Minnesota History

November 29, 2006 10:51 AM

McCarthy's tapes and documents reside at U of M library

More than 500 boxes of audio recordings, films, letters, photographs, videotapes and written records make up the Eugene McCarthy collection at the University of Minnesota's Elmer L. Andersen Library.

by Tim Pugmire

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November 27, 2006 12:00 PM

A history lesson from Voices of Minnesota

Dorothy McIntyre, who helped open up athletics to young women, says Minnesota had a previous golden age for women in sports that ended in l942. And Normandale Community College instructor Chuck Chalberg discusses how he combines history and theater.

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November 20, 2006 3:31 PM

After '68

Although Eugene McCarthy did not win the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1968, author Mark Kurlansky never viewed McCarthy as a failure.

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November 20, 2006 3:29 PM

The Chicago convention -- a loss amid chaos

The Democratic convention opened in Chicago under oppressive conditions. Tension was building between police and the thousands of anti-war protesters who had gathered in the city.

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November 20, 2006 3:28 PM

A question of conviction

The assassination of Robert Kennedy in June 1968 pushed an already divided Democratic Party into further disarray. For Eugene McCarthy, it was the darkest period of the campaign.

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November 20, 2006 3:26 PM

Humphrey runs; assassinations shock the nation

The next shocking event came four days later on April 4, when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside a Memphis motel.

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November 20, 2006 3:25 PM

RFK in; LBJ out

McCarthy's strong finish in the New Hampshire primary showed the vulnerability of the incumbent president. It also convinced another war opponent to enter the race.

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November 20, 2006 3:24 PM

Getting "Clean for Gene"

When Eugene McCarthy finished a close second in the New Hampshire primary, he delivered a stinging indictment against President Johnson and the Vietnam War. The entire complexion of the presidential race soon changed.

by Tim Pugmire