MC 1407

Inventory of the Tracy S. Voorhees Papers

By Special Collections and University Archives

November 2005

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Finding aid encoded in EAD, version 2002 by Tara Maharjan, April 2020
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.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: Voorhees, Tracy S. (Tracy Stebbins), 1890-1974
Title: Tracy S. Voorhees Papers
Dates: 1919-1974
Quantity: 36 cubic feet (2 framed items, 13 volumes, 16 cartons, 13 boxes, 2 folders, and 4 bundles)
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.
Collection No.: MC 1407
Language: English
Repository: Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

Arrangement Note

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.

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Restrictions

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.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Tracy S. Voorhees Papers, MC 1407, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

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Detailed Description of the Collection/Container List

This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.

TRACY S. VOORHEES PAPERS
Box
A Law School
Law Practice
Box
B Law Practice
Long Island College Hospital / Blood Transfusion Association
Army: Surgeon General’s Office
Box
C Army: Surgeon General’s Office
Army: Medical Department Matters
Box
D Army: Food Administrator for Occupied Areas, 1947-1948
Box
E Assistant Secretary of the Army, 1948-1949
Hoover Commission (Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government) Task Force on Federal Medical Services, 1948-1949
Box
F Hoover Commission 1948-1949
Under Secretary of the Army, 1949-1950
Box
G Under Secretary of the Army
Box
H Under Secretary of the Army
Voorhees Group, 1950
Committee on the Present Danger, [1950-circa 1952
Box
I Committee on the Present Danger, [1950-circa 1952
Box
J U.S. Information Agency, 1953-1962
Non-continuous.
Box
K Mission to Improve the Berlin Economy, 1953
Defense Advisor (NATO Mission / Director of Offshore Procurement), 1953-1954
Herbert Hoover’s Trip to Germany, 1954
Mutual Weapons Development Program
Hungarian Refugee Relief, 1956-1957
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Box
L Hungarian Refugee Relief, 1956-1957
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Draper Committee (President’s Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program), 1958-1959
Box
M Committee to Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom, 1959-1961
Box
N Committee to Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom, 1959-1961
Box
O Committee to Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom, 1959-1961
President’s Representative for Cuban Refugees, 1960-1961
Box
P President’s Representative for Cuban Refugees, 1960-1961
Box
Q Long Island Rail Road, 1951-1965
Box
R Citizens Committee for Higher Education in New Jersey, 1965-1966
Speeches
Box
S Rutgers University
Restricted (in part): Use must be cleared by Rutgers University Archivist
Box
T Rutgers University
Restricted: Use must be cleared by Rutgers University Archivist
Box
U Correspondence--Autograph Files
Originals of letters, filed elsewhere in collection as photocopies, from Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight Eisenhower, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Douglas MacArthur, Richard Nixon and Harry Truman
Box
V Correspondence--Personality
Box
W Correspondence--Personality
Certificates / Awards
Family
Box
X Family
Box
Y Family
Personal Miscellany
Box
Z Photographs
Primarily family images of TSV, his relatives and ancestors
Volume
1 Scrapbook [“No. 1”; “Begun May 6, 1913”], 1901-1920
Education through early law practice: report cards, dance cards, photographs, correspondence and ephemera from Rutgers Preparatory School, boys camps (e.g., Camp Wawayanda), Rutgers College, Columbia Law School, War Trade Board; also Raritan River photographs (e.g., construction of elevated railroad bridge at New Brunswick, 1903)
Volume
2 (phase box) Scrapbook, 1922-1925
Law Practice (Ewing, Alley & Voorhees): clippings, correspondence and other materials relating to firm
Volume
3 (phase box) Scrapbook, 1925-1937
Law Practice (Ewing & Voorhees; Blake & Voorhees) and Personal: clippings about cases handled by firm; legal and personal correspondence; poetry, artwork, golf cards; faux proclamation from “Franklin DeLenin Roosevelt” and response from “Tracy Stalin Voorhees”
Volume
4 (phase box) Scrapbook, 1948-1949
Hoover Commission Task Force on Federal Medical Services: clippings only (plus two photocopies of letter, 1949, from Hoover commending TSV)
Volume
5 (phase box) Scrapbook, 1949-1950
Under Secretary of the Army: photographs (captioned), clippings, press releases and correspondence
Volume
6 (phase box) Scrapbook, 1960-1961
Cuban Refugee Relief: clippings only (English and Spanish language)
Volume
7 Photograph Album, 1949
Japan (26 August-15 September 1949): U.S. Army photographs of TSV visit (most captioned on reverse, some with duplicates)
Volume
8 (phasebox) Photograph Album, 1949
Japan (August-September 1949): Signal Corps photographs, with captions; presentation letter from Major General Edward Almond; packet of photographs of TSV leaving Japan
Volume
9 (phase box) Photograph Album, 1949
Tokyo, Japan: photographs with captions documenting December TSV trip
Volume
10 (phase box) Photograph Album, 1950
Visit of Japanese Diet delegation to the United States: photographs with typed captions (some missing); narrative by TSV at beginning
Volume
11 Photograph Album, 1948-1950
Portraits: autographed and/or inscribed; some dated
Volume
12 Photograph Album, 1938-1950 (bulk 1949-1950)
Portraits: autographed and/or inscribed; some dated
Volume
13 Photograph Album, circa 1949-circa 1954
Portraits: autographed and/or inscribed, else captioned with names; most undated
Volume
14 (phase box) Photograph Album, 1936-1971 (bulk 1949-1971)
Portraits: autographed and/or inscribed portraits of colleagues, most undated; portraits and event photographs of TSV; certificate from Finnish Relief Fund
Volume
15 (phase box) Photograph Album, circa 1939-1970
Miscellaneous pictures of eight friends and colleagues (per manuscript attached) with biographical notes for four of them; also 1970 note from Mason Gross
Volume
16 Photograph Album, 1963
[First] Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with minimal captions (some names); letter from Secretary of the Army Cyrus Vance
Volume
17 Photograph Album, 1964
Second Annual Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with minimal captions (no names)
Volume
18 Photograph Album, [1965]
Third Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with no captions
Volume
19 Photograph Album, 1966
[Fourth] Dept. of the Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with no captions; letter from Secretary Stanley R. Resor
Volume
20 Photograph Album, 1967
[Fifth] Dept. of the Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with no captions
Volume
21 Photograph Album, 1968
[Sixth] Dept. of the Army Secretariat Alumni Conference: photographs with no captions; letter from Secretary Stanley R. Resor
Volume
22 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, circa 1907-1953 (bulk 1938-1953)
Family and military photographs, with annotations (includes image with Eleanor Roosevelt); printed copy of TSV commencement address at Rutgers University, 1950
Volume
23 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book #1”], [1906?]-[1943] (bulk 1941-1943)
Class of [18]76” Rutgers College images, including F.M. Voorhees and J.S. Voorhees; 1907 football team image; campus building images; letters and clippings documenting Alumni Award, 1941; blood drive and land donation, 1942 (Long Island College Hospital); appointment as a Rutgers Trustee
Volume
24 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book #2”], 1942-1946
Clippings, letters and other documents related to service with Army Dept. of Surgeon General, 1943-1946 (includes anti-malaria booklet by T. Geisel a/k/a Dr. Seuss); narratives of Davis and Office of Economic Stabilization misunderstanding; War Department’s Distinguished Service Medal, 1946
Volume
25 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book #3”], 1946-1949
Clippings, letters and other documents: Hoover Commission Task Force; War Dept. Food Administrator for Occupied Areas; Assistant Secretary of the Army
Volume
26 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“Book 4”], 1949-1950
Clippings, letters and other documents while Under Secretary of the Army: end of Berlin blockade; transition to State Dept. administration of occupied areas; visits to and advocacy on Japan
Volume
27 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book 5”], 1950-1951
Resignation letter to, and reply from, H.S. Truman (copies); clippings and correspondence re. resignation; activities for Rutgers fund-raising and 1950 Commencement; Committee on the Present Danger clippings, releases and memos; letter to Eisenhower encouraging him to run for President (copy)
Volume
28 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book #6”], 1951-1953
Clippings and published material only: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)/Long Island Transit Authority (LITA); also Red Cross, Committee on the Present Danger, Heimlich case (Rutgers University), Voice of America review [1 page each][volume brittle]
Volume
29 (phase box) Photograph Album Concerning Tracy S. Voorhees kept by his Mother, [“MSV Book 7”], 1953-1956
Clippings and correspondence: Defense Advisor to U.S. Representative on the North Atlantic Council [NATO]; Director of Offshore Procurement; LIRR redevelopment and LITA Vice-Chair; Van Voorhees Park (Brooklyn); miscellaneous other activities[volume brittle]
Volume
30 (phase box) Autograph album of Fred Voorhees, 1855-1857 and undated
Signatures and notes, primarily from professors and fellow students at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)