Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Contents
Biography
Correspondents
Material Transferred from the Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: William Jackson Losh Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1973
Box Number: 413-426 & 753
Collector:
Losh, Volna B.
Extent: 15 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
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], William Jackson Losh Collection, California State Library.
Access Points
Losh, William Jackson, 1896-1973
California Stelos Company
Conservation of natural resources--California
Sierra Club
Public relations
United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945: San Francisco, Calif.)
Contents
Correspondence, advertising, employee records, legal materials.
Biography
William J. Losh was born in Oakland, California, October 1, 1896. After serving in World War I in the Army Ambulance Service,
he returned to graduate from Stanford University in 1920. He worked as manager of the California Stelos Company and later
as a newspaper reporter for the San Francisco NEWS (1933-34) and as a columnist for the San Francisco EXAMINER (1934-38).
In 1939, he formed a public relations firm with John C. Lee and specialized in publicity for various conservation interests.
He served as a member of the San Francisco Mayor's United Nations Conference Committee (1951), and executive secretary of
the Trustees for Conservation (1954). He died in Oakland, October 28, 1973.
Correspondents
Major Correspondents
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Bradley, Harold C.
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Losh, Frank A.
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Losh, William Jackson, 1896-1973
Other Correspondents
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Brower, David Ross, 1912-
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Fry, Kenneth B.
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Kent, William, 1864-1928
Material Transferred from the Collection
Books
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Lee & Losh (Firm) San Francisco.
A proposed campaign to promote Western v. Eastern beef. 1955. (*cHD 9433 U4 L4)
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Lee & Losh (Firm) San Francisco.
Advertising and publicity in trade ... 1955-1956. 2 volumes. (*cHD 9433 U4 L41)
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Lee & Losh (Firm) San Francisco.
Publicity clippings. 1939-1942. (*fcHM 262 L4)
Photographs
- About 115 photographs to picture file.