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Correspondence

box  Box 1

Letters written by Scharrenberg, 1918-1960

Physical Description: (5 folders)

Additional Note

Mainly typed copies, addressed primarily to other labor leaders and government officials, reflecting various positions held. Arranged chronologically.
Boxes 1-3

Letters written to Scharrenberg.

Additional Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Includes some letters addressed to Andrew Furuseth, and copies of letters addressed to others and referred to Scharrenberg for his information. A partial list of correspondents follows the key to arrangement. Unlisted letters are in a miscellany at the beginning of the series.
 

Subject Files

Additional Note

Committee reports, memoranda, copies of correspondence, notes, printed material, clippings, etc. Arranged as follows:
Ctn. 1

Accident boards and commissions

 

American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds

 

Asiatic exclusion

 

Bridges, Harry

 

California Joint Immigration Committee

 

California Labor League for Political Education, A.F.L.

 

California labor statistics under Scharrenberg, 1943-1955

 

California State Federation of Labor

 

Chinese crews

 

Congress of Industrial Organizations - historical data

 

Church and labor

 

Committee on Economic Security, 1934

 

Communism

 

Communists in labor unions

 

Company unions

 

Continuous discharge book-pledge violation

 

Coolidge, Calvin

 

Curran, Joseph

 

Education

 

Furuseth, Andrew

 

Ham and Eggs Initiative, etc.

 

Hawaii - labor

Ctn. 2

Immigration

 

Immigration - California

 

Immigration and housing - California

 

Immigration quota

 

Initiatives

 

Initiatives and ordinances

 

Industrial relations

 

Industrial Workers of the World

 

Institute of Pacific Relations

 

International Association of Governmental Labor Officials

 

Involuntary servitude

See also clippings in Box 4.

 

Labor Editors' Conference, 1952

 

Labor history - biographies

 

Labor history - general

 

Labor leaders

 

Land question - 1921 California legislation

 

Lobbying - California

 

Lobbying - California - Samish, 1949

 

Lobbying - Congress

 

Lobbying - miscellaneous

 

Longshoremen

 

Lundeberg, Harry

 

McNamara - Los Angeles Times Building Bombing

 

Marine Workers League

 

Merger - Seafarers International Union and National Maritime Union, 1959

 

Mooney-Billings

 

National Maritime Board

 

Oil tanker negotiations

 

Pacific awards, 1935 - Strike arbitration

 

Pacific off-shore companies

 

Panama - Liberia, etc.

 

Radicalism

Ctn. 3

Radicalism - Seattle

 

Safety at sea

 

Sailors' Union of the Pacific - history

See also clippings in Box 4.

 

San Francisco Labor Council

 

San Francisco Longshoremen

 

State Compensation Insurance Fund of California

 

Trailer ships

 

U.S. seamen's laws

 

Warren, Earl

 

Wilson, Woodrow

 

Women workers

 

Workmen's compensation

 

Manuscripts of Writings

Additional Note

Primarily typed or mimeographed copies. Arranged alphabetically.
Ctn. 3

Address at Annual Convention, International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1953

 

Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds, 1947

 

Address at convention of California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors, 1951

 

Address at Fresno Transportation Club, 1952

 

Address at Portland Cement Association Regional Safety Conference, 1952

 

Address before the 22nd Annual Convention of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1949

 

Address before the 25th Annual Convention of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors, 1952

 

Address before the 27th Annual Meeting of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1954

 

Address before the 28th Annual Meeting of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1955

 

Address to the Annual Convention, State Federation of Labor, Santa Barbara, 1950

 

Armistice Day Address, 1930

 

A California Labor Day Message, 1917

 

California State Federation of Labor

Ctn. 4

California State Federation of Labor (cont.)

 

California's Labor Laws

 

Communists Attack Asiatic Exclusion Laws

 

Facts and Comments on Occupational Health, 1954

 

Fifty Years of Progress, 1954

 

Fundamentals of Good Industrial Relations

 

Highlights of Address at Annual Convention of State Building and Construction Trade Council, 1954

 

History of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific

 

The Housing Aspect of the City Planning Problem, 1917

 

Housing Problems

 

How Hetch Hetchy Helps Relief, 1934

 

Joint Report of the Committee on Statistics of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1954

 

Keynote Address to the 26th Annual Convention of Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors of California, 1953

 

Labor Record of the Republican Party

 

Labor Representation on the Board of Regents of the University of California

 

Notes for after-dinner talk, Governor's Banquet at First North American Conference on Apprenticeship, 1953

 

Notes for after-dinner talk, Johns-Manville, Lompoc, California, 1953

 

Notes for convention of State Printers Association, Stockton, California, 1953

 

Opening remarks at California Industrial Safety Conference, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1954

 

Opening speech for Governor's Industrial Safety Conference, 1950

 

Organized Labor - Past and Present, 1944

 

Organized Labor's Opportunities for Leadership in the Economic Order of the World, 1932

 

Outline of Operations of the Division of Industrial Safety in the California Department of Industrial Relations, 1953

 

Post-War Problems, 1941

 

Racial Discrimination, 1945

 

Report of the Committee on Labor Relations to the 34th Convention of the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1951

 

Report of the Committee on Mediation and Conciliation, International Association of Labor Officials, 1953

 

Report of Committee on Statistics to the 38th Annual Convention of the International Association of the Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, 1952

 

Report of Committee on Statistics to the 39th Annual Convention of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions

 

Safety Education, 1948

 

Salary Classification for Statutory Official in California State Service, 1954

 

The San Francisco General Strike, 1934

 

Shall We Shoot the Professors

 

Some Facts about California

 

Speech before Recreation League

 

The State Fund and Public Relations, 1948

 

Statement against pending legislation, 1937

 

Statement before Subcommittee on Subsequent Injuries Fund, Assembly Interim Committee on Finance and Insurance, 1954

 

Statement on Proposition Number 12, 1944

 

Statistical Data Submitted at Thirtieth Convention of the Western Federation of Butchers of California, 1953

 

Statistics Submitted at Portland Cement Association Regional Safety Conference, 1953

 

The Story of an Industrial City

 

The Struggle for Safety of Life at Sea, [1915?]

 

Tackling Current Issues

 

Trade - Unionism versus Communism

 

Training for Skills in Industry, 1950

 

Trends in Accident Prevention, 1948

 

Visit to Europe 16 Years Ago, 1936

 

What Does Labor Want? 1928

 

What Does Labor Want? 1934

 

Why an Association of State Funds? 1952

 

Women in Industry, 1954

 

Workmen's Compensation Insurance Vital to Good Industrial Relations

 

Workmen's Compensation, Unemployment, and Disability Insurance in California

 

Tear sheets and reprints of his articles and addresses

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.
Ctn. 4

The Acid Test of Progress

 

Address at Seventh Annual Meeting, State Bar of California, 1934

 

Americanizing the Immigrant, 1918

 

An Answer to Dr. Henry S. Pritchett

 

The Attack Upon the Seamen's Act

 

Background for War in the Pacific, 1943

 

Big Business Attempts to Use the "Initiative," 1939

 

California Requires: "Safety in Places of Employment," 1951

 

Changes in California Workmen's Compensation Law during 1942 and 1943

 

China's Labor Movement

 

Education at Crossroads, 1933

 

Filipinos Demand Special Privileges, 1939

 

Furseth, 1945

 

Housing Problems, 1919

 

How California Has Modernized Its Accident Prevention Program, 1947

 

How Labor Views the Power Situation in California, 1925

 

How Safety Orders Are Developed, 1953

 

In Defense of Seamen, 1937

 

Labor, 1946

 

Labor Legislation, 1932

 

Labor Leader Endorses Water and Power Amendment, 1922

 

The Labor Movement in Japan, 1930

 

Last Voyage of The New York, 1948

 

The Missing Link between Capital and Labor, 1914

 

The Open Shop, 1916

 

Problems of The Pacific, 1929

 

The Seamen of Japan, 1930

 

The State Federation of Labor, 1924

 

The Tragedy of Too Much, 1932

 

Washington - The City Beautiful, 1940

 

Washington - City Unbeautiful, 1940

 

We, Too, Have Good Labor Laws, 1948

 

When You Write Your Congressman, 1942

 

Why Labor Opposes Ship-Subsidy Bill, 1922

 

Why The "American Plan?" 1922

 

Miscellaneous

Additional Note

Incomplete & untitled.
 

Notes for speeches, radio addresses, etc.

 

Lists of speeches, radio addresses and printed articles by Scharrenberg

 

Subject files for speeches and articles by Scharrenberg

 

A California Tramp Abroad by Alfred Fuhrman, 1928.

Physical Description: Typed carbon.
Ctn. 5

History of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, 1885-1929, by Peter B. Gill.

Physical Description: Ribbon copy.
 

Papers and Documents Relating to American Seamen.

Additional Note

Compiled by Andrew Furseth. Bound in Three Volumes.
 

Pamphlets

Scope and Content Note

Re merchant marines, marine law, labor, unions, etc.
 

Book - The Nemesis of Nations by W. Romaine Paterson.

Additional Note

Inscribed to Andrew Furseth by William Leon Ellerbeck.
 

Membership books, service and discharge books, etc., 1893-1937.

Additional Note

Several maritime unions.
 

Clippings.

Additional Note

Re labor relations, seamen, legislation, etc. Unarranged.
 

Miscellaneous

Scope and Content Note

Certificate of service to able seamen, 1937; rosters, Amity Lodge, No. 370, F. & A.M.; code books, etc.
Box 4

Clippings

 

Involuntary servitude.

See also folder in Carton 2.

 

Sailors Union of the Pacific - history. See also Carton 3.

 

SCRAPBOOKS

Scope and Content Note

24 volumes of newspaper clippings re Scharrenberg, other labor leaders and public officials, seamen, legislation, etc.; photographs; notices and programs of meetings; correspondence, etc. A few items relate to family matters. Arranged as follows:
volume Vol. 1

1908-1918

volume Vol. 2

1919-1923

volume Vol. 3

1920, Tours of Europe

volume Vol. 4

1923-1929

volume Vol. 5

1924, Trip to Mexico

volume Vol. 6

1924, Trip to Yosemite National Park

volume Vol. 7

1924-1929

volume Vol. 8

1925, Institute of Pacific Relations Conference in Hawaii

volume Vol. 9

1927, Trip to Hawaii

volume Vol. 10

1929, Institute of Pacific Relations Conference in Japan

volume Vol. 11

1930-1934

volume Vol. 12

1934-1936

volume Vol. 13

1936

volume Vol. 14

1936-1942

volume Vol. 15

1938

volume Vol. 16

1943

volume Vol. 17

1943-1945, Industrial Accident Commission

volume Vol. 18

1943-1947

volume Vol. 19

1944-1945

volume Vol. 20

1945-1947, Industrial Accident Commission

volume Vol. 21

1946-1947

volume Vol. 22

1947-1948

volume Vol. 23

1949-1952

oversize OVERSIZE - Vol. 24

1934, General strike, San Francisco

Partial Index of Correspondents

 

American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds

 

2 letters, 1952

Scope and Content Note

Written by P. E. Gurskie, President. Letter, Jan. 14, notifies Scharrenberg of his appointment as Chairman of the Membership Committee.
 

American Federation of Labor

 

18 letters, 1921-1945

Scope and Content Note

Written primarily by William Green, President. Letter, 1921, written by Samuel Gompers. Several letters transmit copies of letters from others. Letter (copy), Dec. 27, 1934, written to L. J. Holman. With these: statement by Green re death of Andrew Furuseth.
 

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

 

2 letters, 1956-1958

Scope and Content Note

Supplying information for Scharrenberg's book about the California Federation of Labor.
 

Associated Oil Company

 

2 letters, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Re strikes on oil tankers.
 

Bay Area Conference of Hod Carriers

 

Letter, Feb. 4, 1943

Scope and Content Note

Written by J.A. Murphy, Chairman. Protesting the appointment of J. C. Stirrat as manager of the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

Billings, Warren Knox, 1893-

 

2 letters, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Letter (copy), Mar. 22, written to Bruce Bliven. Letter, Sept. 6, written to California State Federation of Labor.
 

Black, Hugo Lafayette, 1886-

 

Letter, Dec. 20, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Re serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Bland, Schuyler Otis, 1872-1950

 

2 letters, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Written while Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives. Re continuous discharge book legislation.
 

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940

 

Letter, Dec. 22, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Re serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. California State Legislative Board

 

Letter, Feb. 17, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Written by G.F. Irvine, Chairman. Transmits letter (copy), Feb. 10, 1931, from J. P. Farrell to Tom Mooney.
 

California. Attorney General's Office

 

6 letters, 1953-1954

Scope and Content Note

Some written on behalf of Edmund G. Brown by deputies and assistants. Primarily copies written to others. Re a study of personnel policies of the State Compensation Insurance Fund by Stanford Research Institute.
 

California. Controller's Dept.

 

Letter, June 23, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Re contract with Stanford Research Institute to study personnel policies of the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

California. Dept. of Corrections

 

3 letters, 1955

Scope and Content Note

Replying to Scharrenberg's request for information about several prisoners including Tom Mooney and Warren Billings.
 

California. Dept. of Industrial Relations

 

5 letters, 1953-1956

 

California. Dept. of Motor Vehicles

 

Letter, May 16, 1947

Scope and Content Note

Written by E. E. Lampton. Director.
 

California. Dept. of Social Welfare

 

Letter, Feb. 8, 1952

Scope and Content Note

Written by C. I. Schottland, Director.
 

California. Governor

volume (In Volume 3)

Letter, May 3, 1920

Additional Note

Written for W. D. Stephens by M. C. Madsen. Transmits permission to go to Genoa, Italy to attend a convention of the International Seafarers Federation.
 

California. Secretary of State

 

Letter, Mar. 12, 1943

Scope and Content Note

Written by F. M. Jordan. Transmits statements showing disbursements made by various organizations at the last general election.
 

California. State Compensation Insurance Fund

 

34 letters, 1945-1955 & n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Written by J. J. Gallagher, R. B. Wiser and others. Several letters are addressed to others. With these: data re employees.
 

California. State Personnel Board

 

10 letters, 1953-1954

Scope and Content Note

Written by J. F. Fisher and others. Several letters (copies) written to others.
 

California Council of Progress

volume (In Volume 2, inside back cover)

Letter, Dec. 25, 1923

Additional Note

Written by Anna C. Law, Secretary.
 

California Joint Immigration Committee

 

10 letters, 1934-1945

Scope and Content Note

Written by J. K. Fisk, C. M. Goethe, V. S. McClatchy and others. Several letters addressed to others.
 

California State Employees' Association

 

2 letters, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Letter, Jan. 8, written to J. J. Gallagher. Letter, July 23, written to Board of Directors, State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

California State Federation of Labor

 

6 letters, 1931-1956

Scope and Content Note

Written by A. W. Hoch, C. J. Haggerty and T. L. Pitts.
 

Central Labor Council of Los Angeles

 

3 letters, 1937-1956

Scope and Content Note

Written by J. W. Buzzell and W. J. Bassett. Letter, May 11, 1943, transmits resolution (copy) adopted by the Council re the use of oriental labor in the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states.
 

Chicago Federation of Labor

 

Letter, Dec. 17, 1918

Scope and Content Note

Form letter written by E. N. Nockels, Secretary. Re sending delegates to a labor congress.
 

Chlopek, Anthony J.

See International Longshoremen's Association

 

Committee on Economic Security

 

10 letters, 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Written by E. E. Witte, Executive Director. Letter, Feb. 12, 1935, written for him by his secretary. Primarily re Scharrenberg's membership on the Advisory Committee.
 

Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco

volume (In Volume 7, p. 59).

Letter, Dec. 17, 1926

Scope and Content Note

Written by E. A. Walcott, Executive Secretary. Transmits notification of election to the Board of Governors.
 

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

 

5 letters, 1923-1927, addressed to Andrew Furuseth.

Scope and Content Note

Written on behalf of the President by his secretaries. Acknowledging receipt of letters.
 

Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939

 

2 letters, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Written for him by D. M. Brodie. Agreeing to pay expenses for Andrew Furuseth in a nursing home.
 

Denman, William, 1872-1959

 

3 letters, 1937-1938

Scope and Content Note

Re death of Andrew Furuseth.
 

Dockweiler, John Francis, 1895-1943

 

Letter, Feb. 9, 1934

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Congressman from California. Enclosure: copy of letter to President F. D. Roosevelt from members of the California delegation in the House, expressing opposition to proposal changes in Japanese exclusion policy.
 

Dollar, Robert, 1844-1932

 

Letter, April 30, 1925.

 

Dollar, Robert Stanley, 1880-1958

 

5 letters, 1943-1955

Scope and Content Note

Letter, Mar. 10, 1943, congratulates Scharrenberg on his appointment as Director, California Department of Industrial Relations. Letter, Aug. 3, 1951, transmits copy of booklet re the Dollar Line litigation involving ownership of American President Lines, Ltd.
 

Eastern and Gulf Sailor's Association, Inc.

 

3 letters, 1923-1937

Scope and Content Note

Letters, 1923, written to Andrew Furuseth. Letter, Mar. 30, 1923, transmits letter from the Marine Relief Society.
 

The Federated Press

 

Letter, Feb. 5, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Written by F. L. Palmer. Transmits for comment article about Tom Mooney.
 

Fisk, James K.

See California Joint Immigration Committee

 

Frank, Glenn, 1887-1940

 

Letter, Feb. 27, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Written while President, University of Wisconsin, addressed C. R. Crane. Re granting an honorary degree to Andrew Furuseth.
 

Franklin, Philip Albright Small, 1871-1939

See International Mercantile Marine Company

 

Freeman, Miller, 1875-

 

2 letters, 1943

Scope and Content Note

Letter, Apr. 12, transmits letter (copy) from F. H. Lysons.
 

French, William John, 1871-

 

3 letters, 1924-1943

Scope and Content Note

Letters, 1943, are copies written to Governor Earl Warren.
 

Furuseth, Andrew, 1854-1938

See International Seamen's Union of America

 

Galli-Curci, Amelita, 1889-

volume (In Volume 8)

Letter, Oct. 12, 1925

Scope and Content Note

Thanks Scharrenberg for sending photographs taken during their voyage on the S.S. Sonoma.
 

Gibson, Phil Sheridan

 

Letter, Dec. 30, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy, written to J. J. Gallagher.
 

Goethe, Charles Matthias, 1875-1966

 

Letter, Sept. 28, 1928 (In Volume 7, p. 93)

See also California Joint Immigration Committee

 

Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924

See American Federation of Labor

 

Green, William, 1873-1952

See American Federation of Labor

 

Hague, Robert Lyons, 1880-1939

 

2 letters, 1934-1937

Scope and Content Note

Letter, 1937, concerns being an honorary pallbearer at Andrew Furuseth's funeral.
 

Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923

 

Telegram, Sept. 16, 1921

Scope and Content Note

Inviting Scharrenberg to participate in a conference on unemployment.
 

Harrison, Gregory Alexander, 1896-

 

Letter, Feb. 27, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Transmits copy of an arbitration agreement between International Seamen's Union of America and certain steamship companies.
 

Havenner, Franck Roberts, 1882-

 

Letter, May 28, 1956

Scope and Content Note

Written while Director, Union Labor Party. Transmits comments re Scharrenberg's manuscript on the California Federation of Labor.
 

Hichborn, Franklin, 1869-1963

 

3 letters, 1939-1959

Scope and Content Note

Letters, 1939, concern the Jewish immigrant question.
 

Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964

 

4 letters, 1921-1931

Scope and Content Note

Three letters written for him by others. Letters, 1930-1931, addressed to Andrew Furuseth.
 

Hutchinson, Paul, 1890-

 

Letter, Feb. 17, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Written while Managing Editor, The Christian Century. Written to V. A. Olander. Re conditions in China.
 

Ingold, Ernest, 1885-

 

10 letters, 1953-1954

Scope and Content Note

Several letters written to J. J. Gallagher. Relate primarily to the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

International Association of Governnental Labor Officials

 

Letter, Aug. 5, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Written by Clara M. Beyer, Secretary-Treasurer. Transmits copy of resolutions passed at their convention, May 25-27, 1953.
 

International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America

 

3 letters, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Written by H. C. Fremming. One letter describes a Labor Day celebration at Harmon Gymnasium, University of California, Berkeley.
 

International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, Iron Ship Builders, Welders and Helpers of America

 

Letter, Oct. 7, 1932

Scope and Content Note

Form letter written by J. A. Franklin, President. Written to Andrew Furuseth. Transmits statement of endorsement of candidacy of F. D. Roosevelt for President.
 

International Longshoremen's Association

 

24 letters, 1926-1933

Scope and Content Note

Written primarily by A. J. Chlopek and J. P. Ryan. Several letters are copies written to others.
 

International Mercantile Marine Company

 

Letter, May 12, 1920

Scope and Content Note

Written to Andrew Furuseth. Transmits letter of introduction from P. A. S. Franklin, President.
 

International Seamen's Union of America

volume (In Volume 3)

85 letters, 1916-1938

Scope and Content Note

Written primarily by Andrew Furuseth and V. A. Olander. Primarily typed copies written to others. Letter, May 8, 1920. Letter of introduction written by T. A. Hanson, Secretary-Treasurer.
 

International Union of Timberworkers

 

Letters, Mar. 20, 1922

Scope and Content Note

Written by H. W. Call, Secretary-Treasurer. Comments on Scharrenberg's manuscript, The General Strike at Seattle.
 

International Workers' Defense League

 

Letter, Dec. 13, 1918

Scope and Content Note

Written by E. D. Nolan, Secretary-Treasurer. Form letter re calling a labor congress on the Mooney case.
 

Johnson, Charles G., 1880-

 

Letter, Jan. 7, 1954

Additional Note

Photocopy. Written while California State Treasurer; addressed to J. R. McKee.
 

Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945

volume (In Volume 12)

Letter, Jan. 30, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Senator from California. Re possible establishment of a Joint Advisory Council of Merchant Shipping. Letter, Sept. 20, 1935. Written while Senator from California. Congratulating Scharrenberg on his re-election as Secretary of the California State Federation of Labor.
 

Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932

 

Letter, Jan. 20, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Written while Senator from Washington. Re possible establishment of a Joint Advisory Council of Merchant Shipping.
 

Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-

See Survey Associates, Incorporated

 

King-Ramsay-Conner Defense Committee

 

Letter, May 10, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed letter signed by Phyllis H. Edmond, Secretary-Treasurer. Transmits pamphlet, Ship Murder, The Story of a Frameup.
 

Knight, Goodwin Jess, 1896-1970

 

Letter, Jan. 6, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy. Written while Governor of California to J. R. McKee.
 

Knowland, William Fife, 1908-1974

 

Letter, Mar. 12, 1958

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Senator from California.
 

Kuchel, Thomas Henry, 1910-

 

Letter, Jan. 4, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy. Written while U.S. Senator from California to Victor Montgomery.
 

Lea, Clarence Frederick, 1874-1964

 

Letter, Mar. 15, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Representative from California.
 

Longshoremen's Association of San Francisco and Bay Districts

 

3 letters, 1930-1931

Scope and Content Note

Two, 1931, are copies of letters addressed to J. P. Ryan. Enclosure to letter, 1930: copy of letter from president of the union to J. P. Ryan. Re decision to affiliate with the International Longshoremen's Association.
 

Lundeberg, Harry, 1901-1957

 

3 letters, 1936-1953

Scope and Content Note

Written to others. Letter (mimeographed), May 26, 1953, comments extensively on a manuscript by J. C. Record re collective bargaining.
 

Lupton, Ralph L.

 

7 letters, 1953-1954

Scope and Content Note

Several letters written to others. With these: two memoranda re personnel problems in the Los Angeles office of the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941

 

Letter, Jan. 27, 1938

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Senator from California. Re Andrew Furuseth.
 

MacArthur, Walter, 1862-1944

 

2 letters, 1917-1925

Scope and Content Note

Letter, 1917, written to D. C. Murphy.
 

McClatchy, Valentine Stuart, 1857-1938

See California Joint Immigration Committee

 

McNamara, James Barnabes, d. 1941

 

2 letters, 1928-1929

Scope and Content Note

Written while a prisoner in San Quentin Prison. Letter, 1929, transmits copy of his letter to William Green.
 

Magnusson, Leifur, 1882-

 

Letter, Jan. 24, 1938

Scope and Content Note

Re Andrew Furuseth.
 

Mailliard, William Somers, 1917-

 

Letter, Jan. 5, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy. Written while Representative from California to Victor Montgomery.
 

Maloney, Thomas Aloysius, 1889-

volume (In Volume 12)

Letter, [Jan. 18, 1954]

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy. Written while California Assemblyman. Letter, Mar. 24, 1936. Congratulating Scharrenberg on his appointment as International Seamen's Union Representative in Washington, D.C.
 

Matson Navigation Company

 

3 letters, 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Written by Hugh Gallagher, Operating Manager. Letters, 1935, written to V. A. Olander, transmit clippings re waterfront labor problens.
 

Mooney, Thomas Joseph, 1882-1942

 

4 letters, 1927-1928

Scope and Content Note

Written from San Quentin Prison. Re his efforts to secure a pardon.
 

Murdy, John A., 1900-

 

Letter, Oct. 9, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Written while a California State Senator.
 

National Longshoremen's Board

 

5 letters, 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Written by Louis Bloch, Secretary. Several transmit letters from others.
 

Nevada State Democratic Labor Club

 

Letter, Aug. 19, 1933

Scope and Content Note

Written by W. F. Condon, Secretary. Written to Andrew Furuseth. Transmits notification of election to life membership.
 

Nockels, Edward N.

See Chicago Federation of Labor

 

Nolan, Edward D.

See International Workers' Defense League

 

Norris, George William, 1861-1944

 

Letters, Dec. 24, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Written while Senator from Nebraska. Written for him by his secretary. Re serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Ohio State Federation of Labor

 

Letter, Sept. 19, 1939

Scope and Content Note

Written by T. J. Donnelly, Secretary-Treasurer. Transmits requested copy of petition circulated for amendment of Ohio state constitution.
 

Olander, Victor A., 1873-1949

See International Seamen's Union of America

 

Oregon State Federation of Labor

volume (In Volume 15)

Letter, Dec. 8, 1938

Scope and Content Note

Written by D. E. Nickerson, Executive Secretary.
 

Pegler, James Westbrook, 1894-1969

 

Letter, Dec. 3, 1946

Scope and Content Note

Re statement he wrote about Andrew Furuseth. With this: clippings of two newspaper columns by Pegler.
 

Perkins, Francis, 1882-1965

See U.S. Secretary of Labor

 

Pittman, Key, 1872-1940

 

Letter, Dec. 19, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Written while Senator from Nevada. Re serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Pitts, Thomas L.

See California State Federation of Labor

 

Rankin, John Elliott, 1882-1960

 

Letter, Mar. 12, 1942

Scope and Content Note

Written to W. C. Hushing while U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Transmits copy of two of his speeches entitled, Get Rid of the Japs.
 

Rockefeller, John Davison, 1874-1960

 

Letter, Oct. 13, 1920

 

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

 

2 letters, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Written to Andrew Furuseth. Concern pending legislation re alien seamen.
 

Ryan, Joseph P.

See International Longshoremen's Association

 

Sailors' Union of the Pacific

 

6 letters, 1929-1958

Scope and Content Note

Written by various officers. Several transmit letters from others.
 

San Francisco. Mayor

volume (In Volume 3)

Letter, May 3, 1920

Scope and Content Note

Written on behalf of James Rolph by his assistant secretary. Re obtaining a leave of absence.
 

San Francisco. Sheriff

 

2 letters, 1943

Scope and Content Note

Written by D. C. Murphy. Letter, May 5, transmits letter written to J. K. Fisk.
 

San Francisco and Bay District Longshoremen's Union

 

4 letters, 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Enclosures to 1934 letters: copies of correspondence with International Longshoremen's Association. Letter (copy), Jan. 17, 1935, written to William Green. Letter (copy), Jan. 31, 1935, written to J. P. Ryan.
 

San Francisco Bulletin

 

Letter, July 24, 1925

Scope and Content Note

Written by Fred Brandt, transmitting a drawing of Scharrenberg and others by Henry Major.
 

San Francisco Labor Council

 

2 letters, 1927

Scope and Content Note

Written by J. A. O'Connell, Secretary.
 

San Francisco News

 

Letter, Jan. 23. 1945

Scope and Content Note

Written by F. A. Clarvoe, Editor.
 

Schottland, Charles I., l906-

See California. Dept. of Social Welfare

 

Scully, Charles P.

 

Letter, Oct. 31, 1953

Additional Note

Transmits copy of speech by T. L. Pitts.
 

Shelley, John Francis, 1905-1974

 

2 letters, 1954-1958

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Representative from California. Letter (photocopy), 1954, written to J. J. Gallagher.
 

Sheppard, Morris, 1875-1941

 

Letter, Feb. 1, 1923

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Senator from Texas to Andrew Furuseth.
 

Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast

 

Letter, Jan. 10, 1936

Scope and Content Note

Written by Nat Levin, Secretary. Transmits copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
 

Smithsonian Institution

 

Letter, Sept. 10, 1957

Scope and Content Note

Written by T. M. Beggs, Director, National Collection of Fine Arts. Re location of Ivan Mestrovich's bronze portrait bust of Andrew Furuseth.
 

Stanford Research Institute

 

5 letters, 1954

Scope and Content Note

Written primarily by C. F. Hilly. Re the Institute's study of personnel policies of the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

Stelzle, Charles, 1869-

 

Letter, Mar. 11, 1940

Scope and Content Note

Re article Stelzle wrote about the American Federation of Labor.
 

Stewart, Albert I.

 

3 letters, 1953

Scope and Content Note

Written while California Assemblyman.
 

Survey Associates, Incorporated

 

Letter, Dec. 20, 1934

Scope and Content Note

Written by Paul Kellogg, Editor. Transmits copy of statement by the Advisory Council on Economic Security re unemployment compensation.
 

Sutherland, George, 1862-1942

 

2 letters, 1937-1938

Scope and Content Note

Letter, 1937, concerns his serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Taylor, Paul Schuster, 1895-1984

 

5 letters, 1924-1957

Scope and Content Note

Letters, 1924-1926, written to Andrew Furuseth.
 

Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953

 

3 letters, 1944-1949

Scope and Content Note

Written while U.S. Senator from Utah. Letter (mimeograph copy), July 27, 1949, written to O. N. Malmquist.
 

Tichenor, Austin Kent, 1872-

 

Letter, Dec. 13, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Re serving as honorary pallbearer for Andrew Furuseth.
 

Tumulty, Joseph Patrick, 1879-

See Wilson, Woodrow

 

Union Oil Company of California

 

14 letters, 1934-1935

Scope and Content Note

Written by William Groundwater and others. Several letters are copies written to others. Form letter, Aug. 14, 1934, concerns extending collective bargaining to employees.
 

U.S. Attorney General

 

Letter, July 17, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Written by the Acting Attorney General to Andrew Furuseth. Re the Merchant Marine Act of 1928.
 

U.S. Bureau of Immigration

 

Letter, Feb. 28, 1918

Scope and Content Note

Transmits instructions re Scharrenberg's assignment to investigate housing conditions in the southwest.
 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Letter, Aug. 14, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Written by Isador Lubin, Commissioner. Requesting information about a labor dispute on the Pacific Coast.
 

U.S. Bureau of Navigation

 

Letter, Jan. 31, 1928

Scope and Content Note

Written by the Commissioner. Re possible establishment of a Joint Advisory Council of Merchant Shipping.
 

U.S. Secretary of Labor

 

6 letters, 1918-1957

Scope and Content Note

Telegram, 1918, transmits notification of appointment as Commissioner of Conciliation. Letter, 1934, written by Frances Perkins, transmits invitation to serve as a member of the Advisory Council on Economic Security. Letter, June 3, 1937, written to Andrew Furuseth.
 

U.S. Secretary of State

 

2 letters, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Typed copies, written by W. J. Carr, Assistant Secretary to Andrew Furuseth. Concern legislation re deportation of alien seamen.
 

U.S. Shipping Board

 

3 letters, 1927-1928

Scope and Content Note

Re possible establishment of a Joint Advisory Council of Merchant Shipping.
 

von Morpurgo, Henry, 1909

 

Letter, June 7, 1951

Scope and Content Note

Written to Harry Lundeberg. Transmits for comment typed draft of article he wrote about Lundeberg.
 

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

 

13 letters, 1943-1944

Scope and Content Note

Written on his behalf, while Governor of California, by his secretaries. Many letters are copies addressed to others. Relate primarily to filling vacancies on the State Compensation Insurance Fund.
 

Washington State Federation of Labor

 

5 letters, 1921-1922

Scope and Content Note

Written by W. M. Short, President. Relate primarily to the Seattle General Strike. Written by J. A. Taylor, President.
volume (In Volume 15)

2 letters, 1938

 

Wegeforth, Lillie (Spreckels) [Mrs. Paul Wegeforth]

volume (In Volume 8)

Letter, [Aug. 2, 1925], thanking Scharrenberg for sending photographs taken during voyage on the S.S. Sonoma.

 

Wheeler, Charles Leigh, 1888-

volume (In Volume 12)

Letter, Mar. 25, 1936

Scope and Content Note

Congratulating Scharrenberg on his appointment as International Seamen's Union representative in Washington.
 

Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949

volume (In Volume 8)

Letter, Aug. 13, 1925

Scope and Content Note

Thanking Scharrenberg for sending photographs he took at the Institute of Pacific Relations in Hawaii.
 

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

 

8 letters, 1916-1919

Scope and Content Note

Written while President of the United States. Include five letters written for him by J. P. Tumulty. Addressed to Andrew Furuseth; thanking him for writing.
 

Wiser, Ray Beyer, 1901-1980

See California. State Compensation Insurance Fund

 

Witte, Edwin Emil, 1887-

See Committee on Economic Security