Guide to the Percy Vincent Long Papers, 1905-1938
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Guide to the Percy Vincent Long Papers, 1905-1938
Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 518
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Collection Summary
Collection Title: Percy Vincent Long Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1938
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 518
Creator:
Long, Percy Vincent,
1870-1953
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letters; MSS, tear sheets and reprints of his writings, many of which relate to governmental matters; material re Coolidge-Dawes
Republican League of California; personalia; clippings, including obituaries. A few papers re the Juvenile Probation Committee
in San Francisco.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
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], Percy Vincent Long Papers, BANC MSS C-B 518, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Long's papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 1954 by his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Ehrhardt.
Biographical Sketch
Percy Vincent Long was born in Sonora, California, March 26, 1870. He studied law independently and was admitted to the California
bar in 1892 and to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1905. In 1903 he was elected City Attorney of San Francisco,
a position which he held almost continuously until 1918. He then became assistant general counsel for the National Board of
Fire Underwriters. From about 1938 until shortly before his death in 1953, he was the senior member of the San Francisco law
firm of Long and Levit.
Scope and Content
Long's Papers relate mainly to his activities in the Republican Party and to his booklet The Story of the Constitution. A
few concern his work as a member of the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Committee.
box Box
Letters written by Long, 1924-1938
Scope and Content Note
Mainly typed carbons relating to his booklet The Story of the Constitution. Letter (original), Aug. 14, 1924, concerns the
Coolidge-Dawes Republican League of California.
Letters written to Long
Additional Note
Arranged alphabetically. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. Unlisted letters are in a Miscellany
at the beginning of the file. Relate to his booklet The Story of the Constitution & the Coolidge-Dawes Republican League of
California.
Coolidge-Dawes Republican League of California
Scope and Content Note
Plans (copies) for permanent organization, miscellaneous information re the Republican Party & the 1924 election.
Juvenile Probation Committee
Scope and Content Note
Copies of reports of several units of the S.F. Probation Department, 1937; extract (copy) from Charter of City & County of
San Francisco re juvenile courts.
Long's Writings
Scope and Content Note
Typed copies, tear sheets, reprints, arranged alphabetically.
American Bill of Right. 1945.
The Consolidated City and County Government of San Francisco. 1916.
The Making of the Constitution. 1935.
Memorandum [re death of Judge Frank A. Dunne]. 1952.
Radio talk [re Proposition No. 2]. 1939.
The Relationship of Municipalities to Public Service Corporations. 1909.
The San Francisco Charter. 1945.
The Spirit of the Constitution. 1938.
Additional Note
Incomplete
The Story of the Constitution. 1936.
World Peace and World Justice. 1945.
Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Biographical data; review of his booklet The Story of the Constitution; certificate designating Long a delegate at a meeting
of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1922.
Clippings
Scope and Content Note
Obituaries, etc.
oversize Portfolio (Oversize)
Certificates (duplicate) of qualification as an attorney of the United States Supreme Court, 1905; certificate of election
to the office of City Attorney, San Francisco, 1913.
Anderson, Alden, 1867-1944
Letter, Sept. 11, 1936
Additional Note
Written to Ray Decker.
Belgrano, Frank Nicholas, Jr., 1895-
Bohemian Club, San Francisco
Brenner, James Emmet, 1889-
California. University. President
Letter, Sept. 2, 1936
Additional Note
Written by Robert Gordon Sproul.
California. University, Berkeley. Library
Letter, Sept. 3, 1936
Additional Note
Written by Harold L. Leupp, Librarian.
Letter, Mar. 22, 1954
Additional Note
Written to R. L. Phelps. Re Phelps' collecting material about Long for The Bancroft Library.
Collins, Richard E., 1873-
Doyle, Cornelius James, 1871-
Emery, James Augustan, 1876-
Letter, July 20, 1936
Additional Note
Written for him by his secretary.
Esberg, Milton Herman, 1875-1939
Hart, Henry Hersch, 1886-
Letter, July 14, 1936
Additional Note
Transmits copy of letter from L. K. Underhill.
Letter, Aug. 13, 1937
Additional Note
Writing as Mayor of Fresno, transmitting invitation to speak at the Fresno Rotary Club on Sept. 20. Long's reply is on verso.
Letter, Aug. 17, 1924
Additional Note
Written while California State Senator.
Johnston, James A., 1874-1954
Knox, William Franklin, 1874-1944
Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco
Letter, Oct. 22, 1936
Additional Note
Written by J. H. Wood, Secretary.
Native Sons of the Golden West
Letter, June 10, 1936
Additional Note
Written by J. T. Regan, Grand Secretary.
Ransom, William Lynn, 1883-
Letter, June 15, 1936
Additional Note
Written while President, American Bar Association.
Republican Party. California. Placer County. Central Committee
Letter, Aug. 18, 1924
Additional Note
Written by B. A. Cassidy.
Requa, Mark Lawrence, 1865-1937
San Francisco Retailers' Protective Association
Letter, Sept. 21, 1924
Additional Note
Written by W. S. Pierce & E. E. Pfaeffle.
Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975
See California. University. President
Teague, Charles Collins, 1873-1950
Letter, Aug. 28, 1924
Additional Note
Written to M. L. Requa.
Women's Civic Club of Oakland
3 letters, 1937
Additional Note
Written by Mrs. A. Dunaway, Program Chairman. Re his speaking at their meeting on Sept. 24. With these: Club Program for Sept.
