Research Interview Notes of Richard F. Fenno, Jr. with Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1959-1965
- Biographical Note on Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- Deed of Gift from Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
- Interview Notes Index
Gift of Papers or Other Historical Materials of Richard F. Fenno, Jr. to the Center for Legislative Archives
1. In accordance with the provisions of chapter 21 of title 44, United States
Code, and subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions hereinafter set
forth, I, Richard F. Fenno, Jr. (hereinafter referred to as the Donor), hereby
give, donate, and convey to the United States of America, for eventual deposit
in the Center for Legislative Archives, my papers and other historical materials
(hereinafter referred to as the Materials) which are described in Appendix A,
attached hereto.
2. Title to the Materials shall pass to the United States of America upon their
delivery to the Archivist of the United States or his delegate (hereinafter
referred to as the Archivist).
3. Following delivery, the Materials shall be maintained by the United States
of America in the Center for Legislative Archives, administered by the National
Archives and Records Administration in accordance with the pertinent provisions
of chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, and provided that at any time
after delivery and subject to the provisions of paragraph 5, the Donor shall
be permitted freely to examine any of the Materials during the regular working
hours of the depository where they are preserved.
4. It is the Donor's wish that the Materials be made available for research
as soon as possible, and to the fullest extent possible, following their deposit
in the Center for Legislative Archives. At the same time, he recognizes that
the Materials may include information about others the disclosure of which would
constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and information the protection
of which is essential to the Nation's security. Accordingly, the Archivist shall
have the materials reviewed and for the present shall restrict from public access
the following classes of material:
- a. Papers and other historical materials the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy or a libel of a living
person.
b. Papers and other historical materials that are specifically authorized under criteria established by statute or Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, and are in fact properly classified pursuant to such statute or Executive order.
c. Research interviews with individuals who are still living.
6. Materials which have been restricted from public access as herein provided shall be reviewed by the Archivist from time to time and papers which, because of the passage of time or other circumstances, no longer require such restrictions shall be opened to public access.
7. Subject to the restrictions imposed herein, the Archivist may dispose of any of the Materials which he determines to have no permanent value or historical interest, or when he determines that it is in the interest of the Center for Legislative Archives or the National Archives and Records Administration to do so, provided that prior to any such disposal reasonable efforts are made to notify the Donor and offer return of the materials.
8. The Donor hereby gives and assigns to the United States of America all copyrights which he has in (a) such of the Materials as are unpublished and (b) in such of his unpublished writings as may be among any collections of papers received by the United States of America from others and deposited in any depository administered by any agency of the United States of America.
9. The Archivist may enter into agreements for the temporary deposit of the Materials under his custody and control in a depository administered by the National Archives and Records Administration or other qualified depository.
10. In the event that the Donor may from time to time hereafter give, donate, and convey to the United States of America, for deposit in the Center for Legislative Archives, additional papers and other historical materials, title to such additional papers and other historical materials shall pass to the United States of America upon their delivery to the Archivist, and all of the foregoing provisions of this instrument of gift shall be applicable to such additional papers and other historical materials. A description of the additional papers and other historical materials so donated and delivered shall be prepared and attached hereto.
Signed: Richard F. Fenno, Jr.
Date: December 14, 1993
Pursuant to the authority of chapter 21 of title 44, United States Code, the foregoing gift of the papers and other historical materials of the Donor is accepted on behalf of the United States of America, subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions heretofore set forth.
Signed: Trudy Huskamp Peterson
[Acting] Archivist of the United States
Date: ____________________________
Appendix A
(Attached to and forming part of instrument of gift of papers and other historical
materials, executed Donor, on December 14, 1993, and
accepted by the Archivist of the United States on _________________________).
The Materials that I, Richard F. Fenno, Jr., am giving, donating, and conveying
to the United States of America, for deposit in the Center for Legislative Archives,
on December 14, 1993, are typed summaries of seventy-six (76) research interviews
I conducted with members of the House of Representatives on the appropriations
process. The interviews begin on May 25, 1959, and end in May 1968.
