Quick, Spencer R. Papers

Dates: 1949-1968

Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, Dr. John Steelman, 1952-1953

The papers of Spencer R. Quick relate predominantly to his work as Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman. The collection consists largely of correspondence between Quick, members of the Advertising Council, and colleagues on the White House staff regarding public service advertising campaigns. Also included in the collection are employment applications, pay stubs, personal records, photographs, printed material, travel vouchers and other items

See also Spencer R. Quick Files.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: Less than one linear foot (about 400 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright was received with this collection. Documents created by U.S. government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Elizabeth Carrington (2005) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1922 (July 4)

 

Born, Chicago, Illinois

1940

 

Entered University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

1942-1945

 

Served in the U.S. Army Air Forces

1948

 

Graduated from University of Illinois with B.A. in Journalism and Advertising

1948-1949

 

Sales Promotion Staff Member, Sears Roebuck and Co.

1949-1950

 

Assistant Sales Promotion Manager, Borden Company

1950-1951

 

Assistant Advertising Manager, Orange Crush Company

1952-1953

 

Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, Dr. John R. Steelman; Program Coordinator under Charles W. Jackson, Advertising Council Liaison, The White House

1953

 

Entered Virginia Theological Seminary

1956

 

Graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary with Bachelor of Divinity Degree, ordained as an Episcopal priest

1957-1961

 

Rector of Grace Church, Goochland, Virginia

1961-1966

 

Rector, St. Petere's Church, Smyrna, Delaware

1966

 

Became Vicar, St. Alban's Church, Hagerstown, Maryland

1971-1986

 

Worked with the Bishop of Kentucky

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The Papers of Spencer R. Quick document his work in the White House as Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, Dr. John R. Steelman. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, employment applications, notifications of personnel changes, pay stubs, personal records, service contracts, photographs, printed material, acknowledgements of reference letters, and travel vouchers. The collection is comprised of one series, a Subject File, arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically.

Quick's chief role was as a liaison between the government and the Advertising Council, a non-profit group comprised of representatives from the American advertising industry. The Advertising Council's mission was to provide federal agencies, as well as private groups, with free facilities and assistance in developing advertising for "non-controversial" causes and public service announcements. Quick helped agencies develop public information campaigns in conjunction with the Advertising Council. He inherited these duties from his predecessor on the White House staff, John T. Gibson. Quick’s immediate superior was Charles W. Jackson, who worked directly under John R. Steelman.

The bulk of the collection consists of letters, memoranda, and reports written by Quick and others from January 1952 to March 1953, relating to Advertising Council campaigns in behalf of armed forces recruiting, civil defense, the Ground Observer Corps, forest fire prevention, savings bonds, and other causes deemed important to the national welfare.

Related collections in the Truman Library include the files of Spencer R. Quick, Charles W. Jackson, and John T. Gibson. Their files are part of the Staff Member and Office Files of the Harry S. Truman Papers.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

 

Series

1

  SUBJECT FILE, 1949-1968
Correspondence, employment applications, pay stubs, travel vouchers, printed material, and other items pertaining to Spencer R. Quick’s work as Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President, John R. Steelman. Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically.
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FOLDER TITLE LIST

SUBJECT FILE, 1949-1968

Box 1

  • Employment Applications
  • Notifications of Personnel Action
  • Pay Stubs
  • Personal Records
  • Personal Service Contracts
  • Photographs
  • Printed Material
  • Reference Letters, Acknowledgements of
  • Travel Vouchers
  • White House Correspondence – Part I
  • White House Correspondence – Part II
  • White House Correspondence – Part III
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