Knowland, William Fife, 1908-1974

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William Fife Knowland was the son of Joseph R. Knowland, publisher of the Oakland [Calif.] Tribune. William succeeded Joseph as publisher and editor of the Tribune, and he took an active interest in U.S. and local politics. He served as a U.S. Senator from California from 1945 to 1958, and championed conservative and anti-communist policies. He ran unsuccessfully for the California governorship in 1958.

From the description of William F. Knowland papers, 1900-1974 (bulk 1946-1959) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502254

Senator, publisher.

From the description of Reminiscences of William Fife Knowland : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309743296

United States senator from California, 1945-1959.

From the description of William F. Knowland miscellaneous papers, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869782
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referencedIn Lyndon Baines Johnson Archives Collection. 1931 - 1968. Congressional Correspondence Files Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 28] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with McIntyre Faries Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 89 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with William F. Knowland Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., Collection. 1953 - 1982. Motion Picture Films. 1953 - 1982. Presidential Inaugural National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Younger, J. Arthur (Jesse Arthur), 1893-1967. J. Arthur Younger papers, 1951-1968. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Paul Manolis Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION BIG SWITCH - NAVY SPORTS National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with George Christopher Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Smith, George Howard Edward, 1898-1962. George Howard Edward Smith papers, 1917-1962 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961, Papers, 1822, 1831, 1845, 1903-2007 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Letter from President Eisenhower to William F. Knowland Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 21] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 12] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. Reminiscences of William Fife Knowland : oral history, 1970. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Parsons, Charles, 1889-. Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn George Howard Edward Smith papers, 1917-1962 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Estelle Knowland Johnson Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Peter Gulbrandsen Papers, 1917-1954 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. [William F. Knowland at the Commonwealth Club] [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Manolis, Paul. Remembering William F. Knowland : oral history transcript / tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1979 by Ruth Teiser for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1981 : and related material, 1979-1981. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JAN. 23] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Blair Moody Papers, 1928-1954, 1934-1952 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Frank Carlson Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Hearst Metrotone News, Inc., Collection. 1937 - 1942. News of the Day Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1963 - 12/1967. News of the Day (Sept. 13) National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JULY 13] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Nicolson, John, 1927-. John Nicolson correspondence, 1942-1979. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with John Walton Dinkelspiel Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf William Fife Knowland Miscellaneous Papers, 1956 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970. Goodwin Knight correspondence with Paul Mason, 1943-1970. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities . 1982 - 1999. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S SECOND INAUGURATION
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Caspar W. Weinberger Papers, 1910-2005, (bulk 1951-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Parsons, Charles, 1889-. Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Charles Parsons papers, 1880-1965 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Emelyn Knowland Jewett Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1884-1974, 1915-1951 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Olindo R. Angelillo papers, 1925-1983 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [AUG. 25] National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. William F. Knowland miscellaneous papers, 1956. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Dolwig, Richard J. 1908-. Oral history interview with Richard J. Dolwig, 1987. Transcript. / by Carole Hicke, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives. California State Archives
referencedIn Herbert Brownell Jr. Additional Papers. 1897 - 1996. Photographs Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Leary, Mary Ellen. Collection of press releases and newspaper clippings chiefly concerning California politics and government, 1944-1958. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996. Edmund G. Brown speeches from campaign for governor of California [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. William F. Knowland papers, 1900-1974 (bulk 1946-1959) UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Keesling, Francis Valentine, b. 1877. Francis V. Keesling papers, 1906-1957. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Nolan family. Oakland Tribune records, 1908-1965. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with William F. Knowland Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn William Harrison Standley Papers, 1895-1963, (bulk 1940-1960) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Emanuel Celler Papers, 1924-1973, (bulk 1945-1973) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Francis Valentine Keesling Papers, 1906-1957 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967. Papers, 1913-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JULY 29] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Smith, George H. E. (George Howard Edward), 1898-1962. George Howard Edward Smith papers, 1917-1962 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. William F. Knowland interview on KMPC, October 29, 1963 [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Henry, Walter Hughes, 1871-1934. Walter Hughes Henry papers, 1892-1935. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 40, No. 30 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Affairs of State with William F. Knowland [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. William F. Knowland letter to Earl Pomeroy : Wash., D.C. : LS, 1954 June 30. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Fry, Amelia R.,. Earl Warren's Campaigns : oral history transcripts / tape recorded interviews conducted 1969-1975 by Amelia R. Fry for the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976 : and related material, 1969-1976. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Knowland, William F. (William Fife), 1908-1974. Senator William F. Knowland at the Commonwealth Club [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interviews with Herbert Brownell Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Keith McCormac Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
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referencedIn Oral history with Arthur L. Alarcon, California State Government Oral Histories California State Archives

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