Guide to the Jerry Livingston Voorhis Papers
Finding aid created by Russell Michalak, 2010
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium
2010
Libraries of The Claremont Colleges
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Claremont, CA 91711
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Jerry Livingston Voorhis Collection
creator:
Voorhis, Jerry, 1938-.
Dates: 1938
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.
Extent: 3 boxers 3 feet
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Avenue
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Claremont University Consortium
Claremont, California 91711
Collection Number: H1976.3_voorhis
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical Location: Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Information for Researchers
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jerry Livingston Voorhis Collection. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University
Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Acquired from a gift by the Voorhis family in 1976.
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Special Collections Staff
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
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.
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.
Arrangement
Series 1 Papers
Subject Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection
Voorhis, Jerry Livingston, 1938-
Claremont Colleges
Southern California History -- 1900 -1950
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953
Western Americana -- 1850-1980
Claremont, California.
Detailed Description of the Collection
box 1, folder 2
1984 Claire McDonald Campaign for Congress
box 1, folder 3
Works regarding the
Dictionary of Scandinavian History
box 1, folder 4
Articles from the
Dictionary of Scandinavian History
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Charles B. Voorhis (grandfather)
box 1, folder 8
Charles B. Voorhis (grandfather) - Posthumous honorary degree
box 1, folder 13
College Student Personnel Abstracts
box 1
Northwestern University Department of History Newsletter (1972 - 1986)
box 1
Scandinavian Studies 1972 - 1980
box 1
College Student Personnel Abstracts 5 volumes: Winter 1978 through Winter 1979
box 1
Scandinavian Studies 1972 - 1980
box 2, folder 1
Corrected copy of JLV's doctoral dissertation,
1968
box 2, folder 2
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 1, 1932-1945
1968
box 2, folder 3a
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (two parts) - part one
box 2, folder 3b
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (two parts) - part two
box 2, folder 4a
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 3, (two parts) - part one
box 2, folder 4b
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 3, (two parts) - part two
box 2, folder 5a
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 4, (two parts) - part one
box 2, folder 5b
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 4, (two parts) - part two
box 2, folder 6a
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (four parts) - part one
box 2, folder 6b
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (four parts) - part two
box 2, folder 6c
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (four parts) - part three
box 2, folder 6d
Typewritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (four parts) - part four
box 2, folder 7a
Handwritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (two parts) - part one
box 2, folder 7b
Handwritten manuscript. JLV,
US Politics 1932 - 1968: Biography of an Era, Volume 2, (two parts) - part two
box 2, folder 8
Slides. "Claremont in August" (1972)
box 2, folder 9
Bible given to JLV from Jerry Voorhis (his father) - Christmas (1948)
box 2, folder 10
Miscellaneous memorabilia: fan from Japan Airlines and cloth covering
box 2
Solar eclipse photographs from Al Berg
"The Years of the Depression : Something Bad and Awful" (Unknown author); JLV, "A Study of Official Relations Between the
German and Danish Governments in the Period Between 1940 and 1943" Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University (June 1967)
2 bound copies
Note
Unboxed items: miscellaneous binders
