Hubert H. Humphrey: Mayor, Senator, and Vice-President

Books & Articles

Hubert H. Humphrey reading a pile of telegrams the day after winning his seat in the U.S. Senate.Hubert H. Humphrey: A Biography, by Carl Solberg.
St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books, 2003. (original version published in 1984 by Norton)
MNHS call number:  Reading Room E748.H945 S65 2003

Minnesota History Magazine
Several articles on Hubert H. Humphrey are available to read online or in the library's Reading Room.
Visit the index of the magazine and click on articles listed under the heading "Humphrey, Hubert H."
You may also search back issues to locate other articles. 

Hubert H. Humphrey: The Politics of Joy, by Paul Westman.
Minneapolis, Minn.: Dillon Press, 1978.
A biography of Humphrey, appropriate for younger researchers
MNHS call number: E 748 .H945 W47

Hubert H. Humphrey: The Politics of Joy, by Charles L. Garrettson III.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1993.
MNHS call number: E 748 .H945 G37 1993

Almost to the Presidency: A Biography of Two American Politicians, by Albert Eisele.
Blue Earth, Minn.: Piper Co., 1972.
Covers Hubert H. Humphrey and Eugene J. McCarthy.
MNHS call number: E 748 .H945 E5

An American Melodrama: The Presidential Campaign of 1968, by Lewis Chester, Godfrey Hodgson, Bruce Page.
New York: Viking Press, 1969.
MNHS call number: E 851 .C45

America's Vice-Presidents: Our First Forty-Three Vice-Presidents and How They Got to Be Number Two, by Diana Dixon Healy
New York: Atheneum, 1984.
Includes Hubert H. Humphrey.
MNHS call number: E 176.49 .H4 1984

Divided They Stand, by David English and the staff of the Daily Express.
London: M. Joseph, 1969.
MNHS call number: E 851 .E5

The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting 1968 in America, by Jules Witcover.
New York: Warner Books, 1997.
MNHS call number: E 846 .W55 1997

For more books or articles about Hubert H. Humphrey, search our library catalog

Documentary Audio & Video

Hubert Humphrey, Presidential Contender, videorecording
A documentary on Hubert H. Humphrey, focusing on the presidential election of 1968. Originally aired on C-SPAN on 2011-11-18. From the C-SPAN archives. 
MNHS call number: Use Copy #71

Hubert Humphrey: The Art of Possible, videorecording
Written/produced by: Mick Caouette
Documentary focused on Humphrey's legacy. Distributed by PBS, originally broadcast on Oct. 10, 2010. 
MNHS call number: Use Copy #80

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