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Title: John G. Veneman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1961-1981
Collection number: 82059
Creator:
Veneman, John G., 1925-1982
Collection Size: 26 manuscript boxes, 6 envelopes, 22 phonotape cassettes (13.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, clippings, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to domestic political
issues in the United States, especially welfare and social policy, and to national and California state politics.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact
the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], John G. Veneman Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1982.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Ford, Gerald R. (Gerald Rudolph), 1913-
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
United States. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare.
Public welfare--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
United States--Politics and government--1974-1977.
United States--Social policy.
California--Politics and government--1951-
Phonotapes.
| 1925 October 31 | Born, Corcoran, California |
| 1944 | Graduated from Arizona State College |
| Served with United States Naval Reserve | |
| 1944-1945 | Attended the University of Texas |
| 1947 June 22 | Married Nita D. Bomberger |
| 1956 | Elected to the Empire School District Board |
| 1959-1962 | Supervisor, Stanislaus County, California |
| 1960 | Chairman, Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors |
| 1962-1969 | Member, California State Assembly |
| 1964-1969 | Member, California Social Welfare Board |
| 1969-1973 | Under Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. |
| 1972 | Conducted a course on welfare programs, New School of Social Research, New York City, New York |
| 1973 | Lecturer, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University |
| 1973- | President, Veneman Associates, San Francisco, California |
| 1975-1976 | Served as Counselor to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Washington, D.C. |
| 1977- | Vice President and Manager, Braun and Company, Washington, D.C. |
| 1982 April 11 | Died, Sacramento, California |