Register of the Denison Kitchel papers

Finding aid prepared by Keith A. Jantzen

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Denison Kitchel papers

Date (inclusive): 1947-1980

Collection Number: 81127

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 5 manuscript boxes (2.1 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, and clippings, relating to American politics, and especially to the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater.

Creator: Kitchel, Denison

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Denison Kitchel Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content

Denison Kitchel was born on March 1, 1908 in Bronxville, New York. After completing his B.A. at Yale University, he entered Harvard Law School from which he received his LL.B. in 1933. Upon finishing his studies, he moved to Arizona where he was admitted to the bar in 1934. His initial position was with Ellinwood and Ross; in 1946, along with two other lawyers, he founded the firm of Evans, Kitchel and Jenckes in Phoenix. In 1970 he retired from practice.

Denison Kitchel was active in Republican politics in Arizona from about 1950 on. His primary association was with Barry Goldwater - as friend, advisor, and general manager of Senator Goldwater's campaign for the presidency in 1964. The Barry Goldwater file, spanning the years from 1947 to 1980, is the largest file in the correspondence series and, perhaps, the richest and most reward- ing relevant to political events. The researcher should be aware that other important Goldwater material, including correspondece, is located in all of the other series excepting Miscellaneous. Other noteworthy correspondents in the correspondence series include William J. Baroody, president of the American Enterprise Institute; Paul Fannin, senator from and governor of Arizona; author and political observer Raymond Moley; Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist; Arizona Congressmen John J. Rhodes and Sam Steiger; and Arizona Governor Jack Williams.

The Goldwater Presidential Campaign series is small and limited, both in scope and in content. Much of the material in it is commonplace, particluarly the general correspondence section and the voluminous congratulatory correspondence received by Kitchel. Those letters from the correspondence subseries of the Goldwater Presidential Campaign series which were deemed more substantial and interesting were placed in the general Correspondence series discussed in the preceeding paragraph. Of greatest note in the Goldwater Presidential series would be the "Draft Goldwater Endeavor" file, material of which spans the years 1962 - 1963. This file offers a short but interesting account of the genesis of the Goldwater presidential camapign.

The Office File contains material relevant to a few different legal issues in which Mr. Kitchel was, to a greater or lesser extent, involved. Informative in their own right, the various files within the Office File series also yield information on Mr. Kitchel's legal opinions and thinking.

Approximately the same size as the last two series is the Speeches and Writings series. The various items are listed either by subject or by title. The most detailed, and perhaps most interesting, entry is that of "Explaining Things to Ike." The article specifically concerns a meeting between Goldwater and Eisenhower at which Senator Goldwater's statement "extremism in defense of liberty is no vice," is explained to the former President. The files for that particular article contain drafts, revisions and correspondence relating to the genesis of Senator Goldwater's phrase.

There is also a very small Miscellany File.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989

Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

CORRESPONDENCE 1947-1980

General note

Correspodence of Denison Kitchel, including carbons and xeroxes of outgoing letters, arranged alphabetically by correspondent and thereunder chronologically.

Scope and Contents note

Comprises boxes 1-3

General

box 1

Undated 1950-1965

box 1

1966-1970

box 1

1971-1980

box 1

Allen, Richard V. 1969

box 1

American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities 1973

box 1

American Institute for Political Communication 1967

box 1

Angle, Jerry L. 1968

box 1

Arizona Republic (formerly Phoenix Republic and Gazette) 1956-1975

box 1

Astley, Joan (Mrs. Philip) 1965-1969

box 1

Ayau, Manuel F. 1970-1978

box 1

Baroody, William J. 1965-1974

box 1

Beebe, Lucius 1965

box 1

Bisbee Council on the Arts and Humanities 1972

box 1

Blackburn, Richard A. 1973-1976

box 1

Bliss, Ray 1965-1968

box 1

Bobbs-Merrill Co. 1968

box 1

Bridget, Lou (Mrs. Bernard A.) 1978-1979

box 1

Brock, Horace 1979

box 1

Brown, Howard K. 1968

box 1

Brown, Thatcher M. 1970

box 1

Buckley, William F. 1973-1979

box 1

Burch, Dean 1965-1971

box 1

Bush, George 1976-1980

box 1

Campbell, Rita Ricardo 1969

box 1

Campbell, W Glenn 1965-1969

box 1

Capen, Richard G., Jr. 1969

box 1

Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1965

box 1

Charles, Scott 1979

box 1

Claremont Men's College 1967

box 1

Coconino County Women's Republican Club 1967

box 1

Conlan, John B. 1973

box 1

Copley, James 1971

box 1

Cordiner, Ralph J. 1965

box 1

Crawford, Ronald 1971-1975

box 1

Curtis, John A. 1971-1972

box 1

Davenport, John 1978-1979

box 1

Davis, Loyal 1980

box 1

Day, Henry L. 1964

box 1

Dodge, Polly (Mrs Cleveland E) 1968

box 1

Doolittle, J. H. 1965

box 1

Douglas, James 1965

box 1

Douglas, Lew W. 1954-1969

box 1

Dougles, P. L. 1963

box 1

Dozer, Donald M. 1973

box 2

Drum, James Hunter 1978-1979

box 2

Dunn, Rogers C. 1965

box 2

Eaker, Ira C. 1951

box 2

Evans, William A. 1967

box 2

Fannin, Paul 1960-1976

box 2

Fenzi, Warren E. 1968

box 2

Ferguson, Robert M and Frannie 1970-1975

box 2

Feulner, Edward J. 1978-1979

box 2

Ford, Gerald R. 1965-1973

box 2

Friedman, Milton 1966-1976

box 2

Gardiner, H. E. 1969

box 2

Glick, Edward M. 1966

box 2

Godduhn, Arnold E. 1975

Goldwater, Barry

box 2

Undated 1947-1963

box 2

1964-1970

box 2

1971-1972

box 2

1973-1980

box 2

Grady, Jack 1956

box 2

Grange, Robert W. 1975-1978

box 2

Greenway, John S. 1967

box 2

Gregory, Charles O. 1950-1951

box 2

Grenier, John E. 1965

box 2

Griffin, James S. 1969

box 2

Hall, A. C. 1965

box 2

Harlan, John M. 1962-1967

box 2

Hawkins, Jean (Mrs. Paul M.) 1965-1980 undated

box 2

Hayden, Carl 1968

box 2

Haynsworth, Clement F. 1977-1978

box 2

Herberger, G. Robert 1968

box 2

Howell, John 1980

box 2

Humphrey, George M. 1964

box 2

Jenckes, Joseph S., Jr. 1967-1973

box 2

Johnson, Lyndon B. 1967

box 2

Kelland, James P. 1967

box 2

Kellar, Kenneth C. 1962-1979

box 2

Kemp, Arthur 1976

box 2

Kitchel, James 1967

box 2

Kitchel, William L., II 1965

box 2

Klein, Herbert G. 1968

box 2

Kleindienst, Richard G. 1969

box 2

Kieran, John 1965

box 2

Knorpp, Walter W. 1968

box 2

Laird, Melvin R. 1969-1973

box 2

Lamb, Karl 1965

box 2

Lawrence, John T. 1965

box 2

Laxalt, Paul 1978

box 2

Lay, Beirne, Jr. 1974-1980

box 2

Luce, Clare Booth 1964-1974

box 3

McCabe, Edward A. 1968-1974

box 3

McCarty, John T. 1971-1972

box 3

Moley, Frances (Mrs. Raymond) 1975-1978

box 3

Moley, Raymond 1964-1974

box 3

Moley, Raymond, Jr. 1971

box 3

Mont Pelerin Society 1966-1971

box 3

Munroe, George 1966-1980

box 3

Nixon, Richard M. 1960-1968

box 3

Nutter, Warren G. 1969

box 3

O'Boyle, John W. 1951

box 3

Orme, Charles H., Jr. 1966-1980

box 3

Park, Edgar C. 1976

box 3

Parkinson, Gaylord B. 1967

box 3

Pearce, Charles A. 1968

box 3

Phelps Dodge Corporation 1956-1980

box 3

Prescott College 1966-1968

box 3

Pritzlaff, John C., Jr. 1970-1974

box 3

Proctor, Thomas E. 1967

box 3

Randolph, Jo (Mrs. Howell S.) 1979

box 3

Read, Leonard E. 1969-1976

box 3

Reagan, Ronald 1966-1980

box 3

Rehnquist, William H. 1962-1980 undated

box 3

Republican National Committee 1959-1972

box 3

Republican State Committee (Arizona) 1963

box 3

Rhodes, John J. 1953-1980

box 3

Robb, Roger 1968

box 3

Roche, George 1972-1978

box 3

Rosenblatt, Paul 1974

box 3

Rowe, David N. 1980

box 3

Royal, Robert 1965

box 3

Ruskin, Lewis J. 1965

box 3

Schell, Orville H 1979-1980

box 3

Simpson, Milward L. 1966

box 3

Smith, Tony 1965

box 3

Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Co. 1967-1970

box 3

Steiger, Sam 1968-1976

box 3

Streit, Clarence K. 1965

box 3

Sunderland, Thomas E. 1975

box 3

Taft, Robert, Jr. 1965-1966

box 3

Turner, William C. 1980

box 3

Udall, Morris K. 1968

box 3

Uren, William J. 1955-1979

box 3

Vance, Henry T. 1965

box 3

Van Dusen, Francis L. 1969

box 3

Walker, Robert C. 1967

box 3

Ware, Richard A. 1969

box 3

Welch, Robert, Jr. 1960

box 3

White, Theodor H. 1965

box 3

Wickersham, Cornelius 1964-1965

box 3

Williams, Jack 1966-1974

box 3

Wilson, Robert F. 1967-1969

box 3

Wormser, Felix Edgar 1972

box 3

Yale University 1961-1980

GOLDWATER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1964, 1962-1965

General note

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, newspaper and magazine articles relating to Barry Goldwater's campaign for the presidency in 1964. Material is arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically.

Scope and Contents note

Comprises boxes 3-4

box 3

Articles, post-election 1964

Correspondence, general

box 4

1963

box 4

January 1 - November 1, 1964

box 4

November 21 - December 28, 1964

box 4

January 6 - April 30, 1965

box 4

Draft Goldwater Endeavor. Notes, memoranda and correspondence 1962-1963

box 4

Meet The Press - Congratulatory letters to Denison Kitchel June 1964

box 4

Newspaper articles 1963

box 4

Republican National Committee - Post-election statements 12 January 1965

box 4

Republican National Convention - Congratulatory letters to Denison Kitchel July - August 1964

box 4

Task Forces - Correspondence and memoranda 1964

OFFICE FILE 1963-1975

General note

Correspondence, articles, memoranda, decisions and opinion papers relating to various legal matters. Arranged alphabetically by subject or title and thereunder chronologically.

Scope and Contents note

Comprises boxes 4-5

box 4

Copper Tariff Board - Correspondence and memoranda relating to Denison Kitchel's appointment to the Arizona Copper Tariff Board 1967-1975

box 5

Legal Services Corporation - Correspondence and articles relating to the consideration of Denison Kitchel as chariman of the Legal Services Corporation 1974-1975

box 5

Canadian Arctic Waters - Correpsondence and documents relating to proposed legislation in Canadian parliament April - August 1970

box 5

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Correspondence and notes relating to consideration of treaty by U.S. Senate 1963

box 5

"Whitewater Draw" - Court case and opinions April 1975

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1956-1976

General note

Drafts and final versions of articles and speeches written by Denison Kitchel. Included in this file is correspondence relevant to the writing of some of the pieces. Arranged alphabetically by title or subject.

box 5

Eulogy for Raymond Moley, Xerox, 2 copies 22 February 1975

"Explaining Things to Ike"

box 5

Draft, "Extremism in Defense of Liberty" Xerox copies

box 5

Draft, "Extremism in Defense of Liberty," annotated by Denison Kitchel

box 5

Draft, "Extremism in Defense of Liberty," annotated by Barry Goldwater

box 5

Final version, "Explaining Things to Ike." National Review 30 April 1976

Correspondence

box 5

General 1969-1976

box 5

Baroody, William J. 1969-1974

box 5

Campbell, W. Glenn 1969

box 5

Goldwater, Barry 1969-1976

box 5

Jaffa, Prof. Harry 1969-1976.

box 5

Latimer, Prof. John F. 1969

box 5

Moley, Raymond 1969-1974

box 5

National Review 1975-1976

box 5

Goldwater speech given to Iternational Railway Brotherhood of Engineers. Phoenix, Xerox 14 October 1968

box 5

"A Plea for Political Integrity." Speech given at Morenci, Arizona, Typescript, carbon 27 January 1960

Senate Select Committee of Intelligece 1975

box 5

Correspondence, general 1975

box 5

"Memorandum on the Constitutional Aspects of Covert Action Operations in the Field of Foreign Relations." Xerox 5 September 1975

box 5

"Sound-Off Section." Xerox 4 July 1973

box 5

"The United States at EXPO 67." Typescript 1967

Voice of Free Enterprise (newspaper column)

box 5

Blueprint for column

box 5

Newspaper clippings and xeroxes of columns February 5 - November 18, 1956

box 5

Typescripts October 21, November 4, 1956 November 11, 1956

box 5

Watergate speech by Barry Goldwater, co-authored by Raymond Moley. Xerox 1974

MISCELLANEOUS circa 1962-1966

box 5

General