Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975
- Abstract:
- This collection contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican Party, the Progressive Party, and as an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator. Principal correspondents include Hubert Howe Bancroft, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, Edgar Augustine Lucie, Martin Madsen, Frank Finley Merriam, Raymond W. Miller, George Cooper Pardee, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Allerton Shurtleff, Justus S. Wardell, and Clement Calhoun Young.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 2 boxes, 4 cartons and 1 oversize folder Linear feet: 5.85
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican Party, the Progressive Party, and unsuccessful candidate for elective (and appointive) office. Some of his papers relate to his career as a farmer. There are also typed copies of Bancroft's speeches, which primarily concern political lobbying for agricultural interests, transcripts of proceedings, campaign memorabilia, clippings, and miscellaneous other Papers. Personal information about Philip Bancroft is contained in a record of his childhood (1881-1891), kept by his mother.
- Biographical / historical:
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Philip Bancroft was born in San Francisco in 1881, the son of Hubert Howe and Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft. He attended Harvard Law School and Hastings College of the Law, graduating from the latter in 1905. He then established a law practice in San Francisco and soon became interested in politics. In 1908 he was elected a delegate to the Republican National Convention. In 1912 he was elected again to their convention where he became a member of the Progressive National Convention formed to nominate Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W. Johnson. Following Army service in World War I, he decided to become a full-time farmer on his ranch in Walnut Creek, California. He was a member and officer of numerous agricultural organizations including the Associated Farmers of Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Walnut Growers' Association and the California Pear Growers' Association. In 1938 and 1944 he was the Republican nominee for the office of United States Senator from California. He died in 1975.
- Acquisition information:
- The Philip Bancroft Papers were donated to The Bancroft Library in 1962, with additions made in 1964.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481