Finding Aid for the Edward A. Dickson Papers, 1900-1954

Political and Civic Papers, 1897-1956

Letters To Edward A. Dickson--General, 1897-1910

Box 1, Folder 1

1897-1905.

Physical Description: 27 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the period when Dickson was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, and editor of the Daily Californian; his teaching trip to Japan after graduation; and his beginnings in the newspaper profession on his return.

Box 1, Folder 2

1906.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the gubernatorial election of 1906, and the Republican candidates for the nomination in particular; the race track business in Los Angeles.

Box 1, Folder 3

January-May 1907.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning an amendment to the California constitution allowing public funds to be loaned at interest; the efforts of the Southern Pacific Railway to oust A.B. Nye from his position as State Controller; replies to invitations to the meeting organizing what became the Lincoln-Roosevelt League.

Box 1, Folder 4

June-July 1907.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the organizing of what became the Lincoln-Roosevelt League; an article on Charles W. Fairbanks; letters on the Southern Pacific Railroad and a comparison of its rule with that of labor unions.

Box 1, Folder 5

August-December 1907.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the reaction to and early organization of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, with mention of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Berkeley Independent, and the victory of Ryan forces in San Francisco; typed note describing the Lincoln-Roosevelt League's first major victory, the winning of the mayoralty race in Sacramento; letters concerning the Sacramento victory; Theodore Roosevelt.

Box 1, Folder 6

January-August 1908.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Lincoln-Roosevelt League; preparation for and results of different elections; the appellate court decision concerning Abe Ruef; Fisk and the office of San Francisco Postmaster; Theodore Roosevelt.

Box 1, Folder 7

September-December 1908.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Pacific Outlook; anti-race track legislation; direct primary legislation.

Box 1, Folder 8

January-August 1909.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Australian ballot, with a synopsis of California election laws; various candidates for the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican nomination for governor.

Box 1, Folder 9

September-December 1909.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the 1910 election campaign and Republican candidates for various posts; William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.

Box 1, Folder 10

January-February 1910.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning municipal corruption in San Francisco; efforts to oust Nye from his position on the Board of Equalization; Democratic choice of nominee for governor; candidates for the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican nomination for governor; the Pacific Printer and Publisher.

Box 1, Folder 11

March-April 1910.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican nomination for governor, and Hiram Johnson in particular; James McLachlan's defense of his vote on the Norris Resolution in the Legislature; running the California Weekly.

Box 1, Folder 12

May-June 1910.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Hiram Johnson's primary campaign to win the Republican nomination for governor, and the campaign for some other positions.

Box 1, Folder 13

July 1910.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning primary campaign details; Johnson's candidacy and others; a clipping criticizing the endorsement of Harry Pulcifer for Assemblyman; letters concerning the photograph, the Shame of California.

Box 1, Folder 14

August 1910.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the primary campaign, including candidates Johnson, Stanton, Richardson, Wallace, Nye, Curry; primary election results, analyses and comments.

Box 1, Folder 15

September 1910.

Physical Description: 39 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning details of the election campaign, especially regarding candidates Johnson, Wallace, T. Bell, H.A. Melvin, and Caminetti.

Box 1, Folder 16

October 1-14, 1910.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning details of the election campaign, especially Johnson's itinerary; California constitution, amendment on taxation.

Box 1, Folder 17

October 15-31, 1910.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the election campaign, especially estimates of local voting results, Johnson's itinerary, and his fatigue.

Box 1, Folder 18

November-December 1910.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning results of the gubernatorial and other election races; the possibility of a book reviewing 1911 Legislature; plans for organization of California Railroad Commission; Spalding--Works senatorial race; inaugural ball.

Letters To Edward A. Dickson--General, 1911-1914

Box 2, Folder 1

January 1911.

Physical Description: 7 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning John D. Works' senatorial victory, and subscription lists for the Pacific Outlook.

Box 2, Folder 2

February 1-15, 1911.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the California Supreme Court decision in the Ruef case; John D. Works and the question of judicial recall; State Commissioner of Horticulture J.W. Jeffrey; the California Outlook; the question of state or municipal regulation of public utilities; the proposed 8-hour law for women; and the proposed consolidation of Los Angeles city and county governments.

Box 2, Folder 3

February 16-28, 1911.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning various bills, including the measures to move the Los Angeles State Normal School site, to increase the number of judges in Los Angeles County, and to consolidate Los Angeles county and city governments; new commissions and possible members; trades school vs. polytechnic high school; John D. Works; and John D. Fredericks.

Box 2, Folder 4

March-September 1911.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the acceptance fight over Arizona's constitution; the 8-hour bill; a visit to Los Angeles from Theodore Roosevelt; various government posts and possible appointees, including F.W. Richardson, H. Weinstock, and Miguel Estudillo; H. Johnson's personal campaign for constitutional amendments; and possible Republican candidates for president, including Taft, W.J. Bryan, and R. LaFollette.

Box 2, Folder 5

October-December 1911.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning legislative and congressional district reapportionment in California; Arizona state politics; and possible candidates for president on the Democratic as well as Republican tickets, including W.J. Bryan, W. Wilson, T. Roosevelt, and W.H. Taft.

Box 2, Folder 6

January 1912.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Good Government Organization; the role of the judiciary as opposed to the legislative branch of government; candidates for the Republican nomination for the presidency, including LaFollete, Taft, and T. Roosevelt.

Box 2, Folder 7

February 1912.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the possible Republican candidates for the presidency, including Taft, LaFollette, and T. Roosevelt; efforts to obtain the vice presidential nomination for H. Johnson on a ticket headed by T. Roosevelt.

Box 2, Folder 8

March 1912.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the fight among possible Republican candidates for the presidency, especially LaFollette, but also including Taft and T. Roosevelt; discussion of closing the San Francisco mint as a political maneuver; and the Hearst--Otis papers in the campaign.

Box 2, Folder 9

April-May 1912.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the fight for the Republican presidential nomination; the results of various state presidential primaries; and efforts to make H. Johnson the vice-presidential candidate with T. Roosevelt.

Box 2, Folder 10

June 1912.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning proposals to form a third party, the Progressive Party, to nominate T. Roosevelt for president; the formation of a National Reserve Association.

Box 2, Folder 11

July 1912.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the formation of the National Progressive Party; the major figures on the political scene, especially T. Roosevelt, W.H. Taft, and W.J. Bryan; California affairs.

Box 2, Folder 12

August-September 1912.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning vacancy in the University of California Board of Regents; T. Roosevelt's enthusiastic reception in Los Angeles; and miscellaneous other subjects.

Box 2, Folder 13

October-December 1912.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the California Republican State Convention; the administration of the University of California; the presidential election campaign tactics and outlook; W. Wilson's alleged anti-democratic statements; and a proposed Progressive Party caucus.

Box 2, Folder 14

January-March 1913.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Congressional affairs and legislation; the Woman Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., contrasted with the Inaugural Parade taking place the next day; choosing a candidate for Mayor; a fight within Progressive ranks.

Box 2, Folder 15

April-September 1913.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning congressional affairs, and especially the obtainment of a survey of the Los Angeles harbor; the newspaper fight in Los Angeles, and the Mayoralty race; California state government appointments.

Box 2, Folder 16

October-December 1913.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California state government appointments; possible Progressive candidates for California governor and for U.S. senator, especially H. Johnson, Francis J. Heney, Chester Rowell, and John Eshleman; the split among California Progressives; congressional affairs and legislation.

Box 2, Folder 17

January 1914.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning H. Johnson's decision to run for re-election as governor; F.J. Heney and other possible nominees for Progressive candidacy; the possibility of J. Eshleman's running for Lieutenant Governor; proposed harbor development for Los Angeles.

Box 2, Folder 18

February-March 1914.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning alleged graft involving the Temple Block Site in Los Angeles; W. Wilson and the Democrats in Congress; naval appropriations; the Los Angeles Times attack on the expenditures of Governor Johnson's administration, and Johnson's defense of his expenditures.

Box 2, Folder 19

April 1914.

Physical Description: 8 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning harbor appropriations for Los Angeles; repeal of the free tolls clause, and public and congressional reaction; California water laws; futures of the Progressive Party and Republican Party.

Box 2, Folder 20

May 1914.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning preparations for coming California election; H. Johnson's speaking trip through the San Joaquin Valley; surveys of Los Angeles harbor; T. Roosevelt's trip to Washington, D.C.

Box 2, Folder 21

June 1914.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the suggestion that T. Roosevelt run for governor of New York; Roosevelt's visit to Washington, D.C.; opposition to the activities of the California Viticultural Commission among Dries; candidates for California judicial posts; the position of Insurance Commissioner and the insurance lobby.

Box 2, Folder 22

July 1914.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the possibility of T. Roosevelt's running for governor of New York; the coming election and various candidates' campaigns, especially Francis J. Heney's senatorial campaign.

Box 2, Folder 23

August 1914.

Physical Description: 21 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the River and Harbor appropriation in Congress; the repercussions of World War I on the U.S.; primary election and regular election preparations, especially regarding the Johnson--Fredericks gubernatorial race, and the Heney--Rowell race for the Progressive nomination for senator; a proposed Congressional resolution to penalize absent members.

Box 2, Folder 24

September 1914.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning election campaigning; Joseph Knowland's record in Congress.

Box 2, Folder 25

October 1914.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning election campaigning; an article against H. Johnson in Everybody's Magazine by George Creel; a discussion of E.T. Earl's and T. Roosevelt's positions in 1911 on the 8-hour law for women; the position of Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.

Box 2, Folder 26

November 1914.

Physical Description: 37 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California election results; a banquet for H. Johnson; congratulations from T. Roosevelt on Johnson's victory.

Box 2, Folder 27

December 1914.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Progressive National Executive Committee meeting and new plans; the tariff question; Rivers and Harbors Bill passed; California state government appointments; organization of the California Assembly.

Letters to Edward A. Dickson--General, 1915-1916

Box 3, Folder 1

January-February 1915.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning ideas for the next Progressive National Convention; Republican and Democratic Party feelings on the next presidential election; Progressive defections; comparative costs of legislatures under H. Johnson and Gillette; the Los Angeles harbor silt situation; Congressional affairs; artist Albert Besnard.

Box 3, Folder 2

March 1915.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California commissions and appointments, and bills before the Legislature; possible murals by Albert Besnard for the state capitol.

Box 3, Folder 3

April 1915.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning possible candidates for the Republican nomination for president in 1917; California legislation on dry zones near schools, and John Eshleman; District Attorney Woolwine, Mayor Sebastian, of San Francisco, and the grand jury system; policy of the Los Angeles Express and Los Angeles Tribune on supporting office-seekers and office-holders; discussion of I Love You California becoming the state song; possible murals by A. Besnard.

Box 3, Folder 4

May 1915.

Physical Description: 35 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning possible murals and A. Besnard; the Los Angeles Investment Corporation; possible candidates for the Republican nomination for president; the effect of the war in Europe on the U.S. economy and political situation.

Box 3, Folder 5

June-July 1915.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Meyer Lissner--E.T. Earl split within Progressive ranks; legislation on non-partisanship within state offices; checking of initiative and referendum petitions; prospects for the 1916 election.

Box 3, Folder 6

August-September 1915.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning insurance bills and the Los Angeles Fire Underwriters; the non-partisan law; plans and prospects for the 1916 elections and the Progressive Party, including discussion of presidential possibilities.

Box 3, Folder 7

October 1915.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the campaign for the non-partisan law; California election results.

Box 3, Folder 8

November 1915.

Physical Description: 6 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning possible candidates for Congress from Southern California; new state jobs for Harris Weinstock and Meyer Lissner.

Box 3, Folder 9

December 1915.

Physical Description: 8 pieces.

Box 3, Folder 10

January 1916.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the non-partisan law, direct primary law, and registration law controversy; prospects for the presidential race in 1916, with emphasis on T. Roosevelt, Charles Evans Hughes, and W. Wilson.

Box 3, Folder 11

February 1916.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning possible Republican candidates for president, especially C.E. Hughes and T. Roosevelt; conference of Progressives to choose delegates to national convention.

Box 3, Folder 12

March 1916.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Progressive conference; John Eshleman's death; possible Republican presidential candidates, especially T. Roosevelt and C.E. Hughes; the suggestion that William D. Stephens follow H. Johnson as California governor, and Stephens' reactions; copies of Stephens' bill to create a Tariff Commission, and his discussion of the measure.

Box 3, Folder 13

April 1916.

Physical Description: 9 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the United Republican movement and misunderstanding of the same on the part of Progressive Republicans; T. Roosevelt, C.E. Hughes, and the Republican candidacy.

Box 3, Folder 14

May-June 1916.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Republican National Convention and the nomination of C.E. Hughes; consideration on President Wilson's strength; race for U.S. Senator from California; especially involving F.J. Heney, John D. Works, Willis Booth; W.D. Stephens' plans to run again for Congress.

Box 3, Folder 15

July 1916.

Physical Description: 9 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Mexican border towns and U.S. soldiers; coming primary election of Los Angeles District Attorney, and possible candidates; Los Angeles County government and expenses.

Box 3, Folder 16

August-October 1916.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the campaign in California for Charles Evans Hughes, Republican candidate for the presidency.

Box 3, Folder 17

November-December 1916.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Los Angeles Times criticism of H. Johnson and Progressive Republicans in the defeat of C.E. Hughes for president; split within Progressive ranks involving E.T. Earl, A.H. Naftzger, and M. Lissner; early development of the California orange industry.

Letters to Edward A. Dickson--General, 1917-1920

Box 4, Folder 1

January-March 1917.

Physical Description: 7 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning charges against California Progressive Republicans in the defeat of Charles Evans Hughes; discussion of a Council of States on Federal and State Taxation, concerning segregation of federal and state sources of revenue.

Box 4, Folder 2

April-May 1917.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning plans for a conference of States on Federal and State Taxation.

Box 4, Folder 3

June-July 1917.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the National Tax Association and plans for a tax conference.

Box 4, Folder 4

August-September 1917.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Russ Avery's appointment to the Superior Court; the National Tax Association conference and planned Congress of States on taxation.

Box 4, Folder 5

October 1917.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning public information work on World War I; the National Tax Association conference and the Congress of States on taxation.

Box 4, Folder 7

January 1918.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning railroad taxation; California Council of Defense work; coming (1918) gubernatorial election.

Box 4, Folder 8

February 1918.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning prospects of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the 1920 presidential election and the 1918 California gubernatorial election; the election of a new chairman of the Republican National Committee; the California Agricultural Board (6th District) and Liberty Fair Board problems.

Box 4, Folder 9

March-April 1918.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning coming gubernatorial elections; California Council of Defense work.

Box 4, Folder 10

May-June 1918.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California Council of Defense work; California Railroad Commission.

Box 4, Folder 11

July-August 1918.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Progressives and the coming state election; the Go to College drive, urging young men to further their higher education and join the Student Army Training Corps.

Box 4, Folder 12

September 1918.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the coming California election; State Board of Education policies; the State Highway Commission and the Ridge Route.

Box 4, Folder 13

October 1918.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the coming California election, including Republican-Progressive factionalism and Theodore Bell's nomination petitions; work of the California Home Guard; and plans to preserve historical material regarding local involvement in World War I.

Box 4, Folder 14

November 1-15, 1918.

Physical Description: 41 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the proposed Council of States on taxation; plans for and results of the California election; the end of World War I; plans for adjustment to a peace-time economy and the rehabilitation of disabled veterans; work on war history records; possible candidates for key positions within the California Legislature.

Box 4, Folder 15

November 16-30, 1918.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Walton J. Wood, Public Defender; necessity of working against desertion among soldiers waiting to be discharged; work on war history and the assembling of names for the California Honor Roll.

Box 4, Folder 16

December 1918.

Physical Description: 31 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the conservation of war history and consideration of a possible war museum; problem of large federal holdings in California; Liberty Loan organization; bill desiring the creation of California Departments of Agriculture and Natural History.

Box 4, Folder 17

January 1919.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning war history work; suggestions for an Emergency Public Works Commission for California, to aid in postwar economic readjustment; Edwin T. Earl's death and Dickson's assumption of the editorship of the Los Angeles Express.

Box 4, Folder 18

February 1919.

Physical Description: 30 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Dickson and the editorship of the Los Angeles Express; Dickson's appointment as a delegate to the Pacific Coast Congress for a League of Nations; archeological ex-;loration of Catalina Island; Progressive Republicans and the 1920 presidential election.

Box 4, Folder 19

March-June 1919.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning changes in the Los Angeles Express under Dickson; the proposed formation of a Republican Club; the coming presidential election (1920); the highway bond issue; and statements of appreciation of American troops in France, by Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig.

Box 4, Folder 20

July-September 1919.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the planning of a reception for President Wilson in Los Angeles; a pamphlet by Emily Newell Blair on the U.S. Council of National Defense.

Box 4, Folder 21

October-December 1919.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the coming presidential election; the Los Angeles Express, introduction of E.A. Dickson to Robert Todd Lincoln.

Box 4, Folder 22

January-June 1920.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning labor problems in the publishing field; the California Institute of Technology; sentiments on the choice of Republican candidate for president, especially Herbert Hoover; the nomination of a Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from California.

Box 4, Folder 23

July-December 1920.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning work in the 1920 presidential election; the organization of the Republican Editorial Association; Warren Harding's victory and possible cabinet choices.

Letters to Edward A. Dickson--General, 1921-1928

Box 5, Folder 1

1921.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the first Lincoln Club dinner; passage of the King Tax Bill in California.

Box 5, Folder 2

1922.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the election of Friend W. Richardson and that of C.C. Young.

Box 5, Folder 3

1923.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letter and article concerning the first five U.S. presidents to die in office, including Warren G. Harding.

Box 5, Folder 4

January-July 1924.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning work of the California Interfraternity Alumni Council and Dickson's election as Council President; a letter from President Calvin Coolidge regarding the appointment of Judge McCormick.

Box 5, Folder 5

August-December 1924.

Physical Description: 21 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning city work performed on Sunday; the Interfraternity Council.

Box 5, Folder 6

January-March 1925.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning planning of traffic arteries and business district development in Los Angeles, including opposing views of the Central Business District Association and the West Wilshire Development Association.

Box 5, Folder 7

April-June 1925.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning fraternity matters; street and transportation development in Los Angeles; the Central Business District Association; letter and California State Senate bills on roads, condemnation of property for public use, government construction work, etc.

Box 5, Folder 8

July-August 1925.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Wilshire Blvd. zoning; the annual California Inheritance Tax Convention.

Box 5, Folder 9

September-December 1925.

Physical Description: 45 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning problems of newspaper sale on the streets; the text of the Criminal Syndicalism Act of California, and a discussion of its purpose; American Civil Liberties Union, I.W.W., Communist Party; Los Angeles street improvements and public transportation, including a pamphlet entitled, The Solution of the Los Angeles Station Problem, Offered by Union Pacific System... also Plan for Elevated Construction... Pacific Electric Railway.

Box 5, Folder 10

January-March 1926.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning annual Lincoln Club banquet; the financing of firemen and policemen's salaries; Wilshire Boulevard zoning election proposition.

Box 5, Folder 11

April-September 1926.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning proposed Wilshire Boulevard widening; initiative for the repeal of the California Wright Anti-Bootlegging Act.

Box 5, Folder 12

October 1-19, 1926.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and printed matter concerning various proposed amendments to the California constitution and other propositions on the November 1926 election ballot, covernin such subjects as reforestation, repeal of the Wright Anti-Bootlegging Act, Bible in the schools, legislative reapportionment, exemption of parochial schools from property taxes, judges' retirement and future service, establishment of a Judicial Council, and state taxation of commercial highway vehicles.

Box 5, Folder 13

October 20-31, 1926.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and printed matter concerning various propositions and amendments on the November 1926 election ballot, covering such subjects as the Bible in the schools, exemption of cemetery lots from taxation, legalization of race track gambling, the Wright Anti-Bootlegging Act repeal.

Box 5, Folder 14

November-December 1926.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Wilshire Boulevard; thanks from several judges and office-holders for Dickson's support in the election; Lewis R. Works' statement against choice of judges through elections.

Box 5, Folder 15

January-June 1927.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Wilshire Boulevard and other street improvements.

Box 5, Folder 16

July-December 1927.

Physical Description: 44 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Save Old Ironsides Fund; the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement stand on enforcement of the prohibition amendment; articles on the New Orleans Mardi Gras and the annual carnival in Nice; Wilshire Boulevard development; the Herbert Hoover for president movement in California.

Box 5, Folder 17

January-March 1928.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning a proposed Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Swing--Johnson bill and power development; David Lawrence's column; U.S. presidential race.

Box 5, Folder 18

April-September, 1928.

Physical Description: 52 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California Republican National Committee, Community Chest, Democratic National Convention in Houston, Catherine Phillips' book on Cornelius Cole, American Forestry Association, Pacific Southwest Tennis Championships.

Box 5, Folder 19

October 1928.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the H. Hoover presidential campaign and H. Johnson; life in the Philippines; the alleged Los Angeles political machine.

Box 5, Folder 20

November-December 1928.

Physical Description: 30 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning McNabb; Wilshire Boulevard zoning; arrangements for a visit of eminent British journalists.

Letters to Edward A. Dickson--General, 1929-1934

Box 6, Folder 1

January-February 1929.

Physical Description: 41 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Los Angeles Grand Opera Association; the Mexican land grant fraud investigation.

Box 6, Folder 2

March-April 1929.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the use of undercover investigators in prison and attacks on the Justice Department; German plans regarding conquered nations in the event of a German victory in World War I; P.H. Greer's campaign for Los Angeles Mayor.

Box 6, Folder 3

May-June 1929.

Physical Description: 39 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning Los Angeles municipal election results; the newspaper business in general, and the prospects of the Los Angeles Express in particular.

Box 6, Folder 4

July-August 1929.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the closing of the Pan-American Bank, Los Angeles (?); the dedication of the Felipe de Neve Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Box 6, Folder 5

September-December 1929.

Physical Description: 31 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Los Angeles Opera; the proposed San Diego site for a naval dirigible base.

Box 6, Folder 6

January-March 1929.

Physical Description: 32 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the dedication of the Coolidge Dam, Arizona.

Box 6, Folder 7

April-June 1930.

Physical Description: 32 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Better-American Federation; Los Angeles water problems, and alleged extravagance within the Board of Water and Power Commissioners; the Silver Lake Boulevard Project and other aspects of Los Angeles transportation.

Box 6, Folder 8

July-November 1930.

Physical Description: 27 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and printed matter concerning the Women of the Golden West and the fiesta-ball commemorating Los Angeles' founding; James Rolph, Jr.'s campaign for election as governor of California; newspaper features and comic strips, and the Los Angeles Express.

Box 6, Folder 9

1931.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning plans for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Los Angeles; Joe Crail's prospective campaign for the U.S. Senate, and the financing of same; consolidation of the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Los Angeles Express.

Box 6, Folder 10

January-May 1932.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning transportation and accomodation arrangements for delegates, including Dickson, to the 1932 Republican National Convention.

Box 6, Folder 11

July-December 1932.

Physical Description: 22 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Republican National Convention, preparations for presidential campaign, and the California Senate race.

Box 6, Folder 12

January-February 1933.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning arrangements for the exhibit of Whistler's Mother at the Los Angeles Museum; the Interfraternity Council; tributes to Abraham Lincoln.

Box 6, Folder 13

March-July 1933.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning arrangements for the exhibit of Whistler's Mother and possible future exhibit of a painting from Italy; the contract for cable to run from Boulder Creek to Los Angeles; the Conference of Governors at San Francisco.

Box 6, Folder 14

August-December 1933.

Physical Description: 28 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning California state expenditures on schools; the Los Angeles Art Association and plans for developing a Los Angeles Museum.

Box 6, Folder 15

January-June 1934.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Los Angeles Museum and the Los Angeles Art Association, reports, plans and suggestions for the development of artistic resources in Los Angeles; J.N. Darling on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and the New Deal.

Box 6, Folder 16

July-December 1934.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning architectural decoration of the new Los Angeles City Hall; a proposal for a new building to house the Los Angeles Art Museum; impressions of Pago-Pago; recommendation of Virginia Pease Hunt for State Director of Social Welfare.

Letters to Edward A. Dickson--General, 1935-1955 and n.d.

Box 7, Folder 1

1935.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning activities of the Los Angeles Art Association and suggestions for its development; the American Association of Museums and a copy of its Museum News; ideas for the organization of a Better Legislation League.

Box 7, Folder 2

1936.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning ideas for the Los Angeles Art Association; plans for the International Exhibition on Arts and Crafts to be held in Paris, 1937; activities of the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors of America, Incorporated.

Box 7, Folder 3

1937.

Physical Description: 27 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the founding of the Lincoln-Republican League and its early successes; F.D. Roosevelt; federal judicial appointments; plans of the Los Angeles Art Association.

Box 7, Folder 4

1938.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the U.S. Senate fight on the Reorganization Bill; art activities in Los Angeles.

Box 7, Folder 5

1939.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the purchase of the Earl property on Wilshire Boulevard for the use of the Los Angeles Art Association and the Otis Art Institute; organization of a Women's League to Correct Abuses in the Initiative and discussion pro and con the California initiative procedure.

Box 7, Folder 6

1940.

Physical Description: 21 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the formation of a committee by William Allen White to work for greater support of the Allies in World War II; the Historical Society of Southern California; the possible creation of a park in Palos Verdes; the Citizens' Power Commission, and an Los Angeles water bond issue.

Box 7, Folder 7

1941.

Physical Description: 32 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the appointment of Dickson to the Board of Water and Power Commissioners; Boulder Dam Agency contracts; consumer rates and possible rate cuts for water and power; the Los Angeles Art Association.

Box 7, Folder 8

1942-43.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning a proclamation denouncing Hitler's Jewish policy; the policy of the federal War Manpower Commission in keeping workers of retirement age at work; revenues of the Los Angeles coliseum.

Box 7, Folder 9

1944-45.

Physical Description: 24 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters urging that Dickson remain with the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners; an account by Dickson of the Hughes--Johnson incident during the campaign of 1916 that May have cost Hughes the presidency.

Box 7, Folder 10

1946-47.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning plans for celebrating California's centennial; the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games; the Los Angeles County Centennial Celebration organization.

Box 7, Folder 11

1948-49.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games; the Citizens Committee for a Centennial Building.

Box 7, Folder 12

1950.

Physical Description: 27 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Material concerning the early days of the Lincoln-Roosevelt League.

Box 7, Folder 13

1951-52.

Physical Description: 37 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the preparation of a time capsule containing microfilmed articles and pictures concerning aspects of life in mid-20th Century Los Angeles; obtaining bricks from Lincoln's room in the White House; financing Olympic athletes.

Box 7, Folder 14

1953-5.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Letters concerning the official visits of King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece, and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia; activities of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games.

Box 7, Folder 15

n.d.

Physical Description: 59 pieces.

Correspondence Between Others--General, 1902-1953, fragments, and n.d.

Box 8, Folder 1

1902-09.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 2

1910.

Physical Description: 23 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 3

1911.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 4

1912.

Physical Description: 36 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 5

1913-14.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 6

January-October 1915.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 7

November-December 1915.

Physical Description: 46 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 8

1916.

Physical Description: 29 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 9

January-September 1917.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 10

October-December 1917.

Physical Description: 52 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 11

1918-19.

Physical Description: 25 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 12

1921-30.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 13

1931-34.

Physical Description: 21 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 14

1935-53.

Physical Description: 36 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 15

n.d.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Box 8, Folder 16

Fragments.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Letters from Edward A. Dickson--General, 1900-1954, fragments and n.d.

Box 9, Folder 1

1900-10.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 2

1911-15.

Physical Description: 27 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 3

1916.

Physical Description: 6 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 4

1917.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 5

1918.

Physical Description: 10 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 6

1919.

Physical Description: 5 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 7

1920-27.

Physical Description: 17 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 8

1928-29.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 9

1930-39.

Physical Description: 26 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 10

1940-49.

Physical Description: 63 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 11

1950-54.

Physical Description: 20 pieces.

Box 9, Folder 12

n.d. and fragments.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

The Lincoln-Roosevelt League; [A] Historical Sketch.

Physical Description: Typescript, with holograph corrections.

Box 10, Folder 1

Chapter 1: Preliminary activities and the Los Angeles conference.

Physical Description: 39 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 2

Chapter 2: The Oakland meeting.

Physical Description: 12 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 3

Chapter 3: The campaign begins.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 4

Chapter 4: Herrin's power weakens.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 5

Chapter 5: The primary campaign.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 6

Chapter 6: The League takes over.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 7

Chapter 7: The League's legislative program.

Physical Description: 9 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Notes and manuscript material for a book to be called Political Campaigns in California, 1894-1910, stressing the gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. Typescript with holograph corrections.

Box 10, Folder 8

Chapter 1: 1894, gubernatorial election.

Physical Description: 41 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 9

Chapter 2: 1896, presidential election.

Physical Description: 51 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 10

Chapter 3: 1898, gubernatorial election.

Physical Description: 45 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 11

Chapter 4: 1900, presidential election.

Physical Description: 100 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 12

Chapter 5: 1902, gubernatorial election.

Physical Description: 79 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 13

Chapter 6: 1904, presidential election.

Physical Description: 85 pieces.

Box 10, Folder 14

Chapter 7: 1906, gubernatorial election.

Physical Description: 14 pieces.

Edward A. Dickson's Writings

Box 11, Folder 1

Bancroft's Lost Letter.

Physical Description: 7 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Bancroft's lost letter. Reprint from the Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, vol.35 no.3 (September 1953). Also typescript of parts of same.

Box 11, Folder 2

California Elections.

Physical Description: 137 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Notes on California elections, stressing the gubernatorial, ca. 1850-1950. Manuscript and typescript with holograph corrections.

Box 11, Folder 3

California Senatorial Elections.

Physical Description: 8 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Typescripts on the U.S. Senatorial elections of 1899/1900 and 1905 in California.

Box 11, Folder 4

U.S. Presidential Elections.

Physical Description: 41 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Typescripts, notes, and ephemera on U.S. presidential elections, ca. 1890-1952.

Box 11, Folder 5

Charles Evans Hughes.

Physical Description: 19 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

How Hughes lost California in 1916. Reprint from the Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 83rd Congress, Second Session, incorporated in the remarks of the Hon. Leroy Johnson of California, in the House of Representatives, August 19, 1954. Also carbon copy typescripts of the same article, and a manuscript dated June 17, 1916, on the same subject.

Box 11, Folder 6

Japan, Russia, and the Far East.

Physical Description: 13 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Notebooks compiled by Dickson on Russia, Japan, and the Far East.

Box 11, Folder 7

Hiram Johnson.

Physical Description: 3 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript and typescript statements on Hiram Johnson.

Box 11, Folder 8

Abraham Lincoln.

Physical Description: 18 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

They knew Lincoln; reminiscences by contemporaries of the great American. Chapters two through five, and seven; typescript.

Box 11, Folder 9

Abraham Lincoln.

Physical Description: 16 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Notes for and typescript of a talk to accompany a slide show on the life of Abraham Lincoln (for the slides used, see Package 1).

Box 11, Folder 10

Abraham Lincoln.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous notes on Abraham Lincoln, manuscript and typescript.

Box 11, Folder 11

Lincoln-Roosevelt League.

Physical Description: 34 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

The Lincoln-Roosevelt League--its origin and accomplishments. Typescript and manuscript. The progressive movement of 1912. Typescript and notes

Box 11, Folder 12

Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners.

Physical Description: 15 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Notes, manuscripts, and typescripts relating to water problems and the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners.

Box 11, Folder 13

Miscellaneous.

Physical Description: 33 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts and printed material on various subjects, including William Jennings Bryan, Chester Rowell, bank robbery, the University of California retirement system, Liberty Loans, the Historical Society of Southern California, and British government.

Box 11, Folder 14

Printing.

Physical Description: 44 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

The eternal flame: the life of John Gutenberg; typescript outline of a play about Gutenberg. The saga of the press; typescript with some holograph corrections, various versions and notes of a manuscript on the history of printing.

Box 11, Folder 15

Progressive Party.

Physical Description: 2 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Carbon copy typescript on the Progressive Party organization.

Box 11, Folder 16

James Rolph.

Physical Description: 7 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Rolph `write-in' clubs formed... manuscript and typescript.

Box 11, Folder 17

State Council of Defense, of California.

Physical Description: 5 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

A brief manuscript on the Council of Defense, and proofs for an article on the war history project.

Box 11, Folder 18

Woman Suffrage.

Physical Description: 11 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Susan B. Anthony, notes, manuscript, and typescript. Brief statement on the progress of woman suffrage in California.

Box 11, Folder 19

World War I.

Physical Description: 5 pieces.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript notes [for a speech?] on World War I.

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