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  • Title: Raymond Moley papers
    Date (inclusive): 1902-1971
    Collection Number: 68008
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 256 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 35 card file boxes, 1 oversize folder, 5 envelopes, 3 phonotape reels (118.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to criminology and the administration of justice, assimilation of immigrants, politics in the United States, the presidential campaign of 1932, the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Today and Newsweek magazines. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.
    Creator: Moley, Raymond, 1886-1975
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Box 295-296 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Raymond Moley papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    1886, September 27 Born, Berea, Ohio
    1906 Ph.B., Baldwin-Wallace College
    1913 A.M., Oberlin College
    1916-1919 Instructor and Assistant Professor of Politics, Western Reserve University
    1917 Author, Lessons in American Citizenship
    1918 Author, The State Movement for Efficiency and Economy
      Ph.D., Columbia University
    1919 Author, Commercial Recreation
      Author, Lessons in Democracy
    1919-1923 Director, Cleveland Foundation
    1921 Author, Parties, Politics and People
    1922 Author, The Cleveland Crime Survey
    1923-1928 Associate Professor of Government, Columbia University
    1926 Editor and co-author, The Missouri Crime Survey
    1926-1927 Research Director, New York State Crime Commission
    1928-1954 Professor of Public Law, Columbia University
    1929 Author, Politics and Criminal Prosecution
    1930 Author, Our Criminal Courts
    1931-1933 Research Director, Committee on the Administration of Justice, New York State
    1932 Speechwriter and advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt during 1932 Presidential Campaign
      Author, Tribunes of the People
    1933 Assistant Secretary of State
    1933-1937 Editor, Today (magazine)
    1937-1968 Contributing Editor, Newsweek (magazine)
    1938 Author, Are We Movie-Made?
    1939 Author, After Seven Years
    1945 Author, The Hays Office
    1949 Author, Twenty-Seven Masters of Politics
    1950 Author, Valley Authorities
    1952 Author, How To Keep Our Liberty
    1955 Author, What Price Federal Reclamation
    1956 Co-author, The Upper Colorado Project
    1958 Author, Political Responsibility of Business Men
    1962 Author, The Republican Opportunity
      Author, The American Century of John C. Lincoln
    1966 Author, The First New Deal
    1975 Died, Phoenix, Arizona

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, diaries, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to criminology and the administration of justice, assimilation of immigrants, politics in the United States, the presidential campaign of 1932, the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Today and Newsweek magazines.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    United States -- Economic policy
    Journalists
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
    Journalism -- United States
    United States -- Social conditions
    Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932
    United States -- Emigration and immigration
    Justice, Administration of -- United States
    Criminology -- United States
    Americanization
    Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
    Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
    Democratic Party (U.S.)