Oversize box [sources]

Collection is open for research except for certain materials related to The Death of a President. A 1967 judgment and decree defines such material as: (1) the Manuscript; (2) any writing of which Manchester is the author which ever was, or was intended by him to be, part of any version of Manchester's proposed work of which the Manuscript is one version; (3) written notes made by Manchester personally in the course of preparation of the Manuscript during the period March 26, 1964 through April 15, 1966 of interviews or conversations between Manchester and any member of the plaintiff's [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the plaintiff] family (which term, as used in this Judgment and Decree, shall include the family of the late President John F. Kennedy) or members of her household (which term, as used in this Judgment and Decree, shall mean and include all persons at any time prior to April 15, 1966 in the personal employ of the plaintiff or the late President John F. Kennedy and those who served at any time during the administration of the late President John F. Kennedy as members of the White House household staff, such as maids, butlers, valets, gardeners, nurses and all others performing essentially personal or household services for the President and his family, or as personal secretaries, or as members of the Secret Service or White House police attached, in whole or part, to the President or members of his family personally); (4) tapes or other voice recordings, furnished to or possessed by Manchester, of plaintiff or members of her family or members of her household, and all copies, excerpts, fragments, transcripts, abstracts and summaries of any of the foregoing; (5) letters or written communications from the late President to plaintiff, from plaintiff to the late President, and between and among the plaintiff, the late President, any members of her family and any member of her household, and all copies, abstracts and summaries of any of the foregoing; (6) the items mentioned in the subdivisions (4) and (5) hereof shall be limited to such items therein described as were furnished to, or obtained by, Manchester during the period March 26, 1964 through April 15, 1966. [Complete judgment and decree found in box 56 folders 33-34] Additionally, The undersigned hereby agree that they shall treat as if they are 'material', subject to the provisions of the Judgment and Decree, all notes of interviews, letters or other communications of the following: Robert S. McNamara Kenneth P. O'Donnell David Powers Pierre Salinger occurring during the period March 26, 1964 to April 15, 1966, which concern the actions, conduct or statements of Mrs. John F. Kennedy or her children during the period November 22, 1963 through November 30, 1963. [Signed Jacqueline B. Kennedy; William Manchester; Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. by Cass Canfield. Box 56 folder 30.] This material is restricted until 2067 January 17. The container list below details some of the material that is restricted; otherwise, separation sheets will be found in the papers.