Julia Gorman Porter papers, 1906-1987 (bulk 1928-1987).

United States. Bureau of Prisons

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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) was created by the Act of May 14, 1930 (ch.274,- 46 Stat. 325) and signed into law by President Herbert Hoover. The mission of the Bureau of Prisons was to maintain secure, safe, and humane correctional institutions for individuals placed in the custody of the U.S. Attorney General; to develop and operate correctional programs that seek a balanced application of the concepts of punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation; and provide, primarily through t...

Harron (Marion Janet), 1903-1972

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Marion Janet Harron was a United States Tax Court judge from 1936 to 1970. She was the second woman appointed to the United States Board of Tax Appeals....

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Feinstein, Dianne, 1933-

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Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from California since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. Born in San Francisco, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. In the 1960s, she worked in local government in San Francisco. Feinstein was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. She served as the bo...

Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980

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Helen Gahagan Douglas (November 25, 1900 – June 28, 1980) was an American actress and politician. Her career included success on Broadway, as a touring opera singer, and the starring role in the 1935 movie She, in which her portrayal of the villain inspired Disney's Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Born Helen Mary Gahagan in Boonton, New Jersey and raised in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from the prestigious Berkeley School for Girls and at the ...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Moscone, George, -1978

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Lindsay, George E. (George Edmund), 1916-2002

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Edwards, India

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Political activist. From the description of Reminiscences of India Edwards : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122598141 Government official and journalist. From the description of Papers, 1928-1977. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70943999 Edwards was born in Chicago and worked as a journalist (1918-1942) before becoming active in the women's division of the Democratic Party...

Wheeler, Benjamin Ide, 1854-1927

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Biography Benjamin ide Wheeler, Greek scholar, philologist and president of the University of California, was born July 15, 1854 at Randolph, Massachusetts. He attended Thornton Academy and Colby Academy prior to entering Brown University. Upon his graduation in 1875, he taught in Providence High School for two years, then became a tutor at Brown from 1879 to 1881. He continued his studies in Germany, at Leipzig, Heidelberg, Jena and Berlin f...

McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966

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Lawyer, politician, and government official. From the description of Papers, 1934-1952. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70944334 ...

Tillett, Gladys Avery, 1891-1984

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Gladys Avery Tillett of Charlotte, N.C., was vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-1950; co-director of Frank Porter Graham's senatorial campaign, 1950; United States delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-1968; proponent of the Equal Rights Amendment; and activist for other political and social causes. From the description of Gladys Avery Tillett papers, 1700s-2000. WorldCat record id: 14117471 Gladys Avery Tillett (1893-1984)...

Alioto, Joseph L.

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Alioto was San Francisco's 36th mayor, serving two terms beginning Jan. 8, 1968, and ending Jan. 1974. From the description of Joseph L. Alioto papers, 1958-1977 (bulk 1968-1974). (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 48891244 Biography Joseph Lawrence Alioto was born February 12, 1916 in San Francisco to Giuseppe and Domenica Alioto. His father, a Sicilian imimgrant, was a successful San Francisco fish whol...

Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996

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Governor of California, 1959-1967. From the description of Press conference recording, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553823 Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown (1905-1996), born in San Francisco, Calif., was the thirty-second governor of California from 1959 to 1967. From the description of Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569285 Biographical Note ...

Weinberger, Caspar W.

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U.S. secretary of defense; U.S. secretary of health, education, and welfare; California state legislator; lawyer; journalist; and business executive. Full name: Caspar Willard Weinberger. Born 1917; died 2006. From the description of Caspar W. Weinberger papers, 1910-2005 (bulk 1951-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009624 ...

Suggett, Allen Holman,

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Murphy, Reg, 1934-....

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Harris, George Bernard, 1901-

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Wada, Yori, 1916-1997,

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Ziffren, Paul.

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Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

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San Francisco Examiner (Firm),

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League of Women Voters of San Francisco

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Porter, Charles Bruce

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Lapham, Roger D. (Roger Dearborn), 1883-1966

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Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the description of Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869100 Biographical Note Chief, United States Economic Cooperation Administration Mission to China, 1948-1949. From the guide to the Roger Dearborn Lapham papers, 1948-1949, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Ciampi, Mario J. (Mario Joseph), 1907-2006

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Mario Joseph Ciampi was a native of San Francisco. He studied at the San Francisco Architectural Club (1927-29), was a Special Student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (1930-32), and attended the Beaux Arts Institute in Paris (1932). Ciampi gained prominence within the profession by designing schools and churches in the Bay Area, the Berkeley Art Museum and the Newman Center for the University of California. In addition to his architectural projects, Ciampi was involved in a number of si...

United States. Attorney-General

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Porter, Julia Gorman, 1897-

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Julia Porter's interest in community and political activities began when she joined the League of Women Voters in the 1930s. She served on the San Francisco Planning Commission from 1943 to 1976, was a co-founder of the San Francisco Housing and Planning Association (which became the San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association), was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee from 1941 to 1960, and worked with other groups including the United Negro College Fund Drive and the San...

Kenny, Robert W. (Robert Walker), 1901-1976

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California state senator and attorney general. From the description of My first forty years in California politics, 1922-1962 : manuscript, [ca.1963-1979]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 213766596 Biographical Information Robert Walker Kenny was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 21, 1901. His father was Robert W. Kenny, Sr., (1863-1914) a prominent banker and civic leader in Los Angeles...

Nicholson, Don V.,

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Christopher, George

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Christopher (1907-2000) was San Francisco's 34th mayor, serving two terms beginning January 1956 and ending January 1964. Christopher was San Francisco's 34th mayor, serving two terms beginning Jan. 1956 and ending Jan. 1964. From the description of George Christopher papers, 1950-2000 (bulk 1956-1963). (San Francisco Public Library). WorldCat record id: 48891204 Biographical/Historical note Georg...

United States. Dept. of Defense. Housing Commission,

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Shelley, John Francis, 1905-

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Democratic Party (Calif.). State Central Committee

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Gavin, James M. (James Maurice), 1907-1990

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James Maurice Gavin (b. Mar. 22, 1907-d. Feb. 23, 1990) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received his commission in the infantry from West Point in 1929, and later served as an instructor at the Academy in 1940 and 1941. He advanced to the rank of brigadier general in September 1943 and served as Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, parachuting with troops during the Normandy D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944. He then served as the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Di...