Register of the Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
Prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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© 2003
Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Register of the Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Hoover Institution Archives
- Stanford University
- Stanford, California 94305-6010
- Phone: (650) 723-3563
- Fax: (650) 725-3445
- Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu
- Prepared by:
- David Jacobs
- Date Completed:
- 2000
- Encoded by:
- ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications
© 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1974
Collection number: 88031
Collector:
Duveneck, Frank B., collector
Extent:
8 manuscript boxes
(2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired.
Accruals
Increments may have been received since this finding aid was prepared. Please check Stanford University's online catalog Socrates
at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat to find the full extent of the collection.
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 |
Publication of
Life on Two Levels, the autobiography of Josephine Whitney Duveneck
|
| |
Death of Josephine Whitney Duveneck |
| 1985 |
Death of Frank B. Duveneck |
Scope and Content Note
Received in the Hoover Institution 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).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Share-cropping.
Land tenure--United States.
Education--United States.
African Americans
Indians of North America.
United States.
California.
World War, 1939-1945.
Education.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Social conditions.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Duveneck, Josephine Whitney, 1891-
Container List
Box 1
Biographical File, 1955-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Bibliography, clippings, and correspondence, arranged alphabetically by physical form
Box/Folder 1 : 1
Bibliography, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Holograph
Box/Folder 1 : 3
Correspondence relating to the award of an honorable mention to Josephine W. Duveneck by the Lane Bryant Annual Award committee,
1955
box 1
Correspondence, 1941-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Letters of Frank B. and Josephine Whitney Duveneck, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 1
Speeches and Writings, 1942-1978.
Scope and Content Note
Autobiography, letters to the editor, speeches, and writings, arranged by the names of the Duvenecks and therein chronologically
by title
Box/Folder 1 : 7
Letter to the editor,
New York Times, 1942 April 12.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy
Box/Folder 1 : 8
Letter to the editor,
The Nation, 1942 May 9.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy
Duveneck, Josephine Whitney
Box/Folder 1 : 9
Speech on Quakerism, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder 1 : 10
Writing on progressive education, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Holograph (incomplete)
Box/Folder 1 : 11
Writing on relocation of Japanese Americans, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Holograph (incomplete)
Box/Folder 1 : 12
Speech to California Federation for Civic Unity, 1948(?).
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder 1 : 13
Poem, 1957.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder 1 : 14
Life on Two Levels, autobiography, 1978.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript (incomplete)
box 1-8
Subject File, 1936-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Bulletins, clippings, Congressional hearings transcripts, correspondence, leaflets, maps, minutes, newsletters, pamphlets,
reports, and serial issues, arranged alphabetically by subject
Box/Folder 1 : 15-16
American Friends Service Committee
Box/Folder 1 : 17-20
Civil rights--United States.
Scope and Content Note
Includes material relating to the California Federation for Civic Unity and the Council for Civic Unity of San Francisco
Box/Folder 2 : 1-3
Civil rights--United States. (Contd.)
Box/Folder 2 : 7
Correspondence, 1937-1958.
Scope and Content 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/Folder 6 : 2-7
Migrant agricultural workers--United States
Box/Folder 7 : 1-2
Migrant agricultural workers--United States (Contd.)
Private Camp Integration Study Group
Box/Folder 7 : 3
Correspondence, largely involving Josephine Whitney Duveneck, 1964-1970
Box/Folder 7 : 6
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Box/Folder 7 : 7
United Farm Workers of America (UFWA)
Box/Folder 8 : 1-4
United States. Farm Security Administration.
Note
See also Migrant agricultural workers--United States
box 8
Photographs, 1954.
Scope and Content 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/Folder 8 : 5
1 print depicting the members (including Josephine Whitney Duveneck?) of a convention of the California Federation for Civic
Unity, Asilomar, California, 1954
Box/Folder 8 : 6
3 prints depicting American Indian arts and crafts, n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 7
3 prints depicting living facilities in a camp for migrant agricultural workers, n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 8
16 prints depicting an educational program for the children of migrant agricultural workers, n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 9
10 prints depicting migrant agricultural workers and their children, n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 10
5 prints and 2 sheets of contact prints depicting a neighborhood improvement program in Menlo Park, California, n.d.
