Papers of Nelson Cruikshank
| Information from Online Catalog | |
| Author/Creator: |
Cruikshank, Nelson H., 1902-1986 |
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| Title: |
Papers, 1927-1988. |
| Quantity: |
32.6 c.f., 1 disc recording, 5 tape recordings, and 391 photographs. |
| Summary: |
Papers of Cruikshank, the American Federation of Labor's director of social insurance activities (1944-1965), a visiting professor at Pennsylvania State University's Labor Studies Center (1969- ), and chair of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Health for the American Hospital Association (1971-1974). Included is correspondence, reports, conference materials, and publications, particularly stressing employment security, problems of the aging, health, social security legislation, union welfare fund fraud, and union ethics. The correspondence is from other unions, from Senators John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Paul Douglas, and between William Green and Harry S. Truman. |
| Notes: |
The original disc recording now is also
available on tape. This collection is unprocessed. |
| Finding aid: |
Case file. |
| Subjects: |
Aged--Government policy--United States. Insurance, Social. |
| Form/Genre: |
Manuscript collection. Photographs. Sound recordings. |
| RLIN Number: |
WIHV84-A215 |
| Location: |
Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call Number: |
M66-015 |
| Shelf Location: |
MAD 4 /58/F1-7, G7 (Box 1-24); MAD Sound/Tape 1269A (1 tape) |
| Description: |
Correspondence, reports, and conference materials primarily from 1947-1965 and related to health, social security, union welfare funds, union ethics, employment security, and problems of aging. See preliminary inventory in Case file for more details. A "green disk" included in this collection, recording a Dec. 27, 1948 telephone conversation, has been copied on tape and assigned call numbers Tape 1269A and Disc 214A. Qty: 24.0 c.f. (24 cartons) and 1 disc recording |
| Location: |
Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call Number: |
M84-329 |
| Shelf Location: |
MAD 2M/22/G2-4 (5 cartons); MAD Icon (slides); MAD Sound |
| Description: |
Subject files and correspondence. Qty: 5.0 c.f. (5 cartons), 3 tape recordings, and 43 slides |
| Location: |
Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call Number: |
M84-371 |
| Shelf Location: |
MAD 4 /41/B2 |
| Description: |
Correspondence concerning Cruikshank; from his daughter. Qty: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box) |
| Location: |
Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call Number: |
M94-199 |
| Shelf Location: |
MAD 3 /33/G6 |
| Description: |
Additions, ca. 1965-1984, including correspondence, clippings, publications, manuscripts, and photographs mainly concerning Social Security legislation and other programs for the aging. Included is a brief history of the Social Security Department of the AFL-CIO written by Cruikshank (?). See box list with accession form. Qty: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
| Location: |
Z:Unprocessed Accessions |
| Call Number: |
M96-082 |
| Shelf Location: |
MAD 2M/48/D3-4 (papers); MAD Sound (tapes); MAD Icon (photos) |
| Description: |
Additions, 1927-1988, including substantial biographical information, notably about Cruikshank's first career as a clergyman. There are also files relating to his death; correspondence and manuscripts for his memoir "The Cruikshank Chronicles"; clippings; files concerning his activities with S.O.S. (Save Our Security) and the National Council of Senior Citizens; correspondence; articles and speeches; a tape-recorded interview by daughter Alice Hoffman (transcription in box 2, folder 4); transcript of an oral history interview regarding the merger of the AFL and CIO; diaries and appointment books; and numerous photographs, both informal and formal, especially from his years in the Carter administration. See box list with accession form. Qty: 3.0 c.f. (1 record center carton and 5 archives boxes), 2 tape recordings, and 348 photographs |
| Container List | ||
| M96-082 | ||
| Box |
Folder |
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| Social Security Project | ||
| 1 | 1 | Save Our Social Security Curriculum Project,1986-1988 |
| 2 | Social Security Education Project Re: Cruikshank Chronicles, 1988-1989 | |
| 3 | Social Security | |
| 4 | "Social Security and You", 1969 | |
| 5 | Income Maintenance and the Social Security System, Nov. 10-12, 1968 | |
| 6 | Social Security Project | |
| 7 | "Ronald Reagan Speaks out Against Socialized Medicine" | |
| 8 | Social Security Conference and Pamphlet | |
| 9 | "A Fifty Year Report Card on The Social Security System," 1985 | |
| 10 | Supplemental Security Income, 1984 | |
| 11 | Social Security Project | |
| Cruikshank Chronicles | ||
| 12 | Correspondence re: The Cruikshank Chronicles,1988 | |
| 13 | The Cruikshank Chronicles manuscript, pp.151-257 | |
| 14 | Cruikshank Chronicles | |
| 15 | Cruikshank Chronicles | |
| 16 | The Cruikshank Chronicles: Anecdotes, Stories and Memoirs of a New Deal Liberal, 1986 | |
| 17 | The Cruikshank Chronicles, pp.1-150 | |
| 18 | Permission to use New Yorker Cartoon in Cruikshank Chronicles, 1989 | |
| National Council of Senior Citizens | ||
| 19 | National Council of Senior Citizens, Membership Materials, 1984 | |
| 20 | National Council of Senior Citizens and Bio on Daddy, 1986-1987 Correspondence to Alice Hoffman | |
| 21 | Press Release | |
| Newspaper Clippings | ||
| 22 | Articles dealing with Social Security and Labor Issues | |
| 23 | Articles relating to Nelson Cruikshank's work as a Pastor, 1930's | |
| Nelson Cruikshank's Passing | ||
| 24 | Sympathy Letters, 1986 | |
| 25 | Gwen's Dairy on BarBar's Death, 1986 | |
| 26 | Daddy's Memorial Service | |
| 27 | Funeral Register | |
| Articles, Speeches, and other works by Nelson Cruikshank | ||
| 2 | 1 | Biography |
| 2 | "The Churches and the NRA", article by Nelson Cruikshank | |
| 3 | Oral History from Nelson Cruikshank on the AFL-CIO Merger | |
| 4 | Interview with Nelson Cruikshank by Alice Hoffman (transcript of Tape 2) | |
| 5 | Congressional Record containing remarks of Nelson Cruikshank about Social Security, April 4, 1978 | |
| 6 | Thesis? on Greek Religion and the Religious background of the Greek Tragedians | |
| 7 | "In Support of the Hypothesis that Senator Joseph McCarthy Could be a Communist Agent" by Nelson Cruikshank, 1953 | |
| 8 | Articles written by Nelson Cruikshank, 1949-1983 | |
| 9 | Why am I in The Labor Movement, "The People's Movement" by Nelson Cruikshank | |
| 10 | "Our Debt to the Liberal Arts", Alumni Convocation, June 22, 1980 | |
| Correspondence | ||
| 11 | Invitations, 1964-65, 1979 | |
| 12 | "Town Meeting on the Air", Congratulatory Correspondence, 1949 | |
| 13 | Family Correspondence, 1933, 1976-1981 | |
| 14 | Correspondence, 1932-1986 | |
| 15 | Mostly Financial Correspondence dealing with Alice hoffman, 1961-1974 | |
| 16 | Personal Correspondence, 1983-1984 | |
| Awards and Diplomas | ||
| 17 | Awards and Diplomas | |
| 18 | Nomination of Nelson Cruikshank for the Rockefeller Public Service Awards, 1980 | |
| Subject Files | ||
| 3 | 1 | AFL-CIO, 1964-1968, Correspondence, Articles and Speeches |
| 2 | A Tribute to John Herling, November 14, 1978 | |
| 3 | A Dividend from History by Bert Strauss, 1982 | |
| 4 | Memorial Gathering for Mary Fox Herling, Dec 2, 1978 | |
| 5 | Calling Card/Business Card File | |
| 6 | Poems, 1938, 1958, 1978 | |
| 7 | Job Applications, Performance Reviews, School Records, 1929-1944 | |
| 8 | Sources for "Mountain Folks" | |
| 9 | Carter Years | |
| 10 | National Capitol Area Trade Union Retirees Club, 1980-1982 | |
| 11 | Commemorative Stamp dedication Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Passage of Wisconsin Workmen's Compensation Act, Sept. 4, 1961 | |
| 4 | Diaries/Appointment Books, 1927-1949 | |
| 5 | Diaries/Appointment Books, 1950-1959 | |
| 6 | Diaries/Appointment Books, 1960-1983 | |
| PHOTOGRAPHS | ||
| 1 | "Old" Photographs (205) Contains photographs of Family, Friends, and Landscapes |
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| 2 | White House Photographs (16) Taken from the folder:"Carter Years" and includes several photographs with President Carter |
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| 3 | Photographs (55) Contains photographs of Nelson Cruikshank with various committees, groups, family members, and President Lyndon Johnson |
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| 4 | Photographs (19) Includes Landscapes and buildings (By Nelson Cruikshank?) |
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| 5 | Photographs not used in Cruikshank Chronicles
(16) Nelson Cruikshank with various committees, union gatherings and other meetings. |
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| 6 | Photographs for Mountain Folk (23) Landscapes and "mountain folk" |
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| 7 | Photographs to be copied (14) Various photographs of Nelson Cruikshank |
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| TAPE RECORDINGS | ||
| 1 | Nelson Cruikshank in Memoria | |
| 2 | Interview by Alice Hoffman about Nelson Cruikshank's early life. He first describes his life as a pastor in New Haven, CT in 1933. He then goes on to talk about his dissatisfaction being in the clergy and how he saw his life unfolding if he remained. He then speaks about how he got into the labor movement while in New Haven and how events took him over. | |