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Title: John G. Veneman papers
Date (inclusive): 1959-1981
Collection Number: 82059
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
26 manuscript boxes, 6 envelopes, 22 sound cassettes
(13.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, clippings, sound recordings, and photographs relating to domestic political
issues in the United States, especially welfare and social policy, and to national and California state politics.
Creator:
Veneman, John G., 1925-1982
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982.
[Identification of item], John G. Veneman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1925 October 31 | Born, Corcoran, California |
| 1944 | Served with United States Naval Reserve |
| Graduated from Arizona State College | |
| 1944-1945 | Attended the University of Texas |
| 1947 June 22 | Married Nita D. Bomberger |
| 1956 | Elected to the Empire School District Board |
| 1959-1962 | Supervisor, Stanislaus County, California |
| 1960 | Chairman, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors |
| 1962-1969 | Member, California State Assembly |
| 1964-1969 | Member, California Social Welfare Board |
| 1969-1973 | Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. |
| 1972 | Conducted a course on welfare programs, New School of Social Research, New York City, New York |
| 1973 | Lecturer, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University |
| 1973- | President, Veneman Associates, San Francisco, California |
| 1975-1976 | Served as Counselor to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Washington, D.C. |
| 1977- | Vice President and Manager, Braun and Company, Washington, D.C. |
| 1982 April 11 | Died, Sacramento, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, clippings, sound recordings, and photographs relating to domestic political
issues in the United States, especially welfare and social policy, and to national and California state politics.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
United States -- Social policy
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Public welfare -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979