California -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Roger Kent papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1401
Abstract:
The papers consist of an oral history typescript entitled, "Building the Democratic Party in California, 1954-1966," containing interviews with Roger Kent conducted by Anne H. Brower and Amelia R. Fry in 1976 and 1977. The volume was compiled and published by the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, in 1981.
Dates:
1970-1981
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Roger Kent papers
William Kent family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 309
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, topical files, biographical files, scrapbooks, and other material relating to William Kent's businesses, political activities, and family. The papers document his activities as a municipal reformer in Chicago and Northern California; his interests in conservation, recreation, and public control of water power; his campaigns for election to Congress; his service in the U.S. House of Representatives and on the U.S. Tariff Commission; and his...
Dates:
1768-1961
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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William Kent family papers
Thomas Day Thacher papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 757
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, reports, minutes of meetings, speeches, printed matter, photographs and memorabilia of Thomas Day Thacher, judge and political figure in New York City. The papers include significant material relating to his activities as solicitor-general, to the New York City charter of 1936, and legal papers from his period on the New York Court of Appeals. There is also considerable documentation of his service on the boards of various professional and...
Dates:
1779-1984, bulk 1914-1950
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Thomas Day Thacher papers