This digital collection consists of speeches by, statements of and interviews with Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) drawn from the extensive Mike Mansfield Papers held at the University of Montana’s Mansfield Library. Mansfield was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1942 and served five terms as representative of Montana’s 1st District. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1952 and reelected in 1958, 1964 and 1970. He became Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip) of the Senate in January 1957, and served in that capacity until 1961 when he was elected Majority Leader of the Senate. He held that position until he retired from the Senate in 1977 - longer than any other Majority Leader in the history of the U.S. Senate. He served as Ambassador to Japan from 1977-1988, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989.
The digitized content in this online collection spans Mansfield’s career as a candidate, legislator and ambassador. The majority of the content is from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center partnered to make this digital collection available. You may search or browse this collection.
Submissions from 1988
Eulogy to Takeo Miki, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1987
American Constitution Bicentennial, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Ivy League Schools Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The US and Japan: Promises to Keep, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tohoku-Hokkaido U.S-Japan Journalist Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1986
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Black Ships Festival, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Interview with Washington Times, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan's General Trading Companies: The Next Great Challenge, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan: The Region and the World, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan-US Midwest Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Keidanren's Higashi-Fuji Forum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Prosperity and the Pacific Basin, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks to Drexel, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Research Institute of Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Tokyo Summit and Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The United States and Japan: A Time for Good Sense and Even Temper, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The US-Japan Relationship, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
University of Maryland, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
US-Japan Business Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Washington Post Board, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Year-End Press Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1985
A Balanced US-Japan Trade Relationship, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Asia Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Atlantic Council/Keidanren, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Essay for Economisto Magazine, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japanese National Diet, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan Society in New York, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan-US Southeast Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Liberal Democratic Party Remarks, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Liberal Democratic Party's US-Japan Parliamentarian's Committee, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Rolling Up Our Sleeves, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Year-End Press Conference with US Correspondents, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1984
Ambassador with Nikkei (Ichioka), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Ambassador with Tokyo Shimbun, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Ambassador with Tokyo Shimbun, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Dupont Context, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan Supplement, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Nomura School of Advanced Management, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Northwest Orient, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Present and the Future, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tokyo Shimbun Interviews, Parts 1-6, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tokyo Shimbun Interviews, Parts 7-14, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tokyo Sunrise, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1983
APA Bulletin, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Forum for Corporate Communications, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Partnership for Peace: President Reagan in Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southeast US/Japan Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
University of Hawaii, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1982
Ambassador's Article for MITI Journal, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Chiefs of Mission Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Correspondent's Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan National Press Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan's Defense--What Does the U.S. Seek?, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan's Emergence as a Global Heavyweight, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mansfield Press Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Opening Remarks for Security Sub-Committee Consultation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Significance of Japan for U.S. Security Interests, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Indispensable Relationship: Southeast U.S./Japan Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Yomiuri International Economic Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1981
13th Seminar for Top Management, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
5th U.S. - Japan Ocean Forum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
America-Japan Society of Honolulu, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
An Arch Across the Pacific, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Bureau of National Affairs Transcript, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Decade of Progress - Future of Promise, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
East-West Center, Honolulu, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Editorial Committee Meetings of Nihon Shimbun Kyokai, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Fukuoka Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan-Hawaii Economic Council, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan's Choice--Conflict or Cooperation (Book), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Kansai Economic Organizations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southeast United States Japan Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Significance of Japan for U.S. Security Interests, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tokyo Colloquium's International Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Translation of Reader's Digest Article, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Yomiuri, Shimbun, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1980
Ambassador Mansfield is Planning to Retire, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Brief Remarks at Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Correspondents' Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Hokuriku Japan-America Cultural Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
International Center of Florida, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Interview by George Watson, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Interview by John Needham (UPI), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan National Press Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan-US Businessmen's Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Kasumi Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Meeting with American Correspondents, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Nippon Univac Executive Seminar, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Our Asia-Pacific Relations in the 1980s, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001