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Guide to the Simon Julius Lubin Papers, 1912-1936
BANC MSS C-B 1059  
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Boxes 1-3

Letters addressed to Lubin

Scope and Content Note

Include letters from various individuals, organizations, and governmental bodies concerned with immigrants and their problems; letters relating to legislation affecting immigration; letters from other members of the Commission; requests for Lubin to address clubs and other organizations, etc. Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, with a miscellany of single letters at the beginning of the file. A list of the more important people represented follows the Key.
A group of miscellaneous letters from individuals requesting employment with the Commission, and letters from unidentified correspondents are at the end of the file.
Boxes 4-5

Letters written by Lubin, 1912-1923; Apr.-May 1932

Scope and Content Note

Carbon copies of his outgoing letters, relating primarily to the progress of Legislation creating the permanent Commission; the organization and staffing of the Commission and special investigations undertaken by it; legislation sponsored by it, etc. Also included are copies of outgoing letters written by Commission secretary, Robert Newton Lynch, on behalf of the Commission. Letters written April-May 1932 are the originals of those Lubin wrote to his family while he was in Mexico to promote the formation of a Mexican Division of the Pan American Institute of Reciprocal Trade. Arranged chronologically.
Ctn. 1

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.

Physical Description: (3 folders)
 

Commission of Immigration and Housing - Wheatland riot investigation

 

Commission of Immigration and Housing - IWW investigation

Physical Description: (4 folders)
 

Reports from investigators, circulars, notes, expense accounts for investigators

 

Commission's report, clippings, etc.

 

Clippings re IWW and terrorism, 1915-1917

Physical Description: (2 folders)
 

Clippings re incendiary fires and fires of unknown or suspicious origin. June 19-30, 1917, in California and parts of Oregon

Physical Description: (2 folders)
 

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

Physical Description: (2 folders)
 

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.

Ctn. 2

Pan American Institute of Reciprocal Trade

Scope and Content Note

Releases, reports, clippings, memoranda, copies of portions of Lubin's diary, April 11-20, 1932, covering his efforts to promote formation of Mexican Division of the Institute
 

Simon J. Lubin Society

Scope and Content Note

Statement of purposes, copy of bulletin no. 1 containing constitution
 

Printed items

Additional Note

Reports on housing and housing reform prepared by various organizations, miscellaneous reports of the Commission, etc. Several printed items have been removed for separate cataloging. Cards for these have been prepared for the Manuscripts Division shelf list.
 

Miscellany

Partial List of Correspondents

 

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.