Henry Mauris Robinson Papers mssRobinson
Gayle Richardson
The Huntington Library
August 2020
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Finding aid last updated on February 12, 2024 by Kelly Kress.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Henry Mauris Robinson papers
Creator:
Robinson, Henry Mauris, 1868-1937
Identifier/Call Number: mssRobinson
Physical Description:
19.58 Linear Feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1862-1946
Date (bulk): 1917-1937
Abstract: A collection of professional, political, business, and personal papers related to Henry Mauris Robinson, American lawyer and
banker.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Henry Mauris Robinson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts of Henry Mauris Robinson, 1929-1940.
Biographical / Historical
Henry Mauris Robinson (1868-1937) was a lawyer and banker. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio, son of George Foreman Robinson (1844-1917),
judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the 2nd subdivision of the Judicial District of Ohio. Henry Mauris Robinson was educated
at Western Reserve Academy and Cornell University and practiced law in Ohio and New York City before moving to Southern California
in 1905, where he was admitted to the California bar. He was Chairman of the Board of Security-First National Bank of Los
Angeles and also was on boards of directors of numerous Southern California corporations and institutions, including the Henry
E. Huntington Library. From 1917 until 1927, he served on the Council of National Defense; the Supreme Economic Council of
Peace in Paris; the U.S. Shipping Board; the International Labor Conference; the President's Industrial Conference; the Bituminous
Coal Commission; the Unemployment Conference; and the International Economic Conference at Geneva.
Scope and Contents
A collection of approximately 970 items from 1862 to 1946, it consists of the professional, political, business and personal
papers and correspondence of Henry Mauris Robinson. The main focus of the collection is his work with the President's Second
Industrial Conference, Bituminous Coal Commission, President's Conference on Unemployment, and his involvement in the presidential
campaign of Herbert Hoover in 1920. The correspondence includes carbon copies of his outgoing correspondence and signed first
copies of letters addressed to him. Correspondents include Harry A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Herbert N. Shenton, Joseph P.
Tumulty, and others. Also included is a group of 25 Civil War letters of Henry Robinson's father, George Foreman Robinson
who enlisted for three months in Company F., 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Upon expiration of the term, he re-enlisted as
1st Sergeant of Company F., 80th Ohio Infantry, rising to the ranks of Lieutenant and then Captain. He took part in the Northern
Mississippi Campaign, including battles of Yuka, Corinth, and Vicksburg. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Missionary Ridge
and was honorably discharged as a paroled prisoner of war in 1865. Letters were posted from February 1862 to early October
1864 from Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina, including some items written during the siege of Vicksburg.
The letters are addressed mainly to his sister, Emma H. Robinson and discuss camp life, military operations, war news, and
war politics. The collection also includes certificates, printed material, and ephemera.
Processing Information
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, circa 1945. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from a legacy
summary report.
Arrangement
Organized in the following manner: 1. President's Second Industrial Conference; 2. Bituminous Coal Commission; 3. President's
Conference on Unemployment; 4. Correspondence; 5. Speeches, articles, commencement addresses; 6. Annual reports to stockholders
of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles; 7. Civil War letters of George Foreman Robinson; 8. Printed material and
ephemera.
Separated Materials
In accordance with the provisions of his will, Henry Mauris Robinson's papers were distributed between the Huntington Library
and Hoover Institution Library and Archives (Stanford, CA, 94305-6010). The latter holds the part of the papers dealing with
Mr. Robinson's work for the Council of National Defense, the Paris Peace Conference, the Allied Supreme Economic Council,
the Dawes and Young Committees on Reparations, and the International Economic Conference of 1927.
General
Former call number: mssRobinson papers; individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 8299-8323.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bankers -- California -- Los Angeles
Politicians -- United States
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1920
Statesmen -- United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- Politics and Government -- 1913-1921
Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863
Articles -- United States -- 20th century
Corporation reports -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Government records -- United States -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 20th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 20th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 20th century
Speeches -- United States -- 20th century
Garfield, Harry Augustus, 1863-1942
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Robinson, George F. (George Foreman), 1844-1917
Shenton, Herbert N. (Herbert Newhard), 1884-1936
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
United States. National Bituminous Coal Commission -- Officials and employees
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 80th (1861-1865)
Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles -- Officials and employees
Conference on Unemployment (1921 : Washington, D.C.)
President's Industrial Conference (1919-1920 : Washington, D.C.)
Box 1
President's Second Industrial Conference
1919-1920
Box 2
President's Second Industrial Conference
1919-1920
Box 3
U. S. Bituminous Coal Commission; Correspondence of Henry M. Robinson, Chairman
1919 December-1920 January
Box 4
U. S. Bituminous Coal Commission; Correspondence of Henry M. Robinson, Chairman
1920 February-March
Box 5
U. S. Bituminous Coal Commission; Correspondence of Henry M. Robinson, Chairman
1920 April-October
Box 6
U. S. Bituminous Coal Commission - copies of the Majority and Minority Reports of the Commission
Box 7
Miscellaneous material from the files of the U.S. Bituminous Coal Commission
Box 8
President's Conference on Unemployment
1921
Box 9
Correspondence
1917-1920 February
Box 10
Correspondence
1920 March-1937 February 10
Box 11
Henry Mauris Robinson. Speeches, articles, commencement addresses
1920-1937
Box 12
Henry Mauris Robinson. Annual reports to the Stockholders of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles; Articles not
by Henry M. Robinson
1922-1937
Box 13
Civil War letters from George Foreman Robinson and Alfred K. Robinson to their sister Emma H. Robinson; printed photograph
of George F. Robinson and granddaughter (1915)
1862-1864
Scope and Contents
HM 8299-8323.
Box 14
Letter from Farrand and Farrand, Attorneys
1946
Box 14
Printed material and ephemera
Box 15
Certificates, printed material and ephemera
