Papers, 1869-1964 bulk 1890-1940.

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Papers, 1869-1964 bulk 1890-1940.

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Boxes 1-184 include correspondence, articles, speeches, reports, financial records, legal records, and clippings related to California politics and the activities of journalist Franklin Hichborn, including the Francisco Graft prosecutions, the Francis J. Heny campaign (1909) and Heney League, the Progressive and Reform movements, Rudolph Spreckles, and the water and power campaign (1924).

332 boxes (166 linear ft.)13 oversize boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7424987

University of California, Los Angeles

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Heney, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1859-1937.

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A lawyer in the Western United States. From the description of Francis J. Heney papers, 1892-1937. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 27041869 Biographical Information Francis Joseph Heney was a lawyer most famous for his involvement in the Dr. John Christopher Handy divorce case in 1891, the Oregon Land Fraud trials in 1905, and the San Francisco graft prosecution from 1906 to 1908. In 1914 Heney r...

Spreckles, Rudolph.

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Hichborn, Franklin, 1868-1964.

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Hichborn was born in Eureka, CA, 1868; legislative reporter, San Francisco Examiner, 1897; covered Sacramento for Examiner until 1951; wrote The story of the California Legislature of 1909 as well as subsequent editions in 1911, 1913, 1915, 1921; published The system (1915); advocate for public ownership of public utilities; trustee, John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation; married Mabel Houlton and had three daughters; died Dec. 29, 1963. From the description of Papers, 1869...