Richard Victor Teggart scrapbook of Republican campaign literature for the 1934 California gubernatorial election, 1934.

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Richard Victor Teggart scrapbook of Republican campaign literature for the 1934 California gubernatorial election, 1934.

Scrapbook containing pamphlets, flyers, newpaper clippings, letters, editorials, radio addresses, ephemera, etc., documenting the 1934 campaign for governor of California between Republican incumbent Frank F. Merriam and challenger Upton Sinclair. The majority of the literature is pro-Merriam and anti-Sinclair, but a few pro-Sinclair items are included.

1 volume ; 32 cm.

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Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Teggart, Richard Victor, 1903-

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Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961

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Sheridan Downey (b. Mar. 11, 1884, Laramie, Wyo.-d. Oct. 25, 1961, San Francisco, Calif.), lawyer, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950. From the description of Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574300 Biographical Sketch Sheridan Downey was born in Laramie, Wyoming in 1884, the son of Evangeline Victoria (Owen) and Stephen Wheeler Downey. H...

Republican Party (Calif.)

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Hatfield, George Juan, 1887-1953

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California State Senator and Lieutenant Governor. From the description of George J. Hatfield papers, 1923-1953. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122452204 ...

Merriam, Frank Finley, 1865-1955

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Educator, newspaperman, assemblyman, senator, Lieutenant Governor and 28th Governor of California from 1934-1939. From the description of Frank Finley Merriam papers, 1867-1953 (bulk 1925-1935) (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26754728 From the description of Frank F. Merriam papers : additions, 1934-1938. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 25664621 ...