Guide to the Robert Walker Kenny Papers, 1920-1947 BANC MSS .C-B 510
Selected List of Public and Private Offices held by Robert W. Kenny
- Deputy County Counsel of Los Angeles County, 1927-1931
- Municipal Judge, Los Angeles County, 1931-1932
- Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County, 1932-1938
- Chairman, Democratic State Central Finance Committee, 1938
- State Senator from Los Angeles area, 1939-1942
- Director, Tivoli Beer Company
- Partner in law firm of Vallee, Beilenson and Kenny, 1939
- President, National Lawyers Guild, 1940-1948
- Attorney General, State of California, January 1943-December 1946
- Director, Los Angeles County Law Library Board, 1943
- President, California Housing and Planning Association, 1943
- Director, Oceanic Oil Company, 1944
- Member, Advisory Pardon Board, 1944
- Chairman, California Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1945-1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Appendix A. Selected List of Individuals whose Correspondence is among Kenny Papers
- Duncan Aikman
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Personal friend of Kenny. - Dewey Anderson
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Director of SRA under Governor Olson.Note
See Anderson letter to Kenny, July 10, 1946. - Jerry Askwith (Miss)
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Personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Kenny letter to Askwith, May 13, 1946. - Fred A. Baker
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Attorney, represented Attorney General's Office in Washington D.C. in 1946 in handling California Indian Claims.Note
See Baker letter to Wylie, May 14, 1946. - Wendell Berge
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U.S. Assistant Attorney General in charge of Anti-Trust work.Note
See Berge letter to Kenny, April 18, 1945. - Manchester Boddy
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Publisher, Los Angeles News.Note
See Kenny letter to Boddy, May 16, 1946. - James Bolger
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Personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Bolger letter to Kenny, August 17, 1943. - Blair Bolles
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Writer. Wrote article about Kenny in April 1946 issue of Coronet.Note
See Wylie letter to Bolles, January 16, 1946. - Edwin O. Both
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Former employee of Attorney General's Office who became prolific correspondent with Kenny after entering military service. - Walter L. Bowers
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Assistant Attorney General in charge of Division of Civil Law in Los Angeles. - Col. Evans F. Carlson
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Military hero and potential candidate in 1945-46 for Governor of California as Democrat.Note
See Carlson letters to Kenny, October 1, 1945, and June 14, 1946; also Kenny letter to M. Blankfort, December 26, 1945. - Tom Clark
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U.S. Attorney General and later U.S. Supreme Court Justice.Note
See Clark letters to Kenny, April 21 and 25, 1945. - Morris E. Cohn
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Kenny's law partner after Kenny's term as Attorney General; also frequent "ghost" writer for Kenny while Attorney General.Note
See Kenny letter to Friends, May 8, 1946. - Stan Delaplane
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Newspaper reporter and columnist.Note
See Delaplane letter to Kenny, June 11, 1943. - Helen Gahagan Douglas
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Member of Congress, Democrat.Note
See Douglas letter to Kenny, June 30, 1946. - William O. Douglas
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice.Note
See undelivered speech by Kenny nominating Douglas for Vice President in 1944. - Sheridan Downey
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U.S. Senator.Note
See Kenny letter to Downey, August 17, 1943. - Charles Flato
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Personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Flato letter, to Kenny, March 8, 1945. - Abe Fortas
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Under Secretary of the Interior.Note
See Kenny letter to Fortas, June 23, 1944. - John Gunther
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Author and personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Gunther letter to Kenny, April 18, 1946. - Stella Hail
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Kenny's secretary, 1943-44. - Robert Hannegan
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Chairman, National Democratic Committee.Note
See Kenny letter to Hannegan, June 27, 1945. - Nora B. Helm
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Kenny's secretary in 1939.Note
See letter by Kenny, December 15, 1939. - Jess Hession
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Assistant Attorney General at Sacramento in charge of Criminal Law. - Eugene Huston
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Chief, Division of General Administration at Sacramento. - Harold Ickes
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Secretary of the Interior.Note
See Ickes letter to Kenny, December 26, 1945. - Charles W. Johnson
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Supervising Deputy Attorney General, whose professional ability was highly regarded by Kenny.Note
See Johnson's letter to Kenny, June 8, 1946. - Henry Kaiser
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Industrialist, who was considered by Kenny in 1944 as a prospect for Democratic Vice President. - Harvey Kilgore
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U.S. Senator and political supporter of Kenny.Note
See Kilgore letter to Kenny, July 12, 1945. - Paul Leake
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Collector of Customs in San Francisco and prominent California Democratic politician.Note
See Leake letter to Kenny, May 3, 1946. - Adolph Levy
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Participated in Kenny's 1946 campaign in Los Angeles area. - Clarence A. Linn
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A Deputy Attorney General in Kenny's office. Also a personal friend of Kenny before he became Attorney General.Note
See Linn letter to Kenny, January 23, 1940. - Hartwell H. Linney
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Chief Assistant Attorney General at San Francisco Office. - William Malone
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A leading Democratic politician in Northern California while Kenny was Attorney General.Note
See Kenny letter to Malone, May 16, 1946. - Groucho Marx
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Motion Picture actor and political admirer of Kenny.Note
See Marx letter to Kenny, December 7, 1945. - Everett W. Matoon
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Deputy Attorney General in Los Angeles office. Mattoon was Chief Counsel for Los Angeles County in 1928-31 while Kenny was serving as a Deputy Counsel. - Maury Maverick
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U.S. Congressman. Administrator in war production program in Washington during World War II. Briefly a law partner of Kenny after Kenny's term as Attorney General. - J. H. McClelland
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Chief, Division of Identification at Sacramento. - Carey McWilliams
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Writer, attorney and personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Kenny letter to McWilliams, October 7, 1944. - Justin Miller
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Judge in U.S. Court of Appeals and friend of Kenny.Note
See Miller letter to Kenny, October 9, 1943. - Robert Morris, Jr.
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Assistant Attorney General in charge of Civil Law in Los Angeles Office in 1945. Became Kenny's law partner after his term as Attorney General.Note
See Morris's letter to Wylie, September 24, 1946. - Janet S. Marony
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Kenny's Confidential Secretary. - James H. Oakley
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Assistant Attorney General at Sacramento in charge of Division of Civil Law. - F. J. O'Ferral
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Chief, Division of Narcotic Enforcement in San Francisco. - Culbert L. Olson
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Governor of California 1938-1942. Kenny served as Chairman of his finance committee in 1938 campaign.Note
See Kenny letter to Olson, September 21, 1939, and Kenny letter to Frank Walker, November 8, 1943. - Edward Pauley
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Industrialist and prominent national Democratic politician.Note
See Kenny letter to Pauley, April 21, 1943. - Martin Popper
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Executive Secretary of National Lawyers Guild while Kenny was President of the Guild. - Robert B. Powers
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Coordinator of Law Enforcement agencies at Sacramento. - James Rolph
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Governor of California, 1931-1935. Appointed Kenny to Municipal Court of Los Angeles in 1931.Note
See Kenny letter to Rolph, September 28, 1931. - Arvin B. Shaw
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Assistant Attorney General. Worked on U.S. Mexican Water Treaty.Note
See Shaw letter to Kenny, April 8, 1943. - James C. Sheppard
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Prominent Democrat in Southern California who helped direct Kenny's 1946 campaign for Governor. - James G. Smyth
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Collector of Internal Revenue in San Francisco and political associate of Kenny.Note
See Kenny telegram to President Roosevelt, February 28, 1945. - Tallant Tubbs
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Republican politician whom Kenny supported for U.S. Senate in 1932.Note
See Kenny's letter to Tubbs, July 5, 1940. - Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Writer and friend of Kenny. - Jerry Voorhis
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U.S. Congressman from California and a Democrat.Note
See Kenny letter to Voorhis, June 15, 1944. - Frank Walker
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Chairman, Democratic National Committee.Note
See Kenny letter to Walker, November 8, 1943. - George W. Walker
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Kenny's uncle.Note
See Kenny letter to Walker, September 24, 1931. - Earl Warren
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Governor of California during Kenny's term as Attorney General and Kenny's predecessor in that office. - Walter White
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Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.Note
See White letter to Kenny, May 2, 1946. - Leon R. Yankwich
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U.S. District Judge and personal friend of Kenny.Note
See Kenny letter to Yankwich, February 17, 1944.
Appendix C. List of Individuals and Organizations Corresponding with Kenny
- Miscellaneous folder
- 20 letters. 1939-46
- Association of Highway Patrolmen
- 2 letters. 1944-45
- Boys State, Inc.
- 2 letters. 1943-46
- Citizens Against 30 Thursday
- 4 letters. 1939
- Club, Los Angeles
- 2 letters. 1932-45
- Congress of Parents and Teachers
- 5 letters. 1939-45
- Eagle, Los Angeles
- 3 letters. 1943-46
- Farmer-Labor-Consumer Committee to Combat Inflation
- 3 letters. 1944
- Housing and Planning Association
- 5 letters. 1942-44
- Indian Rights Association, Inc.
- 5 letters. 1943-45
- Joint Immigration Committee
- 38 letters. 1938-40
- Producers and Growers, Inc.
- 1 letter. 1943
- Real Estate Association
- 3 letters. 1931-43
- Safety Council, Inc.
- 4 letters. 1944
- State Association of Optometrists
- 3 letters. 1944-46
- State Bar Association and Committee of Bar Examiners
- 13 letters. 1939-46
- State Chamber of Commerce
- 4 letters. 1938-45
- State Employees Association
- 5 letters. 1940-46
- State Federation of Labor
- 5 letters. 1943-46
- State Nurses Association, Inc.
- 2 letters. 1939
- State Teachers' Association
- 4 letters. 1943-46
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence Series 1: 1927-1947
Outgoing Subseries 1.1. 1927-1947
Letters 1927-June 1940
Letters July 1940-March 1943
Letters April 1943-September1943
Letters October 1943-January 1944
Letters February 1944-May 1944
Letters June 1944-September 1944
Letters October 1944-February 1945
Letters March 1945-June 1945
Letters July 1945-September 1945
Letters December 1945-March 1946
Letters April 1946-June 1946
Letters July 1946-January 1947
Incoming Subseries 1.2. approximately 1927-1947
Anonymous, A-American Lef
American Leg-Band
Bane-Bowl
Baum-Cah
Cai-Calif U.
Calif. V-Cok
Col-D, miscellaneous
Daa-Drd
Dre-Flas
Flat-Grau
Grav-Herr
Hers-I
Ken-Len
Leo-M, miscellaneous (mab-mal)
M, miscellaneous (man-my)-Mah
Mai-Murp
Noo-Pam
Pan-Rao
Rap-S, miscellaneous (sa-sc)
S, miscellaneous (se-sz)-Shn
Shi-Til
Warr-Wip
Wir-Z
Memos Subseries 1.3.
Interoffice memoranda, A-L
Interoffice memoranda, M-Z
Clippings Scrapbooks Series 2:
Scrapbooks 1931-1933 1939-1940
Scrapbooks 1933-1934
Scrapbooks 1934-1936
Scrapbooks for Campaign for Attorney General March 1942-August 1942
Scrapbooks for Campaign for Attorney General August 1942-November 1942
Scrapbooks for Campaign for Attorney General August 1942-November 1942
Scrapbooks 1942
Loose Clippings Series 3:
Clippings 1920-1938
Clippings 1938-1939
Clippings 1939-1941
Clippings 1941-1943
Clippings 1943
Clippings 1944-1945
Clippings 1945-1946
Clippings 1946-1947
Assorted other papers Series 4:
Personal 1920-1940
Speech material
Speeches and Radio Interviews 1932-1940
Speeches by Persons Other than Kenny
Speeches January 1943 to December 1946
Press Releases 1942-1946
Kenny's Political Campaigns 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946
Legal briefs, pleadings, etc.
Mailing lists, etc.
Administrative papers
Pacific Savings Loan
Venereal Disease
Opinions
Indian Claims
National Association of Attorneys General
Post-War Planning Reconversion
National Lawyers Guild
Water Supply (U.S.-Mexican Water Treaty Irrigation Districts)
United Nations
UnAmericanism, Civil Liberties, etc.
Sacramento Newsletter
Schools Education
YMCA YWCA
Calif. Commission on Interstate Cooperation
Liquor Control
Public Health
Natural Resources
Labor Employment
Government - state and local
District Attorneys Sheriffs Conferences
Law Enforcement Crime Prevention
California. Legislature
Elections (other than Kenny's)
Miscellaneous