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Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids
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Collection Overview |
| Creator: |
Mike Dukakis for President, Inc. |
| Title: |
Michael S. Dukakis Presidential
Campaign records |
| Dates: |
1962-1989 (bulk 1987-1988) |
| Call Number: |
M32 |
| Location: |
70/1-3, FF4D4 |
| Volume: |
58.00 cubic ft. (67 boxes) |
| Scope and Content Abstract: |
The records of the Michael S. Dukakis presidential campaign document
the rigors of running for America's highest office. The collection
was compiled by his campaign staff and is a comprehensive record of
how the Dukakis Campaign Committee operated. The collection also documents
how Michael Dukakis was marketed to the American people as a potential
leader, in his numerous speaking engagements and television and radio
advertisements. The questionnaires and correspondence highlight the
important issues of the campaign. While the bulk of the collection
is from the presidential campaign (April 1987 through November 1988),
the records span 1962-1989. The material that pre-dates the presidential
campaign was compiled to document Michael Dukakis' record as Governor
of Massachusetts. |
| Historical Abstract: |
Michael Stanley Dukakis was born of Greek immigrant parents on November
3, 1933 in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he still resides, as of
2002. He graduated from Brookline High School (1951), Swarthmore College
(1955), and Harvard Law School (1960). Michael Dukakis married Katherine
Dickson, known as Kitty, in 1963. They have three children, John,
Andrea and Kara. Michael Dukakis served for eight years in the Massachusetts
House of Representatives (1962-1970) before he lost a bid for lieutenant
governor in 1970. He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1974,
but lost re-election in the Democratic Primary of 1978 to Edward King.
Michael Dukakis defeated King in 1982 and was re-elected to an unprecedented
third four-year term in 1986. A year after being voted the nation's
most effective governor by his peers, he decided to run for president.
Michael Dukakis won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in
1988 but was defeated by incumbent Vice-President George Herbert Walker
Bush. Michael Dukakis served his final two years as governor and went
on to teach at Northeastern University and the University of California,
Los Angeles. |
| Arrangement: |
Organized into 9 series: 1. Administrative, 2. Correspondence,
3. Issues Files, 4. Itinerary, 5. Media Coverage, 6. Speeches and
Debates, 7. Video and Audio Materials, 8. Photographs and Graphics,
and 9. Memorabilia. |
| Subjects and Contributors: |
- Bush, George Herbert Walker, b. 1924.
- Dukakis, Michael Stanley, b. 1933.
- Bentsen, Lloyd Millard Jr., b. 1921.
- Collectibles, Political (1988).
- Democratic National Convention (Atlanta, 1988).
- Governors -- Massachusetts.
- Political campaigns -- United States.
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1988.
- Presidential candidates -- United States.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
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| Restrictions: |
The collection is unrestricted. |
| Processor: |
Finding aid prepared by Ken Risley, 1999 |
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