LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer Collection on Frank Church,

LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer Collection on Frank Church, 1850-1993 Overview of the Collection Creator Ashby, LeRoy;Church, Bethine C.Church, Frank;Gramer, Rod, 1953- ; Title LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer Collection on Frank Church Dates 1850-1993 (inclusive) 1850 1993 Quantity 23.0 linear feet, (12 linear feet of boxed material, 11 feet of cassette tapes (26 boxes, plus 335 audio-cassette tapes in 22 drawers)) Collection Number MSS 173 Summary Research files compiled by LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer, coauthors of the book Fighting the Odds, the Life of Senator Frank Church (Washington State University Press, 1994); together with tape recorded interviews conducted by Ashby and Gramer, including Frank Church (1924-1984), his wife Bethine Church, family, friends, staffers, and colleagues, about Church's life and Senate career. Research files include photocopies of selected documents from the Church papers at Boise State University, arranged topically, with copies of some family documents dating back to the 1850s. The collection also includes an edited typescript of the book and photocopies of cited source documents, arranged by chapter. Repository Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives Special Collections and Archives 1910 University Drive Boise ID 83725 Telephone: 208-426-3958 archives@boisestate.edu Access Restrictions Collection is available for research with the exception of selected files. Contact Special Collections for information. Languages Sponsor English Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Biographical Note Rod Gramer was born in Boise in 1953 and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in history in 1975. He was a journalist with the Idaho Statesman when he began research for a biography of Frank Church in 1978 with fellow journalist Marc Johnson. Johnson later left the project and Gramer continued alone, assisted by his wife Julie. Rod and Julie Gramer were the first researchers to use the Frank Church papers at Boise State University in 1984. Gramer left the Idaho Statesman in 1988 to become news director for television station KTVB-TV in Boise in 1988. In 1998 he moved to Portland, http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 1

Oregon, to assume a similar position with a television station there. Additional biographical information can be found in Who s Who in the American West 1992/93 and in Contemporary Authors (volume 147). LeRoy Ashby (b. 1938) earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1966. In 1972 he joined the faculty of Washington State University, where he has taught popular culture and twentieth-century American history. He has won several teaching awards and has written several books, including biographies of Senator William Borah and William Jennings Bryan. Like Rod and Julie Gramer, Ashby and his wife Mary were among the first users of the Church collection at Boise State. Further biographical information can be found in the Directory of American Scholars and Contemporary Authors (volume 33-36, First Revision). Content Description In 1994, Washington State University Press published a biography of U.S. Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) entitled Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church, by LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer. Ashby, a professor of history at Washington State University, and Gramer, an Idaho journalist, began their research independently: Gramer in the 1970s, Ashby in the 1980s; each with the intention of writing their own book. They later combined forces to produce the jointly-written biography, which in 1995 won Utah State University s David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Award as the most significant biography from the West published in 1994. Both authors made extensive use of the Frank Church papers at Boise State University and conducted many interviews with Church s family, friends, staff, and political colleagues, as well as Senator Church himself. The research files include notes, photocopies of key documents from the Frank Church collection, and copies of both primary and secondary materials obtained elsewhere. The interviews were recorded on tape cassettes; some are accompanied by either partial or complete transcripts made by or for Rod Gramer and LeRoy Ashby. Like the Fred Hutchison collection (MSS 124), the Ashby-Gramer collection serves as a distillation of the much larger Church collection, presenting a selection of papers and documents the two researchers considered important to their research. Their files, maintained separately, are arranged alphabetically by topic, from Abortion to Wilderness. The earliest material in the files is census data from 1850 regarding the Church family. The collection also contains an edited typescript of the book and photocopies of source documents footnoted in the book, arranged by chapter. Use of the Collection Preferred Citation [item description], LeRoy Ashby and Rod Gramer Collection on Frank Church, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives. Administrative Information Arrangement http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 2

Collection arranged in six series: 1. Rod Gramer research files; 2. LeRoy Ashby research files; 3. Citation source documents and typescript; 4. Transcripts of interviews by Rod Gramer; 5. Transcripts of interviews by LeRoy Ashby; and 6. Interviews on tape. Acquisition Information Gift of Rod Gramer, 1998 and LeRoy Ashby, 2001. Related Materials See also: Frank Church Papers Fred H. Hutchison Papers Carl Burke Papers Detailed Description of the Collection 1: Rod Gramer research files Container(s) Description Dates Box Folder 1 1 Abortion 1 2 Aging 1 3 Agriculture 1 4 Andrus, Cecil 1 5 Arms control 1 6 Banking and Federal Reserves 1 7 Verda Barnes 1 8 Basques 1 9 Chester Bowles 1 10 James L. Brown 1 11 Beorge Bush http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 3

1 12 G. Harold Carswell 1 13 Chase Church 1 14 Forrest Church 1 15 Frank Church: Early Years and Family History 1850-1984 1 16 Frank Church: High School 1938-1942 1 17 Frank Church: As Compromiser 1 18 Frank Church: Frank Church: Post-Senate 1 19 Frank Church: Death 1 20 Frank Church: Death 1 21 Frank Church: Letters Received 1984 1 22 Frank Church: Condolence Letters and Tributes 1 23 Civil Rights 1957 1 24 Chase A. Clark 1 25 D. Worth Clark 1 26 Clark family history 1 27 Congress/President 1 28 Education 2 1 Election 1956 2 2 Election 1956 2 3 Election 1960 2 4 Election 1962 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 4

2 5 Election (recall) 1968 2 6 Election 1972 2 7 Election 1974 2 8 Election 1976 2 9 Election 1976 2 10 Election 1976 2 11 Election (staff) 1976 3 1 Election: early months 1976 3 2 Election: announcement speech 1976 3 3 Election: California 1976 3 4 Election: Colorado 1976 3 5 Election: Ohio 1976 3 6 Election: Nebraska 1976 3 7 Election: Oregon 1976 3 8 Election: Rhode Island 1976 3 9 Election: Vice-Presidential consideration 1976 3 10 Election 1980 3 11 Election: ABC and NCPAC 1980 3 12 Election: Committee for Positive Change 1980 3 13 Election: New Right 1980 3 14 Energy http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 5

3 15 Environment 3 16 Executive powers 3 17 Federal debt 3 18 Filibuster 3 19 Financial disclosure 3 20 Fish 4 1 Foreign aid 4 2 Foreign policy 1956-1964 4 3 Foreign policy 1964-1973 4 4 Foreign policy: committee chairmanship 4 5 Foreign aid policy: Africa 4 6 Foreign aid policy: Cuba 4 7 Foreign aid policy: Cuba Trip 4 8 Foreign aid policy: Europe 4 9 Foreign aid policy: India-Pakistan 4 10 Foreign aid policy: Iranian hostage crisis 4 11 Foreign aid policy: Israel 4 12 Foreign aid policy: Korea 4 13 Foreign aid policy: Latin America 4 14 Foreign aid policy: Libya 4 15 Foreign aid policy: Libya; Bayh http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 6

4 16 Foreign aid policy: Libya; Symms 4 17 Foreign aid policy: Middle East 4 18 Foreign aid policy: Russia 4 19 Foreign aid policy: Uganda 4 20 J. William Fulbright 4 21 Gasahol 4 22 Gun control 4 23 Hells Canyon 4 24 Walter Hickel 4 25 Indians 4 26 Inflation 4 27 Intelligence investigation 4 28 Intelligence investigation 5 1 Intelligence investigation 5 2 Lyndon B. Johnson 5 3 Kennedy-Johnson White House favors file 1961-1968 5 4 Edward Korry 5 5 Labor and business 5 6 Law and order 5 7 Walter Lippman 5 8 McCarthyism http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 7

5 9 James McClure 5 10 Military spending 5 11 Mine safety 5 12 Multinational corporations 5 13 Multinational corporations: ITT and Chile 5 14 Multinational corporations: ITT and Chile 5 15 Multinational corporations: Lockheed and Northrop 5 16 Multinational corporations: OPIC 5 17 Multinational corporations: Oil Companies 6 1 Multinational corporations: Oil Companies 6 2 Multinational corporations: Oil Companies 6 3 Natural gas deregulation 6 4 Nuclear energy 6 5 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 6 6 Panama Canal 6 7 Politics and government 6 8 Range management/cattle 6 9 Reclamation 6 10 Reclamation Act 6 11 Nelson Rockefeller 6 12 Social Security http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 8

6 13 Steve Symms 6 14 United Nations 6 15 Vietnam 1962-1966 6 16 Vietnam 1963-1966 6 17 Vietnam 1967-1969 6 18 Vietnam 7 1 Vietnam 1970 7 2 Vietnam: Cooper-Church Amendment 1970 7 3 Vietnam: Cooper-Church Amendment 1970 7 4 Vietnam 1971 7 5 Vietnam 1971 7 6 Vietnam 1972 7 7 Vietnam: Case-Church Amendment 1972 7 8 Vietnam 1973-1975 8 1 Vietnam: Case-Church Amendment 1973 8 2 Vietnam: Tom Dine Papers 8 3 Vietnam 1965-1966 8 4 Vietnam 1969-1970 8 5 Watergate 8 6 Book: outline 8 7 Book: interview plan http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 9

8 8 Book: research plan 8 9 Book: research: Jack Anderson index 8 10 Book: research: book 2, hapter 8 11 Book: research: book 3, chapter 3 (Vietnam) 8 12 Book: chapter 1 interview excerpts 8 13 Book: chapter 2 interview excerpts 8 14 Book: research notes from books 8 15 Book: letters from LeRoy Ashby, 1992-1993 8 16 Bryce Nelson: tribute to Frank Church 8 17 Frank Church: last interview with Gramer, transcript 1983 8 18 Mike Wetherell: Memo to FC 1977 2: LeRoy Ashby research files Container(s) Description Dates Box Folder 9 1 Abortion 1973-1979 9 2 Adoption 1979-1980 9 3 Aging 1978 9 4 Agriculture 1958-1977 9 5 Aides (office staff) 1974-1977 9 6 Amtrak 1976-1979 9 7 Arabs 1978 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 10

9 8 Balanced budget 1979 9 9 Basques 1978 9 10 Boise, Tom 1966 9 11 Borah, Mary 1957-1969 9 12 Busing 1972 9 13 Carter, Jimmy 1977 9 14 Carter Administration: Relations With 1977-1982 9 15 Central America 1978 9 16 Central Intelligence Agency: Intelligence Committee 1960-1974 9 17 Central Intelligence Agency: Intelligence Committee 1975 9 18 Central Intelligence Agency: Intelligence Committee 1975 9 19 Central Intelligence Agency: Intelligence Committee: Financial Report 1975 9 20 Central Intelligence Agency: Post-Committee Files 1976-1977 9 21 Central Intelligence Agency 1988 9 22 Bush CIA Nomination 1975-1976 10 1 China 1970-1979 10 2 Church, Bethine 1957-1985 10 3 Church, Frank 1947-1975 10 4 Civil Rights 1956-1966 10 5 Colleagues and friends 1956-1983 10 6 Communist propaganda 1962 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 11

10 7 Cuba 1960-1978 10 8 Disclosure of income and assets 1946-1977 10 9 Draft, military undated 10 10 Economy 1973-1980 10 11 Education 1957-1980 10 12 Energy and nuclear energy 1963-1980 10 13 Equal Rights Amendment 1957-1976 10 14 Federal Bureau of Investigation 1989 10 15 Foreign policy issues 1957-1980 10 16 Foreign Relations Committee Chair 1962-1980 11 1 Geneva protocol 1971-1974 11 2 Genocide treaty 1951-1975 11 3 Great Society 1964-1987 11 4 Gun control 1967-1980 11 5 Human Rights 1976-1978 11 6 Idaho s Conservatism and Church s Liberalism 1969-1987 11 7 International Telephone and Telegraph Company 1969-1975 11 8 Internment Camp, Japanese Americans 1978 11 9 Israel and the Middle East 1957 11 10 Kissenger, Henry 1968-1976 11 11 Labor 1958-1978 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 12

11 12 Latin America 1969-1986 11 13 Liberalism 1978-1984 11 14 Libya 1979-1980 11 15 Middle East 1958-1988 11 16 Mikva, Abner 1979 11 17 Miscellaneous 1955-1986 11 18 Mormons 1959 12 1 Multinational corporations 1975 12 2 Multinational corporations 1976 12 3 Multinational corporations 1977-1990 12 4 Multinational corporations: CIA 1970-1973 12 5 Multinational corporations: CIA 1974 13 1 National Energy Act 1972-1977 13 2 New Frontier 1960-1963 13 3 Nicaragua 1978-1980 13 4 Nuclear weapons: India 1977-1980 13 5 Office of Economic Opportunity 1966-1969 13 6 Office Staff and Administration 1956-1980 13 7 Overseas Private Investment Corporation 1973-1978 13 8 Pakistan 1978 13 9 Panama 1960-1975 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 13

13 10 Panama 1976-1977 13 11 Panama 1978 13 12 Panama 1979-1982 13 13 Pfost, Gracie 1962-1965 13 14 Pink Sheet on the Left 1975-1989 13 15 Pornography 1966-1973 13 16 Prayer Amendment 962-1966 13 17 Russian Brigad 1979 14 1 Salt II 1977-1979 14 2 Salt II, 1977-1979 1980-1987 14 3 Soviet Union 1974-1981 14 4 State Department 1980 14 5 Sugar 1976-1984 14 6 Taiwan and China 1970-1981 14 7 Urban affairs 1962 14 8 Vietnam 1959-1971 14 9 Vietnam 1972-1973 14 10 Vietnam 1974-1980 14 11 Watergate 1972-1974 14 12 Welfare 1972-1979 14 13 Western Coalition of Senators 1980 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 14

14 14 Wilderness 1986 15 1 Drew Pearson: Senator and Senate personalities undated 15 2 Drew Pearson: Senator and Senate personalities 1928-1953 15 3 Drew Pearson: Senator and Senate personalities 1954-1964 15 4 Drew Pearson: Frank Church 1963-1967 15 5 Central Intelligence Agency: Clippings 1976-1984 15 6 CIA Files 1963-1974 15 7 CIA Files 1975 15 8 CIA Files 1976 15 9 Lyndon Johnson: Vietnam and Foreign Aid 1957-1987 15 10 Nixon Papers 1969-1970 15 11 Nixon Papers, 1969-1970 1970-1974 16 1 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1977-1979 16 2 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1976-1977 16 3 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1975 16 4 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1974 16 5 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1972-1973 16 6 Newspaper references to Frank Church (Information Bank) 1970-1971 16 7 CIA file on Frank Church undated 3: Citation source documents and typescript http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 15

Container(s) Description Box Folder 17 1-43 Citation source documents and typescript, Fighting the Odds 4: Transcripts of interviews by Rod Gramer Contact Special Collections and Archives for additional information 5: Transcripts of interviews by LeRoy Ashby Contact Special Collections and Archives for additional information 6: Interviews on tape Contact Special Collections and Archives for additional information Names and Subjects Subject Terms : Church, Bethine C.--Interviews Church, Frank--Archives Church, Frank--Interviews Finding aid prepared by Collection processed by staff of BSU Special Collections 2004 http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv44274 16