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Title: Homer D. Crotty Papers and Addenda
Dates (inclusive): 1859-2011
Collection Number: mssCrotty papers and addenda
Creator:
Crotty, Homer D.,
Crotty, Homer D., Mrs.
Extent:
22,236 pieces in 183 boxes.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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).
Language: English.
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[Identification of item]. Homer D. Crotty Papers and Addenda, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty, December 1990. The addenda was added in November 2006, May 2008, and May 2011.
Biographical Note of Homer D. Crotty
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.
Biographical Note of Ida Hull Lloyd Crotty
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.
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.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Papers
- Addenda--personal papers
- Addenda--organizations
- Addenda--oversize
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Crotty, Homer
D.
Crotty, Ida Hull
Lloyd
Ackerman, Page, d.
2006
Adams, Thomas Randolph,
1921-2008
American Bar
Association.
American Bar
Association. Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
American Bar Center.
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
American Bar
Foundation
American Judicature
Society
American Law
Institute.
American Society for
Legal History
American Society of
International Law.
Anderson, J. N. D.
(James Norman Dalrymple), Sir, 1908-
Andrews, Fletcher R.
(Fletcher Reed)
Angell, Homer
D.
Aspey, Stacy
H.
Assistance League of
Southern California
Association of
Independent California Colleges and Universities
Atlantic Richfield
Co.
Avery, R. Stanton,
1907-
Avery Products
Corporation
Ayer, Charles Fanning,
1865-1956.
Baker, North,
1912-1991
Baldwin, Hanson
Weightman, 1903-1991
Ballantine, Henry
Winthrop, 1880-1951
Barnum, Cyrus P.,
1914-
Barr, Richard L.
(Richard Lewis), 1956-
Barrett, Clifton
Waller, 1901-
Barwick, Garfield, Sir,
1903-
Bator, Paul
Baughman, Roland Orvil,
1902-1967
Bechtel, Edwin DeTurck,
1880-1957
Bender, J. Terry (John
Terry)
Benson, George C. S.
(George Charles Sumner), 1908-1999
Bentley, Gerald Eades,
1901-1994
Bibliographical Society
of America
Biggs, Donald C.
(Donald Clair), 1927-
Bliss, Carey
S.
Blodgett, Peter J.
(Peter John), 1954-
Blum, Virgil
C.
Bond, W. H. (William
Henry), 1915-2005
Borgeson, Earl
C.
Boyd, Julian P. (Julian
Parks), 1903-1980
Bradway, John S. (John
Saeger), 1890-1985
Brand, George
E.
Brandt, Karl,
1899-1975
Brashear, Ronald,
1954-
Breitel, Charles
D.
British Institute of
International and Comparative Law.
Brucker, Wilber Marion,
1894-1968
Bureau for
Intercultural Education (U.S.)
Burgess, Kenneth
Farwell, b. 1887
Burke, Louis H.,
1905-
Burke, Martin
J.
Cahill, Arthur James,
1878-1970
California. Disaster
Office
California. Division of
Corporations
California. Franchise
Tax Board
California.
Legislature. Assembly
California. Office of
Civil Defense
California. Secretary
of State
California. Superior
Court (Los Angeles County)
California Alumni
Association
California Arboretum
Foundation
California Club (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
California Code
Commission
California Historical
Society
California Institute of
Technology.
California State
University, Fullerton. University Library. Special Collections
Section
California State
University, San Bernardino
California Student Bar
Association
Carrington,
Paul
Case, Lee O. (Lee
Owen), 1895-
Casner, A. James
(Andrew James), 1907-1990
Catholic Church.
Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.)
Chapel, Charles Edward,
1904-1967
Chappell, R. Harvey
(Robert Harvey), 1926-
Cheatham, Elliott
Evans, 1888-1972
Christianson, Gale
E.
Christol, Carl Quimby,
1913-
Claremont Campus
Corporation
Claremont
Colleges
Claremont Graduate
School
Claremont McKenna
College
Clifford, Henry
H.
Cockerill, Orville P.
(Orville Porter), b. 1875
Coffman, Lynn Dale,
1905-
Cohen, George
W.
Cole, Arthur Harrison,
1889-1974
Committee for the
Defense of the Constitution
Coons, Arthur Gardiner,
1900-1968
Corwin, Edward Samuel,
1878-1963
Council on Foreign
Relations.
Countryman,
Vern
Crotty, Anne
L.
Crotty, Daniel
L.
Crowther, Geoffrey,
Sir, 1907-
Currie,
Brainerd
Cutter, R. Ammi
(Richard Ammi), b. 1902
Darrell,
Norris
Davidson, Alexander,
Jr.
Davies, David William,
1908-
Davies, Godfrey,
1892-1957
Davis, Edna Elizabeth
Lloyd
Dawson, Ernest,
1881-1947
Dawson, Glen,
1912-
Dean, Arthur
H.
Decker, Charles L.
(Charles Lowman), 1906-1983
Dentzel, Carl
S.
Dimock, E. J. (Edward
Jordan), b. 1890
Dougan, Robert
O.
Drinan, Robert
F.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee
Alvin), 1901-1994.
Dumke, Glenn
S.
Duschnes, Philip
C.
Earl Warren Legal
Institute
Earle, Homer
P.
Edgerton, Henry White,
1888-1970
Elliott, Shelden D.
(Shelden Douglass), 1906-
Ely, Northcutt,
1903-
Erburu, Robert
F.
Evans, Herbert M.
(Herbert McLean), 1882-1971
Evans, Orrin B.,
1910-
Federal Reserve Bank of
New York
Fisher, Harold H.
(Harold Henry), 1890-
Fisk, Helen G. (Helen
Graves), 1895-1986
Ford, Leland
M.
Fordham, Jefferson
Barnes
Forkosch, Morris
D.
Frankfurter, Felix,
1882-1965
Fuller, Lon L. (Lon
Luvois), 1902-1978
Gambrell, E. Smythe
(Enoch Smythe), 1896-1986
Gellhorn, Walter,
1906-1995
George Harding's
Bookshop
Gibson, Dunn and
Crutcher
Gimbel
Brothers
Goodrich, Herbert F.
(Herbert Funk), 1889-1962
Goodspeed's Book Shop
(Boston, Mass.)
Greater Los Angeles Zoo
Association
Griswold, Erwin N.
(Erwin Nathaniel), 1904-1994
Grolier Club
Hackworth, Green
Haywood, 1883-1973
Hagedorn, Hermann,
1882-1964.
Hale, William G.
(William Green), b. 1881
Hall, Livingston,
1903-
Harmon, Reginald Carl,
1900-1992
Harmsen, Tyrus
G.
Harno, Albert James,
1889-1966
Harnwell, G. P.
(Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982
Harper, Lawrence A.
(Lawrence Averell), 1901-
Hart, James D. (James
David), 1911-1990
Harvard Law Review
Association
Harvard Law
School.
Harvey Mudd
College
Hastings, Robert P.
(Robert Pusey), 1910-1996
Havighurst, Harold
Canfield, 1897-
Hazard, Geoffrey
C.
Heiskell, Charles
L.
Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery.
Hereford, Rockwell,
1902-
Herring, Hubert
Clinton, 1889-1967
Hertzberger,
Menno
Hervey, John G. (John
Gaines), 1900-1975
Heuston, R. F.
V.
Hickman, George W.
(George Washington), 1904-1993
Hillings, Patrick J.,
1923-
Hogan, John C. (John
Charles)
Holbrook, James G.,
1900-1972
Holt, J.
(Joseph)
Honnold Library for the
Associated Colleges
Hoover, Herbert,
1874-1964.
Hopkins, Bert Earl,
1902-1989
Horack, Frank E. (Frank
Edward), 1907-
Horn, Andrew H. (Andrew
Harlis), 1914-1983
Horton, Barbara Curtis,
1917-
Howell, Warren
R.
Hubble, Edwin Powell,
1889-1953
Hubble, Grace Burke, d.
1980
Hudson, Manley O.
(Manley Ottmer), 1886-1960
Hull, Suzanne W.,
1921-
Humboldt State
University
Humphrey, Hubert H.
(Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Huxley, Aldous,
1894-1963
Hyde, Laurance M.
(Laurance Mastick), 1892-1978
Inter-American Bar
Association.
International
Association of Law Libraries
International Bar
Association
J. Walter Thompson
Company
Jacobstein, J.
Myron
Jameson, William James,
1898-
Jenner, Albert
E.
Jessup, Philip C.
(Philip Caryl), 1897-1986
John Grant
Booksellers
John Howell Books (San
Francisco, Calif.)
Johnson,
Gardiner
Johnston, Joseph
F.
Joiner, Charles W.
(Charles Wycliffe), 1916-
Joint Committee on
Continuing Legal Education (U.S.)
Jonathan
Club
Jones, Edgar A. (Edgar
Allan), 1921-
Jordan, Frank M. (Frank
Morrill), 1888-1970
Jorgensen, Albert N.
(Albert Nels), 1899-1978
Junior League of
Pasadena
Jutzi, Alan H.,
1945-
Kaiser, Edgar F. (Edgar
Fosburgh), 1908-1981
Karlen,
Delmar
Keeney, Barnaby C.
(Barnaby Conrad), 1914-1980
Kelly, Patrick D.,
1924-
Kilpatrick,
Vernon
Kingsley, Robert,
1903-
Kuchel, Thomas
H.
Kurutz, Gary
F.
Lane, Clayton,
1895-
Largent, David
L.
Lattimore, Owen,
1900-1989
Latty, Elvin R. (Elvin
Remus), 1903-
Laws, Bolitha
J.
Lea, Clarence
Frederick, 1874-1964
Leaphart, C. W.
(Charles W.), 1883-1978
Leary, John
C.
Leflar, Robert A.
(Robert Allen), 1901-1997
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut,
1903-
Levi, Edward H. (Edward
Hirsch), 1911-2000
Lindstrom, Ralph G.
(Ralph Godfrey), 1891-
Little, Herbert S.
(Herbert Satterthwaite), 1902-1972
Lloyd, Ralph
B.
Lloyd
Corporation
Lockhart, William
B.
Loeb, John Langeloth,
1930-
Logan, James
K.
Los Angeles Bar
Association
Los Angeles County Law
Library (Calif.)
Los Angeles County
Museum
Los Angeles World
Affairs Council
Lovett, Hobart
M.
Lyman, Richard
W.
Lyons, F. S. L.
(Francis Stewart Leland), 1923-
MacChesney, Brunson,
1909-
MacMurray College,
Jacksonville, Ill.
Maggs, Douglas Blount,
1899-1962
Maggs Bros.
Malone, Ross L. (Ross
Lynn), 1910-1974
Marlborough School (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
Mason, Edward S.
(Edward Sagendorph), 1899-1992
Mathews, Robert E.
(Robert Elden), b. 1894
Maw, Carlyle
E.
McClean, Harry
J.
McCoy, Philbrick, b.
1897
McIntyre, Donald
M.
McKay, George L.
(George Leslie), 1895-1976
McKnight, Joseph
Webb
McManus, Martin
J.
McQuillen,
K.
Mechem, Philip,
1892-1969
Merker, K. K.,
1932-
Middlekauff,
Robert
Miller, Robert
N.
Miller, Vernon
X.
Milliken, William
Mathewson, 1889-1978
Mitchell, Thomas N.,
1939-
Moffett, William
A.
Moore, T. C.
Kingsmill
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry
Sturgis), 1900-1982
Morgan, Junius
Spencer
Mosk, Stanley,
1912-2001
Mount Wilson
Observatory
Mulder, John E.,
1904-1966
Muse, William T.
(William Taylor), 1906-
Music Center of Los
Angeles County
Nevins, Allan,
1890-1971
Newman, Frank
C.
Nygren, Edward
J.
O'Gara, Gerald J.,
1902-1989
O'Melveny and
Myers
O'Melveny,
John
O’Meara, Joseph,
1898-
P. and D. Colnaghi and
Co.
Page, James Rathwell,
1884-1962
Papantonio,
Michael
Pasadena Museum
Association
Pasadena Museum of
Art
Pasadena Symphony
Orchestra
Patterson, Giles J.
(Giles Jared), b. 1885
Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky and Walker
Peck, H. Austin (Henry
Austin)
Pepper, George Wharton,
1867-1961
Phleger, Herman,
1890-1984
Pierpont Morgan
Library
Platt, Joseph B.,
1915-
Pollard, William G.
(William Grosvenor), 1911-1989.
Pomerene, Atlee,
1863-1937
Pomeroy, Elizabeth
W.
Pomfret, John E. (John
Edwin), 1898-1981
Portland Art Museum
(Or.)
Pound, Roscoe,
1870-1964
Proehl, Paul
O.
Prosser, William L.
(William Lloyd), 1898-1972
Rarick, Joseph
F.
Re, Edward Domenic,
1920-
Rhodes, Kenneth O.,
1912-2005
Rhyne, Charles S.,
1912-2003
Ribble, F. D. G.
(Frederick Deane Goodwin), 1898-1970
Rice, David
E.
Rix, Carl B. (Carl
Barnett), 1878-1963
Roalfe, William
R.
Rochester, George
W.
Rogers, William P.
(William Pierce), 1913-2001
Rose, Nelson Peabody,
1909-1985
Rothwell, Charles
Easton, 1902-
Sacks, Howard
R.
San Marino (Calif.).
Mayor
San Marino Citizens
Recreation Committee
San Pasqual
Press
Schad, Robert O.
(Robert Oliver), 1900-
Schnader, William A.
(William Abraham), 1886-1968
Schwebel, Stephen M.
(Stephen Myron), 1929-
Schweppe, Alfred John,
1895-1988
Scripps
College
Segal, Bernard G.
(Bernard Gerard), 1907-1997
Seitz, Reynolds C.
(Reynolds Charles), 1909-
Selden
Society
Seven Gables
Bookshop
Seward, George C.,
1910-
Shaffer, Ellen,
1904-
Shafroth, Will, b.
1894
Shumate,
Albert
Skotheim, Robert
Allen
Sloog,
Maurice
Smith, G. Herbert
(George Herbert), 1904-
Smith, Reginald Heber,
1889-1966
Smith, Sylvester C.
(Sylvester Comstock), b. 1894.
Smith, Thomas Vernor,
1890-1964.
Smith, William French,
1917-
Smith, Wm. Bradford
(William Bradford)
Social Science Research
Council (U.S.). Committee on Research in Economic History
Southern California
Council of Inter-American Affairs
Southwest Museum (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
Spalding, Keith,
1913-
Sproul, Robert Gordon,
1891-1975
Stason, E. Blythe
(Edwin Blythe), 1891-1972
State Bar of
California
State Bar of
California. Board of Governors
State Bar of
California. Committee of Bar Examiners
Sterling, J. E. Wallace
(John Ewart Wallace), 1906-1985
Stern, William B.
(William Bernhard), 1910-1972
Stevenson, John
R.
Storey, Robert G.
(Robert Gerald), 1893-1981
Strong, Frank
R.
Stumpf, Felix
F.
Sunset Club (Los
Angeles, Calif.)
Surrency, Erwin
C.
Sutherland, William A.
(William Anderson), b. 1896
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Company, inc.
Thacher School (Ojai,
Calif.)
Thorpe, James Ernest,
1915-
Times Mirror
Company
Tinkham, Richard
P.
Tinnelly, Joseph T.
(Joseph Thomas)
Tondel, Lyman
M.
Town Club (Pasadena,
Calif.)
Trinity College
(Dublin, Ireland)
Tunkel,
Victor
Tunks, Lehan Kent,
1915-1987
Turlington, Edgar,
1891-1959
Tweed, Harrison,
1885-1969
United States. Dept. of
Justice.
United States.
Selective Service System
University of
California, Berkeley.
University of
California, Berkeley. School of Jurisprudence
University of
California, Los Angeles. Alumni Association
Vanderbilt, Arthur T.,
1888-1957
Ventura Land and Water
Company
Vick, Godfrey
Russell
Von Hagen, Lulu May
Lloyd
Von Hagen, Richard
R.
Wagner, Carolyn Ditte,
1950-
Wark, Robert
R.
Warren, Earl,
1891-1974
Waters, Laughlin
E.
Webb, Thompson,
1887-1975
Wechsler, Herbert,
1909-2000
Weinberger, Caspar
W.
Welfare Federation of
Los Angeles Area
Wheat, Frank,
1921-
Willis, Arthur
B.
Winters, Glenn
R.
Wolkin, Paul
A.
Wolman, Leo,
1890-1961.
Woodward, D. H. (Daniel
Holt), 1931-2007
Wright, Louis B. (Louis
Booker), 1899-1984
Wright, Wyllis E.
(Wyllis Eaton), 1903-1979
Yager, Thomas C.,
1918-
Zeitlin, Jake,
1902-1987
Zoeckler, Linda Kay
Davies
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.
California--History--20th century--Sources.
Los Angeles
(Calif.)
Portland
(Or.)
San Marino
(Calif.)
Letters (correspondence)--United
States
Personal papers--United States--20th
century.
Photographs--20th century.
Professional papers--United
States--20th century.