AESP: Adlai E. Stevenson Papers, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
AHC: American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
AKP: Arthur Krock Papers, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
AMSP: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
CBLP: Clare Booth Luce Papers, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
CBP: Clay Blair Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
CBSI: CBS Interviews, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
CCP: Clark M. Clifford Papers, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
CSA: Choate School Archives, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
DFPP: David F. Powers Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
FDRL: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York
GBP: George Ball Papers, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
HCLP: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
HIP: Harold L. Ickes Papers, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
HMP: Henry Morgenthau Jr. Papers, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
HUA: Harvard University Archives, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
JFK Pre-Pres: John F. Kennedy Pre-Presidential Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
JFKL: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
JFKPOF: John F. Kennedy President’s Office Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
JFKPP: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
JPKP: Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
JKOP: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
KLBP: Kirk LeMoyne Billings Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
LC: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
MHS: Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
NARA: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland
NAUK: National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, U.K.
OCF: Official and Confidential Files (J. Edgar Hoover), Record Group 65, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland
RKP: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
TOP: Tip O’Neill Congressional Papers, John J. Burns Library, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
TSP: Theodore C. Sorensen Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts
AES: Adlai E. Stevenson
FDR: Franklin D. Roosevelt
JFK: John F. Kennedy
JPK: Joseph P. Kennedy
JPK Jr.: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
KK: Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy
KLB: Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings
RFK: Robert F. Kennedy
RK: Rose Kennedy
TS: Theodore “Ted” Sorensen
BG: Boston Globe
BP: Boston Post
NYT: New York Times
SEP: Saturday Evening Post
THC: The Harvard Crimson
WP: Washington Post
Alastair Forbes OH, JFKL
Arthur Krock OH, CBP
Arthur Krock OH, JFKL
Barbara Ward OH, JFKL
Betty Coxe Spalding OH, CBP
Billy Sutton OH, JFKL
Charles Bartlett OH, JFKL
Charles Spalding OH, JFKL
David Powers extended OH, box 9, DFPP
David Powers OH, JFKL
Dore Schary OH, JFKL
Edmund Gullion OH, JFKL
Edward J. McCormack OH, JFKL
Fletcher Knebel OH, JFKL
Frank Morrissey OH, JFKL
George Taylor OH, JFKL
Gloria L. Sitrin OH, JFKL
Grace de Monaco OH, JFKL
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. OH, JFKL
Hirsch Freed OH, JFKL
Hugh Fraser OH, JFKL
James Farrell OH, JFKL
Janet Auchincloss OH, JFKL
Janet Travell OH, JFKL
Jean McGonigle Mannix OH, JFKL
Joe DeGuglielmo OH, JFKL
John M. Bailey OH, JFKL
John Droney OH, JFKL
John Sharon OH, JFKL
John T. Burke OH, JFKL
Joseph Alsop OH, JFKL
Joseph Healey OH, JFKL
Joseph Rauh OH, JFKL
Kay Halle OH, JFKL
Kirk LeMoyne Billings OH, JFKL
Luella Hennessey OH, JFKL
Mark Dalton OH, JFKL
Patricia Kennedy Lawford OH, JFKL
Peter Lawford OH, JFKL
Peter Cloherty OH, JFKL
Phil David Fine OH, JFKL
Polly Fitzgerald OH, JFKL
Ralph Horton OH, CBP
Ralph Horton OH, JFKL
Samuel Bornstein OH, JFKL
Thomas Broderick OH, JFKL
Thomas “Tip” O’Neill OH, JFKL
Tony Galluccio OH, JFKL
Torbert Macdonald OH, JFKL
William Douglas-Home OH, JFKL
William O. Douglas OH, JFKL