Guide to the Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers, 1879-1972

(bulk 1930-1965)


John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Published in 2014

Collection Overview

Title: Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis papers
Date range: 1879-1972, (bulk 1930-1965)
Creator: Greene, Sonia H. (Sonia Haft), 1883-1972
Extent: 7.0 Linear feet
Abstract: Consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal and administrative records, printed materials, photographs, ephemera, and a few artifacts belonging to or associated with Nathaniel A. Davis (1866-1945) and his wife Sonia H. Davis (1883-1972). Mr. Davis, of Jewish and Portuguese heritage, was writer, editor, educator, social activist, entrepreneur, world traveler, publisher, journalist and founder of Planetaryan, a humanitarian organization devoted to world peace. Mrs. Davis, of Jewish and Ukrainian heritage, was a business woman, milliner, writer, editor, amateur journalist and publisher. She was married briefly to H.P. Lovecraft with whom she collaborated on several literary projects. This collection, dating from 1879 to 1972-- the bulk of which ranges from 1930 to the early 1940s--is a good source of documentation for anyone interested in U.S. social, political and religious history, especially around the period of World War II. It is also a good source for those who are interested in American literature, especially in religious poetry and didactic literature. It is also a good secondary source of biographical information about Lovecraft due to Mrs. Davis' previous marriage to him; it does not include any primary source materials originating from Lovecraft himself, nor does it contain much by way of direct documentation about him except for a published memoir of him written by Mrs. Davis ( Books at Brown, vol. XI, nos. 1-2), a copy of which is included in this collection.
Language of materials: English
Repository: John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Collection number: MS.2012.003

Scope & content

This collection dates from 1879 to 1972, with the bulk between the early 1930s to the mid-1940s. It contains correspondence, handwritten and typescript manuscripts, personal documents, ephemera, artifacts, and printed materials covering a wide range of social and political topics. It also includes the administrative records of what appears to have been the short-lived humanitarian organization, Planetaryan, which was founded by Mr. Davis, and in which Mrs. Davis was chief administrator.

The materials that comprise the collection were gathered and arranged by Sonia H. Davis in the years following her husband's death in 1945. In the process, Mrs. Davis annotated materials with autographs, notes and attached clippings.

Series 1. Sonia H. Davis, dating from 1922 to 1971, contains materials created by or associated with Mrs. Davis. It includes correspondence mostly sent to her, some of which are from Mr. Davis and a few other from family members. (It should be noted here, however, that none of these are from or addressed to H.P. Lovecraft). This series also includes her financial and medical records, citizenship certificate, business cards, and burial plans. Most importantly, it contains a substantive collection of her writings, predominantly in manuscript form, including her play, "Alcestis;" a few of her poems; a substantial collection of her essays and editorials, many of which reflect her concern for the welfare of children; and some of her autobiographical writings. The autobiographical writings include a history of Mrs. Davis' family from the time they lived in Russia to her life after Nathaniel Davis' death. One manuscript was purchased and was transferred to this collection from the Howard P. Lovecraft papers: "I do not quite remember how and exactly when I had met Jamed Ferdinand Morton..." (A56758). This manuscript was probably written about 1969, since Mrs. Davis mentions her eighty-fifth birthday. It contains only passing references to Howard P. Lovecraft. Also included in the autobiographical writings are scattered remembrances of Mr. Davis and a copy of her brief memoir of H.P. Lovecraft, "Howard Phillips Lovecraft as His Wife Remembers Him", which was published in Books at Brown (vol. XI, nos. 1-2).

Series 2. Nathaniel A. Davis, dating from 1918 to 1964, comprises materials created by or associated with Mr. Davis. It includes correspondence sent to him and many copies of letters composed by him. Personal documents include his photo identification card, citizenship and death certificates, and curriculum vitae. What makes this series particularly significant is its comprehensive collection of Mr. Davis' prodigious writings in both manuscript and published form. It includes his poetry, essays and plays, all covering a wide variety of political, religious and social topics. Also of special note in this series are a few colorfully illustrated broadsides of Davis' poetry, not to mention a rare monograph of a selection of his patriotic poetry, entitled Faith, Hope, Tradition and Heritage of America, which was published posthumously by Mrs. Davis. Lastly, this series incorporates a collection of Mr. Davis' notebooks, some organized by topic or genre, of his various writings - much of it didactic in nature, most of it affirming his patriotic or religious views.



Series 4. Printed Materials,dating from 1908 to 1972, is mainly an obscure collection of a few scattered items in print, including small press periodicals, bulletins, newsletters, local trade journals, and a few monographs. Some of these contain editorials and essays by Sonia and Nathaniel, and a few include assorted inscriptions, annotations and marginalia. Items of note in this series include the medical study The Barrett Harmonic System for Perfect Eyesight, which was composed by Mr. Davis under the pseudonym Wesley M. Barrett; an issue from Child Security, which includes an article by Mrs. Davis; and also an issue from The California Welfare Journal, which was edited by Mr. Davis and includes both a short editorial piece and an article by him.

Series 5. Photographs, dating from 1893 to 1968, consists of mostly undated portraits and snapshots of Sonia and Nathaniel, family, friends, and associates. Of note are the many formal studio portraits, as well as a small photograph album comprised of a potpourri of pictures of family gatherings, travel landscapes, and other items.

Series 6. Ephemera, dating from 1879 to 1971, includes such items as newspaper clippings, blank greetings cards, and a collection of various invitations, programs, and brochures. Of note are a few astrological charts drawn up for the Sonia and Nathaniel.

Series 7. Artifacts, dating from 1938 to 1949, is comprised of an eclectic array of objects, including a few illustrated hand-made greeting cards by Mr. Davis, as well as an abstract portrait of an unidentified person done in pencil by an unidentified artist. It also contains a small collection of printing paraphernalia--printing blocks, printing plates, and printing proofs--connected to Mr. Davis' publishing endeavors, including the broadside of his poem, "The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano," and the score to "Stars and Stripes for Me," which includes lyrics by Mr. Davis. The most striking aspect of this series is its colorful collection of scrapbooks consisting of various materials including invitations; brochures; book reviews; drawings; clippings from magazines and newspapers; and articles by the Davis' and others. Many, if not most of them, contain writings by Mr. Davis and reflect his religious and social convictions, as well as his patriotic fervor.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Organizations Subject Topics Document Types Subject Topics

Arrangement

The collection is divided into 7 series. All the files within each series are topically arranged.

  • Series 1. Sonia H. Davis
  • Series 2. Nathaniel A. Davis
  • Series 3. Planetaryan
  • Series 4. Printed materials
  • Series 5. Photographs
  • Series 6. Ephemera
  • Series 7. Artifacts

Biographical note

Sonia H. Davis

Sonia Haft Davis, of Jewish ancestry, was born on March 16th, 1883 in Ichnya in the Ukraine. In 1892 she emigrated to the United States from England where she had lived since 1890. For several years she lived in New York, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1932 while in residence there. She eventually settled in Los Angeles, California in 1933, living there for the rest of her life.

At the age of 16, Mrs. Davis married Samuel Greene (whose original surname may have been Seckendorff). They had two children: a son who was born in 1900, but died shortly after his birth; and a daughter, Florence Carol, who was born on March 19, 1902. Greene died in 1916, thus ending their marriage of seventeen years. In 1921, she met H.P. Lovecraft at a Boston convention of the Amateur Journalists held shortly after the death of Lovecraft's mother. They eventually got married on March 3, 1924 at St. Paul's Cathedral in Manhattan and took up residence in New York. Their marriage ended two years later. In 1933, Mrs. Davis moved to California, where, in 1936, she married Nathaniel A. Davis, by then a resident in Los Angeles. Their marriage ended ten years later when Mr. Davis passed away.

In additional to being a single mother, Mrs. Davis' professional life included work as an executive in a women's wear department store. She was also an entrepreneur, milliner, writer, journalist, and publisher. She created and published a lavish, but short-lived magazine called The Rainbow which included writings by both Mrs. Davis and Lovecraft. The Rainbow only had two issues: October, 1921 and May, 1922. Her best-known story, "The Invisible Monster" (a.k.a., The Horror at Martin's Beach), was revised and edited by Lovecraft, and published in Weird Tales in November of 1923. She penned the story "Four O'Clock" (not revised by Lovecraft) which was first printed in Something About Cats and Other Pieces, a collection which also includes "The Invisible Monster" and her Lovecraft memoir "Lovecraft as I Knew Him". From May of 1924 to July of 1925 she was also President of the United Amateur Press Association (along with Lovecraft, who was one of the editors).

Sonia Davis died on December 26th, 1972.

Nathaniel A. Davis

Nathaniel Abraham Davis, of Portuguese and Jewish ancestry, was born in Brazil on October 30, 1866 where his father, Dr. Henry L. Davis owned and operated gold and diamond mines. As a child, Davis was sent to Bermuda to live with relatives where he began his early education and learned to speak both English and Hebrew.

Obituaries, correspondence and other materials indicate Davis graduated from the University of Coimbra in Portugal with an M.D.; did postgraduate work at Westminster Polytechnic in London; and earned his PhD from Yale. He was also a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. After completing his education, he traveled extensively, exploring various countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, the Far East and the Canadian Arctic. He eventually settled in California, obtaining United States citizenship in 1919. After a previous marriage, Davis married Sonia Haft Greene Lovecraft in 1924.

In his early professional years Davis was a director of the Pacific Chamber of Commerce and of the Pacific Coast Lecture Club. He was also managing director of the San Francisco Foreign Trades Club and editor of the magazine Pacific Ports. He was trade correspondent of the New York Commercial and the Manchester Guardian. Davis taught economics at the Armstrong School in Berkeley, a branch of the University of California, and at the Western States University School of Law in Los Angeles. He was also a general manager for the Frank Waterhouse Company in San Francisco. He owned and edited the Pan Pacific Magazine, Scenic America, and the World Trade Weekly. He was a member of the Sojourner Truth Club and the World Race Research Historical Society, and an honorary member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was also a member of the Haym Salomon Day Committee and executive chairperson of the American Committee to Aid Korean Refugees.

Davis founded the non-profit humanitarian organization, Planetaryan and its affiliate, American Defense Society of the United States. Both were designed to promote peace, justice, liberty, and understanding across ethnic, racial and religious lines, and to uphold the underlying principles of the Constitution of the United States. It is uncertain how successful they were, but the documentation from this collection suggest that both were short-lived -- members enrolled appear to be few in number and affiliated periodicals short in duration.

Davis wrote poetry and prose, as well as polemical tracts on a range of topics including anti-Semitism, racism, and world politics. He edited a number of periodicals, including California Welfare Journal and World Trade and published two periodicals affiliated with Planetaryan called One Nation, and The Torch, neither of which appear to have survived beyond the first issue.

Nathaniel Davis died in Los Angeles, April 6, 1945.

Sources:

Davis, Sonia H. "Howard Phillips Lovecraft as His Wife Remembers Him." Books at Brown. 11 (nos.1-2, Feb 1949) : 1-13.

Joshi, S. T. and David E. Schultz. An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 2001.

"Sonia Greene," last modified 2 March 2013 at 07:18, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Greene

Access & Use

Access to the collection: There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Use of the materials: Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation: Sonia H. and Nathaniel A. Davis Papers, Ms.2012.003, Brown University Library.
Contact information: John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts
Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: This collection was received as a gift from Sonia H. Davis, circa 1967. One folder of autobiographical writings, "I do not quite remember how and exactly when I had met James Ferdinand Morton..." (Box 9, Folder 2) was a purchase (A56758). It was transferred to this collection from the Howard P. Lovecraft papers.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Robert Rosa.
Encoding: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-02
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory


Series 1. Sonia H. Davis, 1922-1971

Series 1. Subseries. Correspondence, 1938-1971

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 From S. H. Davis
1944-1970
Box 1, Folder 2 From S. H. Davis
Box 1, Folder 3 To S.H. Davis
1938-1947
Box 1, Folder 4 To S.H. Davis

1950-1959
Box 1, Folder 5 To S.H. Davis

1960-1965
Box 1, Folder 6 To S.H. Davis

1966-1971
Box 1, Folder 7 To S.H. Davis

Box 1, Folder 8 To S.H. Davis, From Family Members
1961-1964, undated
Box 1, Folder 9 To S.H. Davis, From Belle. S. Mooney
1953-1965, undated
Box 1, Folder 10 To S.H. Davis, From N. A. Davis
1942-1944, undated
Box 1, Folder 11 To/From Others
1947, 1967

Series 1. Subseries. Personal Materials, 1922-1968

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 12 Burial Arrangements
1945-1964
Box 1, Folder 12a Business Cards
undated
Box 1, Folder 13 Certificates, Awards, Pledges
1952-1965
Box 1, Folder 14 Copyright documents
1944-1956, undated
Box 1, Folder 15 Financial Records
1922-1965
Box 1, Folder 16 Last Will and Testament
1962
Box 1, Folder 17 Medical Records
1950-1965
Box 1, Folder 18 Naturalization and Citizenship
1961
Box 1, Folder 19 Pension
1961, 1964
Box 1, Folder 20 Philanthropic Activities
1949, 1962-1963
Box 1, Folder 20a Press
1960 Jul 8, 1968 Mar
Box 1, Folder 21 Professional Business Cards & Badges
undated
Box 1, Folder 22 Sephardic Jewish Community
1946-1962

Series 1. Subseries. Writings, 1952-1968

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 22a Alcestis (play)
circa 1961
Box 9, Folder 1 Autobiographical Writings
1964 Aug 25, 1968 Oct 8, undated
Box 9, Folder 2 Autobiographical Writings: "I do not quite remember how and exactly when I had met James Ferdinand Morton..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 3 Autobiographical Writings: "In a small village, Itchno, which is on the outskirts of the town of Konotop..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 4 Autobiographical Writings: "In a small village, Itchno, which is on the outskirts of the town of Konotop..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 5 Autobiographical Writings: "In a small village on the outskirts of the town of Konotp (sic)..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 6 Autobiographical Writings: "In a small village on the outskirts of the town of Konotp (sic)..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 7 Autobiographical Writings: "Interesting as was the first part of my story..."
undated
Box 9, Folder 8 Autobiographical Writings: "When I held the very lucrative buyer and managership in N.Y.C...."
Box 1, Folder 23 Biographical Writings on Nathaniel A. Davis
undated
Box 1, Folder 24 Editorials
1952-1959, undated
Box 1, Folder 24a European Glimpses
1932
Box 1, Folder 24b Howard Phillips Lovecraft as His Wife Remembers Him (in Books at Brown (vol. XI, nos. 1-2)
1949 Feb
Box 1, Folder 25 Poems
undated
Box 1, Folder 26 Prose: A-D
undated
Box 1, Folder 27 Prose: E-H
undated
Box 1, Folder 28 Prose: I-L
undated
Box 1, Folder 29 Prose: M-R
undated
Box 1, Folder 30 Prose: S-Z
undated
Box 1, Folder 30a Prose: Editorials (Newspaper Clippings)
1959 Jun 19, undated
Box 1, Folder 31 Prose: Fragments
undated
Box 1, Folder 32 Prose: Scattered Notes
undated
Box 1, Folder 32a Prose: Writings by Others
undated

Series 2. Nathaniel A. Davis, 1918-1964

Series 2. Subseries. Correspondence, 1931-1948

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 33 From N.A. Davis
1931-1937
Box 1, Folder 34 From N.A. Davis
1938-1940
Box 1, Folder 35 From N.A. Davis
1941-1942
Box 1, Folder 36 From N.A. Davis
1943-1944
Box 1, Folder 37 From N.A. Davis
Box 1, Folder 38 To N.A. Davis
Contents Note: Folder includes letter from J. Edgar Hoover to N.A.D.

1930-1939
Box 1, Folder 39 To N.A. Davis
1940-1941
Box 1, Folder 40 To N.A. Davis
1942-1948
Box 1, Folder 41 To N.A. Davis
Box 1, Folder 42 To and From Others
1931-1942, undated

Series 2. Subseries. Personal Materials, 1918-1946

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 42a Biographical writings on N. A. Davis (including press & obituaries)
1946 Apr 28, undated
Box 1, Folder 42b Business Card
Box 1, Folder 43 Certificate of Naturalization
1944
Box 1, Folder 44 Certificates, Miscellaneous
1931, 1940
Box 1, Folder 45 Curricula Vita
1924
Box 1, Folder 46 Death Certificate
1945 Apr 16
Box 1, Folder 47 Photo Identification (Frank Waterhouse)
1918 Oct 3

Series 2. Subseries. Poetry, 1938-1964

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 48 A-B
undated
Box 1, Folder 49 C-E
undated
Box 1, Folder 50 F-G
undated
Box 1, Folder 51 H-I
undated
Box 1, Folder 52 J-L
undated
Box 1, Folder 53 M-N
undated
Box 1, Folder 54 O-R
undated
Box 2, Folder 1 S
undated
Box 2, Folder 2 T
undated
Box 2, Folder 3 U-Z
undated
Box 2, Folder 4 Faith, Hope, Tradition and Heritage of America (Monograph)
1949 Jan
Box 7 If God Should Die! (Broadsides)
1941
Box 7 Our Soldiers Never Die/A Service Man's Prayer (Laminated Copies)
undated
Box 2, Folder 5 My Mother (Monograph)
1947
Box 2, Folder 6 Poetry Notebooks - Americanism ... [et al.]
undated
Box 2, Folder 7 Poetry Notebooks - Book A
1938, 1942, undated
Box 2, Folder 8 Poetry Notebooks - Book B
undated
Box 2, Folder 9 Poetry Notebooks - Book C
undated
Box 2, Folder 10 Poetry Notebooks - Book D
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 Poetry Notebooks - Book E
undated
Box 2, Folder 12 Poetry Notebooks - Book F
undated
Box 2, Folder 13 Poetry Notebooks - Book H
Box 2, Folder 14 Poetry Notebooks - California
undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Poetry Notebooks - Duplicate Poems
undated
Box 2, Folder 16 Poetry Notebooks - Recent Patriotic Poems and Material
undated
Box 2, Folder 17 Poetry Notebooks - Rhythm
1933
Box 2, Folder 18 Poetry Notebooks - Sight and Visions Poems Written and Read Over the Radio
undated
Box 2, Folder 19 Poetry Notebooks - Sonia
1943, undated
Box 2, Folder 20 Poetry Notebooks - Till Then
undated
Box 2, Folder 21 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (1 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 22 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (2 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 23 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (3 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 24 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (4 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 25 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (5 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 26 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (6 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 27 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (7 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 28 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (8 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 29 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (9 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 30 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (10 of 11)
undated
Box 2, Folder 31 Poetry Notebooks - Untitled (11 0f 11)
1938, 1942, undated
Box 2, Folder 32 Poets, Miscellaneous
Contents Note: May have been collected by either S. H. or N. A. Davis

1964, undated
Box 2, Folder 33 Stars and Stripes For Me, Contract (With Elliot Carpenter, Composer)
Contents Note: Includes a copy of the score.

undated
Box 2, Folder 34 Stars and Stripes For Me, Lyrics, Press, Program
Contents Note: With annotation by S.H. David about the song

1940, undated
Box 2, Folder 35 Stars and Stripes For Me, Scores
undated
Box 2, Folder 36 Swallows of San Juan Capistrano
Contents Note: Includes copy of original broadside, annotations, and other accompanying materials.

1938-1939, 1942, 1957, undated
Box 7 Swallows of San Juan Capistrano (Broadside)
1938
Box 7 Swallows of San Juan Capistrano (Broadsides)
1938
Box 7 To My Sweetheart (Broadside)
1938
Box 2, Folder 37 Twenty One Nations, Lyrics and Score
undated
Box 2, Folder 38 Voices
undated

Series 2. Subseries. Prose, 1932-1941

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 39 Political Essays - A-E
undated
Box 2, Folder 40 Political Essays - F-K
1938-1939, 1943, undated
Box 2, Folder 41 Political Essays - M-R
1937-1938, 1942, undated
Box 2, Folder 42 Political Essays - S
1941, undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Political Essays - T-Z
1940, 1942, undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Prose By Others
1932, undated
Box 3, Folder 3 Prose Fragments
undated
Box 3, Folder 4 Prose Notebooks - Almonds
undated
Box 3, Folder 5 Prose Notebooks - Americanism
undated
Box 3, Folder 6 Prose Notebooks - Color
undated
Box 3, Folder 7 Prose Notebooks - Delinquency Prevention Project
Box 3, Folder 8 Prose Notebooks - Desert Shall Blossom at the Rose
undated
Box 3, Folder 9 Prose Notebooks - First Came the Jew
undated
Box 3, Folder 10 Prose Notebooks - Five Laws of Successful Salesmanship
Box 3, Folder 11 Prose Notebooks - Fourteen Lectures on the Influence of Christ in Art upon Western Civilization
Box 3, Folder 12 Prose Notebooks - Fundamental Everyday American Economics
Box 3, Folder 13 Prose Notebooks - Genesis
undated
Box 3, Folder 14 Prose Notebooks - Germinal-Seed-Rain (1 of 3)
undated
Box 3, Folder 15 Prose Notebooks - Germinal-Seed-Rain (2 of 3)
undated
Box 3, Folder 16 Prose Notebooks - Germinal-Seed-Rain (3 of 3)
undated
Box 3, Folder 17 Prose Notebooks - The Girl He Left Behind Him
undated
Box 3, Folder 18 Prose Notebooks - Great Jews of All Times
undated
Box 3, Folder 19 Prose Notebooks - Harvest
1933
Box 3, Folder 20 Prose Notebooks - The Jew
1936
Box 3, Folder 21 Prose Notebooks - Let Us Say It
1940
Box 3, Folder 22 Prose Notebooks - Liberty
1934
Box 3, Folder 23 Prose Notebooks - Life
1933
Box 3, Folder 27 Prose Notebooks - The Problem of Crime
undated
Box 3, Folder 24 Prose Notebooks - Memory and Other M.S. Material
Contents Note: Includes illustrations, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials,

undated
Box 3, Folder 25 Prose Notebooks - Payauthur: A Saga of the South Seas
1941
Box 3, Folder 26 Prose Notebooks - Political [Writing]
undated
Box 3, Folder 27a Prose Notebooks - Research on Roger Williams
undated
Box 3, Folder 28 Prose Notebooks - The Survivors
undated
Box 3, Folder 29 Prose Notebooks - Then Came the Jew
1936
Box 3, Folder 30 Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (1 of 6)
undated
Box 4, Folder 1 Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (2 of 6)
undated
Box 4, Folder 2 Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (3 of 6)
Box 4, Folder 3 Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (4 of 6)
undated
Box 4, Folder 4 Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (5 of 6)
undated
Box 4, Folder 4a Prose Notebooks - Truth About the Jew (6 of 6)
1934
Box 4, Folder 5 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (1 of 6)
Contents Note: Collection of miscellaneous essays.

undated
Box 4, Folder 6 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (2 of 6)
Contents Note: Collection of miscellaneous essays.

undated
Box 4, Folder 7 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (3 of 6)
undated
Box 4, Folder 8 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (4 of 6)
Contents Note: Collection of miscellaneous essays, verse and creedal statements.

undated
Box 4, Folder 9 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (5 of 6)
1941, 1943, undated
Box 4, Folder 10 Prose Notebooks - Untitled (6 of 6)
Contents Note: Collection of miscellaneous essays.

undated
Box 4, Folder 11 Prose Notebooks - Vision
1933
Box 4, Folder 12 Prose Notebooks - Who Are the Jews
undated
Box 4, Folder 13 Religious Essays - A-E
1921, 1934, undated
Box 4, Folder 14 Religious Essays - F-L
undated
Box 4, Folder 15 Religious Essays - M-R
1937, 1941,
Box 4, Folder 16 Religious Essays - S-Z
Box 4, Folder 17 Scattered Notes
undated
Box 4, Folder 18 Social Essays - A-L
undated
Box 4, Folder 19 Social Essays - M-Z
1937, 1939, 1943, undated

Series 2. Subseries. Drama, 1938-1939

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 20 America Speaks
1939
Box 4, Folder 21 Columbus Play
circa 1938
Box 4, Folder 22 Miscellaneous Scripts
undated
Box 4, Folder 23 Thunder Before Dawn
undated

Series 3. Planetaryan, 1922-1948

Container Description Date
Box 4, Folder 24 Administrative Materials - Constitution, Manifestos, Creeds
undated
Box 4, Folder 25 Administrative Materials - Forms, Form Letters, Stationary
undated
Box 4, Folder 26 Administrative Materials - Committees - American Committee to Aid Korean Refugees
1941, 1942, undated
Box 4, Folder 27 Administrative Materials - Committees - American Defense Society
undated
Box 4, Folder 28 Administrative Materials - Organizational Structure, Programs, Rituals, Activities
undated
Box 4, Folder 29 Administrative Materials - Petitions, Pledges
undated
Box 4, Folder 30 Articles and Editorials for Publication, Distribution (1 of 2)
1938, 1941, 1948, undated
Box 4, Folder 31 Articles and Editorials for Publication, Distribution (2 of 2)
1937, 1938, undated
Box 4, Folder 32 Notebooks - 1940 report
1940-1941
Box 4, Folder 33 Notebooks - Ben and His Whistle
1927, undated
Box 4, Folder 34 Notebooks - Exchange Students
circa 1924
Box 4, Folder 35 Notebooks - Flag Manual
1940, undated
Box 4, Folder 36 Notebooks - Form Letters
1930, 1931, undated
Box 4, Folder 37 Notebooks -The Great Appeal
undated
Box 5, Folder 1 Notebooks - Important Torch Copy
1922, 1938,
Box 5, Folder 2 Notebooks - Jews are People
1936
Box 5, Folder 3 Notebooks - Let America Sing
1940
Box 5, Folder 4 Notebooks - Look in Here First
undated
Box 5, Folder 5 Notebooks - The New Competition
undated
Box 5, Folder 6 Notebooks - Palestine Petition
undated
Box 5, Folder 7 Notebooks - Planetaryan Key Notes
undated
Box 5, Folder 8 Notebooks - Planetaryan Library of Human Science
undated
Box 5, Folder 9 Notebooks - Planetaryan Program
1934, 1937-1940, undated
Box 5, Folder 10 Notebooks - Planetaryan Song Book
undated
Box 5, Folder 11 Notebooks - Planetaryan Songs and Credos
undated
Box 5, Folder 12 Notebooks - Rise on Wings of Understanding
undated
Box 5, Folder 13 Notebooks - Understanding Our World
1931

Series 4. Printed Materials, 1908-1972

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 14 American Cinematographer
1928 Apr
Box 5, Folder 15 'Bama Writer
1963 Oct
Box 5, Folder 16 Barrett, Wesley M. The Barrett Harmonic System for Perfect Eyesight Without Glasses. Part Seven.
General Note:
    It appears that N. A. Davis was the ghost writer of the work. See marginalia from Sonia H. Davis on cover of work. Also see letter from librarian to Sonia H. Davis in

1927
Box 5, Folder 17 Beverly Hills Zionist
1961 Mar
Box 5, Folder 18 Bulletin of the Southern California Society for Mental Hygiene
1949 Apr
Box 5, Folder 19 California Welfare Journal
Contents Note: Edited by N. A. Davis. Also includes editorial piece and article by N. A. Davis.

1938 Apr
Box 5, Folder 20 The Chicago Jewish Forum: A National Quarterly Magazine
1951 Spring
Box 5, Folder 21 Child Security: Official Publication of Child Security, Inc.
Contents Note: Vol. 5, No. 3 includes article by S. H. Davis.

1958 Spring, 1960 Autumn-Winter
Box 5, Folder 22 The Communist Party of the United States of America: a Handbook
1956
Box 5, Folder 23 The Co-Operative Paper
1964 Dec
Box 5, Folder 24 De Lorenzo, Leonardo. To the Nine Muses.
Contents Note: Inscribed by the author to S. H. Davis.

1957
Box 5, Folder 25 Ellisonian Echoes from the Manse of the Muses
1964 Aug
Box 5, Folder 26 Examiner
1951 Jun 22
Box 5, Folder 26a The Guide to Reading (edited by Lyman Abbott, Asa Dickinson and Others)
1924
Box 5, Folder 27 Let's Go
1928 May 2
Box 5, Folder 28 Mercury: A Journal of Esoterism and the Higher Masonry
1925 Jun, 1925 Sep
Box 5, Folder 28a Messenger of Inspiration
1964-1965
Box 5, Folder 28b The Metrolight Flash
1964-1965
Box 5, Folder 28c Miscellaneous Small Press Publications
1958, 1961, 1963-1965, undated
Box 5, Folder 29 Mizrachi Women's Cultural Guide
1949 Jan
Box 5, Folder 30 New Age Expositor
1962
Box 5, Folder 31 New Horizons
Contents Note: Letter from S. H. Davis on p. 3.

1963 Apr
Box 5, Folder 31a Noah's Ark, Incorporated
Contents Note: This represents a business venture that N.A. Davis was involved in.

1912
Box 5, Folder 31b North Lawrence News
1959
Box 5, Folder 32 The Occult Digest
1927 Nov
Box 5, Folder 33 Our Daily Bread
1972 Apr
Box 5, Folder 34 Outdoor Life and Health Association
1940 Jul
Box 5, Folder 35 Paton, J. M. The Adopted Break Silence
1954
Box 5, Folder 36 Planetaryan Materials - Fliers, brochures, invitation
1932 Mar 11, undated
Box 5, Folder 37 Planetaryan Materials - One Nation
Contents Note: Multiple copies of first (and only published) issue, most annotated by S. H. Davis.

1944 June
Box 5, Folder 38 Planetaryan Materials - Planetaryan Educational Weekly
1935
Box 5, Folder 38a Planetaryan Materials - The Torch
Box 5, Folder 38b Planetaryan Materials - Why Crawl? Learn to Fly.
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 39 Pointers for Thinkers and How to Employ the Idle
undated
Box 5, Folder 39a Reason (Quarterly)
1922 Aug-Sep
Box 5, Folder 40 Rosh Hashanah Edition
1960 Oct
Box 5, Folder 40a Scenes and Episodes
1957 Jan
Box 5, Folder 40b Seattle Amateur
Contents Note: With annotations by S.H. Davis regarding race.

1964-1965
Box 5, Folder 41 Sephardic Jewish Community and Brotherhood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Publications
1964, Sept., undated
Box 5, Folder 42 Smith, Flora Warren. A New Year Preachment
1908 Jan
Box 5, Folder 43 Soglasiye
1964 Oct
Box 5, Folder 44 Tifereth Israel Bulletin
1946
Box 5, Folder 45 United Israel Bulletin
Contents Note: Scattered issues

1948-1970
Box 5, Folder 45a Utopian News
1934 Jul 9
Box 5, Folder 46 The Voice of Deliverance
1970 Aug
Box 5, Folder 47 World Trade
1922 Mar 27

Series 5. Photographs, 1893-1968

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 48 Sonia H. Davis
1906-1972
Box 5, Folder 49 Nathaniel A. Davis
1893-1938
Box 8 Nathaniel A. Davis - Chinese Free Masons Group Portrait

1923 Feb 20
Box 5, Folder 50 Family, Friends, Associates, Other Subjects
circa 1900-1970

Series 6. Ephemera, 1879-1971

Container Description Date
Box 5, Folder 51 Astrology Charts and Other Related Materials
1879, Jan 27, 1933 Oct 30, undated
Box 5, Folder 52 Greeting Cards (Blank)
1939, undated
Box 5, Folder 53 Invitations, Programs, Brochures, Fliers
1936-1971, undated
Box 5, Folder 54 Miscellaneous Ephemera
1932, 1942, 1954, 1961, 1964, undated
Box 5, Folder 55 Newspaper Clippings
1931, 1952, 1964, 1966, 1969, undated

Series 7. Artifacts, 1938-1949

Container Description Date
Box 8 Flag (United Sates of America)
undated
Box 5, Folder 56 Greeting Cards, Handmade by N. A. Davis
1939, 1942 Mar 16
Box 8 Medallion, Planetaryan
undated
Box 8 Monogram for N. A. Davis (Cloth)
undated
Box 5, Folder 57 Portrait (Pencil)
Contents Note: Artist & subject unidentified

undated
Box 8 Printing Blocks for The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano
1938
Box 8 Printing Plates for Stars and Stripes For Me
undated
Box 5, Folder 58 Printing Proofs for I am a Planetaryan
undated
Box 8 Prints (Socrates Takes Hemlock and Christ on the Cross)
undated
Box 8 Scrapbook: A Book of Patriotic Songs (by N.A. Davis and Elliot Carpenter)
1949
Box 6, Folder 1 Scrapbook: Color and Its Uses
undated
Box 6, Folder 2 Scrapbook: Color as a Factor in Life
undated
Box 6, Folder 3 Scrapbook: Nathaniel A. Davis
Contents Note: Includes photos of N. A. Davis, business cards, membership cards, articles poetry written by N.A. Davis, and correspondence,

undated
Box 6, Folder 4 Scrapbook: Personals - To and About NAD
undated
Box 6, Folder 5 Scattered pages from Miscellaneous Scrapbooks
undated