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Gartz (Kate Crane), Collection
SPC.2018.004
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Kate Crane Gartz Collection
Creator:
Crane-Gartz, Kate
Creator:
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.004
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1929-1954
Abstract: The Kate Crane Gartz Collection contains a wide array of personal papers including correspondence, poems, clippings, activism
ephemera, drafts and information related to her published travel diary "Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz," and photographs.
The materials were collected by her friend and colleague, John Weatherwax. This collection is now part of the
John M. Weatherwax Collection and can be found under
Series V: Kate Crane Gartz
Language of Material:
English
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This collection contains correspondence, poems, clippings and other documents related to communism and political activism,
photographs, and a rough draft of Crane Gartz's travel diary.
Kate Crane Gartz was born Katherine Elizabeth Crane in 1865 to the wealthy Crane family, who made their fortune in ironworks.
Crane Gartz grew up in Chicago, where she became familiar with Jane Addams' Hull House, to which her father donated money.
Early exposure to the contrast of her own affluence with the poverty of those in Chicago's tenement district led Crane Gartz
to dedicate much of her life to philanthropy and communism. She moved to Altadena, California, in 1907, where she lived until
her death in 1949. Crane Gartz hosted weekly salons for leftist and intellectual discussions in her Altadena home, The Cloisters.
She wrote extensively and published several books.
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This collection was processed by Sharon MacNett, 2018.
The CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections also contains several published works by Kate Crane
Gartz: The Parlor Provocateur or From Salon to Soap-Box: The Letters of Kate Crane Gartz (1923), A Woman and War (1928), Around
the World with Kate Crane Gartz (1929), Seventh Book (circa 1930s), Realistic Rhythms (1942), Letters of Protest (no date),
and More Letters (no date).
For other materials related to John M. Weatherwax please consult the
Anti-New Deal Collection . This collection is now part of the
John M. Weatherwax Collection and can be found under
Series V: Kate Crane Gartz
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- United States
Labor movement
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Altadena (Calif.)