Finding Aid for the Tom B. Carvey Papers, 1948-1968
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Tom B. Carvey Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1948-1968
Collection number: 1110
Creator: Carvey, Tom B., 1922-
Extent: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Abstract: Tom B. Carvey (b.1922) was the first president of the Palos Verdes Democratic Club (1948), secretary of the Democratic State
Central Committee, a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions (1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968), chairman of the first California
Democratic Council State Issues Program, and third president of the California Democratic Council (1961-65). The collection
consists of correspondence, minutes, election campaign literature, publications, clippings, photographs, and tapes related
to California Democratic Party politics between 1948-67 and the California Democratic Council (CDC) during Carvey's years
as president (ca. 1962-65).
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tom Carvey, 1971.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Tom B. Carvey Papers (Collection 1110). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Carvey was born in 1922; attended Stanford University; engineer, Hughes Aircraft Company; first president, Palos Verdes Democratic
Club, 1948; secretary, Democratic State Central Committee; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and
1968; chairman, first California Democratic Council State Issues Program; third president of the California Democratic Council,
1961-65.
Expanded Biographical Narrative
An aeronautical engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company and graduate of Stanford University, Tom B. Carvey, Jr., began his democratic
Party political activity in 1948 as the first president of the Palos Verdes Democratic Club. His subsequent activities included
serving as secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, delegate to the 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968 national conventions,
chairman of the first California Democratic Council State Issues Program, and CDC's third president, 1961-65.
The papers contain correspondence, minutes of CDC Directors' meetings, election campaign literature, various publications
of CDC or relating to issues of interest to CDC, and clippings. In addition to the files on the California Democratic Council,
there is a substantial group of materials on the activities of the Democratic Party in the 46th Assembly District from 1953
to 1960.
The arrangement of the collection is basically chronological with a small group of subject files that are listed alphabetically.
In most cases, headings established by Mr. Carvey or his secretary have been retained for the various folders.
The collection was a gift of Mr. Carvey in November, 1971, and forms with the previously acquired collections of Joseph Wyatt,
Charles Gant, Joyce Fadem, and Knox Mellon, an important research archive documenting California grass roots politics of the
1950's and 1960's.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, election campaign literature, publications, clippings, photographs, and tapes
related to California Democratic Party politics between 1948-67 and the California Democratic Council (CDC) during Carvey's
years as president (ca. 1962-65). Also contains a 16mm. film titled,
Year of decision, Carvey's notebooks from his presidency, and a substantial group of materials related to Democratic Party activities in the 46th Assembly District of California
from 1953-60.
Organization and Arrangement
- Chronological files, 1948-68 (Boxes 1-20).
- Alphabetical files (Boxes 21-24).
- CDC president Carvey's notebooks (Box 25).
- Clippings, printed material, publications (Boxes 26-28).
- Scrapbook and film (Box 29).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Carvey, Tom B., 1922- --Archives.
California Democratic Council.
Democratic Party (Calif.).
Political activists--California--Archival resources.
California--Politics and government--1951-.
Related Material
California Democratic Council Records
(Collection 1389)
. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
Partial Index
California Federation of Young Democrats
Box 7, folder 2.
Chapel, Charles
Box 21, folder 8.
Cranston, Alan
Box 14, folders 8-9.
Douglas, Helen Gahagen
Box 1, folder 1.
Election campaign materials
Box 1, folders 1,4,10; Box 2, folders 4-5; Box 3, folder 3; Box 4, folder 5; Box 9, folders 8-9; Box 21, folder 7.
46th Assembly District Democratic Council
Box 1, folder 7; Box 2, folder 6; Box 7, folder 6; Box 23, folder 2.
Humphrey, Hubert
Box 5, folder 2.
Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Box 5, folder 3.
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald
Box 5, folder 4; Box 7, folder 7; Box 12, folder 8.
Miller, Clem
Box 23, folder 3.
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Box 15, folders 4-6; Box 23, folder 4.
Nixon, Richard Milhous
Box 9, folder 9; Box 27, folder 1.
Salinger, Pierre
Box 14, folders 8-9.
Sorenson, Ted
Box 9, folder 6.
Stevenson, Adlai
Box 3, folder 5; Box 5, folder 5.
Unruh, Jesse
Box 17, folder 9; Box 24, folder 6.
Volunteers in politics
Box 8, folders 1-2; Box 15, folder 7; Box 17, folder 4; Box 18, folder 6.
Yorty, Samuel
Box 24, folder 7.
Chronological Files
1948-1968
Physical Description: (20 boxes)
Box 1, Folder 1
Election campaign materials.
1948-1950
Scope and Content Note
[Includes material on Helen Gahagen Douglas and Glenn Anderson.]
Box 1, Folder 2
“Dime a day for democracy.”
1950-1955
Box 1, Folder 3
“Dirty politics.”
1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 4
Election campaign material.
1952
Box 1, Folder 5
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1953
Box 1, Folder 6
Democratic Councils.
1953-1955
Box 1, Folder 7
46th Assembly district Democratic convention.
1953
Scope and Content Note
[For additional material see alphabetical files, Box 23]
Box 1, Folder 8
CDC Board of directors meeting.
December 1954
Box 1, Folder 9
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1954
Box 1, Folder 10
Election campaign material.
1954
Box 1, Folder 11
Los Angeles County Democratic convention (pre-primary).
1954
Box 1, Folder 12
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1955
Box 2, Folder 1
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1956
Box 2, Folder 2
CDC Convention (Fresno) - Credentials committee.
1956
Box 2, Folder 3
Dollars for Democrats.
1956-1958
Box 2, Folders 4-5
Election campaign material (candidates & propositions).
Box 2, Folder 6
46th Assembly district Democratic convention.
1956
Scope and Content Note
[c.f. alphabetical files, Box 23]
Box 2, Folder 7
Primary election results.
1956
Box 2, Folder 8
CDC Convention (Long Beach).
1957
Box 3, Folders 1-2
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1958
Scope and Content Note
[Includes Credentials committee.]
Box 3, Folder 3
Election campaign material.
1958
Box 3, Folder 5
Speeches: Adlai Stevenson.
1958
Box 3, Folder 6
Dollars for Democrats.
1959-1964
Box 3, Folder 7
CDC Issues Conference.
March 13-15, 1959
Box 4, Folder 1
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1960
Scope and Content Note
[including Issues conference]
Box 4, Folder 2
California delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
Box 4, Folder 3
Democratic State Central Committee.
1960-1964
Box 4, Folder 4
Democratic State Central Committee.
1960
Box 4, Folder 5
Election campaign material.
1960
Box 5, Folders 1-7
Presidential candidates
1960
Box 5, Folder 9
Vice-presidential candidates.
Box 6, Folder 1
CDC aims, purposes, etc.
1961-62
Box 6, Folders 2-6
CDC Board of directors meetings
1961
Box 6, Folder 7
CDC By-laws & By-laws Committee.
1961
Box 6, Folder 8
Confidential file.
1961-1963
Box 6, Folder 9
Confidential memorandum.
July 24, 1961
Box 6, Folder 10
CDC Convention (Santa Monica).
1961
Box 6, Folder 11
CDC Convention (Santa Monica) - Issues conference.
1961
Box 7, Folder 1
CDC Convention (Santa Monica) - Issues conference.
1961
Box 7, Folder 2
California Federation of Young Democrats.
1961
Box 7, Folder 3
Correspondence (Carvey).
1961
Box 7, Folder 4
District directors (information sheets).
1961
Box 7, Folder 6
46th Assembly district council.
1961-1964
Scope and Content Note
[c.f. alphabetical files, Box 23]
Box 7, Folder 7
Kennedy administration - appointments, cabinet, etc.
Box 7, Folder 8
Rayburn, Sam “The house will be in order” [Commemorative Congressional edition].
Box 7, Folder 9
Regional issues conferences.
1961-1962
Box 7, Folder 10
State reapportionment.
1961
Box 8, Folder 1
Volunteer for Victory dinner (CDC).
1961
Box 8, Folder 2
Volunteer political activity national conference, Los Angeles.
1961
Boxes 8-9
CDC Board of Directors Meetings
1962
Box 9, Folder 3
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1962
Box 9, Folder 5
CDC Convention (Fresno) - “Back-up data.”
1962
Box 9, Folder 6
CDC Convention (Fresno) - Ted Sorenson address.
1962
Box 9, Folder 7
Correspondence (Carvey).
1962
Box 9, Folder 8
Election campaign material.
Box 9, Folder 9
Election campaign material: anti-Nixon literature.
Box 10, Folder 7
Los Angeles County central Democratic Committee.
Box 10, Folder 8
“Mobilization for '62.” Democratic State Central Committee.
Box 10, Folder 9
Registration (CDC) drive.
Box 10, Folder 10
Trade legislation.
Scope and Content Note
[
Export origin study, state of California. Prepared by U.A. Department of Commerce.]
Box 11, Folders 2-6
CDC Board of Directors meetings
1963
Box 11, Folder 8
California Assembly Bill 2922 - “Truth in endorsements” bill.
Box 11, Folder 9
California Assembly Bill 2922: CDC lawsuit
re bill.
Box 12, Folders 1-7
CDC Convention (Bakersfield)
1963
Box 12, Folder 1
[No further description available].
Box 12, Folder 5
Press and public relations.
Box 12, Folder 8
Carvey, Tom - Message
re assasination of J.F. Kennedy.
Box 12, Folder 9
Correspondence (Carvey).
1963
Box 13, Folder 1
CDC “Get out the vote committee.”
1963
Box 13, Folder 3
Election reform (Sacramento Conference).
1963-64
Box 13, Folder 4
National affairs conference (Los Angeles).
June 22, 1963
Box 13, Folder 5
Miscellaneous CDC literature.
1963
Box 13, Folders 6-10
CDC Board of directors meetings
1964
Box 14, Folders 1-5
CDC Convention (Long Beach)
1964
Box 14, Folder 1
[No further description available].
Box 14, Folder 6
CDC 10th birthday celebration.
Box 14, Folder 7
Correspondence (Carvey).
1964
Box 14, Folder 8
“Cranston - Engle - Mosk - Salinger affair.”
1964
Box 14, Folder 9
Cranston - Salinger primary campaign.
Box 15, Folder 1
Democratic National Convention.
1964
Scope and Content Note
[Includes California delegation & Democratic National Committee material]
Box 15, Folders 4-6
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
1964
Note
[c.f. alphabetical files, Box 23]
Box 15, Folder 7
Volunteers in Politics.
Scope and Content Note
[Includes National volunteer politics conference in Atlantic City.]
Box 16, Folders 1-6
CDC Board of directors meetings
1965
Box 16, Folder 7
CDC Campaign seminar (Riverside).
1965
Box 16, Folders 8-14
CDC Convention (Sacramento)
1965
Box 16, Folder 8
[No further description available].
Box 16, Folder 11
By-laws & program planning.
Box 16, Folder 12
Candidates for CDC office.
Box 17, Folder 1
CDC Convention (Sacramento): Resolutions.
1965
Box 17, Folder 2
CDC Convention (Sacramento): Speakers.
1965
Box 17, Folder 3
Correspondence, (Carvey).
1965
Box 17, Folder 4
Democratic Volunteers Committee of California.
1964-1966
Box 17, Folder 6
A Fund Raising Feasibility Study For California Democratic Council.
Box 17, Folder 7
Reapportionment.
Scope and Content Note
[Includes Adams
vs. Brown - Amcus curiae brief of CDC.]
Box 17, Folder 8
Report of the Program Planning Committee.
January 1965
Scope and Content Note
“Strengthening CDC in the 60's” [recommendations for the over-haul of CDC organization made by Roy Greenway and Charles Gant].
Box 17, Folder 9
Unruh and CDC “feud.”
Scope and Content Note
[Includes Viet Nam War issue]
Box 17, Folders 10-12
CDC Board of directors meetings.
1966
Box 17, Folder 13
Carvey's “Next board meeting” file.
1963-1966
Box 18, Folder 1
CDC Convention (Bakersfield).
1966
Box 18, Folder 3
CDC Convention (Bakersfield): Issues conference.
1966
Box 18, Folder 4
Correspondence (Carvey).
1966
Box 18, Folder 5
Majority caucus.
1965-1966
Box 18, Folder 7
Miscellaneous ephemera.
ca. 1963-1966
Box 18, Folder 8
CDC Board of directors meeting.
February 1967
Box 18, Folder 9
CDC Convention (Fresno).
1967
Scope and Content Note
[Includes Issues conference]
Box 18, Folder 10
CDC Convention (Fresno): Rules committee.
1967
Box 18, Folder 11
CDC miscellaneous material.
1967
Box 18, Folder 12
Democratic State Central Committee Campaign conference.
1968
Correspondence
1968
Scope and Content Note
Letters to Tom Carvey as delegate to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, from individuals and organizations, usually
with candidate recommendations.
Alphabetical Files
Physical Description: (5 boxes)
Box 21, Folders 1-4
Anti-communism [Right-wing material]
1962-
Box 21, Folder 1
[No further description available].
Box 21, Folder 3
Francis amendment [Prop. 24].
Box 21, Folder 4
[No further description available].
post 1962
Box 21, Folder 5
California Moderate Democrats.
1965-1966
Box 21, Folder 6
California statement of vote.
1958-1965
Box 21, Folder 7
Campaign literature.
1960's
Box 22, Folder 1
Dinner programs.
1952-1963
Box 22, Folders 2-5
Directories and address lists
1960-1966
Box 22, Folder 2
CDC Board of Directors.
1963-1966
Box 21, Folder 4
Democratic State Central committee.
ca. 1960-1963
Box 22, Folder 5
Los Angeles Democratic Central Committee.
Box 22, Folder 6
Directories, membership rosters, etc.
ca. 1955-1965
Scope and Content Note
[Lists of campaign workers, various local political groups, nominees for office, etc.]
Box 23, Folder 2
46th Assembly district.
ca. 1952-1960
Scope and Content Note
[c.f. chronological files]
Box 23, Folder 4
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
1963-1964
Scope and Content Note
[c.f. chronological files]
Box 23, Folder 5
Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.
Box 23, Folder 6
Organization of Democratic Party
Box 23, Folder 7
Organizing a Democratic club.
Box 24, Folders 1-3
Organizing and campaigning.
1953-1955
Box 24, Folder 4
Political party platforms.
1952-1964
Box 24, Folder 5
Talks, information, and resource material
re CDC.
1961-1965
CDC President's Notebooks
1961-1966
Scope and Content Note
Seven spiral notebooks in which Tom Carvey noted phone conversations, meeting discussions, etc.
re CDC and political activities in general.
Entire contents restricted to permission of Mr. Carvey.
Clippings
re CDC and Politics
ca. 1961-1966
Physical Description: (7 folders)
CDC Handout Literature
Note
[Most of this material appears elsewhere in the collection.]
Box 27, Folder 1
1962.
Scope and Content Note
[Including Nixon material]
Box 27, Folder 4
CDC Convention reports.
1962-1965
Box 27, Folder 5
“Organizing a club” literature.
Box 27, Folder 7
CDC related reports, etc.
Scope and Content Note
[Includes Leonard Rowe's
Pre-primary Endorsements in California Politics.]
Box 28, Folder 1
CDC Bulletin (vol.1, no.1-vol.4, no.2).
January 1962-March 1965
Note
[vol.3, no.3 missing]
Box 28, Folder 2
CDC Legislative Newsletter [incomplete].
1961-1964
Box 28, Folder 3
California Observer (vol.1, no.3,6,7).
September 1965, March & April 1966
Box 28, Folder 4
Liberal Democrat (vol.1, no.6-vol.4, no.2).
March 1961-October 1963
Scope and Content Note
[Not a CDC publication, but gives heavy coverage to CDC activities.]
Note
[incomplete - 27 issues]
Box 29
Scrapbook: “Tom B. Carvey, Jr.”
1961
Scope and Content Note
Clippings
re Carvey's assumption of CDC presidency and activities during the year.
Box 29
Film: “Year of Decision.”
Physical Description: (16mm. B/W, sound)