Clark Kerr personal and professional papers 1800-2005, bulk 1952-2003

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Clark Kerr personal and professional papers 1800-2005, bulk 1952-2003

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Clark Kerr Personal and Professional Papers documents Kerr's life as an educator, labor negotiator, and, most importantly, as chancellor of UC Berkeley and then president of the University of California system. The collection spans his professional career from the beginning of his work in labor relations to his last great work, his memoir, . The collection contains personal, professional, and family papers (including correspondence and papers of his parents and grandparents) of Clark Kerr, including University of California administrative records, writings, speeches, correspondence, awards, committee papers, and photographs. The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967

Number of containers: 70 Cartons, 6 boxes; Linear feet: 90.13

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Bancroft Library

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University of California (System)

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Kerr, Clark, 1911-2003

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Clark Kerr was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on May 17, 1911 to Samuel W. and Caroline (Clark) Kerr. He married Catherine (Kitty) Spaulding in Los Angeles, California in 1934, and they had three children: Clark Edgar, Alexander William, and Caroline Mary. Kerr died in 2003, in El Cerrito, California, shortly after completing his memoirs, The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949-1967. Kerr received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 from Swarthmore Colleg...

Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.

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Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education

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University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...