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Title: Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
Date (inclusive): 1936-1974
Collection Number: 88031
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes
(2.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Pamphlets, leaflets, reports, bulletins, newsletters, statements, Congressional hearings, serial issues, and clippings, relating
to the internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II; social problems in the United States, especially
in California, and especially with reference to migrant farm workers, sharecroppers, blacks, and American Indians; race relations
in the United States; and progressive education programs. Collected by Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck. Includes a
few letters written to the Duvenecks.
Creator:
Duveneck, Josephine Whitney, 1891-1978
source:
Duveneck, Frank B.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
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Acquired.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1886 |
Birth of Frank B. Duveneck, Florence, Italy |
1891 |
Birth of Josephine Whitney, Brookline, Massachusetts |
1913 |
Marriage of Frank B. Duveneck and Josephine Whitney |
1920s |
Josephine Whitney Duveneck serves on the Palo Alto City Council |
1924 |
Purchase of Hidden Villa Ranch, Los Altos, California, which later becomes a summer camp for children and a youth hostel |
1942-1945 |
Both Duvenecks are active on behalf of evacuated Japanese Americans |
1978 |
Death of Josephine Whitney Duveneck |
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Publication of
Life on Two Levels, the autobiography of Josephine Whitney Duveneck
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1985 |
Death of Frank B. Duveneck |
Scope and Content Note
Received in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1988, with an increment in 1998, the Duveneck collection reflects
the lifelong social activism of Frank B. Duveneck and Josephine Whitney Duveneck. The causes taken up by the Duvenecks included
the plight of migrant farm workers in the United States; the promotion of racial equality in American society; concern for
the status of American Indians; and the defense of Japanese Americans who were relocated during World War II. In addition,
the Duvenecks devoted time to running an integrated summer camp for children and were active in the Society of Friends (Quakers).
The collection includes material relating to these issues. Of particular interest are those documents relating to the relocation
of Japanese Americans, including government publications, letters of protest, and Frank B. Duveneck's personal correspondence
with evacuees (see SUBJECT FILE). The collection also includes numerous publications and photographs documenting the living
conditions of migrant agricultural workers and Indians in the United States (see SUBJECT FILE and PHOTOGRAPHS), as well as
material pertaining to Josephine Whitney Duveneck's activities as a member of various civil rights organizations in California
(see SUBJECT FILE).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education -- United States
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Indians of North America
United States -- Social conditions
United States -- Race relations
African Americans
Migrant agricultural laborers
Sharecropping
Land tenure -- United States
Duveneck, Frank B.