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Finding Aid to the Leon Josiah Richardson papers, 1872-1964
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Series 1: General Papers, 1872-1984

Physical Description: Cartons 1-6; box 1, folder 1; oversize folder 1

Arrangement

Hierarchical.

Scope and Content Note

The series has been divided into 5 sub-series: Correspondence, Course Materials, Personalia, Subject Files, and the Writings of Leon J. Richardson.
 

Subseries 1.1: Correspondence, 1898-1958

Physical Description: carton 1, folders 1-55

Arrangement

Incoming correspondence arranged alphabetically. Outgoing correspondence arranged chronologically.
carton 1, folders 1-6

Miscellaneous A-Z 1900-1958

carton 1, folder 7

American Institute of Fraternal Citizenship, Incorporated 1947-1952

carton 1, folder 8

Andrews, William Samuel 1936

carton 1, folder 9

Bacon, Leonard 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 10

Barker, Eugene H. 1934-1935

carton 1, folder 11

Bender, Albert Maurice 1934-1935

carton 1, folder 12

Bradford, Mary G. 1934-1938

carton 1, folder 13

Brandenstein, Henry V. 1935

carton 1, folder 14

Breeze, Thomas Hamilton 1936-1937

carton 1, folder 14

Calhoun, George Miller 1922-1934

carton 1, folder 16

California University- Berkeley Alumni Association 1934-1945

carton 1, folder 17

California University- Berkeley Regents 1903-1907

carton 1, folder 18

California University- University Extension 1933-1936

carton 1, folder 19

California University- University Press 1934-1935

carton 1, folder 20

Commonwealth Club of California 1945

carton 1, folder 21

Davenport, Eleanor M. 1934-1946

carton 1, folder 22

Detrick, Maud Rives 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 23

English Speaking Union 1924-1928

carton 1, folder 24

Fairclough, Henry Rushton 1935

carton 1, folder 25

Frothingham, Robert 1934-1935

carton 1, folder 26

Gress, Edmund G. 1922-1924

carton 1, folder 27

Hart, Walter Morris 1946

carton 1, folder 28

Henderson, Victor H. 1902-1935

carton 1, folder 29

Hotel del Mar, Pacific Grove, California 1946

carton 1, folder 30

Humphreys, Milton Wylie 1900

carton 1, folder 31

Hyde, Charles Gilman 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 32

Irwin, Mary (Mrs. Frank) 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 33

Jones, Dana H. 1935

carton 1, folder 35

Leupp, Harold Lewis 1934-1946

carton 1, folder 35

McCleave, Thomas C. 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 36

McDuffie, Jean Howard 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 37

Magee, William H. 1934-1946

carton 1, folder 38

Moore, Ernest Carroll 1923-1935

carton 1, folder 39

Moses, Edith 1935-1938

carton 1, folder 40

Nutting, Herbert C. 1923

carton 1, folder 41

Palmer, Elizabeth Day 1929-1939

carton 1, folder 42

Permanente Health Plans 1946

carton 1, folder 43

Perry, Warren Charles 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 44

Petersson, Ruth 1934-1946

carton 1, folder 45

Prentice, William Kelly 1936-1937

carton 1, folder 46

Prescott, Henry Washington 1934-1939

carton 1, folder 47

Richardson, Arthur H. (brother) 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 48

Seares, Frederick Hanley 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 49

Searls, Robert McMurray 1935

carton 1, folder 50

Sedgwick, Kate (Mrs. Charles E.) 1946

carton 1, folder 50

Sedgwick, Kate (Mrs. Charles E.) 1946

carton 1, folder 52

Tatlock, John P. 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 53

Voom [Van Wyck?] 1935-1946

carton 1, folder 54

unidentified 1898-1946

carton 1, folder 55

Outgoing 1910-1939

 

Subseries 1.2: Course Materials, 1902-1951

Physical Description: carton 1, folders 56-67

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
carton 1, folders 56-61

Education. Principles of Adult Education 1923-1951

carton 1, folders 62-67

Latin 1902, undated

 

Subseries 1.3: Personalia, 1872-1964

Physical Description: carton 1, folders 68-76, cartons 2-3, carton 4, folders 1-15

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically then chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Subseries has been divided by type of material: Agendas, Biographical Material, Diary-Scrapbooks. The series also contains writings of Leon J. Richardson's wife, Maud Wilkinson Richardson.
carton 1, folder 68

Agendas (Notebooks) 1895-1964

carton 1, folder 69

Autumnal Wreath volume 18 undated

carton 1, folder 70

Biographical Materials 1902-1932

carton 1, folder 71

Biographical Timeline (Notebook) 1899-1911

carton 1, folder 72

Dance card- Second Annual Private Masquerade 1872

carton 1, folders 73-76

Diary-Scrapbooks undated, 1885-1890

carton 2, folders 1-21

Diary-Scrapbooks 1891-1940

carton 3, folders 1-21

Diary-Scrapbooks 1940-1954

carton 4, folders 1-4

Diary-Scrapbooks 1955-1958

carton 4, folders 5-7

Diary-Scrapbooks Miscellany 1891-1962

carton 4, folder 8

Finances 1922-1946

carton 4, folder 9

Retirement Celebration 1938

carton 4, folder 10

Reviews of Richardson's published works 1899-1907

carton 4, folder 11

Maud W. Richardson article- "Summer Days in Spain" 1928

carton 4, folder 12

Maud W. Richardson correspondence undated

carton 4, folder 13

Maud W. Richardson Diary 1901-1905

carton 4, folder 14

Maud W. Richardson Journal entries 1899

carton 4, folder 15

Miscellany 1914-1950

 

Subseries 1.4: Subject Files, 1886-1984

Physical Description: carton 4, folders 16-23, carton 5, folders 1-21, oversize folder 1

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

The series contains files on general interest subjects such as golf and poetry as well as files on local organizations such as the Berkeley Musical Association.
carton 4, folder 16

Berkeley Faculty Club 1893-1903

carton 4, folder 17

Berkeley Musical Association 1923-1932

carton 4, folders 18-19

California University, Berkeley University Extension undated 1924-1946

carton 4, folder 20

California University. Berkeley- Miscellany undated 1898-1984

oversize-folder 1A

California University. Berkeley- statement upon the death of Thomas G. Masaryk 1937-11-02

carton 4, folder 21

Germany. Berlin. Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat zu Berlin 1895-1902

carton 4, folder 22

Golf 1922-1957

carton 4, folder 23

Horace Festival 1935

carton 5, folder 1

Latin 1889-1950

carton 5, folders 2-6

Metrics of Latin Verse undated 1896-1905

carton 5, folder 7

Michigan. Jackson. Jackson High School Reflector 1886-1891

oversize-folder 1A

Music 1906

carton 5, folder 8

Newspaper Clippings 1901-1951

carton 5, folders 9-11

Ovid's Fasti undated

carton 5, folder 12

Philology 1906

carton 5, folders 13-15

Poetry- clippings 1936-1943

carton 5, folder 16

Poetry- Maud Wilkinson Richardson undated

carton 5, folder 17

Poetry- miscellany undated

carton 5, folders 18-19

Programs and Events 1891-1967

carton 5, folder 20

Prose Quotation Miscellany undated

carton 5, folder 21

Virgil's Georgics 1915-1924

 

Subseries 1.5: Writings of Leon J. Richardson, 1894-1960

Physical Description: carton 5, folder 22-24, carton 6, box 1, folder 1, oversize folder 1

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically then alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

The series has been further subdivided into: Articles and Essays, Poetry, and Speeches.
carton 5, folders 22-24

Articles and Essays- A-H 1894-1941

carton 6, folders 1-4

Articles and Essays- I-Z 1894-1941

carton 6, folder 5

Adult Education Journal 1894-1941

carton 6, folder 6

Quintus Horatius Flaccus 1935

carton 6, folder 7

Vindobona undated

carton 6, folder 8

Articles and Essays- untitled undated

carton 6, folders 9-17

Poetry undated

carton 6, folder 18

Carmen Christi Nati Memoriae Sacrum 1934

carton 6, folder 19

Carmina Angelica 1899

carton 6, folders 20-21

Cronies 1934-1935

carton 6, folder 22

Poetical Miscellany 1929

carton 6, folder 23

Sierra Slopes and Summits 1960

carton 6, folder 24

Songs undated

oversize-folder 1

Songs undated

carton 6, folder 25

Speeches 1906-1941

carton 6, folder 26

Notes 1906-1941

box 1, folder 1

Prompt cards 1906-1941

 

Series 2: Berkeley Club, 1873-1958

Physical Description: box 1, folders 2-8
Language of Material: English

Arrangement

Alphabetical.
box 1, folder 2

Finances 1934-1948

box 1, folder 3

Historical Materials 1873-1958

box 1, folders 7-8

Letters to Professor Merrill 1895-1897

box 1, folders 4-5

Member biographies undated

box 1, folder 6

Minutes 1934-1948