doi:10.7916/g0be-p773Reminiscences of Frank Thompson, Jr., 1967Thompson, Frank, Jr., 1918-1989oral historiestextLegislators--United StatesPoliticiansFederal aid for the artsFederal aid to researchUnited States Intellectual lifeUnited States Politics and government 1953-1961New Jersey Politics and governmentThompson, Frank, Jr., 1918-1989Democratic Party (U.S.)Boyhood, Trenton, New Jersey; federal support of the arts; Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; New Jersey Democratic politics, 1928-50; creation of National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; impressions of John F. Kennedy, Jacob Javits