1952-1997
Offsite Storage Inventory
Restrictions on Access
The Endicott Peabody papers and photographs are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.
Abstract
This collection consists of the professional papers of Massachusetts Governor Endicott "Chub" Peabody, 1952-1997, as well as photographs from Peabody's political career.
Collection Description
This collection consists of professional papers of Massachusetts Governor Endicott "Chub" Peabody, 1952-1997, including correspondence, speeches, press releases, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and other papers related to his Massachusetts governor and U.S. Senate campaigns, as well as speeches, interviews, scrapbooks, clippings, and memorabilia kept while governor. Also included are diaries and desk calendars, 1952-1961, 1967-1968; an autograph collection; scrapbooks and other papers related to Peabody's campaign against land mines, 1997; and audio-visual materials.
The collection also contains photographs from Peabody's political career. The bulk of the photographs date from his campaign for governor in 1962 until he left the governor's office in 1965. They document campaign rallies, inauguration ceremonies, official ceremonies as governor, bill signings, and many other subjects. There are also a number of portraits of Endicott Peabody from 1962 through the 1990s, as well as one folder of miscellaneous clippings collected by the governor. All of the photographs are paper-based, and there are both black and white as well as color images.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Barbara Peabody, October 1999; additions, 2000.
Restrictions on Access
The Endicott Peabody papers and photographs are stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.
Processing Note
This collection is unprocessed. A detailed box and folder list accompanied the collection and that list has been revised to account for the reboxing of the collection for offsite storage. Contact the library for more information.
Summary Description of the Collection
Files: "The Massachusetts Years"
Endicott Peabody Registers as a Democrat July 1, 1949
Biographical Information (includes some athletic and 48 pg. military history)
Massachusetts Governors Council 1952
American Veterans Organization 1955
Attorney General 1958: Campaign: Speeches, Newsreleases, Official Listing of MA Senators and House of Representatives by District & Counties under Gov. Foster Furculo List of Democratic Convention Delegates
District Attorney Appointment Support 1959 (Chronological) Telegrams & Letters recommending EP (copies) Gov. Furculo Letters (orig.) of reply to supporters of EP Statement before and after
1959 News clippings
Mixed Correspondence 11/58 to 4/60 (Chronological)
1960 Campaign for District Attorney Strategy Papers Projection
1960 Democratic Primary Papers
Governor Campaign - Ideas from Others
Correspondence in Support of EP's Run for Gov. July & Aug. 1960 (Chronological)
Campaign for Governor - Primary
Ideas for Changing MA Govt. & Proposed Amendments to MA Constitution Correspondence, Interview Notes, Press Releases, Amendments
1960 Analysis of EP Campaign for Primary Gov. Selection
Mixed Correspondence 2/61 to 12/61 (Chronological) Post Primary Luncheons for Winners, for Losers Newspaper Clippings, Primary Vote Results
Correspondence Dec. 26, 1961 to Nov. 5, 1961 (Chronological)
Speaking Engagements & Replies 12/60 to 2/62
Original Notice: EP's Nomination at Primaries as Official Candidate for MA Governor
Peabody Deficit Dinner 1960 (Postponed)
Peabody Deficit Dinner Poem, Arrangements, Correspondence 1961
April 8, 1962 Deficit Dinner
Delegate Poll 1962
Governor Campaign Strategy 1962
Survey of Political Attitudes MA, Aug. 1962
Financial Contributions Law
EP's Stance on Issues & EP's Public Image
Campaign Press Releases 3/13/62 to 11/10/63 (Chron.)
Campaign Press Releases 9/1/62 to 7/20/63 (Chron.)
Endorsements by Major Organizations
Schedules 9/18/62 to 11/62, 9/25/62 to 11/5/62, several fr. '63-65
Speeches
Special Appointments/Contracts Controversy (some newsclips)
Volpe
1963 Birthday Dinner - Planning, Invitations, Strategy
Survey of Political Attitudes, May 1963
As Governor- Misc. Papers
Henry Beston File
Gov. Endicott Peabody's Jan. 6, 1964 Last Speech as Governor Campaign 1964 Misc.
Survey of Political Attitudes, June 1964
Survey of Peabody-Bellotti Primary 1965
Salute to Governor Endicott Peabody
Governor Peabody's Papers @ the Massachusetts State Archives 1982
Gov. and Toni Peabody's Plan to Return to Boston 1997
Memorabilia, 1962-1965
2 "On the Record" Newsletters (Peabody Accomplishments) 1963/64?
"Liberty" Magazine, July-August 1962, Vol.57, No.4
3 "Bay Stater" Magazines, June 1963, "Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Endicott Peabody" pp.18-21, 32-33
1961-1962 ROUTE MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS (travel conditions and proposed highways)
16 Laminated Richard Cardinal Cushing Letters re: Birth Control/Religious Beliefs
Victory Dinner Program, Oct. 31, 1962 with pic of young JFK on cover - EP listed on Democratic State Ticket/Governor
1 Peabody Family Christmas Card 1956?
11 Color Christmas Cards 1964 with State Seal and Family
1 Color Christmas Card 1965
13 B1.& Wh. Peabody Family/Thank You for Support Cards 1966
4 Bl. & Wh. Snapshots "Time for Peabody for Governor" 1962
1 B1. & Wh. Snapshot of Poster on Tree with Egg Timer Logo
54 Postcards with Peabody Family/Campaign 1962
Anti Corruption "Time for Peabody" Governor Campaign Leaflet
Jar-2 silver tone & glass "egg timer" campaign pins
1 Red White Blue Business Size Campaign Envelope Half Decorated with full EP Sketch and wording PEABODY "Man of Courage Gets Things Done"
1 Sheet Stationary
16 1962 Red White Blue "Democrat - Time for Peabody" bus. envelope
1962 B1 & Wh Leaflet "Help Our Senior Citizens"
"Join Peabody & President Kennedy in the fight for MEDICARE ELECT PEABODY GOVERNOR
1982 Banquet/Chamber of Commerce (includes pic. of Governor Peabody
Peabody Campaign Button (clip on, very small)
"Peabody for Governor" Primary Poster/Banner (folded)
5 Peabody Campaign Buttons with pic. RWB 1 1/2" 1964
"HE'S FOR YOU PEABODY FOR GOVERNOR" Button RWB 2" 1964
"VOTE FOR CHUB PEABODY GOVENOR" Button 1964
"KEEP PEABODY GOVERNOR" Button 1 1/4"
2 "GOVERNOR PEABODY GETS THINGS DONE" Pic. Button RWB 4"
Slides from 1964, 1965, 1967 (sm. plastic bag) 1964 Film-the Governor at Worcester Airport, World's Fair, Governor's Day, & President Johnson's Rally
1963-65 Matchbook "The Governor's Residence"
1966 Matchbook "RE-ELECT PEABODY DEMOCRAT"
1966 Matchbook "RE-ELECT PEABODY DEMOCRAT"
Plastic Gray Donkey Picture Envelope/Sleeve (back)"Re-Elect GOVERNOR PEABODY" (originally held lady's folded rainhat)
1966 Campaign Cards EP on front "PEABODY DEMOCRAT a man of courage who gets things done"
Program: Lincoln Park Sept. 12, 1962 Campaign Fashion Show with EP pic. on cover
Placecard with Painted Donkey "Mass. Governor-Elect Endicott Peabody"
Campaign Card "THE PEOPLE PICK ENDICOTT PEABODY FOR GOVERNOR Primary Sept. 13
Campaign folded Leaflet "TIME FOR PEABODY GOVERNOR" Leadership and anti corruption record
2 Family Booklets (spiral look/family pics)
Desk Nameplate (taped) "Governor ENDICOTT PEABODY MASSACHUSETTS" Deauville Hotel Miami Beach, FL
5 "Time for Peabody" Ribbons
Christmas Card 1966/State House Portrait of EP
6 Postcards (blank) "I'm BACKING DEMOCRATS" RWB Stripes, Backwards Donkey
10" Round "Peabody for Governor" Campaign Card
Peabody for Governor Mailing pkg. Letter to Democratic Committee Member 3-9-1962 Sheet of Newsclips (copied) Response Card & Envelope
19 Lg. Program Cards (front) EP & President Kennedy (back) List of Speakers & Head Table Guests
1964 Booklet "One Nation, One People" Democratic Platform
"Governor Endicott Peabody" booklet 1963-1965 "A Partnership for Progress" "On the Record" included
1963 Proclamation "Peter Francisco Day, Mar. 15, 1963"
1963 Proclamation "Boston Massacre Day, Mar. 5, 1963"
Invitation Jan. 3, 1963 Luncheon @ Somerset Club (Inauguration Day) Inaugural Ceremonies Information Card First Corp of Cadets Invitation to Inaugural Ball, Jan. 3, 1963, 8PM, Boston, MA
Card Fan "I AM A PEABODY FAN (stapled wood handle)
Lg. File Newspaper Clippings (mostly 1960-1963, some to 1995 as related to EP's service as Governor of Massachusetts
Articles of Incorporation of Council of Former Governors
Endicott Peabody Paper (Presented as part of panel discussion focusing on Massachusetts Political History and "The Governors: Views from the Corner Office, Nov 17, 1981, JFK Library and Univ. of MA co-sponsors)(includes related correspondence and press coverage clips)
Files: "Campaign for U.S. Senate 1966 from Massachusetts through Vietnam 1968"
(Speech by Adlai Stevenson: Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt)
EP's 1966 Speeches, Statements, Position
Press Releases
Biographical Sketch as of 10/1/66
Campaign Schedules: Aug. 3, 1966 to Sept. 30, 1966
Letters to Voters
Correspondence-General (chronological)
1966 Senate Campaign Information/Organization
Telephone Campaign Guidelines
Campaign Handout Sheets
Campaign Debt
Senate Run Newclippings
EP Law 1966 MA
Endicott Peabody Oral History Mar. 4, 1969 (for 1966-68) Focus EP Relationship to LBJ VP and President Cover Letter - Vietnam in Hindsight
Office of Emergency Planning
EP Law in Washington, DC
Vietnam-Personal
Plebiscite-Personal
Galbraith/Quoted in (long) Telegram (EP and others named in effects of losing campaigns commentary)
Vietnam-EP's Correspondence Mar. 12, 1966 - Jan. 24, 1968
Vietnam-General Information and Position Booklets
William Bundy
Vietnam Newsclippings
Francis Sargent
Carter Campaign
memorabilia (plastic envelope)
"Salute - 1966" to Endicott Peabody, Program Oct. 21
"The Endicott Peabody Dinner" Friendship Dinner Program, May 15, 1966
"Peabody Senator" Metal Pin (smiling photo) 1 1/2
"Peabody Senator" Metal Pins (not smiling) 1 1/2 and 3"
"Peabody Senator" Metal Pins with RWB Ribbon 1 1/2"
2 "Route to Victory Route to Greatness Vote Democratic 1966" Pins
100 "Peabody for U.S. Senate Committee" bus. sz. envelopes
15 "Vote Peabody Democrat U.S. Senate" Stickers (smiling, head cut around)
"Chub Peabody U.S. Senator" Bumper Sticker Info. Sheet: "Endicott Peabody for U.S. Senator" Instructions for Bumper Sticker Distribution
4 Photographs of EP During Campaign
4 U.S. Senator Campaign Recipe Cards
I.D. from Democratic Campaign Conference
I.D. Go-.-. Endicott Peabody
Senate Nominee Massachusetts Vote Democratic Route to Greatness
Additions (files, paperback books, videotapes)
45 Record - Taunton Centennial, "The Taunton Centennial Song" and Centennial Proclamation" by Mayor Benjamin A. Friedman
Pamphlets:
"Election Statistics-The Commonwealth of Massachusetts" 1956 and 1960
"State Government and Public Responsibility, Papers of the 1960 Tufts Assembly on Massachusetts Government,' Robert R. Robbins, ed.
Senate No.1, "Annual Message of His Excellency Endicott Peabody Delivered Before the General Court of Massachusetts on January 2, 1964." 2 copies
Senate, No.1, "Inaugural Address of His Excellency Endicott Peabody Delivered Before the General court of Massachusetts on January 3, 1963" Partnership for Progress (2 copies)
Senate No.750, "Special Message of His Excellency Governor Endicott Peabody on Education, Local Aid and Tax Reform, March 7, 1963"
"Addresses and Messages to the General Court, Public Speeches and Other Papers of General Interest of His Excellency Governor Endicott Peabody" 1963-1964 Compiled by Lester Hyman
"Governor Endicott Peabody" "A Partnership for Progress" 1963-1965 2 copies
"Proceedings of the Electoral College of Massachusetts 1964° (embossed to Honorable Endicott Peabody)
"Year of BREAK-THROUGH" Legislative Review, 1964
"1962 Massachusetts Vacation Travel Survey" Aug. 1963
Files:
EP Law Practice 1959 Correspondence re.: Campaigning and office workload staff needs
Mixed Correspondence 1959-1966
UMass Boston
Highway Safety and Transportation
American Public Service Bureau Newsletters
Humorous Birthday Telegrams
1964 Christmas Message with seal
Interview 1965? (Prof. Beer, Gov. Peabody and others).
EP Round the World Trip 199?
Brussels/NATO 1995
United Nations 2 files; UNA-GB Peacekeeping Speech; UNA-USA Day, March 7, 1996
Paperback books:
Banning Landmines, A Chronology, Sept. 1995-July 1996, Newspaper Article Collection
After the Guns Fall Silent - The Enduring Legacy of Landmines, S. Roberts and J. Williams, 1995
Video Films:
UNA-USA Friends of the Future: 50th Anniversary, 1945-1995 (a summary)
Ban Landmines, The Ottawa Process: International Campaign to Ban Landmines
UNA-USA Membership Video
Mike Wallace-60 Minutes: Landmine Report
Elizabeth Dole: Thank you to EP for arranging the New England Town Meeting on Banning Landmines and statement on Landmines situation
US Committee for UNICEF
Concerned Citizens for Justice: Fred Ames on increasing voter participation
Correspondence, printed materials, videos re: landmines, 1996-1997
Diaries
March 18, 1967-September 21, 1968
August 20, 1952-March 20, 1961
Loose sheets, March 18, 1967 - week of March 22, 1967
"A Mother's Record" of son Endicott Peabody
Journal, 1952
Desk calendar, 1952
Autograph collection
Beach, Edward L-, Commander, U.S. Navy (correspondence )
Carter, President James and Mrs.- Rosalyn (correspondence and memorabilia)
Clinton, President William (correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (correspondence)
Gore, Vice President Albert (correspondence)
Gregg, Governors Hugh and Judd (correspondence)
Humphrey, Vice President Hubert H. (correspondence,invitations, menus)
Johnson, President Lyndon and Lady Bird (correspondence and memorabilia)
Kennedy, Jacqueline (correspondence-birth of JFK Jr., death of JFK, responses to invitations)
Kennedy, President John F. (correspondence, mass booklets, 4 funeral cards with 3 photographs, 1st Day Issue envelopes)
Kennedy, Senator Edward M. and Ethel Kennedy (correspondence, condolence response, 2 funeral cards with 2 photographs for Robert Francis Kennedy)
Mixed File:
3 Nelson Rockefeller Postcards, 1 Senator George McGovern Postcard, A1 Capp, Maurice A. Donahue, Senator John E. Powers, Governor Faster Furcalo, Senator William M. Bulger, Representative Barney Frank, Representative Torbert Macdonald, Senator William X. Wall, Edward King & mass card, Secr. John F.X. Davoren, Rt. Reverend Monsignor George V. Kerr, Representative Harold D. Donohue, Representative Langdon Marvin, Governor Francis W. Sargent, General Richard E. McLaughlin, Francis X. Bellotti, Senator Mark O. Hatfield, Senator Gary Hart, Kenneth O'Donnell, Governor William F. Weld, Congressman Charles F. Bass, Governor Michael S. Dukakis, copy of invitation to inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1937), Mrs. Tip O'Neill, Jr., Mondale, Vice President Walter F. and Mrs. Joan (card)
Schlesinger, Arthur Jr. (correspondence)
Shaheen, Governor Jeanne (correspondence)
Stevenson, Adlai (correspondence and 2 campaign ribbons)
Simon, Senator Paul (correspondence)
Truman, President Harry S, (letter and sticker "ME FOR TRUMAN-BARKLEY FOR ME")
White House (Table Placecards and Menu)
White House (Donations, Matchbook, Notepaper, ID, 4 Programs, White House Staff Mess Account Statement)
Films and tapes
1. International Conference on Urban Transportation
2. Peabody Jingles (5 cuts)
3. Tea With Nancy Stevens (Adlai Stevenson Campaign)
4. Democrats in Action #1
5. Democrats in Action #2
6. Democrats in Action #3
7. Democrats in Action #4 (Service)
8. Democrats in Action #5 (Accomplishment)
9. Portrait of a Candidate #1
10. Campaign, A Study in Democracy #2
11. Peabody of Massachusetts #3
12. The Office of Governor #4
13. 5 1/211 Reel-unknown subject matter
Endicott Peabody Films previewed by Atlantic Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation for the mini series "The American Dream" 1998 (yellow discs numbered by Atlantic)
1. Peabody
2. Peabody in the Street 3. unknown subject matter
3. unknown subject matter
4. "A Dream" Mystery (?)
5. Peabody-Johnson
6. Peabody in the Street
7. Peabody in the Street
8. Peabody in the Street
9. 1st Peabody Tape WBZ-TV
10. Peabody-Johnson
11. unknown subject matter
12. Mystery 2 (?)
13. McCormack "Education"
14. Convention, Ted Kennedy, Man in the Street
15. 9/6/66 #2
16. 1st Peabody Tape WBZ-TV
17. 9/6/66 (9/8, 9/9)
18. Peabody in the Street
19. Peabody Pol (Dupe #1)
20. 4 -60 sec. spots ?
21. Political Oct. 26, 1966 (#228)
Set of 3 Gray Reels - unknown subject matter
1 Reel (no box) in manila soft envelope-unknown subject
Box of political buttons
Magazines collected by EP
Scrapbooks
Vol. I Apr. 28, 1954 - Apr. 15, 1955
Vol. II Apr. 20, 1955 - Apr. 26, 1956
Vol. III Apr. 28, 1956 - Nov. 30, 1956
Vol. IV Dec. 2, 1956 - Apr. 26, 1958
Vol. V Apr. 27, 1958 - June 28, 1958
Vol. VI June 29, 1958 - Dec. 31, 1958
Vol. VII Jan. 1, 1959 - Sept. 8, 1960
Vol. 1 Jan. 16, 1962 - Dec. 16, 1962
Vol. 2 Jan. 4, 1963 - Apr. 22, 1963
Vol. 3 Apr. 26, 1963 - Dec. 31, 1963
Vol. 4 Jan. 3, 1964 - Mar. 31, 1964
Vol. 5 Mar. 1, 1964 - June 25, 1964
Vol. 6 July 1, 1964 - Oct. 25, 1964
Vol. 7 Dec. 1, 1964 - Jan. 26, 1965
June 11, 1962 - June 30, 1962
July 1, 1962 - July 26, 1962
April 25, 1963 - Feb. 14, 1964
Scrapbook, 1984-1994
Scrapbook about land mines, 1997
Oversize scrapbooks
Vol. 1 May 1, 1961 - Dec. 31, 1962
Vol. 2 Jan. 1, 1963 - Jan. 16, 1963
Vol. 3 Jan. 17, 1963 - Feb. 7, 1963
Vol. 4 Feb. 7, 1963 - Mar. 4, 1963
Vol. 5A Mar. 4, 1963 - Mar. 14, 1963
Vol. 5B Mar. 14, 1963 - Apr. 4, 1963
Vol. 6 Apr. 5, 1963 - May 1, 1963
Vol. 7 May 2, 1963 - May 12, 1963
Vol. 8 May 12, 1963 - May 23, 1963
Vol. 9 May 22, 1963 - June 9, 1963
Vo1.10 June 9, 1963 - June 28, 1963
Vol.11 June 29, 1963 - July 17, 1963
Vo1.12 July 17, 1963 - Aug. 13, 1963
Oversize scrapbook, Jan.-June 1962
Honors, awards, political cartons
Photographs
Endicott Peabody family & political photos
Endicott Peabody family & political photos
Endicott Peabody family & political photos
Endicott Peabody inaugural photograph albums
Preferred Citation
Endicott Peabody papers and photographs, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.