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| Information from Online Catalog |
| Author/Creator:
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Cruikshank, Nelson H., 1902-1986 |
| Title:
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Papers, 1927-1988. |
| Quantity:
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32.6 c.f.,
1 disc recording,
5 tape recordings, and
391 photographs. |
| Summary:
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Papers of Cruikshank, the American Federation
of Labor's director of social insurance activities (1944-1965),
a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University's Labor Studies
Center (1969- ), and chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee on
Health for the American Hospital Association (1971-1974). Included
is correspondence, reports, conference materials, and publications,
particularly stressing employment security, problems of the aging,
health, social security legislation, union welfare fund fraud, and
union ethics. The correspondence is from other unions, from Senators
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Paul Douglas, and between William
Green and Harry S. Truman. |
| Notes:
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The original disc recording now is also
available on tape.
This collection is unprocessed. |
| Finding
aid: |
Case file. |
| Subjects:
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Aged--Government policy--United States.
Insurance, Social. |
| Form/Genre:
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Manuscript collection.
Photographs.
Sound recordings. |
| RLIN
Number: |
WIHV84-A215 |
| Location:
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Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call
Number: |
M66-015 |
| Shelf
Location: |
MAD 4 /58/F1-7, G7 (Box 1-24); MAD Sound/Tape
1269A (1 tape) |
| Description:
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Correspondence, reports, and conference
materials primarily from 1947-1965 and related to health, social
security, union welfare funds, union ethics, employment security,
and problems of aging. See preliminary inventory in Case file for
more details. A "green disk" included in this collection, recording
a Dec. 27, 1948 telephone conversation, has been copied on tape
and assigned call numbers Tape 1269A and Disc 214A. Qty: 24.0 c.f.
(24 cartons) and 1 disc recording |
| Location:
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Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call
Number: |
M84-329 |
| Shelf
Location: |
MAD 2M/22/G2-4 (5 cartons); MAD Icon (slides);
MAD Sound |
| Description:
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Subject files and correspondence. Qty: 5.0
c.f. (5 cartons), 3 tape recordings, and 43 slides |
| Location:
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Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call
Number: |
M84-371 |
| Shelf
Location: |
MAD 4 /41/B2 |
| Description:
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Correspondence concerning Cruikshank; from
his daughter. Qty: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) |
| Location:
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Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call
Number: |
M94-199 |
| Shelf
Location: |
MAD 3 /33/G6 |
| Description:
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Additions, ca. 1965-1984, including correspondence,
clippings, publications, manuscripts, and photographs mainly concerning
Social Security legislation and other programs for the aging. Included
is a brief history of the Social Security Department of the AFL-CIO
written by Cruikshank (?). See box list with accession form. Qty:
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
| Location:
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Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call
Number: |
M96-082 |
| Shelf
Location: |
MAD 2M/48/D3-4 (papers); MAD Sound (tapes);
MAD Icon (photos) |
| Description:
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Additions, 1927-1988, including substantial
biographical information, notably about Cruikshank's first career
as a clergyman. There are also files relating to his death; correspondence
and manuscripts for his memoir "The Cruikshank Chronicles"; clippings;
files concerning his activities with S.O.S. (Save Our Security)
and the National Council of Senior Citizens; correspondence; articles
and speeches; a tape-recorded interview by daughter Alice Hoffman
(transcription in box 2, folder 4); transcript of an oral history
interview regarding the merger of the AFL and CIO; diaries and appointment
books; and numerous photographs, both informal and formal, especially
from his years in the Carter administration. See box list with accession
form. Qty: 3.0 c.f. (1 record center carton and 5 archives boxes),
2 tape recordings, and 348 photographs |
| Container List |
| M96-082 |
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Folder
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Social Security Project |
| 1 |
1 |
Save Our Social Security Curriculum Project,1986-1988 |
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2 |
Social Security Education Project Re: Cruikshank
Chronicles, 1988-1989 |
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3 |
Social Security |
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4 |
"Social Security and You", 1969 |
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5 |
Income Maintenance and the Social Security
System, Nov. 10-12, 1968 |
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6 |
Social Security Project |
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7 |
"Ronald Reagan Speaks out Against Socialized
Medicine" |
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8 |
Social Security Conference and Pamphlet |
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9 |
"A Fifty Year Report Card on The Social Security
System," 1985 |
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10 |
Supplemental Security Income, 1984 |
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11 |
Social Security Project |
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Cruikshank Chronicles |
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12 |
Correspondence re: The Cruikshank Chronicles,1988 |
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13 |
The Cruikshank Chronicles manuscript, pp.151-257 |
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14 |
Cruikshank Chronicles |
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15 |
Cruikshank Chronicles |
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16 |
The Cruikshank Chronicles: Anecdotes, Stories
and Memoirs of a New Deal Liberal, 1986 |
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17 |
The Cruikshank Chronicles, pp.1-150 |
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18 |
Permission to use New Yorker Cartoon in Cruikshank
Chronicles, 1989 |
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National Council of Senior
Citizens |
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19 |
National Council of Senior Citizens, Membership
Materials, 1984 |
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20 |
National Council of Senior Citizens and Bio
on Daddy, 1986-1987 Correspondence to Alice Hoffman |
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21 |
Press Release |
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Newspaper Clippings |
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22 |
Articles dealing with Social Security and
Labor Issues |
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23 |
Articles relating to Nelson Cruikshank's work
as a Pastor, 1930's |
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Nelson Cruikshank's Passing |
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24 |
Sympathy Letters, 1986 |
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25 |
Gwen's Dairy on BarBar's Death, 1986 |
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26 |
Daddy's Memorial Service |
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27 |
Funeral Register |
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Articles, Speeches, and other
works by Nelson Cruikshank |
| 2 |
1 |
Biography |
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2 |
"The Churches and the NRA", article by Nelson
Cruikshank |
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3 |
Oral History from Nelson Cruikshank on the
AFL-CIO Merger |
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4 |
Interview with Nelson Cruikshank by Alice
Hoffman (transcript of Tape 2) |
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5 |
Congressional Record containing remarks of
Nelson Cruikshank about Social Security, April 4, 1978 |
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6 |
Thesis? on Greek Religion and the Religious
background of the Greek Tragedians |
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7 |
"In Support of the Hypothesis that Senator
Joseph McCarthy Could be a Communist Agent" by Nelson Cruikshank,
1953 |
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8 |
Articles written by Nelson Cruikshank, 1949-1983 |
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9 |
Why am I in The Labor Movement, "The People's
Movement" by Nelson Cruikshank |
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10 |
"Our Debt to the Liberal Arts", Alumni Convocation,
June 22, 1980 |
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Correspondence |
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11 |
Invitations, 1964-65, 1979 |
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12 |
"Town Meeting on the Air", Congratulatory
Correspondence, 1949 |
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13 |
Family Correspondence, 1933, 1976-1981 |
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14 |
Correspondence, 1932-1986 |
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15 |
Mostly Financial Correspondence dealing with
Alice hoffman, 1961-1974 |
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16 |
Personal Correspondence, 1983-1984 |
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Awards and Diplomas |
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17 |
Awards and Diplomas |
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18 |
Nomination of Nelson Cruikshank for the Rockefeller
Public Service Awards, 1980 |
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Subject Files |
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1 |
AFL-CIO, 1964-1968, Correspondence, Articles
and Speeches |
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2 |
A Tribute to John Herling, November 14, 1978 |
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3 |
A Dividend from History by Bert Strauss, 1982 |
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4 |
Memorial Gathering for Mary Fox Herling, Dec
2, 1978 |
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5 |
Calling Card/Business Card File |
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6 |
Poems, 1938, 1958, 1978 |
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7 |
Job Applications, Performance Reviews, School
Records, 1929-1944 |
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8 |
Sources for "Mountain Folks" |
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9 |
Carter Years |
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10 |
National Capitol Area Trade Union Retirees
Club, 1980-1982 |
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11 |
Commemorative Stamp dedication Celebrating
the 50th Anniversary of Passage of Wisconsin Workmen's Compensation
Act, Sept. 4, 1961 |
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Diaries/Appointment Books, 1927-1949 |
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Diaries/Appointment Books, 1950-1959 |
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Diaries/Appointment Books, 1960-1983 |
| PHOTOGRAPHS |
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"Old" Photographs (205)
Contains photographs of Family, Friends, and Landscapes |
| 2 |
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White House Photographs (16)
Taken from the folder:"Carter Years" and includes several photographs
with President Carter |
| 3 |
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Photographs (55)
Contains photographs of Nelson Cruikshank with various committees,
groups, family members, and President Lyndon Johnson |
| 4 |
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Photographs (19)
Includes Landscapes and buildings (By Nelson Cruikshank?) |
| 5 |
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Photographs not used in Cruikshank Chronicles
(16)
Nelson Cruikshank with various committees, union gatherings and other
meetings. |
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Photographs for Mountain Folk (23)
Landscapes and "mountain folk" |
| 7 |
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Photographs to be copied (14)
Various photographs of Nelson Cruikshank |
| TAPE
RECORDINGS |
| 1 |
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Nelson Cruikshank in Memoria |
| 2 |
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Interview by Alice Hoffman about Nelson Cruikshank's
early life. He first describes his life as a pastor in New Haven,
CT in 1933. He then goes on to talk about his dissatisfaction being
in the clergy and how he saw his life unfolding if he remained. He
then speaks about how he got into the labor movement while in New
Haven and how events took him over. |
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