Finding Aid for the Joseph Edward Shaw Papers, ca. 1887-1963, bulk 1933-1941
Processed by L. Leader; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Joseph Edward Shaw Papers, ca. 1887-1963, bulk 1933-1941
Collection number: 840
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- L. Leader, May 1969
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Edward Shaw Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1887-1963, bulk 1933-1941
Collection number: 840
Creator:
Shaw, Joseph Edward, 1889-
Extent: 18 boxes (9 linear ft.)
6 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Joseph E. Shaw (1889-1965) was born in Lamar, Colorado. Shaw was the brother and secretary of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw
(elected 1933, relected 1937). In 1938, a civic reform movement successfully sponsored the recall of Mayor Shaw. He was replaced
by Superior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron. Joseph Shaw was convicted in 1940 of selling civil service jobs during his brother's
administration, although his conviction was reversed by the California Supreme Court the following year. The collection consists
of correspondence, manuscripts, business papers, tape recordings, photographs, phonograph records, clippings, and printed
material related to Los Angeles politics when Joseph E. Shaw served as secretary to his brother and afterward.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph E. Shaw, 1963.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Edward Shaw Papers (Collection 840). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Joseph E. Shaw was born in LaMar, Colorado, on February 25, 1889; served in the U.S. Navy, 1905-33; became secretary to his
brother, Los Angeles Mayor Frank Shaw (b. 1877), in 1933; a recall movement replaced Frank Shaw with Fletcher Bowron as mayor
of Los Angeles in 1938; Joseph Shaw was convicted of selling civil service jobs in 1940; his conviction was reversed by the
California Supreme Court the following year.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, business papers, tape recordings, photographs, phonograph records, clippings,
and printed material related to Los Angeles politics when Joseph E. Shaw served as secretary to his brother, Los Angeles Mayor
Frank Shaw.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Clippings and printed materials.
- Correspondence and radio speeches.
- Personal correspondence and records.
- Photographs and notebooks.
- Record tapes.
- Scrapbooks (arranged by subject).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Shaw, Joseph Edward, 1889- --Archives.
Shaw, Frank L.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Office of the mayor.
Mayors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government.
Related Material
Crusader in Public Service [oral history transcript] / Margarete Clark, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1981. Available at Department
of Special Collections, UCLA.
Box 5
Clippings: Communism, Latin America.
Box 7
Manuals, court transcripts, briefs.
Box 8
Correspondence, reports, statements, including Frank Shaw correspondence. 1930-1937.
Box 9
Civic, Clinton, correspondence, radio speeches, pamphlets, articles. 1936-1945.
Box 10
Clinton radio speeches. 1938.
Box 11
Correspondence, reports, statements. 1938.
Box 11
Scrapbook and campaign correspondence. 1925-1938.
Box 11
Special San Pedro Report. 1935.
Box 11
City Employee Index. 1926-1932.
Box 12
Correspondence, reports, speeches. 1940-1948.
Box 13
Correspondence, radio campaign. 1949.
Box 14
Personal correspondence. Pre-1940-1963.
Box 15
Personal records and correspondence. 1950-1963.
Box 16
Personal records, correspondence, Navy papers.
Box 17
Photos, datebooks, notebooks, business cards.
Eight Scrapbooks of Clippings,
ca.1930-1950
Box 19
Mayor--Council. 1938-1940.
Scope and Content Note
Water Power issue, etc. Much on Bowron administration.
Box 20
Mexico; C.I.V.I.C. (a political reform organization); Clifford Clinton; Byron Fitts; Kynette.
Box 21
Miscellaneous clippings. 1944-1945.
Box 24
Clippings on Joseph Shaw.
Scope and Content Note
Bribery case, resignation, etc.
Box 24
Early days of Bowron administration, Joe Shaw probes, indictment, conviction.
Box 22
Police department, vice, etc. 1938-1940.
Box 23
Miscellaneous clippings. 1937-1941.
