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Copy of John F. Dockweiler letter to J. Paul Getty, 11 August, 1938

 
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Title
Copy of John F. Dockweiler letter to J. Paul Getty, 11 August, 1938
Date
08 November 1938
Description
A copy in violet ink of a typewritten letter from John F. Dockweiler to J. Paul Getty, dated August 11, 1938. The letter is copied onto letterhead from the United States House of Representatives. In the letter, John F. Dockweiler thanks Mr. Getty for his assistance in advance of an election. The upper left corner of the page is torn, with a portion of the letterhead missing.
Names
Dockweiler, John Francis, 1895-1943; Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976;
Format Extent
1 leaf ; 27 cm
Subject
Political campaigns--California; Governors--California--Election;
Note
The Dockweiler family has been closely intertwined with Los Angeles religious, political, and civic life. John Francis Dockweiler (d. 1943) was one of thirteen children born to Isidore Dockweiler (1867-1947) and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler (1871-1937), eleven of whom survived infancy. John Francis followed in his father's political footsteps, serving as a Democratic U.S. Congressman (1933-1939), District Attorney of Los Angeles County (1940-1943), and running unsuccessfully for governor of California in the 1938 Democratic primary. J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) was a wealthy independent oil producer who began buying and selling oil leases in Oklahoma in 1913. He acquired Pacific Western Oil Corp. in 1932 and soon gained control of several independent oil companies, later going on to invest in oil concerns in Saudi Arabia. A zealous art collector, he founded the J. Paul Getty Museum near Malibu, Calif., in 1953.
Collection
Dockweiler Family Collection, 1827-1996 CSLA-12, Series 2: Political Activities, Box 6, Folder 5
Language
eng
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