Finding Aid for the United Republicans of California records LSC.1737
Finding aid prepared by Rebecca Townsend and Kuhelika Ghosh, 2017.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 17 October 2017.
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Title: United Republicans of California records
Creator:
United Republicans of California
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1737
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1962-1973
Abstract: The United Republicans of California (UROC) was founded in 1963 by California State Assemblymen Bruce Reagan and Joe Shell
and was developed to promote the principles of freedom and the Constitution in the United States. Their influence has aided
conservative politicians such as Barry Goldwater, John Ashbrook, and Ronald Reagan. These records span from 1962 to 1973 and
contain materials produced by the United Republicans of California, including political pamphlets, brochures, meeting minutes,
correspondence and newspaper and other press clippings.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], United Republicans of California records (Collection 1737). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane A. Crosby, 2006.
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Biography/History
The United Republicans of California (UROC) was a grassroots Republican volunteer organization founded in 1963 by Assemblymen
Bruce Reagan and Joe Shell. An organization composed of volunteers, UROC was developed as both an alternative to establishment
Republican organizations within California and as a platform to elect Republican politicians who shared UROC's conservative
Constitutional views. Their goals included promoting the principles of freedom and the Constitution, recruiting and registering
Republican voters in California, and aiding in the election of Republican candidates who adhere to those principles. UROC
did not gain much traction historically.
Scope and Content
The records span from 1962 to 1973 and contain political pamphlets, brochures, correspondence, and press and newspaper clippings.
Also included are founding and educational documents; publications including UROC's
Round-Up; editorials; reports focused on American patriotism, Constitutional conservatism, and anticommunism; minutes and treasurer
reports from club meetings; resolutions; speeches; photographs; Republican campaign material; and membership cards and applications.
A strength of this collection is the detailed political correspondence reflecting the time period.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Organizational records, 1962-1972
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1962-1973
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-.
Republican Party (Calif.)
United Republicans of California -- Archives
Series 1: Organizational records
1962-1972
Scope and Content
The series consists of materials created by the United Republicans of California including organizational records, leadership
manual, preamble, publications, meeting minutes, political pamphlets, brochures and newspaper clippings.
Organization and Arrangement
Series is arranged chronologically.
box 1, folder 1
Bylaws and platforms
1962-1971
box 1, folder 2
Preamble: Zebold
circa 1964
box 1, folder 4
Board of Governors meeting
1964
box 1, folder 5-6
UROC binder
1963-1971
Scope and Content
Includes memos, minutes, and agendas.
box 1, folder 7
News clippings and Goldwater press
1963-1972
Series 2: Correspondence
1962-1973
Scope and Content
Contains the correspondence of Republican party members including E. Richard Barnes, Jane Crosby, Joe Crosby (past Los Angeles
County chairman), Rus Walton, Robert Blake, John Harmer, Glen Lipscomb and Mrs. Don H. Rose.
Organization and Arrangement
Series is arranged alphabetically.
box 2, folder 1
Barnes, E. Richard
1967-1971
box 2, folder 2
Crosby, Jane: resignation correspondence, John Ryan for state chairman vs. Walter Hintzen
1972
box 2, folder 10
Other: Robert Blake, John Harmer, Gilen Lipscomb, Mrs. Don H. Rose
1964-1972
