{"value"=>"<p>This series consists primarily of the files Schlesinger maintained on personal matters, including his finances, his legal affairs, and his family. Also included are photographs, scrapbooks, campaign buttons, and other personal items retained in the course of Schlesinger's lifetime.</p> <p>The earliest material in this series dates to the 1920s, and includes elementary school work and summer camp items from Schlesinger's own childhood. His high school work at Exeter and college days at Harvard are also represented, as are his years of World War II service in the O.S.S. and O.W.I. Other personal files in this series relate to Schlesinger's parents, wives, and children. Some highlights of the series include essays by the young Schlesinger, including his \"History of Cambridge,\" commemoratives of his milestone birthday parties, and material he kept from his children's formative and young adult years. A published chronology of all Schlesinger's writings through 1984, compiled with his cooperation, is included in this series (see Box 518, Folder 1). Researchers seeking titles or dates of Schlesinger's publications should find the chronology quite useful. Most historically noteworthy of all may be the copies of Schlesinger's own file obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The file contains the F.B.I. reports on Schlesinger's background checks by the Bureau before his government appointment in 1961, as well as other memoranda about him from the Bureau's files.</p> <p>Among the photographic highlights in this series are the pictures Schlesinger included in his autobiography; photos of Schlesinger with notable figures from Adlai Stevenson to Bill Clinton; autographed pictures of Lauren Bacall and Carol Channing; photos documenting Schlesinger's single performance in <span class=\"title\">The Will Rogers Follies</span>; and Schlesinger's photographs of the \"Kennedy years,\" featuring portraits and candid shots from his time in the White House, including pictures of Schlesinger with President Kennedy.</p>"}