Finding Aid to the Arthur Watterson Hoppe papers, 1870-2000 (bulk 1950-2000)
Finding Aid written by Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
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Finding Aid to the Arthur Watterson Hoppe papers, 1870-2000 (bulk 1950-2000)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/124 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Lara Michels
- Date Completed:
-
March 2013
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Arthur Watterson Hoppe papers
Date (inclusive): 1870-2000
Date (bulk): (bulk 1950-2000)
Collection Number: BANC MSS 85/124 c
Creators :
Extent:
Number of containers: 17 cartons, 3 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 cardfile box, 1 volume
(linear feet: 24.25)
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The papers of Art Hoppe, long-time political columnist and satirist for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arthur Watterson Hoppe papers, BANC MSS 85/124 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hoppe, Arthur Watterson--Archives
San Francisco chronicle
Reporters and reporting--California--San Francisco
American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.
Journalism--California--San Francisco
Administrative Information
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Lara Michels in 2013.
Biographical Information
Arthur Watterson (Art) Hoppe was a political columnist and satirist for the San Francisco Chronicle for 35 years. Born in
Hawaii in 1925, Art Hoppe was raised in San Francisco and educated at Lowell High School and Harvard University. In 1949,
Hoppe began working for the Chronicle as a copy boy and shortly thereafter became a reporter. For his first major story, published
in 1952, Hoppe and photographer Ken McLaughlin became the first newsmen on the scence when they skied to the streamliner City
of San Francisco, which was snowbound in the High Sierra for three days. Other early articles included a 1956 series on Skid
Row in San Francisco and a 1959 series on African-American crime in San Francisco. In 1960, Hoppe was chosen to write a humorous
column on city hall politics. Eventually, his column broadened to deal also with state and national politics and even to encompass
social satire. Hoppe published eight books, including three anthologies of his columns, four novels, and a memoir. He also
wrote numerous short stories and articles that appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and other publications, as
well as a few plays, some ow which were staged in San Francisco and Marin County. Hoppe was an avid yachtsmen and wrote many
articles on the subject, including a 1948 account of ordering a 25-foot boat by mail from Japan (published in the New Yorker).
Art Hoppe married Gloria Nichols in 1946. Together they had four children, Leslie, Andrea, Arthur, and Prentiss. He was the
recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of writings, correspondence, personalia, subject files, and photographs. The writings include manuscripts
and other materials relating to Hoppe's books, magazine and journal articles, newspaper articles and columns, and other writings.
Among these are volumes of photocopies of Hoppe's Chronicle column from 1960 to 1985 and from 1997 to 2000. Correspondence
consists mainly of letters to Hoppe from Richard Delgado as well as some family correspondence. Among the personalia are biographical
materials, personal documents, Hoppe and Watterson family history, materials from Edward Sayle Watterson and his wife Mary
Prentiss, certificates, press badges, articles on Hoppe and his work, tributes, and scrapbooks of his family, his work, and
his memorial service. Subject files consist of materials collected by Hoppe on a range of political and social topics. Photographs
include portraits of Hoppe as well as family photographs.
Series 1:
Writings.
circa 1940-2000
Physical Description: Carton 1-7; carton 8, folder 1-8; carton 14-17; box 3; oversize box 1; oversize box 2, folder 1-8; volume 1
Subseries 1.1:
Books and plays.
Physical Description: Carton 1-3; Carton 4, folder 1-20
Scope and Content Note
Files may include manuscript drafts, correspondence, research materials, and reviews relating to Hoppe's published and unpublished
books and plays.
Carton 1, Folder 1-4
The Love Everybody Crusade,
circa 1963
Carton 1, Folder 13-18
The World of Arthur Hoppe,
circa 1970
Carton 1, Folder 19
Mr. Nixon and My Other Problems,
circa 1971
Carton 1, Folder 20-24
Miss Lollipop and the Doom Machine,
circa 1973
Carton 1, Folder 25-27, Carton 2, Folder 1-5
The Tiddling Tennis Theorem,
circa 1975-1976
Carton 2, Folder 6-21
The Ugulaps,
circa 1976-1983
Carton 2, Folder 22-32, Carton 3, Folder 1-2
The Marital Arts,
circa 1985
Carton 3, Folder 6
Shaw of New York,
undated
Carton 3, Folder 7-8
Having a Wonderful Time,
circa 1995
Carton 3, Folder 9-12
Newspapering: A Lackadaisical History of the Past Half-Century (memoir),
undated
Carton 3, Folder 13-15
Perfect Solution to Absolutely Everything,
circa 1968
Carton 3, Folder 16-22, Carton 4, Folder 1-6
The Perfect Sex Life in One Easy Step,
circa 1978-1980
Carton 4, Folder 7-8
The History of the World in a Nutshell,
undated
Carton 4, Folder 11
Unidentified novel,
undated
Carton 4, Folder 12
Sean (unfinished play),
undated
Carton 4, Folder 13
Booklet on the U.S.S. Bache,
1980
Carton 4, Folder 16-17
Jimmy Valentine (play),
undated
Carton 4, Folder 18
The Sea Lion who Saved San Francisco (children's picture book),
circa 1995
Carton 4, Folder 19
Glen Canyon Crossing (play),
undated
Carton 4, Folder 20
Unpublished poetry (by Hoppe),
undated
Subseries 1.2:
Magazines, newspapers, radio and television, and speeches.
Physical Description: Carton 4, folder 21-24; carton 5-7; carton 8, folder 1-2; carton 14-17; Box 3; cardfile box 1; oversize box 2, folder 1-8;
volume 1
Carton 4, Folder 21-24, Carton 5, Folder 1-4
Magazine articles by Hoppe,
circa 1955-1990
Carton 5, Folder 5-7
Journal articles by Hoppe,
circa 1955-1990
Carton 5, Folder 8-11
Articles in Learning Magazine,
circa 1970-1990
Carton 5, Folder 12
Articles in Inquiry Magazine,
circa 1970-1980
Carton 5, Folder 13
Articles in Mole Magazine,
circa 1982
Carton 5, Folder 15
Articles in Esquire Magazine,
circa 1975
Carton 5, Folder 16
Articles in Cosmopolitan Magazine,
circa 1975
Carton 5, Folder 17
Articles in Harper's Magazine,
circa 1975
Carton 5, Folder 18
Articles in Travel and Leisure Magazine,
circa 1974-1975
Carton 5, Folder 19
Articles in Readers Digest Magazine,
circa 1982-1987
Carton 5, Folder 20
Articles in Rolling Stone Magazine,
circa 1978
Carton 5, Folder 21
Articles in Show Magazine,
undated
Carton 5, Folder 22
Rejected manuscripts,
circa 1965-1985
Carton 5, Folder 23-24
Assorted and miscellaneous writings,
circa 1965-1985
Carton 6, Folder 1
The Self-Consciousness Revolution,
circa 1977
Carton 6, Folder 2
From Sea to Shining Sea (radio mss),
undated
Carton 6, Folder 5-6
Miscellaneous television and radio,
circa 1965-1977
Carton 6, Folder 9
Speeches/interviews (done),
circa 1969-1976
Carton 6, Folder 10-12
Speeches,
circa 1969-1977
Carton 6, Folder 13
Commencement speech,
1970
Carton 6, Folder 15, Oversize Box 2, Folder 1-8
Clippings of early newspaper stories,
circa 1952-1959
Carton 6, Folder 16
Skid Row newspapers stories,
1956
Carton 6, Folder 17
Cash or Clobber Trial newspaper stories,
1953
Carton 6, Folder 18-19
Clippings of newspaper stories,
1960-1969
Carton 6, Folder 20-24
Quake (newspaper serial),
circa 1978
Carton 6, Folder 25
Article on Dick Tuck,
undated
Carton 6, Folder 26
Article on Cronkite,
circa 1977
Carton 6, Folder 27
Article on execution/San Quentin,
circa 1955
Carton 6, Folder 28
Assorted freelance newspaper pieces,
undated
Carton 14
Columns (chronological file of column photocopies),
1960-1967
Carton 15
Columns (chronological file of column photocopies),
1968-1976
Carton 16
Columns (chronological file of column photocopies),
1977-1985
Carton 17
Columns (chronological file of column photocopies),
1986-1996
Box 3
Columns (chronological file of column photocopies),
1997-2000
Cardfile Box 1
Index of columns,
circa 1960-1985
Volume 1
Scrapbook of Hoppe's coverage of the 1960 presidential campaign,
1960
Carton 7, Folder 1-2
Columns on Washington D.C.,
undated
Carton 7, Folder 3
Graded columns from Bill German,
circa 1999
Carton 7, Folder 4
Landlord columns,
circa 1965-1978
Carton 7, Folder 5
Favorite columns of 1993,
1993
Carton 7, Folder 7
New York Times columns,
circa 1977
Carton 7, Folder 9
Vacation columns,
circa 1980-1988
Carton 7, Folder 10-13
Miscellaneous stories, finished and unfinished,
circa 1965-1980
Carton 7, Folder 14-17
Article ideas,
circa 1960-1985
Carton 7, Folder 18
Articles, reference materials,
circa 1965-1990
Carton 7, Folder 19-23, Carton 8, Folder 1-2
Subseries 1.3:
Early writings and notebooks.
Physical Description: Carton 8, folder 3-8
Carton 8, Folder 3
High school and Navy writings,
circa 1940-1945
Carton 8, Folder 4-5
Harvard writings,
circa 1949
Series 2:
Correspondence.
1925-2000
Physical Description: carton 8 folder 9-20; carton 9, folder 1-29
Carton 8, Folder 9-10
Letters from readers,
1999
Carton 8, Folder 11
Critical letters from reader,
1993
Carton 8, Folder 12-13
50th anniversary letters of congratulations,
1999
Carton 8, Folder 14-20, Carton 9, Folder 1-8
Richard Delgado (incoming),
1990-2000
Carton 9, Folder 12
Project Rach Gia Funds,
circa 1968
Carton 9, Folder 13
Okamoto and Son Boat Yard,
circa 1956
Carton 9, Folder 14
Editors of New Yorker,
1958
Carton 9, Folder 15-16
Rachelle Marshall,
1988-1995
Carton 9, Folder 17
Leah Garchik and Carole Vernier,
1979
Carton 9, Folder 18
Rejection letters,
circa 1950-1962
Carton 9, Folder 19-20
Letters to Art Hoppe from Peggy Gravett (mother) during World War II,
1943
Carton 9, Folder 21-24
Correspondence between Art and Gloria Hoppe (wife),
circa 1945-1999
Carton 9, Folder 25
Correspondence from other family members,
circa 1943-1995
Carton 9, Folder 26
Correspondence from Charles Edward Watterson (grandfather),
circa 1925-1932
Carton 9, Folder 27-29
Assorted correspondence,
circa 1925-1932
Series 3:
Personalia.
circa 1870-2001
Physical Description: carton 9, folder 30-31; carton 10-11; oversize box 2, folder 9
Carton 9, Folder 30-31
Biographical,
circa 1965-1990
Carton 10, Folder 1
Personal documents,
circa 1931-1995
Carton 10, Folder 2-4
Hoppe and Watterson family history and scrapbooks,
undated
Carton 10, Folder 5
Edward Sayle Watterson materials,
circa 1870
Carton 10, Folder 6
Contents of Edward Sayle Watterson's wallet,
1872-1873
Carton 10, Folder 7
Scrapbook of Mary Prentiss (wife of Edward Sayle Watterson),
circa 1860-1870
Carton 10, Folder 8, Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
Certificates and awards,
circa 1937-1999
Carton 10, Folder 9
Press badges,
circa 1960-1968
Carton 10, Folder 10
Hoppe's thesis (Bachelor's Degree),
1949
Carton 10, Folder 11-13
Magazine articles on Hoppe,
circa 1968-1988
Carton 10, Folder 14-15
Clippings on Hoppe,
circa 1968-1988
Carton 10, Folder 17
Tributes,
circa 1999-2000
Carton 10, Folder 18
Jack Kent, blueline and illustration,
1962
Carton 10, Folder 20, Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
Brochures and event flyers,
circa 1965-1995
Carton 10, Folder 22-24
Guest books for Hoppe bench dedication at Crissy Field,
circa 2001
Carton 10, Folder 25-16
Scrapbooks for Hoppe's memorial,
2000
Carton 11, Folder 1
Scrapbook (grandchildren),
undated
Carton 11, Folder 2
Scrapbook and photo album (Crissy Field bench dedication),
circa 2001
Carton 11, Folder 3
Family scrapbook and photo album,
circa 1945-1990
Carton 11, Folder 4
Nobody for President and Somebody for President and Harvard Alumni buttons,
undated
Carton 11, Folder 5
Leslie's journals,
undated
Carton 11, Folder 6
Margaret Gravett's writings,
undated
Series 4:
Subject files.
circa 1965-1995
Physical Description: carton 12-13; box 1
Carton 12
Agents-Humor Academy,
circa 1965-1995
Carton 13
Humor Academy-Steven Johnson,
circa 1965-1995
Box 1
Steven Johnson-Yeltsin,
circa 1965-1995
Carton 11, Folder 9-13, Box 2, Oversize Box 2, Folder 9, Oversize Box 1
Series 5:
Photographs, audio-visual, and object (baseball cap).
circa 1930-2000
