Evans Clark Papers, 1910-1970
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Clark Papers
Creation of Clark Papers
Time of Creation of Clark Papers
Clark, Evans
Biographical History for: Clark Papers
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.
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York.
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Taxation -- United States
Insurance, Health -- New York (State) -- New York
United States -- Economic policy
United States -- Social conditions
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Amherst College. Class of 1910. Clark.
Twentieth Century Fund
Advertising Council
Biographical material 1910-58
The Advertising Council, Inc. - dealings with Radio Free Europe 1967-69
The Advertising Council, Inc. - Report to the Public Policy Committee of the Advertising Council; Twentieth Century Fund - news release November, 1968 1968
The Advertising Council, Inc. - correspondence concerning Clark's becoming a Director-at-Large of the Board of Directors 1950, 1953
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs - correspondence 1940-41
Council on Foundations, Inc. - memos 1969
Courts (U.S. and state) - newspaper clippings 1935, 1961-63
Crain and Haney affairs - correspondence 1949
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York - minutes of Annual Meeting, May 6, 1969 1969
Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York - clippings and pamphlets 1960-63
Hospitals - clippings on the situation in New York hospitals 1959-61
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
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
New York City Housing Authority - correspondence 1935-37
New York State Bar Association - pamphlet by Clark: Citizen Support for Court Reform: A Program for Action in New York State 1954
New York Times - letter from John B. Oakes concerning Clark's resignation from the New York Times 1961
New York Times - correspondence and clippings concerning the New York Times 1954-61
New York Times - article by Gay Talese on the New York Times (clipped from Harper's) 1969
Probation in the Courts - clippings 1961
Puerto Rico - clippings on status with United States 1962-64
Real estate - contract between Clark and Sidney Wragge 1941
Raymond Rich Associates - correspondence 1953
Teamster case - summary of case of Teamster's Union against James R. Hoffa, August 29, 1958 1958
Twentieth Century Fund - expenditures 1970
Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of committees 1956-59
Twentieth Century Fund - correspondence between Clark and August Hecksher 1957-60
Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of meetings, executive committee 1968
Twentieth Century Fund - Revised By-Laws 1968
Twentieth Century Fund - minutes of committees 1968
Twentieth Century Fund - news releases, minutes of Board of Trustees meeting 1968-69
Twentieth Century Fund - news releases 1969