Guide to the Harry Everett Drobish Papers, 1917-1954

Boxes 1-3

Letters written by Drobish, 1923-1954.

Scope and Content Note

Typed copies arranged chronologically, relating to his career in agriculture and his ranching activities, and, after 1946, to his unsuccessful campaign for State Assembly, his campaign for State Senator and his term of office.

Boxes 4-13

Letters written to Drobish.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization with a miscellany of unlisted letters preceding each letter of the alphabet. A partial list of correspondents follows the key to arrangement.

Carton 1

Papers relating to work as farm advisor, University of California Agricultural Extension Service, 1917-1927.

Scope and Content Note

Include progress reports on test projects such as olive thinning, use of fertilizers and introduction of new citrus varieties, and data on surveys of crops, irrigation practices, yield per acre, market prices, etc.

Papers relating to work as marketing investigator, California Department of Agriculture, 1927-1930.

Scope and Content Note

Notes, data, reports and survey results of a study conducted in Atlanta and other southern cities to expand the market for California canned peaches and other fruit; field notes of interviews with settlers at Durham State Land Settlement, 1928.

Papers relating to work as agricultural economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1930-1933.

Scope and Content Note

Relate mainly to his work as secretary, Pacific Northwest Potato Committee and include surveys of acreage of potatoes being grown, reports and statistics on fertilizer tests, feeding cull potatoes to livestock, production costs, reducing acreage to increase profits, etc.

Papers relating to work for Federal Land Bank and Farm Credit Administration, 1933-1934.

Scope and Content Note

Minutes of Farm Debt Adjustment Committee meetings, appraiser's reports for farm property in Butte County, expense vouchers.

carton Cartons 1-2

Papers relating to work as Director of Rural Rehabilitation, State Emergency Relief Administration, 1934-1935.

Scope and Content Note

Include copy of proposed organizational plan, outline of tentative program, list of employees, expense vouchers, SERA publications re transients and migratory labor, typed transcripts of California Conference on Housing of Migratory Agricultural Laborers, 1934-1935. See also vol. 1 and vol. 3.

Carton 2

Papers relating to work as Regional Chief of Farm Laborer Projects, Rural Resettlement Administration, 1935-1936.

Scope and Content Note

Outlines of plans for part-time farms, outline of plans for operation of migrant labor camps, status reports on camp construction, memoranda re visits to projects, copies of weekly reports written by managers of Arvin and Marysville migratory labor camps, several issues of "Marysville Camp News," 1938. See also: vol. 1 and vol. 3.

Political campaign material - State Assembly, 1946

Scope and Content Note

Sponsor's certificates, notes on campaign plans, printed campaign literature.

Political campaign material - State Senate, 1947 and 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Copies of radio speeches by Drobish supporters; drafts of radio announcements, ads, press releases and other campaign literature; cards, poster, windshield stickers, postcards; precinct lists; election returns; list of possible subscribers to campaign funds; miscellaneous notes re expenses. See also vol. 2.

carton Cartons 2-3

Senatorial Papers, 1947-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Notebook of data re Joint Legislative Committee on Soil Conservation; Notebook of data re Senate Interim Committee on Statutory Salaries; drafts of committee reports, amendments and resolutions, notes of meetings, etc. relating to disposal of federally-owned farm labor camps, financing and construction problems of public schools, wildlife conservation, sale of yellow margarine, loyalty oath and subversive activities, inclusion of a family relations course in the teacher training curriculum and other proposed legislation; “record of expressed opinions on 1949 bills from constituents and others;” lists of legislative committees; 2 proclamations (copies) convening extra sessions.

Carton 3

Papers relating to work as consultant on olive oil to the Jordan government, 1952.

Scope and Content Note

Data and statistics on mills and pickling plants, production and marketing methods, prices, imports, exports, etc.

carton Cartons 3-4

Drobish's writings.

Additional Note

Typed or mimeographed, unless noted otherwise; arranged alphabetically.

Carton 3

Annual Report, Pacific Northwest Potato Committee, 1931-1932.

Bulletins of the Pacific Northwest Potato Committee, Feb. 10, 1931-Dec. 30, 1932.

Bur Clover Increases Rice Yield 23.4 Sacks Per Acre on Carlson Ranch-Richvale as published in Sutter Butte Bulletin, Dec. 1, 1926

California Fruit Exports Reach Impressive Value. Mar. 16, 1929.

California's Early Potato Deal, The 1932 Market Prospects

Changing Character of California Farm Labor

Conclusions Reached from a Study of the Experiment in State Land Colonization at Durham - Based on a Study Made on the Ground in 1928. April 16, 1936.

Decentralization of Industry Can and Should Be Encouraged. 1935.

Deductions From a Statistical Study of the Characteristics of California Agriculture. Oct. 14, 1936.

[Diary of Trip, Summer, 1932.]

Scope and Content Note

Comments on potato outlook in Idaho and Colorado. Holograph.

Estimating the Olive Crop For Determining Pickle Tonnage. 1953.

Europe 1951 As Churchmen See It.

Financing the Western Farmer

Imports and Exports of Fruits and Fruit Preparations for 1928.

The Jordan Olive Industry. Feb. 10, 1953.

[Migrant Labor Camps]

The Necessity of Securing Federal Aid for Oil Olives. Feb. 13, 1950.

New Frontiers of Opportunity. Sept. 15, 1935.

Oldest Orange Tree in State. (Newspaper article)

The Olive Industry's Research Needs. Aug. 1946.

Olive Thinning and Other Means of Increasing Size of Olives. April, 1930.

Additional Note

Bulletin 490, University of California College of Agriculture.

The Pacific Northwest Potato Committee, a Regional Outlook Service.

A Policy Statement on Land Reform.

Potato Estimates Increased, No. 2's Most Profitable as Stock Feed

[The Present Agricultural Situation] Nov. 18, 1953.

The Present Economic Outlook with Special Reference to Potatoes.

Additional Note

Published in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Convention, Idaho Bankers Association, June 13-14, 1932.

Present Status of Federal Farm Labor Camps in California. Dec. 27, 1948.

Present Status of Migratory Labor. Sept. 28, 1949.

Progress Report on the Investigation of the Durham Land Colony Problem

Carton 4

Progress Report, Pacific Northwest Potato Committee Project. Nov. 1, 1932.

Report on Present Situation Relative to Large Type Olives. Nov. 1928.

Resume of an Attempt to Improve the Olive Marketing Situation ---

The Rural Rehabilitation Program of the SERA. Sept. 29, 1934.

Some Problems of Planning in the Central Valley of California. June 15, 1948.

Additional Note

Submitted as a term paper in Agricultural Economics 199, University of California, Berkeley.

A Suggested Plan For Increasing the Return to Pacific Northwest Potato Growers by Removing the Surplus From the Market. May 23, 1931.

Suggested Program For Improving Jordan Olive Oil Industry. Dec. 23, 1952.

Suggestions Covering the Presentation of a Talk on Agricultural Labor. Oct. 14, 1936.

Suggestions For Paradise Potato Growers For 1926. As published in Paradise Progress Review, Feb. 1, 1926.

Suggestions That Might Be Included In a Program to Increase Sales of Canned Peaches. Mar. 10, 1929.

Supplemental and Final Report of the Investigation of the Durham Land Colony Problem. Apr. 30, 1928.

Tenancy and the Problem of the Low Income Groups in California Agriculture. Jan. 12, 1937.

When and How Will the Depression End

Drafts and outlines of speeches, with related notes, 1931-1953.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Subject files.

Agriculture.

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous data, statistics and notes re California farm sizes, crops, production, land use, etc.

Bidwell Bar Park Association

Scope and Content Note

Memoranda of Board of Directors meetings, copies of correspondence and other notes and data re Bidwell Bar Park and creation of Curry Bidwell Bar State Park.

Butte County Farm Bureau.

Scope and Content Note

Mainly minutes (copies) of Board of Directors meetings.

California Farm Bureau Federation

Scope and Content Note

Copies of annual reports, minutes of meetings, speeches delivered at meetings.

Commonwealth Club of California

Scope and Content Note

Minutes of meetings -mainly for the section on agriculture.

Far View Ranch Camp

Scope and Content Note

Promotional literature, forms used, etc.

King Ranch Association, Inc.

Scope and Content Note

Copy of articles of incorporation, monthly reports, accounts.

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Migratory farm labor

Scope and Content Note

Notes and data re employment and unemployment, housing, wages, food, clothing, health, education, etc.

Carton 5

Olive Industry.

Scope and Content Note

Notes and data re tree cultivation, pruning, etc.; olive thinning; pickling methods; olive oil production, marketing, grades of oil, etc.; pamphlets.

Oroville — Wyandotte Irrigation District

Scope and Content Note

Audit report, 1936; notes of meetings and elections; financial statements and statement of policy

Water — California

Scope and Content Note

Policy statements and resolutions of the Council for Social Action and other groups re the Central Valley Project, miscellaneous data re irrigation and flood control.

Personalia

Scope and Content Note

Mainly biographical data including applications for employment. Biography dated May 27, 1954, written by Mrs. Drobish.

Annotated Pamphlets

Accounts for Far View Ranch

Photographs

Note

Some portraits have been removed to the Portrait Collection

Scope and Content Note

A family portrait and unidentified photographs.

Miscellany

Note

(Photographs of covers of printed items removed from collection.)

Scope and Content Note

Incomplete and unidentified notes, business cards.

Carton 6

Clippings, unarranged.

See also: vol. 1 and vol. 2

volume Oversize

v. 1 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1934-1936.

Scope and Content Note

Relating to State Emergency Relief Administration and Resettlement Administration.

See also Carton 6.

v. 2 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1947.

Scope and Content Note

Relating to Drobish's campaign for State Senate. On oversize shelf.

See also Carton 6.

oversize Oversize

fldr 1

Plans for part-time farms and migrant labor camps at Winters, Marysville and Arvin, 1935.

reel Microfilm

Legislative Diaries, 1949-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Recollections of conversations, opinions on legislation including reasons for his support or opposition, comments on other legislators, social activities, events in the Senate, etc. Mainly dictated to Mrs. Drobish. Originals in possession of Mrs. Drobish from whom permission to quote must be obtained.

Abshire, F. Presley, 1892-

3 letters, 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated December 5 written to Mrs. Drobish by Mrs. Abshire.

Adams, Harlen Martin, 1904-

4 letters, 1949-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written while Dean, School of Education, Chico State College.

Agricultural Council of California

2 letters, 1946-1948.

Alcorn, George, B.

Letter, Nov. 25, 1942.

Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-

Letter, Nov. 13, 1936.

Additional Note

Written while Deputy Administrator, Resettlement Administration.

Allen, John Joseph, 1899-

Letter, Feb. 16, 1949.

Scope and Content Note

Concerns disposition of farm labor camps.

Alta California Inc.

3 letters, 1933.

American Civil Liberties Union

5 letters, 1949.

American Council of Christian Churches of California

Letter, Mar. 6, 1950.

Additional Note

Written to H. E. Dillinger.

American Federation of Labor

2 letters, 1949.

American Institute of Architects. Northern California Chapter

Letter, Nov. 1, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Donald Beach Kirby, President.

American Temperance Society

7 letters, 1949-1950.

Americans for Democratic Action

Letter, Jan. 23, 1948.

Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-

Letter, Apr. 29, 1948.

Scope and Content Note

Copy of letter written to Gael Sullivan concerning the sale of farm labor camps in California.

Anderson, Glenn Malcolm, 1913-

3 letters, 1950-1951.

Associated Democrats

2 letters, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Macklin Fleming, President.

Associated Sportsmen of California

Letter, June 13, 1949.

Aviation Committee for Earl Warren

See Canaday, John E., 1905-

Bahmeier, Herman Frederick, 1889-

Letter, Apr. 23, 1934.

Bangs, Edward Geoffrey, 1889-

Letter, Nov. 10, 1947.

Beck, Julian, 1905-

Letter, Mar. 14, 1951.

Beebe, Dan L., 1887-1973

4 letters, 1935-1949.

Beek, Joseph Allan, 1888-

15 letters, 1948-1950.

Additional Note

Written while secretary of the California Senate.

Bell, Hugh McKee, 1902-

Letter, n.d.

Bellisle, A. P.

33 letters, 1948-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written mainly while executive secretary of Senate Interim Committee on Statutory Salaries and Joint Legislative Committee on Soil Conservation.

Bendetsen, Karl Robin, 1907-

2 letters, 1949-1950.

Benedict, Murray Reed, 1892-

4 letters, 1934-1948.

Benson, Ezra Taft, 1899-

3 letters, 1934-1953.

Berkeley, Calif. First Congregational Church

See Breed, Eleanor D.

Bidwell Bar Park Association

See Burt, Grinnell

Blaisdell, Allen Carrier, 1897-

3 letters, 1949.

Bolles, John S.

Letter, Apr. 22, 1949.

Bonelli, William George, 1895-

2 letters, 1948-1950.

Bowles, Chester, 1901-

See U.S. Office of Price Administration.

Breed, Arthur Hastings, 1903-

7 letters, 1948-1949.

Breed, Eleanor D.

Letter, June 30, 1953.

Scope and Content Note

Written while chairman, Social Action Committee, First Congregational Church, Berkeley, California.

Bressler, Raymond George

Letter, Jan. 30, 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written while associate professor of agricultural economics, UCB.

Brock, Anson Alvin, 1889-

See California Dept. of Agriculture.

Brooks, Elisha, 1841-

Letter, Dec. 28, 1926.

Scope and Content Note

Concerns his ranching experiences in Butte County prior to 1863.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. California State Legislative Board.

Letter, Apr. 29, 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Form letter endorsing Drobish's candidacy for State Senate.

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. California Legislative Board.

3 letters, 1950 and n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Announcing official endorsement of Drobish's candidacy for State Senate.

Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks. California State Legislative Committee

Letter, May 22, 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Announcing official endorsement of Drobish's candidacy for State Senate.

Brown, Edmund Gerald, 1905-

4 letters, 1948.

Scope and Content Note

Written while chairman, Jackson Day Committee for Northern California.

Burns, Hugh M., 1902-

Letter, Mar. 20, 1950.

Burt, Grinnell

17 letters, 1946-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written while president, Bidwell Bar Park Association.

Butte Co., Calif. County Clerk

4 letters, 1947-1949.

Butte Co., Calif. District Attorney

See Leonard, Raymond A.

Butte County Farm Bureau

13 letters, 1945-1953 and n.d.

See also Smith, Bert L.

Buttle, Agnes M.

3 letters, 1949-1950.

Additional Note

Written while Superintendent of Schools, Merced County.

Byrne, Paul L., 1910-

3 letters, 1950 and n.d.

Caldwell, Bernard R.

See California. Highway Patrol

California. Adjutant General's Office

4 letters, 1948-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written by Curtis D. O'Sullivan, Adjutant General.

California. Adult Authority

Letter, Feb. 7, 1949.

California. Aeronautics Commission

Letter, Oct. 4, 1950.

California. Board of Agriculture

11 letters, 1934.

California. Board of Barber Examiners

4 letters, 1949.

California. Bureau of Fruit and Vegetable Standardization

Letter, Jan. 11, 1927.

California. Colorado River Board

Letter, May 28, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Franklin Thomas, Chairman.

California. Commission on School Districts.

Letter, Jan. 28, 1949.

California. Dept. of Agriculture.

24 letters, 1928-1953.

Additional Note

Written by Burke H. Critchfield, George H. Hecke, A. A. Brock and others.

California. Dept. of Corrections

2 letters, 1948-1949.

Scope and Content Note

Letter (copy) dated June 17, 1948, written to Jess R. Dorsey by Richard A. McGee, director

California. Dept. of Education

9 letters, 1948-1949.

Additional Note

Written by Roy E. Simpson and others.

California. Dept. of Education. Bureau of Adult Education.

4 letters, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Ralph G. Eckert, consultant in parent education.

California. Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Apprenticeship Standards

Letter, Oct, 17, 1949.

California. Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Housing

7 letters, 1949-1950.

California. Dept. of Industrial Relations. Division of Immigration and Housing

2 letters, 1935-1943.

California. Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

2 letters, 1949.

California. Dept. of Motor Vehicles

2 letters, 1948.

California. Dept. of Natural Resources. Division of Beaches and Parks

11 letters, 1948-1951.

Scope and Content Note

Written mainly by A. E. Henning, chief. Letter dated April 25, 1951, written by Newton B. Drury.

California. Dept. of Public Health

4 letters, 1949-1950.

California. Dept. of Public Works

15 letters, 1946-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated May 2, 1950, written by C. H. Purcell, director.

California. Dept. of Social Welfare

7 letters, 1949-1950.

Additional Note

Written by Myrtle Williams and C. I. Schottland, directors.

California. Division of Highways

4 letters, 1950.

California. Highway Commission

4 letters, 1948-1950.

California. Highway Patrol

2 letters, 1949-1953.

Additional Note

Written by commissioners Clifford E. Peterson and Bernard R. Caldwell.

California. Institution for Women. Tehachapi

Letter, Mar. 30, 1950

See also Kern County (California) Chamber of Commerce.

California. Legislature. Legislative Budget Committee

3 letters, 1948.

California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on Financing and Construction Problems of Schools.

7 letters, 1950-1951.

California. National Guard

4 letters, 1936-1949.

California. Office of Legislative Counsel

21 letters, 1947-1950.

Additional Note

Written by Fred B. Wood and Ralph N. Kleps.

California. Public Utilities Commission

2 letters, 1949-1950.

California. Recreation Commission

3 letters, 1949-1950.

Additional Note

Written by Sterling S. Winans, director.

California. San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Labor Resources Committee.

3 letters, 1950.

California. Special Crime Study Commission on Juvenile Justice.

Letter, Mar. 11, 1949.

California. State Board of Prison Directors

Letter, Oct. 20, 1934.

California. State Board of Equalization

Letter, Feb. 26, 1954.

California. State Emergency Relief Administration

10 letters, 1934-1935.

California. State Employees' Retirement System

3 letters, 1948.

California. State Forester

See Nelson, De Witt, 1901-

California. State Library, Sacramento

See Gillis, Mabel Ray, 1882-

California. State Prison, San Quentin

Letter, Oct. 4, 1950.

California. State Water Resources Board

2 letters, 1948-1949.

California. University. College of Agriculture

2 letters, 1933-1934.

California. Wildlife Conservation Board

Letter, Dec. 29, 1947.

California Anti-Communist League

Letter, June 1950.

California Association for Social Welfare

Letter, June 9, 1949.

California Association of Highway Patrolmen

Letter, July 29, 1949.

California Association of Secondary School Administrators

2 letters, 1947-1950.

California Association of Soil Conservation Districts

Letter, Dec. 11, 1949.

California Bankers Association

Letter, Apr. 9, 1948.

California Canning Peach Growers

2 letters, 1927-1929.

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated 1927 transmits Sixth Annual Report.

California Cattlemen's Association

Letter, Nov. 25, 1949.

California Central Airlines

2 letters, 1949.

California Central Valleys Flood Control Association

2 letters, 1948-1949.

California Cling Peach Association

Letter, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Transmits Articles of Incorporation.

California Conference of Machinists

Letter, Aug. 3, 1950.

California Conference of Social Work

2 letters, 1953 and n.d.

California Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.

6 letters, 1949 and n.d.

California Consumers' Committee for Yellow Margarine

3 letters, 1949.

Scope and Content Note

Included also: Petitions titled "We Want Yellow Margarine" signed by Butte County residents.

California Co-operative Canneries

Letter, Dec. 1, 1927.

California Council of Architects

2 letters, 1950.

California Council of Republican Women. Southern Division

2 letters, 1950.

California Creamery Operators Association

Letter, May 23, 1949.

California Cultivator (Newspaper)

Letter, Feb. 14, 1929.

California Development Association

See California State Chamber of Commerce.

California Elementary School Principals' Association

Letter, June 29, 1949.

California Farm Bureau Federation

44 letters, 1944-1954.

Additional Note

Written by Ray B. Wiser and others.

California Farm Research and Legislative Committee

9 letters, 1948-1950.

Additional Note

Written mainly by Grace McDonald and William Reich.

California Farmer (Newspaper)

2 letters, 1949-1950. Written by John E. Pickett, Editor.

California Federation for Civic Unity

Letter, Mar. 21, 1950.

California Federation of Women's Clubs

6 letters, 1946-1950.

California Federation of Young Democratic Clubs

Letter, Dec. 27, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Lionel S. Steinberg, state president.

California Federation of Young Democrats

Letter, 1950.

California Fertilizer Association

Letter, Apr. 6, 1949.

California Fig Institute

Letter, Dec. 10, 1934.

California Fish Canners Association, Inc.

Letter, Mar. 9, 1948.

California Grange News

Letter, Apr. 5, 1946.

Additional Note

Written by Cyrus E. Woodward, managing editor.

California Grocers Association

5 letters, 1949-1950.

California Hay, Grain and Feed Dealers Association

Letter, May 31, 1949.

California Insitute of Social Welfare

See McLain, George H.

California Labor League for Political Education

See Haggerty, Cornelius J.

California League of Women Voters

6 letters, 1949-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Two letters written by Bernice Hubbard May.

California Legislative Conference

2 letters, 1949-1950.

California Olive Association

6 letters, 1933-1953.

California Packing Corporation

2 letters, 1927-1928.

California Peach and Fig Growers

2 letters, 1923.

California Prune and Apricot Growers Association

5 letters, 1935-1936.

California Safety Council, Inc.

Letter, Mar. 22, 1949.

California School Trustees Association

5 letters, 1949-1950.

California State Chamber of Commerce

14 letters, 1928-1949.

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated July 19, 1928, written on letterhead of California Development Association.

California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers

Letter, Feb. 20, 1949.

California State Dairymens' Committee

Letter, May 25, 1949.

California State Federation of Labor.

See Haggerty, Cornelius J.

California State Federation of Teachers

Letter, May 9, 1949.

California State Firemen's Association, Inc.

Letter, Mar. 30, 1950.

California State Horsemen's Association

2 letters, 1949-1950.

California Teachers Association

8 letters, 1947-1950.

California Temperance Federation

3 letters, 1949.

Additional Note

Written by Harold D. Wilson, executive secretary.

California Townsend Clubs. Legislative Committee

Letter, June 6, 1949.

California Wool Growers Association

2 letters, 1928-1949.

Canaday, John E., 1905-

2 letters, 1949-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Letter dated Oct. 30, 1950, written while chairman, Aviation Committee for Earl Warren.

Carr, James Kennedy, 1914-

8 letters, 1944-1951.

Carter, Oliver Jesse, 1911-

17 letters, 1947-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written mainly while chairman, Democratic State Central Committee. A few are copies of letters written to others. Some relate to the sale of migratory farm labor camps in California.

Case, Harold Clayton M., 1890-

See U.S. Farm Credit Administration.

Chalfant, Frank Elgin, 1897-

2 letters, 1935-1950.

Chico, Calif. Chamber of Commerce

11 letters, 1948 -1950.

Chico, Calif. Mayor

See Meriam, Theodore.

Christie, Arthur William, 1892

8 letters, 1928-1929 and n.d.

Citizens' Committee for Old Age Pensions

See McLain, George H.

City Commons Club, Berkeley, Calif.

2 letters, 1952.

Scope and Content Note

Includes also: outline of speech by Drobish delivered to the Club.

Cleary, Charles W.

3 letters, 1928-1935.

Coats, Arthur William, 1914-

5 letters, 1948-1950.

Coke, J. Earl

5 letters, 1949-1951.

Scope and Content Note

Written mainly while director of Agricultural Extension, University of California, Berkeley.

Collins, George D., 1896-

2 letters, 1950.

Collins, Samuel LaFort, 1895-

2 letters, 1950.

Collins, Thomas

8 letters, 1935-1936.

Scope and Content Note

Written while manager, Arvin Migratory Labor Camp.

Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy

Letter, Mar. 21, 1950.

Committee to Defend America by Aiding Anti-Communist China

Letter, Mar. 2, 1950.

Additional Note

Written by Frederick C. McKee, chairman pro-tem.

Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco

12 letters, 1936-1952.

Additional Note

Written mainly by Stuart R. Ward.

Congress of Industrial Organizations. Industrial Union Councils. California

5 letters, 1949-1950.

Conrad, Charles James, 1909-

2 letters, 1949.

Coombs, Nathan F., 1881-

3 letters, 1949 and n.d.

Coons, Arthur Gardiner, 1900-

Letter, Apr. 6, 1948.

Corley, James Henry, 1904-

2 letters, 1949-1950.

Corning Olive Growers Association

2 letters, 1929.

Council for Civic Unity of San Francisco

2 letters, 1947-1948.

Additional Note

Written by Edward Howden, executive director.

Council for Social Action

2 letters, 1950. Written by Ray Gibbons, Director.

See also Greene, Shirley E. and Keehn, Thomas B.

County Supervisors Association of California

3 letters, 1950.

Cranston, Alan, 1914-

2 letters, 1949-1950.

Scope and Content Note

Written while chairman, Northern California Division, United World Federalists and later while national president.

See also United World Federalists, Inc.

Critchfield, Burke H., 1888-1970

See California. Dept. of Agriculture.

Crocheron, Bertram Hanford, 1882-1948

4 letters, 1927-1934.

Cruess, William V.

Letter, Dec. 11, 1928.

Curtis, Jesse William, 1905-

Letter, June 16, 1950.

Daughters of the American Revolution. California. Captain Alexander Cleveland Chapter

Letter, Mar. 3, 1950.

Davi, Vincent A.

Letter, May 6, 1949.

Scope and Content Note

Written while Mayor, Pittsburg, Calif.

Deirup, Harry

2 letters, 1949.

Democratic Party. California. Butte County Central Committee

See Shapiro, Saul E.

Democratic Party. California. Del Norte County Central Committee.

Letter, n.d.

Democratic Party. California. Humboldt County Central Committee

Telegram, 1950.

Scope and Content Note

Urging Drobish to run for Congress.

Democratic Party. California. Sonoma County Central Committee.

2 letters, 1949.

Democratic Party. California. State Central Committee

16 letters, 1935-1950 and n.d.

See also Carter, Oliver Jesse; Gardiner, Samuel Whittier; Anderson, Guenn Malcolm; Roosevelt, James.

Deuel, Charles Hastings, 1868-1947

Letter, Jan.14, 1947.

Scope and Content Note

Included also: letter dated July 2, 1948, by Mrs. Deuel.

Diehl, Helmut Charles, 1894-

See U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.

Dillinger, H. E., 1889-

2 letters, 1949-1950

See also American Council of Christian Churches of California.

Dills, Ralph C., 1910-

2 letters, 1948.

Dilworth, Nelson Smith, 1897-

7 letters, 1948-1951.

Dorsey, Jesse Richard, 1877-1958

11 letters, 1948-1950

See also California. Dept. of Corrections.

Douglas, Helen (Gahagan), 1900-

12 letters, 1948-1951.

Scope and Content Note

Relate mainly to the sale of migratory farm labor camps in California.

Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961

6 letters, 1949-1950.

Doyle, Clyde Gilman, 1887-

2 letters, 1949.

Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-

See California. Dept. of Natural Resources. Division of Beaches and Parks.

Dunn, Francis

3 letters, 1949-1950.

Eckert, Ralph G., 1906-

See California. Dept. of Education. Bureau of Adult Education.

Eddy, Sherwood, 1871-

See Mills, Omer.

Engle, Clair, 1911-1964

9 letters, 1949-1953.

Epsilon Sigma Phi

2 letters, 1932-1936.

Erdman, Henry Ernest, 1884-

Letter, Oct. 18, 1945.

Essick, Bryant, 1898-

Letter, Mar. 11, 1948.

Scope and Content Note

Written while president, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Los Angeles.

Feather River Forest Forum

3 letters, 1949-1950.

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

Letter, Mar. 10, 1950.

Additional Note

Written by Cameron P. Hall, executive secretary.

Fleming, Macklin

See Associated Democrats.

Forbestown (California) Development Association

2 letters, 1950.

Franklin, Virginia (Mrs. Benjamin G. Franklin)

10 letters, 1948-1950 and n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Some letters written while president, League of Women Voters of Chico.

Fundamental Evangelistic Association

Letter, Mar. 29, 1950.

Gallagher, Buell Gordon, 1904-

2 letters, 1948-1949.

Gann, Charles

8 letters, 1934.

Scope and Content Note

Relate to farm debt adjustment work in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Gardiner, Samuel Whittier, 1902-

5 letters, 1948-1950

See also Democratic Party. California. State Central Committee. James Roosevelt for Governor Committee, Inc.

Garrod, R. V.

10 letters, 1949-1950 and n.d.

Garst, Jonathan, 1893-1973

4 letters, 1936

See also U.S. Resettlement Administration.

Gibbons, Ray, 1903-

See Council for Social Action.

Gibson, Luther Earl, 1894-

3 letters, 1950.

Gibson, Phil Sheridan

2 letters, 1949-1950.

Gillis, Mabel Ray, 1882-

5 letters, 1948-1950.

Gilmore, John Washington, 1872-1942

4 letters, 1927-1936.

Goethe, Charles Matthias, 1875-1966

Letter, Feb. 26, 1949.

Goff, Robert D.

6 letters, 1948-1950.

Greene, Shirley E.

6 letters, 1948-1953.

Additional Note

Relate mainly to migrant farm labor camps.

Key to Arrangement

Part I

Part II

Partial List of Correspondents