Evans Clark Papers, 1910-1970

Clark Papers, 1910-1970

2 archives boxes (1 linear ft.)

Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings and other material on the major activities of Evans Clark's career. Some clippings are by Clark, presumably the editorials written while he was with the New York Times.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Evans Clark Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Evans Clark Papers should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

Evans Clark was born in 1888 in Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Amherst in 1910 and received an M.A. from Columbia in 1913. Clark's most significant work was serving from 1928 to 1953 as director for the Twentieth Century Fund, a philanthropic foundation for research and education on economic and social issues. He was also a feature, book review and editorial writer for the New York Times from 1925 to 1928. After his retirement from the Twentieth Century Fund in 1953, he was an editorial writer for the New York Times until 1961. His numerous other activities included serving on the Board of Directors of the Advertising Council, and serving as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Council=s Public Policy Committee. He was an incorporator and member of the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York. Clark was the co-author of "Stock Market Control," and the author of "Financing the Consumer" and "How to Budget Health," all Twentieth Century Fund publications, as well as of other books and articles. He died in 1970 at the age of eighty-two.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, clippings and other material on the major activities of his career. Some clippings are by Clark, presumably the editorials written while he was with the New York Times.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Evans Clark Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items are restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Evans Clark Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College LIbrary

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Finding Aid:	Revised November 1999
Edited by:	Daria D'Arienzo, Archivist of the College
Listed by:	Margaret R. Dakin, Archives and Special Collections Associate

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

The Advertising Council, Inc. - dealings with Radio Free Europe	1967-69		Box 1: folder 2

The Advertising Council, Inc. - Report to the Public Policy Committee of the Advertising Council; Twentieth Century Fund - news release November, 1968	1968		Box 1: folder 3

The Advertising Council, Inc. - correspondence concerning Clark's becoming a Director-at-Large of the Board of Directors	1950, 1953		Box 1: folder 4

Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs - correspondence	1940-41		Box 1: folder 5

Courts (U.S. and state) - newspaper clippings	1935, 1961-63		Box 1: folder 7

Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York - minutes of Annual Meeting, May 6, 1969	1969		Box 1: folder 9

Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York - clippings and pamphlets	1960-63		Box 1: folder 10

Hospitals - clippings on the situation in New York hospitals	1959-61		Box 1: folder 11

The Labor Bureau, Inc. - pamphlet co-authored by Clark: The Labor Bureau, Inc., An Account of the First Year's Work, May 1, 1921	1921		Box 1: folder 12

Metzger Case - information on the case of the J. Radley Metzger Co., Inc. and Local 485 of the International Union of Electrical Workers	1957-58		Box 1: folder 13

Crain and Haney affairs - correspondence	1949		Box 1: folder 8

New York State Bar Association - pamphlet by Clark: Citizen Support for Court Reform: A Program for Action in New York State	1954		Box 1: folder 15

Puerto Rico - clippings on status with United States	1962-64		Box 2: folder 5

Real estate - contract between Clark and Sidney Wragge	1941		Box 2: folder 6

New York City Housing Authority - correspondence	1935-37		Box 1: folder 14

New York Times - letter from John B. Oakes concerning Clark's resignation from the New York Times	1961		Box 2: folder 1

New York Times - correspondence and clippings concerning the New York Times	1954-61		Box 2: folder 2

New York Times - article by Gay Talese on the New York Times (clipped from Harper's)	1969		Box 2: folder 3

Teamster case - summary of case of Teamster's Union against James R. Hoffa, August 29, 1958	1958		Box 2: folder 8

Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of committees	1956-59		Box 2: folder 10

Twentieth Century Fund - correspondence between Clark and August Hecksher	1957-60		Box 2: folder 11

Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of meetings, executive committee	1968		Box 2: folder 12

Twentieth Century Fund - Revised By-Laws	1968		Box 2: folder 13

Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of committees	1968		Box 2: folder 14

Twentieth Century Fund - news releases, minutes of Board of Trustees meeting	1968-69		Box 2: folder 15