Finding Aid for the Charles G. Gant California Democratic Council Records, 1960-1967
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles G. Gant California Democratic Council Records,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1967
Collection number: 1073
Creator: Gant, Charles G., 1916-
Extent:
10 boxes (5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Charles Green Gant (b.1916) served as president of the Northridge Democratic Club (1958) and the Santa Ana Democratic Club
(1960-61), California Democratic Council (CDC) director for the 35th congressional district (1963-65), was the manager of
the 1964 CDC convention, and served as a member of the Democratic County Central Committee of Orange County. In 1965, he was
elected as the first southern vice-president of CDC, but resigned with other board members several months later because of
insoluble conflicts with CDC president Simon Casady. Later, he helped form, and then head, Democrats of Southern California.
The collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and printed material relating to the activities of the California Democratic
Council and former southern vice-president, Charles G. Gant. Includes files on the Simon Casady political disputes, 1965,
as well as materials related to Gant's political activities in Orange County, California.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Charles G. Gant, 1969.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles G. Gant California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1073). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Charles Green Gant was born on September 24, 1916 in Nashville, Tennessee; AB, Antioch College, 1942; moved to Washington,
D.C. to be an administrative analyst with the U.S. Bureau of the Budget; in 1951 became comptroller, then Study Director for
the National Science Foundation; became business manager of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's research laboratories in Van Nuys,
California; director of Philco-Ford Newport Beach operations until 1967; president, Northridge Democratic Club, 1958 and Santa
Ana Democratic Club, 1960-61; served as California Democratic Council (CDC) director for the 35th congressional district,
1963-65; manager of 1964 CDC convention; elected as first southern vice-president of CDC in its 1965 reorganization, but resigned
with other board members several months later because of insoluble conflicts with CDC president Simon Casady; helped form
and then head Democrats of Southern California; elected in 1964 and continued to serve as member of Democratic County Central
Committee of Orange County.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, and printed material relating to the activities of the California Democratic
Council and former southern vice-president, Charles G. Gant. Includes files on the Simon Casady political disputes, 1965,
as well as materials related to Gant's political activities in Orange County, California.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- CDC board of directors meetings and minutes (Boxes 1-2).
- CDC Bulletin (Box 3).
- Simon Casady political disputes (Boxes 3-4).
- CDC conventions, etc. (Box 5).
- Election reform--NPAAC (Box 6).
- Orange County Council of Democratic Clubs--Richards-Kuchel campaign, 1962 (Box 7).
- 35th congressional district--volunteer politics conference (Box 8).
- Miscellaneous papers (Box 9).
- Various campaign and political mementos.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Gant, Charles G., 1916- --Archives.
California Democratic Council--Archives.
Political activists--California, Southern.
California--Politics and government, 1951- .
Orange County (Calif.)--Politics and government.
- The California Democratic Council and grass-roots politics [oral history transcript] / Charles G. Gant, interviewee. UCLA
Oral History Department interview, 1970. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- Tom B. Carvey Papers (Collection 1110). Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.
- Larry N. Gerston California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1281). Available at Department of Special Collection.
- Knox Mellon California Democratic Council Records (Collection 1061). Available at Department of Special Collections.
Container List
CDC Board of Directors Meetings and Minutes of Meetings
1962-January 1965
Box 1, Folder 4
Santa Barbara.
October 1962
Box 1, Folder 14
Palo Alto.
September 1964
Box 1, Folder 15
El Segundo.
November 1964
CDC Board of Directors Meetings and Minutes of Meetings
April 1965-November 1966
Scope and Content Note
[Several of the folders in this box include informal minutes of Executive Committee meetings, usually held prior to the Board
meetings.]
Box 2, Folder 4
Los Angeles.
October 1965
Box 2, Folder 6
San Francisco.
April 1966
Box 2, Folder 8
Santa Monica.
September 1966
Box 2, Folder 9
Lake Tahoe.
November 1966
Box 2, Folder 10
Board Meetings - Arrangements for the site locations.
1964-1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence.
CDC Bulletin and Simon Casady Affair
1962-1965
Box 3, Folder 1
Bulletin.
1962
Scope and Content Note
vol.1, no.1-11.
Box 3, Folder 2
Bulletin.
1963
Scope and Content Note
vol.2, no.1-10.
Box 3, Folder 3
Bulletin.
1964
Scope and Content Note
vol.3, no.1-9.
Box 3, Folder 4
Bulletin.
1965
Scope and Content Note
vol.4, no.1-4 [i.e., May].
Boxes 3-4
[Simon] Casady Affair
1965
Box 3, Folder 6
Correspondence supporting Casady.
Box 3, Folder 8
"Explanation of Charges Relating to the Competency of Simon Casady as President of the California Democratic Council".
October 1965
Physical Description: (16 leaves).
Box 4, Folder 1
Casady Aftermath.
1965
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, clippings, etc.
re the activities of CDC following the Casady Affair.
Box 4, Folder 4
Civic and Human Relations Committee.
1965
Box 4, Folders 5-6
Correspondence of Southern Vice-President (Gant)
Box 5, Folder 4
Commendatory letters
re Long Beach convention.
1964
Box 5, Folder 6
Sacremento Convention Papers.
1965
Box 5, Folder 7
Location plans and correspondence.
Box 6, Folder 2
Election Results.
1960-1966
Scope and Content Note
Primarily clippings.
Box 6, Folder 7
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
1964-1965
Box 6, Folder 8
Negro Political Action Association of California.
1965
Orange County Council of Democratic Clubs - Richards-Kuchel Campaign
1962
Box 7, Folder 1
Orange County Council of Democratic Clubs.
ca. 1962-1965
Box 7, Folder 2
Organization Committee.
1965
Box 7, Folder 5
Registration Campaign, Sample.
1968
Box 7, Folder 6
Resolutions Committee.
1965
Box 7, Folders 7-8
Richards - Kuchel Campaign for U.S. Senate.
1962
35th Congressional District - Volunteer Politics Conference
Box 8, Folders 1-3
35th Congressional District - CDC Director's Affairs.
Box 8, Folders 4-7
Volunteer Politics Conference, Atlantic City.
1964
Box 9, Folder 4
Journal of CDC.
Scope and Content Note
vol.2, no.1 and vol.23, no.1.
Box 9, Folders 5-6
Democratic campaign literature, various campaigns.
Various years
Box 9, Folder 7
Miscellaneous papers and fragments.
Box 9, Folders 8-9
Miscellaneous publications.
Box 10
Various campaign and political mementoes; a few miscellaneous printed items
re Laguna Beach's Festival of Arts.
