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Olney family papers, [ca. 1889-1957]
BANC MSS C-B 820LOCAL
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Title:

Olney family papers, [ca. 1889-1957]

Creator/Contributor:

Sutro, Alfred, 1869-1945

Creator/Contributor:

McLean, J. K. (John Knox), 1834-1914

Creator/Contributor:

Pardee, George C., 1857-1941, Correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Olney, Warren, 1841-1921

Creator/Contributor:

Olney, Warren, 1870-1939, Correspondent.

Abstract:

Letters from Warren Olney, Sr. to B.P. Wall and George C. Pardee (returned, with covering letters from the recipients, to Warren Olney, Jr.); list, by Warren Olney, Sr. of judges and lawyers he had known; speech by Warren Olney, Jr., against FDR's "packing" the Supreme Court; inscribed copy of poem of Alfred Sutro; note of John Knox McLean's on names of birds, trees and wildflowers; miscellaneous clippings.
discusses American Railway Union strike.

Date:

1889 (issued)

Subject:

American Railway Union.
Lawyers -- California
Strikes and lockouts -- California
Railroads -- California

Note:

Copy photographs of historic Oakland views received from the Olney family have been accessioned in the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1964.079--PIC)

Type:

Family papers.
Poems.

Physical Description:

print
1 portfolio.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 820LOCAL

Origin:

California