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Series 1: Early Political Career 1925-1944, Undated
Series 2: Republican National Committee Papers 1948-1967, Undated
Series 3: Republican National Committee 1952 Convention 1948-1956, Undated
GUY GABRIELSON PAPERS, (APAP-248), 1925-1967
Descriptive Summary |
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| Title: | Guy Gabrielson Papers |
| Date: | 1925-1967 |
| Physical Characteristics: | 5.5 cubic ft. |
| Abstract: | The Guy Gabrielson Papers contain materials that document the political career of Guy George Gabrielson from his start in New Jersey state politics through his years as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Many of the materials document the 1952 U.S. Presidential election and Republican National Committee Convention which Gabrielson presided over as chairman. |
| Storage: | The materials are located onsite in the department. |
| Language: | The materials in the collection are in English. |
| Repository: | M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany, SUNY |
Biographical Sketch
Guy George Gabrielson was born in Sioux Rapids, Iowa in May 1891. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1914 and a law degree from Harvard University in 1917. From 1917-1919 he served as a private in the U.S. Army. His political career began in 1925 as a Republican member of the General Assembly of New Jersey from Essex County; in 1929 he became the General Assembly’s Speaker of the House. He became the Executive Director of the New Jersey State Campaign in 1936 and its chairman in 1940. Gabrielson was a member of the Republican National Committee (RNC) from 1944-1952 and RNC Chairman from 1949-1952. In 1951 he was involved in a loan scandal that prompted Senator Richard Nixon to call for his removal as chairman. Gabrielson left the RNC in 1952 and returned to practicing law. He later became acting chief executive and president of the John Wood Company of New York and chairman of the Nichold Company of Delaware. Gabrielson died in May of 1976 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, preceded in death by his wife Cora. The couple had two children.
Gabrielson is best known for his work as chairman of the RNC. In 1952 he opened the convention that nominated General Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. Gabrielson was a controversial figure at the convention; his support of Ohio Senator Robert Taft for the presidential nomination offended backers of Eisenhower who believed that Gabrielson was using his privileges as party chairman to promote the candidacy of Senator Taft.
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Scope and Content Information
This collection contains materials that document the political career of Guy George Gabrielson from his start in New Jersey state politics through his years as chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). It includes correspondence, documents pertaining to official RNC events, official statements from Gabrielson as RNC chairman, a scrapbook of news clippings from his early political career, correspondence, photographs, various material documenting the operations of the RNC such as state elections and regional conferences. The largest part of the collection consists of files related to the 1952 RNC national convention.
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Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is organized into the following series:
Series are arranged alphabetically.
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Restrictions
Access
Access to this record group is unrestricted.
Copyright
The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
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Subject Headings
Persons
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Genres and Forms
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Guy George Gabrielson Papers, 1925-1967. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Gabrielson Papers).
Acquisition Information
Syracuse University received the papers of Guy George Gabrielson in a series of acquisitions in 1965 and 1967 and subsequently transferred them to the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives in 2006.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: Steve McErleane
Date: © 2012 By the University at Albany, SUNY. All rights
reserved.
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Container List
| Series 1: Early Political Career, 1925-1944, Undated .5 cu. ft. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| This series contains a scrapbook of news clippings from Guy George Gabrielson’s early political career in New Jersey state government (1925-1940), materials related to his role as the chairman of the New Jersey Campaign Committee for U.S. presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, additional news clippings related to New Jersey Republican political activities, rules and resolutions of the Committee, and correspondence with private citizens and various New Jersey politicians. Topics include finances, elections and organizations. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Farmers National Bank, Iowa Church Dedication, 1928 1930 1934 | |||||||||
| 2 | Gabrielson Speeches, 1940 Undated | ||||||||||
| 3 | New Jersey Political Correspondence, 1927-1929 | ||||||||||
| 4 | N.J. State Republican Campaign Committee, 1940 | ||||||||||
| 5 | News Clippings- Willkie Campaign, 1940 Undated | ||||||||||
| Flat-File | |||||||||||
| 1 | New Jersey Italian American Newspaper Willkie Endorsement, 1940 | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Photos of Gabrielson, 1943 Undated | |||||||||
| 7 | Photos of Wendell Willkie's Presidential Campaign, 1940 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Political Correspondence, 1940-1944 | ||||||||||
| Oversized | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Scrapbook, 1925-1929 1939-1940 | |||||||||
| Series 2: Republican National Committee Papers, 1948-1967, Undated 3.4 cu. ft. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| This series includes addresses and statements from Guy George Gabrielson as Republican National Committee Chairman, committee reports, itineraries, committee meeting minutes, campaign materials, regional conference proceedings, official news releases, and printed pamphlets. Topics include the investigation into Gabrielson’s ties to Carthage Hydrocol, Inc., state elections, member organizations, such as the “Young Republicans,” finances, and schools of politics. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson, 1949 | |||||||||
| 10 | Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson, January 1950-April 1950 | ||||||||||
| 11-12 | Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson, May 1950-December 1950 | ||||||||||
| 13-14 | Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson, January 1952-June 1952 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Bennett, John, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Budget- Finances , etc., 1950 1952 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Campaign- Hatch Act, Expenses, etc., 1952 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Campaign Speech Kit, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Campaign Speech Kit National republican Congressional Committee, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Capitol Hill Club, 1951 1961 1962 1966 Undated | ||||||||||
| 22 | Chairman Gabrielson, February 1950 | ||||||||||
| 23-24 | Chairman Gabrielson- Personal, 1949-1952 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Chairman Gabrielson- Carthage Hydrocol, 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Chairman Gabrielson- Carthage Hydrocol Senate Hearing, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Chairman Gabrielson Miscellaneous, | ||||||||||
| 28 | Chairman Pfeiffer- New York Republican State Committee, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 29 | The Chairman's Letter, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Condolences, 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Eastern Regional Conference Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C, October 1, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Eastern Regional Republican Conference Planning, October 1951 | ||||||||||
| 33 | "Editorial Digest", 1950 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Ethnic Origin Division- RNC, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Executive Committee Chicago, May 1950 | |||||||||
| 2 | Executive Committee Meeting and Eastern Seaboard Regional Conference Atlantic City, N.J, June 23, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Executive Committee Meeting and Western Regional Conference Salt Lake City, July 31, 1950-August 1, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Executive Committee meeting of the RNC and Eastern Regional Conference Mayflower Hotel, D.C, October 1, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Executive Committee Meeting RNC Salt Lake City, July 1950-August 1950 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Executive Committee Meeting Washington, D.C, December 8, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Itineraries, 1949-1951 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Letters Re. Campaign and Election, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Mailing Lists, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Material for Letters and Speeches, 1949 Undated | ||||||||||
| 11 | Meeting- Budget and Finance Committee, 1948-1950 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Meeting- Exec. Committee-RNC Chicago, May 1950 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Meeting- Exec. Committee-RNC Washington D.C., December 1950-1950-12 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Member Lists of State Central Committees, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Minutes- RNC Washington, D.C, January 1951 | ||||||||||
| Oversized | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Missouri Republican Club Certificate, 1949 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Mock Conventions, 1952 Undated | |||||||||
| 17 | National Committee Meeting Chicago, September 15, 1950-September 16, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 18 | National Committee Meeting Chicago, January 1951 | ||||||||||
| 19-20 | National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs, 1949-1955 | ||||||||||
| 21 | "On the Political Front", 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Pro- America, 1942-1943 1951 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Re- Christmas Cards, 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Regional Conferences Eastern Seaboard, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Regional Meetings, 1960-1961 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Releases, Biogs, etc., 1949-1952 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Report from George Murphy and Associates Re Go- Party, 1962 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Report of the Chairman of the Finance Committee, 1950 | ||||||||||
| 29-30 | Republican Farm Conference- Sioux City, 1949-1950 | ||||||||||
| 31 | RNC, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 32 | RNC, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 33 | RNC Committee Meetings, 1950 | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | RNC Lists of Officers, Exec. Committee and Members, 1949-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | RNC Meeting and Midwestern and Western National Conference Tulsa, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 3 | RNC Meeting and Midwestern and Western National Conference Tulsa, Okla. Gen. Info, May 11, 1951-May 12, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 4-5 | RNC Meeting and Report of Finance Committee San Francisco, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 6 | RNC Meeting Chicago, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 7 | RNC Meeting- Executive Session Washington, D.C., October 1951 | ||||||||||
| 8 | RNC Meeting Executive Session Washington, D.C, January 1951 | ||||||||||
| 9 | RNC Meeting Minutes, 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| 10 | RNC Meeting San Francisco, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 11-12 | RNC Meeting San Francisco, January 1952 | ||||||||||
| 13 | RNC Meeting- Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 1951 | ||||||||||
| 14 | RNC Meeting Washington, D.C., 1949-1950 | ||||||||||
| 15 | RNC Meeting Washington, D.C., 1950 | ||||||||||
| 16 | RNC Meeting Washington, D.C., 1951 | ||||||||||
| 17 | RNC National Farm Conference Sioux City, September 23, 1949 | ||||||||||
| 18 | RNC National Farm Conference Sioux City, September 24, 1949 | ||||||||||
| 19 | RNC News Releases and Publications, 1950-1951 Undated | ||||||||||
| 20 | RNC Publications- Campaign/Organizations Strategy, 1951 Undated | ||||||||||
| 21 | RNC Publications- History and Background, 1951-1952 1967 | ||||||||||
| 22 | RNC Regional Conferences, 1950-1951 | ||||||||||
| 23 | RNC Secretary Mrs. Charles P. Howard, 1949-1952 | ||||||||||
| 24 | RNC Secretary- Mrs. Knowles, 1949 | ||||||||||
| 25 | School of Politics, 1950 1950-1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Speakers Bureau- Radio/TV, 1950 1954 Undated | |||||||||
| 2-3 | State Elections, 1948-1950 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Truman Research, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Women's Division, 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Women's Federation, 1950 Undated | ||||||||||
| 7 | Young Republicans, 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
| Series 3: Republican National Committee 1952 Convention, 1948-1956, Undated 1.6 cu. ft. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| The bulk of this series is a by-product of the exhaustive planning for the 1952 Republican National Convention that nominated General Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. It includes committee reports, correspondence with local businesses, candidate information, the official convention program and campaign materials. Topics include finance, hotels/housing, chaplains, doorkeepers and preparatory actions by various state committees. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Applications- General, 1951-1952 | |||||||||
| 9 | Assignments, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Assistant Chairman, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Background Information, 1948 Undated | ||||||||||
| 12 | California, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Campaign, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 14 | Campaign Material, 1950-1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 15 | Candidate Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1951-1952 1956 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Candidate Macarthur, Douglas, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Candidate Stassen, Harold, E., 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Candidate Taft, Robert A., 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Candidate Warren, Earl, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Chairman, Undated | ||||||||||
| 21 | Chairman- Finance, 1950-1951 Undated | ||||||||||
| 22 | Chaplains, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 23 | Chicago Convention Bldg. and International Amphitheatre, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 24-25 | Chicago Site Solicitation, Undated | ||||||||||
| 26 | Convent Information/Official Program, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 27 | Committee on Arrangements, 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
| 28-29 | Committee on Arrangements, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 30-34 | Committee on Arrangements, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Committee on Arrangements- Mooberg, Henry E., 1952 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Committee on Arrangements- Report of Housing Subcommittee, 1953 Undated | ||||||||||
| 37 | Committee on Arrangements San Francisco, January 1952 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Committee on Arrangements San Francisco Executive Session, January 1952 | ||||||||||
| 39 | Committee on Arrangements Treasurer, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Committee on Call, 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Committee on Call, 1950-1952 | |||||||||
| 2 | Committee on Contests, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Committee on Resolutions (Platform), 1952 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Committee on Rules, 1948 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Committee on Site, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Committee on Site, 1951-1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 7 | Committee on Site- Meetings, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Committee Reports, Undated | ||||||||||
| 9 | Committees and Subcommittees, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Contest- Florida, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Contest- Georgia, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Contest- Louisiana, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Contests, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Contracts, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Convention Assignments, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Convention Balloons, Undated | ||||||||||
| 17 | Convention Prayers, Undated | ||||||||||
| 18 | Credentials Committee, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Delegates, 1951-1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 20 | Doorkeepers, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 21 | Finance, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Florida, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Form Letters, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Hotels, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Housing, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| Oversized | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Invitation to Hold 1952 Convention in Philadelphia, Shaped Like a Key, ca. 1950 | |||||||||
| Flat-File | |||||||||||
| 1 | Invitation to Hold 1956 Convention in San Francisco, Including Magazine and Brochures, 1953 | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 26 | Invocations, Undated | |||||||||
| 27 | Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Mississippi, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Missouri, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 30 | New York, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Oklahoma, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Parliamentarians, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Permanent Chairman, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Proxies, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Reapportionment- General, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Republican National Committee- Nominations, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Resolutions, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Sergeant-at-Arms, 1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 39 | Site Committee- Correspondence, 1951 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Subcommittee- Television and Motion Pictures, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Subcommittee- Tickets, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Subcommittee- Music and Decorations, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Subcommittee on Badges, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Subcommittee or Housing- General, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Subcommittee on Transportation and Parking, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Subcommittee- Program and Concessions, 1951-1952 Undated | ||||||||||
| 47 | Subcommittee- Radio and Press- General, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Temporary Chairman, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 49 | Tickets, 1951-1952 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Tickets, 1952 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Washington, 1951 | ||||||||||
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