California Federation for Civic Unity records, 1945-1956

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Summary

Title:
California Federation for Civic Unity records
Dates:
1945-1956
Creators:
California Federation for Civic Unity
Abstract:
The California Federation for Civic Unity Records contain correspondence and material relating to the Federation's activities, 1945-1956, and deals mainly with racial minority problems such as discrimination, immigration, segregation, housing, Fair Employment Practices Committee, etc. Included, also, are a number of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and copies of bills introduced in the National and State legislatures regarding discriminatory subjects. In addition to the incoming and outgoing correspondence, there are minutes of meetings, minutes of board meetings, financial statements, bills, audits, and conference and workshop notes.
Extent:
Number of containers: 7 boxes and 4 cartons Linear feet: 7.8 1 Digital Object (1 image)
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Federation for Civic Unity records, BANC MSS C-A 274, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The California Federation for Civic Unity Records contain correspondence and material relating to the Federation's activities, 1945-1956, and deals mainly with racial minority problems such as discrimination, immigration, segregation, housing, FEPC, etc. Included, also, are a number of pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and copies of bills introduced in the National and State legislatures regarding discriminatory subjects. In addition to the incoming and outgoing correspondence, there are minutes of meetings, minutes of board meetings, financial statements, bills, audits, and conference and workshop notes.

Of particular interest are seven letters from the American Council of Race Relations; six from the American Friends Service Committee; twenty from the American Jewish Committee; fourteen from the Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; three letters from Eugene Block as executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council; six letters from the California Attorney General's Office; eight from the California Department of Education; five from the California Department of Employment; two from California Franchise Tax Board; four from California Governor's Office with two letters signed by Earl Warren as Governor; three letters from California Department of Industrial Relations; nine from the California Youth Authority; three letters from the Japanese American Citizen's League; one from the Urban League of Los Angeles; two from the Urban League of Portland [Oregon]; three from the National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing; six from the Palo Alto Fair Play Council; and twenty-six letters from Roma Philbrook as Director of Asilomar.

In addition, there is one letter each from Erskine Caldwell, Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Ernest McFarland, Wayne Morse, and Harry Truman. Also included are one letter from Ernest Bramblett; two from George Collins, Jr.; one from Robert L. Condon; one from Helen Gahagan Douglas; one from Clair Engle; one from Chet Hollifield; two letters from Ala Oakley Hunter; one from Clinton McKinnon; one from Leroy Johnson; one from George P. Miller; one from Norris Poulson; one letter from Hubert B. Scudder; three from John F. Shelley; and two from Sam Yorty, all as U.S. Congressional Representatives from California.

Other letters included are three letters from Fred S. Farr; one from Luther Gibson; three from Augustus F. Hawkins; one from Verne Hoffman; two letters from Robert I. McCarthy; and two letters from George Miller, Jr., as State Senators; and seven letters from Verne Kilpatrick and two from Caspar W. Weinberger as State Assembly Representatives.

Biographical / historical:

Established in March 1946 as the California Councils for Civic Unity; became the California Federation for Civic Unity in 1947. Disbanded in 1956.

Acquisition information:
The California Federation for Civic Unity Records were given to The Bancroft Library by the California Federation for Civic Unity in March 1958.
Processing information:

Processed by The Bancroft Library staff; rehoused by Eresmia Ouranitsas in 2007

Accruals:

No additions are expected.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by The Bancroft Library staff; revised by Eresmia Ouranitsas
Date Prepared:
© 2007
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: October 2013

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Federation for Civic Unity records, BANC MSS C-A 274, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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