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Guide to the C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings, 1926-1929
1795-1837  
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings,
    Date (inclusive): 1926-1929
    Box Number: 1795-1837
    Collector: Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-
    Repository: California State Library
    Sacramento, California
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

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    Unrestricted.

    Conditions of Use

    Please credit California State Library.

    Publication Rights

    Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], C. C. Young Newspaper Clippings, California State Library.

    Access Points

    Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-1947
    Whitney, Anita, 1897-1955
    Governors--California
    California--Politics and government
    Elections--California

    Contents

    Newspaper clippings collected by Governor C.C. Young.

    Biography

    Clement Calhoun Young was born in New Hampshire on April 28, 1869, and moved to California with his family the following year. He taught at Lowell High School in San Francisco, serving as head of the English Department and becoming the author of a textbook on English. In 1902 he married Lyla J. Vincent in San Francisco. He resigned from school work in 1906 and went into real estate development. He served in the California State Assembly as speaker and, in 1918, was elected Lieutenant Governor. As a Republican, he was elected Governor of California in 1926. He had two daughters, Barbara and Lucy. He died on December 24, 1947 at age 78 in his home in Berkeley.

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