James Mack Gerstley, Executive, U.S. Borax and Chemical Corporation : trustee, Pomona College : civic leader, San Francisco Asian Art Museum : oral history transcript ; with introductions by Elizabeth Lilienthal Gerstley and Norman J. Travis ; interviews conducted by Ruth Teiser and Eleanor Swent in

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James Mack Gerstley, Executive, U.S. Borax and Chemical Corporation : trustee, Pomona College : civic leader, San Francisco Asian Art Museum : oral history transcript ; with introductions by Elizabeth Lilienthal Gerstley and Norman J. Travis ; interviews conducted by Ruth Teiser and Eleanor Swent in 1990. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1991.

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Gerstley recalls his early years, his career with Pacific Coast Borax Company and U.S. Borax and Chemical Corporation, and his activities on the San Francisco Art Commission of the Asian Art Museum, securing the Brundage collection for San Francisco.

Transcript: xiv, 236 p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.Phonotapes: 11 cassette tapes.

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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Avery Brundage Collection

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Gerstley, James M.

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James Mack Gerstley, 1907- From the description of James Mack Gerstley, Executive, U.S. Borax and Chemical Corporation : trustee, Pomona College : civic leader, San Francisco Asian Art Museum : oral history transcript ; with introductions by Elizabeth Lilienthal Gerstley and Norman J. Travis ; interviews conducted by Ruth Teiser and Eleanor Swent in 1990. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1991. (University of California, Berkeley)...

Travis, Norman J.

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Gerstley, Elizabeth Lilienthal

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Biographical Information James Mack Gerstley (1907-2007) was born in London to James Gerstley and Adele Mack. The Gerstle(y) family can be traced to Ichenhausen, Germany, where the oldest identifiable ancestor appears to be Abraham Gerstle (1740-1796). Abraham's son, Isak Michael Gerstle (1787-1851) married Sara Sofie Weil and had seven children: Abraham, Karoline, Sophie, Handele, Löb, Jette, and Moritz. Löb Gerstle eventually moved to San F...

Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

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According to the University of California, Berkeley Bancroft Library website: "The Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) is a research program of the University of California, Berkeley, working within The Bancroft Library. ROHO conducts, teaches, analyzes, and archives oral and video history documents in a broad variety of subject areas critical to the history of California and the United States." For more information regarding the ROHO and their work please consult their website: http://bancroft....

Swent, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Herz)

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Teiser, Ruth

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Teiser is a free-lance writer who has written extensively on the California wine industry. From the description of Papers, 1960-1990. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 43596964 ...

Pacific Coast Borax Company

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In 1872, Francis Marion Smith discovered borate near his cabin in Teel's Marsh, Nevada, founding the Pacific Coast Borax Company. In 1891, the focus of the company shifted to Death Valley from Teel's Marsh, as disclosed in correspondence to Teel's Marsh superintendent J.H. Strachan. From the description of Pacific Coast Borax Company letters : TLS, 1891-1892. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 56712941 ...

United States Borax and Chemical Corporation

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Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

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