Guide to the Jerry M. Patterson Papers MS.R.078
Processed by Tami Morse McGill; machine-readable finding aid created by Tami Morse McGill and Adrian Turner
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
(cc) 2001
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine 92623-9557
spcoll@uci.edu
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: Jerry M. Patterson papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.078
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear Feet
(13 boxes and 5 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1999
Date (bulk): 1974-1985
Abstract: This collection comprises news clippings, photographs, printed publicity materials and reports, datebooks, correspondence,
and other papers related to the political career of Jerry M. Patterson, who served as councilman and mayor of Santa Ana from
1969 to 1974, then as the United States Congressman from California's 38th Congressional District (Santa Ana and Garden Grove)
from 1975 to 1984. The collection covers his personal life, his campaigns for political office, and his activities while in
office. The majority of the material covers Patterson's terms in the U. S. Congress.
Language of Material:
English
.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Jerry M. Patterson Papers. MS-R78. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jerry Patterson, 1999.
Processing History
Processed by Tami Morse McGill in 2001.
Biography
Jerry M. Patterson was born October 25, 1934 in El Paso, Texas. He received a Juris Doctor from UCLA Law School in 1966 and
opened a private law practice in 1967 in Santa Ana. He was elected to the Santa Ana City Council in 1969 and served as mayor
of Santa Ana from 1973 to 1974. In 1974 Patterson was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives
where he represented California's 38th Congressional District. While a Congressman he served on the Select Committee on Committees,
the Select Committee on Aging, and the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families. He introduced the Housing Piracy
Prevention Act and the Olympic Coin Act, and championed the creation of the Orange County National Urban Park. Patterson served
for five terms, losing his seat to Republican Robert K. Dornan in 1984. In 1996, Patterson was elected a trustee of the Coast
Community College District in Orange County, California.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection comprises news clippings, photographs, printed publicity materials and reports, datebooks, correspondence,
and other papers related to the political career of Jerry M. Patterson, who served as councilman and mayor of Santa Ana from
1969 to 1974, then as the United States Congressman from California's 38th Congressional District (Santa Ana and Garden Grove)
from 1975 to 1984. The collection covers his personal life, his campaigns for political office, and his activities while in
office. The majority of the material covers Patterson's terms in the U. S. Congress.
This collection is organized into 4 series.
- Series 1. Personal files, 1934-1989.
- Series 2. Orange County political office files, 1970-1999.
- Series 3. Congressional campaigns files, 1974-1985.
- Series 4. Congressional files, 1975-1985.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Santa Ana (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- Archives
Political candidates -- California -- Archives
United States -- Politics and government
California -- Politics and government -- History -- Sources.
Elections -- California -- History -- Sources
Biographical materials, Series 1.
1935-1989.
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series comprises materials related to Jerry Patterson's personal life. Items include his birth announcement, the program
for his graduation from law school, business cards, resumés, news clippings related to his activities prior to and following
his political career, photographs primarily of his family, and several scrapbook leaves covering his high school years.
This series is arranged topically.
box FB-022, folder 1
Oversized items
1965-1966
box FB-022, folder 1
Scrapbook leaves
ca. 1950-1952
Orange County political office files, Series 2.
1960-1999.
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains material covering Patterson's political career in Orange County. Patterson held elected positions as
councilman and mayor of Santa Ana, and as a trustee of the Coast Community College District. Materials include campaign fliers
and memorabilia, news clippings, correspondence, photographs, a resolution of appreciation from the Orange County Board of
Supervisors, and one videotape.
This series is arranged topically.
box 1, folder 7
Campaign materials, and undated
1969-ca. 1996
box FB-022, folder 2
"Jerry Patterson, Supervisor" campaign flier, undated
box 1, folder 8
Clippings and correspondence
ca. 1960-1996
box FB-022, folder 2
Oversized material, and undated
1969
box AV-001, item MS-R78-V001
Political campaign videotape, "Video for Truman Award Dinner, 1999-09-09, made by Wendy L. Moulton,"
1999
Congressional campaigns files, Series 3.
1974-1985.
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series consists of materials related to Patterson's campaigns for Congress. The series is organized into three subseries,
covering his various campaigns.
- Subseries 3.1. 1974 campaign.
- Subseries 3.2. 1976-1982 campaigns.
- Subseries 3.3. 1984 campaign.
1974 campaign, . Subseries 3.1.
1974
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries covers Patterson's first Congressional campaign in 1974, in which he won election as the representative of
Orange County's 38th Congressional District. Materials in this subseries include campaign fliers and other materials, a detailed
post-election analysis, congratulatory correspondence, and news clippings, some of which are organized in two scrapbooks.
This subseries is arranged topically.
box 2, folder 1
California Thirty-eighth Congressional District: a post-election analysis
1974 November
box FB-022, folder 2
Oversized material, undated
box FB-031, folder 1-2
Scrapbooks
1974
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
1976-1982 campaigns, . Subseries 3.2.
1976-1982
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries contains materials related to Patterson's Congressional campaigns in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982. Items include
campaign fliers, news clippings, and a scrapbook containing campaign materials and clippings from the 1976 campaign.
This subseries is arranged topically.
box 2, folder 5
Campaign materials, and undated
1976-1982
box FB-022, folder 2
Oversized material, and undated
1980
box 2, folder 6
Clippings, and undated
1976-1980
box FB-023, folder 1-2
Scrapbooks
1976-1981
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
1984 campaign, . Subseries 3.3.
1983-1985
Physical Description: 0.2 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Subseries Scope and Content Summary
This subseries covers Patterson's 1984 campaign, in which he lost his Congressional seat to Robert K. Dornan. Materials include
campaign fliers from both Patterson's and Dornan's campaigns, working papers including drafts of campaign publicity materials,
handwritten notes, memoranda and correspondence, and one report on survey results, and news clippings. The clippings also
cover Patterson's consideration of a rematch against Dornan in 1986, and his decision not to run again.
This subseries is arranged topically.
box 2, folder 7
Campaign publicity, and undated
1984
box 2, folder 10
Notes, correspondence and reports, and undated
1983-1984
Congressional files, Series 4.
1975-1984.
Physical Description: 2.6 Linear Feet
General Physical Description note: no content
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series covers Patterson's activities while in Congress. Materials include news clippings, photographs, published mailings
to constituents, datebooks and pocket calendars, correspondence, handwritten notes, and printed reports. Most of the news
clippings were organized into scrapbooks; these have been copied and the originals returned to the donor. Files on events
contain predominantly photographic materials, with some correspondence and notes. The photographic files contain individual
prints, contact sheets, and a few slides; many have no identification of location or date. Also included are the bound Congressional
directories from each of Patterson's terms in office and his office nameplate.
The series is arranged topically.
box 3, folder 1
Clippings, and undated
ca. 1975-1984
box 3, folder 2
Communications with constituents, and undated
1975-1984
box FB-022, folder 2
Oversized materials
1976-1984
box 3, folder 3-4, box 4, folder 1-3
box 5, folder 1-32, box 6, folder 1-12
box 5, folder 1
Sept.-Oct., Visit to Northrup Corporation F-18 mockup
box 5, folder 2
Oct., Willard Company party
box 5, folder 3
, Bill signing, Equal Credit Opportunity and Truth in Leasing Act
1976 Mar. 23
box 5, folder 4
Gasohol demonstration
1978 June 30
box 5, folder 5
Feb., Open house introducing Dan Young and Greg Sanders
box 5, folder 6
Mar., Mayors Conference, Washington D.C.
box 5, folder 7
May, Strawberry Festival, Garden Grove, CA
box 5, folder 9
June 5, Los Alamitos Boys Soccer Club
box 5, folder 10
July 20, Long Beach Naval Shipyard
box 5, folder 13
May 30, Speech, California Life Insurance Underwriters Association, Newport Beach, CA
box 5, folder 14
May 31, Speech, California Credit Union League
box 5, folder 15
, Staff retreat, Camp Hoover, Shenandoah National Park, VA
1981 Sept. 10
box 5, folder 16
Feb., District work period
box 5, folder 17
Mar. 21, Aug. 27-30 and Oct., Neighborhood coffees
box 5, folder 18
July 7, Visit to Orange County's Welfare Fraud Unit with R. Stanton
box 5, folder 19
Nov. 2, Manufactured Housing Show
box 5, folder 21
Mar., Santa Ana "All-America" City recognition
box 5, folder 22
May, Artistic Discovery Congressional art contest, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
box 5, folder 24
July, Women's Advisory Committee
box 5, folder 25
Oct. 15, Women's forum with Karen Grassle
box 5, folder 27
Feb., Visit with Henry Waxman
box 5, folder 28
Mar. 9, Garden Grove crime forum
box 5, folder 29
Apr. 12, Visit with Wilma Presley
box 5, folder 30
July 1, Speech, Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce in America
box 5, folder 31
July 6, Senior citizens conference
box 5, folder 32
Sept. 21, Central America conference
box 6, folder 1
Admiral Sansone and speakers on defense procurement
box 6, folder 4
Commission on Security and Economic Assistance meeting with George Schultz
box 6, folder 5
Hearing with Orange County witnesses
box 6, folder 7
Patterson on Cable News Network
box 6, folder 8
Patterson with groups at the Capitol
box 6, folder 9
Presidential classroom kids
box 6, folder 11
Space Shuttle in Los Angeles
box 6, folder 12
Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
box 6, folder 13
, Housing Piracy Prevention Act
1977 May-June
box 6, folder 14
, Orange County Urban National Park
1978-1980
box 6, folder 15
,
Energy Jurisdictions of House Committees, report on hearings before the Select Committee on Committees
1979, Oct.-Dec.
box 6, folder 16
, Select Committee on Committees
1979-1981
box 6, folder 17-19
, Olympic Coin Act
1981-1982
box 6, folder 19
Letters of public support
box 6, folder 20
, Select Committee on Aging
1982
box 6, folder 21
, Subcommittee on Inter-American Development Bank Authorities
1983, Apr. 20
box 6, folder 22
, Reports, Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families
1983-1984
box 7, folder 2
Notes, clippings and correspondence, and undated
1974-1984
box FB-022, folder 2
Program, "The Democratic Study Group Salutes the Speaker, Thomas P. O'Neill"
1978 Feb. 28
box 7, folder 3
Alone, and undated
1976-1978
box 7, folder 4
In Congress, and undated
1976-1984
box 7, folder 5
At events, and undated
1979-1984
box 7, folder 6
In his district, and undated
1978-1984
box 7, folder 7
With others, and undated
1976-1984
box 10, folder 1-6, box 11, box 1-5
box 10, folder 1-6
1976
Physical Description: 6 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 11, folder 1-2
Orange County National Urban Park and other issues, Sept.-Dec.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
box 11, folder 3
Political issues, Sept.-Nov.
box 11, folder 4-5
1980 May-July.
Physical Description: 2 folders.
General Physical Description note: no content
