Title:

Robert McE. Hunter scrapbook and papers, 1862-1930

Creator/Contributor:

Hunter, Robert McE., creator

Collection contains copies of Hunter's published articles and letters to the editor, correspondence, ephemera, and printed pamphlets from organizations he was involved with. Items from his life in Liverpool (bulk 1870's-1880's) include writings about English politics, income tax, London and Liverpool public affairs, free trade, public libraries and museums, church issues, and the International Arbitration Association. Items from California (bulk 1890's-1920's) continue these themes, as represented in articles in local Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco newspapers, and others. Letters written home and published in English papers compare life in Liverpool to his new life in California in detail, with prices, working conditions, jobs, etc. noted. Additional California topics present are "Boys Brigade" youth clubs, strikes, unemployment, the 1894 election, peace and the role of the church, temperance, prohibition, progressive tax reform, the single tax movement, etc. A small amount of family correspondence and items relating to his brother George (Burton?) Hunter are also present.

Date:

1862 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca -- e-uk---

Hunter, George

International Arbitration League.

Oakland Institute of Applied Christianity.

Boys' Brigade (U.S.)

Taxation -- Great Britain

Libraries -- Great Britain

Museums -- Great Britain

Temperance -- United States

Unemployment -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

Peace -- Religious aspects

Prohibition -- United States

Taxation -- United States

Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century

Liverpool (England) -- Politics and government

Great Britain -- Religious life and custom

California -- Description and travel

California -- Politics and government

Oakland (Calif.) -- Politics and government

Robert McE. Hunter, of Liverpool, left his produce brokerage to come to California where he was active as a writer in the spheres of local issues, politics, and religion. He founded the Oakland Institute of Applied Christianity.

print

1 box (.4 linear ft.)

English

BANC MSS 99/35 czLOCAL

Origin:

California