Autobiographical writings, 1912-1987.

Snook, James R.

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James O. Snook spent most of his adult life in Stockton and San Joaquin County, Calif. (1916-1994). Snook's father, a biologist, taught at Stockton High School. Snook's memoir describes his Stockton boyhood with trenchant wit and in great detail (1916-1930). He also describes family summers in La Jolla, Calif. where his father carried out research in marine biology (1916-23), and, at Stockton's Municipal Camp at Silver Lake, where the father was camp naturalist (1924-30). Later, Snook attended t...

College of the Pacific

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Snook family.

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University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...