Crotty (Homer D.) Papers and Addenda, 1859-2011

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Summary

Title:: Homer D. Crotty Papers and Addenda
Dates:: 1859-2011
Creators:: Crotty, Homer D. and Crotty, Ida, 1910-2000
Abstract:: This collection contains the personal and professional papers of California lawyer, philanthropist, and book collector Homer D. Crotty (1899-1972) and his wife, Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty (1910-2000).
Extent:: 122 Linear Feet (approximately 250 boxes, 9 maps, and 22 volumes)
Language:: Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Homer D. Crotty Papers and Addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda are one unified collection of papers with two separate organizational schemes.

The Homer D. Crotty papers were organized in accordance to the original order as received by The Huntington Library and without any series designations. The papers consists primarily of Homer D. Crotty's business and organization papers, including agreements, bylaws, clippings, correspondence, financial records, insurance records, invitations, lists, memorandums, minutes, notes, pamphlets, photos, programs, receipts, reports, speeches, tax records, time sheets, typescripts, and writings. The papers also include a small amount of education and personal records.

The addenda is organized into three series: 1) Personal papers 2)Organizations 3)Oversize

Personal papers include records related to the personal lives of Homer and Ida Crotty, such as correspondence, book catalogs, birth certificates, death certificates, diaries, passports, photos, notebooks, speeches, travel ephemeral, and writings. This series is arranged alphabetically by genre.

Organization records document the creators' participation in various clubs, charities, legal associations, and nonprofit organizations. This series is arranged alphabetically by organization name.

Oversize items include architectural drawings, lecture notes, letter books (correspondence), photos, prints, and textbooks. This series is arranged by item size.

Biographical / historical:

Homer D. Crotty (March 15, 1899 – March 29, 1972) was an American lawyer based in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in Oakland, California, by Daniel and Mary Frances Crotty, Homer was the older of two children. After graduating from Oakland's public school system, Homer received his B.A. (1920) and J.D. (1922) from the University of California and LL.M. from Harvard Law School (1923). Later in life he was awarded honorary degrees from Trinity College, Dublin (LL.D. in 1960) and California Western University (L.H.D. in 1964). In 1922 he was admitted into the State Bar of California. In August 1923, Homer was hired as an associate attorney by Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher in Los Angeles. He became a senior partner of the firm in 1931 and handled a number of important assignments, including the Richfield Oil Corporation Receivership during the Great Depression era. Homer was also an active member of the State Bar of California, serving as a member and chairman of the Committee of Bar Examiners from 1942-1947, member of the Board of Governors from 1948-1951, and as President of the State Bar from 1950-1951. Other organizations he was involved in were the American Bar Association (Chairman of the Section on Legal Education), the American Law Institute, Los Angeles County Bar Association, the American Judicature Society, the Selden Society, the American Society of International Law, the International Bar Association, the Chancery Club, and the American Bar Foundation. In addition to his legal duties, Homer was known for his interests in civic affairs and book collecting. He was a charter member of the Friends (1939-1957) and chairman of the Board of Trustees (1957-1972) of the Huntington Library, director of the California Historical Society, trustee of the Claremont Colleges (1941-1972), president of Southwest Museum (1945-1971), director of Lloyd Corporation (1953-1971), and member of the California, Jonathan, Sunset, Grolier, and Zamorano clubs.

Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty (November 7, 1910 – September 3, 2000) was the wife of Homer D. Crotty. Born in Portland, Oregon, Ida was the youngest of four daughters of Ralph B. Lloyd and Lulu Nettie Hull Lloyd. She attended Marlborough School in Los Angeles and received her B.Ed. in Art from UCLA in 1933. She and Homer were married in 1934, and they had two daughters (Anne and Mary) and two sons (Daniel and Peter). Throughout her lifetime Ida Hull was actively engaged in various philanthropic and civic works. She has made monetary donations to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory for earthquake studies, construction of the Lloyd House (a Caltech student dormitory), endowment of the Concert Master's Chair at the Pasadena Symphony Association, and numerous financial and book donations to the Huntington Library and other cultural and charitable institutions. She has served as a board member of the Honnold Library at Claremont Colleges, member of the Board of Trustees of the Huntington Library, founding member of the Los Angeles Music Center, and trustee of the Ralph B. Lloyd Foundation.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty, December 1990. The addenda was added in November 2006, May 2008, and May 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the following series:

Papers
Addenda--personal papers
Addenda--organizations
Addenda--oversize

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Acquisitions (Libraries)
Admission to the bar -- California
Admission to the bar -- United States
Bar examinations -- California
Benefactors -- United States
Book collecting -- United States
Book collectors -- United States
Book selection.
Booksellers and bookselling -- United States -- Correspondence
Charity organization.
Civil defense -- California
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Water rights.
Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Law and legislation -- United States
Corporate reorganizations -- California
Corporation law -- California
Foreign trade regulation -- United States
Fund raising
Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation -- United States
Interstate commerce -- Law and legislation -- United States
Law -- Study and teaching -- California
Law libraries -- California
Law schools -- California
Lawyers -- California -- Los Angele -- Archives
Lawyers -- Specialties and specialists -- United States
Lawyers -- United States
Library benefactors
Library trustees -- United States
Oil fields -- California -- Ventura County
Oil wells -- California -- Ventura County
Petroleum industry and trade -- California
Rare books.
Securities industry -- Law and legislation -- California
Shopping malls -- Design and construction.
Travel -- Europe.
United States. Constitution -- Study and teaching.
Voluntarism -- California
War and emergency legislation -- California
Water-supply -- California
Letters (correspondence)--United States
Personal papers -- United States -- 20th century
Photographs -- 20th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 20th century
Names:: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges
Ackerman, Page, -2006
Bliss, Carey S.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Places:: California -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portland (Or.)
San Marino (Calif.)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Li Wei Yang.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-08 14:13:11 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Homer D. Crotty Papers and Addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

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San Marino, CA 91108, US