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University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library

John B. Swainson Papers, 1943-1975 (majority within 1960-1962)

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71.5 linear feet (in 73 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 1 oversize volume — 7.77 GB (online)

Democratic governor of Michigan, 1961-1963; gubernatorial office files, campaign files, papers from his career as state senator and lieutenant governor.

The John B. Swainson collection consists of four subgroups of files: pre-gubernatorial (covering the period of 1943 to 1960), gubernatorial (covering his one-term, two-year tenure as the state's chief executive), post-gubernatorial (covering the years since he left the governor's office, 1963 to 1975), and visual materials.

The great bulk of the collection is the gubernatorial subgroup documenting the last months of Swainson's term as lieutenant governor under Governor G. Mennen Williams, the 1960 campaign for governor, his gubernatorial administration, and his unsuccessful campaign for re-election. The importance of the collection, as with all gubernatorial records, is its documentation of public policy issues of the early 1960s and the relationship of the governor to the legislature, to the heads of the state's various boards and commissions, to the federal government, and to the citizens of Michigan.

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Gubernatorial Career (1961-1963), 1960-1963

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The gubernatorial papers consist primarily of two chronological series (for 1961 and 1962). Each of these is further divided into subseries either reflecting the governor's administrative relationships (with the state's boards and commissions, the federal government, and the legislature) or general topics of current interest or pertaining to the governor's role as the state's chief executive. Beyond these two chronological series, there are staff files for some, but not all of the key Swainson aides. One important staff member whose files form part of this subseries is Richard Miller who was the governor's Legislative Assistant, and as such was responsible for maintaining background information on various pieces of legislation. His files include memoranda from various state agencies on their perspective of needed legislation.

John B. Swainson Papers, 1943-1975 (majority within 1960-1962)
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