Title	Finding aid for Frances Nacke Noel/Job Harriman Papers, 1889-1986 (bulk 1940-1980).
Extent	1,452 items.
Biographical Note	Frances Nacke Noel, reformer, labor activist, feminist, suffragette, and socialist, came to the United States from Germany in 1893. In 1899 she moved to Los Angeles, joined the Socialist party, and worked for several labor and suffrage organizations; she later founded the Wage Earners' Suffrage League. She died in Los Angeles in 1963. Job Harriman, lawyer and socialist, came to Los Angeles from Indiana in the late 1890s. In 1911, he ran unsuccessfully as the Socialist and labor candidate for mayor of Los Angeles. Harriman also founded the Llano del Rio Colony, a utopian community in the Antelope Valley in California. He died in California in 1925.
Scope and Content	The collection is made up of material gathered by Knox Mellon for his dissertation about Job Harriman. The papers chiefly deal with Job Harriman; Frances Nacke Noel; socialism; the Llano del Rio Colony; labor and union issues; and suffrage and women's rights. Some other subjects covered are: Los Angeles politics, the Los Angles Times Building bombing, utopian communities, and women in the labor movement in both Mexico and the United States. The manuscripts include essays, research notes, draft pages for Mellon's dissertation, and personal interviews with individuals who knew Job Harriman. The correspondence is mainly made up of letters written by Knox Mellon requesting information about Job Harriman. There are also letters related to Frances Nacke Noel, her family, and her activities. Other authors included are: Eugene V. Debs, Joe Hill, Robert V. Hine, J.S. Holliday, Walter Millsap, Alice Park, and Maud Younger.
Notes	All inquiries regarding this collection should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator, Western American Manuscripts.
Date	1889-1986.
Provenance	Gift of Knox Mellon, December 30, 1991.
Subject	Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938. De Leon, Daniel, 1852-1914. Flores Magón, Ricardo, 1873-1922. Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924. Harriman, Job, 1861-1925. London, Jack, 1876-1916. Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928. McNamara, James B. (James Barnabas), 1882-1941. McNamara, John J. Noel, Frances Nacke, 1873-1963. Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837-1917. Industrial Workers of the World. Llano Colony (Secular community) Los Angeles Times (Firm) Social-Democratic Party of America. Socialist Labor Party. Socialist Trade and Labor Alliance. Wage Earners' Suffrage League (Los Angeles, Calif.) Collective settlements -- California -- History -- Sources. Collective settlements -- Louisiana -- History -- Sources. Communism -- United States -- History. Cooperative societies -- United States -- History -- Sources. Labor movement -- California -- History -- Sources. Labor unions -- United States -- History -- Sources. Socialism -- California -- History -- Sources. Socialism -- United States. Socialists -- United States -- Correspondence. Women in the labor movement -- Mexico. Women in the labor movement -- United States. Women socialists -- United States -- Correspondence. Women -- Suffrage. Working class -- United States. Working class women -- Societies and clubs. Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Description and travel. Highland Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- Sources. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Description and travel. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Sources. Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Politics and government.
Form/Genre	Articles United States. (aat) Dissertations United States. (aat) Ephemera United States. (aat) Essays United States. (aat) Interviews United States. (aat) Journals United States. (aat) Letters (correspondence) United States. (aat) Newspaper clippings United States. (aat) Notes United States. (aat) Offprints United States. (aat) Photographs United States. (aat) Speeches United States. (aat)
Contributors	Berger, Victor L., 1860-1929. Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926. Ghent, William J. (William James), 1866-1942. Harriman, Job, 1861-1925. Hill, Joe, 1879-1915. Hillquit, Morris, 1869-1933. Hine, Robert V., 1921-. Holliday, J. S. Mellon, Knox, 1925-. Miller, Sally M., 1937-. Millsap, Walter, 1886-1971. Noel, Frances Nacke, 1873-1963. Park, Alice, 1861-1961. Pickett, George T., 1876-1959. Sanford, Marvin. Shaffer, Ralph E. Turner, Ethel Duffy, 1885-1969. Whitnall, Gordon. Younger, Maud. Llano Colony (Secular community)
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssNoel Harriman papers
Accession Number	mss 01612.
Physical Collection	Frances Nacke Noel/Job Harriman Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	22 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-11-26.
Date Digital	2011-11-26.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, October 12, 2001.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Frances Nacke Noel/Job Harriman Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
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Cataloging Notes	Arranged in the following series: Manuscripts (Boxes 1-5), Correspondence (Boxes 6-8), Ephemera and oversize items (Boxes 9-13).