Robinson (Henry Mauris) Papers, 1862-1946, bulk 1917-1937

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Summary

Title:
Henry Mauris Robinson papers
Dates:
1862-1946, bulk 1917-1937
Creators:
Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937
Abstract:
A collection of professional, political, business, and personal papers related to Henry Mauris Robinson, American lawyer and banker.
Extent:
20.58 Linear Feet (16 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Henry Mauris Robinson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of approximately 970 items from 1862 to 1946, it consists of the professional, political, business and personal papers and correspondence of Henry Mauris Robinson. The main focus of the collection is his work with the President's Second Industrial Conference, Bituminous Coal Commission, President's Conference on Unemployment, and his involvement in the presidential campaign of Herbert Hoover in 1920. The correspondence includes carbon copies of his outgoing correspondence and signed first copies of letters addressed to him. Correspondents include Harry A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Herbert N. Shenton, Joseph P. Tumulty, and others. Also included is a group of 25 Civil War letters of Henry Robinson's father, George Foreman Robinson who enlisted for three months in Company F., 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Upon expiration of the term, he re-enlisted as 1st Sergeant of Company F., 80th Ohio Infantry, rising to the ranks of Lieutenant and then Captain. He took part in the Northern Mississippi Campaign, including battles of Yuka, Corinth, and Vicksburg. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Missionary Ridge and was honorably discharged as a paroled prisoner of war in 1865. Letters were posted from February 1862 to early October 1864 from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina, including some items written during the siege of Vicksburg. The letters are addressed mainly to his sister, Emma H. Robinson and discuss camp life, military operations, war news, and war politics. The collection also includes certificates, printed material, and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Mauris Robinson (1868-1937) was a lawyer and banker. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, son of George Foreman Robinson (1844-1917), judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 2nd subdivision of the Judicial District of Ohio. Henry Mauris Robinson was educated at Western Reserve Academy and Cornell University and practiced law in Ohio and New York City before moving to Southern California in 1905, where he was admitted to the California bar. He was Chairman of the Board of Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles and also was on boards of directors of numerous Southern California corporations and institutions, including the Henry E. Huntington Library. From 1917 until 1927, he served on the Council of National Defense; the Supreme Economic Council of Peace in Paris; the U.S. Shipping Board; the International Labor Conference; the President's Industrial Conference; the Bituminous Coal Commission; the Unemployment Conference; and the International Economic Conference at Geneva.

Acquisition information:
Gifts of Henry Mauris Robinson, 1929-1940.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy summary report.

Arrangement:

Organized in the following manner: 1. President's Second Industrial Conference; 2. Bituminous Coal Commission; 3. President's Conference on Unemployment; 4. Correspondence; 5. Speeches, articles, commencement addresses; 6. Annual reports to stockholders of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles; 7. Civil War letters of George Foreman Robinson; 8. Printed material and ephemera.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-06-06 13:37:52 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Henry Mauris Robinson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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