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Farquhar, Francis Peloubet, 1887-1974. Sierra Club reminiscences : oral history transcript / interviews conducted by Ann Lage, Ray Lage, Susan R. Schrepfer, Judy Snyder, Jo Harding, and Richard Searle, 1968-1974. Sierra Club History Committee, San Francisco, Calif., 1974-1975.

Title: Sierra Club reminiscences : oral history transcript / interviews conducted by Ann Lage, Ray Lage, Susan R. Schrepfer, Judy Snyder, Jo Harding, and Richard Searle, 1968-1974. Sierra Club History Committee, San Francisco, Calif., 1974-1975.

Interviews with the following Sierra Club leaders: Francis P. Farquhar, Joel H. Hildebrand, Bestor Robinson, James E. Rother, Harold C. Bradley, C. Nelson Hackett, Philip S. Bernays, Harold E. Crowe, and Glen Dawson.

ArchivalResource: Transcripts: 2 v. : ill.Phonotapes: 10 sound cassettes, 3 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in, 7 in.

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Houghteling, Joseph C., 1924-. Print, politics and public service : oral history transcript : a life in San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, the Democratic party, and California government commissions / Joseph C. Houghteling ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage and Laura McCreery in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2003.

Title: Print, politics and public service : oral history transcript : a life in San Francisco Bay Area newspapers, the Democratic party, and California government commissions / Joseph C. Houghteling ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage and Laura McCreery in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2003.

Family background, childhood, education in San Francisco Bay Area; Navy ROTC at Bates College and Holy Cross, post-World War II duty in the Pacific; Yale University, B.A. 1947; newspaper publishing in the communities of Sunnyvale, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Mountain View, and Pleasanton, California, 1940s-1970s: financing, advertising, union activity, circulation, wire services, competition; Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr., Alan Cranston, and Democratic Party politics, 1950s-1970s; California State Park Commission, 1959-1965; California Highway Commission, 1964-1966; San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 1971-1972; Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 1984-1992; election campaigns for Pete McCloskey, John Tunney, Al Alquist, John Garamendi; and reflections on family. correspondence and copies of newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 1 v. (ii, 210 p.) : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.Original interviews: 13 sound cassettes.Supplementary material: 1 portfolio.

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Gregorio, Arlen. Oral history interview with Arlen F. Gregorio : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1989.

Title: Oral history interview with Arlen F. Gregorio : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1989.

Gregorio discusses his youth, education, family background, and early career before his upset election to the senate in 1970; his interest in the political process in the legislature and his efforts to reform the process with bills on open budget committee meetings, reform of the reapportionment process, limitation of legislator's terms, campaign and election reforms; his work on youth-oriented issues, environmental legislation, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Arts; his efforts to tax liquor to fund alcoholism rehabilitation programs; his work as chairman of the Health and Welfare Committee, and the reorganization of the Department of Health. He offers observations on legislative relations with Governors Ronald Reagan and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and discusses his narrow election loss in 1978 and his subsequent career as a San Mateo County supervisor and a mediator in private practice.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: [vi], iii, 164 p.; 29 cm.Phonotapes: 9 sound cassettes : analog.

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Berry, Phillip S., 1937-. Sierra Club president, 1991-1992 : the club, the Legal Defense Fund, and leadership issues, 1984-1993 / Phillip S. Berry ; with an introduction by R. Frederic Fisher ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1993.

Title: Sierra Club president, 1991-1992 : the club, the Legal Defense Fund, and leadership issues, 1984-1993 / Phillip S. Berry ; with an introduction by R. Frederic Fisher ; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1993.

Phillip Berry discusses various legal issues relating to the Sierra Club; financial issues and the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, which in 1998 changed its name to the Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund (cf. Appendix B); Sierra Club litigation; his role as Club President; and his views of Mike McLoskey, Douglas Wheeler, and David Brower.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 1 v. (ix, 126 p.) : ill., port. ; 28 cm.

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Moss, Laurence I., 1935-1999. Interview with Laurence I. Moss : oral history transcript, 1992.

Title: Interview with Laurence I. Moss : oral history transcript, 1992.

Unedited transcript of interview with chemical and nuclear engineer who became President of the Sierra Club (1973-74).

ArchivalResource: 196 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Nutter, Ben E. (Ben Earl), 1911-. The Port of Oakland : oral history transcript : modernization and expansion of shipping, airport, and real estate operations, 1957-1977 / Ben E. Nutter; with an introduction by Walter Abernathy. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage, 1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1994.

Title: The Port of Oakland : oral history transcript : modernization and expansion of shipping, airport, and real estate operations, 1957-1977 / Ben E. Nutter; with an introduction by Walter Abernathy. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage, 1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1994.

Ben Nutter discusses his family background in Los Angeles; being Superintendent of Public Works for the Territory of Hawaii; and his career as Chief Engineer of the Port of Oakland from 1962 through 1977. He touches upon operations, staff, foreign connections, and the early years of the Oakland Airport.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 1 v. (v, 199 p.) : ill., port. ; 28 cm.Phonotapes: 9 sound cassettes.Supplementary material, printed brochures : 1 portfolio.

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Jervis, John V., 1933- . Oral history interview with John V. Jervis : Assistant to the Senate Majority Leader, 1972-1975; Director, State Senate Democratic Caucus, 1977-1978; Assistant Deputy State Controller, 1978-1985 : oral history transcript / by Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. [1990?].

Title: Oral history interview with John V. Jervis : Assistant to the Senate Majority Leader, 1972-1975; Director, State Senate Democratic Caucus, 1977-1978; Assistant Deputy State Controller, 1978-1985 : oral history transcript / by Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. [1990?].

Jervis discusses his background in broadcast journalism; public relations work on Senator George Moscone's staff, 1972-1975; Moscone's political campaigns; assistant deputy controller under Ken Cory; Cory's antitrust action against oil companies on tidelands oil, and other activities; Cory reelection campaigns, 1978, 1982; public relations work in the Capitol.

ArchivalResource: 47 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Peltason, J. W. (Jack Walter), 1923-. Political scientist and leader in higher education, 1947-1995 : oral history transcript : sixteenth president of the University of California, chancellor at UC Irvine and the University of Illinois / Jack W. Peltason ; with introductions by Richard C. Atkinson and Austin Ranney. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

Title: Political scientist and leader in higher education, 1947-1995 : oral history transcript : sixteenth president of the University of California, chancellor at UC Irvine and the University of Illinois / Jack W. Peltason ; with introductions by Richard C. Atkinson and Austin Ranney. Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1998. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

Family and youth in Kansas and Missouri; education at the University of Missouri and Princeton in political science; study of political processes in the judiciary; teaching at Smith College, 1947-1951; University of Illinois Department of Political Science, 1951-1960, and dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1960-1964; founding vice chancellor of UC Irvine, 1964-1967: developing academic plan, recruiting faculty; first chancellor of the University of Illinois, 1967-1977: African American student and antiwar protests, academic programs, athletics, efforts to diversify student body and staff; president, American Council on Education, 1977-1984; chancellor at UC Irvine, 1984-1992: medical school issues, fundraising, community relations, the Irvine Company, partnering with Hitachi Corporation, recruiting faculty, diversity issues, new academic programs, administrative staff; shared governance at UC; selection as president of University of California, 1992, crises over executive compensation and state budget; restructuring Office of the President, selection of four new chancellors, relations with the Board of Regents, campus chancellors, Academic Council, the press; securing state budget increases; debates over tenth campus, student fee hikes. (Cont.) employee retirement plans, technology transfer initiative, affirmative action in admissions and hiring; retirement as president, 1995; service on corporate and foundation boards; role of wife, Suzanne Toll Peltason; fatherhood and grandfatherhood; reflections on Dan Aldrich, Clark Kerr, Donald Bren, David Gardner, Charles Young, Ward Connerly, and others.

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 1 v. (xiii, 734 p.) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.Phonotapes: 32 sound cassettes.

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Behr, Peter. Oral history interview with Peter H. Behr : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1988.

Title: Oral history interview with Peter H. Behr : oral history transcript / By Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1988.

Mr. Behr discusses open space issues on the Marin County Board of Supervisors, election campaigning, lobbying, and the legislative process in the senate, as illustrated by the progress of his Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1971-1972; his bill to require roll call votes in committees; protective legislation for tule elk, herring, and striped bass; malpractice and no-fault insurance legislation; and his efforts to pass property tax reform legislation in 1977 and 1978, including the campaign for his alternative to Proposition 13 in 1978.

ArchivalResource: [vii], iii, 382 p.; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214934417 View

Pesonen, David E., 1934-. Oral history interview with David E. Pesonen, 1992. Transcript. / by Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives.

Title: Oral history interview with David E. Pesonen, 1992. Transcript. / by Ann Lage, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives.

Mr. Pesonen discusses the campaign for the Nuclear Safeguards Initiative in 1976, including the participation of the citizen's group, Creative Initiative, and his work on the State Board of Forestry under chair Henry Vaux. He outlines his work as director of the Dept. of Forestry in reorganizing the department, working with Secretary for Resources Huey Johnson, and managing resources and fire fighting programs. He describes his "midnight" appointment to the Contra Costa Superior Court by Jerry Brown in 1985 and the political difficulties of retaining a judgeship in a county where he had no political base.

ArchivalResource: 165 p. of typescript.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214973712 View

Wieslander, A. E. A.E. Wieslander papers, [ca. 1914-1986].

Title: A.E. Wieslander papers, [ca. 1914-1986].

California forester: mapper of wildland vegetation and soils : oral history transcript from a tape recorded interview conducted 1985 by Ann Lage for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1986. With an introduction by Kenneth Bradshaw. Carton includes oral history transcript, 1986; Wieslander's research reports, including a University of California class project, ca. 1915, titled "The trees and shrubs of Muir Woods Basin," containing photographs of the area; maps; and correspondence. Oversize items include vegetation maps of California and western Nevada.

ArchivalResource: Papers and transcript: 1 v., 1 carton, 1 oversize folder.Phonotapes: 21 sound cassettes : analog.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227718107 View

Wayburn, Peggy. Author and environmental advocate : oral history transcript / Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1990. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1992.

Title: Author and environmental advocate : oral history transcript / Interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 1990. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1992.

ArchivalResource: 193 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/227489784 View