As orga­ni­za­tions grow and change through time, so do their archives.The Mudd Man­u­script Library col­lects the records of the Amer­i­can Civil Lib­er­ties Union [ML.2011.011], the Asso­ci­a­tion on Amer­i­can Indian Affairs [ML.2011.005], and Amer­i­cans United for Sep­a­ra­tion of Church and State [ML.2011.003], among many other orga­ni­za­tions. In the last few months, we’ve had the plea­sure of receiv­ing a new cache of mate­ri­als from each of these orga­ni­za­tions and adding them to exist­ing col­lec­tions. Although some mate­ri­als from both the ACLU and AAIA may be restricted for some time to com­ply with legal and pri­vacy con­cerns, the remain­der will be valu­able to researchers hop­ing to learn about the recent his­tory of these impor­tant organizations.

In addi­tion to these orga­ni­za­tion records, we have also received an accrual of papers from James A. Baker III, for­mer Chief of Staff to Pres­i­dent Rea­gan and Sec­re­tary of State to Pres­i­dent George H.W. Bush [ML.2011.002]. These records, mostly from his post-Washington career, include research files cre­ated dur­ing the writ­ing of his mem­oir, cor­re­spon­dence, events files, and a small num­ber of finan­cial files. They also include his “desk drawer” files, let­ters and notes from impor­tant fig­ures in his career, includ­ing Pres­i­dents George H.W. and George W. Bush, Nancy Rea­gan, Henry Kissinger, and Karl Rove. Please con­sult the find­ing aid for this col­lec­tion for access restrictions.

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