Guide to the California political publication and ephemera collection MS.R.014
Machine-readable finding aid created by Kirstin Julian, 2001; updated by Loree Clark, 2017; updated by Zoe MacLeod, 2018.
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2018
The UCI Libraries
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University of California, Irvine
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: California political publication and ephemera collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.014
Physical Description:
1.6 Linear Feet
(3 boxes and 2 oversize folders) and 0.2 unprocessed linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1989
Date (bulk): 1964-1974
Abstract: This collection comprises political publications and ephemera distributed in California from 1936 to 1989. Materials document
the activities of California and Orange County legislators, politicians, political groups and officials such as Robert E.
Badham, John V. Briggs, Dennis E. Carpenter, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Ronald Reagan, John G. Schmitz, and James E. Whetmore.
The majority of the materials relate to Orange County, California. The collection includes newsletters and news releases,
campaign pamphlets and newspapers, campaign posters, and several sample ballots as well as distributions from political associations
such as Young Americans for Freedom. The collection also includes a number of campaign buttons, primarily from the 1960s.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Processed components of the collection are open for research. Unprocessed additions may contain restricted materials. Please
contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
California political publication and ephemera collection. MS-R14. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
This collection was created by UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives staff. Sources and dates of acquisition are not
known.
Processing History
Processed by Kirstin Julian, 2001.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises political publications and ephemera distributed in California from 1936 to 1989. Materials document
the activities of California and Orange County legislators, politicians, political groups and officials such as Robert E.
Badham, John V. Briggs, Dennis E. Carpenter, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Ronald Reagan, John G. Schmitz, and James E. Whetmore.
The majority of the materials relate to Orange County, California. The collection includes newsletters and news releases,
campaign pamphlets and newspapers, campaign posters, and several sample ballots as well as distributions from political associations
such as Young Americans for Freedom. The collection also includes a number of campaign buttons, primarily from the 1960s.
Related Collections
The following collections in Archives and Special Collections at the UCI Libraries contain related materials:
- MS-R04, Dennis E. Carpenter Papers
- MS-R11, Robert E. Badham Papers
- MS-R47, John G. Schmitz Campaign Materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political candidates -- California -- Archives
Political candidates -- California -- Orange County -- Archives
Elections -- California -- Orange County
Posters
Legislators -- California.
Legislators -- California -- Orange County.
United States. Congress -- Elections
California -- Politics and government -- History -- Sources.
Campaign paraphernalia.
Ballots
Politicians -- California -- Orange County.
Politicians -- California.
Elections -- California -- History -- Sources
Briggs, John V. -- Archives
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald) -- Archives
Schmitz, John G. -- Archives
Badham, Robert E. -- Archives
Carpenter, Dennis E. -- Archives
Reagan, Ronald -- Archives
Whetmore, James E. -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
AFL-CIO Orange County Central Labor Council
1980
box 1, folder 4-5
Badham, Robert E.
1971-1987.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 7
Bergeson, Marian
1979-1983
box 1, folder 8-9
Briggs, John V.
1972-1974.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 1, folder 10-11
Brown, Edmund G. "Pat"
1966.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 2, folder 3
Californians Against Proposition 16
1966
box 2, folder 4
Californians for Liberal Representation
1966
box 2, folder 5
Carpenter, Dennis E.
1970-1975
box 2, folder 6
Caspers, Ronald W.
1970-1974
box 2, folder 7
Chapel, Charles Edward "Charlie"
1955
box 2, folder 8
Christopher, George
1966
Scope and Contents note
Includes campaign button.
box 2, folder 11
Cox, Christopher
1988-1989
box 2, folder 13
Democratic State Central Committee
1966
box 2, folder 15
Frizzelle, Nolan
1983-1988
box 2, folder 18
Hamilton, Richard D., undated
box 2, folder 19
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye
1981
box 2, folder 20
Hinshaw, Andrew
1974-1976
box FB-022, folder 4
Johnson, Lyndon Baines "LBJ"
1964
box 2, folder 23
Labor's Non-Partisan League
circa 1940
box 2, folder 26
Leetham, Jud
1966.
Scope and Contents note
Includes campaign buttons.
box 2, folder 30-31
City-level offices
1964-1974.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials from private corporations and candidates, and materials such as "Orange County Directory of House Numbers
for City Precincts" and "Statement of All Votes Cast at the General Election held November 3rd 1964 in County of Orange State
of California."
folder XOS 1
Oversize materials
1970-1978.
box 2, folder 32
National-level offices
1663-1970.
Scope and Contents note
Candidates include George Brown, Clark Harshfield, Lee Kaiser, and Walter E. Smith. Also includes campaign button.
box 2, folder 33
State-level offices
1936-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Legislators include Houston I. Flournoy, George Murphy, and Ivy Baker Priest. Also includes campaign button.
box FB-022, folder 4, folder XOS 1
Oversize materials
1970-1978.
box 3, folder 5
Reagan, Ronald
1966.
Scope and Contents note
Includes campaign button.
box 3, folder 6
Republican State Assembly
1964
box 3, folder 7
Republican Party Volunteer Literature
1964
box 3, folder 11
Schmitz, John G.
1964-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes campaign button.
box 3, folder 13
Southern California Democratic Get Out the Vote Committee
1966
box 3, folder 15
Unruh, Jesse M.
1966-1970
box 3, folder 18
Whitaker, Robert
circa 1942
box 3, folder 20-21
Whetmore, James E.
1972-1976.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 3, folder 22
Young Americans for Freedom
1974
box accn2018.042 001
Unprocessed addition 2018 Accession 2018-042
circa 1970s
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet(1 box)
Access
This addition to the collection] has not been processed but is open for research. Please contact the Department of Special
Collections and Archives in advance to request access.
Series Scope and Contents Summary
This addition to the collection contains reproductions of political buttons from campaigns prior to mid 1970s. The majority
of the buttons are for presidential campaigns. Some of the buttons included are for Grover Cleveland, John F. Kennedy, Richard
Nixon, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower.
