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Finding Aid to the Clark Kerr Personal and Professional Papers, 1800-2005, bulk 1952-2003

Collection Summary

Collection Title:
Clark Kerr personal and professional papers 1800-2005, bulk 1952-2003

Collection Number:
CU-302

Creators :
Kerr, Clark, 1911-2003

Extent:
Number of containers: 70 Cartons, 6 boxes
Linear feet: 90.13

Repository:
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-2933
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: uarchive@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BANC/UARC

Abstract:
Clark Kerr Personal and Professional Papers documents Kerr's life as an educator, labor negotiator, and, most importantly, as chancellor of UC Berkeley and then president of the University of California system. The collection spans his professional career from the beginning of his work in labor relations to his last great work, his memoir, The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967. The collection contains personal, professional, and family papers (including correspondence and papers of his parents and grandparents) of Clark Kerr, including University of California administrative records, writings, speeches, correspondence, awards, committee papers, and photographs.

Languages Represented:
Collection materials are in English.

Physical Location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.