GIFT COLLECTIONS NATIONAL ARCHIVES COLLECTION OF Inaugural committees, chairmen of which have been appointed by the President-elect since 1948, are organized into several staff offices and special committees to stage traditional public ceremonies in Washington, D.C., to honor the newly elected President and Vice President. The committees also provide accommodations for guests; compile guest lists; arrange for newspaper, radio, and television coverage of inaugural activities; and sell souvenirs. The Federal and the District of Columbia Governments provide aid and facilities to the committees. Preinaugural committees, first appointed in 1956, and inaugural planning committees, first appointed in 1960, procure office space and make other preliminary arrangements for the inaugural committees. The location of early inaugural committee records is largely unknown, but records relating to early inaugurations are in the Library of Congress, the District of Columbia Public Library, Georgetown University, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Art and Reference Library of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. Related records in the National Archives are among records of the U.S. Coast Guard (see RG 26), records of the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds (see RG 42), National Archives gift collection (see RG 200), and records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917- (see RG 407). There are 102 cubic feet of records dated between 1932 and 1965 in this record group. RECORDS OF THE 1933, 1937, 1941, Fragmentary records of the Grandstand Ticket Committees, 1933, 1937, and 1941 Inaugural Committees; and of the Medal Committee, 1945 Inaugural Committee. RECORDS OF THE 1949 INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. 1948-49. 24 lin. ft. These consist of records of General Chairman Melvin Hildreth, including reports made to or by the General Chairman, the Executive Secretary, the Archivist, the Publicity Office, the Budget and Audit Control Office, and the Agriculture, Concessions, General Services, Government Liaison and Ticket Sales, Grandstand Construction, Grandstand Sales, Hospitality and Housing, Inaugural Ball, Insurance, Legal and Legislative, Medals, Medal Sales, Parade and Special Events, Reception for Governors and Distinguished Guests, State Groups, Transportation (Domestic), Transportation and Information, and Veterans' Committees. RECORDS OF THE 1953 INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. 1952-53. 11 lin. ft. These are records of Chairman Joseph C. McGarraghy, including reports made to or by the Chairman, the assistant to the Chairman, the Executive Secretary, the director of publicity, and the Audit, Concessions, Decorations, Festival, General Services, Hospitality, Inaugural Ball, Law and Legislation, Medal Distribution, Medical Aid, Parade, Program, Transportation, and Young Republican Activities Committees. RECORDS OF THE 1957 INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. 1956-57. 16 lin. ft. These consist of records of General Chairman Robert V. Fleming, including reports made to or by the General Chairman, the Executive Secretary, the director of public relations and publicity, and the Ball, General Services, Inaugural Stands, Insurance, Official Hostesses and Hospitality, Parade, Parade Tickets, Reception for Governors and Distinguished Guests, Religious Observance, Transportation, and Young Republicans Participation Committees. RECORDS OF THE 1961 INAUGURAL COMMITTEE. 1960-61. 28 lin. ft. Included are the final reports of the 1960 Pre-Inaugural Committee and Inaugural Planning Committee, and records of General Chairman Edward H. Foley, including reports made to or by the General Chairman, the Executive Director, and the Armed Forces Participation, Armed Forces Public Relations, Ball, Budget, Concessions, Decorations, Finance, General Services, Grandstand, Official Hospitality and Reception for Distinguished Ladies, Housing, Insurance, Parade, Publicity, Public Safety, Reception for Governors and Special Distinguished Guests, Religious Observance, Veterans' Participation, and Young Democratic Festivities Committees. RECORDS OF THE 1965 These consist of records of Chairman Dale Miller, including reports made to or by the Chairman, the Executive Director, and the Ball, Citizens for Johnson-Humphrey, Concert, Concessions, General Services, Governors' Reception, Grandstand, Hospitality, Housing, Parade, Program and Book, Publicity, Public Safety, Transportation, Volunteer Participation, and Young Democratic Festivities Committees. AUDIOVISUAL RECORDS. 1949-65. These include a motion picture (1 reel) “1965 Inaugural Preview"; and sound recordings (10 items) of committee meetings, interviews with committee members, and press conferences relating to plans for the inaugurals of Presidents Truman and Kennedy, 1949 and 1961. See Hardee Allen, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of Inaugural Committees, PI 131 (1960); Marion M. Johnson, comp., Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the 1961 Inaugural Committee, PI 162 (1964); E. Daniel Potts, comp., List of Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings Relating to Presidential Inaugurations, SL 16 (1960); and Library of Congress, Presidential Inaugurations, A Selected List of References (3d ed. rev., 1969). NATIONAL ARCHIVES GIFT COLLECTION (RECORD GROUP 200) This record group includes gifts of personal papers, historical manuscripts, and cartographic and audiovisual mate rials donated to the National Archives and Records Service. Although these materials are not official records of the |