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 4: Speaking Engagements File, 1941-1966

This series includes files on speaking engagements which are arranged chronologically by month and year of the speech. Included is correspondence concerning arrangements for travel and accommodations, vouchers for expenses, and Dimock’s notes for the speeches.

Box 59

Westchester Conference for Democratic Rights, March 1941
Miscellaneo, 1944-1949, 1952
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, September 1958
Dept. of Agriculture, July 1959
American Society for Public Administration, August and October 1959
New York City, Management Development Study Group, September 1959
Veterans Administration, September 1959
Foreign Service Institute, September 1959
Univ. of Mass. Extension Division of Agriculture, October 1959
Niagara Falls, NY - Junior League, October 1959
Foreign Service Institute, October 1959
Boston Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities, January 1960
Veterans Administration, January 1960
Columbus, Ohio, Methodist Hospitals and Homes, February 1960
Brookings Institution, February 1960
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, March 1960
Dept. of Agriculture Graduate School, March 1960
Brookings Institution, March 1960
Columbia University - Institute on Management in Public Health, April 1960
Illinois Dept. or Personnel, May 1960
Dept. of Agriculture, May 1960

Box 60

International City Managers Association, May 1960
Veterans Administration, May 1960
Brookings Institution, June 1960
Veterans Administration, September 1960
Brookings Institution, October 1960
Vermont Academy, October 1960
Randolph, Vermont High School and Rotary, October 1960
American Society for Public Administration, November 1960
General Electric, December 1960
Brookings Institution, December 1960
Foreign Service Institute, December 1960
Veterans Administration, January 1961
N.Y. State Dept. of Social Welfare, May 1961
N.Y. City Community Church, May 1961
Veterans Administration, June 1961
Unitarian Administration, June 1961
Universalist Church of Ohio, June 1961
N.Y. State Dept. of Social Welfare, July 1961
Institute in Executive Development for Federal Administrators, July 1961
Brookings Institution, August 1961
N.Y. State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, August 1961
Palmer, Mass. - St. Paul's Universalist Church, August 1961

Box 61

Rockey Mountain Unitarian - Universalist Summer Assembly, August 1961
American Public Welfare Assembly, September 1961
Northern N.E. Region of Universalist Churches, Septemner 1961
Veterans Administration, September 1961
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, October 1961
National Social Welfare Assembly, Inc., October 1961
First Unitarian Society of Schenectady, October 1961
Second Church in Boston, October 1961
American Society for Public Administration, October 1961
Dept. of Agriculture Graduate School, October 1961
U.S. Civil Service Commission, November 1961
Columbia University, Public Health Administration, November 1961
Unitarian Society of New Haven, December 1961
Unitarian Fellowship of Brookhaven, Decembr 1961
Dept. of Agriculture, January 1962
Minneapolis - First Unitarian Church, January 1962
Cleveland - First Unitarian Church, January 1962
U.S. Civil Service Commission, February 1962
Brookings Conference on Public Affairs, February 1962
Hollis Unitarian Church, February 1962
Montclair, N.J. - Unitarian Church, February 1962
Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice, March 1962
Main Line Unitarian Fellowship, March 1962
Western Unitarian Churches, April 1962
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, April 1962
American Society for Public Administration, April 1962

Box 62

State University of New York, Graduate School of Public Affairs, April 1962
International City Managers Association, May 1962
Cathedral of the Pines, June 1962
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., June 1962
Blue Ridge Summer Institute, July 1962
University of Chicago Summer Institute in Executive Development, August 1962
Liberal Religious Youth, August 1962
Veterans Administration, September 1962
Morristown, N.J. - Unitarian Fellowship, September 1962
Plainfield, N.J. - First Unitarian Church, September 1962
U.U.A., Middle Atlantic Regional Convention, October 1962
Continental Leadership Conference, October 1962
U.S. Civil Service Commission, October 1962
First Unitarian Society in Newton, October 1962
First Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, October 1962
Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, October 1962
American Telephone and Telegraph, November 1962-May 1963
Commission for Handicapped Children, November 1962
Indianapolis All Souls Unitarian Church, November 1962
Massachusetts Bay District of Unitarian Churches, November 1962
Dept. of Agriculture Graduate School, December 1962
St. Louis First Unitarian Church, December 1962
Michigan State University School of Labor and Industrial Relations, December 1962
Cleveland - First Unitarian Church, December 1962
Dept. of Agriculture Graduate School, January 1963

Box 63

Institute of Management Sciences, February 1963
Mead Johnson Institute, April 1963
Council of Administrators of Special Education, April 1963
Barre, Vt. Universalist Church, April 1963
Dartmouth College Honors Group Seminar, April 1963
N.Y. State Convention of Universalists and Mohawk Valley Conference of Unitarian Churches, April 1963
Career Development Conference, April 1963
Southwest Unitarian Universalist Conference, April 1963
Labor Dept., Bureau of Employment Security, April 1963
Pacific Southwest Unitarian Universalist Annual Meeting, April 1963
Veterans Administration National Management Institute, May 1963, September 1963
White Plains Community Church Unitarian, May 1963
University of Wisconsin Summer Institute, July 1963
Unitarian - Lake Geneva Conference, July 1963
North Carolina - Institute of Government, August 1963, Ocotber 1963
Oklahoma City, First Unitarian Church, October 1963
Pennsylvania Association of Chief School Administrat, October 1963
South Nassua Unitarian Church, October 1963
Milwaukee First Unitarian Church, November 1963
Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Council, November 1963
Omaha First Unitarian Church, November 1963
Dept. of Agriculture, Management Development Program, November 1963
First Unitarian Society of Chicago, November 1963
Cleveland - First Unitarian Church, December 1963
N.Y. State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, May 1964, June 1964
Paramus Central Unitarian Church, May 1964
University of Illinois - Summer Institute, August 1964
J. Walter Thompson - European Managers, August 1964
Danbury First Universalist Church, October 1964
Nashville First Unitarian Church, October 1964
Channing Conference, Churchmanship Institute, November 1964
Windsor, Vt. - All Souls Unitarian Church, December 1964
Dept. of Agriculture Graduate School, January 1965

Box 64

National Management Institute, February 1965, May 1965, September 1965
University of Vermont, April 1965
N.Y. State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, April 1965, May 1965
National Institute of Health, May 1965
International City Managers Association, May 1965
Tissue Association, June 1965
Scott Paper Company, July 1965
Vermont Historical Society, August 1965
University of Wisconsin Summer Institute, August 1965
N.Y. State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, April-May 1966
University of Wisconsin Summer Institute, August 1966