Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- McDonough, Patrick William, 1888-
- Abstract:
- Includes correspondence, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, relating primarily to his role in local and statewide Democratic Party politics in California and his unsuccessful campaigns for political office.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 1 carton
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists almost entirely of political correspondence, covering the years from 1940 to 1951, dealing with national, state and local elections, Democratic Party issues and patronage appointments. The Papers, which are housed in one carton, are described in greater detail in the Key to Arrangement which follows.
- Biographical / historical:
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Patrick William McDonough was born in San Francisco on February 20, 1888. He worked as a boilermaker from 1909 to 1913, when he became a foreman and began to study law. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1917. In 1924 he founded the McDonough Steel Company in Oakland. He was active in local and statewide Democratic Party politics, served as Chairman of the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee, as Northern California Chairman of the Business & Professional Men's League for Roosevelt (1940), and ran unsuccessfully for State Senator from the 16th District in 1942 and for U.S. Congressman from the 7th District in 1946. From 1945 to 1946 he served as national director of the Smaller War Plants Corporation.
- Acquisition information:
- This collection of McDonough's papers was given to The Bancroft Library by his daughter, Mrs. John Higgins, in January 1966.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481