Robert B. Choate Papers 1959-1967

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Robert B. Choate Papers 1959-1967

MSS-27


Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Choate, Robert B. (Robert Burnett), 1924-
Title:	Robert B. Choate Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1959-1967
Quantity:	24 Boxes (12.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract:	The Robert B. Choate Papers consist of correspondence, reports, financial records, printed matter, audio tapes, and membership application files.
Identification:	MSS-27
Language:	Material in English
Repository:	Arizona State University Library. Greater Arizona Collection P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 Phone: (480) 965-4932 E-Mail: archives@asu.edu Questions? Ask An Archivist!

Biographical Note

Robert Burnett Choate, Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 6, 1924. As a child he was influenced by his grandmother, who worked in Boston's settlement houses. Choate graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943 and attended Harvard as part of a Navy officer training program. He served in the Pacific during World War II and earned an engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949.

Choate moved to Phoenix in the late 1950s and abandoned his engineering career to devote himself to social activism after reading extensively on racial and social issues while recovering from hepatitis. His initiatives included job training for youth, feeding the hungry, and publishing a caustic and short-lived magazine called Reveille. Choate organized a conference in Phoenix to discuss poverty in the Southwest in 1965. He moved his family to Washington, D.C. in 1966, where he served as a consultant to the Nixon administration on nutritional issues and organized a White House conference on food and hunger issues in 1969. Choate organized the Council on Children, Media and Merchandising in 1970 and testified before Congress in July of that year regarding the poor nutritional content of many popular cereals. Choate died in Lemon Grove, California on May 3, 2009.

Choate was married twice, first to Audrey Evans and second to Laura Jean Emery. He had one child, Karen (Choate) Holland, with his first wife and three children, Christopher, Valerian, and Katrinka (Choate) Johnson, with his second.

Scope and Content Note

The Robert B. Choate Papers, 1959-1967, consist of correspondence, reports, financial records, printed matter, audio tapes, and membership application files. The majority of the collection concerns the Choate Foundation and sponsored programs for urban children, including Careers for Youth.

Arrangement

This collection consists of twenty-four boxes.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Careers for Youth membership files (Boxes 13-24) are restricted. Contact Archives and Special Collections for further information about accessing these materials.

To view this collection, make an appointment at least five business days prior to your visit by contacting Ask an Archivist or calling (480) 965-4932. Appointments in the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library (rm. 138) on the Tempe campus are available Monday through Friday. Check the ASU Library Hours page for current availability.

Copyright

Arizona State University does not own the copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Choate, Robert B. (Robert Burnett), 1924-.

Corporate Name(s)

Careers for Youth (Phoenix, Ariz.) -- Records and correspondence.

Choate Foundation -- Records and correspondence.

Subject(s)

Youth -- Employment -- Arizona.

Youth -- Services for -- Arizona.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert B. Choate Papers, MSS-27, Arizona State University Library.

Provenance

These papers were received from the Choate Foundation in 1968 (ACC# 68-014).

Container List


Box	Folder
1	1	Information and Correspondence Concerning Tomorrow's Scientists and Technicians, beginning of Careers for Youth


1	2		Interviews by Choate regarding TST, 1959


1	3		Careers for Youth Annual Reports, 1961-1967


1	4		Careers for Youth Summary Reports: Members and Activities, 1960-1965


1	5		Careers for Youth Emblem


1	6		Club Organization and Student Selection


1	7		Questionnaires Given to Careers Club Members, 1963-1965


Box	Folder
2	1	Careers for Youth Activity Notebook, 1960-1961


2	2		Summer Camp and In-City Programs, 1961-1966


Box	Folder
3	1	Contacts with Parents of Careers Club Members; Questionnaires used in Home Visits, 1961-1966


3	2		Social Work Consultant Jean Mills: Report, 1964


3	3		Vocational Counselor Thelma Mason: Report, 1964


3	4		Guidance Counselor John McBride: Reports and Correspondence, 1964-1966


3	5		Educational and Testing Research, 1964-1965


3	6		Publicity Brochures; Publicity, Newspaper Clippings


3	7		Study of High School Graduation Rates in Downtown and South Phoenix (with Maps); Drop-out Brochure and Correspondence, 1960


Box	Folder
4	1	Careers for Youth Budget, 1961-1966


4	2		Tax Status


4	3		Appeals to Foundations for Funds


4	4		List of Donors, 1960-1962


4	5		Contributions from Organizations, 1960-1965


4	6		Contributions from Individuals, 1960-1966


4	7		Contacts with Clubs and Professional Societies


4	8		Donations of Goods and Services


4	9		Letters of Refusal in Answer to Appeals


4	10		Benefits, Dance, Gypsy, My Fair Lady (unsuccessful), and Streetcar Named Desire


Box	Folder
5	1	Project STRIVE: Proposed Programs Submitted to Ford Foundation, 1961-1962


5	2		Phoenix Project in Pupil Motivation (3PM), Proposed Programs Submitted to Ford Foundation, 1962-1963


5	3		3PM Counselor's Notebook


5	4		3PM: Budget, Correspondence with Phoenix Welfare Foundation


5	5		Careers for Youth Report to 3PM


5	6		3PM: Final Report


5	7		Careers for Youth: Proposed Programs Submitted to OEO, LEAP, Careers for Youth; 3PM: Application for Community Action Program (OEO), 1965-1966


5	8		Careers for Youth: Correspondence related to Ford Foundation, OEO, 1961-1966


Box	Folder
6	1	Careers for Youth: Scholarship Procedures


6	2		Scholarships: High School, College, Scholarships Granted to Non-Members


6	3		Scholarships: High School, College, Scholarships Granted to Non-Members


6	4		Scholarships: High School, College, Scholarships Granted to Non-Members


6	5		Scholarships: Contributions, Accounting; Sponsors: Aurora Kiwanis Club, American Business Women


6	6		Scholarships: Contributions, Accounting


6	7		Careers for Youth: Contest Winners


6	8		Parker Brothers Careers Game Given to Contest Winners


Box	Folder
7	1	Careers for Youth: General Correspondence, 1959-1967


7	2		Mailing Lists, 1964-1965


7	3		Correspondence: Tucson, Field Trips, Cultural Events


7	4		Correspondence: Tucson, Field Trips, Cultural Events


7	5		Correspondence: Tucson, Field Trips, Cultural Events


Box	Folder
8	1	Careers for Youth Board of Directors: List of Members, Minutes of Meetings, Correspondence, Committee Reports


8	2		Careers for Youth Board of Directors: List of Members, Minutes of Meetings, Correspondence, Committee Reports


8	3		Careers for Youth Board of Directors: List of Members, Minutes of Meetings, Correspondence, Committee Reports


8	4		Executive Director's Reports, 1962-1964


8	5		Advisory Committee: Correspondence


8	6		Newsletters


8	7		Careers for Youth: Correspondence, 1966 School Program, School Administrators


8	8		Careers for Youth: Correspondence, 1966 School Program, School Administrators


8	9		Notices to Sponsors and Members


8	10		Notices to Sponsors and Members


8	11		Employees' and Volunteers' Guides


8	12		Correspondence: Volunteers, Junior League, Careers Alumni


8	13		Correspondence: Volunteers, Junior League, Careers Alumni


8	14		Correspondence: Volunteers, Junior League, Careers Alumni


8	15		Anytown, Arizona, 1959-1961


8	16		Wilks, Sandra: Report, Programs Dealing with the "Disadvantaged" Child in New York and Chicago, 1963


8	17		Careers Correspondence Concerned with Similar Programs in Other Cities


8	18		Student Exchange Program, Phoenix Union-Central High Schools, 1966


Box	Folder
9	1	Careers for Youth: Speakers, Correspondence, Biographical Material, 1960-1966


9	2		Careers for Youth: Speakers, Correspondence, Biographical Material, 1960-1966


9	3		Requests for Information, 1960-1967


Box	Folder
10	1	Careers for Youth Staff, Workshops, and Speaking Engagements, 1961-1966


10	2		Choate, Robert B.: Speeches, Correspondence with NAACP and Urban League


10	3		Choate, Robert B.: Speeches, Correspondence with NAACP and Urban League


10	4		Choate, Robert B.: Speeches, Correspondence with NAACP and Urban League


10	5		Choate Foundation: Correspondence Concerning Migrant Workers, Free High School Textbooks, Equal Employment Opportunity


10	6		Choate Foundation: Correspondence Concerning Migrant Workers, Free High School Textbooks, Equal Employment Opportunity


10	7		Choate, Robert B.: Testimony at Phoenix Civil Rights Hearing, 1962


10	8		Committee of Intergroup Relations Officials (CIRO), Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1963-1965


10	9		Conference, 1963-1965


10	11		Conference, 1963-1965


10	12		Choate, Robert B.: Testimony Concerning Scottsdale Power Lines, 1966


Box	Folder
11	1	Universal Declaration of Human Rights


11	1		Choate Foundation: Correspondence Concerning Bilingual, Bicultural Education


11	2		Citron, Marilyn: Reports on TESOL Conferences, 1964-1965


11	3		Gil-Olivarez, Grace: Reports, Mexican-Americans in the Southwest


11	4		Careers for Youth, Mexican-American Seminar, 1963 January 18-19


11	4A		Careers for Youth, Mexican-American Seminar, 1963 January 18-19


Box
11A	Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Mexican-American Conference (Audio Tapes)
		Includes:
		I. 'La mula no nacio arisca...' II. Who is the Enemy? III. The Cactus Curtain


Box	Folder
12	1	Choate Foundation Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty (CCAP), Correspondence Concerning Grass Roots Organizations in Arizona


12	2		Choate Foundation: Center for Community Action Services (CCAS) New Mexico, Correspondence, Consultants, General Information and Field Notes, Questionnaires


12	3		Choate Foundation: Center for Community Action Services (CCAS) New Mexico, Correspondence, Consultants, General Information and Field Notes, Questionnaires


12	4		Choate Foundation: Center for Community Action Services (CCAS) New Mexico, Correspondence, Consultants, General Information and Field Notes, Questionnaires


12	5		Choate Foundation: New Mexico, Governor's Conference on Poverty, Notes, 1966


12	6		Choate Foundation: Center for Community Action Services (CCAS) New Mexico, Correspondence, Consultants, General Information and Field Notes, Questionnaires


12	7		Choate, Robert, and Associates: Evaluation of New Mexico's Center for Community Action Services, 1966


12	8		Choate Foundation: CCAS: Evaluation of New Mexico by Region, Field Notes


12	9		Phoenix Police Dept. and Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Records, 1961


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13	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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14	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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15	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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16	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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17	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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18	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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19	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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20	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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21	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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22	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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23	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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24	Careers for Youth Membership Files
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