Jerry Livingston Voorhis collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Summary Books and papers related to his political campaigns and years in Congress, including his voting record. Research material for his books, files related to his political, economic, and social interests, material about the Voorhis School for Boys, and Voorhis family history. Includes information on co-operatives and personal and business correspondence with prominent figures. Also includes supporting books and periodicals, phonograph records used in radio broadcasts, scrapbooks, photographs, articles and speeches by Voorhis, newspaper clippings, and other artifacts.
Dates
- Creation: 1938
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Biography of Jerry Voorhis
Jerry Livingston Voorhis, the son of Horace Jeremiah "Jerry" Voorhis, was born July 2, 1938 in Pasadena, California and attended Grinnell College where he received a B.A. in History in 1960. He later attended Northwestern University where he received a M.A. (1962) and a Ph.D. in History (1968). Mr. Voorhis taught European and World History Chicago Teachers College North (1962-1964) and Wisconsin State University, Eau Claire (1965-1967). He spent a year in Germany under a German government scholarship grant studying the University of Bonn and doing research on his doctoral dissertation. From 1968 until 1981 he taught European, World, and U.S. History at Cal Poly Pomona. From 1977 - 1984 he worked as a Library systems specialist at the Honnold Library of The Claremont Colleges. He has been active in the civil rights, peace, environmental and social gospel movements. Mr. Voorhis is an active member of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Claremont, California, where he sings in the choir and tutors at the St. Ambrose Youth Wellness Center.
Extent
3 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
Summary Books and papers related to his political campaigns and years in Congress, including his voting record. Research material for his books, files related to his political, economic, and social interests, material about the Voorhis School for Boys, and Voorhis family history. Includes information on co-operatives and personal and business correspondence with prominent figures. Also includes supporting books and periodicals, phonograph records used in radio broadcasts, scrapbooks, photographs, articles and speeches by Voorhis, newspaper clippings, and other artifacts.
Arrangement
Series 1 Cooperatives
Subseries 1.1 Cooperatives
Subseries 1.2 Cooperatives in the U.S.A
Subseries 1.3 Labor Legislation
Subseries 1.4 International Cooperative Association, I.C.A.
Subseries 1.5 Unemployment Conference
Subseries 1.6 Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA)
Subseries 1.7 The Cooperative Foundation
Subseries 1.8 Consumer Movement
Subseries 1.9 Illinois Federation of Consumers
Subseries 1.10 Cooperatives
Subseries 1.11 Cooperatives
Subseries 1.12 California Commission of Aging; Cooperative housing
Subseries 1.13 Cooperative Housing; Paul Bullock; Italian commendation
Subseries 1.14 Coop Housing Directory; Coop Foundation; Coop League
Subseries 1.15 Cooperative; Oil Independence; Peace and Disarmament
Subseries 1.16 Boys Club; Cooperative; Bound letters
Subseries 1.17 Cooperatives
Subseries 1.18 California Commission of Aging; Cooperative housing
Series 2 Correspondence
Subseries 2.1 Personal Correspondence
Subseries 2.2 General Correspondence
Subseries 2.3 Correspondence with Politicians
Subseries 2.4 Correspondence; Service Organization; Awards and Degrees; Cooperatives
Subseries 2.5 Correspondence
Subseries 2.6 Congressional correspondence
Subseries 2.7 Dad's Letters
Subseries 2.8 Correspondence with U.S. Presidents; tax reform; employment of inner city youth
Subseries 2.9 Correspondence; articles on miscellaneous topics
Subseries 2.10 Correspondence; Group Health Association of America
Subseries 2.11 Correspondence with Emily McCormick
Series 3 Economics
Subseries 3.1 Cartels and Monopolies
Subseries 3.2 War on Poverty
Subseries 3.3 The United States Monetary System
Series 4 Miscellaneous
Suberies 4.1 Latin America Cooperatives
Suberies 4.2 Atomic Bomb and Energy
Suberies 4.3 Agriculture
Suberies 4.4 Flood Control
Suberies 4.5 Public Power
Suberies 4.6 Miscellany
Suberies 4.7 National Council of Churches
Suberies 4.8 National Association of Housing Cooperatives
Suberies 4.9 Voorhis' Activities in Retirement
Suberies 4.10 Oil Papers
Suberies 4.11 Pacific Homes and Claremont Manor
Suberies 4.12 Higher Education in California
Suberies 4.13 India
Suberies 4.14 Voorhis Awards
Suberies 4.15 Miscellaneous
Series 5 Newspaper Clippings
Subersies 5.1 Newspaper clippings, 1937 - February 1940
Series 6 Oral History
Subseries 6.1 Claremont Graduate School Oral History interview; autobiography
Series 7 Photographs
Subseries 7.1 Photographs
Subseries 7.2 Oversized items -- Awards and Diplomas, Photographs
Series 8 Politics
Subseries 8.1 Dies Committee
Subseries 8.2 Dies Committee Government Documents
Subseries 8.3 Congressional Records
Subseries 8.4 Veterans Affairs
Subseries 8.5 Political, religious, and Congressional Materials
Subseries 8.6 Campaign Records, Materials, and Results (except 1946)
Subseries 8.7 Peace Movement
Subseries 8.8 Military problems
Subseries 8.9 Townsend Plan and Social Security
Subseries 8.10 1946 Campaign Materials: Voorhis vs. Nixon
Subseries 8.11 Epic Campaign; Epic News; Italian commendation
Subseries 8.12 Political Papers; Congressional Joint Economic Committee; Cooperative League USA
Subseries 8.13 Political Campaign and activities; family and school
Subseries 8.14 Yale; Politics; Early Congressional Years
Series 9 Publications
Subseries 9.1 The People's Business; and radio and other speeches
Subseries 9.2 Material for Voorhis' books: Confessions of a Congressman, American Cooperatives, and Cooperative Enterprise
Subseries 9.3 Materials for Book the Strange Case of Richard Milhous Nixon
Subseries 9.4 Memorial Societies Movement
Subseries 9.5 Voorhis' Letters, Speeches and Testimony before Congressional Committees
Subseries 9.6 U.S. history course, "Development of Social Classes in the U.S., taught by Jerry Voorhis at Pomona College
Subseries 9.7 Speeches, Articles and Other Material by Jerry Voorhis
Subseries 9.8 Materials for Voorhis's book: Out of Debt, Out of Danger
Subseries 9.9 Manuscript: "The Strange Case of Richard Milhous Nixon"
Subseries 9.10 Speeches, Articles, Debates, and Correspondence; Democratic Clubs
Subseries 9.11 Writings; Essays; book reviews
Subseries 9.12 World Peace biographies
Subseries 9.13 Publishing Correspondence
Subseries 9.14 Miscellaneous Writings, Pamphlets and Speeches
Subseries 9.15 Correspondence; Articles and Other Writings
Subseries 9.16 Letters and articles; book reviews
Subseries 9.17 Speeches and writings
Subseries 9.18 Genealogy; "A Soldier's Journal" (Civil War Diary) by A.L. Voorhis
Subseries 9.19 Miscellaneous Voorhis Publications
Subseries 9.20 Miscellaneous Voorhis Publications
Subseries 9.21 Miscellaneous Voorhis Publications
Subseries 9.22 Obituaries and Memorial Items, Biographical Materials
Series 10 Voorhis School for Boys
Subseries 10.1 Voorhis School for Boys; general correspondence
Subseries 10.2 Voorhis School for Boys
Subseries 10.3 Cal Poly Pomona; Voorhis School for Boys
Physical Location
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from a gift by the Voorhis family in 1976.
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
General Physical Description note
3 feet
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Special Collections Staff
Subject
- Voorhis, Jerry Livingston (Creator, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Jerry Livingston Voorhis Papers
- Author
- Finding aid created by Russell Michalak, 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu