Register of the Jaquelin H. Hume papers
Finding aid prepared by Aparna Mukherjee
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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Title: Jaquelin H. Hume papers
Date (inclusive): 1964-1991
Collection Number: 98068
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
37 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 framed photograph
(15.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, lists, and financial records, relating to Republican Party fundraising activities,
especially in California, election campaigns of Ronald Reagan, especially his presidential campaign in 1976, and the gubernatorial
and presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan.
Creator:
Hume, Jaquelin H.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1998.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jaquelin H. Hume papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jaquelin H. Hume was born in Harbor Point, Michigan, on July 17, 1905. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University
in 1928 and his M.B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1930.
During Ronald Reagan's first term as governor of California, he was appointed chief of protocol for Northern California. He
was also heavily involved in the Republican Party's fundraising activities, especially in California, and in various political
campaigns, both at the state and the national levels, especially in the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan in 1976. That
same year he served as co-chairman of the Northern California Finance Committee of Citizens for Reagan.
In addition to his public activities, Jaquelin Hume was an active businessman: he was president and director of Basic Vegetable
Products, and chairman and director of American Potato Company, both in San Francisco. He also served on the board of directors
of Leslie Salt Company in San Francisco, and of Trader Vic's and Trader Vic's Restaurants, Inc.
He died in San Francisco, California, on October 1, 1991.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jaquelin H. Hume papers were donated to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1998 by his son George H. Hume. They
relate mainly to the election campaigns of Ronald Reagan for governor and for president, and to Jaquelin Hume's involvement
in those and other campaigns of Republican candidates, both at the state and at the national level. The collection bears testimony
to Hume's important role in the Republican Party and to his outstanding organizational and fundraising abilities.
Indeed, the fundraising activities file is the most extensive series in the collection, and covers a period of over 20 years.
Of particular interest therein is the large amount of correspondence, the profiles of candidates for whom he raised money,
and the records of contributions of various committees and organizations to the campaigns of Ronald Reagan and other Republican
candidates. Citizens for Reagan is especially represented here, as Hume was co-chairman of its Northern California Finance
Committee.
The Government service series relates to Hume's tenure as chief of protocol for Northern California during Ronald Reagan's
first term as governor of California, from 1967 to 1970, and consists mainly of correspondence with various officials in the
Reagan administration. Please note that some of this correspondence is addressed to Hume as president of Basic Vegetable Products,
Inc. (A speech he gave to the employees of that company in 1965 can be found in the biographical file.)
Other political correspondence can be found in the main correspondence series, with interesting letters to and from Ronald
Reagan, Howard Baker, Michael Deaver, Edwin Meese III, and Lyn Nofziger, among others.
Finally, the subject file contains important material on Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign of 1976, and on Jaquelin Hume's
involvement with the effort to lower taxes in California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
Elections -- California
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1976
Reagan, Ronald
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Citizens for Reagan
Biographical file
1965-1976
Scope and Contents note
Certificate of selection as a delegate, speech, and miscellany relating to the personal activities and accomplishments of
Jaquelin Hume, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1
Certificate of selection as a delegate to represent the state of California at the Republican Party's national convention
1976
box 1, folder 2
Speech given to employees of his company, Basic Vegetable Products, Inc., at Vacaville, California, on the occasion of the
presentation of award pins to employees who served in the company for 10-30 years
1965 December 15
Correspondence
1977-1990
Scope and Contents note
Letters arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1, folder 4
Baker, Howard H., Jr.
1987
box 1, folder 6
Caldwell, Alan
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes a letter to Edwin Meese from the Pacific Legal Foundation
box 1, folder 12
Feulner, Edwin J., Jr., Heritage Foundation
1989-1990
box 1, folder 15
Milbank, Jeremiah
1981
Scope and Contents note
Includes a letter and a memorandum to Holmes Tuttle
box 1, folder 16
Nofziger, Lyn
1981-1988. Includes a proposal for educational reform from the Sequoia Institute
box 1, folder 18
Reagan, Ronald
1985-1990.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with James S. Rosebush and Robert H. Tuttle
box 1, folder 20
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes an invitation to participate in the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center
for Public Affairs, 1988 November 21
box 1, folder 21
Smith, Jean (Mrs. William French Smith)
1990
box 1, folder 23
Vuksich, Dorothy (Mrs. Raymond Vuksich)
1990
Government service file
1967-1970
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, invitations, letter of appointment, lists, memoranda, messages, notes, organizational chart, reports, clippings
and other printed matter relating to the activities of the office of the governor in general and of Jaquelin Hume as chief
of protocol for Northern California in particular, arranged alphabetically by physical form
Correspondence with various members of the governor's office, including Ronald Reagan. Includes correspondence addressed to
Jaquelin Hume as president of Basic Vegetable Products, Inc.
box 1, folder 25
1967-1968. Includes some 1966 correspondence
box 1, folder 26
1969. Includes some 1970 correspondence
box 1, folder 27
Invitations
1969
Scope and Contents note
Includes some letters of Ronald Reagan stating that Jaquelin Hume will represent him at various government functions
box 1, folder 28
Letter of appointment, Chief of Protocol, Northern California
1967 January 16
box 1, folder 29
Lists of the Deputy Chiefs of Protocol, Northern California
box 1, folder 30
Organizational chart of the governor's office
box 1, folder 31
Public relations appointee file
1968
Fundraising Activities file
1965-1989
Scope and Contents note
Agenda, correspondence, profiles of candidates, and records of contributions relating to the campaigns of Ronald Reagan and
other Republican candidates, both at the state and at the national level, and to efforts by Jaquelin Hume and others to raise
funds for those races, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Includes materials relating to activities of Citizens for
Reagan
Correspondence. Includes related materials
box 2, folder 5
1968 July - 1969 December
box 2, folder 6-7
1969 December - 1970 December
box 3, folder 1
1970 June-October. Includes correspondence relating to Jaquelin Hume's financial contribution to Vanderbilt University for
their television news project
box 3, folder 2
1971 March-November. Includes Jaquelin Hume's comments re U.S.-Japanese relations
box 3, folder 6-7
1974 March - 1975 January.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters by Glenn Campbell, then director of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
box 4, folder 1
1974 November - 1975 June
box 4, folder 2
1975 July - 1976 February
box 4, folder 3
1975 December - 1976 February
box 5, folder 1
1976 March-December.
Scope and Contents note
Includes records relating to the candidacy of John A. Sutro
box 6, folder 3
Princeton University.
Scope and Contents note
Includes record of Jaquelin Hume's personal contribution to Princeton University
Profiles of candidates.
Scope and Contents note
Includes other materials as noted
box 6, folder 12
Brian, Earl. See also John L. Harmer
box 6, folder 13
Curtis, Carl and H. L. Richardson
Ford, Gerald R.
Scope and Contents note
See also Citizens for Reagan. Northern California Finance Committee
box 8, folder 13
1976
Scope and Contents note
See also Records of contributions
box 9, folder 2
Reagan, Ronald - George Bush
box 9, folder 3
Reagan, Ronald - Gerald Ford
Records of contributions.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence and other related materials
box 10, folder 3
Documents to justify the legality of the funds
box 11, folder 3
Miscellaneous political lists
box 12, folder 5
California Committee to Elect a Republican Legislature
box 12, folder 6
Citizens for Reagan. Executive Steering Committee
Citizens for Reagan. Northern California Finance Committee
Committees formed to support Ronald Reagan's candidacy for governor and president.
Scope and Contents note
See also Citizens for Reagan. Northern California Finance Committee
box 13, folder 6-7
1969 December - 1970 March
box 14, folder 1-2
1969 December - 1971 March
box 14, folder 3-5
1970. Includes some 1969 correspondence
box 15, folder 4
1970 March - 1971 January
box 16, folder 2
1975 November - 1976 June
box 16, folder 4
Memoranda re corporate contributions
box 16, folder 5
Nixon-Agnew Finance Committee
box 16, folder 6-7
Republican Congressional Boosters Club
box 16, folder 8-9
Republican National Finance Committee
box 16, folder 10
Republican Party (Calif.)
box 17, folder 1
Republican Party (Calif.)
box 17, folder 2-3
Republican Party (Calif.). State Central Committee
box 17, folder 4-5
Republican Party (United States)
box 17, folder 6
United San Francisco Republican Finance Committee
Subject file
1966-1990.
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence, flyers, memoranda, newsletters, reports, speech, statistical information, telegrams, clippings and
other printed matter relating to various individuals, organizations, and political issues, arranged alphabetically by subject
box 17, folder 8
American Enterprise Institute
box 17, folder 13
Citizens for America. Typescript notes for a phone conversation between Jaquelin Hume and Ronald Reagan
box 17, folder 16
Flat-rate income tax - United States.
Includes writings of Robert E. Hall and Alvin Rabushka, Fellows at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
box 18, folder 1
Flat-rate income tax - United States
box 18, folder 2
Goldwater for President Finance Committee
box 18, folder 3
Meese, Edwin III
1987-1990.
Scope and Contents note
Includes copy of his article, "What Lesson From the 1980s?"
box 18, folder 7
Public schools - United States. Speech by David T. Kearns
Reagan, Ronald. See also Fundraising Activities file
box 18, folder 9
List of state officials appointed by the governor
box 18, folder 11
Program for revenue control and tax reduction submmitted to the California legislature by Ronald Reagan
1973 March 12
box 18, folder 12
Environmental protection - California
Presidential candidacy
1975-1976
box 19, folder 1
Record of trips. Includes related correspondence, memorandum, and schedule
box 19, folder 2-4
Presidency - Inauguration
1980
box 19, folder 7
Republican National Convention. List of delegates
box 19, folder 8-9
San Francisco (Calif.). Port Transfer Committee. Includes materials relating to Jaquelin Hume's participation in the Port
Transfer Committee established by Joseph L. Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco, to negotiate the transfer of the port from the
jurisdiction of the state to that of the city
1968
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with Joseph Alioto 20.
box 19, folder 1-4
Taxation - California.
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials relating to Californians for Lower Taxes, creation of a tax lobby and Jaquelin Hume's personal contribution
to the creation of a tax lobby, and Proposition 1
box 21
Photographs
1980
Scope and Contents note
1 print of an unidentified individual, n.d.; 1 print, one copy and one negative of a group of unidentified individuals, n.d.;
and one postcard of president Ronald Reagan issued by the United States Capitol Historical Society, 1980
box 22
Oversize file
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Map of the United States indicating the number of delegates by states
The remainder of the collection is undescribed.
