Tracy S. Voorhees papers

Dates

1855 - 1974
Majority of material found within 1919 - 1970

Abstract

Papers (1919-1966) including correspondence, materials concerning the Marshall Plan, aid to Asia, Hungarian and Cuban refugee relief, United States Information Agency, Long Island Railroad, Gosheen Committee, and Voorhees's activities in World War II and as undersecretary of the Army in the administration of President Harry S. Truman; papers (1950-1968) largely relating to his position as vice chairman of Committee on the Present Danger, including office files, memoranda, addresses, and letters, and documentary history of the committee by Voorhees; miscellaneous papers (1953-1970), including letters received, mostly relating to Gen. William J. Donovan (1883-1959); papers, clippings, and pamphlets (1965-1968) relating to Citizens Committee for Higher Education in New Jersey; personal files (1956-1965) relating to business of Board of Trustees and Board of Governors of Rutgers University; and other papers. Correspondents include Lucius D. Clay, James B. Conant, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, Douglas MacArthur, and other government officials.

Extent

36 Cubic Feet (2 framed items, 13 volumes, 16 cartons, 13 boxes, 2 folders, and 4 bundles)

Access Restrictions

Materials in boxes S and T are restricted. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance to request use of those materials.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Most of Voorhees' papers are grouped by activity; the remainder are grouped by document type. For most phases of his career, Voorhees wrote an explanatory essay that is included in the papers. These essays sometimes reference specific documents in the collection.

Related Materials

President Eisenhower appointed a committee to help resettle refugees from the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Between November 1956 and April 1957, 32,000 refugees came through Camp Kilmer, NJ (now on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers) and found new homes and jobs in the US through the work of the committee. More information on Camp Kilmer can be found on the President's Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief portal via RUCore.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Inventory of the Tracy S. Voorhees papers
Status: Edited Full Draft
Author: Special Collections and University Archives
Date: November 2005
Language of description note: Finding aid is written in English.
Sponsor: Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.