Nonprofit
May 6, 1860 - San Francisco Olympic Club formed,
first U.S. athletic club.
April 18, 1868 - James Sloan Hutchinson (below), prominent San Francisco banker, received charter from State of California for The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; June 1, 1868 - California legislation for "an Act for the more effectual prevention of cruelty to animals" went into effect.
May 17, 1872 - Bohemian Club incorporated.
November 1, 1883 - Judge Noah Levering, former member of Iowa State Historical Society, organized meeting of 15 men to form Historical Society of Southern California; 1884 - published first issue of Southern California Quarterly, nationally-acclaimed scholarly journal on region’s history; oldest historical society in California.
October 10, 1888 - Maj. Edward W. Jones, William W.
Workman, Col. Harrison G. Otis, Samuel B. Lewis, J.I. Redick, Thomas A. Lewis
founded Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to reverse population drain city had
recently suffered; formulated two objectives: stimulate migration, market area’s
products in other parts of country; Frank Wiggins, superintendent of events
since 1890, initiated "California on Wheels", two year tour of railroad car
outfitted with agricultural products of state sent to every town of importance
in Midwest and South (visited by more than 1 million); 1896 –
conventions department secured National Education Association Convention, first
national convention held in Los Angeles; 1910 - Los Angeles Harbor
finished (started in 1890 with Chamber resolution presented to Congress); post
World War II - transition from organization that sought to attract new business
to Los Angeles County to one that addressed modern issues associated with major
metropolitan center; converted from county-sponsored organization to private
business organization funded solely by members; 1958 – attracted
Dodgers to Los Angeles; 1967 - name changed to Los Angeles Area
Chamber of Commerce.
1903 - Edward F. Adams, San Francisco Chronicle editorial
writer, John P. Young, managing editor of Chronicle, Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, president of University of California, Frederick Burk,
president of what became San Francisco State University, William P.
Lawlor, attorney who later became a justice of the California Supreme
Court, founded Commonwealth Club in San Francisco national forum open to
all for impartial discussion of public issues important to membership,
community, nation; 1911 - Theodore Roosevelt appeared
before organization; 1990 - began offering regular
programs in other regions of Bay Area; 1997 - World Forum
of Silicon Valley merged with The Commonwealth Club.
Edward F. Adams
- Commonwealth Club (http://www.commonwealthclub.org/
images/adams.jpg)
May 1906 - Bancroft Library (UC-Berkeley).
Contents of library of Hubert Howe Bancroft (1852 - began his career as
a bookseller in San Francisco, built largest book and stationery
business west of Chicago, developed a passion for collecting materials
on the western regions of North and South America, from Alaska to
Patagonia), ferried across the bay to University of California,
Berkeley; contained about 60,000 items (rare manuscripts, maps, books,
pamphlets, transcripts of archives); signaled the beginning of the
University as a research institution; evolved into the most accessible
and heavily used special collections library in the country.
(Bohemian Club), G. William Domhoff (1974).
The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats; A Study in Ruling-Class
Cohesiveness. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 250 p.). Bohemian
Club (San Francisco, Calif.); Upper class -- United States; Elite
(Social sciences).
(Bohemian Club), John Van der Zee (1974).
The Greatest Men's Party on Earth; Inside the Bohemian Grove.
(New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 182 p.). Bohemian Club (San
Francisco, Calif.).
(Encinal Yacht Club), Woodruff Minor (1994).
On the Bay: A Centennial History of the Encinal Yacht Club.
(Alameda, CA: The Yacht Club, 279 p.). Encinal Yacht Club (Alameda,
Calif.); Yacht clubs--California--Alameda--History.
(Los Angeles Athletic Club), Text by Betty Lou
Young; designed by Thomas R. Young (1980).
Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club, 1880-1980.
(Los Angeles, CA: LAAC Press, 176 p.). Los Angeles Athletic
Club--History.
(Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce), Charles Dwight Willard (1899).
A History of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, California: From
Its Foundation, September, 1888, to the Year 1900. (Los Angeles,
CA: Kingsley-Barnes & Neuner, 322 p.). Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
(Mechanics’ Institute-San Francisco), Richard Reinhardt (2005).
Four Books, 300 Dollars and a Dream: An Illustrated History of the First
150 Years of the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco. (San
Francisco, CA: Mechanics’ Institute, 123 p.). Mechanics’ Institute (San
Francisco, Calif.)--History. 1854 - skilled machinists, carpenters, dealers in building
supplies, manufacturers of stoves, hand tools, wheels, barrels, wagons
held first meeting to stimulate growth of
industry on Pacific Coast; how pioneer reading room for education of
craftsmen became major library, research facility, social center in
heart of busy city.
(Room To Read), John Wood (2006).
Leaving Microsoft To Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey To
Educate the World’s Children. (New York, NY: Collins, 266 p.).
Founder, Room To Read. Wood, John, 1964 Jan. 29- ; Room to Read
(Organization); Education, Rural--South Asia--Case studies; Education,
Rural--Southeast Asia--Case studies. Organization has donated more than 1.2 million books, established
more than 2,600 libraries, 200 schools, sent 1,700 girls to school on
scholarship-ultimately touched lives of 875,000 children with lifelong gift of education.
(Rotary Club of Sacramento), F. Melvyn Lawson (1986).
A Saga of Service, 1913-1985. (Sacramento, CA: Rotary Club of
Sacramento, 247 p.). Rotary Club of Sacramento--History.
(Rotary Club of San Francisco), Mitchell Postel (1983).
Seventy-Five Years in San Francisco: A History of Rotary Club Number 2.
(San Francisco, CA: Presidio Press for Rotary Club, 150 p.). Rotary Club
of San Francisco.
(San Francisco PL), Peter Booth Wiley (1996).
A Free Library in
This City: The Illustrated History of the San Francisco Public
Library. (San Francisco, CA: Weldon Owen, 240 p.). San Francisco
Public Library--History; Public libraries--California--San
Francisco--History--19th century.
(Sierra Club), Michael P. Cohen (1988).
The History of the
Sierra Club, 1892-1970. (San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 550
p.). Sierra Club--History.
(Sierra Club), Tom Turner (1991).
Sierra Club: 100 Years of
Protecting Nature. (New York, NY: H. N. Abrams, 288 p.). Sierra
Club--History; Nature conservation--United States--History.
John Muir -
first Sierra Club President
(http://www.sierraclub.org/ john_muir_exhibit/ pictures/graphics/
herbert_a_collins_small.jpg)
(Sutter Club), Timothy Comstock (1989).
The Sutter Club: One
Hundred Years. (Sacramento, CA: The Club, 250 p.). Sutter
Club--History.
(YMCA-Los Angeles), Harold A. Wagner (1979).
As I Lived It: An
Autobiographical History of the YMCA of Los Angeles, 1925-1966.
(Glendale, CA: A. H. Clark Co., 332 p.). Wagner, Harold A.; YMCA of Los
Angeles; Young Men's Christian associations--California--Los
Angeles--Biography; Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.
(YMCA-San Francisco), Clifford Merrill Drury (1963).
San Francisco
YMCA; 100 Years by the Golden Gate, 1853-1953. (Glendale, CA: A. H.
Clark Co., 256 p.). YMCA--California--San Francisco.
Business History Links
The Bancroft Library: Video Presentations
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/video.html
Five brief "video presentations that explore the history and research
activities" of the Bancroft Library. Featuring librarians who work at
the Bancroft, "these excerpts are part of a video documentary that
traces the origins, collections, and services of The Bancroft Library,
one of the nation's leading archival and special collections
repositories." From the Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
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