{"value"=>"<p>In those instances where Schlesinger corresponded with a number of individuals or organizations on the same subject, he often filed the correspondence by subject, rather than correspondent. This subseries consists of those files, alphabetized by subject. In many cases, the subject designations represent recurring elements from Schlesinger's own life and career, including correspondence related to CUNY and the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, honoring his parents. There are also files of permission requests to quote or otherwise use his writings, quote requests from authors and publishers hoping for a Schlesinger blurb on the book jacket, invitations declined by Schlesinger, and correspondence regarding his personal appearances in lectures and interviews. There are even files Schlesinger labeled Kooks, containing the less flattering and less coherent correspondence from strangers and readers.</p> <p>When the subject designations did not stem from Schlesinger's professional life, they alluded to political and world affairs. Of particular interest in that category are files on McCarthyism from the 1950s, the Democratic Party platform in 1984, and presidential campaign letters and memos from 1960. Having written about the Sacco-Vanzetti case of the 1920s, Schlesinger maintained a correspondence file about the continued study of the case in the 1950s and 1960s.</p> <p>In some cases, the subject correspondence demonstrates the intersection of personal matters with public affairs. The file on William F. Buckley, for example, contains correspondence relating to an early 1960s controversy sparked by Buckley's use of a Schlesinger quotation, intended sarcastically, as an advertisement for one of his books. Although Schlesinger and Buckley were friends, there was talk of legal action. The incident is further elucidated in Series IV.A. In the case of subject correspondence files labeled with an individual's name, the file may contain correspondence with, as well as about, that individual, as in the case of the Buckley file.</p>"}