Guide to the Francis V. Keesling Sr. Papers, 1889-1973 M0100
Immediate Source of Acquisition
1877, Feb. 17 | born San Jose, Calif.; son of Francis Marion and Mary (Nunez) Keesling. |
1898 | A.B. Stanford. First president of class of '98, editor-in-chief '98 Quad, baseball manager for season of '98. Member of Philolexian Literary Society, Sigma Nu fraternity, Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity, and Skull and Snakes Honor Society. |
1898 | admitted to California Bar, practiced in San Francisco (retired 1953), July - entered law office of Crothers and Crothers (George E. and Thomas G.) - survey legislative candidates for '98 for adoption of amendment to state constitution permitting exemption of such foundation trusts as Stanford from taxation (passed 1901). |
1901-1909 | member National Guard of California, retired as major. Special board which re-wrote Calif. Military law to conform to federal; commanding artillery batallion San Francisco fire 1906. |
1903, Nov. 19 | married Haidee Grau - 4 children |
1906-1908 | regent Sigma Nu fraternity |
1908-1909 | attorney for General John A. Koster, auditor of San Francisco. |
1910 | Republican candidate for lieutenant-governor of California |
1910-1938 | vice-president and general counsel West Coast Life Insurance Co. |
1914 | Republican candidate for governor of California |
1914-1916 | chairman Republican State Central Committee of California |
1915-1916 | chairman legal section, American Life Convention |
1916 & 1924 | delegate to Republican National Convention |
1917 | Mason 33 - Grand Master of California |
1917-1921 | participated in every Liberty Loan Drive during World War I in executive capacity. On general executive committee and other committees of Community Chest |
1919 & 1929-1930 | president Stanford Alumni Association |
1927-1928 | chairman executive committee Association of Life Insurance Counsel |
1928-1929 | governor Bar Association of San Francisco |
1928-1929 | member committee of Bar examiners State Bar of California |
1929-1930 | board of governors State Bar of California |
1929-1937 | a director of Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District and chairman of building committee |
1929-1931 | vice-president Association of Life Insurance Counsel |
1930 | member San Francisco Board of Freeholders and chairman of drafting committee which wrote the 1931 Charter of the city and county, conducted campaign which resulted in its adoption. |
1930-1933 | member executive committee American Life Convention |
1931-1933 | president Association of Life Insurance Counsel |
1931-1933 | president Bar Association of San Francisco |
1932-1933 | president Stanford Law Society |
1933-1934 | president American Life Convention |
1936-1942 | president San Francisco Y.M.C.A. |
1936-1942 | chairman California Statewide Committee on Reorganization of State Government (or on Taxation and Cost of Government) known as the Interim Committee of 25 |
1936-1942 | member board of governors Stanford Associates |
1938-1949 | president and director West Coast Life Insurance Co. and general counsel |
1941-1942 | special assistant to Attorney General of the United States Hearing officer of Northern District of California on appeals of conscientious objectors |
1941-1942 | organized U.S.O. Council in San Francisco, first chairman |
1941 or -42 to 1947 | member council National Municipal League |
1941 | quarterly chairman Commonwealth Club (S.F.) |
1942 | board of directors San Francisco Y.M.C.A. |
1942-1946 | chairman Civilian Council for Officer Procurement United States Navy |
1942-1947 | president California Insurance Federation |
1943 | Grand Treasurer Masons Grand Lodge, California |
1943 | chairman of campaign committee - Roger Lapham for mayor of San Francisco |
1943-1947 | member board of governors Commonwealth Club |
1944-1947 | chairman San Francisco Charter Revision Committee |
1945-1946 | director San Francisco Bay Area Council, chairman executive committee |
1946-1947 | member executive committee San Francisco Bay Area Council |
1946- | member State (California) Committee on Intergovernmental |
1947 | executive committee Commonwealth Club |
1949-1953 | chairman of the board West Coast Life Insurance Co. |
1949 | director Better Business Bureau of San Francisco |
1963, September 25 | died. |
- Francis V. Keesling Sr. diaries and reprints (M0261): https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r21889/
- Francis V. Keesling Jr. papers (M0258): https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf700005hc/
Subjects and Indexing Terms
1907 - 1909
1910 - 1914
1915, Jan. - June
1915, July - Dec.
1916, Jan. - Mar.
1916, Apr. - May
1916, June - July
1916, Aug. - Sept.
1916, Oct. - Dec.
1917 - 1923
1924, Jan. - Apr.
1924, May - Dec.
1925 - 1928
1929 - 1932
1933 - 1934
1935 - 1936
1937 - 1938
1939 - 1941
1942 - 1943
1944 - 1945
1946
1947
1948
1949 - 1950
1951 - 1953
n.d. and fragments
Correspondence 1942-1953
A
Agnew, F.J.
Ba - Be
Bi - Br
Booth, W.H.
Bu
Ca
California (government, etc.)
Carrere, J.F.
Ce - Cl
Co (including Coolidge - 2 tls)
Coolidge Clubs
Cr - Cu
D
E
F
G
Ha
Hammond, Harry
He - Hoo
Hor - I
Hughes' Visit
J
K
La - Let
Lapham, R.D.
Lev - Ly
Mc - Mac
Ma
Me - Mi
Mo - My
Mott, J.G.
N - O
P - Q
Ra - Re
Republican Coms. -- National
Republican Coms. -- California State
Republican Coms. -- California State Central Com.
Republican Coms. -- No. California and Congressional Districts
Republican Coms. -- California Counties
Republican Coms. -- Cities and Districts
Ri - Ry
Sa - Sk
San Francisco A - C
San Francisco D - W
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Sl - Sw
T - U - V
United Service Organizations
Wa - We
Wh - Wy
Y - Z
Unknown and Unidentified
Subseries 3. Reference Material
Judge Cooper Campaign 1906
National Guard Rehabilitation 1907 - 1909
Jason Rolph and Municipal Conf. 1908 - 1911
Hetch Hetchy (beginning) 1908 - 1915, 1923, 1931 - 1932
Keesling Campaign for Lt. Gov. 1910
Municipal Conference 1911 - 1914
Bar Association of San Francisco 1912 - 1932
early history, grievance com., library legislative activities, preparedness parade
California Blue Books 1913-1915, 1924, 1938
Keesling for Governor Campaign 1914
State Republican Com. 1914 -1917
Miscellaneous 1914 - 1922
Mexico 1915
National Republican 1915
Non-Partisan Program (Johnson), Campaign Against 1915 - 1916
Republican Presidential Primary 1916
includes minutes of State Conference of Republicans, Mar. 4 and campaign
Republican Presidential Campaign 1916
Primary and Pre-National Convention
Republican Campaign 1916
Primary and pre-National Convention
Republican Campaign 1916
Hughes for President Campaign (includes Hotel Virginia incident) 1916
Hughes for President Campaign 1916
Hiram Johnson -- Hughes Campaign 1916
Hiram Johnson--subsequent to 1916 and Hughes Campaign
Hughs Campaign, 1916; "The Hotel Virginia Incident" 1943-1944
"Hiram Johnson and the Hughs Campaign in California" 1949
"Hughs Campaign, 1916" - Rough Drafts 1949
Hughs Campaign 1949
Booth (Willis) for Senate 1916
Communism, Communitsts, and Radicals (1 of 4) 1916 - 1934
Communism, Communitsts, and Radicals (2 of 4) 1935
Communism, Communitsts, and Radicals (3 of 4) 1936
Communism, Communitsts, and Radicals (4 of 4) 1937 -1944, n.d.
Liberty Loans 1st 1917
Liberty Loans, 2nd and 3rd (etc.) 1917 - 1918
World War I 1914 - 1922
Labor General, (1 of 2) 1917 - 1944
Labor General, (2 of 2) undated
General Election-- Hoover, Johnson, Harding, Coolidge 1920
Recall Police Judges -- Sullivan and Oppenheim 1921
California -- Miscellaneous 1921 - 1924
Southern Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads Separation 1922
State Water and Power Act -- Hoover Dam 1922
Republican National Com. 1923 - 1924
Warren G. Harding--World Court and Death 1923
Coolidge (1917 - 1928) Campaign, 1 of 2 1923 - 1924
Coolidge (1917 - 1928) Campaign, 1 of 2 1923 - 1924
State Bar of California, creation and organization 1923 - 1925, 1927
State Campaign 1925 - 1926
Aviation 1925 - 1942
Port of San Francisco 1926 - 1933
Herbert C. Hoover Presidential Campaigns 1927 - 1932
Economic General: National Administration 1927 - 1935
State and Municipal 1929 - 1930
Philippine Independence 1916, 1929 - 1933
Fitts for Governor 1930
Direct Primary California and Primary Election Law, 1 of 2 1930 - 1934, some 1916 - 1922, 1925
Direct Primary California and Primary Election Law, 2 of 2 1935 - 1936
State Campaign 1931 - 1932
Municipal Campaign--Rossi, Uhl, Byington, O'Toole 1931 - 1932
Constitution of U.S. and Treaties 1931 - 1953
Citizens Reconstruction Organization (California) 1932, 1934
N.R.A. 1933
N.R.A. 1934
N.R.A. 1935, n.d.
Public School Campaign (Bonds) 1933
National Administration 1933 - 1937
National Administration 1938 - 1944, n.d.
State Campaign -- Merriam, C.C. Young, U. Sinclair 1934
Herbert Fleischhacker and Family 1934 - 1940
Municipal Campaign -- Judges and Rossi 1935 - 1938
Legislation -- Real Estate Tax Offset Date 1935 - 1940
Presidential Campaign 1936
California State Campaign -- Levy, Olson, Merriam 1936 - 1938
Supreme Court Bill 1937, 1938
Legislation -- Real Estate Tax Offset Data, etc. 1937 - 1939
New Deal -- Roosevelt Administration 1937 - 1947
Philip Bancroft for U.S. Senator and Contra Costa Company judge 1938
Levey for Congress 1938
Initiative Legislation, etc. 1938 - 1947
Golden Gate Exposition 1939
"Ham and Eggs" -- Thursday 1939
San Francisco Municipal Campaign and State Campaign Measures 1939 - 1940, 1941
Presidential Campaign 1940
Presidential Campaign 1940
Legislation -- Economy Bloc 1940
Legislation -- Bills 1940
Mayoralty Campaign -- S.F. 1940 - 1943
World War II 1940 - 1941
World War II 1942
World War II 1943 - 1944
World War II 1945 - 1949
[National Leaders by Conde Nast Publications Inc.] 1942
U.S.O., general 1941 - 1944
Insurance Legislation 1941, 1943
U.S.O. Council 1942 - 1944
Civilian Advisory Council -- Navy 1942 - 1946
Market Street Railway 1942 - 1944
Municipal , 1 of 2 1942, 1945
Municipal, 2 of 2 1942, 1945
Legislation 1942 - 1946
State, County, and Congressional -- Kenny, Warren, Houser, Rolph 1942, 1943
National Campaign 1943 - 1946
Labor 1943 - 1946
Post-War (plans, etc.), 1 of 2 1943 - 1947
Post-War (plans, etc.), 2 of 2 1943 - 1947
Political and Election Matters 1944
Roger D. Lapham, mayor 1944 - 1945
Charter Revision Commission 1944
Charter Revision Commission 1945 - 1948, n.d.
California, including Primary Election Law 1944 - 1950
San Francisco Bay Area Council, 1 of 2 1944 - 1947
San Francisco Bay Area Council, 2 of 2 1944 - 1947
Municipal Campaign, etc. 1944 - 1946
Chronicle Forum Sept. 1945
Insurance Legislation, 1945 - 1946
San Francisco Bay Area Council, Inc. 1945-1946
San Francisco Bay Area Council, Inc. minutes 1945 - 1947
Clippings - San Francisco Bay Area Council 1945-1953
Fair Employment Practices Commission and Fraternities 1945 - 1952
Communism -- Russia 1945 - 1947
Communism, Socialism and the Welfare State 1945 - 1947
International Organizations -- S.F. Conference 1945 - 1947
New Deal -- Truman Administration 1945 - 1950
Truman Administration 1945, 1951 - 1952
Recall Campaign -- Lapham 1946
National Municipal League 1946 - 1950
Intergovernmental Relations -- Santa Clara Co. Council on 1946
Municipal Campaign 1947
Municipal 1947
Municipal -- Advisory Committee to Mayor's Transportation Planning Council 1947
Traffic and Transportation -- Municipal 1947 - 1951
Municipal -- Traffic and Transportation 1947 - 1951
Intergovernmental Relations -- Santa Clara Co. 1947
California State Campaign 1947
Constitutional Revision Committee 1947
National Policy 1947 - 1951
National Campaign 1947 - 1948
National Economy, 1 of 2 1947 - 1951
National Economy, 2 of 2 1947 - 1951
Labor 1947 - 1948
Education, general, 1 of 2 1947 - 1953
Education, general, 2 of 2 1947 - 1953
World Affairs 1947 - 1948
Federal Affairs 1948 - 1952
Republican Affairs 1948 - 1952
Constitutional Revision Committee 1948
California State Campaign 1948
Proposition # 3 -- anti-featherbedding 1948
Proposition # 4 -- aged and blind 1948
Initiative Proposals Ballot 1948
Proposition #14 -- state housing 1948
Special Legislation -- California Senate Reapportionment 1948
Municipal Campaign 1948
Election Contributions -- corrupt practices, etc. 1948
Robinson Administration, 1 of 3 1948
Robinson Administration, 2 of 3 1948
Robinson Administration, 3 of 3 1949 - 1950
National Insurance Legislation 1948
Labor 1948 - 1949
Labor 1948 - 1953
Congress and California Legislature 1948 - 1950
National Republican 1948 - 1950
Liquor Control 1948 - 1952
Communism -- Russia 1948 - 1952
Municipal Campaign 1949
San Francisco Bond Screening Committee 1949
Municipal (S.F.) Bond Screening Committee 1949
Proposals and Propositions Ballot 1949
California State Campaign 1949 - 1950
State Administration -- Warren 1949 - 1950
State Government and Legislature 1949 - 1950
Congressional Investigation 1949
Hoover Commission 1949
Hoover Commission 1950 - 1952
Labor -- Hawaiian Strike 1949
World Affairs 1949 - 1953
Municipal 1950 - 1951
Municipal Government Survey Commission 1950 - 1951
County (S.F.) Campaign 1950
California Legislation 1950 - 1951
Legislative Campaign -- Gambling Initiative 1950
Personal Property Initiative 1950
National Campaign 1950 - 1952
Election Returns 1950 - 1951
Patriotic Organizations, etc., 1 of 2 1950 - 1951
Patriotic Organizations, etc., 2 of 2 1952 - 1953
War -- Korea and U.N. 1950 - 1952
Edward Alsworth Ross - From "Seventy Years of It" An Autobiography as Reviewed by Francis V. Keesling 1951
Municipal 1951 - 1953
Municipal Campaign 1951
Municipal -- Fluoridation 1951 - 1952
San Francisco Council of Churches 1951 - 1953
Y.M.C.A. 1951
Legislation -- cross filing and primary 1951 - 1952
Legislation -- proposed liquor control 1951
Water Date -- California and elsewhere 1951 - 1953
Japanese Peace Treaty (Citizens Committee) and Japanese Peace Conference Citizens' Committee 1951
Municipal Campaign 1952 - 1953
Y.M.C.A. 1952 - 1953 (1936)
State Campaign 1952
Proposed Legislation 1952 - 1953
National Republican Campaign 1952
Eisenhower Administration 1952 - 1953
Sigma Nu Fraternity, 1 of 2 1916 - 1953
Sigma Nu Fraternity, 2 of 2 1916 - 1953
FVK Articles and Addresses 1914 - 1928
FVK Articles and Addresses 1914 - 1928
FVK Articles and Addresses 1929 - 1951
FVK Memos for Reference or Quotes, 1 of 2 undated
FVK Memos for Reference or Quotes, 2 of 2 undated
Portraits: Senator William J. Tully of New York, George Hall
General Miscellany undated
Republican Convention and Progressive Party, 1 of 2 boxes 1912
Republican Convention and Progressive Party, 2 of 2 boxes 1912
FVK Gubernatorial Campaign, 1 of 2 boxes 1914
FVK Gubernatorial Campaign, 2 of 2 boxes 1914
Election of 1916 1916
Campaign Agent Johnson's Non-Partisan Scheme 1915, 1916
Presidential Campaign and Hiram Johnson 1924
Presidential Campaign and Hiram Johnson 1932
Primary Election Law, State Legislation 1933
Series B. San Francisco Charter 1930-1953
1930; March - Dec.
1931; Jan. - Dec.
1932; Jan. - Nov.
1933; Jan. - Nov.
1934 - 1936
1937 - 1939
1940 - 1944
A - B
C
D - H
I - M
N - R
S - Z
San Francisco A - F
San Francisco (Bureau of) Governmental Search 1930 - 1940
San Francisco H - Y
Miscellaneous Unidentified
Subseries 3. Reference Material (printed material, clippings, etc.)
General -- Charter Revision
Drafts of Minutes, Board of Freeholders 1930 - 1931
Minutes -- Charter Installation Meetings 1931
Charter Story Copy and original draft 1931
Charter Story 1st galley Proof 1931
Charter Story copy and 2nd proof 1931
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26, 1 of 7, pp. 1 - 200
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26, 2 of 7, pp. 201 - 227
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26 -- Drafts, 3 of 7,
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26 -- Drafts, 4 of 7,
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26 -- Suggestions, 5 of 7,
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26 -- Suggestions, 6 of 7,
Assembly Concurrent Resolution # 26 -- Suggestions, 7 of 7,
Campaign Material
Speeches
Memo Reports and Calendar, 50, 61, 63, 68
Memo Reports and Calendar, 1 - 49
Memo Reports and Calendar, Supplemental, Calendar, and Ordinances
Memo Reports and Calendar
Data, 1 of 3 1931 - 1936
Data, 2 of 3 1931 - 1936
Data, 3 of 3 1931 - 1936
Data 1937 - 1938
Data 1939
Data 1940 - 1943
Municipal Affairs -- Traffic, Traffic School, 1 of 2
Municipal Affairs -- Traffic, Traffic School, 2 of 2
King vs. Leavy 1932
Charter copy in draft; Misc. Material 1930 - 1934
Miscellaneous Material re: Charter 1930 - 1934
State Law Conflict 1936 - 1938
Holmes Investment Co. vs. S.F. Supervisors et. al. 1934, 1935
Civil Service Commission, 1931 -1942
Civil Service Constitutional Amendment 1936
S.F. Municipal Government, etc. 1912, 1913, 1916, 1941, 1942
Pamphlets on S.F. Government, (7)
Miscellaneous 1950 - 1953
Charter -- leather-bound FVK personal copy 1931
Notebook
S.F. Charter 1930 - 1933, June
Board of Freeholders Activities, etc.
S.F. Municipal Affairs Items 1932 - 1934
Political
Coolidge Campaign 1923 - 1924
Misc. 1924 - 1935
Hoover Campaign 1928
Charter -- Bound final original draft
Clippings book 1930, June - 1931, April
Clippings book 1931, Apr. - 1934, Sept.
[The New City Charter, F.V.K. Sr. Remarks, & H. Res. 90, H. Res. 100, H. Res. 303] 1921-1948
Series C. Interim Committee of Twenty-Five (State Organization 1936-1945)
Organizing Interim Committee 1936 - 1938
Organizing Interim Committee 1940
Organizing Interim Committee -- Minutes 1936, Mar. 20 - 1937, June 12
Organizing Interim Committee -- Notes
State Tax Conference -- Keesling's Diary 1936 - 1938
Sub-Committee on General State Organization and summaries of reports
Sub-Committee on General State Organization -- structure of administration organization and special funds 1937 - 1938
Sub-Committee on General State Organization -- structure of administration organization and tentative draft o f sub-com. report 1938
Sub-Committee General State Organization -- Administration
Organization - pamphlets (11)
U.S. Senate Report #1275
Draft #3 of act -- re: administration structure and function of executive department.
Report of President's Committee 1937, Jan.
"Conflicting Taxation" 1935 progress report
(all loose material in front of box)
Sub-Committee on General State Organization -- Fiscal Reorganization -- pamphlets (11)
Sub-Committee on General State Organization 2 -- Fiscal Reorganization and misc.
Sub-Committee on General State Organization 3 -- Fiscal Reorganization and staff memos 3 & 5 1937
Sub-Committee on General State Organization 3 -- Fiscal Report
Sub-Committee on Education 1936 - 1939
Sub-Committee on Education Report #2 1936
Sub-Committee on Education -- Reports 5 & 7 1936
Sub-Committee on Education -- staff letters, summaries of reports and Study of Local School Units in California 1937
Sub-Committee on Local Government
Sub-Committee on Highways and Public Works
Sub-Committee on Welfare, Relief, and Public Health, 1 of 2
Sub-Committee on Welfare, Relief, and Public Health, 2 of 2
Black Notebook -- com. (various) work sheets, outline, work done and not done
Tan Notebook -- similar to 358, more complete reports
Final Report -- galley sheets
Final Report -- typed copy in tan notebook
Final Report -- printed copies, letter of presentation to Governor and Legislature, clips
Omitted from Collection
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) -- 1, 6, 9,10,45,80, and Staff Memos
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) -- 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 50
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) -- 17, 18, 19, 30, 31, 33, 36, 47, 82, 85, 88, 90
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) -- 20, 40, 41, 44, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 71, 78, 79, 86
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) -- 21, 29, 34, 38, 39, 43, 48, 60, 69, 70, 74, 83, 87, 89
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) - State Reorganization -- 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 49, 61, 72, 73, 81, 84, 91
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) - State Colleges, Technical Schools -- 28, 32, 42, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 77
Griffenhagen Reports (bound vol.) - Public Education -- 58, 59, 75, 75 Appendix A and B, 76
Committee Correspondence General File, 1 of 2 1936
General File, 2 of 2 1936
Minutes 1936, 1937
Minutes 1938, 1939
Governor's Conference and Appointment of Committee 1936, June - Mar.
Committee of Five, Employment of Griffenhagen and Associates 1937 - 1939, 1941
Committee of Five, Employment of Griffenhagen and Associates 1941
Griffenhagen and Associates -- Statements (financial) 1936 - 1937
Griffenhagen and Associates Agreement 1936 - 1937
Griffenhagen and Associates Reports and General 1936 - 1939
Committee of Seven 1936
Rules Committee of Three 1936
Public Administration Service and other Public Service Institutions 1936 - 1939
Gross Income Tax Data 1934 - 1936, 1944
Finance 1936
Finance 1937, n.d.
Pending and Unsettled Matters 1937 - 1938
General Solicitation
Cost of Government 1934 - 1938
Taxation 1930 - 1940
Executive Committee 1937 - 1940
Legislation and Correspondence 1936, April - 1937
Legislation and Correspondence 1937 - 1941
Legislation -- Bills and Amendments 1936 - 1945
Legislation and Initiative, Legislation Data 1937, 1938, 1941
Administrative including miscellaneous expenses 1936 - 1941
Release of Griffenhagen Reports 1937, 1939, 1940
Progress Report 1936, 1937 - 1941
Comments on Committee Work 1937
Organization -- internal and promotional 1937, 1938, n.d.
Data on Organization 1937 - 1944
Sub-Committee, Project VIII (Revenue) 1937
Sub-Committee on General State Organization (F.N. Belgrano, chairman) 1937 - 1938
Nebraska Plan, University of California 1937, 1938 1943
[Reports from Interim Committee of Twenty-Five] 1936-1938
Final Report -- Finalizing and Publication 1936, 1941
[Interim Committee of Twenty-Five Final Report] 1937-1941
Distribution (Final Report) 1936, 1937, 1940
Distribution (Final Report) 1941, Feb. - April
Distribution (Final Report) 1941, May - Oct.
Distribution (Final Report) 1941, Nov. - 1945
[Fiscal Functions of the State: Present Distribution vs Proposed Distribution Printing Block]
Final Report -- Finalizing and Publication
Final Report -- Distribution Planning and Installation 1942 - 1945
Final Report -- Distribution Acknowledgements 1941 - 1942
Final Report -- Distribution Requests Refused 1941
Miscellaneous -- unidentified, etc.
Clipping Scrapbook
Series D. Golden Gate Bridge 1919-1957
General 1923 - 1932
General 1933 - 1939, 1943, 1950
Insurance 1930 - 1935, 1937
Finance, general 1921 - 1957, n.d.
Bond Issue Campaign 1930 - 1936
Bond Syndicate, 1932 - 1939
B-L Engineering Corp., Ltd. 1931, Apr. - June
Reconstruction Finance Corp., (Also PWA and Federal funds), 1927, 1930 - 1936
Litigation, 1930 - 1933
Speeches, 1933 - 1936, n.d.
Thomasini Bridge, 1935
Building Com. -- general, 1927 - 1933
Building Com. -- Color and Lighting Study, 1933 - 1935
Building Com. -- Personnel, 1930, 1932 - 1934
Building Com. -- Employment and Wage Scale, 1930 - 1936
Building Com. -- Paint Tests 1930 - 1936
Building Com. -- Cement, 1930 - 1936
Building Com. -- Traffic, 1930 - 1936
Building Com. -- Elevators, 1934 - 1936
Building Com. -- Rapid Transit, 1930 - 1936
Building Com. -- Tolls, 1936
Building Com. -- Minutes and Reports, 1931 - 1936
Building Com. -- McClintoc- Marshall Contract, 1931 - 1936
Road Approaches, 1929 - 1934
Road Approaches, 1935
Road Approaches, 1936 - 1938, 47, n.d.
Military Replacements, 1934 - 1936
Building Committee -- South Pier Kinzie Matter, 1931, 1933 - 1936
Bailey Willis Matter, 1934, Apr. - Nov.
Bailey Willis Matter, 1934 - 1941
Building Committee -- Board of Consultants, 1930 - 1934, 1936
Joseph B.Strauss -- General, 1930 - 1939
Applications for Employment -- Accounting and Clerical, 1931 - 1936
Applications for Employment -- Stenographers, 1931 - 1933, 1937
Applications for Employment -- Construction Men and Laborers, 1932 - 1934
Applications for Employment -- Engineers and Inspectors, 1919, 1921, 1929 - 1934
Applications for Employment -- Miscellaneous, 1930 - 1937
J.B. Strauss -- Chief Engineer's Contracts 1929 - 1933
J.B. Strauss -- Chief Engineer's Contracts 1934
J.B. Strauss -- Chief Engineer's Contracts 1935 - 1937
J.B. Strauss -- Chief Engineer's Reports, 1928, 1930 - 1934
J.B. Strauss -- Chief Engineer's Reports, 1935 - 1937
General Manager: Appointment and Reports, 1931 - 1935
General Manager: Appointment and Reports, 1936 - 1942
Inspections, 1931 - 1937
Celebration Committee, 1932 - 1937
San Francisco Exposition, (See also Public Relation), 1934 - 1935
Dedication Address F.V.K., 1937, May - June
Dedication Address F.V.K., 1937, May - July
Board of Directors, 1923 - 1925, 1933
Board of Directors, 1934 - 1935
Board of Directors, 1936 - 1939
Bids and Bidders, Contracts, and Contractors, 1929 - 1931
Bids and Bidders, Contracts, and Contractors, 1932 - 1933
Bids and Bidders, Contracts, and Contractors, 1934 - 1935
Bids and Bidders, Contracts, and Contractors, 1936 - 1937, n.d.
Toll Plaza, 1931 - 1936
Public Relations, (see also San Francisco Exposition), 1934 - 1937, 1939
Salary Committee Report, 1935
Chief Engineer's Report (related correspondence only) and miscellaneous or general, 1935 - 1938, 1943, n.d.
Rules and Policies, 1936, 1937, n.d.
Appointment of F.V.K. to Golden Gate Bridge Board and failure of reappointment, 1929 - 1944, n.d.
Contracts and Specifications: Vols. 2 - 8, which are Contracts IA-IB, II - X; Specifications for Construction of Superstructure of Main and Side Spans; Land and Water Test Borings at Sites of Main Piers and Anchorages, 1928 - 1929
Blueprints on Bridge and Approaches, 1933
Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District California, and Annual Reports 1935 - 1938
Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District Annual Reports 1949 - 1956
"The Golden Gate Bridge at San Franciso, Report of Traffic Engineer," Sydney W. Taylor, Jr. 1936, Sept.
Clippings
Pamphlets
Magazine Articles
The Pioneer; Golden Gate Bridge; The Masonic World 1923-1944
"Golden Gate Bridge & Highway District; Investigation of Criticism of Foundation by Dr. Bailey Willis; Report of Building Committee" 1934-1949
Scrapbook 1925 - 1934, Jan. 3.
Scrapbook 1934, Jan. - 1936, Dec. 3
Scrapbook 1936, Dec. 4 - 1937, Dec. 28
[Battalion Orders] 1901-1909
First Battalion Coast Artillery Meeting 1906-1907
San Francisco Earthquake -- clips 1906, Apr. - May
San Francisco Earthquake -- National Guard Report, Observation etc. some clips, photos and misc. material
Stanford Associates 1936
Stanford Associates 1937
Stanford Associates 1938
Stanford Associates 1939
Stanford Associates 1940
Stanford Associates 1941 - 1942
Articles re: FVK in Stanford Periodicals
Misc. Stanford. Alumni, trustees, student affairs committee, T.G. Crothers correspondence with H. Davis, Pacific Improvement Co. 1908 - 1912
Misc. Stanford. Alumni affairs, Alumni-trustee conflict over lower-division work, S.U. offered Luther Burbank Farm, S.U. to acquire College of Physicians and Surgeons, Graduate School of Business inauguration, Stanford Amendment (1898 - 1901), Stanford Club 1923 - 1931
Sigma Nu Fraternity 1946 - 1953
Alumni Association, 1937 reorganization, Committee of thirty-five, Editorship and control of the Review, Board of Athletic Control, H. Hoover and the election of 1928 1927 - 1938
Law School 1927 - 1934
Law School 1937 - 1945
Law School plan 1947 - 1953
Law School 1947 - 1953
Photos Monterey Civision Training Camp, S.F. Earthquake 1906 - 1908
Card catalog for the Francis Valentine Keesling Papers
[Stanford Notepads] 1895-1897
[San Jose High School, Stanford, & Miscellaneous Sigma Nu Fraternity Material] 1895-1944
[Letter to Judge Crothers & F.V.K. Family Material] 1948-1960
[Re:Stanford; Mr. F.V. Keesling, Presidio Terrace]
Stanford, Recommendations for Admissions 1923-1944
Series G. Life Insurance
Subseries 1. Foreign Business & Court Case Material
Washington State Supreme Court; Brief of Appellant; Reply Brief; Respondent's Answer Brief
Parge, F.J. - Policy 204 3/3 (China) 1962
Chinese Currency; The Chase Bank, China, File No. 1 1923-1946
Chinese Currency 1932-1946
Correspondence, In. Re: Chinese Currency; Office File. 1933-1957
Chinese Currency; Edward Kann Articles (1926-9) & State Department 1935-1957
Chinese Currency 1935-1957
Reserves, Investment: - Chinese Currency 1937-1959
Chinese Currency (W.C.L.) 1942-1958
Chinese Currency (Krenov & Patak) 1946-1956
Foreign Currency (China); Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada 1953
Chinese Currency (State Department) 1955
(Chinese Currency); Citizenship and British Decrees; Naturalization 1959
Hsin Hai Chang v. West Coast Life Insurance Company; Home Office File 1935-1957
Chang 1938-1961
Hsin Hai Chang v. West Coast Life Insurance Company, China Office File ("Originals") 1939
Chang; Home Office 1939-1956
Photostatic Copies: Correspondence, Chang. West Coast Life Insurance Company Forms. 1939-1956
Chang - Summons Through Trial
B. Krenov. No. 3821. "China File." Copies of Correspondence and West Coast Life Insurance Company Forms 1929-1942
Boris Alexandrovich Krenov; No. 203821; Other Policy Numbers: 20492; West Coast Life Insurance Company Forms 1929-1951
Krenov 1933-1960
Krenov, Boris A. No. 1 Notes 1947-1955
[Boris A. Krenov v. West Coast Life Insurance Company, Statement of Facts] 1955
Krenov 1955-1956
Krenov 1955-1956
Manuel Sternberg, No. 200614 ("See #202530"); Basement File - Inactive 1925-1949
[Sternberg Case Notes] 1925-1961
Sternberg 1927-1941
Sternberg ("No. 2530") 1928-1942
Manuel Sternberg No. 202530 1928-1948
Cash Blotters: October, November, December 1941
Sternberg: Miscellaneous 1948-1959
Contains Copies of Correspondence; Sternberg 1949-1961
"Value of CHC (sh)..." 1954-1957
Sternberg v. West Coast Life Insurance Company (Patak) 1955-1957
Sternberg Opinion District of Appeals 1955-1962
Chinese Currency (Chang, Sternberg, etc.); British Regulations, 1935 & 1936; "Silver Payments Prohibition"; "Payments in Silver Value Exemption" Certified Copies 1959
Sternberg: Chinese Currency; William Ryan, San Carlos Hotel Room 908; 150 East 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 1958-1960
Sternberg v. West Coast Life Insurance Company 1961
Sternberg Case: Notes 1961
"California Reporter"; "Legal Bulletin" 1961
The San Francisco "Reporter" November 10, 1961
Manuel Sternberg Case; Re: Policies 200614 & 202530; Notes in Re: Appeal
Policies History
Philippine Islands 1946
Philippine Island Business 1941-1949
Philippine Islands 1958
Philippine Islands 1942-1947
Philippine Islands 101-159; Supreme Court Decisions 1927-1933
Supreme Court, Brief for Petitioners 1949
Insurance & H.O. Law Procedure, Philippines 1946-1950
Philippine Islands (W.C.L.) (Miscellaneous) 101-162 1939-1957
Small Claims Payable to Estate, Philippine Islands 1945-1951
West Coast Life Insurance Company, 101-130; Philippine War Damage Commission 1950-1954
China & Philippines - World War 2 Wartime 1941-1942
Philippine Islands (Exerpts from Law Books) 1945-1956
Foreign Funds 1942-1953
Lesnik, A.S. DC: 13347-203258 1929-1947
Currency - India - P.W.F. Cases 1936-1956
Manuel Sternberg v. West Coast Life Insurance Company] 1960-1961
Contracts on Lives in Enemy-Occupied Territory - Interruption Due to War 1940-1944
West Coast Life Insurance Company v. Oscar Patak, Company File 1931-1956
Loan Agreements, Loan Admin, Reinstatements, Premium Record Cards, Dividend Sentiments 1931-1938
Correspondence 1931-1947
Loan Agreements, Loan Admin, Reinstatements, Premium Record Cards, Loan Repayment Receipts 1931-1939
Patak 1931-1956
Patak 1931-1956
Patak [Krenov v. West Coast Life Insurance Company] 1956
[Patak] 1941-1956
Patak, Oscar (Also See Krenov File & Chinese Currency) 1941-1956
Chase Bank Material 1941
Oscar Patak 1953-1956
Patak 1956
Francis V. Keesling - Historical 1925-1945
F.V.K. Insurance Addresses (Consolidated); Published Articles 1918-1936
Court Brief (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company); "Memorandum on Insurance Taxation," "Calif. Policyholders Protest Against Increasing Insurance Taxes" 1935-1937
Reports: Assets, Stock Administration 1915-1950
West Coast Life Insurance Company History 1923-1929
West Coast Life Insurance Company History 1930-1937
West Coast Life Insurance Company History 1930-1937
"Analysis of Staff Activities: Association of Life Insurance Presidents"
F.V.K. Sr. Addresses 1915-1948
F.V.K. Sr. Addresses 1915-1948
Correspondence: Life Insurance 1922-1935
Association of Life Insurance Counsel 1916-1945
Association of Life Insurance Counsel 1931-1941
Convention Publications, Photographs, Stanford Reviews 1912-1946
Surrender Values
[Joint Hearing on S. 1362, H.R. 3269, & H.R. 3270] 1944
[Columbia Law Review : The War Clause in Life Insurance Policies] 1921
[Insurance & Banking Journal Publications] 1914-1929
[The Association of Life Insurance Counsel Honors] 1955
[The National Underwriter] September 27, 1919
[The National Underwriter] September 22, 1922
[F.V.K. Sr. Addresses] 1915-1944
"The Pioneer"; "The Fraternity Club" 1916-1941
Extension of Voting Trust Agreement. Signed Agreement & One Counterpart; "See Mr. Stewart Re: This." 1910-1947
Address - American Life Convention, Omaha 1919-1920
Petty Legislation 1915-1925
Address - Life Insurance Presidents; Miscellaneous Data 1941-1942
[War Claims Commission] 1950-1952
[The Pioneer & The Insurance Field] 1930-1937
[The National Underwriter] 1934-1942
Subseries 1. Correspondence Out
F.V.K. Sr. Letters to Family from Mexico 1900-1953
Baum, F.G. - Personal 1911-1932
Recommendations 1915-1944
Keesling, Alfred D. 1917-1944
Miscellaneous - Correspondence; File 694 1922-1935
F.V. Keesling Sr. - Chairman 1925-1948
Correspondence, F.V.K. Sr. 1928-1942
Correspondence 1933-1942
Leonard Leavy - Eulogy Delivered June 15, 1937
West Coast Life Insurance Company President, 1938; Correspondence 1938
Address - Life Insurance Presidents; Correspondence - Acknowledgments 1941-1942
Correspondence Re: William Keesling, J.C. Keesling 1943-1951
Photostatic Copies of Correspondence
Subseries 2. Correspondence In & General
[Autographs] 1889
Keesling Sr. [Photos] 1899-1981
Bank Deposit Books; Deeds; Lease Agreements; Correspondence (F.V.K. Sr.); Calling Cards 1906-1942
[Photos] 1908-1941
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Including Family 1908-1951
[Court Case Reprints & Other Publications]
[Court Case Reprints & Other Publications] 1908-1969
Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1910-1914
Newspaper Photographs, Clippings; Masonic Lodge 1910-1922
F.V.K. Personal Letters, Special 1910-1946
Personal - Presidio Terrace Association 1911-1941
Correspondence from William Keesling 1911-1950
Francis V. Keesling; Placer Reality Corporation 1914
Photographs; Auctioneer's Itemized Statements 1914-1943
[Islam Temple Cork & Attached Tag] 1915
F.V. Keesling Sr. - Historical 1915-1951
K. Semor; Special Correspondence 1919-1944
["Health! Wealth! Prosperity!" & "Soldiers of Peace"] 1920
F.V.K. Sr.'s Addresses 1920-1950
[University of California, Berkeley Address & Condolences] 1920-1964
Mrs. F.V. Keesling 1922-1923
News Clippings 1924-1944
Establishment of Birth (F.V. & J.C. Keesling) 1922-1945
F.V.K. Letters of Thanks & Appreciation 1926-1936
Supplementary Report: Accident Insurance 1934
Mary C. Keesling, Acknowledgements of Sympathy 1934-1935
Speeches 1934-1937
Francis V. Keesling - Personal 1935-1945
Estate of Mary C. Keesling 1936-1943
California Club Reception, Monday P.M. July 28,1941 1937-1942
F.V.K. Sr. "The New Age" 1939-1953
W.M. Filmer Eulogy by F.V.K. 1942-1943
F.V.K. Personal Clippings 1942-1947
F.V.K. Birthday File 1943-1951
Birthday, 1950, F.V.K. Sr. 1949-1951
Appraisal: Mrs. George H. Young 1952
Francis V. Keesling - 1956-1957 1954-1958
Sympathy Letters to Be Answered 1959-1963
Condolences 1963
Condolences 1963
Clips/Arrangements, Etc. 1963
Miscellaneous Collected Poetry, News Clippings
[Address Book & "Victoria Trip"]
[Photos of F.V.K. Sr., Family, Friends, & Events]
Francis Marion Keesling, DCD.
[F.V.K. Sr. Photo]
[F.V.K. Sr. Photo Printing Block]
[F.V.K. Sr. Photo Printing Blocks] [3 Blocks]]
[F.V.K. Sr. Photo & Greeting Card Printing Plates] [4 Plates]
[F.V.K. Sr. Name & Greeting Card Printing Plates] [5 Plates]
Selected Service Medal
[Greeting Card & Charles Burton Robbins]
[Photos; Watch Quarter & Station Bill]
Subseries 1. Francis V. Keesling Jr. Material
Correspondence, F.V.K. Jr. 1921-1971
Newspapers 1939-1973
[Lighting on Naval Ships] 1962
[U.S. Navy Equipment Records] 1962-1972
[Directory of Communication Equipment] 1964-1966
[Buships Manual Chapter 60 & 67] 1965
[How to Keep Electricity From Killing You] 1967
Keesling Jr. 1967
[Preliminary Trainee's Guide for Interior Communications Electricians] 1969
[U.S. Naval Schools Mine Warfare Schedule of Classes] 1969
[Department of the Navy Commander Mine Warfare Force] 1972
[Electronic Installation Practices Manual Chapter 1-9]
[Electronic Installation Practices Manual Chapter 19-21]
[Trainee Guide Magnetic Minesweep Systems Course]
[Instruction Book Electrical Magnetic Minesweeping Equipment for U.S. Navy Minesweepers]
[Detailed Instructions for the Splicing of FCSF-66, MCSF-4, & THOF-14 Cables for Acoustic Minesweeping]
[Wayne A. Ayers Magnetic Minesweeping]
[Naval Schools Mine Warfare Mem-Prep]
[Operation & Maintenance of Mine Countermeasure Equipment]
[Operation & Maintenance of Mine Countermeasure Equipment]
Subseries 2. Earlier Work
Baum/Fleishacker 1908-1909
Santuario; F.V.K. Personal 1909-1940
Union Fish Company 1910
Sacramento Water Company - Historical 1911-1913
Sacramento Folsom Electric Railway - Historical 1911-1920
[Last Will of Fred J. Rieger] 1917
Sudden & Christinson; Administrative; Calendar May 14, 1922 - May 1, 1924
Subseries 3. Herman H. Grau Letter Books
[Herman H. Grau Letter Books] 1891-1892, 1893-1895, 1895
[Herman H. Grau Letter Books] 1899-1903
[Herman H. Grau Letter Books] 1903-1910
[Herman H. Grau Letter Books] 1910
[Herman H. Grau]
[Herman H. Grau Inventory]