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Title: Chester Earl Holifield papers
Collection number: 0220
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
89.0 Linear feet
89 boxes
Date: circa 1944-1974
Abstract: Chester Earl Holifield (1903-1995) -- also known as Chet Holifield -- of Montebello, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Mayfield,
Graves County, KY, December 3, 1903. Moved to Montebello in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel
1920-1943; U.S. Representative from California 19th District, 1943-75. Congressional adviser to international conferences
on uses of atomic energy, nuclear weapons testing, water desalinization, and disarmament. Upon his retirement from the House,
he resumed the manufacture and selling of men's apparel; died February 6, 1995.
creator:
Holifield, Chet, 1903-
Chester Earl Holifield (1903-1995) -- also known as Chet Holifield -- of Montebello, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Mayfield,
Graves County, KY, December 3, 1903. Moved to Montebello in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel
1920-1943; U.S. Representative from California 19th District, 1943-75. Congressional adviser to international conferences
on uses of atomic energy, nuclear weapons testing, water desalinization, and disarmament. Upon his retirement from the House,
he resumed the manufacture and selling of men's apparel; died February 6, 1995.
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intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Identification of item], Chester Earl Holifield papers, Collection no. 0220, Regional History Collection, Special Collections,
Information Services Division, University of Southern California.
Holifield, Chester Earl - born in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, December 3, 1903; moved with his family to Springdale, Arkansas in 1912; attended
the public schools; moved to Montebello, California in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel, 1920-1943;
chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central committee of the Fifty-first District 1934-1938; chairman of the California
State Central committee of the Twelfth Congressional District 1938-1940; delegate to each Democratic National Convention from
1940 to 1964; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from January
3, 1943, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress;
chairman, Committee on Government Operations (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses), Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
(Eighty-seventh, Eighty-ninth, and Ninety-first Congresses); member, President's Special Evaluation Commission on Atomic Bomb
Tests at Bikini Atoll, 1946; congressional adviser to international conferences on uses of atomic energy, nuclear weapons
testing, water desalinization, and disarmament; resumed the manufacture and selling of men's apparel; died February 6, 1995.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Democratic National Convention. -- Archives
Holifield, Chet, 1903- -- Archives
House Democratic Caucus (U.S.). -- Archives
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. -- Archives
United States. Congress--Committees. -- Archives
United States. Congress. -- Archives
Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)--Archival resources
California--Politics and government--Archival resources
Consumer protection--Law and legislation--Archival resources
Legislation--United States--Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government--Archival resources
Nuclear energy--Government policy--Archival resources
Politicians--California--Archival resources
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Archival resources