Civic volunteer, clubwoman and conservationist : oral history transcript / Eleanor Lyon ; tape recorded interview conducted by Rosemary Levenson in 1974-1975. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 : and related material, 1974-1976.

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Civic volunteer, clubwoman and conservationist : oral history transcript / Eleanor Lyon ; tape recorded interview conducted by Rosemary Levenson in 1974-1975. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 : and related material, 1974-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26729829

Comments on her marriage to Harvey B. Lyon; residence in Oakland; volunteer work with Oakland Symphony, Children's Hospital, Hospitality House during World War II, and other organizations; her DAR activities; and her interest in conservation, particularly redwoods. Taped recollections of colleagues and friends, including Newton B. Drury and Alice Cutter, incorporated.

Transcript : 154, [108] p. ; 28 cm. + related material.

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