Finding Aid to the Samuel J. and Portia Bell Hume Papers, 1848-1990, bulk 1920-1971
Finding Aid to the Samuel J. and Portia Bell Hume Papers, 1848-1990, bulk 1920-1971
Collection Number: BANC MSS 88/206 c
The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California Funding for processing this collection was provided by Funding for acquisitions provided by the Portia Bell Hume Memorial Fund and for processing by the Douthit Fund.
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Elizabeth Stephens
- Date Completed:
- November 2010
Hume, Portia Bell
Scope and Content of Collection
Series 1: Samuel J. Hume Papers, 1848-1962
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 1.1: Correspondence, 1908-1962
Arrangement
1.1.1: Family, 1913-1958
Arrangement
Hume, Portia Bell, 1922-1958
Hume, James B, undated
Hume, Lida M. (Mrs. James B.), 1924-1926
Hume, Edward H, 1933-1954
Hume family, 1913-1953
1.1.2: General and Personal, 1908-1962
Arrangement
Amanterle, Raymond, 1928-1929
American Association of Museums, 1944-1945
Aoki, Setsuichi, 1938-1939
Arkatov, Alexander, 1940
Bacon, Ernst, 1940-1941
Baker, George P, 1913-1914
Bond, Grace, undated
Boganoff, Rose, 1940-1941
Brewster, Helen Halley, 1924
Brooks, Rupert, 1913
Brother Cornelius, St. Mary's College, 1944
Bynner, Witter, 1937-1945
Cadman, Paul F, 1939-1941
Cates, Dudley, 1930-1950
Cheney, Sheldon, 1914-1940
Colf, Margaret, 1924-1929
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940
Craig, Edward Gordon, 1909-1927
Crawley, Constance, 1924
Crozer Quarterly, 1944
Davis, Charles, 1933-1935
Deutsch, Monroe E, 1927-1944
Edwards, Norman D, 1940
Evans, Herbert M, 1933
Feldman, Dona M, 1962
Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1943-1944
Garnett, Porter, 1940-1950
Guegan, Bertrand, 1939-1940
Harcourt, Brace and Co. Inc, 1923-1924
Harris, Whitney R, 1940
Hayden, J. Willard, 1931-1941
Howard, Sidney Coe, 1925
Howard, Polly Damrosch, 1941-1941
Jeffers, Una, 1941
Lange, Gordon, 1940-1941
Lissim, Simon M. and Irene, 1941-1944
Lowe, Katherine, 1924
McClatchy, Phebe, 1934-1940
McConnell, Frederic, 1921-1941
McDuffie, Mrs. Duncan, 1940-1944
McGaw, Baldwin, 1940-1941
Merritt, Ralph P, 1913-1940
Miramova, Elena, 1922-1958
Morris, Mary, 1920-1947
Padget-Fredericks, Joseph, 1940-1941
Paul, Albert, 1931-1953
Pfaff, Roger, 1934-1941
Pichel, Irving, 1925-1941
Rankin, John, 1932-1944
Reyneau, Betsy Graves, 1922
Rosenthal, Bernard M, 1952
Rostovtzeff, Michael, 1944
Santon, George, 1944
Spelman, Timothy Mather, 1940-1955
Sproul, Allan, 1940
Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1928-1935
Stevens, Thomas Wood, 1940
Stone, Edward C, 1933-1937
Theatre Arts Monthly, 1930
University of California, 1908-1944
Voorhies, Marietta, 1935-1944
White, Lynn, 1940-1945
Williams, Clyde, 1932-1936
Wishon, A. Emory, 1940-1941
Wolff, Bertha, 1921
Wood, Rose, 1932-1934
Zilboorg, Gregory, 1940-1951
, Blanche, 1930
, Lucy, 1922-1924
A-C miscellany, circa 1920-1950
D-Z miscellany, circa 1920-1950
Letters regarding speeches, undated
Letters of introduction, undated
Unidentified, undated
Subseries 1.2: Writing and Theater Work, 1900-1950
Arrangement
1.2.1: Writings, 1911-1942
Twentieth Century Stage Decoration, draft and related material, 1927-1934
Illustrations: mounted clippings, and photographs, 1927-1934
The Mask, draft monograph, 1924
"Barcelona and a New Architecture," article, 1911
"Have we Advanced," article, January 1912
"The Romance of the Rose," play, 1912
"Shakespeare Festival," introduction, circa 1928
"The Transitional Theatre," The Fortnightly, Col. 1, no. 3, 1931
"The Greek Theatre of the University of California," article, undated
"The Stage Director," article, undated
"Theatre in the Middle Ages," article, undated
Theater Architecture, articles, undated
Writing, miscellaneous, undated
Clippings of articles , undated
American Pageant Association, lectures, 1915
Speeches and related material, 1915-1942
Alpha Delta Phi speech, circa 1920s
1.2.2: Theater Work, 1900-1950
Berkeley Art Association, 1927-1945
Berkeley Art Center, drawings, 1941-1945
Berkeley Art Center, drawings, blueprints, and photostat negatives, 1941-1945
Berkeley Festival Association, 1939-1945
Sidewalks of Paris, Berkeley's First Annual Art Market, drawing for poster, circa 1939-1945
Berkeley High Auditorium plans, 1940
Berkeley High Auditorium blueprints for Little Theatre, auditorium, and foyer section, 1940
Director of Avocational Activities: California Department of Education, 1923-1929
Chinese Lantern tour, 1916
Cinema Society of California, scrapbook, 1929
Detroit Arts and Crafts Theatre, 1916-1923
Detroit News Tribune, Rotogravure section, July 16, 1916
Clippings, 1916-1921
An Exhibition of the New Stagecraft, scrapbook, 1916
Golden Gate International Exposition: Committee on Special Events, 1939
Greek Theater, 1907-1943
Blueprints: layout and Choral Seating for Oratorio of Elijah, drawing of stage front, circa 1921
Stage sets, photos and clippings, circa 1921
Music for Romeo and Juliet by M. E. Millard, 1921
I-House, plans for performance, 1929
I-House stage and set drawings, 1929
Lexington Pageant, 1924-1925
Stage plans for "Lexington", 1924-1925
Clippings, 1925
Newark, New Jersey Pageant, clippings, 1916
San Francisco Exposition Advisory Committee, 1934
San Francisco Theatre Guild, 1922
Santa Barbara Open Air Community Theatre, 1920
The Quest: A Spectacle Play, prompt book, July 1920
St. Paul Institute, 1915
University of California.
School of the Theatre, prospectus, 1941
Memorial Theatre, prospectus, 1943
Memberships and Related Organizations.
Drama Association of California, 1931
Western Association of Art Museum Directors, 1929-1931
Related Material.
A Barrel of Perfection: A Pagan Miracle by Grace V. Bird, undated
Behind a Picture, incidental music by Timothy Mather Spelman II, 1917
Macbeth prompt book, undated
Sidney Coe Howard Masque, undated
U. S. Magic: A Play in One Act by Florence T. Holt, 1938
Plays, miscellaneous, undated
Comoedia Illustre, magazine, January 1921
Programs, 1900-1950
Catalogue of Plaster casts with photos, circa 1936
Set sketches, undated
Stage illustrations, clippings, undated
Costume ideas, clippings, undated
Set and costume ideas, undated
Miscellaneous and clippings, undated
Theater scrapbooks, circa 1912-1930
Subseries 1.3: Samuel J. Hume, Inc, 1918-1957
Arrangement
Correspondence, 1938-1952
European Trip, 1952
Sign of the Palindrome, sign, undated
List of titles in French, undated
Lists of books on Theatre, 1947-1951
Lists of books on theatre and marionettes, 1951-1957
"List of Books on Typography and Printing," by Lloyd Stanford, circa 1950
Miscellaneous, undated
Related Material.
Magic Squares, circa 1940-1954
Palindromes, undated
Puppets and Marionettes.
Correspondence, 1927-1935
Gordon Craig, 1918-1920
Perry Dilley's Puppet Theatre, 1931-1933
Eugene LeFebvre, 1929
Paul McPharlin, 1933-1940
Tony Sarg's Marionettes, 1921-1922
Photos, brochures, and clippings, 1928, undated
Lloyd Stanford, bookbinding drawings, undated
Books and manuscripts, articles, undated
Map of Alameda County showing some of the Early Histories of Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and Environs by Sather Gate Bookshop, undated
Map of exploration of the Spanish Southwest 1528-1793, Automobile Club of Southern California and Commedia Illustre advertisement, 1931
Subseries 1.4: California Council on Oriental Relations, 1929-1938
Arrangement
Organization, 1933-1934
Resolutions Committee, 1930-1935
News releases and memoranda, undated
Speeches, 1932-1934
Quota survey and reports, 1930-1933
Statements, 1929-1934
Senate Bill 444, 1938
American Legion, 1933-1935
California State Chamber of Commerce, 1931-1932
Horst, E. Clemens, 1932-1935
McClatchy, V. S, 1932-1934
Stanford University, 1932-1935
United States Department of Commerce, 1932
University of California, 1930-1936
City and County Files.
Alameda, 1932-1933
A miscellaneous.
Bakersfield, 1931-1935
Berkeley, 1931-1934
B miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Claremont, 1932-1934
Corning, 1932-1934
C-D miscellaneous, 1931-1934
El Centro and E miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Fresno, 1932-1935
F-G miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Hollister, 1932
H-I miscellaneous, 1931-1933
Long Beach, 1932-1933
Los Angeles, 1932-1935
L miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Marysville, 1932-1934
Merced, 1932-1934
Monterey, 1932-1934
Moraga, 1932-1934
M miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Napa and N miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Oakland, 1931-1935
Orange and O miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Pasadena, 1932-1934
Petaluma, 1932-1934
Pittsburg, 1932-1934
Pomona and P miscellaneous, 1932-1933
Riverside and R miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Sacramento, 1932-1934
San Diego, 1932-1934
San Francisco, 1932-1934
San Francisco, 1932-1935
San Jose, 1932-1936
Santa Ana, 1932-1934
Santa Barbara, 1932-1935
Santa Maria, 1932-1935
Stockton, 1932-1934
S miscellaneous, 1932-1935
T-U miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Ventura, Visalia, and V miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Whittier and W miscellaneous, 1932-1934
Hawaii, 1932-1935
New York City, 1932-1935
Washington, D. C, 1932-1935
Japan, 1932-1935
Miscellaneous correspondence and speech schedules, 1932-1933
Miscellaneous and related material, 1932-1935
Scrapbook, 1932-1934
Subseries 1.5: Political Work and Organizations, 1931-1943
California Crusaders, 1934-1935
Scrapbook, circa 1935-1939
Defense Bond Promotion, 1942-1943
Rotary Club, 1931-1941
Survey Dealing with the Economic, Political and Social Aspects and the Migrant and Transient Labor Problem.
Tulare County, April 1939
Sonoma County, May 1939
Yuba and Sutter Counties, May 1939
Humboldt County, June 1939
Monterey County, June 1939
Contra Costa County, July 1939
Solano County, July 1939
Merced Co, 1939
Napa County, 1939
Santa Cruz County, 1939
Yolo County, 1939
Political profiles, 1939
Maps and political chart for John R. Quinn, 1939
Subseries 1.6: Personal and Family Files, 1848-1957
Hume Ranch, Ida Clayton Road, Sonoma County, 1945-1946
University of California student days, 1907-1908
Harvard Shakespeare notebooks and ephemera, 1913-1914
Biographical file, circa 1940s
Awards and Honors, 1913-1957
Book labels, undated
Christmas cards, undated
Dogs, undated
Clippings about, 1915-1920
Ephemera and clippings, undated
Hume Family Papers.
Hume, James B.
Correspondence, 1855-1904
Autobiographical narrative, undated
Notebook, 1876
Annual railroad passes, 1887
"James B. Hume Biography" by [Samuel J. Hume?], undated
Clippings, undated
James B. Hume scrapbook of poetry and articles about Black Bart, undated
Related Material, undated
Hume, Lida Munson (Mrs. James B.), undated
Correspondence from Europe to family members, 1910
Scrapbook, undated
Miscellaneous correspondence, undated
"The Bible as Literature", undated
Miscellany, undated
Hume, John, to Mr. And Mrs. Robert Hume, 1850-1853
Hume, Wilson Theodore, 1873-1876
Hume Family, miscellaneous correspondence, 1848-1878
Hume family genealogy, circa 1950s
Family records, undated
Series 2: Portia Bell Hume Papers, 1859-1990
Arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Subseries 2.1: Writings, Lectures, and Talks, 1940-1983
Arrangement
"Acedia, a Neurosis of Confinement," paper, June 1945
"Present and Future Advances of Psychiatry in Public Health", 1946
"Shattered Students in an Atomic Age," paper, January 1947
"Psychiatric Service for Students at the University of California", 1948
"Therapeutic Goals in Short-Term Psychotherapy in a Clinic Setting", 1956
"A Discussion of Various Mental Health Program Approaches and the Basic Assumptions Involved", circa 1956-1960
"Federal Aid for Community Mental Health Services: A Review of the Ten Year Program in California", 1957
"The Clubwoman and Mental Health," article, May 1958
"General Principles of Community Psychiatry", 1959
"Mental Health Survey of Los Angeles County: Its Importance and Significance," by Daniel Blain and Portia Bell Hume, June 1960
"Conflict Resolution", 1962
"Theory and Practice of Community Psychiatry", March 1963
Family Service Association of America, paper for panel, November 1963
"Theories and Practices in Community Psychiatry," paper, November 1963
"Handbook of Community Psychiatry," chapter, 1962-1963
"Family Psychiatry and Family Services", 1963
"General Principles of Community Psychiatry," chapter for American Handbook of Psychiatry, August 1965
"Direct and Indirect Health Services for the Mentally Retarded", 1967
"Discussion of paper: 'Community Mental Health Services the View from 1967' by Stanley F. Yolles", 1967
"Social Psychiatry as Prevention and Rehabilitation", circa 1967-1968
"Some Principles of Public Health Exemplified by the San Mateo Program," chapter, 1970
"Principles of Community Mental Health Practices," chapter for American Handbook of Psychiatry, 1971
"Preventive Psychiatry," chapter for International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, 1975
"A New School of Community Psychiatry", undated
"Community Psychiatry: The State of the Profession in Training and Practice", undated
Articles, papers, and reprints, 1940-1970
Book reviews, 1965-1972
Poems and songs, 1971-1983
Memorials and birthday greetings, 1946-1970
History of Psychiatry, lectures, 1946-1961
"Mental Hygiene in the Classroom," talk, 1950
"Mental Hygiene and Nutrition," talk at Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel, 1952
"Sex Offenders: Some Facts and Fallacies," talk at Conference of California Judges, circa 1955
"The Place of Family Counseling Services in the Prevention of Emotional and Mental Disorders," lecture, circa 1957-1959
"The Acting-Out Patient," workshop talk, circa 1950s
"Organic Brain Disease," lecture, circa 1950s
"Some Psychiatric Aspects of the Creative Resolution of Conflict," lecture, 1961
Southern California Psychiatric Society, keynote speech, December 1961
American Bar Association, panel discussion, August 1962
"Psychoanalysis and Community Psychiatry," talk, January 1963
West Coast Psychoanalytic Society Meeting, panel moderator, September 1964
American Orthopsychiatric Association, discussion of three papers, April 1966
Miramonte Mental Health Services seminar on Community Mental Health, June 1966
Statement to Subcommittee on Mental Health Services, December 1966
"Psychoanalytic Contributions to Preventive Psychiatry," lecture, 1976
Talks, lectures, and outlines, 1950-1979
Subseries 2.2: Department of Mental Hygiene, State of California, 1943-1980
Arrangement
Langley Porter Clinic, 1943-1946
Berkeley State Mental Health Clinic, 1948-1951
Deputy Director of Community Services.
Inter-departmental communication, 1951-1961
Office correspondence.
Alameda County Medical Association, 1946-1956
Alameda County Health Department, 1961
Bolin, John S, 1968-1969
Bell, John E, 1956-1962
Blain, Daniel, 1960-1972
Daily, Sylvia, 1947-1953
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953-1961
Federal Security Agency, 1951-1954
Koehler, Joanna Grab, 1948-1951
Marmor, Judd, 1961-1962
Zilboorg, Gregory, 1947-1950
A-E Miscellany, 1945-1980
F-Z miscellaneous, 1941-1978
California Association of Community Psychiatric Clinics, 1953-1960
Community Mental Health Services Act, Martinez hearing, 1956
Community Mental Health Services Act, 1956-1957
Short Doyle Act, 1957-1959
Short Doyle Act Programs.
Correspondence.
Beach, William B. Jr, 1960-1961
Rudin, Edward, 1959-1961
Short, Alan, 1966-1971
Talks, 1958-1965
Meeting minutes and notes, 1958-1961
Implementation, costs and general miscellany, 1957-1961
Clinic and County Files.
Berkeley Clinic, 1957-1960
San Mateo County, 1959-1960
Santa Clara, 1958-1961
Santa Cruz County, 1961
Solano County, 1960-1961
Sonoma County, 1959-1961
Tri-City Mental Health Authority, 1961
Ventura County, 1958-1961
Local activities, A-Z, 1959-1961
Administrative files and clippings, 1957-1970
Center for Training in Community Psychiatry, 1961-1972
Special activities, attendance and performance records and reports, 1950-1958
Related material, 1957-1976
Subseries 2.3: Teaching and Career Affiliations, 1943-1973
Arrangement
University of California, 1943-1972
Herrick Hospital, 1972-1973
American Psychiatry Association, 1947-1968
San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 1959
Subseries 2.4: Personal and Family Papers, 1859-1990
Arrangement
Personal Correspondence, 1946-1981
2900 Buena Vista Way, Berkeley, California, 1930-1978
Location of improvements, blueprint and drawing, 1930
Drawing of house by friend, 1929
Account book, 1943-1954
Family Files.
Bell, Annie Muller (Mrs. Theodore Bell), 1920-1946
Bell, Theodore A, 1906-1923
Bell family, miscellaneous, 1859-1946
Portia Bell Hume, biographical files, 1949-1968
Awards and honors, 1938-1983
Awards and honors, 1921-1976
Testimonials at retirement, 1972
Portia Bell Hume, clippings about, 1922-1972
"Portia: A Biography of Portia Bell Hume, M.D.," draft manuscript by Richard Blum, circa 1985-1990
Interview transcript, November 1975
Oral History transcripts, American Psychiatry Association, interviewer, David W. Allen, 1976
"Twenty-five Years in California Psychiatry," interview transcript by Alden B. Mills and Michael T. Savino, 1967
Drawings of human figure, 1925
Sketches and drawings, [by Portia?], undated
Drawings of Portia and Sam, undated
Notes for classes and lectures, 1939-1947
Medical school class notes, 1933-1936
Medical school class notes, 1935-1937
Medical school papers, 1935, undated
Medical drawings of bones, undated
Master's program class notes, papers and thesis, 1921-1924
College class notes, 1919-1921
Grammar school penmanship notebooks, 1908-1909
"One Room School Houses in Napa County," calendar, 1975
Condolences on the death of Sam Hume, 1962