Guide to the Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin Papers, 1927-1967
Processed by Ellen Jones; completed by Elizabeth Stephens
The Bancroft Library
© 1996
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
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Note
Social Sciences --Political Science --International Relations
Social Sciences --Area and Interdisciplinary Studies --Women's Studies
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin Papers,
creator:
McLaughlin, Emma Moffat, 1880-1968.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 69/54
Physical Description:
13 linear feet
4 boxes, 9 cartons, and 2 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1927- 1967
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Pertaining to her interest and work in the Institute of Pacific Relations, League of Women Voters, World Affairs Council of
Northern California, Community Chest of San Francisco and other organizations.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research.
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must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Manuscripts Division. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The
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which must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin papers, BANC MSS 69/54 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Related Collection
Title: McLaughlin, Emma (Moffat): A Life in Community Service
(oral history), BANC MSS 70/182 c
Materials Cataloged Separately
- Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Acquisition Information
The Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin Papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 1968 by her daughter,Jean Doolittle .
Scope and Content
Emma Elisabeth (Moffat) McLaughlin was born in San Francisco on September 21, 1880, the daughter ofAdrianna Swett andHenry Moffat, who had come to California in 1857 and established a wholesale meat-packing business. Educated in public schools and later
at Miss West's School, she entered the University of California at Berkeley with the Class of 1902.
In 1904 she marriedDr. Alfred McLaughlin, a physician whose large practice included the Italian colony in the Mission district of San Francisco. Through her husband's
pioneer efforts to provide quality medical care for low-income, immigrant families, Mrs. McLaughlin became increasingly aware
of the great need for adequate health education. Following his death in 1908, she began working with the Certified Milk and Baby Hygiene Committee of the American Association of University Women, which operated well-baby clinics that diagnosed illnesses and other problems and advised parents about proper health care.
From 1917 to 1919 she was chairman of its San Francisco Children's Year Committee which examined more than ten thousand babies during its initial campaign. These activities were carried out in cooperation
with the San Francisco Chapter of the League of Women Voters, an organization Mrs. McLaughlin had joined shortly after it was formed and for which she served as president for the year
1920-21. During this period she was a member of the committee which established the San Francisco Community Chest . Evidence of her continuing interest in improving the quality of community health and of her strong influence upon the Chest
can be seen in one of its first projects, a survey of the city's health needs.
Another of Emma McLaughlin's many interests was world affairs. She was an active member of the Institute of Pacific Relations, an unofficial international organization for the study of the peoples of the Pacific, from its organization in 1927. Twenty
years later she helped to reorganize its San Francisco council into the World Affairs Council of Northern California . Mrs. McLaughlin attended the international conferences of the Institute held in Honolulu,
Kyoto,
Banff, and Yosemite. She participated actively in the Institute's study groups, attended most lectures, secured volunteers for projects and opened
her home for formal dinner parties to honor visiting dignitaries. In recognition of her community service McLaughlin was honored
with honorary degrees from both the University of California, Berkeley and Mills College .
The Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin papers relate to her active and long-term work with many civic organizations, including the Baby Hygiene Committee,
American Association of University Women,
San Francisco Community Chest,
Women's Central Committee and Women's Board of the Golden Gate International Exhibition,
League of Women Voters, San Francisco Foundation,
Institute of Pacific Relations, and the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
McLaughlin, Emma Moffat, 1880-1968.
Series 1: Letters Written by Mrs. Mclaughlin,
ca. 1928- 1967.
Scope and Contents
While outgoing correspondence consists mainly of typed copies of letters concerning Mrs. McLaughlin's many civic activities,
also included are handwritten postcards, letters, and notes. Additional correspondence may also be found in the subject files
(Series 3).
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically in yearly folders through 1943; 1944-1967 are grouped in a folder at the end.
box 1, folder 1-17
Letters (382)
ca. 1928-1967
Series 2: Letters Written to Mrs. Mclaughlin, [ others],
1927-1965.
Scope and Contents
An A-Z miscellany precedes the files of individual correspondents. Material includes many requests for Mrs. McLaughlin to
speak at meetings, letters concerning her civic interests and activities, as well as some letters addressed to John Oakie,
Bruno Lasker, and Cora Hartdegen, concerning the Institute of Pacific Relations. Several letters of G. M. Fisher relate to
Japanese-American Evacuees. Additional correspondence may also be found in the subject files (Series 3).
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization, and then chronologically.
box 2, folder 1
Miscellaneous, A-G:
1927-1958
American Council on Education
American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
American Institute of Banking
American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
American Statistical Association
Boyd, Katherine (Mrs. Francis Eugene)
Buffalo Museum of Science
Bunka-Fukyukai Foundation
Business and Professional Women's Club
California School Book Depository
The California State Library
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Consulate-General of the Republic of China
The Commercial Press, Ltd.
East and West Association (U.S.)
Fairfax-[Cholineley?], Elise
Flemming, Jennie (Mrs. R. J.)
Gerlinnger, Irene, H. (Mrs. G. T.)
Golden Gate International Exposition
box 2, folder 2
Miscellaneous, H-M:
1927-1962
Hamilton, Ceil (Mrs. William S.)
Hanford Union High School
Hobart, Helen S. (Mrs. James C.)
Holley, Grace B. (Mrs. Harry H.)
Institute of Pacific Relations
International League for Peace and Freedom
The International Quarterly
The International Relations Council of Long Beach, Calif.
Consulate General of Japan
The Japanese-American Courier
Japanese Y. W. C. A. of San Francisco
The Katharine Branson School
League of Women Voters of Berkeley
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles
Lee, Ruth D. T. , Food Research Institute
Leueme, Margaret (Mrs. C. R.)
Loomis, Edna (Mrs. R. P.)
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Macadam, Ivison S. , The Royal Institute of International Affairs
Mercier, Desire Joseph, 1851-1926
box 2, folder 3
Miscellaneous, N-R:
1928-1965
National Conference of Social Work (U.S.)
Needlework Guild of America
Pacific Relations Club of Lowell High School
Pan-Pacific Women's Association
Pope, Verda (Mrs. Philip S.)
The Portola Study Club of Portland
Puget Sound Academy of Science
Residential Seminars on World Affairs
Riley, Mary F. (Mrs. M. F.)
Rotary Club of Sacramento
box 2, folder 4
Miscellaneous, S:
1920-1967
San Francisco (Calif.) Public Schools
San Francisco Freedom Agenda Project
San Francisco World Affairs Assembly
San Mateo Park School Parent Teacher Association
San Rafael Improvement Club
Santa Cruz Business and Professional Women's Club
Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce Women's Auxiliary
[Sherler], Angelia Shinn, Mrs. J.C.
Sixth America-Japan Student Conference,
University of Southern California
Slade, Caroline (Mrs. F. Louis)
Smith, Lisa Wood (Mrs. G. Kirkhorn)
Standard Statistics Company, Inc.
box 2, folder 5
Miscellaneous, T-Z Unidentified:
1928-1965
United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service.
University of California, Berkeley. Alumni Association
University of California Press
University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum
Visalia Union High School and Junior College
Ward, Mrs. Thomas Henry Ward
Western Union Telegraph Company
William T. Hornaday Memorial Foundation, Inc.
William Morrow Company, Inc.
Wittfogel, Karl August, 1896-
World Affairs Council of Northern California
Young Men's Christian Associations
Young Women's Christian Associations
box 2, folder 6
American Association of University Women
1929-1945
box 2, folder 7
Bell, Reginald, 1894-
1930-1943
box 2, folder 8
Blaisdell, Allen Carrier, 1897-
1936-1939
box 2, folder 9
Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867- President, Claremont Colleges
Sept. 13, 1930
box 2, folder 10
Breed, Eleanor D.
Aug. 21, 1939
box 2, folder 11
California Federation of Women's Clubs
1928- 1939
box 2, folder 12
California Historical Society written by D.H. Huggins, Corresponding Secretary
March 26, 1943
box 2, folder 13
California League of Business Professional Women
Feb. 24, 1931
box 2, folder 14
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Sept. 26, 1941
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Davis, Malcolm Waters, 1889-
box 2, folder 15
Carter, Edward Clark, 1878-1954
1928-1946
Physical Description:
12
Scope and Contents
See also additional letters by Carter in the I.P.R. Files in Series 3
box 2, folder 16
Chinese Famine Relief Committee of California
Oct. 6, 1931
box 2, folder 17
Chinese National Association of the Mass Education Movement
Dec. 31, 1931
box 2, folder 18
Citizens Committee to Repeal Chinese Exclusion
1943
box 2, folder 19
Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco
Aug. 18,1933
box 2, folder 20
Conant, Melvin Director, Institute of Pacific Relations of Hawaii
1952
box 2, folder 21
Condliffe, John B., 1891-1981
Sept. 20, 1943
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Associate Director, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
box 2, folder 22
Cook, Ransom M., 1899- President, Japan Society of San Francisco
Apr. 28,1958
box 2, folder 23
Coolidge, Mary Elizabeth Burroughs (Roberts) Smith, 1860-1945
Oct. 22, 1939
box 2, folder 24
Deutsch, Monroe Emanuel, 1879-1955
June 10, 1935
box 2, folder 25
Emeny, Brooks, 1901-
April 30, 1942
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Director, Foreign Affairs Council,
Cleveland, Ohio
box 2, folder 26
Field, Frederick Vanderbilt
1936-1945
Physical Description:
9
Scope and Contents
See additional letters by Field in the I.P.R. Files in Series 3
box 2, folder 27
Fisher, Galen Merriam, 1873-1955
1937-1947
box 2, folder 28
Fisher, Harold Henry, 1890-
1960-1962, n.d.
box 2, folder 29
Fisher, Ralph Talcott, 1877-
July 13, 1935
box 2, folder 30
Foreign Policy Association by S. P. Hayes, President
Dec. 5, 1963
box 2, folder 31
Gillis, Mabel Ray, 1882-
Jan. 14, 1958
box 2, folder 32
Griffiths, Farnham Pond, 1884-1958
President, Pacific House
1942
box 2, folder 33
Hamilton, Aymer Jay, 1876-
Dec. 4, 1939
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
President, Chico State College. See also: Foreign Policy Association
box 2, folder 34
Herrick, Francis Herkomer, 1900-
1944
box 2, folder 35
Hotchkiss, Willard Eugene, 1874-
to A.I. Esberg
Apr. 15, 1930
box 2, folder 36
Hu, Shih, 1891-
Sept. 4, 1942
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
See also: California Historical Society and Japan Society of San Francisco
box 2, folder 37
Jessup, Philip Caryl, 1897-
1940-1945
box 2, folder 38
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
President, University of California
1960
box 2, folder 39
Kingman, Harry Lees, 1892-
1931-1935
box 2, folder 40
Kingman, Ruth Winning, 1900-
1943-1945
Physical Description:
6
Scope and Contents
Executive Secretary, Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play .
box 3, folder 1-2
Lasker, Bruno, 1880-
1935-1943
Physical Description:
73
Scope and Contents
See also additional letters by Lasker in the I.P.R. files in Series 3
box 3, folder 3
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-
1940-1944
box 3, folder 4
Linaner, Clarence Richard, 1890-
June 20, 1935
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
General Manager, San Francisco Examiner
box 3, folder 5
McDuffie, Duncan, 1877-1951
June 27, 1932
box 3, folder 6
McDuffie, Jean (Howard), 1880-1955
1939, n.d.
box 3, folder 7
Martin, Charles Emanuel, 1891-
1930-1946
box 3, folder 8
Mears, Eliot Grinnell, 1899-
1936-1942
box 3, folder 9
Merritt, Varina (Morrow)
[1928?]
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Ralph Palmer Merritt. See also: Workers Education Bureau of America
box 3, folder 10
Morley, Grace Louise (McCann)
1939-1940
Physical Description:
13
Scope and Contents
Director, San Francisco Museum of Art Pacific House
box 3, folder 11
Morrish, Will F., 1883-
President, Bank of America
Mar. 21, 1933
box 3, folder 12
National Citizens Committee for Support of WPA
box 3, folder 13-15
Oakie, John H.,
1935-1944
Physical Description:
159
Scope and Contents
Secretary Institute of Pacific Relations See also letters by Oakie in the I.P.R files in Series 3
box 3, folder 16
Parsons, Edward Lambe, 1868-
Dec. 16, 1941
box 3, folder 17
Pittman, Key, 1872-1940
Nov. 1, 1920
box 3, folder 18
Reinhardt, Aurelia (Henry), 1877-1948
1928-1942
Physical Description:
7
Scope and Contents
President, Mills College
box 3, folder 19
Rockefeller Foundation
1944
box 3, folder 20
Rossi, Angelo J., 1878-
Oct. 31, 1939
box 3, folder 21
Rowell, Chester Harvey, 1867-1948
1933-43
box 3, folder 22
Rusk, Dean, 1909-
Secretary of State
1935-1936, n.d.
box 3, folder 23
San Francisco. Committee for the Twentieth Anniversary Commemorative Meeting of the United Nations
1965
box 3, folder 24
San Francisco. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jan. 12, 1943
box 3, folder 25
San Francisco News
Mar. 22, n.d.
box 3, folder 26
San Francisco Women's Chamber of Commerce
May 24, 1939
box 3, folder 27
Smith, Susan T.
Oct. 10, 1935
box 3, folder 28
Sproul, Robert Gordon
Sept. 12, 1941
box 3, folder 29
Stebbins, Lucy Ward, 1880-1955
1933-1936
box 3, folder 30
Straight, Michale Whitney, 1916-
July 24, 1953
box 3, folder 31
Stratton, Alice Elenore (Miller)
1936-1942
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Contents
Mrs. George Malcom Stratton
box 3, folder 32
Strong, Edward Kellogg, 1884-
1929-1930
box 3, folder 33
Talbott, Everett Guy, 1883-1945
Jan. 26, 1944
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Director, International Center, San Francisco
box 3, folder 34
Tom Mooney Labor School, San Francisco
Aug. 30, 1943
box 3, folder 35
Treat, Payson Jackson, 1879-
1930
box 3, folder 36
United Nations Association of the United States of America, Inc. San Francisco Chapter
June 1965
box 3, folder 37
White, Lynn Townsend, 1907-
Nov. 24, 1945
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
President, Mills College
box 3, folder 38
Wilbur, Marguerite May (Blake)
Apr. 25, 1929
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
box 3, folder 39
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1929
1928-1944
box 3, folder 40
Wilson, Garff B.
May 16, 1956
box 3, folder 41
Workers Education Bureau of America
1938
box 4, folder 1-6
World Affairs Council of Northern California
1947-1968
Physical Description:
194
box 4, folder 7
World Peace Foundation
Dec. 17, 1929
Physical Description:
1
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from Raymond Thomas Rich
Series 3: Subject Files
Physical Description: Cartons 1-8
Scope and Contents
Arranged by general subjects, primarily consisting of files for organizations with which Emma McLaughlin was involved or interested.
The materials vary for each subject file, but generally include correspondence with officers, committee members, and members,
as well as with other state and local organizations, agencies, and individuals; minutes of committee meetings; reports of
officers and committees; and, lists of members, including members of committees and the Board of Directors.
Some files also include articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws; summaries of proceedings; announcements and programs
of meetings; reports, bulletins, and notes relating to annual conferences; programs and copies of Papers delivered at workshops
or conferences; lists of volunteers; budget reports, statistics, and other financial records; forms; and, promotional literature.
Much of the information is concerned with the Institute of Pacific Relations and later, the World Affair Council of Northern
California. These files contain additional letters to Bruno Lasker, John Oakie, and Cora Hartdegen who were also involved
in the Institute. The IPR files in Carton 2 (folders 7-19) include testimony re the investigation of the Institute by the
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee of Internal Security (McCarran Committee).
carton 1, folder 1
American Association of University Women
1927-1967
carton 1, folder 2-8
Children's Year
1917-1919
carton 1, folder 9-18
Community Chest of San Francisco
1921-1924
carton 1, folder 19-26
Golden Gate International Exposition
1937-1940
carton 2, folder 1-3
Golden Gate International Exposition
1937-1940
carton 2, folder 4-6
Institute of International Relations. Mills College
1935-1949
carton 2, folder 7-19
Institute of Pacific Relations
1929-1952
carton 2, folder 20
Institute of Pacific Relations. Pacific Council
Oct/Nov 1931
carton 2, folder 21-24
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council
1926-1954
carton 3, folder 1-26
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council. San Francisco Bay Region Division
1928-1947
carton 4, folder 1-20
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council. San Francisco Bay Region Division
1928-1947
carton 4, folder 21-35
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council. Southern California Division
1937-1941
carton 5, folder 1-5
League of Women Voters. San Francisco
1921-1968
carton 5, folder 6-9
League of Women Voters. California
1924-1967
carton 5, folder 10-12
League of Women Voters. United States
1925-1954
carton 5, folder 13-15
Montalvo Association
1954-1961
carton 5, folder 16
Northern Californians for the Hoover Report
1949-1950
carton 5, folder 17-21
Sarah Dix Hamlin School
1957-1966
carton 5, folder 22-25
San Francisco Foundation
1965-1967
carton 6, folder 1-3
San Francisco Foundation
1965-1967
carton 6, folder 4-6
San Francisco Public Library
1945-1968
carton 6, folder 7-8
University of California. Berkeley
1942-1966
carton 6, folder 9-30
World Affairs Council of Northern California
1947-1968
carton 7, folder 1-22
World Affairs Council of Northern California
1947-1968
carton 8, folder 1-24
World Affairs Council of Northern California
1947-1968
carton 8, folder 25-26
Young Women's Christian Association. San Francisco.
1964-1968
Series 4: Personal Miscellany,
1927-1945.
Physical Description: Carton 9, folders 1-4
Scope and Contents
Includes certificates and tear sheets of published writings and miscellaneous papers.
carton 9, folder 3
Tear sheets of published writings
[1927]-1945
An Adventure in Friendship
Sept. 1945
An Important Event in Retrospect
Aug. 1941
Everlasting Teamwork will Gain the Goal
[1927]
A Letter From Mrs. Alfred McLaughlin
Jan. 1939
carton 9, folder 4
Miscellaneous papers
n.d.
Series 5: Clippings,
n.d.
Physical Description: Carton 9, folders 5-22
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings about Children's Year, Emma McLaughlin, and the Golden Gate International Exposition, as well
as miscellaneous articles.
carton 9, folder 5-14
Children's Year Committee
carton 9, folder 16
Golden Gate International Exposition
oversize_folder 1
City County of San Francisco Art Commissioner
1932
City County of San Francisco Member of Library Commission
1944
State of California Member of the Social Welfare Board
1930
oversize_folder 1
Better Baby Conference at the California State Fair
n.d.
Children's Year (3 posters)
1918-1919
New York State Department of Health
n.d.
U.S. Food Administration
Little Americans do your bit
n.d.
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection,
The Children's Charter
1931
Your Children the Pride of the Nation
n.d.
oversize_folder 2
The Division of Child Hygiene State Board of Health, Topeka, Kansas (14 posters)
Your State Can Protect the Babies
Your City Can Protect Babies
Baby Will Be Well and Happy
Baby Will Be Unhappy and Cross