Katherine Philips Edson papers, 1909-1934

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Summary

Creators:
Edson, Katherine Philips
Abstract:
Katherine Philips (1870-1933) was a member of the Friday Morning Club in Los Angeles (1908-11), worked on the gubernatorial campaign of Hiram Johnson, was appointed to the California Industrial Welfare Commission, became a member of the State Republican Party (1916-20) and later, a member of the Republican National Committee (1920). The collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and memorabilia concerning Katherine Philip Edson's involvement with women in industry, minimum wage laws, women's suffrage, dairy laws, the Progressive and Republican parties, and the Conference on the Limitation of Armament.
Extent:
1 unknown (4 oversize boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Katherine Philips Edson Papers (Collection 235). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and memorabilia concerning Katherine Philip Edson's involvement with women in industry, minimum wage laws, women's suffrage, dairy laws, the Progressive and Republican parties, and the Conference on the Limitation of Armament. Includes correspondence from Hiram W. Johnson.

Biographical / historical:

Katherine Philips was born in 1870; married Charles Farwell Edson and moved to Antelope Valley, California; moved to Los Angeles, 1899; member and later vice president (1908-11) of the Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, organizing campaigns for pure milk examinations and women's suffrage; association with Progressive Party politics brought her to work on gubernatorial campaign of Hiram Johnson; member, Progressive Party State Central Committee, 1912-16; appointed, California Industrial Welfare Commission, helping to pass state minimum wage and hour laws, 1913; member, executive committee, State Republican Party, 1916-20; member, Republican National Committee, 1920; appointed, American Advisory Board at the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments in Washington, D.C., 1921; headed California Division of Industrial Welfare, 1927-31; died in 1933.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Katherine Edson Mershon, 1945.
Processing information:

Processed by Grace Bertalot.

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Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Correspondence.
  2. Papers.
  3. Photographs and drawings.
  4. Certificates of appointment.
  5. Scrapbooks.

Physical location:
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Disarmament.
Labor movement -- California.
Public welfare.
Minimum wage -- Law and legislation -- California.
Women -- Suffrage.
Dairy laws -- California.
Political parties -- United States.
Names:
League of Women Voters of California
Edson, Katherine Philips, 1870-1933--Archives.
Johnson, Hiram, 1866-1945--Correspondence.
Places:
California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950.
Indexes:

Index

Abbott, Grace
Acheson, Dean G.
Miscellaneous: Box 6/folder 7.
Adams, Annette A.
Letters from: Box 2/folder 13;
References: Box 3/folder 3.
Adams, John T.
Letters to: Box 1/folder 14;
Letters from: Box 3/folder 4;
References:
Addams, Jane
References: Box 2/folders 5,9.
Allen, James M.
References: Box 3/folder 12 (Author of Bill).
American Federation of Labor and California Federation of Labor
Anderson, James A.
Letters to: Box 1/folder 11;
Letters from: Box 3/folder 3.
Anderson, Mary
Letters to:
Letters from:
References:
Andrews, John B.
Letters to: Box 1/folders 10,12,17;
Letters from: Box 3/folders 1,7,9;
References: Box 1/folder 10;
Miscellaneous: Box 8.
Angelotti, Frank M.
Letters to: Box 1/folder 11;
Letters from: Box 3/folder 3.
Anti-Vivisection See--Vivisection.
Athearn, Fred G.
References: Box 3/folders 13,14.
Australia Box 3/folder 8.
Avery, Russ
Letters to: Box 1/folder 2;
Letters from: Box 1/folder 2;
References: Box 1/folder 4.
Baker, Newton D.
Letters from: Box 2/folder 12;
References: Box 2/folder 11.
Baldwin, Louise G.
Letters to: Box 3/folders 12-14;
Letters from: Box 3/folders 11-14;
Miscellaneous: Box 6/folder 6.
Bancroft, Mrs. Philip
References: Box 1/folder 2.
Bell, George L.
Letters to: Box 1/folder 6;
Letters from:
References: Box 1/folder 6.
Bell, Theodore
References:
Benjamin, Raymond
Letters to: Box 1/folders 8-10;
Letters from: Box 2/folders 10,13,16;
References: Box 1/folders 8,9.
Bertola, Dr. Mariana
Letters to: Box 1/folder 16;
References: Box 1/folder 16.
Better America Federation
Beveridge, Albert J.
Letters to: Box 1/folder 11;
References: Box 2/folder 13.
Bird, Anna Child (Mrs. Charles Sumner)
References:
Boland, F. Eldred
Letters from: Box 3/folder 2.
Bonnheim, Albert
References:
Booth, Willis H.
References:
Miscellaneous: Box 5/folder 4.
Borah, William E.
References:
Boulder Dam See--Hoover Dam.
Boynton, Albert E.
Brainerd, Chauncey
Brandeis, Louis
Breed, Arthur H.
Briand, Aristide
Briggs, Dr. Arthur H.
Brooks, John G.
Broughton, Esto
Brown, Adelaide, M.D.
Bulla, Robert N.
Burdette, Clara B.
Bush, David F.
Butler, Nicolas Murray
Cabaniss, George H.
California. Immigration and Housing Commission
California. Industrial Accident Commission
California. Industrial Welfare Commission
California Civic League Box 3/folder 2.
California Conference of Social Agencies
California Economic Research Council Box 5/folder 9.
California Federation of Labor See--American Federation of Labor
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Caminetti, Anthony Box 1/folder 5.
Canning and Preserving--Laws and Legislation--California
Carnahan, Herschel L.
Carroll, Mollie Ray
Cartwright, George W.
Catt, Carrie Chapman
Chandler, Harry
Child Labor
China
Christman, Elisabeth
Cole, Olive C.
Commons, John R.
Commonwealth Club
Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-22
Coolidge, Calvin
Coolidge, Mary R.
Councils of Defense
Cox, James M.
Craig, Gavin W.
Crail, Joel S.
Creel, George
Crocker, William H.
Cullinan, Eustace
Curtis, Charles G.
Daniels, G.B.
Darrow, Clarence
Daugherty, Harry M.
Daughters of the American Revolution Box 1/folders 14,19.
Davis, James J.
Dawes, Charles G.
Democratic Party
Dempster, Charles W.
Depression
Deutsch, Monroe
Devlin, Frank R.
Dewson, Mary W.
Dickson, Edward A.
Disarmament
De Young, Meichel H.
Dobyns, Fletcher
Dohrmann, A.B.C.
Dover, Elmer
Doyle, Marion Wade
Dreter, Mary E.
Duval, Walter H.
Earl, Edwin T.
Earl, Guy C.
Edson, Charles F.
Edson Family
Elections--California
Elections--U.S.
Electric Power Production See--Water Resources Development.
Eliel, Harriet J.
Eliel, Paul
Ellis Mrs. Overton G.
Emigration and Immigration--U.S.
Employment of Women See--Woman--Employment.
Equal Rights Amendment, Proposed
Eshleman, John M.
European War, 1914-1918
Filene, Edward A.
Fischer, Louis
Fisher, Irving
Flint, Frank P.
References: Box 1/folder 13.
Foltz, Clara Shortridge
Foreign Loans Box 3/folders 1,11.
Foreign Relations See--U.S.--Foreign Relations.
France
Frankfurter, Felix
U.S. Federal Commission On Industrial Relations--1914-1917 Box 2/folders 5,6,8,10,12 (?).
Fredericks, John D.
French, Will J.
Freund, Ernst
Fries, Amos
Gainer, Helen See--Helen Gainer Minimum Wage Case.
Gallagher, andrew J.
Garfield, James A.
Gavit, John
Germany
Gibson, Mary S.
Gompers, Samuel
Gooding, Frank R.
Green, William
Griffin, Frank
Guggenheim, Florence S. (Mrs. Daniel)
Guggenheim, Harry.
Haldeman, Harry M.
Hale, Marshal
Hamilton, Pop
Hard, William
Harding, Florence Kling
Harding, Warren G.
Harris, Morris B.
Harrison, Maurice E.
Harron, Marion J.
Haskins, L.A.
Hayes, Jay O.
Haynes, Dora (Mrs. John R.)
Haynes, John Randolph, M.D.
Hays, Ray W.
Hays, Will H.
Hearst, William Randolph
Helen Gainer Minimum Wage Case
Heney, Francis J.
Herrick, Elinor M.
Hichborn, Franklin
Hicks, Nettie Hayden
Hillman, Sidney
Holcombe, Arthur N.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Hoover, Herbert
Hoover, Lou Henry (Mrs. Herbert)
Hoover Dam
Hornblower, William B.
Hotchkiss, Willard E.
Hours of Labor
Howe, Louis Mchenry
Hudson, Manley O.
Hughes, Charles Evans
Hunter, Robert
Ickes, Harold L.
Ihlder, John
Immigration See--Emigration and Immigration--U.S.
India Box 3/folder 2.
Indians, Treatment of Box 5/folder 8.
Industrial Welfare Commission See--California. Industrial Welfare Commission.
Ingels, Russel R.
Insurance, Unemployment
International Courts See--World Court.
Industrial Workers of the World
Irish, John P.
Italy Box 3/folder 5.
Jackson, Grant
James, William P.
Japan
Japanese In California
Johnson, Ethel Mclean
Johnson, Hiram W.
Johnson, Hugh S.
Jones, Herbert C.
Kahn, Florence Prag (Mrs. Julius)
Kahn, Julius
Keesling, Francis V.
Keetch, Arthur
Kelley, Florence
Kellogg, Frederick W.
Kellor, Frances A.
Kenney, Elizabeth
Kent, William
Kerensky
Keynes, John Maynard
Kinney, Mabel E.
Knowland, Joseph R.
Knox, Philander C.
Koster, Frederick J.
Koverman, Ida R.
Labor and Labor Unions
La Follette, Robert
Lamar, Joseph R.
Langdon, William Henry
Laughlin, Gail
Laurie, Annie (Winifred S. Bonfils)
Lawler, Oscar
League For Women's Service
League of Nations
League of Women Voters
Letts, Arthur
Lewis, William Draper
Lippincott, Joseph B.
Lippman, Walter
Lissner, Meyer
Lloyd George, David
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Sr.
Louis, Henry W.
Lubin, Isador
Lubin, Dr. Simon J.
Luce, Edgar A.
Lyon, Charles
Mcadoo, William G.
Mcbride, Dr. James H.
Mccabe, Alexander
Mccarthy, P.H.
Mcclatchy, Charles K.
Mcclatchy, Valentine Stuart
Mccormick, (Joseph) Medili
Mccormick, Paul J.
Mccormick, Ruth (Mrs. Medill)
Macfarlane, Peter Clark
Mckenna, Joseph
Mclaughlin, John P.
Mcleod, George
Mcnab, John L.
Mcnabb, Samuel B.
Madsen, Martin C.
Mathewson, Walter G.
Merchants and Manufacturers Association
Merriam, Charles E.
Merritt, Ralph P.
Mexicans In California
Mexico
Minorities See--Mexicans In California, Japanese In California, and Indians, Treatment of.
Minimum Wage See--Wages--Minimum Wage.
Morehouse, Edward W.
Morgan, Anne
Morrison, Willis I.
Morrisson, Mary
Mulholland, William
Murasky, Frank J.
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Myers, Louis W.
National Consumers League
National Municipal League
National Recovery Act
National Woman's Party
National Women's Trade Union League
New, Harry S.
Newspapers, California
Neylan, John Francis
Noel, Frances
Nolan, John I.
Obenauer, Marie L.
Older, Fremont
Opium Trade Box 12.
Orr, Mrs. James W.
Otis, Harrison Gray
Owen, Robert L.
Pan-American Treaties See--Treaties.
Pan-Pacific Women's Association
Park, Maud Wood
Paul, Alice
Peixotto, Jessica
Penrose, Boies
Perkins, Frances
Pershing, John J.
Phelan, James D.
Phipps, Lawrence C.
Pinchot, Amos
Pinchot, Cornelia B.
Pinchot, Gifford
Poindexter, Miles
Pomerene, Atlee
Porter, Stephen G.
Pound, Roscoe
Powell, Thomas Reed
Progressive Party
Prohibition
Railroad Commission, California Box 1/folders 6,10.
Reed, John
Republican Party
Requa, Mark L.
Richardson, Friend W.
Robins, Margaret Drier
Robins, Raymond
Robinson, Henry M.
Roche, Theodore J.
Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
Rodgers, William L.
Rolph, James, Jr.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elihu
Rowell, Chester H.
Ruef, Abe
Russia Box 2/folder 14.
Ryan, John A.
Sandford, J.B.
Save The Redwoods League
Scharrenberg, Paul
Schlesinger, Ben F.
Seibold, Louis
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Severance, Caroline M.
Sherwin, Belle
Shortridge, Samuel M.
Simons, Grace C.
Sinclair, Upton
Slattery, Harry
Smith, Alfred E.
Smith, Walter George
Smoot, Reed
Social Health Insurance
Socialism
Soule, George Henry, Jr.
Southern Pacific Railroad Box 1/folder 4,5.
Spreckels, John D.
Sproul, Robert G.
Squier, George O.
Stanfield, Robert N.
Stephens, William D.
Stimson, Marshall
Sullivan, Matt I.
Sutherland, George H.
Sutherland, Howard
Swing, Philip D.
Taft, William Howard
Tariff Box 6/folder 6.
Taxation--California
Taxpayers' Association
Tea Pot Dome Scandal Box 1/folder 14.
Telfer, Robert
Treaties
Unemployment Compensation See--Insurance, Unemployment.
U.S.--Foreign Relations
U.S. Supreme Court
Upton, Harriet Taylor
Vandegrift, Rolland A.
Van Renesselaer, Lolita
Vittum, Harriet E.
Vivisection; Medical Ideas
Von Der Nienberg, Bertha
Wadsworth Amendment, Proposed Box 1/folders 7,14-16.
Wages--Minimum Wage
Wallace, Albert J.
Walsh, Frank P.
Water Resources Development
Webb, Ulysses S.
Weeks, John Wingate
Weinstock, Harris
West, George P.
West, T.C.
Wetmore, Maude
White, William Allen
Wilbur, Curtis D.
Wilcox, Delos F.
Will, Arthur P.
Willebrandt, Mabel W.
Williams, Helen K.
Wilson, J. Stitt
Wilson, William B.
Wilson, Woodrow
Winter, Alice A.
Woman-Employment
Woman--Suffrage
Woman's Party See--National Woman's Party.
Women's Land Army
Wood, Leonard
Woodruff, Clinton R.
Woolwine, Thomas L.
Working Conditions
Works, John D.
Works, Lewis R.
World Court
World War,
Young, Clement C.
Young, Stark--Miscellaneous: Box 10.

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