The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California : creation in 1971, and conservation : oral history transcript / Ruth Bancroft ; with introductions by Frank H. Cabot and Wayne Roderick ; interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991 and 1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Librar

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The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California : creation in 1971, and conservation : oral history transcript / Ruth Bancroft ; with introductions by Frank H. Cabot and Wayne Roderick ; interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991 and 1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1993.

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Bancroft discusses her early interest in gardening; architecture studies at the University of California, Berkeley; historic houses and gardens in Walnut Creek, Calif.; tour of the garden of cacti and succulents; working with the Garden Conservancy. Interview with Wayne Roderick about Ruth Bancroft.

Transcript: 1 v. (xi, 149 p.) ; ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.Phonotapes: 9 cassette tapes.

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