Inventory of the Kate Crane Gartz Collection SPC.2018.004
Sharon MacNett
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
October 2018
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Kate Crane Gartz Collection
Creator:
Crane-Gartz, Kate
Creator:
Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2018.004
Physical Description:
2 boxes
Physical Description:
.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1929-1954
Abstract: The Kate Crane Gartz Collection contains a wide array of personal papers including correspondence, poems, clippings, activism
ephemera, drafts and information related to her published travel diary "Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz," and photographs.
The materials were collected by her friend and colleague, John Weatherwax. This collection is now part of the
John M. Weatherwax Collection and can be found under
Series V: Kate Crane Gartz
Language of Material:
English
.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, poems, clippings and other documents related to communism and political activism,
photographs, and a rough draft of Crane Gartz's travel diary.
Biographical / Historical
Kate Crane Gartz was born Katherine Elizabeth Crane in 1865 to the wealthy Crane family, who made their fortune in ironworks.
Crane Gartz grew up in Chicago, where she became familiar with Jane Addams' Hull House, to which her father donated money.
Early exposure to the contrast of her own affluence with the poverty of those in Chicago's tenement district led Crane Gartz
to dedicate much of her life to philanthropy and communism. She moved to Altadena, California, in 1907, where she lived until
her death in 1949. Crane Gartz hosted weekly salons for leftist and intellectual discussions in her Altadena home, The Cloisters.
She wrote extensively and published several books.
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Sharon MacNett, 2018.
Related Materials
The CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections also contains several published works by Kate Crane
Gartz: The Parlor Provocateur or From Salon to Soap-Box: The Letters of Kate Crane Gartz (1923), A Woman and War (1928), Around
the World with Kate Crane Gartz (1929), Seventh Book (circa 1930s), Realistic Rhythms (1942), Letters of Protest (no date),
and More Letters (no date).
Related Materials
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Labor unions -- United States
Labor movement
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Altadena (Calif.)
box 1, folder 1
League of Nations Association clippings, newsletters, circulars
1929-1954
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 2
"Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz" drafts and author notes
circa 1930s
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 3
Correspondence with John Weatherwax
1933-1945
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 4
Correspondence with Ralph M. Easley of National Civic Federation
August 27-31, 1935
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 5
Louise Todd case write-in campaign
October - November 1935
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 6
Personal correspondence
1935-1944, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 7
Correspondence related to communism
1935-1953
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence regarding radio station KFVD
1939-1940
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 9
"Around the World with Kate Crane Gartz" illustration proofs, invoices, correspondence
1939-1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 10
Correspondence related to Los Angeles area activism
1939-1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 11
Correspondence and mailings related to World War II
1939-1944
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 12
Poems by Kate Crane Gartz
1939-1948, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence with Culbert Olson
September 25 - December 2, 1940
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 14
Estimates and invoices for printing and literature
1940-1941
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 15
Personal papers
1940-1948, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 16
Solicitations for donations to support leftist political and legal campaigns
1940-1949
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 17
Telegrams from Kate Crane Gartz et al. regarding Sam Darcy, Earl Browder, Helen Miller cases
June - August 1941
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 18
The United States News magazine
August 22, 1941
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 19
Handmade mock-up of book Dear Mr. President
1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 20
Handwritten speaking notes
1942, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 21
Literature from the Robert De Bruce School of The Eye
January 19, 1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 22
Correspondence and post office documents regarding a lost letter and check sent to John Weatherwax by Kate Crane Gartz
June-July 1942
Language of Material: English.
box 1, folder 23
Correspondence with John G. Moore
1943
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 1
Legislative Letter: National and California Editions
1943-1948
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 2
John Weatherwax's personal correspondence
1943-1948, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 3
Writings by Elsie Long
1943, undated
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 4
"KCG of the Crane Family," family history and biography of Kate Crane Gartz
December 1944
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 5
Declarations of Trust for Kate Crane Gartz Foundation, Emmett Thompson Foundation, and Muhlenberg Foundation
1944-1947
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 6
United Nations Information Office: "After Signing a Charter" packet
circa 1945
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 7
Reading lists by H.E. Haines
1947-1948
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 8
American Friends Service Committee, Peace Service Bulletin
March - April 1948
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 9
Correspondence regarding Erven Jourdan's film Toward World Peace
June 1948
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 10
"Some of her political sayings" and praise for Kate Crane Gartz
undated
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11
Photographs
undated
Language of Material: English.
