Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records, 1904-1919

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Summary

Title:
Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records
Dates:
1904-1919
Creators:
Uncle Sam Republican League Club.
Abstract:
This collection contains items pertaining to the Uncle Sam Republican League Club, including administrative documents, membership information, meeting minutes and financial information.
Extent:
0.5 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records, MS 283, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains documents of the Uncle Sam Republican League Club from its founding to its dissolution (1904-1912). Highlights include the Certificate of Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, membership listings, meeting minutes, banking documents and bills and receipts.

Biographical / historical:

The Uncle Sam Republican League Club, also known as the Union League Club of San Diego, was founded in 1904. It was a socio-political organization founded in the spirit of the Union League Clubs that sprung up in support of the Republican Party in the Civil War and Post-Civil War era (these were also called “loyal leagues”). The purpose of the Uncle Sam Republican League Club, as stated in its founding documents, was “to promote the interest of good government by every honorable means, and particularly through the Republican Party” and “to furnish entertainment and to promote the social welfare of the members.” Membership requirements were simple; the candidate had to be a “straight” Republican and a resident of San Diego County. Many prominent local Republicans were board members. Among them were Leroy A. Wright, a California state Senator and founding Vice-President of the San Diego Historical Society, and William Clayton, a manager of the Spreckels companies and President of the San Diego and Cuyamaca Railway Co. Also in the group were D. B. Northrup, San Diego County Physician, C. L. Williams, President of First National Bank, and Homer Peters, President of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego (now Scripps Institute of Oceanography). A handful of Union League Clubs in major metropolitan areas survive into the 21st century and have been very influential in civic projects in the past, but San Diego’s club was short-lived. It was formally dissolved February 14, 1912, less than eight years after its inception.

Processing information:

Collection processed by Jennifer Ho on December 7, 2011.

Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Arrangement:

Items in collection are arranged by subject.

Physical / technical requirements:

The covers of the Meeting Minutes record book are prone to shedding. (December 7, 2011)

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Jennifer Ho
Sponsor:
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Date Prepared:
December 7, 2011
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-01-08T15:20-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.

Preferred citation:

Uncle Sam Republican League Club Records, MS 283, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Location of this collection:
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA 92101, US
Contact:
(619) 232-6203
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