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Title: California Democratic Council Records,
Date (inclusive): 1963-1980 bulk 1970s
Collection number: 1389
Creator: California Democratic Council
Extent: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The California Democratic Council (CDC) was established in 1953 and is a federation of local volunteer clubs. CDC endorsements
and campaign support led to the first full statewide slate of Democrats in 40 years (1954) and also figured prominently in
the election of Edmund G. Pat Brown as California governor in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters,
resolutions, and notes of the California Democratic Council from 1963-80.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Knox Mellon, Jr., 1969.
[Identification of item], California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1389). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709552
The California Democratic Council (CDC), a federation of local volunteer clubs, was established in 1953; under the direction
of founding president Alan Cranston, the CDC was able to balance its electoral and legislative goals; CDC endorsements and
campaign support led to the first full statewide slate of Democrats in 40 years (1954) and also figured prominently in the
election of Edmund G. Pat Brown as California governor in 1958; as the CDC's focus became increasingly ideological, tensions
led to a steady decline in its membership and presence in California politics; membership peaked at 75,000 in 1964.
Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, newsletters, resolutions, and notes of the California Democratic Council from
1963-80. The bulk of the collection is from the 1970s, and topics covered include fundraising, conventions, legislative and
political actions, and affiliated local clubs.
Arranged in the following series:
- Current administration.
- Resolutions and issues.
- CDC fundraisers and champions.
- Rules and by-laws.
- Conventions.
- Political action.
- Minutes and board meetings.
- Legislative action.
- Club newsletters.
- Press.
- Scrapbook.
- [Unlabeled].
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
California Democratic Council--Archives.
Democratic Party (Calif.).
California--Politics and government--1951- .
CDC Officer: 1953-1965 [oral history transcript] / Joseph L. Wyatt, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1971. Available at the
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
The California Democratic Council and Grass-Roots Politics Oral History Transcript [oral history transcript] / Charles G. Gant, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1970. Available at the
UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Joseph L. Wyatt Collection of California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1082)
Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
Tom B. Carvey Papers (Collection 1110)
Available at the UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.