Manuscripts/13. Politics
Record Group Term
Identifier: Manuscripts/13
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard "Bunny" Solomon papers
Collection
Identifier: M077
Overview
Bernard "Bunny" Solomon was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1923. A member of Northeastern University's Class of 1946, he served in Europe in World War II, returning home to a position in his father's lingerie manufacturing business. He became an active Democrat and was appointed State Purchasing Agent under Governor Foster Furcolo in 1957. Solomon resigned his position in 1960 and became a vice president of the Stop & Shop Companies. In 1982, he left Stop & Shop to become the...
Dates:
1925-2006
Joseph D. Warren papers
Collection
Identifier: M087
Overview
African American politician and educator Joseph David Warren was born to Geroldine McDaniel Warren and Harold H. Warren in Harlem, New York on April 2, 1938. In 1979, he organized what became known as the "Warren Commission," a political advocacy group that worked to improve the social and economic conditions of minority groups and to ensure that their needs were represented in the Massachusetts and federal governments. Warren served as a political aide and advisor to Michael S. Dukakis...
Dates:
1972-2003; Majority of material found within 1980-1990
Michael Aronson papers
Collection
Identifier: M206
Overview
Michael Aronson was born in the early 1960s. Growing up in Massachusetts, he attended Needham Public Schools. After graduating high school in 1981, he attended the University of Chicago where he earned his BA in 1985. Not long after, Aronson joined Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign and became part of the speechwriting team. After Dukakis lost the presidency, Aronson pursued a career in journalism. Later, he joined the New York Daily News Editorial Board. In 1999, he won a Pulitzer Prize...
Dates:
1982-1988
Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records
Collection
Identifier: M032
Overview
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...
Dates:
1962-1989; Majority of material found within 1987-1988
Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z17-014
Dates:
1988