Charles Dwight Willard Papers: Finding Aid mssWI
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
January 2021
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
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Note
Finding aid last updated by Melissa Haley on October 7, 2022.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Charles Dwight Willard papers
Creator:
Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914
Identifier/Call Number: mssWI
Physical Description:
8 Linear Feet
(11 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1878-1913
Abstract: A collection of personal and professional material related to Charles Dwight Willard, American newspaperman, author, and publicity
director.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Charles Dwight Willard papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Clements, September 1942, June 1943, and May 1947. Gifts of Florence Willard Ryerson Clements,
June 1949, September 1962, and January 1969.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Dwight Willard (1866-1914) was a newspaperman, author, and publicity director; he was born in Illinois and graduated
from the University of Michigan in 1883. He moved to California and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the
Herald newspapers. In 1891, he became secretary of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and in 1894 Willard started the magazine,
The Land of Sunshine, which was soon taken over by Charles Fletcher Lummis. In 1897, he was made manager of the Los Angeles
Express newspaper. Willard died on January 22, 1914.
Scope and Contents
A collection of 749 items from 1878 to 1913, which consists of letters, manuscripts, a diary, documents and photographs related
to the life and business activities of Charles Dwight Willard. Much of the collection relates to family matters and Willard's
college career at the University of Michigan from 1879 to 1883. There is also material about the Los Angeles Herald, approximately
1889 to 1890, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, approximately 1891 to 1895, the Land of Sunshine magazine, approximately
1894, and the railroad strike of 1894.
The collection contains 12 letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Dwight Willard concerning politics; items are dated
1911 February 13, 1911 June 27, 1911 August 18, 1911 September 15, 1911 October 28, 1911 December 11, 1912 January 30, 1912
February 29, 1912 August 15, 1912 November 14, 1913 January 3, and 1913 April 12 (WI 578-589).
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1950-1970. In 2021, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy
summary report. In 2022, Melissa Haley enhanced description of the presidential material present in the collection as part
of the American Presidential Papers Project.
General
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssWI 1-640.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Publishers and publishing -- California -- Los Angeles
Railroad Strike, Calif., 1894
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- Los Angeles
Letters (correspondence) -- Michigan
Personal papers -- California -- Los Angeles
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
University of Michigan
Los Angeles evening herald and express
Box 11
Addenda
Scope and Contents
This uncataloged material includes genealogical and biographical papers, correspondence, a diary, and photographs.
Folder 1
Clippings and printed material
