Guide to the Philip Bancroft Papers, 1908-1959
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Guide to the Philip Bancroft Papers, 1908-1959
Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 851
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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- Processed by:
- Mary Ellen Jones
- Date Completed:
- 1989
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© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Philip Bancroft Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1959
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 851
Creator:
Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 boxes, 4 cartons and 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 5.85
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican
Party, the Progressive Party, and as an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator. Principal correspondents include
Hubert Howe Bancroft, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, Edgar Augustine Lucie, Martin Madsen, Frank Finley Merriam, Raymond W.
Miller, George Cooper Pardee, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Allerton Shurtleff, Justus S. Wardell, and Clement Calhoun Young.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Philip Bancroft Papers, BANC MSS C-B 851, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials Cataloged Separately
- Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Philip Bancroft Papers were donated to The Bancroft Library in 1962, with additions made in 1964.
Biographical Sketch
Philip Bancroft was born in San Francisco in 1881, the son of Hubert Howe and Matilda Coley Griffing Bancroft. He attended
Harvard Law School and Hastings College of the Law, graduating from the latter in 1905. He then established a law practice
in San Francisco and soon became interested in politics. In 1908 he was elected a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
In 1912 he was elected again to their convention where he became a member of the Progressive National Convention formed to
nominate Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram W. Johnson. Following Army service in World War I, he decided to become a full-time
farmer on his ranch in Walnut Creek, California. He was a member and officer of numerous agricultural organizations including
the Associated Farmers of Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Walnut Growers' Association and the California Pear Growers'
Association. In 1938 and 1944 he was the Republican nominee for the office of United States Senator from California. He died
in 1975.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican
Party, the Progressive Party, and unsuccessful candidate for elective (and appointive) office. Some of his papers relate to
his career as a farmer. There are also typed copies of Bancroft's speeches, which primarily concern political lobbying for
agricultural interests, transcripts of proceedings, campaign memorabilia, clippings, and miscellaneous other Papers. Personal
information about Philip Bancroft is contained in a record of his childhood (1881-1891), kept by his mother.
Box 1, folders 1-5.
Series 1: Letters Written by Bancroft, 1908-1966.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Relates primarily to his activities with the Republican Party, the Progressive Party and to his unsuccessful campaigns for
state senator.
Box 1, folders 6-16; Box 2.
Series 2: Letters Written to Bancroft, 1908-1959.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. A partial list of correspondents follows the key to arrangement.
Unlisted letters are in a miscellany at the beginning of the file.
folder 9
Alderman, Robert G.
1939
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Letter, June 15, comments on the 1940 election in California
folder 10
Angellotti, Frank M., 1861-1932
Nov. 17, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Letter thanking Bancroft for his support
folder 11
Arlett, Arthur
July 14, 1915
Scope and Content Note
Letter written while member of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Commission. Transmits letter from J. H. McCallum
listing people to be invited to hear Theodore Roosevelt's speech.
folder 12
Ballantine, Henry Winthrop, 1880-1951
June 13, 1935
Scope and Content Note
Letter about the possible appointment of Bancroft as a Superior Court Judge in Contra Costa County.
folder 13
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
1908-1917
Physical Description:
5
Scope and Content Note
Written mainly to others. One letter is incomplete.
folder 14
Bath, Edwin G.
Aug. 10, 1915
Scope and Content Note
Letter asking Bancroft's support of his candidacy for Judge of the San Francisco Police Court.
folder 15
Bowie, John F.
Sept. 23, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Letter signed also by Warren Olney, Jr. and others. Notification of meeting of the Executive Committee of Attorneys Organized
to Advance the Nomination and Election of Lucien Shaw as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
folder 16
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941
April 2, 1939
Scope and Content Note
Written to Mrs. Bancroft.
Box 2, folder 1
California Hoover Progressive Club
1932
folder 2
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Dec. 26, 1923
Scope and Content Note
Written for him by his executive clerk.
folder 3
DeCamp, C. A.
Aug. 29, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Thanking Bancroft for helping him secure the Progressive nomination for California Assemblyman.
folder 4
Delger, Edward F.
Oct. 29, 1908
Scope and Content Note
Thanking him for convention pictures.
folder 5
Devlin, Frank Raymond, 1867-
Mar. 12, 1920
Scope and Content Note
Written while member of the Finance Committee of the Johnson-for-Presidency organization.
folder 6
De Young, Michael Harry, 1849-1925
Oct. 20, 1908
Scope and Content Note
Concerning a contribution.
folder 7
Dunne, Frank H., 1862-1941
Jan. 4, 1924
folder 8
Eells, Charles Parmelee
May 10, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Asking Bancroft's help in securing the nomination and election of F. S. Stratton to the First District Court of Appeals.
folder 9
Eshleman, John Morton, 1876-1916
Aug. 28, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Thanking Bancroft for his support.
folder 10
Graupner, Adolphus E.
April 22, 1914
folder 11
Greene, Lewis H.
1934
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Oct. 29, transmits copy of his letter to the Merriam-for-Governor Headquarters; Oct. 31, transmits letter from the Merriam-for-Governor Headquarters.
folder 12
Hale, Matthew
Dec. 26, 1913
Scope and Content Note
Written while publisher of the
Boston Journal.
folder 13
Hatfield, George J., 1887-1953
July 4, 1934
Scope and Content Note
Thanking Bancroft for his support.
folder 14
Hays, Will Harrison, 1879-1954
Mar. 1, 1920
Scope and Content Note
Written while Chairman, Republican National Committee.
folder 15
Hoover, Herbert Clark, 1874-1964
1940-1959
Physical Description:
9
Additional Note
Letter, 1943, written for him by his secretary. Letters, 1958-59, are printed copies.
folder 16
Johnson, Herbert, 1878-
Jan. 23, 1941
folder 17
Johnson, Hiram Warren, 1866-1945
1914-1943
Physical Description:
20
Scope and Content Note
Letter, Dec. 20, 1916, addressed
"To the Subscribers to the John M. Eshleman Fund."
folder 18
Johnson-Eshleman Club, written by T. E. Haven, President.
Oct. 3, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Notifying Bancroft of his appointment to the Executive Committee.
folder 19
Johnson Finance Committee
March 12, 1920
Scope and Content Note
Notifying Bancroft that he has been appointed a member.
folder 20
Keesling, Francis Valentine, 1877-
1921-1935
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Letter (copy), July 14, 1935, concerns Bancroft's possible appointment to the Contra Costa County Superior Court Bench.
folder 21
Kimball, Rufus Hatch
Nov. 10, 1916
Scope and Content Note
Commenting on the election.
folder 22
Lucie, Edgar Augustine, 1881-1958
1911-1948
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Letter, 1911, comments on the Progressive Movement in California. Letter, 1948, comments on R. G. Cleland's references to Hiram Johnson in his book:
California In Our Time -1900-1940.
folder 23
McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925
March 17, 1915
Scope and Content Note
Written while member of the Illinois Assembly.
folder 24
Madsen, Martin C.
1914-1916
Physical Description:
14
Scope and Content Note
Letter (copy), Dec. 20, 1916, written to Hiram Johnson, transmits final statement of the John M. Eshleman Fund.
folder 25
Martin, Irving
1932-1934
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Written while President of the
Stockton Record.
folder 26
Mayberry, H. H.
Nov. 10, 1908
folder 27
Melvin, Henry Alexander, 1856-1920
Oct. 16, 1908
folder 28
Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955
Dec. 4, 1934
Scope and Content Note
Written while Governor of California thanking Bancroft for his support.
folder 29
Meyer, Martin A.
Nov. 18, 1914
folder 30
Miller, Raymond W.
1934-1935
Physical Description:
5
Scope and Content Note
Letters, 1934, written while Chairman, Northern California Agricultural Division, Merriam For Governor campaign. Letter (copy), 1935, written to Gov. F. F. Merriam
folder 31
Municipal League of Independent Republican Clubs
1909
folder 32
National Economic League
1911-1924
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Letter, 1911, written to Livingston Jenks. Letter, 1924, transmits notification of nomination for membership on the National Council.
folder 33
Neumiller, Charles L.
May 13, 1922
Scope and Content Note
Written while Chairman, Organization Committee, Northern California Organization to Re-Elect Hiram W. Johnson U.S. Senator.
folder 34
Northern California Merriam-Hatfield Campaign Committee
Nov. 5, 1934
Scope and Content Note
Written by R. W. Barrett thanking Bancroft for his help in the campaign.
folder 35
Oddie, Clarence M.
Oct. 31, 1916
Scope and Content Note
Written while Secretary of the Hughes Business Men's Club of San Francisco.
folder 36
Oliver, James M.
June 19, 1919
Scope and Content Note
Suggesting people in Alameda County who are qualified to become members of the Hiram W. Johnson for President League of California.
folder 37
Pardee, George Cooper, 1857-1941
1914-1934
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Concerning various Progressive issues.
folder 38
Paul, James L.
1908
Scope and Content Note
Written while President of the Ontario (Calif.)-Cucamonga Fruit Exchange
folder 39
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946
1916
folder 40
Power, Harold T.
Oct. 7, 1908
Scope and Content Note
Concerning pictures of the Republican National Convention.
folder 41
Progressive Party. California. State Central Committee.
1914
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Letter, Sept. 19, transmits notification of Bancroft's election to the Committee.
folder 42
Progressive Party. National Committee.
Feb. 24, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Copy written to Meyer Lissner, transmits copy of Bainbridge Colby's western itinerary
folder 43
Republican Party. California. State Central Committee.
1908-1932
Physical Description:
4
Scope and Content Note
With these: two invitations to act as Vice-President at meetings
folder 44
Republican Party. National Committee.
May 22, 1908
Scope and Content Note
Written to G. A. Knight. With this: printed circular about a postal station to be established in Chicago for the convention.
folder 45
Richards, John E., 1834-
Nov. 13, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Thanking Bancroft for his support during the recent election.
folder 46
Roosevelt, Archibald, 1918-
May 4, 1959
Scope and Content Note
Concerning Harvard University.
folder 47
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
1910-1918
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Letter (copy), 1910, written to C. H. Lindley. Letter, 1918, written to Mrs. Bancroft.
folder 48
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
March 18, 1935
Scope and Content Note
Written while Chairman of the Board, American Express.
folder 49
Rowell, Chester Harvey, 1867-1948
(Fresno Republican Publishing Company)
1914-1932
Physical Description:
6
Scope and Content Note
Letter, Nov. 14, 1914, transmits copy of his letter to C. C. Young.
folder 50
Sayres, James B.
1914
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Letter, Jan. 23, transmits resignation from the Republican County Committee of San Francisco and intention to join the Progressive Party.
folder 51
Sharkey, William Richard
June 28, 1935
Scope and Content Note
Copy, written to F. V. Keesling recommending that Bancroft be appointed to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court of Contra
Costa County.
folder 52
Shortridge, Samuel Morgan, 1861-1952
June 30, 1914
Scope and Content Note
Asking Bancroft to support his candidacy for U.S. Senator from California.
folder 53
Shurtleff, Charles Allerton, 1857-1941
1914
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Written while Chairman of the Angellotti Campaign Committee.
folder 54
Stephens, William Dennison, 1859-1944
July 28, 1916
Scope and Content Note
Written while United States Representative from California.
folder 55
Thomas, Johnson A.
1949
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
About honoring Herbert Hoover on his seventy-fifth birthday.
folder 56
U.S. War Food Administration
Feb. 17, 1945
Scope and Content Note
Written by R. F. Ballou, Executive Officer, to Paul and Philip Bancroft about their application for permission to increase
their employees' wages. With this: copy of application.
folder 57
Veale, Richard Rains, 1864-1937
1924
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Written while Sheriff of Contra Costa County.
folder 58
Walker, Fred J.
1933-1934
Physical Description:
4
Scope and Content Note
Written while editor of the
Pittsburg Post Dispatch. 2 letters (copies), 1934, written to others.
folder 59
Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965
Nov. 23, 1933
Scope and Content Note
Written while Secretary of Agriculture, thanking Bancroft for his letter of support.
folder 60
Wardell, Justus S., 1872-1945
1914-1933
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Letters, 1933, written while Regional Advisor, Sixth District, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.
folder 61
Wheeler, Charles Stetson, 1863-1923
July 29, 1916
folder 62
Wickett, F. A.
1949
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Letter, June 22, written for him by his secretary about plans for honoring Herbert Hoover on his seventy-fifth birthday.
folder 63
Wolcott, Samuel Huntington, 1881-
1949
Physical Description:
2
Scope and Content Note
Concerning Harvard University.
folder 64
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, 1868-
Nov. 1, 1934
folder 65
Young, Clement Calhoun, 1869-1947
1922-1934
Physical Description:
4
Scope and Content Note
Letter, April 3, 1934, informs Bancroft of his decision to become a candidate for Governor of California.
folder 66
Young (C. C.) For Governor. Northern California Campaign Committee.
1934
Physical Description:
3
Scope and Content Note
Concerns obtaining sponsors from Contra Costa County for Young.
Carton 1, folders 1-49.
Series 3. Bancroft's Speeches and Writings, 1935-1955.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Typed or mimeographed unless noted otherwise.
Ctn. 1, folder 1
Agricultural Labor Situation
Dec. 8, 1937
folder 2
American Morale
Oct. 20, 1936
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 3
Answer to the La Follete Committee
Feb. 21, 1940
folder 4
The Causes of the Present Depression
Jan. 28, [1938]
folder 5
[Comments on behalf of farmers] at San Francisco Mayor's meeting
April 7, 1938
folder 6
Dangerous Legislation We Are Facing
1940
Scope and Content Note
(Report to the Associated Farmers)
folder 7
Discussion at the Fifth Annual Institute of International Relations
June 29, 1939
folder 8
Does
Grapes of Wrath Present A Fair Picture of California Farm-Labor Conditions?
1940
folder 9
Effect of Walnut Control Agreement on Prices Received By Growers
March, 1936
folder 10
The Farmer and the Communists
April 26, 1935
Scope and Content Note
Address before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
folder 11
A Few Of the Dangerous Bills Before Our State Legislature
May 25, 1939
Scope and Content Note
(Report to the Associated Farmers)
folder 12
Fifth Column Activities In This Country
June 7, 1940
Scope and Content Note
(Address Before the Annual Meeting of the Associated Farmers of Kings County)
folder 13
Final primary address
Aug. 29, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 14
Final Radio address
Nov. 7, 1938
folder 15
Initial campaign address
June 15, 1938
Scope and Content Note
Delivered at the Pro-Americans banquet
folder 16
Investigation or Inquisition, Which?
June 21, 1936
folder 17
Is
Grapes of Wrath Justified By California Farm Conditions?
March 29, 1940
Scope and Content Note
Address before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
folder 18
[Labor Problems in Contra Costa County]
Nov. 12, 1936
Scope and Content Note
Talk delivered before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
folder 19
Legislative Activities of the Associated Farmers
1939
Scope and Content Note
Report to the Associated Farmers
folder 20
Let's Preserve Democracy
May 2, 1942
Scope and Content Note
Address before the annual banquet of the Legal Secretaries, Inc. at Fresno
folder 21
Manpower Shortage - Real or Artificial?
n.d.
folder 22
Mr. Farley's Affront to California
Nov. 3, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 2
3
My Opponent's Record
Oct. 24, 1938
folder 24
Opening radio address - Senatorial campaign
March 13, 1944
folder 25
Our Horse-and-Buggy Virtues
Oct. 27, 1936
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 26
The Parable of the Two Shirts
1936?
folder 27
Philip Bancroft For Senator
Nov. 3, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 28
Philip Bancroft Opens State-wide Campaign For United States Senator
Oct. 3, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 29
The Policy of the Good Neighbor
Oct. 15, 1936
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 30
The Problem of Labor Union
July 9, [1938]
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 31
Protecting California Farmers Against the Communists
Dec. 3, 1940
Scope and Content Note
Address to the annual convention of the Associated Farmers of California
folder 32
Protecting Your Food Supply
Aug. 9, [1938]
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 33
Raising Our Standard of Living
Aug. 2, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 34
The Reactionary New Deal
ca. 1938
folder 35
Relief
July 26, [1938]
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 36
Report of the Legislative Committee of the Associated Farmers of California
Dec. 8, 1939
Scope and Content Note
Report to the Associated Farmers
folder 37
Saving Our Home Markets
July 12, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 38
Shall California Be Ruled By the W.P.A.?
Oct. 17, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 39
Should Relief Workers Be Unionized?
Aug. 23, [1938]
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 40
Should the Farmers Be Put On the Dole?
Feb. 4, 1936
Scope and Content Note
Address delivered before the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
folder 41
The So-called Downey Ham-And-Eggs Plan
Oct. 10, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 42
[Speech at Harvard University]
ca. 1955
folder 43
Strikes in Defense Industries
May 6, 1941
Scope and Content Note
Address before the Lindsay High School Forum
folder 44
The Tax on Pay-rolls
Aug. 16, 1938
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 45
Tree Fruit Agreement Referendum
April 1936
folder 46
Twenty-five Years Ago and Today
n.d.
Scope and Content Note
(Speech to the Associated Farmers)
folder 47
Unexpected Results of the Wagner Act
July 5, [1938]
Additional Note
(Radio address)
folder 48
What Should American Do For the "Joads"?
March 7, 1940
Additional Note
(Radio address: America's Town Meeting of the Air)
folder 49
Why I Am In Favor of the Walnut Marketing Agreement
Oct. 1935
Carton 1, folders 50-68; Cartons 2-4; Oversize folder 1 A.
Series 4. Related and Miscellaneous Papers, 1881-1938.
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arrangement is roughly chronological.
Includes transcripts, clippings, campaign materials, and other assorted papers concerning Republican Party activities in California.
Also includes a record of Bancroft's childhood.
Ctn. 1, folder 50
Record of Bancroft's childhood, 1881 to about 1891, kept by his mother
1881-1891
folder 51
Copies of Official Election Returns By Precincts
1909
folder 53
Republican National Convention
1912
folder 54
Copy of Conservation plank - 1912 convention
1912
folder 55-56
Republican Party. California. San Francisco County Committee.
1910-1912
folder 57
Papers concerning the 1912 election
1912
folder 58
Papers of various Republican clubs
1909-1910
folder 59
Campaign material - state election for governor
1934
folder 60-61
Campaign material - senatorial election
1938
folder 63-64
Miscellaneous papers
n.d.
folder 65
Convention badges and admission tickets, campaign buttons
1908-1912
folder 66-67
Clippings - state election
1910
folder 68
Clippings - state election
1912
Ctn. 2, folder 1
Clippings - state election
1934
folder 2-21
Clippings - U.S. Senate campaign
1938
Ctn. 3, folder 1-17
Clippings - U.S. Senate campaign
1938
Ctn. 4, folder 1-13
Clippings - U.S. Senate campaign
1938
folder 14-17
Clippings - U.S. Senate campaign
1944
folder 18-19
Clippings - farm labor
ca. 1932-40
folder 20
Miscellaneous
ca. 1914-1959
