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  • Title: Congressman William Ketchum Papers
    Identifier/Call Number: KET.1978
    Contributing Institution: Walter Stiern Library Archives and Special Collections
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 46.0 Linear feet 23 file boxes containing file folders, and publications from Congressional service.
    Date (inclusive): 1973-1978
    Location: Walter Stiern Library, California State University Bakersfield, 9001 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA, 93312
    Abstract: This collection houses a variety of government documents, papers, photographs, business records, scrapbooks, ephemera, and other pertinent information regarding a variety of topics related to the political career of William Ketchum.
    creator: William, Ketchum, 1921-1978

    Collection Group:

    Political Papers

    Biographical Information

    William Matthew Ketchum (September 2, 1921- June 22, 1978) served California as a U.S. Congressman for the 18th District from 1975-1978 and for the 23rd District from 1973-1975. He was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee. He served in the California Assembly from 1967-1972. Born in Los Angeles, he attended schools in Los Angeles County, the Colorado School of Mines from 1939-1940 and the University of Southern California from 1940-1942. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 in the Pacific and during the Korean conflict from 1950-1953. He was a farmer and business owner and headed the San Luis Obispo Chapter of the California Farm Bureau in 1965-1966. He died of a heart attack in Bakersfield.

    Scope and Contents

    23 file boxes containing file folders, and publications from Congressional service.

    Conditions Governing Access:

    This collection is open for research.