Jack Yeager California 1970 ballot propositions scrapbooks

Finding aid prepared by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant.
Special Collections & University Archives
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Jack Yeager California 1970 ballot propositions scrapbooks
Date (inclusive): 1969-1970
Collection Number: MS 134
Creator: Yeager, Jacques (Jack), 1921-2016
Extent: 2.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection contains two scrapbooks of news clippings, correspondence, political mailers, and other materials related to efforts to pass two ballot propositions related to state bonds in the June 2, 1970 election in California.
Languages: The collection is in English.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [date if possible]. Jack Yeager California 1970 ballot propositions scrapbooks (MS 134). Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.

Acquisition Information

Provenance unknown.

Processing History

Processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.
Processing of the Jack Yeager California 1970 ballot propositions scrapbooks was completed by undergraduate students from the University of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.

Historical Note

The June 2, 1970 election in California had 8 propositions on the ballot. California Proposition 1, Bonds for University of California Health Sciences Facilities, was a legislatively-referred bond act which would have provided for a bond issue of $246,300,000 to provide capital for University of California Health Science Facilities. It was defeated in the election. California Proposition 7, Interest Rate on State-Issued Bonds, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that would have increased the maximum interest rate the State could pay on its currently unsold general obligation bonds from 5% to 7%. It was passed in the election.
Jacques "Jack" Yeager was a lifelong Riverside resident, born in 1921. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from UC Berkeley in 1947, interrupted for a few years during World War II when he served with the U.S. Navy Seabees building airports in the South Pacific. After graduating Yeager returned to Riverside to join the family business, E.L. Yeager Construction Co., which he ran with his brothers Dick and Gene. The company grew and worked on many major projects in the Inland Empire, including grading the UC Riverside campus land, creating the "C" on Box Springs Mountain behind campus, and upgrading the 91 into a freeway. Yeager was also heavily involved in local community and political efforts. He helped raise money for a variety of efforts, including the UC Riverside Anderson School of Management, the California Museum of Photography, and the Center for Environmental Research & Technology. He passed away in 2016.

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains scrapbooks from Jack Yeager on efforts to pass Proposition 1 (University Of California Health Science Facilities) and Proposition 7 (Interest Rate on State Bonds), which were ballot measures on the June 2, 1970 California state ballot. Items in the scrapbooks focus mostly on materials from citizen committees formed to support the propositions, including organizing efforts, campaigning materials, news clippings, and photographs.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged topically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Referendum
State bonds

Genres and Forms of Materials

Scrapbooks


Box 1

Proposition 1 - Bonds for University of California Health Sciences Facilities Scrapbook 1969-1970

Box 2

Proposition 7 - Interest Rate on State-Issued Bonds 1970