Guide to the Lawrence Arnstein Papers, 1915-1979
Processing Completed by Robin Tremblay-McGaw
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Guide to the Lawrence Arnstein Papers, 1915-1979
Collection number: BANC MSS 80/83 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Processing Completed by:
- Robin Tremblay-McGaw
- Date Completed:
- July 1992
- Encoded by:
- Gabriela A. Montoya
© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Lawrence Arnstein Papers,
Date: 1915-1979
Collection Number: BANC MSS 80/83 c
Collector:
Arnstein, Lawrence, 1880-1979.
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes, 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 3.75
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: Papers relating to Arnstein's interest in various public health issues such as raw milk, child care centers (including speeches
he made and a statement to the California State Board of Health); material on the San Francisco Social Hygiene and Health
Association; certificates of appointments and awards; scrapbooks of clippings, Includes letters of condolence to Mrs. Arnstein.
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 the Manuscripts Division. 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], Lawrence Arnstein Papers, BANC MSS 80/83 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related Collection
Lawrence Arnstein, 1880-1979 (oral history), C-D 4082
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The Lawrence Arnstein Papers were donated to The Bancroft Library in three installments on January 8th and 12th, and March 17, 1980. An addition of two scrapbooks was received on March 6, 1985.
Scope and Content
A native San Franciscan, Lawrence Arnstein graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1900 and entered the family woolen business. He was named to San Francisco's Board of Health in 1913 by Mayor Jim Rolph and served nearly 30 years.
Arnstein went on to work tirelessly as a lobbyist and volunteer, pushing for the development of school lunch programs, childcare
centers for working mothers, and the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a host of other public health programs. His efforts earned him the title of
Mr. Public Health and numerous honorary awards and degrees, including the award for Distinguished Public Service and an honorary Doctor of
Laws degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
The collection has been arranged into three series:
Title: Correspondence,
Date: 1916-1979
; Personal Papers,
Date: 1953-1979
; and Scrapbooks,
Date: 1955-1970.
Correspondence files include letters written to Arnstein from various city and state officials, relating primarily to public
health matters. Arnstein's personal papers consist of speeches on childcare and statements to the California State Board of Health, honors and tributes, a photocopy typescript of the memorial service for Arnstein, and clippings, including obituaries. At
the end of the series are also found subject files on childcare centers, food for the poor, the Raw Milk Bill, San Francisco Bay Area Hearing Society, and the San Francisco Social Hygiene Health Association. The last series, scrapbooks, contains clippings and memorabilia in honor of Arnstein's seventy-fifth birthday, while the
oversize folder contains certificates and awards.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1916-1979.
Outgoing Letters, 1952-1978.
Incoming Letters, 1916-1979.
folder 7
Alioto, Joseph Lawrence, 1916-
1971-75
folder 8
Arnstein, Margaret G.
1968
folder 10
Brian, Earl W., 1942-
1972-74
folder 11
Brown, Edmund Gerald, 1905-
1964-66
folder 12
Choate, Robert Burnett
1968-79
folder 14
Collier, Randolph, 1902-1983
1973
Box 2, folder 1
Commonwealth Club of California
1979
folder 2
Cox, Ronald Woodworth
1975
folder 3
Cranston, Alan MacGregor
1969
folder 4
Curry, Francis John
1964-79
folder 5
Egeberg, Roger Olaf, 1903-
1974
folder 6
Feinstein, Dianne
1970-78
folder 7
Gardner, John William, 1912-
1974
folder 8
Goldman, Leon, 1905-
1970
folder 9
Gould, Charles Lessington
1974
folder 10
Graham, Katherine
1969-75
folder 12
Hitch, Charles Johnston
1969-74
folder 15
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
[1960]-64
folder 17
Lee, Philip R. (Philip Randolph), 1924-
1968-69
folder 18
Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963
1954
folder 20
Merrill, Malcolm Hendricks
1969-79
folder 21
Morrison, Jack, 1912-
1969
folder 23
Peterson, Esther (Eggerton)
1977
folder 24
Post, A. (August Alan), 1914-
1975
folder 25
Rusk, Howard A., 1901-
1964-7
folder 26
San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors.
1970-79
folder 27
San Francisco Aid Retarded Children.
1974
folder 28
Saylor, Louis Franklin
1969
folder 29
Schottland, Charles I.
1971
folder 30
Shepard, William, 1895-1969
1950-66
folder 32
Shreve, Charles Henry
1969
folder 33
Smith, Charles Edward, 1904-67
1954
folder 34
Switzer, Mary Elizabeth, 1900-
1964
folder 35
University of California. Alumni Association.
1975
folder 37
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
1966-73
folder 39
Weinberger, Caspar Willard
1969-73
folder 40
Wilbur, Dwight Locke
1954-79
folder 41
Wilbur, Ray Lyman, 1875-1949
1915
folder 42
Williams, Spencer
1968-69
folder 43
Wyckoff, Florence Richardson
n.d.
folder 44-45
Neither to nor from Lawrence Arnstein
1916-78
Series 2: Personal Papers, 1953-1979.
folder 46
Speech and Statements
1961-69
folder 47
Honors and Tributes
1956-74
folder 48
Memorial Service for Lawrence Arnstein
1979
folder 49
Lawrence Arnstein clippings
1952-79
folder 51
Child Care Center clippings
1955
folder 52
Food for the poor
1968-71
folder 53
Public Health under Reagan Administration
1970-71
folder 55
Raw Milk Bill clippings
1968-69
folder 56
San Francisco Hospital clippings
1957
folder 57
San Francisco Bay Area Hearing Society, Inc.
1968-69
folder 58
San Francisco Social Hygiene and Health Association
1953-60
folder 60
Miscellaneous clippings
1954-75
Series 3: Scrapbooks, 1955-1970.
Box 3, folder 1
To Lawrence Arnstein, A Token To Lawrence Arnstein, A Token of Appreciation and Affection from Friends and Colleagues on His
Seventy-Fifth Birthday
1955
oversize Oversize, folder 1
Awards and Certificates
1957-70