Manuscripts
Virginia Warren and Frank J. Hogan letters to Bess Johnston and George W. Johnston Jr
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Correspondence
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A series of letters written primarily by Virginia "Ginger" Warren, who worked for lawyer Frank J. Hogan, to George W. Johnston Jr. and Bess Johnston, with a few letters and memoranda written by Hogan. Letters are not official office correspondence but rather more casual and personal, while also offering insights into current events. In addition to Warren's personal affairs and relationships with the Johnstons, topics include the Long Beach earthquake of 1933, the effects of the Great Depression on law firms and the federal government, Republican attitudes towards the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the work of Hogan's law office on a variety of cases, including Andrew Mellon's tax evasion case and federal prosecutor Robert Jackson. Matters related to the Dohenys are also discussed, such as Estelle Doheny's role with the Petroleum Securities Company, and the disposition of of Edward L. Doheny's estate.
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A series of letters written primarily by Virginia "Ginger" Warren, who worked for lawyer Frank J. Hogan, to George W. Johnston Jr. and Bess Johnston, with a few letters and memoranda written by Hogan. Letters are not official office correspondence but rather more casual and personal, while also offering insights into current events. In addition to Warren's personal affairs and relationships with the Johnstons, topics include the Long Beach earthquake of 1933, the effects of the Great Depression on law firms and the federal government, Republican attitudes towards the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the work of Hogan's law office on a variety of cases, including Andrew Mellon's tax evasion case and federal prosecutor Robert Jackson. Matters related to the Dohenys are also discussed, such as Estelle Doheny's role with the Petroleum Securities Company, and the disposition of of Edward L. Doheny's estate.
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A series of letters written primarily by Virginia "Ginger" Warren, who worked for lawyer Frank J. Hogan, to George W. Johnston Jr. and Bess Johnston, with a few letters and memoranda written by Hogan. Letters are not official office correspondence but rather more casual and personal, while also offering insights into current events. In addition to Warren's personal affairs and relationships with the Johnstons, topics include the Long Beach earthquake of 1933, the effects of the Great Depression on law firms and the federal government, Republican attitudes towards the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the work of Hogan's law office on a variety of cases, including Andrew Mellon's tax evasion case and federal prosecutor Robert Jackson. Matters related to the Dohenys are also discussed, such as Estelle Doheny's role with the Petroleum Securities Company, and the disposition of of Edward L. Doheny's estate.
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Francis Johnston letterbooks
Manuscripts
The letters are written to various people by Frank Johnston from New York City in 1853 to 1857. He discusses several types of business but the letters deal chiefly with the cotton trade. Johnston talks a lot about shipments of cotton and the prices.
mssHM 78341-78342
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Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937. 2 letters (1935) to Frank J. Hogan
Manuscripts
The Manuscript series contains 20 journals written by George E. Farrand from 1915 to 1954 as well as two printed publications. The journals include daily entries regarding his law practice, the weather, his weight, as well as details regarding family matters and world events, such as the Great Depression, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, World War II and the start of the Cold War. At the end of most of the journals, he includes a brief summary of his year, including personal, business and world events. The later journals also include numerous news clippings. The Correspondence series is arranged alphabetically by author and predominantly contains letters related to business transactions such as the merger of First National and Security Pacific Banks in Los Angeles and the Julian Petroleum scandal as well as personal correspondence amongst friends, acquaintances, and political allies, including Henry M. Robinson, George E. Farrand, Harry Chandler, George E. Hale, Lou Henry Hoover, Herbert Hoover (many through Hoover's assistants, including Lawrence Richey and Paul Sexson), and Alonzo Englebert Taylor. The Ephemera series is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically within each folder. It contains separate folders for biographical and genealogical materials, cards, empty envelopes, event programs, indices and disposition of the files of Henry M. Robinson, judicial opinions, law school examination, legal documents and research memoranda, miscellaneous office documents, newspaper clippings, notes and minutes from meetings, pamphlets and printed statements, photographs, receipts, securities issues and offering materials, Senate hearings transcripts, speeches and statements of assets and "C" memoranda. The detailed indices of Henry M. Robinson's files indicate the status of his files upon his death and the disposition of those materials by his brother and George E. Farrand.
mssRobinson Farrand papers
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Vogel, George W. 4 letters (1934) to Herbert J. Vatcher, Jr
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The collection is semi-catalogued and consists of 1,156 items in six boxes with the manuscripts and documents arranged alphabetically by subject, the correspondence arranged alphabetically by author and the ephemera arranged alphabetically by type. There are 322 manuscripts and documents, most of which pertain to the legal and financial dealings of Cawston Ostrich Farm. There are a few items pertaining to the Atlanta Ostrich Farm and the California Zoological Society. There are also some documents of the Vatcher family and Herbert J. Vatcher, Jr.'s other business interests.
mssCawston Ostrich Farm Papers