Letters addressed to Lubin
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Letters written by Lubin, 1912-1923; Apr.-May 1932
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Biographical sketches, obituaries, memorial tributes, etc.
Articles and addresses by Lubin (printed and manuscript)
Clippings re Lubin
Clippings re Lubin and the Sacramento Board of Education
Clippings re members of the Lubin family
Material relating to charges of un-Americanism brought against Lubin by the Sacramento Chief of Police Ira Conran in 1918
Commission of Immigration and Housing - drafts of act creating the Commission; proposed programs, reports, minutes, circulars, etc.
Commission of Immigration and Housing - Wheatland riot investigation
Commission of Immigration and Housing - IWW investigation
Reports from investigators, circulars, notes, expense accounts for investigators
Commission's report, clippings, etc.
Clippings re IWW and terrorism, 1915-1917
Clippings re incendiary fires and fires of unknown or suspicious origin. June 19-30, 1917, in California and parts of Oregon
Commission of Immigration and Housing - Sacramento vice investigation Speeches; chronology of recall campaign against G. C. Simmons, commissioner of Sacramento; investigators' reports, etc.
Clippings re Sacramento vice investigation
Commission of Immigration and Housing - dismissal of Paul Scharrenberg
Clippings re California state budget cut, 1923, and Governor's proposed abolition of the Commission
Immigration and settlement of immigrants - material gathered by Commission member Dana W. Bartlett
Better America Federation Pamphlets and newsletters, clippings, copies of letters, etc.
Pan American Institute of Reciprocal Trade
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Simon J. Lubin Society
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Printed items
Additional Note
Miscellany
Miscellany (single letters)
Abbott, Grace, 1878-1939
Letter, Jan. 22, 1913.
American Institute of Architects. San Francisco
Letter, June 10, 1919, from Sylvain Schnaittacher, president, concerning proposed changes in Tenement House Law.
Bankhead, John Hollis, 1842-1920
Letter, Feb. 10, 1915.
Bradford, Hugh B.
Letter, Mar. 13, 1913. Concerning the immigrant Legislation bill.
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
Letter, Feb. 10, 1915.
Brissenden, Paul F. [Special investigator for the Commission]
Letter, June 16, 1914. Enclosure: copy of plan of work for the Commission on unemployment investigation.
Browne, Maurice B.
Letter, Mar. 27, 1915.
Caminetti, Anthony, 1854-1923
Letter, Mar. 10, 1914.
Coffee, Rudolph Isaac, 1878-
Letter, Oct. 16, 1923.
Cole, Samuel Valentine, 1851-1925
Letter, Jan. 7, 1915.
Cunningham, F. J. [Commission investigator]
Letter, n.d.
DeHaas, Jacob Anton, 1883-
Letter, Mar. 21, 1915.
Elkus, Albert Israel, 1884-1962
Letter, [Oct. 1923].
Eshleman, John Morton, 1876-1916
Letter, Jan. 29, 1916.
Gerberding, Elizabeth (Sears), 1857-
Letter, Oct. 27, 1913.
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
Telegram, Jan. 15, 1915.
Howerth, Ira Woods, 1860-1938
Letter, May 26, 1915. Concerning opportunities for cooperation between the University of California Extension Division and the Commission.
Hughes, Dudley Mays, 1848-1927
Letter, Feb. 10, 1915.
Hunt, George Wylie Paul, 1859-1934
Letter, Jan. 16, 1915. Writing as governor of Arizona.
International Labor Office
Letter, Feb. 17, 1919.
Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932
Letter, Feb. 4, 1913.
Levy, Joseph Leonard, 1865-1917
Letter, Apr. 24, 1914.
Lubin, David, 1849-1919
Letter, Dec. 17, 1913.
National Conference of Immigration, Land and Labor Officials
Letter, Oct. 3, 1912.
Nolen, John, 1869-1937
Letter, Apr. 3, 1915.
Parker, Cornelia (Stratton), 1885-
Letter, Oct. 10, 1914. Concerning her husband, Carleton H. Parker.
Polsley, Harry
Letter, Apr. 12, 1913.
Porter, Robert C.
Letter, May 16, 1919. Concerning housing bills before the California Legislature. Enclosure: copy of his letter, May 16, 1919, written as director of San Francisco Housing Association, to Governor W. D. Stephens.
Richardson, Ethel
Telegram, July 31, 1917. Concerning importation of Mexican laborers by Almitos Sugar Company.
Richardson, Friend William, 1865-1943
Letter, July 2, 1923. Form letter concerning economy budget.
Ryan, John Augustine, 1869-
Letter, Apr. 4, 1932.
Sabine, Wallace Clement, 1868-1919
Letter, Jan. 21, 1915.
Sacramento Bee
Letter, July 11, 1914, from J. E. Langdon, news editor.
Sacramento Star
Letter, Sept. 16, 1920, from T. E. Frayne, editor.
Sacramento Union
Letter, July 10, 1914, from Lynn C. Simpson, managing editor.
San Francisco. Dept. of Public Health
Letter, Oct. 10, 1912. Concerning prevalence of diseases traced to immigrants.
Shartel, A. F.
Letter, Mar. 24, 1913.
Shenton, Herbert Newhard, 1884-1931
Letter, Feb. 17, 1915.
State Law Enforcement and Protective League
Letter, June 24, 1918.
Straus, Nathan, 1848-1931
Letter, Apr. 17, 1914.
Straus, Oscar Solomon, 1850-1926
Letter, Feb. 18, 1914.
U. S. Bureau of Education
Letter, June 3, 1915. Concerning immigrant education.
Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
Letter, Jan. 30, 1914.
Wallace, Albert Joseph, 1853-
Letter, Mar. 31, 1913.
Wyllie, G. W.
Letter, Feb. 24, 1913, with note from David Lubin on p. 2.
American Colonization League
5 letters, 1913, from Max Binheim, secretary.
American Jewish Committee, New York
3 letters, 1912-1913.
Antin, Mary, 1881-
3 letters, 1915.
Arizona, Governor
See Western governors correspondence re IWW investigation.
Associated Charities of San Francisco
See Felton, Katharine C.
Association Internationale pour la Lutte Contre le Chomage
2 letters, 1913. In French, with translations.
Backus, John James, 1863-
3 letters, 1915-1919. Concerning housing legislation. Enclosure to letter, Apr. 6, 1915: copy of letter, Apr. 2, 1915, from Governor Hiram W. Johnson. Enclosure to letter, May 17, 1919: copy of his letter to Governor Stephens, and copies of telegrams to the Governor from the Southern California Chapter, American Institute of Architects and the Merchants Plumbers Association, May 16, 1919.
Barrows, David Prescott, 1873-1954
6 letters, 1913-1919. Written while President, University of California.
Bartlett, Dana Webster, 1860- [member of the Commission]
51 letters, 1912-1913.
Bell, George Lewis, 1888-1958 [attorney and executive officer for the Commission]
120 letters, 1914-1923. Letters and telegrams, 1917, relate to the IWW investigation.
Better America Federation of California
6 letters, 1920-1921, from H. M. Haldeman, president, and Woodworth Clum, managing director.
Birdsall, E. S.
4 letters, 1912-1913.
Blanpied, C. W.
32 letters, 1912-1914. Written while immigration secretary, Young Men's Christian Association, and secretary, Pacific Coast Immigration Congress.
Bruce, Roscoe Conkling
3 letters, 1914-1915.
California. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2 letters, 1912-1915, from John P. McLaughlin, commissioner. Concerning employment of immigrants and establishment of state employment bureaus.
California. [County clerks]
7 letters, 1912. Letters from various county clerks relative to expenditures made to encourage immigration.
California. State Board of Control
3 letters, 1912-1919.
See also Neylan, John F.
California. State Board of Health
2 letters, 1912.
California Civic League
2 letters, 1913-1915.
California Conference on City Planning
3 letters, 1915, from Percy V. Long, President.
California Congress of Mothers
2 letters, 1913-1915.
California Development Board
3 letters, 1912-1913.
Carr, John Foster, 1869-1939
5 letters, 1913-1914. Written on behalf of the Immigrant Education Society.
Chambers, John Sheerer, 1867-1923
2 letters, 1919.
Cheney, Charles Henry, 1884-1943
11 letters, 1914-1915. Concerning housing plans.
Cheney, May L.
2 letters, 1913.
Civic Club of San Francisco
2 letters, 1915.
Cole, William Isaac, 1859-1935
2 letters, 1913-1914.
Committee for Immigrants in America
5 letters, 1915.
See also Kellor, Frances Alice.
Commonwealth Club of California
4 letters, 1913, from Beverly L. Hodghead, president, and Carl E. Grunsky, Secretary.
Clum, Woodworth
See Better America Federation of California
Daughters of the American Revolution. California
4 letters, 1912-1915.
Davis, Philip, 1878-
9 letters, 1913-1915.
Durst, R. H.
3 letters, 1914. Concerning the Commission's investigation report on the Wheatland hop growers.
Fels, Joseph, 1854-1914
4 letters, 1912-1914.
Felton, Katharine C.
12 letters, 1912-1913. Written while secretary of Associated Charities of San Francisco and as member of the temporary Commission.
Fleming, Arthur Henry, 1856-1940
2 letters, 1914.
Gibson, Mary Simons [member of the Commission]
98 letters, 1913-1920.
Grunsky, Carl Ewald, 1855-1934
See Commonwealth Club of California.
Haldeman, Harry Marston, 1871-1930
See Better America Federation of California.
Hamilton, W. W. [investigator for the Commission]
3 letters, 1913-1914.
Hanna, Edward Joseph [member of the Commission]
15 letters, 1913-1923 & n.d.
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society
2 letters, 1912.
Hodghead, Beverly L.
See Commonwealth Club of California
Horst, Emil Clemens, 1867-1940
2 letters, 1914. Concerning proposed inspection of agricultural labor camps.
Howe, Frederick Clemson, 1867-1940
See U. S. Immigration Service
International Immigration Congress
4 letters, 1915.
Italy. Ministero Degli Affari Esteri
6 letters, 1913-1915.
Italy. Consulate, San Francisco
4 letters, 1912-1914. One is a copy of a letter addressed to the president of Patronato Emigranti, expressing views on Italian emigration.
Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945
27 letters, 1912-1919. Some written for him by his secretaries.
Kahn, Julius
3 letters, 1912-1919.
Kellor, Frances Alice, 1873-
17 letters, 1912-1915. Some written for the North American Civic League for Immigrants; for Committee for Immigrants in America; and for New York Bureau of Industries and Immigration.
Lissner, Meyer
3 letters, 1914-1915.
Long, Percy V.
See California Conference on City Planning.
Lynch, Robert Newton
39 letters, 1912-1914. Many of them written while serving as secretary of the temporary Commission.
McArthur, Walter
2 letters, 1913.
McBride, James Harvey, 1849- [member of the Commission]
16 letters, 1915-1919.
McClatchy, Charles Kenny, 1858-1936
7 letters, 1913-1918.
Melton, George L. [Commission employee]
4 letters, 1915. Concerning the Commission's program for the unemployed.
Mills, Frederick Cecil, 1892- [Commission investigator]
3 letters, 1914.
National Conference of Charities and Correction
2 letters, 1913, from Graham Taylor, chairman of the Committee on Distribution and Assimilation of Immigrants.
Nevada. Governor
See Western Governors' ...
Neylan, John Francis
3 letters, 1913-1923. Two written as chairman, State Board of Control.
North American Civic League for Immigrants
4 letters, 1912-1913.
See also Kellor, Frances A.
Norton, Henry K. [executive officer of the Commission]
3 letters, 1919.
Oregon. Governor
See Western Governors' ...
Pacific Coast Immigration Congress
See Blanpied, C. W.
Parker, Carleton Hubbell, 1879-1918 [executive secretary for the Commission]
46 letters, 1913-1914.
Patronato Emigranti
3 letters, 1912-1913.
Peixotto, Jessica Blanche, 1864-1941
2 letters, 1913-1914.
Rosenthal, J. J. [Commission investigator]
8 letters, 1914. Concerning investigation of conditions on hop ranches.
Rothwell, Bernard Joseph, 1859-1948
3 letters, 1914.
Sacramento, Calif. City Commission
3 letters, 1913-1914.
Sacramento, Calif. Commissioner of Public Health and Safety
11 letters, 1918-1919. Many refer to the 1918 Sacramento vice investigation.
Sapiro, Aaron L.
4 letters, 1913. Some written on behalf of the Western Assembly of the Jewish Chautauqua.
Scharrenberg, Paul [Commission member]
32 letters, 1912-1923.
Simmons, S. E.
3 letters, 1918-1919. Concerning Sacramento vice investigation.
Simpson, John Lowrey, 1891- [Commission investigator]
2 letters, 1914-1915.
Solomons, Lucius L., 1863-
2 letters, 1914.
Stephens, William Dennison, 1859-1944
7 letters, 1917-1920. Some written by his executive secretary.
Sulzberger, Cyrus L., 1858-1932
2 letters, 1912. One written for him by Leo Sulzberger.
Taylor, Graham, 1851-1938
See National Conference ...
Travelers Aid Society
3 letters, 1913-1914, from Orin C. Baker, general secretary.
U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations
See Weinstock, Harris
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
3 letters, 1912-1915. Undated letter, from director of Rural Organization Service, presents views on immigration restriction.
U. S. Dept. of Labor
3 letters, 1915-1918, from William B. Wilson.
U. S. Immigration Service
6 letters, 1913-1915. Include letters from Frederic C. Howe.
U. S. War Dept.
22 letters, 1918. Primarily from the Commission on Training Camp Activities, Law Enforcement Division, concerning vice conditions in Sacramento.
Utah. Governor
See Western Governors'...
Veiller, Lawrence
6 letters, 1913-1915. Written while secretary and director of the National Housing Association.
Washington. Governor
See Western Governors ...
Watchorn, Robert [secretary of the temporary Commission]
28 letters, 1912-1913. Many written by his secretary.
Weinstock, Harris
7 letters, 1913-1915. Some written as member of the U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations. Included also are copies of two letters- Weinstock to F. R. Welsh, Sept. 10, 1920, and Welsh to Weinstock, Oct. 21, 1920- referred by Weinstock to Lubin for his information.
[Western governors correspondence re IWW investigation]
36 letters, July-Aug., 1917. Include letters and telegrams from the governors of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Montana.
Whitton, Frederick
5 letters, 1912-1914.
Williams, Edgar
8 letters, 1913-1914.
Wilson, William Bauchop, 1862-1934
See U. S. Dept. of Labor
Wilson, Woodrow
2 letters, 1918. Typed copies. One is a copy of a letter written by his secretary, J. P. Tumulty.
Wood, Will C.
2 letters, 1919.
Wright, Leroy A.
3 letters, 1913.
Young Men's Christian Association, San Francisco
5 letters, 1913-1914. Primarily from the Immigration Department.