IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
PATRICIA J. PARDUN (1924- )
PAPERS, 1959-1978
(bulk
1963-1973)
2.1 linear feet
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 25) were donated by Patricia Pardun, in 1985 and
1998. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In Box 5. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Special Collections Staff; Lori Jargo, 1993; and Stacy Ross, 2001.
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Biography
Patrica
Pardun was born in Independence, Iowa on October 23, 1924 to Allen and Mattice
Smith. She attended the University of Dubuque
for one year and the University of Iowa for two years. She was elected to her first political post,
precinct committeewoman of Harrison Township in Benton Count, Iowa in 1953. In 1954 she became vice-chair of the Benton
County Republican Party. Pardun held
this post until becoming a member of the Republican State Central committee in
1959. In 1967, Patricia Pardun was
elected vice-chair of the Republican State Central Committee, a position she
held until February 1973. She served as
a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1968, 1972, and 1976. During and after her years in office,
Patricia Pardun was very active in Republican women’s organizations, Farm
Bureau women’s organizations, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Parent Teacher
Association.
Scope and
Content Note
The Patricia Pardun papers measure 2.1 linear feet
and date from 1959 to 1978, with only a few items extending beyond 1975. Patricia Pardun was an important figure in
Iowa Republican Party politics from 1959-1976.
Although the collection is rich in information about the Iowa Republican
Party and the national Republican Party from 1966 to 1973, there is little in
the papers pertaining to Patricia Pardun’s official duties during her career
and very little of a biographical nature.
Researchers should examine the newspaper clippings for information
outlining Patricia Pardun’s political career.
The Patricia Pardun papers are arranged in seven series: Correspondence and Social Information, National Republican Party, Iowa Republican Party, Women in Politics and the Republican Party,
Projects and Committees, and Slides, Photographs, and Artifacts.
The Correspondence
files contain a copy of a letter written to Patricia Pardun by Richard Nixon during
the 1968 presidential campaign, as well as letters from mary Louise Smith,
Governor Robert D. Ray, Lt. Governor Arthur Neu, Congressmen H.R. Gross and
Wiley Mayne, Iowa Attorney General Richard C. Turner, and Iowa Secretary of
State Melvyn Synhorst, among others.
Most of these letters pertain to Pardun’s resignation as vice-chair of
the Republican State Central Committee in 1973.
The papers concerning the National Republican Party are mostly made up of convention
information from 1968, 1972, and 1976 and publications from party
headquarters. These publications
include The History of the Republican
Party 1854-1968, published by the National Committee in 1968, and various
party pamphlets.
The bulk of the collection contains information on
the Iowa Republican Party. This portion of the collection contains
state party platforms, information about state conventions from 1954 to 1974,
copies of the Iowa party newsletter, State finance committee information, and
information concerning party members in each district and county. Included in thie portion of the collection
are copies of the Iowa Republican County Handbook from 1962 and 1963, state
party organization lists from 1970 to 1973, and minutes from state central
committee meetings from February 1969 and 1971 to 1973. This information would be particularly
useful to researchers interested in Iowa party politics and activities of the
Republican Party at the state and local levels.
An important segment of this collection included
information concerning Women in Politics
and the Republican Party.
Specifically, this portion includes information on the Women’s Division
of the Republican National Committee, the National Federation of Republican
Women, and the Iowa Council of Republican Women. Various handbooks from each of these groups are included in this
portion of the collection. A major
asset to this collection is the booklet, Women
in Public Service, published in August 1971 by the Women’s Division of the
Republican National Committee. This
booklet contains information on women in the Republican Party as well as women
of all parties in Congress (through 1971).
The report also lists the women in the Nixon presidential administration
and women in federal agencies like the Department of Agriculture. Over half of the report is a state by state
listing of all women in state office (elected and appointed), which includes
elected county officials. This
publication is very rich in data that would be easily converted into statistics
concerning women in politics.
The Projects
and Committees series contains information regarding activities Patricia
Pardun was involved in within the Republican Party. These activities include, but are not limited to: legislative campaigns,
Absentee and Special Ballot projects, voter registration projects, and
“Opportunities Unlimited” conventions in Wisconsin and Iowa. Specific items contained here are mainly
propaganda items such as fliers, booklets, pamphlets, and informative cards. Information concerning projects such as the
Absentee and Special Ballot projects contain propaganda items as well as
meeting notes and legislative information.
At the end of the collection are various Slides, Photographs, and Artifacts. The slides are all of Patricia Pardun
speaking and attending a conference.
The photographs include Pardun with Mary Louise Smith, Pat Nixon, Billie
Ray, Senator Bourke Hickenlooper, Senator Jack Miller, and Congressman John Kyl. The artifacts mostly consist of nametags and
ribbons from various conventions and pins and items relating to Pardun’s career
in the Republican Party.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Correspondence and Articles
Political Correspondence, 1959-1975 and undated
Including
letters from:
Bromwell,
James E.
Drake,
Richard, F.
Gross, H. R.
Henry,
John M.
Kyl,
John
Mayne,
Wiley
Miller,
Jack
Mooty,
W. L.
Neu,
Arthur A.
Ray,
Robert D.
Schwengel,
Fred
Smith,
Mary Louise
Stanley,
David M.
Synhorst,
Melvin D.
Turner,
Richard C.
Personal
Correspondence
1963-1972
and undated
Newspaper
Clippings, 1959-1972
National Republican Party
Conventions
Republican
Party National Platform, 1964
Republican
National Convention Booklet, 1968
Rules
of Republican National Convention, 1968
Republican
National Convention Booklet, 1972
Republican
National Convention Booklet, 1976
Opportunities
Unlimited Conventions
Wisconsin,
1966
Iowa,
1967
History
The
History of the Republican Party 1854-1965
Publications
and Press Releases
“Congressional
Record” Speeches, 1959 and 1963
The
Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Releases,
1966
Midwest
Vice Chairman list, 1969
Midwest
States Campaign Management Seminar, 1971
Presidential
Inaugural Programs and Invitations,1969 and 1973
“Republican
News” August 25, 1971
“Public
Misinformation: The Credibility Gap”
Weisburg
and Rusk Dimensions of Campaign Evaluation
Box 2
Reports
“The
Republican Report”, 1963
“They
Grade the Congress”, 1966
Republican
Research Reports, 1966-1967
Iowa Republican Party
Administrative
Caucus
Organization
Constitution
of the Republican Party of Iowa, adopted 1970
Iowa
Republican County Handbook, 1962
Iowa
Republican County Handbook, 1963
Iowa
Republican Directory
Iowa
Republican Fundraising, 1972-1974
Member
Lists:
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee, 1966-1970
Iowa
Republican County Chairmen and Vice Chairmen,
1968-1969
Memorandum:
By District County Status Survey, 1965
Minutes:
Republican State Central Committee Meetings,
February
1969, 1971-1973
Republican
Handbook for Precinct Committeemen and
Precinct
Committeewomen, 1971-1972
Republican
State Finance Committee of Iowa: Summary of
Balances,
Receipts, and Disbursements, 1972
Senate
File 583: Iowa Campaign Disclosure Act, 1973
Special
Legislative Elections Requirements, 1966
Speech
Introductions: Ralph McCartney and Robert D. Ray
State
Central Committee Sub-committees, 1971-1972
State
Party Organization Lists, 1970-1973
Structure
of the Iowa Republican Party
Voting
Technology
Young
Voters’ Division, 1971
History
“Historic
Crawfordsville and the Republican Party” program, 1966
Publications
Iowa
Conference on Improving the Teaching of Politics, 1962
“Central
Committee: Precinct to State”, July 1963
Iowa
General Assembly…In Action, 1963
Report
to Hawkeye State: Senator Jack miller, 1963 and 1965
Organization
(presentation and notes), 1965
Press
Release: “Mrs. Glen Pardun…IA Conference Vice
Chairman…”,
1966
Memo
from John Kyl to Republican Committee 4th District, 1967
I.A.
Republican Party newsletters (various publications) 1969-1972
Instructions
Relating to elections and Voting Procedures
“The
White Paper”, 1970
Programs
for Tributes and Dinners
H.
R. Gross Tribute Dinner, 1972
Gubernatorial
Inaugural Programs, 1961-1973
Burke
B. Hickenlooper Testimonial Dinners, 1961 and 1968
The Lindsay Dinner, 1968
Jack
Miller Appreciation Dinner, 1971
State
Conventions
Programs
from State Conventions, 1956-1974
Programs
from State Presidential Conventions, 1960-1972
State
Judicial Convention, 1960
State
Platforms, 1962-1972
Platform
Proposal Information, 1978
State
Platform and Convention, 1978
Republican Women and Women in Politics
National
National
Federation of Republican Women
1968
Convention: Bylaws, Agenda, Program, etc.
Publications,
1969
Service
Committee on Republican Education
Conferences
Republican
Women’s Conferences, 1962-1976
(five
folders)
Publications
“The
Elephant’s Digest” and “Do-Re-Mi” Booklets, 1962
and
1965
“Nuts
and Bolts”
Box 4
The
Republican Clubwoman
“Role
of Women in the 1964 Republican National
Convention”
Skits
(three folders)
“Keep
It Clean”, 1962
The
Gals of ’63
LBJ,
1964
Target
’64 Newsletters
Women’s
Division of the Republican National
Committee
Publications, 1963
Women
For a Republican Congress, 1968
“Women
Key to GOP Victory”, 1962 and 1964 elections
Patricia
Nixon Newspaper Clippings, 1969
Iowa
First
Ladies Club
Iowa
Council of Republican Women
Handbooks,
1966-1968
“The
Iowa Indicator” newsletter, 1964-1969
Proposed
Amendments to Bylaws…
Iowa
Federation of Republican Women
Advisory
Board and Club Officer Lists, 1968-1696
Handbooks,
1965-1973
Programs,
1970-1971
Iowa
Women’s Political Caucus, 1974
Linn
County Republican Women
Handbook,
1958-1960
“To
Be Effective…Be INFORMED” Reading list
Notes
from meetings
Women
in Public Service, 1971
Projects and Committees
Campaigns
1964
Campaign Fliers: National Committeewoman
1964
Goldwater- Miller Campaign
1966
Kyl for Congress
1968
The Nixon Yearbook
1972
Robert Ray Governor Campaign
1972
Governor and Lt. Governor Campaign Budget
1972
Nixon Re-election Campaign
1978
Oakley Lieutenant Governor Committee
Box 5
Pamphlets
1960
“Communist Party, USA” by J. Edgar Hoover
1962
Farm Bureau and Iowa State University Extension Office
1965
“Role of Polls in a Democracy” by George Gallup
1972
COPE pamphlets
Democrats
v. Republicans
Iowa
State Department of Health Information
“Make
Time for Politics”
Precinct
Activism
Republican
Party Activities
Voter
Persuasion
Committees
Voter
Canvassing, 1960 and 1972
Education
for Action, 1965
Senate
File 665/ Voter Reform Bill, 1969
Absentee
Ballot Project, 1972 (three folders)
Campaign
Planning Information Exercise, 1972
Special
Ballot Project, 1972 (two folders)
“Target
‘72” Registration, 1972
“Action
Now Day”
Teen
Age Republicans
Photographs, Slides and Artifacts
Photographs
include:
Mary
Louise Smith
Patricia
Nixon
Billie
Ray
Senator
Burke Hickenlooper
Senator
Jack Miller
Congressman
John Kyl
Slides
Artifacts
Name
Badges
City Key of Indianapolis (Richard G. Lugar, Mayor)