Robert Cook papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by Kevin Ferst, March 13, 2002; Last Updated: December 2020

Inclusive Dates: 1956-1992
Extent: 1.33 cubic feet (1 record storage box and 1 oversized box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Biographical Note: Robert E. Cook was born in Kent, in 1920, and was a longtime resident of Ravenna. He received a law degree from the College of William and Mary in 1950. He served as Portage County prosecutor in 1952 and was re-elected in 1956. Three years later, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives where he served two terms. He returned to Portage County and served from 1963 to 1969 as Common Pleas Judge. In 1979, Cook received Kent State University's Distinguished Alumni Award.

Scope and Content: This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence accumulated during Cook's years as a U.S. Congressman. Of special interest are several photographs of Cook with John F. Kennedy, and letters signed by JFK, as well as one signed by Robert Kennedy.

Acquistion Information: Cook donated this collection to Kent State University's Department of Special Collections and Archives in 1984.

Box 1
Folder--Contents

1. Address by Hon. James Farley, Nov 20, 1957
2. Clippings, 1956
3. Clippings, Dec. 15, 1957
4. Clippings, 1958-1959
5. Clippings, 1960
6. Clippings, 1960
7. Clippings, 1960
8. Clippings, 1961
9. Clippings Presidental Inauguration, 1961
10. Clippings before election, 1962
11. Clippings after election, 1962
12. Clippings, 1965
13. Correspondence Henry J. Latham to Cook, Dec. 18, 1958
14. Correspondence Harry Truman to Cook, Oct. 5, 1960
15. Correspondence John F. Kennedy to Cook, Oct. 19, 1960
16. Correspondence Robert Kennedy to Miss Amy Cook, 1961
17. Correspondence J.F.K to Mrs. Cook, Sept. 1, 1961
18. Correspondence Mrs. Eisenhower to Mrs. Cook, Sept. 1, 1961
19. Correspondence Robert Jacoby to Cook, Feb. 26, 1962
20. Headings for exhibition, undated
21. Inauguration ceremonies program, January 20, 1961
22. Inaugural souvenir, January 20, 1961
23. Menus for House of Rep. and U.S. Senate restaurants, 1961
24. Photo, Alfred Seary Jubilee, 1959
25. Photo, Cook et al, 1959
26. Photo, Cook et al, 1959
27. Photo, Cook et al, 1959
28. Photo, Harbor Inspection, 1959
29. Photo, Harbor Inspection, 1959
30. Photo, Home Builder's Assoc, 1959
31. Photo, Kent State University, ROTC building, 1959
32. Photo, Romanian Hall, Warren, Ohio, 1959
33. Photo, U.S. Senator of Ohio, 1959
34. Photo, KSU Semicentennial, 1960
35. Photo, Breakfast at Congressional Hotel, 1961
36. Photo, Cook and wife at White House, 1961
37. Photo, Cook, and wife, et al, 1961
38. Photo, Cook, et al, 1961
39. Photo, Cook on board U.S.S. Independence, 1961
40. Photo, Cook with Warren Girl Scout Troop, 1961
41. Photo, Democratic Women group, 1961
42. Photo, Lordstown Military Reservation, 1961
43. Photo, Lordstown Military Reservation, 1961
44. Photo, Mantua High School, Washington D.C., 1961
45. Photo, White House, JFK, Cook, et al, 1961
46. Photo, JFK and Marie Neal Martin at White House, 1962
47. Photo, JFK, et al at White House, 1962
48. Photo, Cook, undated
49. Photo, Cook, undated
50. Photo, Cook and other, undated
51. Photo, Cook and other, undated
52. Photo, Cook at Post Office, undated
53. Photo, Cook et al, undated
54. Photo, Cook et al, undated
55. Photo, Cook et al, undated
56. Photo, Cook et al, undated
57. Photo, Cook et al, undated
58. Photo, Cook et al, undated
59. Photo, Cook et al, undated
60. Photo, Cook et al, undated
61. Photo, Cook et al, undated
62. Photo, Cook, John Glenn, et al, undated
63. Photo, Cook, wife, et al, undated
64. Photo, Cook, wife, et al at Chamber of Commerce dinner, undated
65. Photo, Cook, wife and others, campaign strategy, undated
66. Photo, Cook with army, undated
67. Photo, Cook with Boy Scout troop, undated
68. Photo, Cook with Navy, undated
69. Photo, Cook with Navy (in Paris?), undated
70. Photo, Family photo, undated
71. Photo, Family photo, undated
72. Photo, JFK, Cook, undated
73. Photo, JFK, Cook, et al, undated
74. Photo, JFK, Cook, et al, undated
75. Photo, JFK, Cook, et al, undated
76. Photo, JFK, Cook, et al, undated
77. Photo, JFK, Cook, et al, undated
78. Photo, JFK, Johnson, and Cook, undated
79. Photo, Mr. and Mrs. C. Brown and Mrs. Cook, undated
80. Photo, Mr. and Mrs. Cook, undated
81. Photo, Mrs. Cook and JFK, undated
82. Photo, Mrs. Cook et al, undated
83. Photo, Truman et al, undated
84. Photo, Urban Renewal, undated
85. Photo, Youngstown Steel, undated
86. Photo, Youngstown Steel Groundbreaking, undated
87. Protocol in the Nation's Capital, undated
88. Telegram congratulations on winning election (including John Kennedy), 1958

Box 2: Oversized Materials
Folder--Contents

1. The Capital magazine, 1956
2. Clippings Life Magazine, Jan. 19, 1959
3. Photo, Michael Di Salle, 1959