
This series is comprised of one folder containing a letter from Francis Williams to Julius Edelstein, in which he discusses his views on government leadership in Asia.
Box 10 Folder 6
General, 1954