Norman Judd Gould papers, [ca.1861]-1938-1917-1923 (bulk)
Collection Number: 2078

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Norman Judd Gould papers, [ca.1861]-1938 -1917-1923 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2078
Abstract:
Material relating to his Gould's political career, the Gould and Judd families, or to Goulds Pumps,Inc. of Seneca Falls, New York.
Creator:
Gould, Norman Judd.
Quanitities:
.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Norman J. Gould (March 15, 1877-August 20, 1964) was born in Seneca Falls, New York, the oldest of five children of Seabury S. Gould and Mary Mitchell (Judd) Gould. He is the grandson of the late Norman B. Judd, who nominated Lincoln as a candidate for President in 1860. He was married in 1921 to Anna Benrath of Philadelphia. Gould attended the schools of Seneca Falls, New York, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, Preparatory School, graduating in 1895, and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 1899. At Cornell he was President of his Class for one year, member of the Masque, of Sigma Phi, and of Quill and Dagger, and Assistant Manager and Manager of the Cornell Crew in 1899. On graduation from Cornell he became associated with the Goulds Manufacturing Company, (later named Goulds Pumps, Inc.) in October, 1899, and has been associated with that company to date. From November 2, 1915 – March 3, 1923 he served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 36th district

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Copies of House resolutions and bills introduced by Gould, many of which pertain to the military establishment, the welfare of members of the armed forces, and American participation in World War I; also, his statement as to why he voted against the Soldiers' Bonus Bill of 1922 and letters commending him for his stand; copies of speeches, press releases, and circulars concerning the war effort, his campaigns for reelection on the Republican ticket, rural mail deliveries, and other matters; also, clippings, photographs, and miscellaneous items relating to his political career, the Gould and Judd families, or to Goulds Pumps, Inc. of Seneca Falls, New York.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Norman Judd Gould papers, #2078. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Gould, Norman Judd.
Gould family.
Judd family.
Goulds Pumps, Inc
United States. Congress. House
Places:
United States -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
Politicians.
World War, 1914-1918.
Postal service.
Politics, Practical.
Form and Genre Terms:
Speeches.
Photographs.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
Box 1
Member of the Board of Education
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Box 1
Member of the Village Board of Trustees
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Seneca Falls, N.Y.
Box 1
Director of the former Exchange National bank
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Board of Trustees
date unknown
Scope and Contents
For local Savings Bank
Box 1
Alternate at Large
1908
Scope and Contents
For the Republican National Convention
Box 1
Delegate
1916
Box 1
Republican State Committee
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Member of the Republican State Committee and was re-elected.
Box 1
Republican Committee
1912
Scope and Contents
Elected chairman of the Seneca County Republican Committee in 1912 and continued in this position for about fifteen years.
Box 1
Representative in Congress
1915-1923
Scope and Contents
Served as Representative in Congress from the 36th District of New York. While in Congress he was a member of the Committee on the District of Columbia, Labor Committee and Chairman of the Committee on the Library.
Box 1
Member of the Congressional Campaign Committee
1918-1919
Box 1
Assistant Manager of the Campaign
1920
Scope and Contents
He was an Assistant Manager of the Campaign in an attempt to secure the nomination of General Leonard Wood as Republican candidate for President and has continued his interest and activity in the welfare of our country as a member of the Republican Party, and took an active interest in the nomination and election of Robert Taft for President in 1952.
Box 1
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
date unknown
Scope and Contents
He was a life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was awarded a Fifty-Year button of this Society.
Box 1
Member of the Hydraulic Institute.
date unknown
Box 1
Member of National Association of Domestic and Farm Pump Manufacturers
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Board of Directors of Utica Mutual Insurance Co.
date unknown
Box 1
Actively interested in the Finger Lakes Council, Boy Scouts of America
date unknown
Box 1
Member on the Freedom on the March, Ithaca, New York
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Citizens Public Expenditure Survey, Albany, New York
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Associated Industries, Inc. of Buffalo, New York
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the American Tariff League.
date unknown
Box 1
He is a 32nd Degree Mason
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Knights Templar and of the Shrine.
date unknown
Box 1
He is a holder of the Fifty-Year medal of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New York State.
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Elks
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Cornell Club of New York
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Indian House
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Genesee Valley Club
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Rochester Club
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Fort Orange Club
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Cloud Club
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Newcomen Society
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Sons of the American Revolution
date unknown
Box 1
Member of the Americanization Committee
date unknown
Scope and Contents
of the New York State Chapter, SAR.
Box 1
Member of the Presbyterian Church
date unknown
Box 1
Manila folder marked "Credentials," 11 pcs.
1915-1920
Box 1
Certificate
1915-11-29
Scope and Contents
Issued by the Office of the N.Y. Secretary of State that NJG duly elected Rep. in Congress.
Box 1
Other certificates of election
1916-1920
Box 1
Letter from C. H. Betts
1923-03-02-1923-03-07
Scope and Contents
Editor of The Lyons Republican - regrets NJG not running again and commends him. Also, answer March 7, 1923
Box 1
Letter from Hattie B. Hardman
1923-03-16-1923-03-23
Scope and Contents
Vice-Chairman of Yates County Republican County Committee, expressing regrets at NJG's retirement March 16, 1923; answer March 23rd.
Box 1
Clipping from Penn Yan newspaper
date unknown
Box 1
Printed copy of speech
1918-05-13-1918-05-14
Scope and Contents
Printed copy of speech on Improvement of Functions of the Aircraft Administration.
Box 1
Old Scrapbook Page
1870-1879
Scope and Contents
Page from an old scrapbook dating from the 1870's; includes a notice of the wedding of Seabury S. Gould, Jr. to Minnie Judd of Chicago. Sr. died 1886
Box 1
Three photos
1861-1865
Scope and Contents
2 photos of Norman B. Judd (grey beard), 1 photo of same with wife taken in Berlin, where he was U.S. Minister to Germany 1861-1865
Box 1
Seneca Falls Reveille
1870-07-22
Scope and Contents
One issue of The Seneca Falls Reveille, Friday, July 22, 1870. P. 3 has article on Goulds Mfg. Co.
Box 1
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
1938-10-31
Scope and Contents
Page from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, October 31, 1938, "Goulds to Mark 90th Year As Industry in Seneca Falls."
Box 1
Pamphlet
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Gould Pumps Incorporated, Seneca Falls, N.Y. 1 pc.
Box 1
Catalogue
1888-1889
Scope and Contents
The Goulds Manufacturing Co. Pumps and Hydraulic Machinery, Seneca Falls, N.Y., U.S.A., Twenty-Seventh Edition. 1 item. (removed from Smith collection (# 571?) and added to this collection.
Box 1
Scrapbook
Box 1
21 bills and 5 resolutions
1918-12-17-1919-02-08
Scope and Contents
Page 1 - Concerning Prize money for destruction of 1st submarine. Radio station (commercial) between U.S. and Hawaii, Guam and Philippines. Provision of tobacco for enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. National Defense. Provision for Aircraft Administration. Candy rations for A.E.F., Navy. Temporary increase of the Military Establishment. Provision for surgical and medical treatment for men of Armed Services who have been honorably discharged. Retention of uniform by all hon. discharged men. Full pay for same. Relief for commissioned officers, noncoms, and enlisted persons in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Army Nurse Corps. Purchase of land for military cemeteries abroad. Federal aid for States in construction of rural post roads. Numerous other bills, including establishment of Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Dept. Feb 8, 1919
Box 1
Resolutions and bills
1919-02-08-1919-05-19
Scope and Contents
Page 2 - Concerning U.S. Food Administration. U.S. Shipping Board. Protection of U.S. interests in Mexico, March 1, 1919
Box 1
Resolutions
1919-05-19-1921-05-21
Scope and Contents
Page 3 - Concerning U.S. Food Administration. Military Prisons. Protection of U.S. interests in Mexico, May 19, 1919. Rural delivery routes. Prevent District of Columbia police from joining labor organizations.
Box 1
Form letter by the "Norman J. Gould Election Committee for Cayuga County"
1920-10-22
Scope and Contents
Page 4 - 2 pp. giving list of various bills and resolutions in the interest of soldiers and sailors intro. By NJG. Also, typescript data on each of above bills and resolutions, giving explanation of background for each, action taken by appropriate dept. 28 pcs.
Box 1
Mounted Pamphlet
1919-03-03
Scope and Contents
Page 5 - Copy of speech re: "Foreign trade section of the Bond Bill with respect to the situation in Mexico." 20 pp.
Box 1
Mounted Pamphlet
1917-04-05
Scope and Contents
Copy of speech re: War with Germany." 8 pp.
Box 1
Mounted Pamphlet
1918-05-13-1918-05-14
Scope and Contents
Copy of speech re: "To Improve the Functions of the Aircraft Administration," 8 pp.
Box 1
Press release
1922-06-10
Scope and Contents
Announcing that NJG will run for Congress again.
Box 1
Press release
1918-04-12
Scope and Contents
Aircraft Production Bd.
Box 1
Form letter to Constituents
1921-09-29
Scope and Contents
Form letter concerning rural mail delivery and efforts made by Gould on behalf of citizens of Cayuga and Wayne Counties. 2 pp.
Box 1
Page from Congressional letter
1922-03-23
Scope and Contents
Containing speech in which NJG states that he will vote against the Soldiers' Bonus Bill and telling why. 1 pc.
Box 1
4th of July Patriotic Speech
1917-07-04
Scope and Contents
Speech made by NJG in Seneca Falls, re: U.S. War effort, the draft, need for sacrifice, more $$ for airplanes, food control. (8 pp. typescript carbon)
Box 1
Gould's statement
1921-10-08
Scope and Contents
re: resolution for investigation of the use of federal funds for agricultural org. (1 pc. Mimeograph)
Box 1
Printed statement
1920-08-09
Scope and Contents
Announcing NJG's candidacy for renomination on the Republican ticket for member of Congress (1 pc.)
Box 1
Statement of NJG
1917-02-14
Scope and Contents
re: estimates filed by Labor Dept. for the U.S. Employment Service for next fiscal year, apparently before an investigating committee. (Failures in functioning of USES: irregular activities of staff: opposition to a peacetime USES. (12 pcs.)
Box 1
Letters to Gould
1922-04-1922-06-15
Scope and Contents
Page 6 - Letters from constituents and others commending NJG for voting against the bonus bill; includes one from the Rev. Charles K. Imbrie, chaplain of the Penn Yan American Legion Post; also from school superintendents, manufacturers, lawyers, etc. Other letters urging Gould to run for Congress again and expressing regrets that he has decided not to do so; including one from Charles E. Treman, June 15, 1922.
Box 1
letters
1922
Scope and Contents
Page 7 - More letters concerning bonus.
Box 1
Newspaper clippings
1922
Scope and Contents
Page 8 - Newspaper clippings re: Gould's retirement from Congress in 1922 and John Taber's candidacy.
Box 1
Clippings
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Page 9 - Clippings re: position NJG took on various questions while serving in Congress. Also, letter from NJG giving his estimate of James W. Wadsworth. Some clippings re: Snell, other NYS Congressmen.
Box 1
Clippings
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Page 10 - Clippings re: introduction of bill for reorg. of aircraft division.
Box 1
Snapshots and printed material
1917
Scope and Contents
Page 11 - Two photos of a Labor Day Parade, 1917 (Seneca Falls?). Christmas card with photo of the Black Watch pipers on parade.
Box 1
Original pen and ink sketch
1920-03-31
Scope and Contents
Sketch of cartoon of Gould at wheel of a speeding car.
Box 1
Cartoon
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Cartoon from The Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia), re: Congressmen who voted in favor of Prohibition.
Box 1
Mimeo. Announcement
date unknown
Scope and Contents
re: bills sponsored by Gould. 4 pcs.
Box 1
Typescript unsigned letter
1918-09-18-1919-01-27
Scope and Contents
Typescript of unsigned letter (copy?) with clipping pasted on from a Sgt. in France, Sept 18, 1918, commending Gould for resolution that candy be added to ratio., Typescript carbon of second letter, Jan. 27, 1919, from same re: same and expressing opinions on conditions in Germany and attitude of conquered Germans.
Box 1
Photostat
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photostat of printed statement from National Security League of NYC re: votes of Congressmen on 8 war measures.
Box 1
Congressional Directory
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Page 12 - Pages torn from Congressional Directory, containing information on NJG.
Box 1
Issue of The Morning Star
1920-03-31
Scope and Contents
Issue of The Morning Star (Washington, D.C.) March 31, 1920 - trick photos, Humorous comment, cartoons on current political situation.
Box 1
One clipping
1930-11-09
Scope and Contents
Page 13 - Letter from Martha Freeman Esmond to friend, Julia Boyd of New York, re: wedding of Norman B. Judd's daughter, Miss Minnie Judd to Seabury S. Gould (Junior) (father of Norman J. Gould). Chicago, March 31, 1875. Printed in Chicago Sunday Tribune, November 9, 1930.