http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1870022r No online items Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg Papers, 1893-1960 Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu © 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Note History --History, CaliforniaGeographical (By Place) --CaliforniaSocial Sciences --Business and Economics Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg BANC MSS C-B 906 1 Papers, 1893-1960 Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg Papers, 1893-1960 Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 906 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: 1989 Encoded by: James Lake © 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Paul Scharrenberg Papers, Date (inclusive): 1893-1960 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 906 Creator: Scharrenberg, Paul, b. 1877 Extent: Number of containers: 4 boxes, 5 cartons, 24 volumesLinear feet: ca. 10 Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Abstract: Correspondence and papers relating primarily to Scharrenberg's career in the labor movement and his other positions. Includes letters to and from Scharrenberg; subject files containing committee reports, memoranda, copies of correspondence, notes, printed material, clippings, etc.; scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings re Scharrenberg, other labor leaders and public officials, seamen, legislation, etc., as well as photographs, notices and programs of meetings, correspondence etc. A few items relate to family matters Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg BANC MSS C-B 906 2 Papers, 1893-1960 Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [identification of item], Paul Scharrenberg Papers, BANC MSS C-B 906, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biography Paul Scharrenberg was born in Hamburg, Germany on August 21, 1877. He came to New York as a young boy and went to sea in his early teens. In 1898 he was an able seaman on the American square-rigger New York, which was wrecked off Half Moon Bay, California. After working briefly on coastal ships Scharrenberg went to work in San Francisco for the American Seamen's Union and soon became editor of its Seamen's Journal. He was an active member of the California Federation of Labor from about 1904 and served as Secretary from 1910 to 1936. In addition, he was a member of the Commission of Immigration and Housing from 1913 to 1922, the San Francisco City Planning Commission from 1917 to 1926, and the State Board of Harbor Commissioners from 1927 to 1931. Scharrenberg served as legislative representative for the American Federation of Labor in Washington, D.C. from 1937 to 1943, when he was called back to California by Governor Earl Warren to serve as Director of the California State Department of Industrial Relations. He retired in 1955 and died in 1969. Scope and Content Scharrenberg gave his papers to The Bancroft Library in 1964. They relate primarily to his career in the labor movement and to his other positions. A key to arrangement and partial list of correspondents follows. Correspondence box Box 1 Letters written by Scharrenberg, 1918-1960 Physical Description: (5 folders) Additional Note Mainly typed copies, addressed primarily to other labor leaders and government officials, reflecting various positions held. Arranged chronologically. Boxes 1-3 Letters written to Scharrenberg. Additional Note Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. Includes some letters addressed to Andrew Furuseth, and copies of letters addressed to others and referred to Scharrenberg for his information. A partial list of correspondents follows the key to arrangement. Unlisted letters are in a miscellany at the beginning of the series. Subject Files Additional Note Committee reports, memoranda, copies of correspondence, notes, printed material, clippings, etc. Arranged as follows: Ctn. 1 Accident boards and commissions American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds Asiatic exclusion Bridges, Harry California Joint Immigration Committee California Labor League for Political Education, A.F.L. California labor statistics under Scharrenberg, 1943-1955 California State Federation of Labor Chinese crews Congress of Industrial Organizations - historical data Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg BANC MSS C-B 906 3 Papers, 1893-1960 Subject Files Church and labor Committee on Economic Security, 1934 Communism Communists in labor unions Company unions Continuous discharge book-pledge violation Coolidge, Calvin Curran, Joseph Education Furuseth, Andrew Ham and Eggs Initiative, etc. Hawaii - labor Ctn. 2 Immigration Immigration - California Immigration and housing - California Immigration quota Initiatives Initiatives and ordinances Industrial relations Industrial Workers of the World Institute of Pacific Relations International Association of Governmental Labor Officials Involuntary servitude See also clippings in Box 4. Labor Editors' Conference, 1952 Labor history - biographies Labor history - general Labor leaders Land question - 1921 California legislation Lobbying - California Lobbying - California - Samish, 1949 Lobbying - Congress Lobbying - miscellaneous Longshoremen Lundeberg, Harry McNamara - Los Angeles Times Building Bombing Marine Workers League Merger - Seafarers International Union and National Maritime Union, 1959 Mooney-Billings National Maritime Board Oil tanker negotiations Pacific awards, 1935 - Strike arbitration Pacific off-shore companies Panama - Liberia, etc. Radicalism Ctn. 3 Radicalism - Seattle Safety at sea Sailors' Union of the Pacific - history See also clippings in Box 4. San Francisco Labor Council San Francisco Longshoremen State Compensation Insurance Fund of California Trailer ships U.S. seamen's laws Warren, Earl Wilson, Woodrow Women workers Workmen's compensation Guide to the Paul Scharrenberg BANC MSS C-B 906 4 Papers, 1893-1960 Manuscripts of Writings Manuscripts of Writings Additional Note Primarily typed or mimeographed copies. Arranged alphabetically. Ctn. 3 Address at Annual Convention, International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1953 Address at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds, 1947 Address at convention of California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors, 1951 Address at Fresno Transportation Club, 1952 Address at Portland Cement Association Regional Safety Conference, 1952 Address before the 22nd Annual Convention of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1949 Address before the 25th Annual Convention of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors, 1952 Address before the 27th Annual Meeting of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1954 Address before the 28th Annual Meeting of the California Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors Association, 1955 Address to the Annual Convention, State Federation of Labor, Santa Barbara, 1950 Armistice Day Address, 1930 A California Labor Day Message, 1917 California State Federation of Labor Ctn. 4 California State Federation of Labor (cont.) California's Labor Laws Communists Attack Asiatic Exclusion Laws Facts and Comments on Occupational Health, 1954 Fifty Years of Progress, 1954 Fundamentals of Good Industrial Relations Highlights of Address at Annual Convention of State Building and Construction Trade Council, 1954 History of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific The Housing Aspect of the City Planning Problem, 1917 Housing Problems How Hetch Hetchy Helps Relief, 1934 Joint Report of the Committee on Statistics of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions and the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, 1954 Keynote Address to the 26th Annual Convention of Certified Boiler and Elevator Inspectors of California, 1953 Labor Record of the Republican Party Labor Representation on the Board of Regents of the University of California Notes for after-dinner talk, Governor's Banquet at First North American Conference on Apprenticeship, 1953 Notes for after-dinner talk, Johns-Manville, Lompoc, California, 1953 Notes for convention of State Printers Association, Stockton, California, 1953 Opening remarks at California Industrial Safety Conference, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1954 Opening speech for Governor's Industrial Safety Conference, 1950 Organized Labor - Past and Present, 1944 Organized Labor's Opportunities for Leadership in the Economic Order of the World, 1932 Outline