Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Biography
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Edgar A. Luce Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1908-1938
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 1031
Origination: Luce, Edgar Augustine, 1881-1958?
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 volumes, 1 portfolio, and 1 microfilm reel
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: Pt. I: letters and scrapbooks relating primarily to his interests in reform government, the Lincoln-Roosevelt League, and
the Progressive Party and to his campaigns for public office. (Portfolio, 2 v.)
Pt. II - On film only: two scrapbooks of clippings, ca. 1920-1926, relating to campaign for re-election as superior court
judge, San Diego Co., and a few letters.
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], Edgar A. Luce papers, BANC MSS C-B 1031, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Biography
Edgar Augustine Luce -lawyer, judge and prominent figure in San Diego politics -served as deputy city attorney and city prosecutor
of San Diego, 1909-1910, as member of the state senate, 1914-1918, and as superior judge, San Diego County, 1919-1925. Thereafter
he returned to private practice.
Scope and Content
The papers in Part I of the collection, which were given to The Bancroft Library by Luce's son Edgar A. Luce, Jr., in June
1965, consist mainly of letters and scrapbooks, ca. 1908-1938, reflecting his interest in reform government, the Lincoln-Roosevelt
League, and the Progressive Party, and relating to his campaigns for office. The papers in Part II, mainly scrapbooks pertaining
to his campaigns for superior court judgeship, were loaned for filming by the Judge's widow, Mrs. Carma Luce, who retains
the originals.