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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Edwin Wendell Pauley papers
Creator:
Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0435
Physical Description:
46.5 Linear Feet
(93 boxes and 51 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1907-2001
Abstract: Edwin Wendell Pauley was born in 1903. In 1940 Pauley served as a member of the University of California, Board of Regents,
a position he kept for 30 years. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs, photo albums, and news clippings of Edwin
Pauley with his family, friends, and numerous political figures of the twentieth century. Personal and political correspondence,
correspondence and memorabilia from the 1960 Democratic National Convention, awards for public services, biographical information
on Edwin Pauley, and books regarding political history are also included.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Edwin W. Pauley Papers (5 items) .
[Identification of item], Edwin Wendell Pauley Papers (Collection Number 435). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stephen M. Pauley, Susan P. French, and Robert V. Pauley.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9956042623606533
Edwin Wendell Pauley was born in 1903 to Elbert L. Pauley and Ellen Van Petten. He received his Bachelor degree in Business
Administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923 and soon thereafter began a successful career as an oilman.
In 1940 Pauley served as a member of the University of California, Board of Regents, a position he kept for 30 years. He also
served as a delegate from California at the 1944 Democratic National Convention and by 1960 he was the treasurer of the Democratic
National Committee. After the war from 1945 to 1947, Pauley was the United States representative to the Allied Reparations
Committee, serving and advising Presidents Truman, Kennedy, and Johnson. Pauley was first married to Norma Barrett. They had
a son, Edwin Wendell Pauley, Jr. He later married Bobette J. McHenry (Bobbe) and had a daughter and two sons: Susan Jean,
Stephen M., and Robert V. (Buzz). In 1947, Pauley and four other wealthy oilmen bought an island off the eastern coast of
Oahu in Kaneohe Bay. Eventually, Pauley bought the other four shares and became the sole owner calling it Coconut Island where
he and his family and friends spent many vacations together. After his death in 1981, the island was put up for sale by his
wife and children, and eventually became the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs, photo albums, and news clippings of Edwin Pauley with his family, friends,
and numerous political figures of the twentieth century. The rest of the collection includes personal and political correspondence,
correspondence and memorabilia from the 1960 Democratic National Convention, awards for public services, biographical information
on Edwin Pauley, and books regarding political history.
Arranged in the following series:
- Awards
- Biography of EWP (O.W. Van Petten)
- Books
- Business
- EWP biography files
- Herb Childs - Interviews - History - Information for Edwin W. Pauley Book - Bekins Files
- Memorabilia
- News clippings
- News clippings albums
- Personal
- Photo albums
- Photographs
- Political files
- Postcards
- Scrapbooks
- U.S. politics
- University of California and U.S. Politics.
Edwin W. Pauley Papers, 1928-1996 . Available at the Harold S. Truman Library and Museum.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Politicians -- United States -- Archives.
Businessmen -- California -- Archives.
Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell) -- Archives