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Letter to J. Paul Getty, May 7, 1938

 
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Title
Letter to J. Paul Getty, May 7, 1938
Date
05 July 1938
Description
Two carbon copies of a letter from an unidentified sender, possibly Henry Isidore Dockweiler, to J. Paul Getty, requesting a donation that had been discussed at an earlier date, toward John Francis Dockweiler's campaign to become Governor of California.
Names
Dockweiler, John Francis, 1895-1943; Dockweiler, Henry Isidore; Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976;
Format Extent
[2] leaves ; 28 cm
Subject
Political campaigns--California--Los Angeles; Legislators--United States; Governors--California--Election;
Note
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. Henry Isidore (d. 1970) served in the U.S. diplomatic corps in Japan, Spain, and China. 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
Type
Language
eng
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