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Series 1. Chronological Files

Physical Description: Boxes 1-12
 

Subseries 1. General

box-folder 1

1967-1975

box-folder 2

1975-1976

 

Subseries 2. President's Office

box-folder 2

1977-1979

box-folder 3

1979-1985

 

Subseries 3. Conference Program

box-folder 4

1977-1980

box-folder 5

1981-1983

 

Subseries 4. Grants Program

Scope and Contents note

Includes grant inquiries
box-folder 6

1974-1977

box-folder 7

1977-1978

box-folder 8

1979

box-folder 9

1980-1981

box-folder 10

1981-1982

box-folder 11

1982-1983

box-folder 12

1983-1985

 

Series 2. Conference Files

Physical Description: Boxes 13-32

Scope and Contents note

Mainly chronological, with correspondence, expenditure files, background reports and articles, reviewers comments, programs, photographs, papers written by participants, news releases and some publications.
box-folder 13

Attendees - Geographic List

box-folder 13 - 31

Chronological Files

box-folder 13

1970-1971

box-folder 14

1972-1973

box-folder 15

1973-1974

box-folder 16

1974-1975

box-folder 17

1975-1976

box-folder 18

1976-1977

box-folder 19

1977

box-folder 20

1978

box-folder 21

1979-1980

box-folder 22

1980

box-folder 23

1980-1981

box-folder 24

1981

box-folder 25

1981-1982

box-folder 26

1982

box-folder 27

1982-1983

box-folder 28 - 30

1983

box-folder 31

1983-1984

box-folder 32

Conference Programs, 1973-1984 (printed programs arranged chronologically)

 

Series 3. Grant Files

Physical Description: Boxes 33-84

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by institution, then by principal investigator, with application paperwork, progress and grant expenditure reports, correspondence and other summary information tracking the course of the grant.
box-folder 33

Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Boston University

box-folder 34

Boston University ? Carnegie Mellon University

box-folder 35

Case Western Reserve University ? Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California

box-folder 36

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Colorado State University

box-folder 37

Colorado State University ? Columbia University

box-folder 38

Cornell University - Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

box-folder 39

Emory University - Harbor General Hospital

box-folder 40

Harbor General Hospital - John F. Kennedy Institute

box-folder 41

Johns Hopkins University

box-folder 42

Johns Hopkins University - Marquette University

box-folder 43

Massachusetts General Hospital - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

box-folder 44

Mayo Clinic - Medical College of Virginia

box-folder 45

Medical College of Wisconsin - Medical Foundation of Buffalo

box-folder 46

Medical University of South Carolina - Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center

box-folder 47

Morehouse School of Medicine - National Institute of Health

box-folder 48

National Institute of Health - National Jewish Hospital

box-folder 49

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Northwestern University

box-folder 50

Northwestern University - Oregon Regional Primate Research Center

box-folder 51

Oregon Regional Primate Research Center - Rockefeller University

box-folder 52

Rockefeller University - St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (London)

box-folder 53

St. Thomas Hospital - Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation

box-folder 54

Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation - Stanford University

box-folder 55

Stanford University

box-folder 56

Stanford University - State University of New York

box-folder 57

State University of New York - Temple University

box-folder 58

Tufts University School of Medicine - University of California, Berkeley

box-folder 59

University of California, Davis - University of California, Irvine

box-folder 60

University of California, Irvine - University of California, Los Angeles

box-folder 61 - 62

University of California, Los Angeles

box-folder 63

University of California, Los Angeles - University of California, Riverside

box-folder 64

University of California, San Diego

box-folder 65

University of California, San Diego - University of California, San Francisco

box-folder 66

University of California, San Francisco

box-folder 67

University of California, San Francisco - University of Colorado

box-folder 68

University of Colorado

box-folder 69

University of Connecticut - University of Illinois

box-folder 70

University of Illinois - University of Massachusetts

box-folder 71

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - University of Michigan

box-folder 72

University of Michigan - University of Minnesota

box-folder 73

University of Missouri-Columbia - University of New Mexico

box-folder 74

University of New Mexico - University of Pennsylvania

box-folder 75

University of Pennsylvania - University of Rochester

box-folder 76

University of South Alabama - University of Texas at Austin

box-folder 77

University of Texas, Dallas - University of Toronto

box-folder 78

University of Utah - University of Virginia

box-folder 79

University of Virginia - University of Wisconsin

box-folder 80

University of Wisconsin - Washington University, St. Louis

box-folder 81

Washington University, St. Louis

box-folder 82

Washington University, St. Louis - Wayne State University

box-folder 83

Weizmann Institute of Science - Yale University

box-folder 84

Project Review Card File (arranged alphabetically by surname of principal investigator)

box-folder 84

Yale University - Zweng Memorial Retinal Research Foundation

 

Series 4. Grant Proposal Rejects and Inquiries

Physical Description: Boxes 85-98

Scope and Contents note

Morgue, arranged chronologically, then by surname of principal investigator.
box-folder 85

1973-1974

box-folder 86

1976

box-folder 87

1978

box-folder 88

1979

box-folder 89 - 90

1980-1981

box-folder 89

A - K

box-folder 90

O - Z

box-folder 91 - 93

1982

box-folder 91

A - J

box-folder 92

J - Sch

box-folder 93

Si - Z

box-folder 94 - 98

1983

box-folder 94

A-Ba

box-folder 94

General

box-folder 95

Be-Gr

box-folder 96

Gu-Pa

box-folder 97

Pa-Sl

box-folder 98

Sm-Z

 

Series 5. Grants Administration

Physical Description: Boxes 99-103

Scope and Contents note

Includes expenditure reports, final gift awards, grant facts, and inquiry log.
box-folder 99

Auditor Lists

box-folder 99

Check Register

box-folder 99

Expenditure Reports

box-folder 99

Inquiry Log

box-folder 100

Card File Index (arranged by principal investigator)

box-folder 101

Final Gift Awards (arranged alphabetically by name of institution)

box-folder 102 - 103

Grant Facts

box-folder 102

1976-1980

box-folder 103

1981-1985

 

Series 6. Office Files

Physical Description: Boxes 104-118
 

Subseries 1. Alphabetical

box-folder 104

A (includes administrative and associations)

box-folder 105

C (includes correspondence)

box-folder 106

F-G

box-folder 107

G-I

box-folder 108

L-M

box-folder 109

M-O

box-folder 110

O-T

 

Subseries 2. Chronological

box-folder 111

1971-1974

box-folder 112

1975-1976

box-folder 113

1976-1978

box-folder 114

1979-1981

box-folder 115

1981-1982

box-folder 116

1982-1984

 

Series 7. Photographs

Physical Description: Box 119

Scope and Contents note

Mainly of principal investigators for grants.
box-folder 119

Principal investigators for grants (mostly)

 

Series 8. Publications

Physical Description: Boxes 120-126

Scope and Contents note

Includes printed material relating to conferences and conference proceedings, medical research programs, and related news.
box-folder 120 - 124

Conferences

box-folder 120

Conference Summaries, 1969-1982

box-folder 121

Publications List, 1971-1984

box-folder 121 - 124

Copies of Publications (and conference proceedings)

box-folder 121

1971-1975

box-folder 122

1975-1979

box-folder 123

1979-1982

box-folder 124

1982-1985

box-folder 125

Medical Research Programs, 1977-1984

box-folder 126

News and Views, 1980-1983

 

Series 9. Miscellany

Physical Description: Box 127

Scope and Contents note

Includes guestbook, postcards of foundation facilities, and alphabetical card file
box-folder 127

Includes guestbook, postcards of foundation facilities, and alphabetical card file probably relating toprincipal investigators for grants

 

Series 10. Additions to the Collection

Physical Description: Boxes 128-139
 

Subseries 1. Chronological Files - Grants Program

box-folder 128

1979-1981

box-folder 129

1981-1982

box-folder 130

1983

 

Subseries 2. Grant Proposal Rejects and Inquiries (Morgue)

box-folder 131

1971-1975

box-folder 132

1977-1978

box-folder 133

1978-1979

box-folder 134

1979-1980

box-folder 135

1980

box-folder 136

1980-1981

box-folder 137 - 138

1981

 

Subseries 3. Grants Administration

box-folder 139

Multiple Sclerosis - List of funded proposals, 1977-1979

 

Subseries 4. Office Files

box-folder 139

Alphabetical: A-C

box-folder 139

Chronological: 1983-1985

 

Subseries 5. Lisa Napoli Files 1945-1980s

Physical Description: 1.67 linear feet (4 document boxes, 2 film reels and 2 DVDs)
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Acquistion Information

Gift of Lisa Napoli, 2018.

Scope and Content

Research files generated by author Lisa Napoli in the course of writing her book Ray & and Joan: The Man who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman who Gave it All Away (Dutton, 2016).
Material in these book research files include correspondence, clippings, transcripts, McDonald's manuals for franchisees, court documents,personal items and documents of Ray and Joan Kroc, DVDs of interviews with Ray and Joan Kroc, and a series of public service film reels produced by Joan Kroc in the late 1970s and early 1980s alcoholism for "Operation Cork".
box 140, folder 1

Peace Activism / Fred Rogers

box 140, folder 2

St. Louis Park and San Diego

box 140, folder 3

Salvation Army

box 140, folder 4

San Ysidro

box 140, folder 5

Kroc Foundation Post-Ray Kroc

box 140, folder 6

Notre Dame

box 140, folder 7

Joan [Kroc] /Carl Rogers

box 140, folder 8

San Diego Padres

box 140, folder 9

Cork

box 141, folder 1

San Diego Padres #2

box 141, folder 2

Early McDonald's History

box 141, folder 3

Art and Jewelry

box 141, folder 4

Sammy Cahn

box 141, folder 5

Rapid City

box 141, folder 6

Rat Pack

box 141, folder 7

Early McDonald's History #2

box 141, folder 8

Legal Documents

box 142, folder 1

Legal Papers/Divorces and Rawland Smith

box 142, folder 2

Joan - 1985

box 142, folder 3

More Joan Philanthropy

box 142, folder 4

Joan - 1988

box 142, folder 5

Joan - 1986

box 142, folder 6

Joan Obits and Hospice Philanthropy

box 142, folder 7

McDonald's Manual

box 142, folder 8

Letters and Notes from Founder and Letters of Historical Value

box 142, folder 9

The Founder

box 142, folder 10

Monitor Article

box 143, folder 1

Kroc Transcript - 1957

box 143, folder 2

Transcript - 1958

box 143, folder 3

Class of 1945 Address List

box 143, folder 4

Pure Americana - Founding is McDonald's

box 143, folder 5

Ethel v. Ray Kroc Divorce Papers 1962

box 143, folder 6

Joan v. Ray Kroc Divorce Papers 1971

box 143, folder 7

Various Papers - Joan Kroc's Death

box 143, folder 8

JONIRAY

box 143, folder 9

Copies of Early McDonald's Newsletter (franchisee)

box 143, folder 10

Early Franchisee and Copy of McDonald's Operator Manual

box 143, folder 11

Birth Certificate, Joan Kroc's Sister

box 143, folder 12

Birth Certificate, Joan Kroc

box 143, folder 13

A Big Burger Room

box 143, folder 14

Letter from Linda Wendfeldt, Joan's Daughter

box 143, folder 15

Letter from Filmmaker and Kroc's Collaborator Gerry Rogers

box 143, folder 16

Letter from Earl Prince, co-creator of multimixer

box 143, folder 17

Excerpts from Baseball Books by Dick Williams and Buzzle Bavasi

box 143, folder 18

Various Books and Magazines

box 143, folder 19

Kroc Memorial Book and Crews and Views company Newsletter

box 143, folder 20

Humboldt High School year book St. Paul, Minnesota (Joan Kroc) 1945

item  V10802/DVD

Interview with Joan Kroc on "It's Good to be Alive"

item V10803/DVD

"Tomorrow" with Tom Snyder. Guest: Ray Kroc. 1977 June 16

item V10792/F1

Our Brother's Keeper - Operation Cork 1980

item V10793/F1

Alcoholism & the Physician (Part 1 of 4) - Operation Cork 1981

item V10794/F1

Alcoholism & the Physician (Part 2 of 4) - Operation Cork 1981

item V10795/F1

Alcoholism & the Physician (Part 3 of 4) - Operation Cork 1981

item V10796/F1

Alcoholism & the Physician (Part 4 of 4) - Operation Cork 1981

item V10797/F1

Soft is the Heart of a Child - Operation Cork 1979