Frederick Smith Stratton papers, circa 1886-1917.

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Frederick Smith Stratton papers, circa 1886-1917.

Includes correspondence, scrapbooks and miscellaneous papers concerning Stratton as Collector of the Port of San Francisco, 1900-1913; Republican party activities; and business interests in California and Oregon (including land holdings in Klamath County) Correspondents include many of the most prominent California political figures of Stratton's day, including U.S. Senators Thomas Bard, Frank Flint, George Perkins and John D. Works; Congressmen Julius Kahn and Joseph Russell Knowland; Presidents William McKinley and William Howard Taft; Governors George Pardee and James Gillette. Other correspondents include William H. Crocker, Charles Mills Gayley, John Hays Hammond, David Starr Jordan, Garret McEnerney and Benjamin Ide Wheeler.

23 boxes, 6 cartons, 1 oversize folder (15.25 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7169320

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Kahn, Julius, 1861-1924

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Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife Florence Prag Kahn after his death. He has been described by the American Jerusalem as "among the most influential Jews in San Francisco—as well as national–civic life, from the middle of the 19th century into the 1930s". Kahn was born in Kuppenheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, in what would become Germany. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Calif...

Mckinley, William, 1843-1901

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Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915

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Thomas Robert Bard (1841-1915), U.S. Senator from California from 1900 to 1905 and president of the Union Oil Company, was born in Pennsylvania where he studied law. He came to California in 1865 to take charge of the large land holdings of eastern owners in Ventura County and was instrumental in the subsequent development of land and petroleum in the area. Bard laid out the town of Hueneme, CA, and was involved in many Ventura County business ventures. From the description of Papers...

Flint, Frank P. (Frank Putnam), 1862-1929

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Republican Party (Calif.)

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Stratton, Frederick Smith, 1859-1915.

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A native of Oakland, California, Frederick Smith Stratton was a prominent California attorney, businessman, and politician. He was elected to the State Senate in 1896 and served as Collector of the Port of San Francisco from 1900 to 1913. From the description of Frederick Smith Stratton papers, circa 1886-1917. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26754733 Biography Frederick Smith Stratton was born i...

Pardee, George C., 1857-1941

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George Cooper Pardee, born 25 July 1857 in San Francisco, California, was a doctor who specialized in diseases of the eye and ear. He served as mayor of Oakland (1893-1895) and as governor of California (1903-1907). From the description of Scrapbooks, 1889-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644592 Biography George Cooper Pardee, born 25 July 1857 in San Francisco, California, was a doctor who specialized in diseases ...

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...

Gayley, Charles Mills, 1858-1932

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Crocker, William H.,

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California. Legislature. Senate

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931

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Educator, author, and naturalist. From the description of Papers of David Starr Jordan, 1861-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068098 Zoologist David Starr Jordan was elected president of Indiana University in 1885. He left IU in 1891 to become Stanford University's first president. Jordan died in 1931. From the description of David Starr Jordan papers, 1874-1929, bulk 1895-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 61225195 American ichthyolog...

San Francisco Port Authority

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Online Archive of California

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Hammond, John Hays, 1855-1936

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Engineer. From the description of Letter of John Hays Hammond, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450745 John Hays Hammond, Sr., (1855 March 31-1936 June 8) was a mining expert and superintendent of mines in California and Mexico, 1881-1893; worked for Cecil Rhodes and others in South Africa, 1893-1899; consultant in England, 1896-1900, and in Mexico, 1900; general manager and consulting engineer for Guggenheim Exploration Co., 1903-1907; chairman Engineers, Exploration ...

Perkins, George C. (George Clement), 1839-1923

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Perkins was a politician and a businessman, of Calif. He served as governor (1880-1883) and U.S. Senator (1893-1915). From the description of George C. Perkins family papers, 1873-1931 (bulk 1873-1920). (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122441455 ...

McEnerney, Garret W.

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Knowland, Joseph R. (Joseph Russell), 1873-1966

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Owner of Oakland tribune. From the description of Joseph Russell Knowland papers, 1889-1961. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558878 Biography Born in Alameda on 5 August 1873, Joseph Russell Knowland was one of the best known figures in the public life of California during the first half of the 20th century. His parents were among the first settlers to move west, and established a successful lumber...

Gillette, James,

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Works, John D. (John Downey), 1847-1928

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John Downey Works, born 29 March 1847 in Indiana, served in the Civil War and in 1868 was admitted to the Indiana bar. He served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives before moving to southern California as a result of bad health. Works served as a superior court judge in San Diego County (1886-1887) and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of California (1888-1891). In 1911, he was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Progressive Republicans of the Lincoln-Roosevelt Le...