Register of the Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
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.
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 |
|
Publication of
Life on Two Levels, the autobiography of Josephine Whitney Duveneck
|
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.
Biographical File
1955-1966
Scope and Contents note
Bibliography, clippings, and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1
Bibliography
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence relating to the award of an honorable mention to Josephine W. Duveneck by the Lane Bryant Annual Award committee
1955
Correspondence
1941-1974
Scope and Contents note
Letters of Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
Speeches and Writings
1942-1978
Scope and Contents note
Autobiography, letters to the editor, speeches, and writings, arranged by the names of the Duvenecks and therein chronologically
by title
box 1, folder 7
Letter to the editor,
New York Times, .
1942 April 12
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 1, folder 8
Letter to the editor,
The Nation, .
1942 May 9
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
Duveneck, Josephine Whitney
box 1, folder 9
Speech on Quakerism
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 10
Writing on progressive education
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph (incomplete)
box 1, folder 11
Writing on relocation of Japanese Americans
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph (incomplete)
box 1, folder 12
Speech to California Federation for Civic Unity, .
1948(?)
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 13
Poem, .
1957
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 1, folder 14
Life on Two Levels, autobiography, .
1978
Scope and Contents note
Typescript (incomplete)
Subject File
1936-1974
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, clippings, Congressional hearings transcripts, correspondence, leaflets, maps, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets,
reports, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by subject
box 1, folder 15-16
American Friends Service Committee
box 1, folder 17-20
Civil rights--United States.
Scope and Contents note
Includes material relating to the California Federation for Civic Unity and the Council for Civic Unity of San Francisco
box 2, folder 1-3
Civil rights--United States. (Contd.)
box 2, folder 7
Correspondence, .
1937-1958
Scope and Contents note
Letters neither to nor from Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck, and relating to the American Association on Indian Affairs
and the California Indian Defense Committee. Correspondents include E. Raymond Armsby, Charles de Y. Elkus, and Oliver La
Farge
Japanese Americans--
Evacuation
and
relocation
, 1942-1945
Correspondence, largely involving Frank B. Duveneck's efforts on behalf of evacuees
1942-1944
box 6, folder 2-7
Migrant agricultural workers--United States
box 7, folder 1-2
Migrant agricultural workers--United States (Contd.)
Private Camp Integration Study Group
box 7, folder 3
Correspondence, largely involving Josephine Whitney Duveneck
1964-1970
box 7, folder 6
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
box 7, folder 7
United Farm Workers of America (UFWA)
box 8, folder 1-4
United States. Farm Security Administration.
General note
See also Migrant agricultural workers--United States
Photographs
1954
Scope and Contents note
38 prints depicting the members of a convention of the California Federation for Civic Unity, American Indian arts and crafts,
migrant agricultural workers and their children, and a neighborhood improvement program
box 8, folder 5
1 print depicting the members (including Josephine Whitney Duveneck?) of a convention of the California Federation for Civic
Unity, Asilomar, California
1954
box 8, folder 6
3 prints depicting American Indian arts and crafts
n.d.
box 8, folder 7
3 prints depicting living facilities in a camp for migrant agricultural workers
n.d.
box 8, folder 8
16 prints depicting an educational program for the children of migrant agricultural workers
n.d.
box 8, folder 9
10 prints depicting migrant agricultural workers and their children
n.d.
box 8, folder 10
5 prints and 2 sheets of contact prints depicting a neighborhood improvement program in Menlo Park, California
n.d.