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 Descriptive Summary Guy Gabrielson Papers 1925-1967 5.5 cubic ft. M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany, SUNY 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. The materials in the collection are in English. The materials are located onsite in the department. Access

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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.

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.

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.

 Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is organized into the following series:

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

Series are arranged alphabetically.

 Subject and Genre Headings Gabrielson, Guy George, 1891-1976 Taft, Robert Alphonso, 1889-1953 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 Republican National Committee (U.S.) Republican National Committee (U.S.)--Congresses Republican Party (Essex County, N.J.) Republican Party (N.J.) Republican National Convention Politicians--Washington (D.C.) Campaign literature--United States Presidents--United States--Election--1940 Presidents--United States--Election--1952 Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government Essex County (N.J.) Chicago (Ill.) Clippings Correspondence Photographs Speeches Brochures Minutes Memorabilia Agendas (administrative records) Files by subject 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).

 Container List Series 1: Early Political Career .5 cu. ft. 1925-1944, Undated

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.

 1 1 Farmers National Bank, Iowa Church Dedication 1928 1930 1934 1 2 Gabrielson Speeches 1940 Undated 1 3 New Jersey Political Correspondence 1927-1929 1 4 N.J. State Republican Campaign Committee 1940 1 5 News Clippings- Willkie Campaign 1940 Undated 1 <emph render="italic">New Jersey Italian American Newspaper</emph> Willkie Endorsement 1940 1 6 Photos of Gabrielson 1943 Undated 1 7 Photos of Wendell Willkie's Presidential Campaign 1940 1 8 Political Correspondence 1940-1944 1 1 Scrapbook 1925-1929 1939-1940 Series 2: Republican National Committee Papers 3.4 cu. ft. 1948-1967, Undated

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.

 1 9 Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson 1949 1 10 Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson January 1950-April 1950 1 11-12 Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson May 1950-December 1950 1 13-14 Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson 1951 1 15 Addresses and Statements by Chairman Gabrielson January 1952-June 1952 1 16 Bennett, John 1950 1 17 Budget- Finances , etc. 1950 1952 1 18 Campaign- Hatch Act, Expenses, etc. 1952 1 19 Campaign Speech Kit 1950 1 20 Campaign Speech Kit National republican Congressional Committee 1950 1 21 Capitol Hill Club 1951 1961 1962 1966 Undated 1 22 Chairman Gabrielson February 1950 1 23-24 Chairman Gabrielson- Personal 1949-1952 1 25 Chairman Gabrielson- Carthage Hydrocol 1950-1951 1 26 Chairman Gabrielson- Carthage Hydrocol Senate Hearing 1951 1 27 Chairman Gabrielson Miscellaneous 1 28 Chairman Pfeiffer- New York Republican State Committee 1951 1 29 The Chairman's Letter 1951 1 30 Condolences 1950-1951 1 31 Eastern Regional Conference Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C October 1, 1951 1 32 Eastern Regional Republican Conference Planning October 1951 1 33 "Editorial Digest" 1950 1 34 Ethnic Origin Division- RNC 1951-1952 2 1 Executive Committee Chicago May 1950 2 2 Executive Committee Meeting and Eastern Seaboard Regional Conference Atlantic City, N.J June 23, 1950 2 3 Executive Committee Meeting and Western Regional Conference Salt Lake City July 31, 1950-August 1, 1950 2 4 Executive Committee meeting of the RNC and Eastern Regional Conference Mayflower Hotel, D.C October 1, 1951 2 5 Executive Committee Meeting RNC Salt Lake City July 1950-August 1950 2 6 Executive Committee Meeting Washington, D.C December 8, 1950 2 7 Itineraries 1949-1951 2 8 Letters Re. Campaign and Election 1950 2 9 Mailing Lists 1950 2 10 Material for Letters and Speeches 1949 Undated 2 11 Meeting- Budget and Finance Committee 1948-1950 2 12 Meeting- Exec. Committee-RNC Chicago May 1950 2 13 Meeting- Exec. Committee-RNC Washington D.C. December 1950-1950-12 2 14 Member Lists of State Central Committees 1951 2 15 Minutes- RNC Washington, D.C January 1951 2 1 Missouri Republican Club Certificate 1949 2 16 Mock Conventions 1952 Undated 2 17 National Committee Meeting Chicago September 15, 1950-September 16, 1950 2 18 National Committee Meeting Chicago January 1951 2 19-20 National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs 1949-1955 2 21 "On the Political Front" 1950-1952 2 22 Pro- America 1942-1943 1951 2 23 Re- Christmas Cards 1950-1951 2 24 Regional Conferences Eastern Seaboard 1950 2 25 Regional Meetings 1960-1961 2 26 Releases, Biogs, etc. 1949-1952 2 27 Report from George Murphy and Associates Re Go- Party 1962 2 28 Report of the Chairman of the Finance Committee 1950 2 29-30 Republican Farm Conference- Sioux City 1949-1950 2 31 RNC 1951 2 32 RNC 1952 2 33 RNC Committee Meetings 1950 3 1 RNC Lists of Officers, Exec. Committee and Members 1949-1952 3 2 RNC Meeting and Midwestern and Western National Conference Tulsa 1951 3 3 RNC Meeting and Midwestern and Western National Conference Tulsa, Okla. Gen. Info May 11, 1951-May 12, 1951 3 4-5 RNC Meeting and Report of Finance Committee San Francisco 1951-1952 3 6 RNC Meeting Chicago 1952 Undated 3 7 RNC Meeting- Executive Session Washington, D.C. October 1951 3 8 RNC Meeting Executive Session Washington, D.C January 1951 3 9 RNC Meeting Minutes 1950-1951 3 10 RNC Meeting San Francisco 1951-1952 3 11-12 RNC Meeting San Francisco January 1952 3 13 RNC Meeting- Tulsa, Oklahoma May 1951 3 14 RNC Meeting Washington, D.C. 1949-1950 3 15 RNC Meeting Washington, D.C. 1950 3 16 RNC Meeting Washington, D.C. 1951 3 17 RNC National Farm Conference Sioux City September 23, 1949 3 18 RNC National Farm Conference Sioux City September 24, 1949 3 19 RNC News Releases and Publications 1950-1951 Undated 3 20 RNC Publications- Campaign/Organizations Strategy 1951 Undated 3 21 RNC Publications- History and Background 1951-1952 1967 3 22 RNC Regional Conferences 1950-1951 3 23 RNC Secretary Mrs. Charles P. Howard 1949-1952 3 24 RNC Secretary- Mrs. Knowles 1949 3 25 School of Politics 1950 1950-1952 Undated 4 1 Speakers Bureau- Radio/TV 1950 1954 Undated 4 2-3 State Elections 1948-1950 4 4 Truman Research 1951 4 5 Women's Division 1950-1952 4 6 Women's Federation 1950 Undated 4 7 Young Republicans 1950-1952 Series 3: Republican National Committee 1952 Convention 1.6 cu. ft. 1948-1956, Undated

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.

 4 8 Applications- General 1951-1952 4 9 Assignments 1952 4 10 Assistant Chairman 1952 4 11 Background Information 1948 Undated 4 12 California 1951 4 13 Campaign 1952 Undated 4 14 Campaign Material 1950-1952 Undated 4 15 Candidate Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1951-1952 1956 4 16 Candidate Macarthur, Douglas 1952 4 17 Candidate Stassen, Harold, E. 1951-1952 4 18 Candidate Taft, Robert A. 1951-1952 4 19 Candidate Warren, Earl 1951-1952 4 20 Chairman Undated 4 21 Chairman- Finance 1950-1951 Undated 4 22 Chaplains 1952 Undated 4 23 Chicago Convention Bldg. and International Amphitheatre 1952 4 24-25 Chicago Site Solicitation Undated 4 26 Convent Information/Official Program 1952 Undated 4 27 Committee on Arrangements 1950-1952 4 28-29 Committee on Arrangements 1951-1952 4 30-34 Committee on Arrangements 1952 4 35 Committee on Arrangements- Mooberg, Henry E. 1952 4 36 Committee on Arrangements- Report of Housing Subcommittee 1953 Undated 4 37 Committee on Arrangements San Francisco January 1952 4 38 Committee on Arrangements San Francisco Executive Session January 1952 4 39 Committee on Arrangements Treasurer 1952 4 40 Committee on Call 1950-1952 5 1 Committee on Call 1950-1952 5 2 Committee on Contests 1951-1952 5 3 Committee on Resolutions (Platform) 1952 5 4 Committee on Rules 1948 1951-1952 5 5 Committee on Site 1951 5 6 Committee on Site 1951-1952 Undated 5 7 Committee on Site- Meetings 1951 5 8 Committee Reports Undated 5 9 Committees and Subcommittees 1951-1952 5 10 Contest- Florida 1952 5 11 Contest- Georgia 1952 5 12 Contest- Louisiana 1952 5 13 Contests 1952 5 14 Contracts 1951 5 15 Convention Assignments 1952 5 16 Convention Balloons Undated 5 17 Convention Prayers Undated 5 18 Credentials Committee 1952 5 19 Delegates 1951-1952 Undated 5 20 Doorkeepers 1952 Undated 5 21 Finance 1951 5 22 Florida 1951 5 23 Form Letters 1951-1952 5 24 Hotels 1952 5 25 Housing 1951-1952 2 2 Invitation to Hold 1952 Convention in Philadelphia, Shaped Like a Key ca. 1950 1 Invitation to Hold 1956 Convention in San Francisco, Including Magazine and Brochures 1953 5 26 Invocations Undated 5 27 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1951-1952 5 28 Mississippi 1951 5 29 Missouri 1951 5 30 New York 1951 5 31 Oklahoma 1951 5 32 Parliamentarians 1952 5 33 Permanent Chairman 1952 5 34 Proxies 1952 5 35 Reapportionment- General 1951 5 36 Republican National Committee- Nominations 1952 5 37 Resolutions 1951-1952 5 38 Sergeant-at-Arms 1952 Undated 5 39 Site Committee- Correspondence 1951 5 40 Subcommittee- Television and Motion Pictures 1951-1952 5 41 Subcommittee- Tickets 1951-1952 5 42 Subcommittee- Music and Decorations 1951-1952 5 43 Subcommittee on Badges 1951-1952 5 44 Subcommittee or Housing- General 1952 5 45 Subcommittee on Transportation and Parking 1951-1952 5 46 Subcommittee- Program and Concessions 1951-1952 Undated 5 47 Subcommittee- Radio and Press- General 1951-1952 5 48 Temporary Chairman 1952 5 49 Tickets 1951-1952 5 50 Tickets 1952 5 51 Washington 1951