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Title: Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS 283
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1904-1919
Abstract: This collection contains items pertaining to the Uncle Sam Republican League Club, including administrative documents, membership
information, meeting minutes and financial information.
creator:
Uncle Sam Republican League Club.
This collection contains documents of the Uncle Sam Republican League Club from its founding to its dissolution (1904-1912).
Highlights include the Certificate of Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, membership listings, meeting minutes, banking documents
and bills and receipts.
Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records, MS 283, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Collection processed by Jennifer Ho on December 7, 2011.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Biographical / Historical Notes
The Uncle Sam Republican League Club, also known as the Union League Club of San Diego, was founded in 1904. It was a socio-political
organization founded in the spirit of the Union League Clubs that sprung up in support of the Republican Party in the Civil
War and Post-Civil War era (these were also called “loyal leagues”). The purpose of the Uncle Sam Republican League Club,
as stated in its founding documents, was “to promote the interest of good government by every honorable means, and particularly
through the Republican Party” and “to furnish entertainment and to promote the social welfare of the members.” Membership
requirements were simple; the candidate had to be a “straight” Republican and a resident of San Diego County. Many prominent
local Republicans were board members. Among them were Leroy A. Wright, a California state Senator and founding Vice-President
of the San Diego Historical Society, and William Clayton, a manager of the Spreckels companies and President of the San Diego
and Cuyamaca Railway Co. Also in the group were D. B. Northrup, San Diego County Physician, C. L. Williams, President of First
National Bank, and Homer Peters, President of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (now Scripps Institute of Oceanography).
A handful of Union League Clubs in major metropolitan areas survive into the 21st century and have been very influential in
civic projects in the past, but San Diego’s club was short-lived. It was formally dissolved February 14, 1912, less than eight
years after its inception.
Items in collection are arranged by subject.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The covers of the Meeting Minutes record book are prone to shedding. (December 7, 2011)
This collection is open for research.
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bartholomew, C. H.
Clark, Lincoln
Clayton, William
Green, Harry P.
Guy, Wilfred R.
Hinkle, E. C.
Northrup, D. B.
Peters, Homer
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
Uncle Sam Republican League Club.
Union League Club of San Diego.
Williams, C. L.
Wright, Leroy A.
Political science
San Diego (Calif.)
Union league clubs