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Finding Aid to the Hiram Johnson papers, 1895-1945
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Part I. Primarily material covering the 1910 gubernatorial campaign

box 1-3

Letters from Johnson

box 1

Jan. 1895-July 1910

box 2

Aug. 1910-Nov. 1910

box 3

Dec. 1910

box 4-11

Letters to Johnson

box 4

A-B

box 5

C-D

box 6

E-H (Misc.)

box 7

Ha-Le

box 8

Lf-N (Misc.)

box 9

Na-R

box 10

S-T

box 11

U-Z

box 12

Gubernatorial Campaign

 

Itineraries

 

Johnson's Notes

 

Lists

 

Miscellaneous Notes

 

Miscellaneous Papers

 

Newspaper Clippings

 

Press Releases

 

Printed Items

carton Ctns. 1-11

Newspaper account of 1910 gubernatorial campaign (by counties)

carton 1

Alameda Co.-Calaveras Co.

carton 2

Colusa Co.-Humboldt Co.

carton 3

Imperial Co.-Los Angeles Co. (L.A. Herald)

carton 4

Los Angeles Co. (Los Angeles Independent)-Merced Co.

carton 5

Modoc Co.-Riverside Co. (Perris Progress)

carton 6

Riverside Co. (Riverside Enterprise)-San Diego Co. (Ramona Sentinel)

carton 7

San Diego Co. (San Diego Herald)-San Francisco Co. (San Francisco Chronicle)

carton 8

San Francisco Co. (San Francisco Examiner)-Santa Barbara Co.

carton 9

Santa Clara Co.-Sonoma Co. (Petaluma Independent)

carton 10

Sonoma Co. (Santa Rosa Herald)-Yuba Co.

carton 11

Miscellaneous newspaper & printed items

 

Part II. Gubernatorial Papers, Jan. 1911-Mar. 1917

box 1-5

Letters from Johnson

box 1

Jan. 1911-July 1912

box 2

Aug. 1912-Mar. 1914

box 3

Apr. 1914-July 1915

box 4

Aug. 1915-Aug. 1916

box 5

Sept. 1916-Mar. 1917

box 6-36

Letters to Johnson

box 6

A-B (Misc.)

box 7

Ba-Bi

box 8

Bj-Bz

box 9

C-Cal

box 10

Cam-Co

box 11

Cp-De

box 12

Df-E (Misc.)

box 13

Ea-Ei

box 14

Ej-Fl

box 15

Fm-Gz

box 16

H-He

box 17

Hf-Iz

box 18

J-K

box 19

L (Except Meyer Lissner)

box 20

From Meyer Lissner, 1910-1914

box 21

From Meyer Lissner, 1915-1917

box 22

M-Mac C

box 23

Mac D-Mz

box 24

N-Old

box 25

Ole-Pen

box 26

Peo-Pi

box 27

Pj-Ra

box 28

Rb-Rz (Except Rowell)

box 29

From Chester H. Rowell, 1911-1917

box 30

S-San

box 31

Sao-So

box 32

Sp-Sz

box 33

T-Uh

box 34

Ui-Vz

box 35

W-We

box 36

Wf-Z

box 37-41

Subject File: Alien Land Law

box 37-39

Letters to Johnson

box 40

Newspaper clippings, 1912-1913

box 41

Documents, miscellaneous papers, printed material

box 42

Subject files (except Alien Land Law)

 

Gasoline Papers

 

La Follette Candidacy

 

Lee Vining & Silver Lake Falls Correspondence

 

Los Angeles Investment Company

 

McNamara Case

 

Mexico Border Incidents

 

Oil Industry Association

 

Primary Election Law

 

Recommendations

 

Riverside Citrus Experiment Station

 

Tahoe Contract

 

Vassardakis Incident

 

Women's Suffrage

box 43

Johnson: Miscellaneous papers, press releases & speeches, 1911-1917.

box 44

Miscellaneous papers, A-Z (Except Johnson; mainly oversize enclosures from incoming letters)

 

Andrus, V. S.

 

Berard, Victor

 

Borah, William

 

Brittain, F. S.

 

California (various State offices)

 

California State Dairy Association

 

Clapp, Moses E.

 

Coffroth, James W.

 

Cullinan, Eustace

 

Easton, W. E.

 

Eshleman, John Morton

 

Esberg, Milton

 

Ewing, Cal

 

Florence Crittendon Home

 

Fredericks, John D.

 

Gregg, Frederick W.

 

Heney, Francis J.

 

Industrial Workers of the World

 

Iowa. Secretary of State

 

Lilienthal, Jesse W.

 

Loveland, Harvey D.

 

McCulley, Johnston

 

McGregor, John A.

 

Republican Party

 

Roosevelt, Theodore

 

Rowell, Chester H.

 

Sacramento, Calif. County Clerk

 

Snook, Frank G.

 

Tulare Co. Board of Supervisors

 

Weinstock, Harris

 

Witt, Vance

box 45

Magazine & periodical articles, photographs & printed materials.

carton 1

Newspaper clippings, 1911-1917 (unarranged)

carton 2

Newspaper scrapbooks

 

Part III. Senatorial Papers, April 1917-Aug. 1945

box 1-19

Letters from Johnson

box 1

April 1917-Sept. 1918

box 2

Oct. 1918-April 1920

box 3

May 1920-July 1921

box 4

Aug. 1921-April 1922

box 5

May 1922-June 1923

box 6

July 1923-July 1924

box 7

Aug. 1924-April 1926

box 8

May 1926-Dec. 1927

box 9

Jan. 1928-Jan. 1930

box 10

Feb. 1930-Nov. 1930

box 11

Dec. 1930-June 1931

box 12

July 1931-Oct. 1931

box 13

Nov. 1931-Dec. 1932

box 14

Jan. 1933-Aug. 1933

box 15

Sept. 1933-Dec. 1933

box 16

Jan. 1934-Feb. 1936

box 17

Mar. 1936-June 1938

box 18

July 1938-Nov. 1939

box 19

Dec. 1939-Nov. 1944

box 20-81

Letters to Johnson

box 20

A-Al

box 21

Am-Aq

box 22

Ar-B (Misc.-Blal.)

box 23

B (Misc.-Blam)-Barq

box 24

Barr-Bog

box 25

Boh-Bur

box 26

Bus-C (Misc. -Ck)

box 27

C (Misc.-Cl)-California. R

box 28

California. S-Cars

box 29

Cart-Col

box 30

Com-Cz

box 31

D (Misc.)-Del

box 32

Dem-Dz (Except Doherty, Frank P.)

box 33

Doherty, Frank, May 1920-Jan. 1924

box 34

Doherty, Frank, Feb. 1924-July 1937

box 35

Doherty, Frank, Aug. 1937-July 1945

box 36

E (Misc.)-En

box 37

Eo-Far

box 38

Fas-Frd

box 39

Fre-Gd

box 40

Ge-Gz

box 41

H (Misc.)

box 42

H-Hau

box 43

Hav-Hicj

box 44

Hick- I (Misc.)

box 45

Ickes, Harold L.

box 46

I (Except Ickes, Harold)-Joh

box 47

Joi-Kel

box 48

Kem-L (Misc.)

box 49

La-Lim

box 50

Lin-Los Angeles. C.

box 51

Los Angeles. D.-M (Misc.-Mag.)

box 52

M (Misc.-Mah)-M (Misc.-Mz)

box 53

Ma-MacCk

box 54

MacCl (Except McClatchy)-MacZ

box 55

McClatchy, Carlos McClatchy, Chas. K., 1924

box 56

McClatchy, Charles K., 1925-1932

box 57

McClatchy, Chas. K., 1933 -McClatchy Papers.

box 58

Mad-Mem

box 59

Men-Mon

box 60

Moo-Mt

box 61

Mu-National O.

box 62

National P.-Nors (Except Neylan, John)

box 63

Neylan, John F.

box 64

Nort-O

box 65

P (Misc.)-Par

box 66

Pas-Q

box 67

R (Misc.)-Reo

box 68

Rep-Ron

box 69

Roo-S (Misc.-Sans)

box 70

S (Misc.-Sant)-S (Misc.-Sull)

box 71

S (Misc.-Sulm)-Sed

box 72

See-Som

box 73

Son-Sz

box 74

T (Misc.)-Tq

box 75

Tr-United States. C.

box 76

United States. D.-United States. H.

box 77

United States. I.-Ves

box 78

Vet-W (Misc.-Wh)

box 79

W (Misc.)-Wd

box 80

We-Wilr

box 81

Wils-Z

box 82

Inter-Office Memos

carton Ctns. 1-13

Subject Files

carton 1

A-Commerce Committee (Parker Dam)

 

Agricultural Material (1918-1919)

 

Alien Enemies & Sabotage Committee (1942) Japanese Evacuation

 

Blair, David H.- Material relating to confirmation as Commissioner of Internal Revenue

 

California War Claims Bill (1935)

 

Coal Fields Investigation (1921-1929) (2 folders)

 

Commerce Committee (1935) -Airline Investigation

 

Commerce Committee (1936-1943) -Central Valley Project

 

Commerce Committee (1920-28) -Merchant Marine

 

Commerce Committee (1929-33) -Minutes of the Committee meetings

 

Commerce Committee (1935) -Parker Dam

carton 2

Commerce Committee (U.S. Shipping Board) - F (Except Foreign Relations Committee)

 

Commerce Committee (1926-28) -U.S. Shipping Board (Hearings re: sale of American Oriental Lines)

 

Commerce Committee (1929) -U.S. Shipping Board (Hearings re: sale of United States Lines)

 

Commerce Committee (1932) -U.S. Shipping Board (Bill to revise and amend Merchant Shipping Code)

 

Commerce Committee (1934) -U.S. Shipping Board

 

Commerce Committee (1928-29) -"Vestris" Investigations

 

Direct Primary Material (1926)

 

Enclosures

 

Foreign Securities (1953-35)

 

Foreign Securities (1945)

carton 3

Foreign Relations Committee: A-K

 

Foreign Relations Comm. (1921-22) -Disarmament. Washington Naval Conference

 

F. R. C. (1924-25) -Disarmament. Lausanne Treaty

 

F. B. C. (1925-29) -Disarmament. Geneva Conference; Freedom of the Seas

 

F. R. C. (1930-31) -Disarmament. London Naval Conference (4 folders)

 

F. R. C. (1933-36) -Good Neighbor Policy

 

F. R. C. (1941-44) -Guam

 

F. R. C. (1924) -Isle of Pines

carton 4

Foreign Relations Committee: L-M

 

F. B. C. (1918-23) - League of Nations

 

Johnson's Notes

 

Correspondence

 

Johnson - Wilson Debate

 

John Richard Edwards Correspondence, 1920

 

Miscellaneous Papers

 

Official Documents

 

Printed Items

 

F. R. C. (1931) - League of Nations

 

F. R. C. (1927) - Mexico & Hearst Investigation

 

F. R. C. - Miscellany

carton 5

Foreign Relations Committee: N - Panama (1939)

 

F. R. C. (1935-41) - Neutrality (8 folders)

 

F. R. C. (1929-39) - Panama (3 folders)

carton 6

Foreign Relations Committee: Panama (1940) - Z (Except "War Debts, Reparations, & Moratorium")

 

F. R. C. (1940-42) - Panama (3 folders)

 

F. R. C. (1925-28) - World Court

 

F. R. C. (1929-36) - World Court

 

F. R. C. (1942-45) - World War II

carton 7

Foreign Relations Committee: War Debts, Reparations & Moratorium (11 folders)

carton 8

G-L

 

Godsol, Frank J. - re: Extradition proceedings

 

Herbert Hoover Material (1919-32) Immigration Committee (1921-30; 2 folders)

 

Irrigation & Reclamation Committee (1924-40) - Boulder Dam Project

 

Correspondence

 

Johnson's notes (2 folders)

 

Miscellaneous Papers

 

Printed Material (official)

 

Printed Material (misc.)

 

Johnson (Hiram W.) Material

 

Labor Relations (1917-40) - Misc. notes

carton 9

M-P (Except Political Campaign Material)

 

McLaughlin, John P. - re: appointment as Collector of Internal Revenue

 

Mailing Lists

 

Military Service (1918 & 1940-42) - Draft Act & Conscription

 

Naval Affairs Committee (1937-38) - Docket

 

Naval Affairs Committee (1938-40) - Naval Expansion

 

Nominations & Confirmation Proceedings

 

Poems

 

Privileges & Elections Committee (1935) -Hatfield, Henry vs. Holt, Rush

 

Privileges & Elections Committee (1935) -Chavez, Dennis vs. Cutting, Bronson

 

Public Utilities Investigation (1928-29) (3 folders)

 

Public Works & Relief Projects (1931-36) (2 folders)

carton 10

Political Campaign Material (1920-40)

 

1920 Presidential Campaign (2 folders)

 

1922 Senatorial Campaign

 

1924 Presidential Campaign (5 folders)

 

1932 Presidential Campaign

 

1934 Senatorial Campaign (2 folders)

 

1940 Senatorial Campaign

carton 11

R-T (Except Russia, 1918-1919)

 

Radio KQW Material

 

Railroads (1918-22) - Government Control during World War I; relinquishment; railroad strike, 1922.

 

Railroads (1919) - United Railways vs. San Francisco.

 

Railroads (1921-22) - New York Transit Case (3 folders)

 

Ritter, Halsted L. - Impeachment proceedings of U.S. Senate

 

Sunset Magazine Material (1919-20) (2 folders)

 

Tariff (1934) - Reciprocal Trade (3 folders)

 

Tariff Miscellany

 

Territories & Insular Possessions Committee (1925-1927)

carton 12

Russia (1918-1919)

 

Correspondence (6 folders)

 

Johnson's Notes

 

Miscellaneous Papers

 

Printed Items (3 folders)

 

Raymond Robins Papers (2 folders)

carton 13

U-Z & Miscellaneous Material

 

United States Supreme Court (1936-37) (4 folders)

 

Veterans' Material (1918-22)

 

Miscellaneous notes & papers

 

Miscellaneous printed material

carton Ctns. 14-18

Clippings (unarranged)

carton Ctns. 19-23

Scrapbooks

carton 19

1917-1920

carton 20

1920-1924

carton 21

1925-1933

carton 22

1934-1941

carton 23

1941-1945

carton 24

Biography & Appointment Books

carton Ctns. 25-26

Speeches, Statements, & Press Releases

carton 25

March 1917-May 1932

carton 26

June; 1932-April 1945 (also a book of press releases, 1926-28)

carton Ctns. 27-28

Personal Record (extracted from the Congressional Record)

carton 27

1918-29 (64th-70th Congress)

carton 28

1929-44 (71st-78th Congress)

carton Ctns. 29-30

Printed Material (Documents committee hearings and other official papers)

carton 31

dispersed

carton 32

Photographs (transferred to Picture Collection)

box 83-84

Motion pictures & Newsreel films of Johnson. (Removed)

box 85

Miscellaneous books

oversize Oversize

Photographs & miscellaneous material (2 oversize folders). Photographs transferred to Picture collection 7/78

 

Part IV. Diary letters, 1917-1945

Arrangement

Divided into published and unpublished, and then arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of correspondence from Hiram Johnson to his sons. The majority of the letters were microfilmed and then published as "The diary letters of Hiram Johnson, 1917-1945."
Boxes 1-8 are restricted, use microfilm.
box 1-8

Diary letters published

box 1

Apr. 1917 - June 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - July 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Oct. - Nov. 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 2

July 1918 - Dec. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Mar. - April 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Sept. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Oct. - Dec. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 3

Jan. 1920 - Mar. 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June - Dec. 1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. - March 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Oct. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. - Dec. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 4

Apr. 1922 - Dec. 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Aug. 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1923 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - July 1923 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Dec. 1923 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June - July 1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1925 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - Dec. 1925 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - June 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Oct. 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. - Dec. 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 5

Jan. 1927 - Mar. 1931 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1927 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March 1927 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1927 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. 1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - June 1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - Oct. 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1930 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1930 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - June 1930 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Dec. 1930 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. 1931 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. - March. 1931 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 6

Nov. 1931 - Apr. 1935 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. - Dec. 1931 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June 1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Dec. 1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May 1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June - July 1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Dec. 1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Feb. 1934 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1934 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - June 1934 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. - Dec. 1934 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - April 1935 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 7

May 1935 - July 1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - June 1935 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Dec. 1935 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan . - Feb. 1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

March - April 1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - July 1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Sept. 1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Oct. - Dec. 1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Feb. - April 1937 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - Dec. 1937 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan.- March 1938 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April - Dec. 1938 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - March 1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April - May 1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June - July 1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 8

Aug. 1939 - Feb. 1945 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Dec 1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - March 1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April - June 1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Aug. 1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. - Oct. 1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Nov. 1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - March 1941 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April - May 1941 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

June - Aug. 1941 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. - Dec. 1941 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - March 1942 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

April - July 1942 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Dec. 1942 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - Dec. 1943 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1944 - 1945 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 9-11

Diary letters unpublished

box 9

1917-1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1917 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - April 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - July 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Aug. - Dec. 1918 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - June 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Dec. 1919 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1920 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - June 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Folder 9 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Aug. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Sept. - Dec. 1921 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 10

1922-1930

 

Jan. - June 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July - Dec. 1922 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1923 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1924 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1925 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - June 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

July- Dec. 1926 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1927 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1928 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Jan. - April 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

May - Dec. 1929 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1930 BANC MSS C-B 581

box 11

1931-1945

 

1931 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1932 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1933 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1934 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1935 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1936 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1937 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1938 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1939 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1940 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1941 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1942 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

1944-1945 BANC MSS C-B 581

 

Part V. Family Papers and Correspondence

Additional Note

Includes messages of condolence to Mrs. Johnson. (2 boxes, 1 carton)
 

Part VI. Additions to the Johnson papers

 

Papers of Senator Johnson

box 1-8

Letters written by Senator Johnson, 1907-1945

Scope and Content Note

Mainly carbon copies of outgoing letters to family, former law partners, political associates and friends. Some were written for him by his secretary or by Mrs. Johnson. Included are the Senator's copies of the "diary" letters addressed to his sons. Arranged chronologically.
box 9-22

Letters written to Senator Johnson

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of writer or organization. Single letters are in miscellanies preceding each letter of the alphabet; others are in separate folders. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key.
In Box 22 are three folders of miscellaneous correspondence, as follows: letters re Johnson's announcement of candidacy for president in 1920; letters re League of Nations, Russia, the peace settlement, etc.; letters requesting Johnson to present his views on the League of Nations.
box 22

Interoffice memoranda, 1920-1944

box 23

Photographs

Scope and Content Note

Portraits and snapshots of the Senator, his sons, grandsons, etc; C. K. McClatchy with Johnson; Meyer Lissner, etc.
box 24

Papers of H. L. Carnahan, western manager of the Johnson-for-President campaign committee, 1919-1920

 

Letters, copies of telegrams, lists of speakers, lists of members of Republican Party state central committees, etc.

carton 1

Subject Files

 

Alien Land Law - California

Scope and Content Note

Includes copies of Johnson's letters to President Wilson and to Secretary of State,1913;copy of proceedings in re alien land law,April 1913,Sacramento.
 

Atherton, Edwin G.

Scope and Content Note

Clippings, copies of letters, reports re investigation of Atherton who was investigating charges of graft in the San Francisco Police Department,1937.
 

Bills, resolutions, reports, etc.

 

Boulder Dam Project

 

Hardwick - Boynton letter investigation

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, reports of special detectives, statements, etc., re investigation of George C. Hardwick's theft of a letter written to A. E. Boynton,1923.
 

Japanese exclusion

Scope and Content Note

Copies of Democratic Party platform relating to question
 

League of Nations

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous resolutions from various organizations
 

Lissner, Meyer

Scope and Content Note

Clippings; memorial resolution of Industrial Accident Commission
 

London Naval Conference

 

Political Campaign material

Scope and Content Note

Speeches, pamphlets, clippings, promotional material, etc. covering campaigns in1910,1912,1914,1920,1922,1924,1928,1940,1944
 

Prohibition

 

Redondo Acreage

Scope and Content Note

Letters from Frank P. Doherty, Louis W. Myers and Louis M. Lissner re Redondo property owned
 

Reference material - Miscellaneous

 

Rivers and Harbors Bill

 

Roosevelt, Theodore

Scope and Content Note

Includes draft of speech at Lincoln Birthday Banquet of the Progressive Party, NYC,Feb. 12, 1913,with corrections in Roosevelt's hand writing
 

Russia (1917) - Extracts from letters of Raymond Robins, member of ARC Commission to Russia

 

San Francisco Graft Prosecution

Scope and Content Note

Includes Johnson's notes, circulars, itemized statement of services rendered by Johnson to Rudolph Spreckels
 

Treaty with Mexico relating to utilization of Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, 1944

 

Trusts and monopolies - Reference file

 

Udell, Alva - Johnson recall petition

Scope and Content Note

Letters, reports, etc. re Johnson's investigation of Udell,1912
 

Workmen's Compensation Act

 

World War I, Treaty of Versailles, War Debts

carton 2

Biographical sketch of Johnson, 1918-19

 

Gubernatorial items

Scope and Content Note

Include printed copies of inaugural address; program for inaugural ceremonies, printed copy of biennial message to legislature,1917;copy of farewell address to legislature,March 15, 1917
 

Notes

 

Personalia, including will

 

Riverdale, Md. home - clippings

 

Speeches, statements and press releases

Scope and Content Note

Draft, typescript or printed copies, arranged chronologically,1910-1942
 

Misc. tax bills, receipts, etc.

 

Resolution of California Senate on death of Johnson

 

Reports submitted to Gov. Johnson re accomplishments of state governmental departments, 1916, (30 folders)

carton 3

Papers relating to legal cases

Scope and Content Note

People of State of California v. Brown,ca. 1908;People v. Barnovich,ca. 1908-1909;Herscher v. Herscher; Wilkes, et al, appellants, v. United States of America; in the matter of the estate of C. K. McClatchy -brief...; agreement,Feb. 21, 1910,between Dr. W. P. Burke and H. W. Johnson.
 

Miscellany

 

Printed items

Scope and Content Note

Include records of Congressional hearing on reorganization of the federal judiciary, on the world court, and on amending the draft law; proceedings of the 17th Republican National Convention, Chicago,1920
carton 4

Clippings, including scrapbook of clippings re 1919 speaking tour against the League of Nations and scrapbook of clippings re President Harding

carton 5

Clippings

 

Papers of Hiram W. Johnson, Jr.

box 25-30

Letters written by HWJ, Jr., 1917-1955

Scope and Content Note

Mainly carbon copies of outgoing letters to parents, political associates of his father and friends. Arranged chronologically.
box 31-36

Letters written to him

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of writer or organization. Single letters are in miscellanies preceding each letter of the alphabet; others are in separate folders. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key.
carton 6

Subject files

 

Political campaign material for 1920, 1922, 1934-36, 1940

 

Notes for article on the Republican National Convention of 1920

 

Drafts of portions of his biography of his father

 

Ms. of his article, "The Real McCoy"

 

Lyrics written by him

 

Clippings

carton Ctns. 7-13

Legal files

Scope and Content Note

Concern River Farm Co. of California, Sowles estate and Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
 

Papers of Archibald M. Johnson

box 37

Letters written by AMJ, 1918-1933

Scope and Content Note

Copies of outgoing letters, addressed mainly to his parents. Arranged chronologically.
box 38-41

Letters written to him

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Single letters are in an alphabetical miscellany; others in separate folders. A list of the more important correspondents follows the Key.
 

Papers of Minnie McNeal Johnson (Mrs. Hiram W. Johnson)

box 42

Letters written to her, arranged alphabetically, with a correspondence miscellany for single letters and special folders for other letters.

 

Papers re arrangements for Senator Johnson's funeral

 

Papers re Johnson memorial, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

 

Lillian Russell's wallet, given to Mrs. Johnson by Alexander Moore

 

Obituaries, will, etc.

 

Papers of Philip B. Johnson

box 43

Include letters from his grandfather and father