Finding Aid for the Franklin Hichborn Papers

Box 1

Class No: 103/1/6/1

Miscellaneous; Tax Bill and Budget Hearing, January 18, 1921.

Taxation

Box 1

Class No: 103/1/6/2

California, 1937-1938.

Box 2

Class No: 103/1/6/2

California.

Box 2

Class No: 103/1/6/2

New York Tax Exemption Report.

Box 3

Class No: 103/1/6/2

Power Companies.

Box 3

Class No: 103/1/6/2

Tax Relief.

Box 4

Class No: 103/1/6/2

Taxpayers and Property Owners Protective Association.

Box 2

Grant, Harry E. - “The Tax Situation in California.”

Miscellaneous California Legislature, v.d.

Box 4

Class No: 103/1/6/10/11

1933-34.

Box 5

Class No: 103/1/10/12

1935.

San Francisco Graft Prosecution

Box 5

Class No: 103/2/2/3

San Francisco graft prosecution before the Grand Jury fixing of gas rates.

Box 6

Class No: 103/2/2/4

San Francisco graft prosecution before the Grand Jury Home telephone (vol.1).

Box 6

Class No: 103/2/3

State of California vs. Eugene Schmitz.

State of California vs. Abraham Ruef

Box 7

Class No: 103/2/4

Rueff trial report on Alex Lathan and newspapers.

Box 8

Class No: 103/2/4

Newspapers, 1906-1907.

Box 9

Class No: 103/2/4

2 newspapers and clippings.

[Calhoun Case/Trial]

Box 10

Class No: 103/2/5

Calhoun case.

Box 10

April 22, 1909.

Box 11

Class No: 103/2/5

April 23, 1909.

Box 11

Class No: 103/2/5

May 4, 1909.

Box 12

Class No: 103/2/5

May 13, 1909.

Box 12

May 11, 1909.

Box 13

Class No: 103/2/5

May 12, 1909.

Box 13

June 4, 1909.

Box 14

Class No: 103/2/5

June 7, 1909.

Box 14

June 18, 1909.

Box 15

Class No: 103/2/5

November 15, 1909.

Box 15

Class No: 103/2/8

William J. Burns, Chief Investigator.

Box 16

Class No: 103/2/8

Card files of official letters and correspondence of W.J. Burns.

Box 17

Class No: 103/2/8

Financial Information (Check stubs, expense account statements).

Box 18

Class No: 103/2/5

Vote books.

Box 19

Class No: 103/2/9

Ford case.

Box 19

Ford trial, October 22, 1907.

Box 20

Class No: 103/2/9

Ford trial, October 18, 1907.

Box 20

Class No: 103/2/10

Glass case, July 15-16, 1907.

Box 21

Class No: 103/2/10

Glass case, July 17-19, 1907.

Box 21

Class No: 103/2/13

Murphy Name Plate Scandal.

Box 22

Class No: 103/2/15

Investigation expense accounts, etc., January-December 1909.

Names

Box 22

Class No: 103/2/14

Assembly Districts, 1909.

Box 23

List of investigators.

Investigators Reports

Box 23

Class No: 103/2/16

William Bottrill, May 1-April 15, 1909.

Box 24

Class No: 103/2/16

William Bottrill.

Box 24

Class No: 103/2/16

D.F. Cecil, June 30, 1906-March 31, 1907.

Box 25

Class No: 103/2/16

D.F. Cecil, April 1, 1907-July 23, 1908.

Box 25

Class No: 103/2/16

Edwin Emerson

Box 26

Class No: 103/2/16

William M. Farrell, November 7-June 7, 1907.

Box 26

Class No: 103/2/16

E.C. Lange, March 18-31, 1908.

Box 27

Class No: 103/2/16

J.G. Lawlor, December 6, 1906-October 31, 1907.

Box 27

Class No: 103/2/16

John McCarthy, January 4, 1907-December 3, 1908.

Box 28

Class No: 103/2/16

Peter M. McGee, October 22-November 25, 1908.

Box 28

Class No: 103/2/16

R.H. Perry, May 31-November 30, 1906.

Box 29

Class No: 103/2/16

R.H. Perry, December 1, 1906-August 31, 1907.

Box 29

Class No: 103/2/16

R.C. Schindler, June 28, 1907-May 26, 1908.

Box 30

Class No: 103/2/16

W.S. Schindler, August 13, 1907-May 23, 1908.

Box 30

Class No: 103/2/16

G.S. Spaulding, October 28, 1906-March 31, 1907.

Box 31

Class No: 103/2/16

G.S. Spaulding, April 1-July 31, 1907.

Box 31

Class No: 103/2/16

E.J. Wiskotchill, March 1-July 31, 1908.

Box 32

Class No: 103/2/16

E.J. Wiskotchill, August 1, 1908-August 27, 1909.

Box 32

Class No: 103/2/17

Trial jurors, 1909.

Jury Panel

Box 33

Class No: 103/2/17

A.

Box 33

Class No: 103/2/17

B.

Box 34

Class No: 103/2/17

C.

Box 34

Class No: 103/2/17

J.

Box 35

Class No: 103/2/17

K.

Box 35

Class No: 103/2/17

N.

Box 36

Class No: 103/2/17

O.

Box 36

Class No: 103/2/17

W.

Box 37

Class No: 103/2/17

Y.

Box 37

Class No: 103/2/18/5

Graft in Bars, Houses of Prostitution, Dope Rings, and Alms Houses.

Box 38

Class No: 103/2/18/6

Golden and Sullivan, “The Bunko Kings.”

Box 38

Class No: 103/2/19

Chief of Police photographs.

Box 39

Class No: 103/2/19

Board of Supervisors.

Box 39

Class No: 103/2/19

Felix Paduvaris Case.

Box 40

Class No: 103/2/19

Personal statements.

Box 40

Class No: 103/2/19

Testimony of Fred P. Nicholas.

Box 41

Class No: 103/2/19

Tracings.

Box 42

Heney's campaign speech for Langdon.

Heney Campaign, 1909

Box 41

Class No: 103/3/2

Verification blanks.

Box 42

Class No: 103/3/3

Expense accounts.

Box 43

Class No: 103/3/5

Checkbook.

Box 43

Class No: 103/3/3

Account book.

Box 44

Class No: 103/3/7

Receipts.

Box 44

Class No: 103/3/10

Membership cards.

Miscellaneous Agriculture

Box 45

Class No: 103/4

California.

Building Laws

Box 45

Class No: 103/4

San Francisco.

Miscellaneous

Box 46

Class No: 103/4

California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

Box 46

Class No: 103/4

California Producers and Shippers Association.

Box 47

Class No: 103/4

California State Board of Health.

California Railroad Commission

Box 47

Class No: 103/4

Press releases, March 30-May 9, 1922.

Box 48

Class No: 103/4

Press releases, May 10-June 23, 1922.

Box 48

Class No: 103/4

California Single Tax League.

Box 49

Class No: 103/4

California State Budget, 1923-1925.

Box 49

Class No: 103/4

Committee of 48, 1923-1924.

Box 50

Class No: 103/4

Committee on Civil Liberties.

Direct Legislation

Box 50

Class No: 103/4

[No further description available].

Box 51

Class No: 103/4

Attack on the initiative “People's Anti-Single Tax League.”

Box 51

Class No: 103/4

Commonwealth Club.

Box 52

Class No: 103/4

Direct Legislation League of California.

Box 52

Class No: 103/4

Economic Conditions, California.

Education

Box 53

Class No: 103/4

California.

Elections

Box 53

Class No: 103/4

California, 1920.

Box 54

Class No: 103/4

California, 1922.

Box 54

Class No: 103/4

California, 1934 (Progressive Party).

Box 55

Class No: 103/4

California, 1936.

Box 55

Class No: 103/4

Massachusetts.

Box 56

Class No: 103/4

National, 1910.

Box 56

Class No: 103/4

San Francisco, 1920.

Box 57

Class No: 103/4

San Francisco, 1921.

Box 57

Class No: 103/4

Free Jury League, 1923-24.

Box 58

Class No: 103/4

Garrison, J.C.

Box 58

Class No: 103/4

Jones, Herbert C.

Box 59

Class No: 103/4

Journal of Electrical Workers.

Box 59

Class No: 103/4

League to Protect the Initiative, 1923-1924.

Legislation

Box 60

Class No: 103/4

Revenue Bill, 1921.

Box 60

Class No: 103/4

Migrants.

Box 61

Class No: 103/4

Milk.

Box 61

Class No: 103/4

National Electric Light Association, 1923. [2].

Box 62

Class No: 103/4

National Electric Light Association, 1923. [3].

Pacific Gas and Electric

Box 62

Class No: 103/4

“Progress,” 1923-1930.

Panama

Box 63

Class No: 103/4

Pacific Exposition [1].

Miscellaneous

Box 63

Class No: 103/4

Racing Initiative Measure.

Box 64

Class No: 103/4

Railroads.

San Francisco

Box 64

Class No: 103/4

Bonded Indebtedness, 1923.

Box 65

Class No: 103/4

City Charter, 1908 and 1928.

Box 65

Class No: 103/4

Pacific Gas and Electric Rates, 1928.

Box 66

Class No: 103/4

San Francisco Port and Harbor.

Box 66

Class No: 103/4

Southern Pacific.

Box 67

Class No: 103/4

Speech of Charles F. Dole. Subject: Lincoln.

Box 67

Class No: 103/4

Transcripts of Trial, McCarty vs. Murphy.

Box 68

Class No: 103/4

Uncle Sam's Voters.

Box 68

Class No: 103/4

Charlotte Anita Whitney.

Box 69

Class No: 103/4

Edward I. Wolfe.

Water & Power

Central Valley

Box 69

Class No: 103/5/1/3/1

Fulsom Dam, 1927-1928.

Box 70

Class No: 103/5/1/3/2

California Fall River Irrigation District.

Box 70

Class No: 103/5/1/4

Klamath River.

Box 71

Class No: 103/5/1/5

San Francis Dam.

Box 71

Class No: 103/5/1/7

Nova Scotia.

Box 72

Class No: 103/5/1/7

Ontario.

Box 72

Class No: 103/5/1/8

Public Ownership.

Box 73

Class No: 103/5/1/8

Public Ownership, 1923-1924.

Boxes 73-74

Class No: 103/5/1/9

Tennessee Valley Authority.

California

Box 74

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Metropolitan Water District.

Box 75

Class No: 103/5/1/10

California State Irrigation Association.

Giant Power

Box 75

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Pennsylvania.

Box 76

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Hydro-Electric Company of California.

Box 76

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Nova Scotia.

Box 77

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Pacific Coast.

Box 77

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Rates.

Box 78

Class No: 103/5/1/10

Rates, Southern California.

Hetch-Hetchy Power Project

Box 78

Class No: 103/5/2/1/3

Commonwealth Club of California.

Box 79

Class No: 103/5/2/1/3

[No further description available].

Spring Valley Water Company vs. San Francisco

Box 79

Class No: 103/5/2/2

Rate Suits, 1903-1906.

Box 80

Class No: 103/5/2/3

India Basin & Islais Creek Project.

Box 80

Class No: 103/5/2/5

Clippings on India Creek Basin, 1910 [2].

Box 81

Class No: 103/5/3/1

Water & Power Campaign Mailing Lists, 1922.

Box 81

Class No: 103/5/3/2

Water & Power Campaign , Federal Power Commission, 1922.

1922 Water & Power Campaign

Box 82

Class No: 103/5/3/2

Financial Statements (rough draft).

Before Senate Judiciary Committee, January 30-31, 1923

Box 82

Class No: 103/5/3/3

January 30, 1923.

Box 83

Class No: 103/5/3/3

January 31, 1923.

Box 83

Class No: 103/5/3/3

Canada.

Box 84

Class No: 103/5/3/3

Special Senate Committee Investigating Expenditures.

Box 84

Class No: 103/5/3/3

New York State.

Box 85

Class No: 103/5/3/3

News releases for California daily papers.

Publicity Releases, 1922

Box 85

Class No: 103/5/3/3

January-March 1922.

Box 86

Class No: 103/5/3/3

March-May 1922.

Box 87

Class No: 103/5/3/3

Views of prominent people on the power question.

Box 87

Class No: 103/5/3/5

Boulder Canyon Proj ect.

Box 88

Class No: 103/5/3/5

Colorado River Project.

Box 88

Class No: 103/5/4/1

Financial statements of California cities, rates, etc.

Water & Power Act, 1922

Box 86

Class No: 103/5/3/3

Statistical data for Special Senate Committee Investigation.

1924 Water and Power Campaign

Box 89

Class No: 103/5/4/4

Ledger.

Box 89

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Articles on water and power.

Box 90

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Articles on water and power, author unknown.

Los Angeles

Box 90

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Bureau of Power and Light.

Box 92

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Water power in the province of Ontario, Canada.

1924 Water and Power

Box 91

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Marshall Plan 1924.

Box 91

Class No: 103/5/4/3

Water and Power Act Reports (June 28-October 28, 1924).

La Follette Campaign, 1912

Box 92

Class No: 103/6/1

Nominations campaign [2].

Box 93

Class No: 103/6/1

Nominations campaign [3].

Box 93

Class No: 103/6/1

Miscellaneous Expenditure Sheets.

Box 94

Class No: 103/6/2/1

Vouchers Paid.

Box 94

Class No: 103/6/2/1

Bills for Campaign Literature.

Box 95

Class No: 103/6/2/2

Contribution Letters.

Box 95

Class No: 103/6/2/2

Publicity.

Box 96

Class No: 103/6/2/5

Circulars from National Headquarters.

Box 96

Class No: 103/6/2/6

La Follette Correspondence, G-I, 1924.

Box 97

Class No: 103/6/2/6

La Follette Correspondence, N-R, 1924.

La Follette Campaign, 1924

Box 97

Class No: 103/6/2/7

Women's Division.

Box 98

Class No: 103/6/2/7

Women's Division correspondence.

Box 98

Class No: 103/6/2/13

Miscellaneous [1].

Box 99

Class No: 103/6/2/3

Counties (Card File).

Box 99

Class No: 103/6/2/9

Cancelled checks, old letters.

La Follette State Finance Committee

Box 100

Class No: 103/6/2/9

Checkbook.

La Follette

Box 100

Class No: 103/6/2/10

Cancelled checks.

Box 101

Clubs (Card file).

Box 102

Executive and workers (card file).

Citizens' League of Justice

Box 103

Class No: 103/6/4

Correspondence, 1908.

Box 103

Class No: 103/6/4

Correspondence, 1908-1909.

League of Justice

Box 104

Class No: 103/6/4

1910.

Miscellaneous

Box 104

Class No: 103/6/4

Citizens' League of Justice.

Progressive Movement

Box 105

Class No: 103/6/3

1924.

Progressive Voters' League

Box 105

Class No: 103/6/3

Correspondence, I - Z.

Box 106

Class No: 103/6/3

Financial Reports.

Box 106

Class No: 103/6/3

Young, C.C.

Box 107

Official records of the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (5 vols.).

Prohibition

Box 107

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Amendment.

Box 108

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Anti-Saloon League.

Box 108

Class No: 103/6/5/1

1918 campaign.

Box 109

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Catholic.

Box 109

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Labor.

Box 110

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Legislative Session, 1919.

Box 110

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Pemberton/Hichborn correspondence.

Box 111

Class No: 103/6/5/1

Petitions.

Correspondence, n.d.

Box 111

Class No: 103/6/5/2

B.

Box 112

Class No: 103/6/5/2

C.

Box 112

Class No: 103/6/5/2

D - E.

Box 113

Class No: 103/6/5/2

H.

Box 113

Class No: 103/6/5/2

M.

Box 114

Class No: 103/6/5/2

N - P.

Box 114

Class No: 103/6/5/2

T - V.

Box 115

Class No: 103/6/5/2

W - Z.

Paul Smith

Correspondence, v.d.

Box 115

Class No: 103/6/6/1

A - K, 1917 [5].

Box 116

Class No: 103/6/6/1

A - K, 1917 [6].

Box 116

Class No: 103/6/6/1

No signature, 1917 [7]

Box 117

Class No: 103/6/6/1

No signature, 1917 [8]

Box 117

Class No: 103/6/6/2

Investigators' Reports [11].

Box 118

Class No: 103/6/6/2

Investigators' Reports [12].

Redlight Abatement

Box 118

Class No: 103/6/7/1

American Social Hygiene Association.

Box 119

Class No: 103/6/7/1

American Vigilance Association.

Box 119

Class No: 103/6/7/2/1

Investigation, San Francisco.

Box 120

Class No: 103/6/7/2/1

California.

Box 120

Class No: 103/6/7/4

Correspondence, K - Z, 1914 [1].

Box 121

Class No: 103/6/7/4

Correspondence, K - Z, 1914 [2].

Box 121

Congressional Records 1919.

Heney Club Correspondence, 1909

Box 122

Class No: 103/7

E, 1909.

Box 123

Class No: 103/7

F, 1909.

Correspondence, 1909-1938

Box 123

1909, I - O [1].

Box 124

Class No: 103/7

1909, I - O [2].

Box 124

1910, R.

Box 125

Class No: 103/7

1910, S.

Box 125

1911, O - Z [7].

Box 126

Class No: 103/7

1911, O - Z [8].

Box 126

1912, M - Z [6].

Box 127

Class No: 103/7

1912, M - Z [7].

Box 127

1914, G - Ha.

Box 128

Class No: 103/7

1914, He - K.

Box 128

1915, D.

Box 129

Class No: 103/7

1915, E - F.

Box 129

1915, R.

Box 130

Class No: 103/7

1915, S.

Box 130

1916, G - K.

Box 131

Class No: 103/7

1916, L - R.

Box 131

1917, J - M.

Box 132

Class No: 103/7

1917, N - S.

Box 132

1918, I - K.

Box 133

Class No: 103/7

1918, L.

Box 133

1919, M.

Box 134

Class No: 103/7

1919, N - R.

Box 134

1920, G.

Box 135

Class No: 103/7

1920, H.

Box 135

1921, B.

Box 136

Class No: 103/7

1921, C.

Box 136

1921, G [1].

Box 137

Class No: 103/7

1921, G [2].

Box 137

1921, M - O.

Box 138

Class No: 103/7

1921, P - R.

Box 138

1921, T - Z.

Box 139

Class No: 103/7

1922, A.

Box 139

1922, B [3].

Box 140

Class No: 103/7

1922, C [1].

Box 140

1922, D [2].

Box 141

Class No: 103/7

1922, D [3].

Box 141

1922, E - F.

Box 142

Class No: 103/7

1922, G.

Box 142

1922, H [3].

Box 143

Class No: 103/7

1922, I - J.

Box 143

1922, M [1].

Box 144

Class No: 103/7

1922, M [2].

Box 144

1922, R.

Box 145

Class No: 103/7

1922, S [1].

Box 145

1922, S [4].

Box 146

Class No: 103/7

1922, T - V.

Box 146

1923, A - C.

Box 147

Class No: 103/7

1923, D - G.

Box 147

1923, M - Q.

Box 148

Class No: 103/7

1923, R - S.

Box 148

1924, C.

Box 149

Class No: 103/7

1924, D.

Box 149

1924, K.

Box 150

Class No: 103/7

1924, L - M.

Box 150

1924, O - R.

Box 151

Class No: 103/7

1924, S.

Box 151

1925, A - F.

Box 152

Class No: 103/7

1925, G - H.

Box 152

1926, D - G.

Box 153

Class No: 103/7

1926, H.

Box 153

1927, A - G.

Box 154

Class No: 103/7

1927, H - M.

Box 154

1928, L - O.

Box 155

Class No: 103/7

1928, P - Z.

Box 155

1929, R - Z.

Box 156

Class No: 103/7

1930, A - G.

Box 156

1931, A - J.

Box 157

Class No: 103/7

1931, K - R.

Box 157

1938 [3].

Box 158

Class No: 103/7

1938 [4].

Thomas D. Eliot, 1915

Box 158

January-March 1915.

Box 159

Class No: 103/7

April-September 1915.

John R. Haynes, 1925

Box 159

October-December 1925.

Box 160

Class No: 103/7

January-July 1926 [1].

Box 160

Hichborn to J.C. Garrison, 1925-26.

Box 161

Class No: 103/7

Hichborn to J.C. Garrison, 1928-1930.

Box 161

Hichborn to John R. Haynes, September-December, 1926.

Box 162

Class No: 103/7

Hichborn to John Randolph Haynes, 1927.

Box 162

Hichborn to Herbert C. Jones, 1925.

Box 163

Class No: 103/7

Hichborn to Herbert C. Jones, 1926.

Box 163

Hichborn to Charles K. McClatchy, October 1930-1932, 1934.

Box 164

Class No: 103/7

Hichborn to John F. Neylan, 1913-15; 1920-23.

Box 164

Hichborn to R. Spreckels, July-December 1930.

Box 165

Class No: 103/7

Hichborn to R. Spreckels, 1931/1932, 1934, 1936, 1938.

Box 165

Hichborn to Herbert C. Jones, 1935-37.

Box 166

Class No: 103/7

Herbert C.Jones, 1938-40.

Box 166

C.K. McClatchy, 1928-29.

Box 167

Class No: 103/7

V.S. McClatchy, 1927, 1910-1924.

Spreckels, 1906-1933

Box 167

1906-1908, B [2].

Box 168

Class No: 103/7

1906-1908, C [1].

Box 168

1906-1908, W - Z.

Box 169

Class No: 103/7

1909, A - H.

Box 169

November-December 1920.

Box 170

Class No: 103/7

January-April 1921.

Box 170

To Hichborn, 1931.

Box 171

Class No: 103/7

1932-1933.

Box 171

[Miscellaneous] Correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

R.H. Young, 1917-1919, 1924.

Sara Young, 1921.

S.W. Young, 1919.

Walter L. Young, 1923.

Articles

Box 172

Class No: 103/9

Hichborn.

Articles, Addresses and Published Letters

Box 172

Class No: 103/9

A - C.

Box 173

Class No: 103/9

D - J.

Box 173

Class No: 103/9

S.

Hichborn

Box 174

Class No: 103/9

Artie Samish.

Articles by Hichborn

Box 174

Class No: 103/9

1924 Water & Power Campaign, (rough draft).

Articles

Box 175

Class No: 103/9

Hichborn.

Box 176

Class No: 103/9

Hichborn, Plain Talk, May (Book).

Box 177

Class No: 103/9

The Case of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings (Book).

Mooney Case

Box 177

Class No: 103/12

Correspondence.

Federation of Labor

Box 178

Class No: 103/12

State and National.

Box 178

John Randolph Haynes Initiative.

Scope and Content Note

(Loose items from the scrapbook on the initiative)

Anton Wagner

Box 179

Los Angeles (Translation, 1935).

Box 179

Ronald Ray Schmidt, Responses of Non-Negro Renters and Owners in Los Angeles and Orange Counties to the Respect to Ethic Change, 1965.

Janice Jaques

Box 180

The Political Reform Movement in Los Angeles, 1900-1909.

Hichborn

California Politics, 1891-1939

Box 180

vol.1.

Box 181

vol.2.

Box 181

vol.3.

Box 182

vol.4.

Box 182

Anton Wagner, Los Angeles (in German).

Box 183

The Quest for Good Government in Los Angeles, 1890-1910, by Clodius.

Box 183

Los Angeles County, California.

Box 184

Heilman, Grace. Early History of the Labor Movement in Los Angeles, 1949.

Scope and Content Note

(Original draft)

Part 1, chapters 1-8.

Boxes 185-332

Unlisted.

Boxes 333-335

Rudolph Spreckles.

Box 336

Registration Book for Occidental Hotel, 1904.

Boxes 337- 338

Class No: 103/5/4/1

Water and Power Campaign, 1924.

Scope and Content Note

Campaign financial reports etc.

Boxes 339 - 344

Card index to Hichborn correspondence.

Box 345

Marine View Terrace Tract. San Mateo Company, California. 3 architectural drawings.

Physical Description: One oversize folder (4 items total).

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