Finding Aid to the Charles W. Hope Papers

Bancroft Staff
The Bancroft Library
2024
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu


Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library
Title: Charles W. Hope archive
Creator: Hope, Charles W., 1891-1971
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2022/210
Physical Description: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1965
Language of Material: English .
Container: 1

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Johnson Rare Books and Archives in 2022.

Biographical / Historical

Charles W. Hope (1891-1971) was director of the United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Hangchow, China in 1946 and Director of the National Labor Relations Board, 19th Region, Pacific Northwest States and Alaska from 1933 to 1938.

Preferred Citation

Charles W. Hope papers, BANC MSS 2022/210, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Processing Information

Processed at the collection-level by Bancroft Library staff in 2024.

Content Description

Collection consists of letters detailing mediation efforts from Hope's time on the National Labor Relations Board (including some on his work on a lumber strike and regarding a labor grievance from the Oregon Worsted Mills employees); correspondence and other documents relating to his appointment as director of the United States Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Hangchow, China; some materials relating to Hope's World War Two service as an Army captain, some family photographs, and a (short) typewritten diary from his service in World War One.

Conditions Governing Use

Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For additional information about the University of California, Berkeley Library's permissions policy please see: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/about/permissions-policies.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945.
Industrial relations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States. National Labor Relations Board
United States. National Labor Relations Board. 19th Region, Pacific Northwest States and Alaska