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irth control pioneer Margaret Sanger. The major birth
control organizations are represented including the
American Birth Control League, the Birth Control
Federation of America, the National Committee for Federal
Legislation on Birth Control, and the Birth Control Clinical
Research Bureau, all of which merged into the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America. Individuals represented
in the papers include notable 20th century social reformers,
birth control advocates, and public figures such as Margaret
Sanger, Pearl S. Buck, Havelock Ellis, Carrie Chapman
Catt, Morris Ernst, Clarence Gamble, Charlotte Perkins
Gilman, Harriet Pilpel, Emma Goldman, and H.G. Wells
(Copied from OCLC archival record). Meals for Millions
records are in the Special Collections Department,
University of California, Los Angeles. Inventory available
in repository/ folder level control.
Note: Florence Rose was a Public relations specialist;
Executive secretary; Director, Meals for Millions; Birth
control activist; Lobbyist. Address: Northampton,
Massachusetts.
9. Chamberlain, Ernest R. 1923-1972. Papers (Finding aid
to archival collection). Los Angeles, California: Dep. of
Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles
(UCLA). 6 boxes (3 linear feet). 91 cartons (91 linear feet).
2 oversize boxes. *
• Summary: Collection 2019. Stored off-site. Advance
notice required for access. “Collection consists of
correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, notes, publications,
and memorabilia relating to Oklahoma, and Los Angeles
and California politics, as well as Chamberlain’s personal
subject files relating to his work with Meals for Millions.
Includes materials regarding LA social conditions,
government organization, city planning, transportation, and
material by and about Mayor Fletcher Bowron.
“Bio/History: Chamberlain’s career as a political
publicist began in high school, when he worked for William
Howard Taft and Senator Charles Curtis; attended Washburn
College, then went to Washington DC, where he worked for
several government bureaus; AB and LL.B from George
Washington Univ.; after World War I, he attended the Univ.
of Paris, where he earned a Certificate d’Etudes
Superieures; moved to Oklahoma, where he played the flute
in movie theaters, wrote reviews, and taught dance; did
publicity work for Governor J.C. Walton of OK; moved to
Los Angeles where he worked for Clifford E. Clinton,
helping him in his clean-up campaigns against L.A. vice and
corruption; worked with him for Fletcher Bowron’s election
after the recall of Mayor Frank Shaw in 1938, and worked
for Bowron’s first reelection in 1941; he also publicized
many of Clinton’s other projects, including Meals for
Millions, various issues in L.A. politics, and Clinton’s own
campaign for mayor in the 1945 primary; also worked on
publicity for Clinton’s Cafeterias; in 1942 he collected
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material for a projected Citizen’s yearbook about L.A.”
Worked from 1946 to 1964 as co-director of Meals for
Millions Foundation in Los Angeles (established by Clifford
Clinton). Address: Los Angeles, California.
10. Photograph of Clifford Clinton with his three children at
the beach (Santa Cruz, California). 1928.
• Summary: Left to right: Donald (youngest son, with sand
pail), Edmond (eldest son, barely visible behind Don),
Clifford E. Clinton, Jean (daughter and middle child).
Clifford’s father, Edmond J. Clinton, built a cabin at the
Mount Herman Christian Conference Center, near Felton
and 7 miles inland from Santa Cruz. It was used a lot for
recreation from the San Francisco area and later from Los
Angeles. Clifford’s kids (while still kids) spent most
summer vacations there while their parents worked in Los
Angeles. The beach was one of the favorite places to go
when the parents did join the kids, as were the Santa Cruz
boardwalk and roller coaster.
This photo and date were sent to Soyinfo Center by
Donald Clinton, son of Clifford Clinton (Jan. 2011).
11. U.S. Department of the Interior, Census Office. 1930.
Clifford E. Clinton and family in the 1930 U.S. Census in
Berkeley, California. Washington, DC.
• Summary: Clifford E. Clinton. Head of Household. Age
29. Estimated birth year: 1901. Birthplace: California.
Father’s place of birth: Missouri. Mother’s place of birth:
Kansas. First marriage at age 19. Spouse’s name: Nelda M.
Clinton, age 28. Birth place: California. Father’s place of
birth: Iowa. Mother’s place of birth: Missouri. First
marriage at age 18. Home in 1920: Berkeley, Alameda Co.,
California. Marital status: Married. Race: White. Gender:
Male.
Other members of household: Edmond J. Clinton, age
8. Jean M. Clinton, age 6. Donald H. Clinton, age 3. Joseph
D. Clinton, age 14.
Concerning the last named, Joseph D. Clinton, although
he is listed on the census as “Mother,” he was actually
Clifford Clinton’s youngest brother. He was born in 1915.