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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: United Republicans of California records
Creator:
United Republicans of California
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1737
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1962-1973
Abstract: The United Republicans of California (UROC) was founded in 1963 by California State Assemblymen Bruce Reagan and Joe Shell
and was developed to promote the principles of freedom and the Constitution in the United States. Their influence has aided
conservative politicians such as Barry Goldwater, John Ashbrook, and Ronald Reagan. These records span from 1962 to 1973 and
contain materials produced by the United Republicans of California, including political pamphlets, brochures, meeting minutes,
correspondence and newspaper and other press clippings.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], United Republicans of California records (Collection 1737). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Jane A. Crosby, 2006.
Processed by Kuhelika Ghosh and Rebecca Townsend in 2017 under the supervision of Courtney Dean in the Center for Primary
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Original folder titles retained.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9982728243606533
The United Republicans of California (UROC) was a grassroots Republican volunteer organization founded in 1963 by Assemblymen
Bruce Reagan and Joe Shell. An organization composed of volunteers, UROC was developed as both an alternative to establishment
Republican organizations within California and as a platform to elect Republican politicians who shared UROC's conservative
Constitutional views. Their goals included promoting the principles of freedom and the Constitution, recruiting and registering
Republican voters in California, and aiding in the election of Republican candidates who adhere to those principles. UROC
did not gain much traction historically.
The records span from 1962 to 1973 and contain political pamphlets, brochures, correspondence, and press and newspaper clippings.
Also included are founding and educational documents; publications including UROC's
Round-Up; editorials; reports focused on American patriotism, Constitutional conservatism, and anticommunism; minutes and treasurer
reports from club meetings; resolutions; speeches; photographs; Republican campaign material; and membership cards and applications.
A strength of this collection is the detailed political correspondence reflecting the time period.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Organizational records, 1962-1972
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1962-1973
- California Republican Assembly Records (Collection 2039) Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- South Pasadena Americanism Center Records (Collection 1844) Available at Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-.
Republican Party (Calif.)
United Republicans of California -- Archives