Guide to the Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection
2015
San Joaquin County Historical Society
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95241
Phone: (209) 331-2055
Fax: (209) 331-2057
URL: http://www.sanjoaquinhistory.org/
Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection, 1849-1976
Collection number: MS29
San Joaquin County Historical Society- Processed by:
- Matthew Keeling
- Date Completed:
- 2015
- Encoded by:
- Leigh Johnsen
San Joaquin County Historical Society. All rights reserved.
Title: Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection
Date: 1849-1976
Collection Number: MS29
Location:
Erickson Vault
Extent:
2.1 linear feet
Contributing Institution:
San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
11793 North Micke Grove Road
Lodi, CA 95240
Language of Material: Records written in English
Abstract: The Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection includes family papers, documents and articles about San Joaquin County politics
and business, and books collected by Darrah, a noted attorney and political figure in San Joaquin County during the middle
of the twentieth century.
Access Information
Collection is open for research by appointment.
Conditions of Use
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Preferred citation: [Item name], Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection, MS29, San Joaquin County Historical Society and
Museum, Lodi, California.
Guard Clement Darrah (1895-1987) was born in Lodi, California. In 1914, he graduated from Stockton High School. During the
First World War, he served in France with the American Expeditionary Force. Returning home, he entered Stanford University,
which awarded him bachelors and law degrees in 1920 and 1922, respectively. For the next four years, Darrah practiced law
in Stockton and in 1926 was elected district attorney of San Joaquin County. A Democrat, Darrah also held a post on the San
Joaquin County Planning Commission and ran unsuccessful campaigns to become judge on the California Superior Court (1938)
and to serve in the California State Assembly (1960). Darrah married Lois Bertha Stroup (1899-1991), another San Joaquin County
native, in 1922.
The Guard Clement Darrah Politics Collection includes a variety of books from Darrah's personal library that date from 1849
to 1976, as well as family documents and articles and papers related to San Joaquin County business and politics from 1889
to the 1930s.
Darrah, Guard Clement (1895-1987)
Darrah, Lois Bertha Stroup (1899-1991)
San Joaquin County (Calif.)--History
San Joaquin County (Calif.). Superior Court