Marshall E. Dimock Papers | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Marshall E. Dimock Papers

Extent: 26.9 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: In seven series. The first through third, sixth and seventh series are arranged alphabetically. The fourth and fifth series are arranged chronologically.

Date Acquired: 07/12/1972

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes Mr. Dimock's personal and professional correspondence, subject files related to Mr. Dimock's work, notes and drafts of speechs and articles written by Mr. Dimock, business accounts, and periodicals and books.

Collection Historical Note

Marshall Edward Dimock was born in San Bernadino, California, October 24, 1903. He was graduated from Pomona College with honors in history in 1925 and received his Ph.D. from John Hopkins University in 1928, after which he became instructor (1928-30) and assistant professor (1930-32) of political science at the University of California at Los Angeles. During 1932-33, Mr. Dimock was awarded a Social Science Traveling Fellowship, spent a year in France and England and as a result of this published British Public Utilities and National Development.

In 1932 Dimock was appointed Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Chicago, a post he held until 1941. While at the University of Chicago, he completed studies of, and published monographs relating to, public corporations, inland waterways and principles of administration. He served as Second Assistant Secretary of Labor (1938-40), his main duty being chairman of the Secretary of Labor’s Commission on Immigration Administration. He became Associate Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service when that organization was transferred to the Justice Department in 1940 and retained this position until 1942. From 1942 to 1944 Dimock served as Director of the Recruitment and Manning Organization of the War Shipping Administration, which was responsible for insuring that manpower was available for the U.S. Merchant Marine.

In 1944 Mr. Dimock became Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University and remained in this position until 1948. During this period he served as a consultant to the War Department (1944) and to the General Accounting Office (1946-48). From 1949 to 1950 he was a member of the Vermont State Legislature. In 1953-54 he was also a consultant to the Administrative Staff College in England. Dimock was appointed professor and head of the Department of Government at New York University in 1955 and remained in this position until 1962.

In addition, he was a member of the Unitarian-Universalist Association, a religious organization of which he was moderator (lay leader) from 1961 to 1964; President of the Shinner Foundation (1947-50) which promoted research on how to preserve small businesses; International and American Political Science Associations; American Society of Public Administration; Society for the Advancement of Management (President of the Washington Chapter, 1941-1942, National Director, 1942-43, National Vice President, 1945-46); Phi Sigma Alpha (National President, 1962-64); and Director and member of Executive Committee, United Seaman’s Service (Chairman, 1946-56).

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: These papers contain documents restricted in accordance with Executive Order 11652; also material which might be used to embarrass, harass or injure living persons has been closed.

Use Restrictions: Mr. Dimock’s copyright interest in these papers has been donated to the United States Government.

Acquisition Source: Marshall E. Dimock

Acquisition Method: Marshall E. Dimock donated his papers to the Roosevelt Library on July 12, 1972.

Related Materials: Material relating to Marshall Dimock will be found in PPF 6287 (Marshall Dimock) and in the Oscar Cox papers (Marshall Dimock). Material related to his service in the government will be found in OF 15 (Department of Labor); OF 25-1 (War Department-Panama Canal Zone); OF 136 (Radio); and OF 407 (Labor).

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: General Correspondence, 1936-1970],
[Series 2: Subject File, 1938-1969],
[Series 3: Speech and Article File],
[Series 4: Speaking Engagements File, 1941-1966],
[Series 5: Periodicals and Booklets File],
[Series 6: Publications of Marshall E. Dimock, 1929-1971],
[Series 7: Publications of Gladys Ogden Dimock, 1946-1971],
[All]

Series 1: General Correspondence, 1936-1970

Incoming and outgoing correspondence, personal in character arranged alphabetically by subject or surname of correspondent. Included in this series is a file “Dimock Family.”

Box 1

Ab-Al
Abbott, Grace and Edith, 1938-1943, 1947-1948
Akzin, Benjamine, 1940-1941, 1958
Allen, Frederick L., 1944-1945, 1950
Am-Ay (General)
Andrews, T. Coleman, 1946-1949
Ba-Bem (General)
Bailey, Stephen K., 1953, 1956-1957, 1961
Baker, Derwood, 1943, 1949, 1956
Baker, Roscoe, 1947-1949
Baldwin, Sidney, 1955, 1957, 1959-1960
Barnard, Chester I., 1939, 1941, 1945-1946, 1950, 1953

Box 2

Ben-Bl (General)
Benson, Catherine C., 1944-1945
Berkeley, Edmund, 1959
Beth, Dr. Carl, 1941-1942, 1944
Biddle, Francis, 1942, 1944
Clackwell, Marion, 1941
Bledsoe, Thomas A. and Betty, 1952-1954, 1956-1957, 1959
Bo-Bra (General)
Bodin, Nathan, 1940-1942, 1947
Bordner, Howard W., 1946-1948
Brandeis, Louis D., 1939, 1941
Bre-Bu (General)
Breckinridge, S. P., 1940-1944, 1948
Brumagin, Robert S., 1947-1948, 1951
Bunbury, Sir Henry, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1970
Burdette, Franklin L., 1942-1943
Cah-Cav (General)
Cady, George J., 1948, 1950-1952
Carey, Jane P. C., 1939-1946, 1955

Box 3

Cazel, Virgil, 1940-1942
Ce-Ci (General)
Chaiken, Marv, 1948-1949
Chamberlain, Joseph P., 1940-1942
Chamberlain, Waldo, 1956-1958, 1960
Charlesworth, James C., 1952-1953, 1955
Chase, Stuart, 1947, 1951-1952
Cherrington, Ben M., 1939
Christgau, Victor, 1959
Cl-Coo (General)
Claude, Inis L., Jr., 1956-1957, 1959
Cleary, Helen P., 1965
Cling, Edwin L., 1946-1948
Cohen, Hymen F., 1939, 1942, 1947
Colegrove, Kenneth, 1940, 1943-1948
Cook, Thomas I., 1939, 1942, 1956, 1959-1960
Cop-Cy (General)
Cormack, Dorothy C., 1946-1947
Cover, John H., 1939-1940
Crown, James T., 1958-1959

Box 4

Currie, Lauchlin, 1936, 1938-1939, 1944
Cushman, Robert E., 1939, 1941, 1943-1944, 1956, 1958-1959
Da-De (General)
Dauer, Manning, 1951-1952, 1955-1959
Davenport, John H., 1946-1949, 1961-1962
Davis, Kenneth C., September 1951-July 1952
Davis, Kenneth C., August 1952-1955, 1958-1959
deGrazia, Alfred, 1957-1959
Di-Dy (General)
Dimock, Marshall E. - Asbestos Mine, 1947-1949

Box 5

Dimock - Family, 1940, 1944, 1961, 1965
Donmeyer, Clark, 1941-1944, 1949, 1952
Donnell, Dorothy Calhoun, 1939-1940
Donnell, Dorothy Calhoun, 1941-1942, 1944
Dorr, Harold M., 1950, 1953, 1955-1958
Dykstra, Clarence A., 1939-1942, 1945
Ea-El (General)
Eagleton, Clyde, 1943-1944
Earle, Valerie, 1966
Elsbree, Hugh L., 1955-1957
Em-Ex (General)
Engler, Robert, 1951, 1959-1961
Fa-Fl (General)
Fagg, Fred D., Jr., 1944-1945, 1955

Box 6

Fahy, Julian, 1941, 1944-1949, 1952-1953, 1958
Falconer, Douglas P., 1943-1947
Ferguson, LeRoy C., 1945-1950, 1952
Field, Oliver P., 1940-1944, 1946
Finkelstein, Louis, 1943, 1945-1946, 1957, 1959
Fishburn, Merry E., 1967, 1969
Fletcher, Frederick G. and Mary, 1950-1958, undated
Fo-Fu (General)
Friedrich, Carl J., 1939-1940, 1945
Ga-Gil (General)
Galloway, George B., 1944-1946, 1951, 1956-1957
Gault, Elium E., 1966
Gaus, John M., 1939-1946, 1949-1951, 1954, 1959
Gibson, Ernest W., 1949, 1951, 1953

Box 7

Gilbert, Emilie W., 1948, 1952, 1954-1958, 1962
Gillin, John, 1948-1953
Gin-Go (General)
Goetz, Rachel M., 1960
Gr-Gu (General)
Grant, Daniel, 1946-1949
Graves, W. Brooke, 1949-1951, 1953
Haa-Han (General)
Hall, Sir Noel F., 1955-1959, 1961
Hap-Haz (General)
Harrison, Earl G., 1941-1944
Hart, Henry M., Jr., 1939-1941
Harvey, Ray F., 1955-1958, 1960
Hattery, Lowell H., 1949-1950

Box 8

Hawley, Claude E., 1939-1944, 1950-1951, 1955-1959, 1962-1963
Hea-Hey (General)
Heckscher, Gunnar, 1954
Herring, Pendleton, 1943-1946, 1948-1951
Hi-Ho (General)
Hinds, George L., 1956-1959
Horsch, Melville H., 1963-1964
Howe, Marion, 1951, 1953-1961
Hu-Hy (General)
Hyde, Howard K., 1939-1942, 1956, 1958-1960, 1962-1964

Box 9

I-Ja (General)
Ivey, John E., Jr., 1947-1948, 1957-1959
Je-Ju (General)
Ka-Ke (General)
Kh-Ku (General)
Kiggen-Haus Elbahorst Kennels, 1967, 1969
Kirkham, Juanita, 1941
Kirkpatrick, Evron M., 1955-1958
Koenig, Louis W., 1956-1959, 1963-1964
Krishnan, K.S.V.R., 1964-1965
La-Le (General)
Lamphere, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, 1945-1948, 1950-1952, 1954-1958
Lanpher, Henry Coe, 1939, 1942-1943

Box 10

Lathrop, John and Lita, 1956, 1958-1967
Lawton, William C., 1951-1953, 1956-1958
Lepawsky, Albert, 1942, 1947-1948, 1950, 1952, 1957-1959
Li-Ly (General)
Lipson, Leslie, 1938-1941, 1943-1944, 1956
Lotz, Hebert R., 1943
Mac-May (General)
Macmahon, Arthur, 1939-1940, 1943-1944
Marion, John H., 1939-1941, 1943, 1946, 1948
Martin, Roscoe C., 1944-1947, 1952
McA-McW (General)
McAdam, Edward L., 1959-1960
McIntire, John A., 1940, 1942-1943, 1946
McKee, Capt. Willi, 1951

Box 11

Mea-Mil (General)
Meyner, Robert B., 1959-1960
Min-Mow (General)
Moskovit, Harold R., 1941-1944, 1955
Mu-My (General)
Murray, George, 1939-1940, 1942-1944
N (General)
Nelson, Walter R., 1939-1940, 1942
Newsom, Carroll V., 1955-1961
Nigro, Felix A., 1940, 1942, 1947-1957, 1959-1960
Norton, Thomas L., 1956-1959

Box 12

O (General)
Odegard, Peter H., 1938, 1946, 1950-1953, 1955
Ogg, Frederic A., 1938-1943
Olson, Emery E., 1939-1941, 1951, 1953-1954
P (General)
Pfiffner, John M., 1939-1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1950
Phillipp, Lucy - Mrs. Thomas Costello, 1946-1947, 1949-1950
Pollock, James K., 1948
Pollock, Thomas C., 1955-1956, 1958-1960
Pritchett, C. Herman, 1939-1943, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1960
Q-Ri (General)
Quinn, T. K., 1955-1962
Reichle, Leonard F. C., 1939, 1942, 1955, 1962
Richardson, Hayes A., 1940-1941, 1946

Box 13

Ro-Ry (General)
Roth, Sidney G., 1956-1957, 1959-1961
Russell, William F., 1941-1944, 1947, 1950
Sa-Sha (General)
Shaughnessy, Edward J., 1941-1943
She-Si (General)
Shinner, Ernest G., 1955-1956
Shinner, Ernest G., 1957
Shinner, Ernest G., 1958
Shinner, Ernest G., 1959

Box 14

Shinner, Ernest G., 1960
Shinner, Ernest G., 1961
Shinner, Ernest G., 1962
Shinner, Ernest G., 1963-1964
Sj-Sp (General)
Smith, Lincoln, 1951-1952, 1955-1956, 1958
Snyder, Franklyn B., 1944-1948
Sta-Sti (General)
Stahl, O. Glenn, 1956-1959
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1946-1957, 1960-1964, 1966
Stephenson, William A. F., 1956-1957
Sto-Sy (General)

Box 15

Stoddard, George D., 1956, 1959-1961
Stoke, Harold W., 1955-1959
Stong, Benton J., 1957-1958
Stover, Carl F., 1959, 1961-1962
Swisher, Carl, 1942-1944, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959
T (General)
Tanenhaus, Joseph, 1958-1959
Tarzian, Carol, 1957-1959
Thayer, Walter N., 1942, 1944, 1955, 1957-1959, 1962
Tilton, Cecil G., 1940-1941, 1948
Trager, Frank N., 1959-1960
Trask, Richard, 1940-1943
Tribolet, Leslie B., 1939, 1941, 1952, 1955
Truman, David B., 1940-1942, 1956, 1967
U-V (General)
Upgren, Arthur, 1953-1956
Van Toor, James, 1947-1952
Vasey, Wayne, 1961-1963
Vieg, John A., 1939, 1948-1952, 1954-1955
Vogt, Von Ogden, 1938-1940, 1942, 1944

Box 16

Wag-Way (General)
Wallace, Schuyler C., 1941, 1948, 1953-1954
We-Wh (General)
Wehle, Louis B., 1948-1951, 1955, 1957-1958
Weintraub, Ruth, 1949-1950, 1953-1955
Wernette, J. Philip and Eleanor, 1953, 1959, 1961
White, Leonard D., 1939, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950
Wic-Wit (General)
Wilson, Harry, 1945-1946, 1949
Wimmer, Edward, 1948-1953, 1960, 1962, 1966
Wo-Z (General)
Wolfe, A. B., 1943-1944
Zurcher, Arnold, 1943-1944, 1955-1960, 1962, 1965