Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Percy Vincent Long Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1938
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 518
Creator:
Long, Percy Vincent,
1870-1953
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder
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: Letters; MSS, tear sheets and reprints of his writings, many of which relate to governmental matters; material re Coolidge-Dawes
Republican League of California; personalia; clippings, including obituaries. A few papers re the Juvenile Probation Committee
in San Francisco.
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], Percy Vincent Long Papers, BANC MSS C-B 518, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Long's papers were given to The Bancroft Library in 1954 by his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Ehrhardt.
Biographical Sketch
Percy Vincent Long was born in Sonora, California, March 26, 1870. He studied law independently and was admitted to the California
bar in 1892 and to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1905. In 1903 he was elected City Attorney of San Francisco,
a position which he held almost continuously until 1918. He then became assistant general counsel for the National Board of
Fire Underwriters. From about 1938 until shortly before his death in 1953, he was the senior member of the San Francisco law
firm of Long and Levit.
Scope and Content
Long's Papers relate mainly to his activities in the Republican Party and to his booklet The Story of the Constitution. A
few concern his work as a member of the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Committee.