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Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975. Politics, farming, and the Progressive party in California : oral history transcript / Philip Bancroft ; tape recorded interviews conducted by Willa K. Baum in April-August, 1961. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1962 : and related material, 1961-1962.

Title: Politics, farming, and the Progressive party in California : oral history transcript / Philip Bancroft ; tape recorded interviews conducted by Willa K. Baum in April-August, 1961. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1962 : and related material, 1961-1962.

Recollections of his father, Hubert H. Bancroft; his early law practice in San Francisco; his interest in politics- particularly the graft prosecution in San Francisco, the gubernatorial campaign of 1910, the start of the Progressive Party, and his 1938 campaign as Republican candidate for U.S. senator; his experiences fruit and nut farming in Walnut Creek- with marketing cooperatives, farmer organizations (including the Associated Farmers) and attempts by unions to organize farm labor. Photographs, printed material, and copies of letters discussed in the text, inserted or appended.

ArchivalResource: Transcript : [562] leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 610:10) and positive.

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Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975. Recollections of Hubert Howe Bancroft : Walnut Creek, California : transcript of tape recorded interview conducted by David D. Smits, 1971 Apr. 24.

Title: Recollections of Hubert Howe Bancroft : Walnut Creek, California : transcript of tape recorded interview conducted by David D. Smits, 1971 Apr. 24.

An account of family life and the character of Hubert Howe Bancroft by his son.

ArchivalResource: 41 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975. Philip Bancroft papers, 1908-1959.

Title: Philip Bancroft papers, 1908-1959.

Contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican Party, the Progressive Party, and as an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator. Principal correspondents include Hubert Howe Bancroft, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, Edgar Augustine Lucie, Martin Madsen, Frank Finley Merriam, Raymond W. Miller, George Cooper Pardee, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Allerton Shurtleff, Justus S. Wardell, and Clement Calhoun Young.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 4 cartons, and 1 oversize folder (5.85 linear ft.)

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Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975. Photographs of California Delegates to the Progressive National Convention, Chicago [graphic].

Title: Photographs of California Delegates to the Progressive National Convention, Chicago [graphic]. 1912-1938, bulk 1912.

Two oversize prints are formal group portraits of California delegates to the 1912 Progressive National Convention in Chicago in support of that party's presidential candidate, Theodore Roosevelt. Among those pictured are then-California Governor Hiram Johnson (the Progressive candidate for Vice-President), former California Governor George C. Pardee, and Philip Bancroft. The delegates' close affiliation with the Republican Party -- the National Convention of which was also held in Chicago at that time -- is evident by the banners depicted. Other photos are snapshots depicting various associates of the delegation, taken at train stations (perhaps en route from California to Chicago?). Also included is a snapshot of two boys in Turlock, Calif. posing with leaflet material promoting the 1938 election of Republican candidate Philip Bancroft for U.S. Senator.

ArchivalResource: 13 photographic prints : b&w ; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller.

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Davidson, Winifred. Notes, clippings, etc., concerning H.H. Bancroft and the adobe house in Spring Valley, San Diego, Co., which he owned, 1935-1936.

Title: Notes, clippings, etc., concerning H.H. Bancroft and the adobe house in Spring Valley, San Diego, Co., which he owned, 1935-1936.

Notes about former owner of the adobe: A.S. Ensworth, who built it from timbers of the "Clarissa Andrews," disposed of by J.C. Bogart, and Rufus K. Porter, who purchased the property from Ensworth; letter from Rufina Porter Crosby; W.F. Clarke's sketch of Bancroft from the Golden Era, July 1887. With additional notes from Philip Bancroft.

ArchivalResource: 16 pieces in portfolio.

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Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979

Title: Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979

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Arlett, Arthur M. Arthur Arlett papers, 1912-1921.

Title: Arthur Arlett papers, 1912-1921.

Letters, subject files, speeches and clippings, relating mainly to his activities connected with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, California Board of State Harbor Commissioners, Progressive Party, prohibition, and Plymouth Congregational Church, Oakland, California.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.

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Stetson, John Walter, 1871-1919. John Walter Stetson papers, 1912.

Title: John Walter Stetson papers, 1912.

Concerning the Roosevelt Progressive Republican League of California (of which he was president), the Progressive and Republican Parties and the election of 1912. Chiefly carbon copies of League organizational papers and letters sent or pertaining to the Afro-American Council, C.L. Neumiller, George E. Crothers, Philip Bancroft, Truxton Beale, Charles A. Whitmore, Rolfe L. Thompson, Sumner Crosby, John J. Baumgartner, Albert J. Beveridge, C.C. Young, A.L. Scott, Hiram Johnson, Chas. E. Snook, and Leo S. Robinson. Campaign literature, badges and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 81 items in 20 folders in 1 portfolio.

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. Hubert Howe Bancroft letters, 1882-1918, to his family.

Title: Hubert Howe Bancroft letters, 1882-1918, to his family.

Primarily letters to his wife Matilda and his son Griffing, commenting on financial difficulties and the reorganization of The History Company after the 1886 fire, the sale of The Bancroft Library, the development of his farm and other property in San Diego and Griffing Bancroft's management of his business affairs there, his business and property investments in San Francisco, family matters, etc., and advising Griffing on his writing efforts. Included also are some letters written by his wife to him and to their children and a few inter-family letters written by the children; a few letters written to the Bancrofts including one by Porfirio Díaz; notes; clippings, etc.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.).

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Lissner, Meyer, b. 1871. Meyer Lissner papers, 1903-1923 (bulk 1910-1920).

Title: Meyer Lissner papers, 1903-1923 (bulk 1910-1920).

Correspondence, legal and financial papers, photographs, clippings and miscellaneous printed material including circulars, new releases, speeches, and political hand bills. The papers are predominantly political with particular emphasis on the non-partisan reform movement in Los Angeles beginning about 1906, the organization of the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League (1907), and the Progressive movement especially in California through Hiram Johnson's presidential campaign (1920).

ArchivalResource: 30 linear feet.

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Bristol, Robert Dewey, d. 1932. Robert Dewey Bristol papers, [ca. 1894-1932].

Title: Robert Dewey Bristol papers, [ca. 1894-1932].

Manager of the Bancroft Company in Chicago and New York. The papers relate primarily to the publication of the Book of the Fair and the Book of Wealth. Include correspondence with Hubert Howe Bancroft and his wife and children, and with Francis B. Graves, Edward H. Mitchell and Charles O. Richards; biography of Bristol by his wife, Theresa (Hall) Bristol; miscellaneous records of the Bancroft Company in Chicago, 1894-1896, and in New York, 1896-1923; and clippings, some re the Bancroft family.

ArchivalResource: 1 carton, 1 v.

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Bancroft, Philip, 1881-1975. The California contest at the Republican National Convention of 1912 : San Francisco : typescript, [1912].

Title: The California contest at the Republican National Convention of 1912 : San Francisco : typescript, [1912].

Incorporating copies of: certificate by Frank C. Jordan, California Secretary of State; affidavit of J.H. Zamansky, San Francisco Registrar of Voters; and sample ballot, Presidential Primary Election, 1912.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves. 32 cm.

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Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918. Hubert Howe Bancroft family papers, circa 1835-1960.

Title: Hubert Howe Bancroft family papers, circa 1835-1960.

Contains letters from bookseller George H. Derby, concerning Hubert Howe Bancroft's proposed California business venture in 1854. Includes family correspondence, passports, genealogies, memoirs, and sons', Paul and Griffing's report cards from Yale, along with miscellaneous writings and documents, and letters from Matilda Bancroft concerning property matters. Also includes papers and clippings of Paul Bancroft concerning his role in San Francisco politics, and of Philip Bancroft relating to his political activities in the Republican Party, including minutes of the Republican County Committee of San Francisco, 1910-1912, and a telegram from Hiram W. Johnson, as well as his run for U.S. Senate in 1938. Additional clippings relate to the dedication of H.H. Bancroft's Valencia Street library and Spring Valley adobe as Calif. historical monuments in the 1960s. Scrapbook contains photographs of Hubert Howe Bancroft (portraits circa 1850-1912), his parents, sister, first and second wives, children, and grandchildren. Also includes family crest, genealogies, and clippings relating to various family members, including Paul and Griffing's political careers, the Bancroft Library, and H.H. Bancroft's literary endeavors. Several family homes and farms are pictured, most notable the Mt. Diablo Fruit Farm (Contra Costa Co., Calif.) and Helix Farms (Spring Valley, Calif.) Two scrapbooks containing newspaper clipping reviews of Hubert H. Bancroft's book, The Book of the Fair. Each clipping is annotated with the publication name, location and date published.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 1 volume, 2 oversize volumes (circa 2.25 linear feet)

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Philip Bancroft Papers, 1908-1959

Title: Philip Bancroft Papers, 1908-1959

This collection contains correspondence relating primarily to Bancroft's political activities as a member of the Republican Party, the Progressive Party, and as an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator. Principal correspondents include Hubert Howe Bancroft, Herbert Hoover, Hiram Johnson, Edgar Augustine Lucie, Martin Madsen, Frank Finley Merriam, Raymond W. Miller, George Cooper Pardee, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Allerton Shurtleff, Justus S. Wardell, and Clement Calhoun Young.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 2 boxes, 4 cartons and 1 oversize folder; Linear feet: 5.85

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Boyé, photographer. Portraits of the Bancroft family from the Philip Bancroft papers [graphic]

Title: Portraits of the Bancroft family from the Philip Bancroft papers [graphic] ca. 1876-ca. 1941.

Views show a walnut tree at the Bancroft Fruit Farm; a snapshot of H.H. Bancroft, Philip Sr. and Philip Jr. on horseback; a group portrait of Lucy, Griffing, Paul, and Philip; friends of Bancroft in World War I; a Christmas card from Theodore, Eleanor and Quentin Roosevelt in 1941; the wedding portrait of Mrs. H.H. (Mathilda Griffing) Bancroft; and Mrs. H.H. Bancroft with her children.

ArchivalResource: 7 photographic prints : b&w ; 32 x 24 cm. or smaller.

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