John E. Horne (#115)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1951-1968
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration

Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
List of Series
Description


Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers 1951-1968
Government official. Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board (1962-1968). Commission chairman's files.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
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Provenance
Received from John Horne of Alexandria, VA, in January 1975 (Acc. 1975-037).

Extent
About 20,800 pages (11 linear feet, 6 linear inches; 13 cubic feet)

Date Opened
August 1995.

Processed by
Michelle DeMartino

Encoded by
James M. Roth

Related Collections
John E. Horne Oral History Interview, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

The Personal Papers of John E. Horne (1908-1985)

Biographical Note
John E. Horne was born March 4, 1908 in Clayton, Alabama. He graduated from Troy State College, Troy, Alabama. Following a brief teaching career (1925-1926), he attended the University of Alabama, where he received his A.B. in 1933. For the next two years, Horne was a Fellow in History, earning an M.S. from the University of Alabama in 1941. During World War II, Horne served in the US Naval Reserves, holding the rank of Lieutenant. In 1947, Horne became administrative assistant to Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama. In 1951, Horn began serving as Deputy Administrator of the Small Defense Plants Administration, predecessor of the Small Business Administration. President Harry S. Truman later appointed Horne Administrator to SDPA. Horne resigned from the SDPA in 1953, and returned as Administrative Assistant to Senator Sparkman, working in that capacity until 1961. In 1956, Horne was Assistant Campaign Manager to Adlai E. Stevenson’s Presidential Campaign. He later served as Executive Director for National Citizens Committee for Kennedy-Johnson (1960). On February 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy appointed Horn Administrator of the Small Business Administration, serving until 1963, when President Kennedy appointed him Member to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. On January 26, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him Chairman to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. In 1968, Horne left FHLBB to become President, Investors Mortgage Insurance Company. He served in that capacity until 1970, when he was appointed Chairman to the IMIC. From 1976 to 1985, Horne was a Trustee, of the Cooperative Housing Foundation. Horne returned to teaching at his alma mater, Troy State University, as Distinguished Visiting Professor (1978-1985), while also serving as President of John E. Horne Associations (1979-1985), and Treasurer, National Housing Conference (1979-1985). John E. Horne died in 1985 at the age of seventy-seven.

Collection Overview
The papers of John E. Horne cover the years 1951 -1968, and consist of some of John Horne's papers from his tenure as Administrator, Small Defense Plants Administration, Administrative Assistant to Senator Sparkman, Administrator, Small Business Administration and Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. The papers have been arranged into seven series: Small Defense Plants Administration; Small Business Administration; Savings and Loan Holding Company; Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Campaign/Political; Speeches; and Personal.

List of Series
Series 1. Small Defense Plants Administration, 1951-1953
Series 2. Small Business Administration, 1961-1963
Series 3. Savings and Loan Holding Company
Series 4. Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1963-1968
Series 5. Campaign/Political
Series 6. Speeches, 1959-1968
Series 7. Personal

Collection Description

Series 1. Small Defense Plants Administration, 1951-1953.
1 box.
Arrangement: alphabetical by subject.

This series consists of personal correspondence from 1951-1953, the period during which Horne was an administrator in the Small Defense Plants Administration.
  

Series 2. Small Business Administration, 1961-1963.
0.5 box.
Arrangement: by type of material.

This series consists of correspondence and miscellaneous material from 1961 to 1963, during John Horne's tenure at the Small Business Administration.
  

Series 3. Savings and Loan Holding Company.
0.5 box.
Arrangement: by type of material.

This series contains reports and correspondence pertinent to the Savings and Loan Holding Company.
  

Series 4. Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1963-1968.
3 boxes.
Arrangement: chronological by subject.

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and reports from 1963 to 1968, during which John Horne served as Member and then Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
  

Series 5. Campaign/Political, 1960-1968.
5 boxes.
Arrangement: by subject.

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, and reports from the 1960, 1964, and 1968 presidential campaigns, as well as political information regarding various Alabama counties.

Series 6. Speeches, 1959-1968.
5 boxes.
Arrangement: reverse chronological.

This series consists of copies of John Horne's speeches and addresses from 1959 to 1968.
  

Series 7. Personal.
11 boxes.
Arrangement: by type of material.

This series contains correspondence, biographical information, and material related to members of John Horne's immediate family.