Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Franklin Hichborn Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1869-1964,
Date (bulk): 1890-1940
Collection number: 1242
Creator:
Hichborn, Franklin, 1868-1964
Extent: 332 boxes (166 linear ft.)
13 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Franklin Hichborn (1868-1964) was a legislative reporter in Sacramento for the
San Francisco Examiner (1897-1951), a advocate for public ownership of public utilities, and a trustee for the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes
Foundation. Boxes 1-184 include correspondence, articles, speeches, reports, financial records, legal records, and clippings
related to California politics and the activities of journalist Franklin Hichborn, including the Francisco Graft prosecutions,
the Francis J. Heny campaign (1909) and Heney League, the Progressive and Reform movements, Rudolph Spreckles, and the water
and power campaign (1924).
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
PARTIALLY PROCESSED COLLECTION UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: except for boxes 1-184. Inquiries regarding these materials should be
directed, in writing, to the Manuscripts Librarian, UCLA Department of Special Collections.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Franklin Hichborn Papers (Collection 1242). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Hichborn was born in Eureka, California, 1868; legislative reporter,
San Francisco Examiner, 1897; covered Sacramento for
Examiner until 1951; wrote
The story of the California Legislature of 1909 as well as subsequent editions in 1911, 1913, 1915, 1921; published
The system (1915); advocate for public ownership of public utilities; trustee, John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation; married
Mabel Houlton and had three daughters; died December 29, 1963.
Scope and Content
Boxes 1-184 include correspondence, articles, speeches, reports, financial records, legal records, and clippings related to
California politics and the activities of journalist Franklin Hichborn, including the Francisco Graft prosecutions, the Francis
J. Heny campaign (1909) and Heney League, the Progressive and Reform movements, Rudolph Spreckles, and the water and power
campaign (1924).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Hichborn, Franklin, 1868-1964--Archives.
Heney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1859-1937.
Spreckles, Rudolph.
Journalists--California--Archival resources.
Law--Cases--Archival resources.
Progressivism (United States politics).
Public utilities--California.
California--Politics and government.