Warren Gregory papers, circa 1884-1958.

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Warren Gregory papers, circa 1884-1958.

Personal and business correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous publications relating to the activities and interests of attorney and U.C. Berkeley faculty member Warren Gregory, family members, and friends. Includes California bar exam questions with corresponding composition answer books. Agencies represented in correspondence and publications include: Alaska Packers Association; Committee for Relief in Belgium; California Committee for Relief in France and Belgium; Serbian Relief Society of California; League of Nations Non-Partisan Association; League of Nations; Hawaiian Dredging Co. (reconstruction of U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor); the presidential election campaign of Herbert Hoover (including correspondence from Hoover); and others. Also includes typewritten transcriptions of letters (some attached to originals and some in separate bound volumes without originals). Includes a bound volume of handwritten correspondence by R.J. Bolles in a "McDonald's Stylograph" notebook (most addressed from Aspen, Colo.) and typewritten personal testimonial letters on behalf of Mrs. S. Bolles from various persons in Portland, Or.

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