Finding Aid of the Ernest R. Chamberlain Papers
Finding Aid of the Ernest R. Chamberlain Papers
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Expanded Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
- Boxes 1-3: Files kept by Chamberlain, arranged alphabetically by subject.
- Box 4: Subject files (cont'd.); memorabilia; writings of Chamberlain (notes, manuscripts, printed materials)
- Box 5: Printed books collected by Chamberlain.
- Box 6: Card file of typed notes on political personages, issues, etc.
Subject Files
Bowron, Fletcher
L.A. Bonnelli, William G. Chronology, etc. by E.R.C.
Annual report of Mayor Fletcher Bowron to the City Council of the City of Los Angeles, delivered March 8, 1940.
Bowron appointees, 1946.
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Clippings, 1940-1946.
Bowron biography
Notes by Chamberlain.
Clippings, 1940-41.
Carlson, Oliver. Fletcher Bowron - he didn't want to be mayor!1945.
Broadcasts, miscellaneous, June 1939-February 1940.
Broadcasts, miscellaneous, February-August 1940.
Business, 1941
Clippings, typed notes, mimeographed material, apparently used for Bowron's 1941 reelection.
Newspaper clippings, March 1941.
Campaign poster, 1941.
Campaign textbook and speakers manual, Citizens committee to re-elect Mayor Bowron.
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Campaign textbook.
Campaign textbook.
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City council, 1945-46
Typed notes and clippings, 1945-46.
City finance charter, 1940-1944
Clippings, 1940.
Broadcasts, March 1941 and March 1944.
Civil liberties, 1942-43.
Typed notes, clipping, broadcasts, 1942-43.
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Clinton, Clifford, 1939-1944
Bowron broadcasts, April 1939 and March 1944.
Clippings, 1939-41.
Committees. Holograph notes and typescript, by Chamberlain, “Ask the man who knows him,” n.d.
Finance and revenues. Typed notes. c1945.
Government agencies, 1943-1945
Broadcasts, June and September 1943 and February 1944.
Clipping, 1945.
Housing, 1945-1946
Broadcast, November 1945.
Clippings, 1946.
Broadcast by Bowron, October 1942.
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Ickes, Harold, 1946
Letter from Chamberlain, 1946.
Clippings, 1946.
“Judy” ideas (From Clinton's mayoralty campaign).
Jobs. Clipping, 1945.
Labor. Notes and clippings, September 1938, March-April 1941, January-March 1946.
Los Angeles Times. Clipping, c. 1941.
Marble games. Clippings, August and November 1940.
Memorabilia.
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Municipal league. Printed pamphlets, June, August and November 1944.
Portrait.
Board of Public Works. Broadcasts, July 1940 and March 1941.
Reelection, 1941-1945
Public opinion poll, broadcast script, and notes, 1941.
Clippings, assembled ca.1941-45.
Clippings, 1945.
Notes and correspondence assembled to aid Clinton, 1945.
Sewage plant - notes, 1945.
Speeches, 1941-1946
February-April 1941.
March 1942-April 1943.
May 1943-January 1946.
Clippings, 1940-44; notes by Chamberlain; printed brochure of quotations from Bowron's speeches.
Traffic. Clipping, 1940.
Vetoes, 1940-1943
Notes, excerpts from radio speeches, typescript, c1941.
Clippings, 1940 and 1943.
Department of Water and Power. “ A vital message to all city employees... “ March 1941.
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Campaign Literature Collected by Chamberlain
Printed and mimeographed material, v.d.
Clinton, Clifford E.
Clippings, 1938, 1942, 1945 and 1961.
Chamberlain and Clinton correspondence with Frank Walker (Postmaster General and chairman of Democratic National Committee) and others, 1942-45.
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Notes about various political issues concerning Clinton, c1938-1945.
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Clifton's Cafeterias - notes by Chamberlain
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Downey, Sheridan
Clippings, 1938-39; 1942-43.
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Manuscripts by Chamberlain about Downey, 1938-39.
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Printed campaign literature. “Why Peirson M. Hall withdrew from the race for United States Senator to support the candidacy of Sheridan Downey,” 1938.
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Anti-Bancroft literature, used at the time of Downey's campaign, 1938.
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Ford, John Anson
Campaign literature, c1938.
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Hall, Peirson M.
“One man's politics - Peirson M. Hall: a biographical analysis of his record,” 1938.
Campaign literature, 1938.
Clippings, 1938.
New Deal and Roosevelt
Clippings, c1939-42.
“Raymond Bombing”
The truth behind the Raymond bombing and what the people of Los Angeles can do about it... 1938[?].
Transportation in Los Angeles
Airport and harbor affairs - Broadcast by Bowron, 1942.
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Clinic. Clippings, January 1945-February 1946.
Clinic, December 1945.
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Franchises, c1945-46.
Clippings, c1945-46.
Typed notes, mimeographed Minority and Majority reports of Industry and Transportation Committee; publication of Citizens Research Institute about the issues. Late 1945.
General reports, 1942, 1944-45
Clippings, 1942, 1944-45.
Clippings; Letter to Clinton, 1945.
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League of Women Voters - Carbons of letters, 1945.
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Other cities, n.d. and 1945
Chicago - Clipping, April 1945.
Detroit - Typed notes.
London - Manuscript notes by Chamberlain.
Ownership. Correspondence, typed notes, clipping, 1945.
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People's Council, 1945
Clipping, 1945.
“Statement on behalf of a people's Transportation Council.” By Clifford E. Clinton, July 18, 1945.
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Plans and studies, 1939-46.
“A transit program for the Los Angeles metropolitan area”; report to Mayor Bowron by Transportation Engineering Board, city of Los Angeles, December 7, 1939.
“Los Angeles transportation on the scales of official records.” By P.S. Combs (consulting engineer, Monorail, Incorporated), 1940[?].
“Transportation's answer: grade separation.” By P.S. Combs (consulting engineer, Monorail, Incorporated), 1941[?].
“Transit study, 1944, Los Angeles metropolitan area.” Report of Central Business District Association, November 14, 1944.
“Public transportation and Los Angeles central business district, a discussion prepared by the Central Business District Association of Los Angeles,” 1946[?].
“Today's answer: a report on the Combs system of monorail travel,” N.C.
Speech: “The Los Angeles transportation problem,” delivered in 1946 by Chamberlain.
Memorabilia
Article from Oklahoma Leader, 1923, containing biographical information.
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Washburn alumnus with article about and picture of Chamberlain. Kansas, Summer 1972.
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Writings of Chamberlain
“Citizen's yearbook,” 1942.
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He who gets gypped, 1942.
Los Angeles Today (vol.1, no.1, 6, 11, 13, and 20). Published by Clinton, contains articles by Chamberlain. October 1945-March 1946.
A program for establishment of People's Mobilization Centers, c.1943.
“Revolt of the Angelenos,” n.d.
Printed Books Collected by Chamberlain
Porter, Louis P. Trouble - his business. Hollywood: Penny Book Publishing Company, 1941[?].
Ketcham, Ronald M. Intergovernmental cooperation in the Los Angeles Area (Stuides in Local Government, no.4). Los Angeles: Bureau of Governmental Research, University of California, December 1940.
Los Angeles County Government, Departmental Services, 1934.
Los Angeles County Government, part three: engineering and fiscal administration (National Defense Monograph). Los Angeles: Office of the County Superintendent of Schools, Division of Secondary Education, Los Angeles County, May 1941.
Charter of the County of Los Angeles, annotated 1939 edition; compiled by J.H. O'Connor et al.
Petition for mandamus, Martin vs. McComb, in the Supreme Court of the State of California, c.1940.
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Garrigues, C.H. Why didn't somebody tell somebody? Los Angeles: printed by the author, May 1938.
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Charter of the City of Los Angeles, annotated, 1935 edition; compiled by Ray L. Cheseboro et al.
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Digest of City Charter: municipal duties and administration. Los Angeles: Bureau of Budget and Efficiency, July 1938.
Ford, Patrick H., ed. The Darrow bribery trial with background facts of McNamara case and including Darrow's address to the jury. Whittier: Western Printing Company, 1956.
[Minton, Michael]. A series of lectures on the dynamics and psychology of handwriting as used in clinical practice: a discussion of the analysis and dynamics of handwriting and their proper use in counseling, based on the study of religious psychology . 1948.
Citizen's year book, the city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: first annual report of the City Manager covering fiscal period ending June 30, 1928, under council-manager form of government, E.M. Fry, City Manager. July 1928.
Citizen's yearbook, city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1929-1930, under council-manager government: third annual report of E.M. Fry, City Manager. n.d.
Card file of typed notes on political personages, issues, etc.
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“Herb Hyde political movie” [Chamberlain's title].
Personal Files re E.R. Chamberlain & Family.
A - C.
D - Income tax, 1966.
Income tax, 1965 - Z.
Manuscripts - E.R. Chamberlain Oklahoma politics.
Oklahoma - news clippings.
Meals for Millions Chronological Files, 1931-1969
States: Florida - Massachusetts, 1931-1947.
1946-1964.
1948-1965.
1965-1969.
States: California.
Meals for Millions miscellaneous, chronological, 1963-1972.
Meals for Millions board meeting, October 20, 1965-1967.
Foreign: India - Vietnam.
Meals for Millions history up to Newsletters, 1948-1965.
Miscellaneous.
Files, A - N, ca. 1946-1966, mostly E.R. Chamberlain as secretary.
Extra photographs - USA.
Alphabetical sequence, A - B.
Photographs, 1960's-1974.
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Alphabetical Sequence, 1950's-1970's
B - M, 1960's-1970's.
L - N, 1950's-1960's.
N - R, 1960's.
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O - R, 1950's-1960's.
Sc - T, 1950's-1960's.
U - Z.
Dan Stephens.
Program.
1940's-1960's.
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Publicity, G - Z.
Florence Rose's reports.
Early political files, A - Z, 1940's-1950's.
Correspondence, 1959, A - Z.
H- .
Alphabetical sequence, W.
Meals for Millions, H - N.
Meals for Millions - various alphabetical sequences.
Audit reports.
Files re UNICEF.
Ad Hoc Committee, ca. 1961.
Empty file folders.
Relief Agencies
A - M.
A - M.
M - Z.
M - Z.
Governmental - political.
Staff (through Chamberlain).
Staff.
Meals for Millions, 1966-1967.
A - Churches (Disc. of Christ).
Churches (Lutheran)- .
CPA reports.
KITS.
KERBOOM, etc.
KITS, etc.
General, A - I.
Missing.
Overflow alphabetical.
General Mills - printed items.
Civil defense.
Mechanics (office).
General Mills.
Miscellaneous.
UCLA.
M.
A - E.
Country files, 1960's
N - Z.
A - M.
“Unweeded term-taxes, etc.” [New York - Pennsylvania].
Miscellaneous subject files.
Notebooks and newspapers.
Newsclippings.
Notebooks and ephemera.
Miscellaneous.
Los Angeles general political scandals files.
Publications on public experience.
Food for Thought.
Records, photographs, brochures.
India work files.
Miscellaneous.
India miscellaneous.
Publicity.
El Salvador - Aritrea card files.
Affiliates & country, Haiti - Z.
U.S. & UN, etc.
UN, U.S. government agencies.
General files, staff.
Board & Advisory Council, H - W.
Foreign - A.
UN & UNESCO.
General.
Board & Advisory Council, A - G.
Files, L - P.
Geographical, A - I (states).
Meals for Millions for UCLA.
D - L.
Foreign countries.
A - C.
States, Pennsylvania - Texas.
Countries, A - China.
Foreign
L - P.
P - Q (to end of Pakistan).
Kenya - Korea (A - O roughly).
B - Egypt.
Brazil.
Japan.
B - G (to Central African Republic).
R - V.
Iraq - Jordan.
Taiwan - Yugoslavia.
India.
F - I (through Indonesia).
P - Q (Paraguay).
Canada - S. Africa.
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Canada - S. Africa.
Korea (V - end roughly).
S - Z.
Tanganyika, 1960's.
Mexico.
Geographical, K - S (states through Oregon).
Geographical, K - S.
Meals for Millions History.
Mexico, Mozambique.
India, miscellaneous, A - L.
India work files.
India, miscellaneous.
Mauritius.
Various card indexes - including chronology of events re Meals for Millions and quotations.
Films.