Finding Aid to the John F. "Jack" Shelley Papers,
1953-1967 (bulk 1964-1967)
Finding aid written by Tami J. Suzuki. Created in 2001. Revised in 2022 to accommodate additional accessions.
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
March 12, 2022
Title: John F. "Jack" Shelley Papers
Date (inclusive): 1953-1967
Date (bulk): 1964-1967
Collection Identifier: SFH 10
Creator:
Shelley, John F., (John Francis), 1905-1974
Physical Description:
8 cubic feet
(11 boxes, 1 map folder)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: The collection documents the one-term administration of San Francisco Mayor John F. ("Jack") Shelley during the years 1964-1968.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is open for research, with photographs available during Photo Desk hours. Please call the San Francisco History
Center for hours and information at 415-557-4567.
Publication Rights
Copyright has been assigned to the San Francisco Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public
Library as the owner of the physical items and the copyright.
Provenance
This collection has been received in three accessions. The first accession, received prior to 1995, was transferred from City
Hall; this is the bulk of the collection. A second accession was received from the University of the Pacific in 2018. This
consisted of real estate transfers and correspondence. The third accession was received from the estate of John H. Anderson
in 2019. This covered urban renewal matters including Yerba Buena Center.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John F. "Jack" Shelley Papers (SFH 10), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Materials Transferred
Photographs (Box 8) have been transferred to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.
The monograph,
128 Hours: A Report of the Civil Disturbance in the City & County of San Francisco, was transferred to the book collection of the San Francisco Public Library.
Related Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also the San Francisco History Center's subject and biographical files and manuscript collection,
and to check the catalog holdings of the San Francisco Public Library for related materials.
Related Archival Materials
Researchers are encouraged to see also the John Francis "Jack" Shelley Collection housed at the Labor Archives, San Francisco
State University. Included are 17 cubic feet of mayoral papers, mostly scrapbooks and newspaper clippings, and one box of
mayoral speeches.
Biographical and Historical Note
John Francis "Jack" Shelley was born to Dennis Shelley, a longshoreman and Irish immigrant, and Mary Casey Shelley, on Sept.
3, 1905, the oldest of nine children. Reared in the Mission District, he was a leader at Mission High School. Because of his
size, tall and lanky, he worked as a merchant marine while still in school. He received his law degree from the University
of San Francisco in 1932, driving a bakery truck during the day and playing varsity football in between classes and work.
After college, Shelley worked as a business agent for the bakery wagon drivers union. During World War II, he served as an
officer in the Coast Guard. At 31, Shelley became the youngest president of the San Francisco Labor Council in 1937, serving
in that post until 1948 when he became Secretary-Treasurer. He was also president of the State Federation of Labor from 1947
to 1950. Shelley married Genevieve Giles in 1932 and had a daughter, Joan-Marie Shelley. His first wife died in 1952. In 1953,
he married Thelma Smith, his secretary, with whom he had two children, Kathleen and Kevin. Kevin Shelley would later follow
his father's political footsteps, serving as a San Francisco supervisor, state assemblyman, and Secretary of State.
His political career began with two terms in the State Senate, from 1938 to 1946. In 1946, Shelley unsuccessfully ran for
Lieutenant Governor of California against Goodwin Knight. Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1949, he served fifteen years as
a respected representative and was a member of the powerful Committee on Appropriations.
Shelley became mayor of his beloved San Francisco in 1964 with a 12 percent margin over then-Supervisor Harold S. Dobbs, and
the support of labor unions and the Democrats. He was the first Democratic mayor in 50 years. Shelley ran for re-election
in 1967 but withdrew at the last minute due to health concerns, although he was reportedly pushed out for a more pro-development
candidate. Joseph Alioto replaced him and prevailed in the election. In 1968, Mayor Alioto appointed Shelley as the state
legislative representative, a job he held until his death.
During Shelley's tenure, San Francisco's problems included poverty, racial discrimination, aging housing and physical plant,
changes in the city's economic structure including the loss of blue-collar jobs, and a shrinking middle-class with many whites
moving to the suburbs, as well as inadequate housing for blacks who came to work in the shipyards during World War II, many
still living in temporary housing in Hunters Point. Meanwhile, the Western Addition had already undergone the wrecking ball
of redevelopment in the A-1 area beginning in 1957, dislocating thousands of blacks to Hunters Point, the Tenderloin, and
the Western Addition's A-2 area, the next target of the Redevelopment Agency.
Called a "crisis mayor," Shelley was faced with strikes over discriminatory hiring practices against blacks at the Palace
Hotel and "Auto Row" shortly after taking office. He played a key role in negotiating settlements then, and later with the
public nurses' strike in 1966 and the 1967 symphony orchestra arbitration. On Sept. 27, 1966, riots broke out in Hunters Point
following the fatal shooting by a white police officer of a black youth suspected of car theft. The mayor banned the use of
dogs and tear gas and organized black youth from the community to help keep the peace. The state of emergency lasted six days.
He said he recognized the violence as a measure of frustration with the underlying problems of discrimination, and he took
steps to improve education, training, recreation, and jobs for those in poverty areas.
Shelley established the Human Rights Commission and launched a 2500-unit expansion of public housing. In his inaugural speech,
he said he was approaching redevelopment with a "heart as well as a bulldozer." New redevelopment plans were approved in the
Western Addition, South of Market, and Hunters Point districts as residents organized in opposition, demanding adequate relocation
housing. Meanwhile, Shelley vetoed a Board of Supervisors' vote against plans to build Yerba Buena Center in 1966, and vetoed
another Board vote in October, 1967, to stop demolition in A-2.
Under Shelley, the city joined the Association of Bay Area Regional Government (ABAG), a regional planning agency, and he
unsuccessfully promoted a regional form of government. Considerable work was accomplished on the design of Market Street,
soon to be remodeled with underground transit. Shelley fought to retain the Naval shipyards and the city's watershed areas.
Shelley made five appointments to the Board of Supervisors including Terry Francois, the city's first African American supervisor.
However, he found himself opposing them on key decisions. His appointments to top administrative jobs were applauded, and
his genial personality, frankness, honesty, intelligence, and humanity were consistently upheld. At the same time, he was
criticized as a mayor for being indecisive when timely action was required.
John Shelley died Sept. 1, 1974, in San Francisco at the age of 68, after a dedicated career fighting for the economic welfare
and personal freedoms of individuals and the betterment of San Francisco. Upon hearing of Shelley's passing, Mayor Alioto
called him "a champion of the working people all his life."
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the one-term administration of Mayor John F. (Francis) "Jack" Shelley during the years of 1964-1968.
Urban renewal and building the city are the main areas represented.
Materials include internal as well as constituent correspondence, reports, surveys, minutes, strategy and policy memoranda
and notes, articles and editorials, government documents, and reference material. Subjects include Market Street development,
redevelopment of Western Addition Area 2 (A-2), the proposed City Demonstration Program in Hunters Point, regional planning,
an underground freeway along the northern waterfront, the Sheraton Palace strike, and the Serra house in Mallorca, Spain.
The Legislative and Issue Files series is organized by staff member. Staff included a Coordinator for Housing and Planning
Development, later called Deputy for Development; an Urban Renewal Coordinator, later called Assistant Deputy for Development;
a Deputy for Social Services; and a Deputy for Public Service.
Some gaps exist. There is little constituent correspondence; very few speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, and biographical
and campaign material; and no calendar files. Missing are Workable Program for Community Involvement files, other than the
1965 report and 1967 certificate. Neither property tax assessment reform nor the 1967 symphony orchestra labor dispute and
1966 public nurses strike are represented. The only records of the Hunters Point riots following the killing of a black youth
by a white police officer are Shelley's statement on Sept. 29, 1966 (in John Anderson's City Demonstration Program file, 4
of 4); his speech to the Board of Supervisors (Oct. 3, 1966), and the monograph,
128 Hours: A Report of the Civil Disturbance in the City & County of San Francisco, which was transferred to the library's book collection.
Some items without specific reference to San Francisco have been removed. Researchers are encouraged to see also the History
Center's Biographical and Subject Files such as Districts, Freeways, Humans Rights Commission, and Riots, as well as other
mayoral papers, as some related materials are housed there.
Arrangement
The material has been organized into four series: Series 1. Legislative and Issue Files; Series 2. Press and Speeches; Series
3. Public Services; and Series 4. Campaigns. The Legislative and Issue Files series is further organized into subseries by
staff member. Series are arranged alphabetically by subject, except for Campaigns, which is arranged chronologically, with
Shelley's campaigns first. Folders are in alphabetical order by folder title, and then by date. Within folders, materials
are filed chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Shelley, John F., (John Francis), 1905-1974 -- Archives.
City planning districts--California--San Francisco.
City planning--California--San Francisco.
Housing policy--California--San Francisco.
Housing--California--San Francisco.
Labor disputes--California--San Francisco.
Labor unions--California--San Francisco.
Mayors--California--San Francisco.
Metropolitan government--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Regional planning--California--San Francisco Bay Area.
Riots--California--San Francisco--1966.
San Francisco (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Urban policy--California--San Francisco.
Urban renewal--California--San Francisco.
Series 1
Legislative and Issue Files,
1961-1977
Physical Description:
5 cubic feet
Scope and Contents
Minutes, notes, memoranda, correspondence, reports, newsletters, and mechanical drawings, with a focus on the issue of redevelopment.
A common thread is the concern by residents of both the Hunters Point and Western Addition Area A-2 communities of a recurrence
of the Western Addition Area A-1 experience, with demolition removing thousands of low-income people who received insufficient
relocation housing assistance and inadequate replacement housing.
Related Materials
See also Series 3: Public Services.
Arrangement
This series is organized into subseries by staff member.
Subseries A
John F. Shelley,
1964-1967
Physical Description:
0.33 cubic feet
Scope and Contents
This subseries contains the mayor's files on only a few subjects including the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG),
civil disturbance procedure, and the Palace Hotel. Soon after Shelley came into office, he was faced with Negro rights pickets
at the Palace Hotel, Lucky Stores, and the city's "Auto Row." Constituent correspondence reveals opinions on the Palace Hotel
strike, in particular.
ABAG, a regional planning agency started in 1961, was dealing with issues including the filling of San Francisco Bay, open
space, transportation, and regional home rule. Shelley brought San Francisco into ABAG for the first time and was an advocate
of regional home rule, recommending the establishment of a unified, limited-function government structure for the Bay Area
to deal with regional planning, refuse disposal, open space, and an airport system. The ABAG files demonstrate his efforts
to legislate such a body, to change the composition of ABAG's executive committee to half publicly-elected instead of all
supervisors and city councilmen, and to maintain the city's watershed areas in Alameda and San Mateo counties.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Box 1, Folders 1-4
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG),
1965-1967
Box 9, Folder 1
ABAG, Preliminary Regional Plan,
November, 1966
Box 1, Folder 5
Biographical and Office Organization,
[ca. 1964]-1965
Box 1, Folder 6
Civil Disturbance Procedure,
1967
Box 1, Folders 7-9
Palace Hotel, Constituent Correspondence,
1964
Box 11, Folder 1
Real Estate Property Transfers,
1966-1967
Subseries B
T.J. Kent,
1961-1967
Physical Description:
2.0 cubic feet
Biographical and Historical Note
T.J. (Jack) Kent was Coordinator of Housing, Planning and Development. His title was changed to Deputy for Development in
July, 1966. On leave from his job as professor of city planning with the University of California, Berkeley, Kent was responsible
for promoting the regional home rule plan which would not be implemented.
Scope and Contents
This subseries focuses on housing and development issues, including the City Demonstration Program and the Transit Task Force.
The City Demonstration Program, also known as the Model Cities Program, was a proposal to revitalize the Hunters Point-Bayview
community by taking advantage of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Demonstration Cities Act of 1966." After more than a year
of work on the proposal, its submission was terminated at the last minute. Of note is the mayor's recommendation against including
a portion of the Mission District in the application, contrary to the Redevelopment Agency's recommendation. There is also
a memo written by Justin Herman summarizing the Hunters Point housing situation (City Demonstration Program, 9 of 9).
In Kent's Mission District Redevelopment files is evidence of opposition as well as (failed) efforts by the mayor to get the
Board of Supervisors' approval for an Inner Mission plan. Legislative efforts to make federal funding available for Hunters
Point, Area G, are found in the Hunters Point Redevelopment file.
The Transit Task Force, also known as the Market Street (Design) Task Force, coordinated the design of the two-decked subway
for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Municipal Railway (MUNI), as well as the above-ground street.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Box 1, Folder 10
Area Manpower Planning,
1967
Box 1, Folder 11
Planning Directors Committee,
1965
Box 1, Folders 12-17
Regional Home Rule,
1965-1967
Box 1, Folder 18
Regional Planning Committee,
1967
Box 1, Folder 19
Bay Area Regional Organization, Joint Legislative Committee on,
1967
Box 1, Folder 21
Bay Area Transportation Study Commission,
1967
Box 1, Folder 22
Bay Conservation and Development Commission Meeting Minutes,
1966-1967
Box 2, Folders 1-3
Capital Improvement Advisory Committee (CIAC),
1966-1967
Box 2, Folders 4-5
Recommended Six-Year Capital Improvement Program,
Jan. 20, 1967
Box 2, Folder 6
Excerpts from the Recommended Six-Year Capital Improvement Program,
1967
Box 2, Folder 7
Citizens Housing Task Force,
1967
Box 2, Folders 8-16
City Demonstration Program,
1966-1967
Box 2, Folder 17
Strategies for Shaping Model Cities,
1967
Box 2, Folder 18
Deputy and Assistant Deputy for Development, Title Changes,
1966
Box 2, Folder 19
Deputy for Social Programs, New Position,
1966
Box 2, Folder 20
Hunters Point Redevelopment,
1961-1966
Box 2, Folders 21-23
Inter-Agency Committee on Urban Renewal,
1964-1967
Box 2, Folder 24
Housing and Relocation,
1966
Box 2, Folders 25-26
Mission District Redevelopment,
1966-1967
Box 20, Folder 4
Mission Transit Station, Conceptual Illustration,
November, 1964
Box 2, Folder 27
Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside Stabilization and Improvement Project,
1966
Box 2, Folder 28
Recreation and Park Department,
1967
Box 2, Folder 29
South of Market Area D-1/Yerba Buena Center,
1966
Box 3, Folders 1-5
Transit Task Force (formerly Market Street Task Force)
1966
Box 3, Folder 6
Market Street Development Report,
1965
Box 3, Folder 7
Market Street Design Report Number 2,
June 23, 1965
Box 3, Folder 8
Market Street Design Report Number 4,
May 9, 1966
Box 3, Folder 10
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Agreement,
1967
Box 3, Folder 11
BART, Davis Street Station,
1967
Box 3, Folder 12
University of California Extension, Community Design Center,
1966-1967
Box 3, Folder 13
War Memorial Opera House Expansion,
1966-1967
Box 3, Folder 14
Western Addition Area A-2, Evaluation of Housing Proposals,
1966
Subseries C
Irwin Mussen,
1964-1967
Physical Description:
1.25 cubic feet
Biographical and Historical Note
Irwin Mussen served as Urban Renewal Coordinator, a position he also held in George Christopher's administration. Mussen left
City Hall in June, 1965. Under Kent, Mussen advised the mayor on renewal, housing and development activities. As co-director
of the Community Renewal Program (CRP), a federally funded program to study and guide urban renewal, he wrote the original
CRP prospectus. The Urban Renewal Coordinator prepared the annual Workable Program for Community Development report, whose
certification was required to receive federal money for urban renewal and low-rent housing. Mussen was chair of the Inter-Agency
Committee on Urban Renewal (IACUR), which ironed out the differences between city agencies in their renewal programs. He was
also involved in the Market Street Task Force.
Scope and Contents
This subseries includes files of districts undergoing renewal and code enforcement, including South of Market and the Western
Addition. The Embarcadero Freeway file includes mechanical drawings of two plans for a depressed roadway which did not proceed.
Notably, the Western Addition Area A-2 files include the United San Francisco Freedom Movement's critical assessment of the
A-2 renewal plan, maintaining that the area was really two distinct neighborhoods, with the Fillmore being predominantly Negro,
poor, and low-rent as compared to the "L-shaped" neighborhood being white, wealthy, and moderate-rent. The assessment also
maintains that the A-2 plan was essentially "Negro removal." The A-2 files also note the formation of block clubs of residents
opposed to redevelopment, as well as the recommendation of "phased redevelopment" by the International Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union/Pacific Maritime Association.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Community Renewal Program (CRP),
Box 3, Folder 17
Citizens Advisory Committee,
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 18
Citizens Advisory Committee Membership,
1964-1966
Box 3, Folder 19
Monthly Progress Reports,
1964
District and Project Files,
Box 3, Folder 21
Embarcadero Freeway,
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 23
Haight-Ashbury,
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 24
Market Street Development Project,
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 25
Statement of Objectives,
September 13, 1965
Box 3, Folders 26-27
Market Street Coordinating Committee,
1964
Box 3, Folders 28-30
Market Street Coordinating Committee and Task Force,
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 31
Market Street Design Task Force, Advisory Board and Executive Committee,
1965
Box 3, Folder 33
Old Hall of Justice,
1963-1964
Box 3, Folder 34
Chinese Cultural and Trade Center,
1965
Box 4, Folders 1-2
South of Market Area D-1,
1964-1965
Box 4, Folder 3
Development Committee Membership,
1964
Box 4, Folder 4
Exhibition Space/Sports Arena,
1964
Box 11, Folders 2-6
Yerba Buena Center,
1964-1967
Box 4, Folder 6
Waterfront, Height Limits,
1964
Box 4, Folder 7
Western Addition Area A-1,
1964
Box 4, Folder 8
Japanese Cultural and Trade Center,
1961-1965
Box 4, Folder 9
Saint Francis Square,
1964
Box 4, Folders 10-11
Western Addition Area A-2,
1963-1964
Box 4, Folder 12
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union/Pacific Maritime Association Plan,
1964
Box 4, Folder 13
Board of Supervisors,
1964
Box 4, Folder 15
Western Addition, Beyond Project Areas,
1964
Box 4, Folder 16
Requests for Information,
1964-1965
Box 4, Folder 17
Urban Renewal Coordinator, Classification of Duties,
1964-1965
Box 4, Folder 18
Workable Program for Community Improvement,
1965
Subseries D
John H. Anderson,
1964-1967
Physical Description:
1.67 cubic feet
Biographical and Historical Note
John H. Anderson became Urban Renewal Coordinator in July, 1965. Anderson's title was changed to Assistant Deputy for Development
in 1966. Anderson worked on the 95.6 million-dollar City Demonstration Program application (which would not be submitted).
He also authored the IACUR "Report on Housing in San Francisco." The Citizens Housing Task Force reviewed the IACUR reports
on housing and business relocation, and recommended establishing a Housing Commission to provide centralized housing services,
and a Citizens Advisory Committee.
Scope and Contents
Anderson's Hunters Point file includes discussion of the maintenance and expected removal of the temporary war housing structures
in the Ridge Point project in Hunters Point. A draft statement by the Human Rights Commission on an affirmative action housing
program is within the City Demonstration Program, Hunters Point Reports and Memoranda, file. Also, there is a draft resolution
by the commission on low- and moderate-income housing (Housing, 1 of 2). A report on the activities of the Economic Opportunity
Council which the mayor established to coordinate anti-poverty efforts is found in the council file. Plans for a subsurface
roadway connecting the Golden Gate Bridge approaches to the Embarcadero Freeway along the northern waterfront are found in
the Golden Gate Freeway file. Of particular note is a copy of T.J. Kent's report on the city's redevelopment policies prepared
for Mayor-Elect Alioto.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Box 4, Folder 21
Citizens Housing Task Force,
1967
Box 4, Folder 24
Relocation Subcommittee,
1967
Box 4, Folder 25
First Report,
October-November, 1967
Box 4, Folders 26-29
City Demonstration Program,
1966-1967
Box 4, Folder 30
Family Service Agency,
1965
Box 4, Folder 31
Assignments,
March-April, 1966
Box 4, Folder 32
Advisory Committee Members,
April, 1966
Box 4, Folder 33
Minutes,
March-June, 1966
Box 4, Folder 34
Hunters Point Reports and Memoranda,
1966
Box 4, Folder 35
Parents & Taxpayers Newsletters,
1966
Box 4, Folder 36
San Francisco Unified School District,
1966
Box 4, Folder 38
United Community Fund,
1966
Box 11, Folder 7
Civic Center Development Plan,
1964
Box 11, Folder 8
Community Renewal Program,
1965-1966
Box 11, Folder 9
Correspondence from T.J. Kent,
1966-1967
Box 11, Folder 11
Downtown Economy Report,
1963
Box 4, Folder 39
Economic Opportunity Council,
1966
Box 4, Folder 40
Golden Gate Freeway,
1965
Box 11, Folder 12
Greenbelt Talk by T.J. Kent,
1965
Box 5, Folder 4
Hunters Point,
1965-1967
See Also:
City Demonstration Program
IACUR,
See Also:
Citizens Housing Task Force
Box 5, Folder 5
Corridor Sub-committee,
1966
Box 5, Folder 6
Housing Report Drafts,
1967
Box 5, Folder 7
"A Report on Housing in San Francisco"
May, 1967
Box 5, Folder 8
"Report on Housing and Business Relocation Services" (Draft),
June, 1967
Box 5, Folder 9
Relocation, Subcommittee on,
1966-1967
Box 11, Folder 13
Robert F. Kennedy Jobs and Housing Bills,
1967
Box 5, Folder 10
Kent, T.J., Development Policies Report to Mayor-Elect Alioto,
December 28, 1967
Box 5, Folder 11
Kent, T.J., Staff Memoranda,
1966
Box 5, Folder 12
Market Street Design Task Force,
1965
Box 5, Folder 13
Citizens Advisory Committee,
1965
Box 11, Folder 15
Memoranda to Mayor Summarizing Activities,
1965-1967
Box 11, Folder 16
Parking, North Beach,
1965
Box 5, Folder 14
Plan of Action for Challenging Times,
1966
Box 11, Folder 17
Regional Government,
1967
Box 5, Folder 15
Resources Agency of California,
1966
Box 11, Folder 19
Transportation Bill,
1966
Box 5, Folder 16
Transportation Plan (Working Paper),
December, 1966
Box 11, Folder 20
Urban Crisis Article,
1967
Box 11, Folder 21
Urban Development Bill,
1966
Box 11, Folder 22
Urban Renewal Coordinator,
1965
Box 5, Folder 17
Western Addition Area A-2, Relocation Project Proposal (Redevelopment Agency),
September 18, 1964
Box 5, Folder 18
Western Addition Area A-2,
1966-1967
Box 11, Folder 23
Yerba Buena Center,
1965-1967
Series 2
Press and Speeches,
1964-1967
Physical Description:
7 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains only two press releases and five speeches, including Shelley's report to the Board of Supervisors following
the Hunters Point riots. A few other speeches and statements are found in the Legislative and Issues series. Those topics
include: regional home rule (in the mayor's ABAG files); "18-Point Program" for San Francisco (summary, in T.J. Kent, IACUR,
2 of 3); Western Addition Area 2 (in Irwin Mussen, A-2, 2 of 2); Midtown Park dedication (Mussen, Western Addition Area 1);
Western Addition Area 2 (radio address, in John Anderson's A-2 file); rehabilitation of temporary war housing (Anderson, Hunters
Point); and the Hunters Point riots (Anderson, City Demonstration Program, 4 of 4). Additionally, the John Francis "Jack"
Shelley Collection at the Labor Archives, San Francisco State University, includes mayoral speeches and news clippings.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, with press releases followed by speeches.
Box 5, Folder 20
Press, Appointments,
1966-1967
Box 5, Folder 21
"After 16 Months on the Hot Seat",
April 30, 1965
Box 5, Folder 22
Board of Supervisors, Report to,
October 3, 1966
Box 5, Folder 23
Downtown Association Board of Directors,
November 25, 1964
Box 11, Folder 24
Inaugural Address,
Jan. 8, 1964
Box 5, Folder 24
Press Club Gang Dinner,
September 18, 1964
Box 5, Folder 25
St. John's Armenian Apostolic Church,
January, 1965
Series 3
Public Services,
1953-1967
Physical Description:
2.6 cubic feet
Scope and Contents
This series contains proclamations and events, including the visits of special guests, and the Public Service Director's interoffice
memoranda. Of interest are the approximately 100 black-and-white photographs documenting Sister City activities with Osaka,
Japan. Also noteworthy are plans for the twentieth anniversary celebration of the United Nations, and correspondence regarding
the deed to Father Junipero Serra's house in Mallorca, Spain. (See the Small Manuscripts collection MSS 20/9-12 for the deed.)
The Interoffice Memo subjects include the watershed property in San Mateo County (May 18, 1964 and July 6, 1964), employment
of the physically handicapped (April 14, 1964), retention of the Naval shipyard (April 7 and 28 and July 1, 1964 and other
dates), and opposition to the Panhandle Freeway (Oct. 19, 1964), as well as a directive from the mayor (March 25, 1964) that
"Coats must be worn in my office."
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject, then chronologically, with constituent concerns followed by special events.
Box 5, Folder 27
Constituent Correspondence (Responses),
January-February, 1964
Box 11, Folders 25-27
deYoung Museum, Avery Brundage Collection,
1966-1967
Box 11, Folder 28
Education Appointments
1964-1966
Box 11, Folder 29
Golden Gate Bridge,
1965-1967
Box 5, Folders 23-31
Interoffice Memos,
1964-1965
Box 5, Folder 33
Neighborhood Youth Corps,
1965
Box 5, Folder 36
Serra House, Father Junipero,
1963-1967
Box 5, Folders 37-38
Serra House, Father Junipero, Chief Administrative Officer's Files,
1953-1966
Box 5, Folder 39
Youth Opportunities Center,
1965
Box 5, Folders 40-41
Consular Corps Dinner,
1966-1967
Box 5, Folder 42
de Anza Scholarship,
1964
Box 5, Folder 44
Giants Opening Game,
1967
Box 5, Folder 45
Inaugural Ceremonies,
January 8, 1964
Box 5, Folder 46
Latin American Fiesta,
1966
Box 6, Folder 1
League of California Cities,
[196-]
Box 6, Folder 2
MacDonald, Jeanette, Funeral,
1965
Box 6, Folders 4-5
National Flags,
1964-1967
Box 6, Folder 7
New Neighbors Now, Western Airlines,
1965-1966
Box 6, Folders 8-10, Box 8
Osaka-San Francisco Sister Cities,
1964-1967
Box 6, Folder 11
Miss Sister City (Osaka),
1964
Box 6, Folders 12-14
Goodwill Mission From Osaka,
1965-1966
Box 6, Folder 15
Miss Sister City (San Francisco),
1965-1966
Box 6, Folder 16
Town Affiliation Bulletins,
1964-1967
Box 6, Folder 17
Japan World Exposition,
1966-1967
Box 6, Folder 19
World Traffic Safety Conference,
1966-1967
Box 6, Folder 24
1968 Republican National Convention,
1965-1967
Box 6, Folder 26
St. Patrick's Day Committee,
1967
Box 6, Folders 27-28
San Francisco's Birthday Celebration,
1966-1967
Box 7, Folders 1-7
United Nations 20th Anniversary
1964-1965
Box 7, Folder 9
Petitions of Protest,
1965
Box 7, Folder 10
United Nations Day,
1966-1967
Box 7, Folders 12-14
Veterans Day Parade,
1965-1967
Box 7, Folder 15
Princess Margaret of Great Britain,
1965
Box 7, Folder 16
Lord Mayor of London,
1966
Box 7, Folder 17
President of Upper Volta,
1965
Box 7, Folder 18
U.S. World Trade Fair,
1964
Series 4
Campaigns,
1963-1967
Physical Description:
4.0 folders
Scope and Contents
This series contains a few items from Shelley's mayoral and re-election campaigns, two bond measures of June 2, 1964, and
an endorsement of Alan Cranston in his bid for U.S. Senate in 1964.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, with Shelley's campaigns first.
Box 7, Folder 20
Re-election Campaign,
1967
Box 7, Folder 21
Proposition A, Sewer Bond, and Proposition B, Lighting Bond,
1964
Box 7, Folder 22
Cranston for U.S. Senator,
1964