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BANC MSS 2008/113
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Collection Title: Wes Willoughby papers
Date (inclusive): 1951-1993,
Date (bulk): bulk 1951-1993
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2008/113
Creators :
Willoughby, Wes
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 boxes
Linear feet: .8
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The Wes Willoughby papers consist of articles, speeches, and other materials written or compiled by Willoughby over the course
of his career in politics and media. The collection includes a film script for Willoughby's documentary, "The Radical Right
in Southern California" (1964), as well as subject files on many leading Democratic party politicians of the 20th century,
including Joseph L. Alito, Alan Cranston, Hubert Humphrey, Thomas H. Kuchel, George Moscone and Nelson Rockefeller. Coverage
of San Francisco politics and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is especially strong.
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.
Collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Wes Willoughby Papers, BANC MSS 2008/113, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Alan MacGregor Cranston papers, BANC MSS 88/214 c
Print, politics and public service : oral history transcript : a life in San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, the Democratic
party, and California government commissions / Joseph C. Houghteling, BANC MSS 2004/171 c
San Francisco chronicle copy of FBI file on Alan MacGregor Cranston, BANC MSS 2007/113
The John Birch Society in California politics / Bryan W. Stevens, BANC FILM 196
A DVD recording of Willoughby's "The Radical Right in Southern California" (1964) has been transferred to the Audio Visual
Collections of The Bancroft Library.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Willoughby, Wes--Archives
Alioto, Joseph L
Cranston, Alan MacGregor
Moscone, George, d. 1978
Kuchel, Thomas H
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (San Francisco, Calif.)
John Birch Society
San Francisco (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century
Film scripts.
Addresses.
The Wes Willoughby Papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Wes Willoughby on April 19, 2007.
No additions are expected.
Arranged to the folder level.
Processed by Dean Smith in 2008.
Wes Willoughby was born in Pennsylvania, USA. He was received his B.A. in Journalism from Lehigh University (1953), and his
M.A. in Mass Communications from Stanford University (1954). Following receipt of his M.A., Willoughby served as a reporter
for a variety of media outlets, including the San Francisco News and the San Francisco Chronicle (1958-1962). Willoughby was
also active in many political campaigns and administrations. He was appointed a Congressional Fellow by the American Political
Science Association (1961-1962). He served as Press Secretary for Thomas H. Kuchel, Assistant Director of Citizens for Johnson
for President, and Research Director for Rockefeller for President. Relying on his accumulated knowledge of politics and past
experience as a journalist, Willoughby served as a consultant for the American Broadcasting Corporation Television Network,
and as a producer and writer for the National Educational Television Network. His involvement in San Francisco politics continued
with his appointment as Director of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, in 1968.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Wes Willoughby papers consist of articles, speeches, and other materials written or compiled by Willoughby over the course
of his career in politics and media. The collection includes a film script for Willoughby's documentary, "The Radical Right
in Southern California" (1964), as well as subject files on many leading Democratic party politicians of the 20th century,
including Joseph L. Alito, Alan Cranston, Hubert Humphrey, Thomas H. Kuchel, George Moscone and Nelson Rockefeller. Coverage
of San Francisco politics and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is especially strong.