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Collector:
Foulke, C. Pardee (Calvin Pardee) (1906-1974)
Title:
C. Pardee Foulke Papers on Woodrow Wilson
Repository:
Public Policy Papers
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5999n338r
Dates:
1916-1948
Size:
2 boxes
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-2
Language:
English

Abstract

C. Pardee Foulke was a prominent Philadelphia businessman. The C. Pardee Foulke Papers on Woodrow Wilson contain an unpublished biography of Woodrow Wilson.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The C. Pardee Foulke Papers on Woodrow Wilson consist of a typed manuscript with holograph corrections of an unpublished biography of Woodrow Wilson.

Collection Creator Biography:

Foulke

C. (Calvin) Pardee Foulke was a prominent Philadelphia businessman. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1906. His father, a member of the Princeton class of 1905, was Walter Longfellow Foulke (after which Foulke Hall was named) and his mother was Helen Pardee. Foulke attended Chestnut Hill Academy (1914-1920), St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire (1920-1925) and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English in 1929. After finishing at Princeton he attended Harvard Law School until 1933. He became president and vice-president of several oil, timber, and coal companies in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana, including the Pardee Land Company, the Blackwood Land Company, Blackwood Coal and Coke Company, the Calvin Corp., C. Pardee Works, and Pardee Brothers and Company. Foulke served in the Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces from 1942-1946, attaining the rank of major. He married Marjorie Bouge Davis in May 1952, after his first marriage to Caroline Ryan Hotchkiss in 1948 ended in divorce. C. Pardee Foulke died May 16, 1974.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift of Mrs. C. Pardee Foulke on February 10, 1976 .

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available for this collection.

Processing Information

This finding aid was updated by Jennifer Cole on May 2, 2007. Updates included: title, creator, description, arrangement, and contents list.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

C. Pardee Foulke Papers on Woodrow Wilson; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5999n338r
Location:
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
65 Olden Street
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
(609) 258-6345
Storage Note:
  • Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-2

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Related Materials

Other material at the Mudd Manuscript Library related to the C. Pardee Foulke Papers on Woodrow Wilson includes the Undergraduate Alumni file of C. Pardee Foulke.

This collection is part of a group of over 20 collections held at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library related to Woodrow Wilson, which can be located by searching for the subject "Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924" on the Princeton Finding Aids website or in the Princeton Library Main Catalog.

Please see Woodrow Wilson: A Guide to Selected Resources in the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library for more particulars.

Bibliography

Information in the biographical section was gathered from C. Pardee Foulke's Undergraduate Alumni Records at Princeton University.

Subject Terms:
Presidents -- United States -- 20th century -- Biographies
Genre Terms:
Manuscripts.
Names:
Princeton University
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)