Inventory of the Edwin C. Voorhies Papers
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
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Creator:
Voorhies, Edwin C. (Edwin Coblentz), 1891-1967
Title: Edwin C. Voorhies Papers
Date (inclusive): 1925-1966
Extent:
5.2 linear feet
Abstract: Edwin C. Voorhies (1891-1967) served as Professor of Agricultural Economics, University
of California (1925-1958) and Dean of Students and Vice-Chair of the Statewide Department of Agricultural
Economics (1952-1957). His papers contain correspondence, lecture notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and materials
relating to the history and planning of the University of California, Davis.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-089
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
Edwin Coblentz Voorhies (1891-1967) began his fifty four year career with the University of California in 1913,
immediately after graduation from the University's Berkeley campus. He served on the Davis campus from 1913 to
1925 in the Department of Animal Husbandry, except for a period of service in the Army during World War I. In
1925 when the Department of Agricultural Economics was organized at Berkeley, Professor Voorhies became one of
its founding members. In addition to his professorial duties on the Berkeley campus, he also served the
University as Dean of Students. He served at Davis as Vice-Chairman of the Statewide Department of Agricultural
Economics from 1952 to 1957, when he resumed full-time professorial duties. He retired in 1958.
In 1962, Voorhies received an honorary LL.D at the 1962 Charter Day ceremonies. Voorhies Hall on the University
of California, Davis campus was named in his honor in 1965.
Source:
Carter, H.O., Hedges, T.R., and Snyder, J. Herbert. "Edwin C. Voorhies."
In Memoriam. [Berkeley,
Calif. : Academic Senate], 1968.
Scope and Content
The Edwin C. Voorhies Papers which span the years 1925-1966 contain correspondence, lecture notes, scrapbooks,
photographs, and materials relating to the history and planning of the University of California, Davis.
Arrangement of the Collection
The papers are arranged in seven series: 1. Writings, 2. Correspondence, 3. Lecture Notes, 4. Translations,
5. University of California Planning Materials, 6. Scrapbooks and Ephemera, 7. Photographs.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Voorhies, Edwin C. (Edwin Coblentz), 1891-1967--Archives
University of California,
Davis--Faculty--Archives
University of California, Davis--History
University of California, Davis. Dept. of Agricultural
Economics--History
Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid. Student employee Linda
Trach assisted with data entry work.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edwin C. Voorhies Papers, D-089, Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Collection Contents
Series 1.
Writings
1925-1955
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains several works by Voorhies relating to the history of the University of California, Davis as well
as notes from his sabbatical in 1955.
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1:1
Agricultural Economics Department History and background materials
1925-1965
Box 1:8
The University of California at Davis
undated
Series 2.
Correspondence
1944-1964
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains one outgoing letter from Voorhies and more than forty incoming letters, the majority
of which offer congratulations for the honorary degree Voorhies received at Charter Day in 1962. Additional
correspondence can be found in the scrapbooks in Series 6.
Arranged into two subseries: Outgoing and Incoming.
Subseries 2.1
Outgoing
1944
Physical Description:
1 letter
Scope and Content Note
Contains one letter from Nelle Branch, Librarian at the University Farm (now the University of
California, Davis).
Box 2:1
Branch, Nelle U.
1944 December 18
Subseries 2.2
Outgoing
1945-1964
Physical Description:
42 folders
Scope and Content Note
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box 2:2
Adams, Frank
1962 April 6
Box 2:3
Alcorn, George B.
1962 April 19
Box 2:4
Bellquist, Eric C.
1962 April 17
Box 2:5
Benedict, Murray R.
1962 April 16
Box 2:6
Branch, Nelle U.
1945 January 3
Box 2:7
Briggs, Fred N.
1962 February 13
Box 2:8
De Loach, Barton
1962 April 5
Box 2:10
Everson, Gladys
1962 April 11
Box 2:11
Harper, Lawrence A.
1962 April 16
Box 2:13
Hodgson, Robert W.
1962 May 28
Box 2:14
Kendrick, J.
1962 April 16
Box 2:15
Kerr, Clark
1962 January 30
Box 2:16
Kerr, Clark
1962 April 12
Box 2:17
Kerr, Clark
1963 December 31
Box 2:21
Leidholt, John D.
1962 May 5
Box 2:22
Lindfors, P.J.C.
1962 June 19
Box 2:25
McCorkle, Chester
1962 March 5
Box 2:28
O'Connor, William
1962 May 29
Box 2:29
O'Connor, William
1964 June 27
Box 2:31
Proett, Jacqueline
1962 April 6
Box 2:32
Ryerson, Knowles
1964 August 15
Box 2:34
Shontz, Howard B.
1964 July 1
Box 2:36
Taylor, Laurence W.
1962 April 12
Box 2:37
Towle, Katherine A.
1962 April 18
Box 2:38
Wantrup, S.V.
1962 April 10
Box 2:39
Weaver, Jack E.
1962 April 5
Box 2:40
Woolsey, John Homer
1962 April 10
Box 2:41
Wright, Celeste
1962 April 5
Series 3.
Lecture notes
1922-1958
Physical Description:
1.6 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
This series contains notes and outlines for a course which had the following designations: Agriculture 101,
Agricultural Economics 100, and Agricultural Economics 125. Throughout most of the years the course was
offered, the title was Comparative Agriculture.
The course was offered by Thomas Hunt from 1922-1927. When Hunt passed away, Voorhies took over teaching it
and continued until his retirement in 1958. The course was then taken over by Dr. Hedges and Dr. Tinley.
Arranged in lecture number order.
Box 3:1
Explanation of lecture notes
undated
Box 3:7
Lecture 4
circa 1925-1955
Box 3:8
Lecture 5
circa 1925-1955
Box 3:10
Lecture 8
circa 1925-1958
Box 3:12
Lecture 10
circa 1926-1956
Box 4:1
Lecture 13
circa 1926-1954
Box 4:4
Lecture 16
circa 1926-1955
Box 4:10
Lecture 22
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:1
Lecture 32
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:5
Lecture 38
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:6
Lecture 39
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:7
Lecture 40
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:15
Lecture 46, 47, 49
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:17
Lecture 51
circa 1926-1955
Box 5:18
Lecture 52
circa 1926-1955
Box 6:3
Lecture 59
circa 1926-1954
Box 6:4
Lecture 61
circa 1926-1954
Box 6:6
Lecture 63
circa 1926-1939
Box 6:7
Germany, population and natural resources
circa 1926
Box 6:8
Iberian Peninsula
circa 1956
Box 7:1-6, Box 8:1-5, Box 9:1-4
Series 4.
Translations of
Agrarpolitik
circa 1928-1937
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains translations from German to English of the work,
Agrarpolitik, by Friedrich
Aereboe. The translations were done by several individuals and corrections by Voorhies appear on many of the
pages.
Series 5.
University of California Planning Materials
1956-1966
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains materials related to the land and academic planning of the University of California.
Arranged into two subseries: Davis Campus and Systemwide.
Subseries 5.1
Davis Campus
1956-1966
Physical Description:
1.1 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 10:1
Academic Plan Departmental Summaries for the University of California, Davis to
1975
1962 September
Box 10:2
Academic Plan for the University of California, Davis, 1964-1975 (proposed)
1964 November
Box 10:3
Academic Plan for the University of California, Davis to 1975
1961 August 25
Box 10:4
Academic Plan for the University of California, Davis to 1980
1961 October 11
Box 10:5
Academic Plan for the University of California, Davis to 1980
1962 November 15
Box 10:6
Academic Plan for the University of California, Davis
1966?
Box 11:1-6
Academic Planning Committee
1960-1966
Box 10:7
Accreditation Report and Schedule for the Western College Association and the California State
Board of Education
1961
Box 10:8
FTE Projections Through 1975-1976: Approach and Results
1966?
Box 10:9
Graphic Illustration of Financial Growth and Expansion, July 1, 1945 through June 30,
1958
1958 November 10
Box 10:10
Long Range Academic Program
1957-1958
Box 10:11
Long Range Development Plan, University of California, Davis (Draft)
1963 Spring
Box 10:12
Long Range Development Plan, University of California, Davis
1963
Box 12:1-2
Objectives and Proposed Program
1959
Box 12:3
Physical Facilities Needs of the Davis Campus
undated
Box 12:4
Project Planning Guide for Plant Sciences Building
1963 April 1
Box 12:5
Projected Campus Land Needs
1960-1962
Box 12:6
Proposal for a New Entomology Building
1964 January
Box 12:7
Proposed Master Plan, University of California Davis Campus
1956 May 22
Box 12:8
Report of the Committee to Consider the Place of the College of Agriculture on the Berkeley
Campus
1956 June
Box 12:9
Report of the Committee to Consider the Place of the College of Agriculture on the Davis
Campus
1959 March
Subseries 5.2
Systemwide
1959-1963
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Content Note
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 12:10
Academic Plan for the University of California (preliminary draft)
1959 June
Box 12:11
Academic Plan for the University of California
1961 July
Box 12:12
Term Projections, Enrollment
1959-1963
Series 6.
Scrapbooks and Ephemera
1935-1963
Physical Description:
8 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains two scrapbooks relating to Voorhies retirement party as well as a guest book from the event. The
scrapbooks contain correspondence and photographs. Also included in this series are ephemeral items relating
to the 1962 Charter Day ceremony.
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 13:1
Biographical information
1935-1963
Box 13:2
Charter Day program and invitation
1962
Box 13:3
Guest book for retirement dinner
1958
Box 13:4
List of friends invited to retirement dinner
1958
Box 13:5
List of Voorhies publications
1955
Box 13:6
Mention of Voorhies in Henry Morse Stephens Lodge publication
1962
Box 13:7
Scrapbook for retirement dinner
1958
Box 13:8
Scrapbook for retirement dinner
1958
Series 7.
Photographs
1962
Physical Description:
4 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains several photographs of the 1962 Charter Day ceremony as well as photographs taken in Holland.
Arranged alphabetically.
