Marshall Dill papers and scrapbooks, 1920-1960.

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Marshall Dill papers and scrapbooks, 1920-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122441324

Correspondence and reports from the San Francisco grand jury of 1935-1938, of which Dill served as foreman, including letters from Mayor Angelo Rossi to Dill, regarding Edwin N. Atherton's report and the grand jury's investigation of corruption and graft in the San Francisco Police Dept.; Dill's speeches as president of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (1939-1940); correspondence as member and chairman of San Francisco Housing Authority (1940-1943), dealing with low cost housing and housing for defense workers; notes from Alien Enemy Hearing Board of the Northern District of Calif. (1941-1942); Dill's speeches for Roger D. Lapham's 1943 campaign for mayor; reports regarding San Francisco Municipal Railway prepared for California Public Utilities Commission while Dill was commissioner (1947); business correspondence from Dill-Crosett, Inc., an import-export company Dill established in 1906. Includes 13 v. of scrapbooks (1901-1956), containing photographs, clippings, cards, and letters.

4 boxes, 12 v. (9.75 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6713966

California historical society

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San Francisco (Calif.). Police Dept.

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

Dill-Crosett, Inc.

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Housing Authority of the City and County of San Francisco

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Dill, Marshall, 1882-1961

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Dill was a San Francisco civic leader, businessman, and president of the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. From the description of Marshall Dill papers and scrapbooks, 1920-1960. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122441324 ...