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Watson was active in developing the Fellowship Church for All People and in founding the Council for Civic Unity. She also served on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union; was active with the International House of Berkeley, CA; and assisted ethnic groups including Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans. She was a president of the National Association of Social Workers (Golden Gate Chapter), and winner of the prestigious Koshland Award for Social Work.
Papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, personal publications, and other publications. Included are newspaper clippings and photographs pertaining to her career, articles and speeches, publications dealing with customs and costumes of other cultures, and information regarding establishment of the Annie Clo Watson Scholarship for Social Workers. Correspondence largely pertains to efforts to relocate war refugees following World War II. In English. Inventory available.
Annie Clo Watson left the YWCA in 1928 to take a position as executive director of the International Institute of San Antonio, Texas. She was to remain associated with the American Federation of International Institutes until her retirement in 1956, an association of 28 years. Following a four year tenure with the International Institute of San Antonio, Miss Watson accepted a position as executive director of the International Institute of San Francisco, a position which she held until 1956.
While serving as executive director of the International Institute of San Francisco, Miss Watson took leaves of absence twice; the first time from September, 1942 to September, 1943 in order to work at the YWCA of New York, and again from February-May, 1953 to take a round the world tour.
In 1956, Miss Watson received
a scroll of appreciation from the Japanese-American Citizen’s League. She
was awarded the Koshland Award in 1945 as “the individual social
worker making the greatest contribution to social work in California.”
She helped develop the Fellowship Church for All People, and helped found
the Council for Civic Unity. She also served on the board of the American
Civil Liberties Union and was active with the International House of the
University of California, Berkeley. Annie Clo Watson was an active supporter
of many ethnic groups, including Mexican Americans, Latinos, and Japanese
Americans. During World War II, she visited many Japanese American evacuation
camps and was a primary advocate in helping to establish homes for this
and many other ethnic groups. She was a President of the Golden Gate Chapter
of the National Association of Social Workers. Annie Clo Watson died in
1960.
I. Biography (folder 1)Section I.
II. Correspondence (folder 2)
III. Personal publications (folders 3-4)
IV. Miscellaneous publications (folder 5)
Section II.
The correspondence in this
section concerns the war relocation efforts in which Miss Watson was involved
during the years immediately following World War II.
Section III.
The personal publications
of Annie Clo Watson are included in this section. Several of her articles
are printed in The Womans Press, the Bookshelf, and various newspapers
and brochures. Also included in this section are speeches presented by
Annie Clo Watson.
Section IV.
The miscellaneous publications
included in this section are works belonging to Miss Watson dealing with
the costumes and customs of other cultures, a brochure of the International
Institute of San Francisco, and an issue of The Journal of Educational
Sociology.
Annie Clo Watson Scholarship
for Social Workers
Folder 1
Blaisdell, Allen C.
Folder 1
Chinese Americans
Folders 3, 5
Cozzens, R.B.
Folder 2
Filipinos
Folder 3, 5
Fixel, Lawrence
Folder 1
International Institute of
San Francisco
Folders 1-5
Japanese Americans
Folders 1, 3-5
Journal of Educational Sociology
Folder 5
Koshland Award
Folder 1
Latin Americans
Folder 5
Mexican Americans
Folders 3-5
Moncrief, Frank M.
Folder 1
Myers, D.S.
Folder 2
National Japanese American
Citizens League
Folders 1, 3
Spicer, Dorothy Gladys
Folder 4
Tafolia, Micaela Lafuente
De
Folder 4
Tsotomu, Ema
Folder 5
United Crusade
Folder 5
War Relocation Authority
Folder 2
Young Women’s Christian Association
(YWCA)
Folders 1, 4
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 1 | 1 | Biographical material,
May, 1945-February, 1960
Made up primarily of newspaper clippings, this folder outlines the career of Annie Clo Watson as a social worker with the International Institute of San Francisco and her activities as the Koshland Award winner for 1945. Included in this folder are newspaper clippings from the Nippon Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New Japanese-American News, Pacific Citizen, and Hokubel, along with a photograph of Miss Watson and a certificate presented to her by the California Association of Social Welfare, as the Koshland Award winner for 1945. Memorial statements written by Frank M. Moncrief, Lawrence Fixel, and Allen C. Blaisdell are also included. The establishment of an Annie Clo Watson Scholarship for Social Workers, and Miss Watson’s work with the first and second generation Japanese Americans are among the main issues discussed in this folder. |
| 2 | Correspondence, February
10, 1946-April 29, 1946
Two letters from the United States Department of Interior, War Relocation Authority make up this folder. These letters, dated February 10 and April 26, 1946, extend appreciation to Annie Clo Watson for her help in this effort and are signed by D.S. Myers and R.B. Cozzens. |
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| 3 | Publications and speeches,
August 25, 1934-July 4, 1942
Included in this folder are articles written by Miss Watson and published in the San Francisco New World Sun, the Bookshelf, and the Womans Press, dealing with the experiences of Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans in attempting to make a home in the United States. Special nationality problems of the west coast are also discussed in a paper presented to the joint meeting of the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship, and Division X of the National Conference of Social Work, May 22, 1934. A speech presented at Mills College, July 4, 1932, discussing the implication of evacuating Japanese Americans is also included. |
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| 4 | The Womans Press,
1927-1944
These three issues of the Womans Press, 1927, 1943, and 1944, include several articles by Annie Clo Watson on the problems of various ethnic groups, including the Japanese and Mexican Americans, and the effects of the war on these cultures. The magazine as a whole deals with the problems of immigrants of all cultures and contains numerous articles on the International Institute, the YWCA, and the plight of the foreign-born. Specific articles by Miss Watson include “Between two wars,” Japanese-American Farmers- their wartime role,” and “Homebound.” |
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| 5 | Miscellaneous publications,
1941-1960
This folder contains two hard bound monographs dealing with the customs and costumes of the Japanese and Latinos, the Journal of Educational Sociology which includes an article written by Annie Clo Watson, and a newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Chronicle which gives a pictorial look at the mansion which now houses the International Institute of San Francisco. |
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