University of California Merced oral history collection, 1987-2001 (bulk 1997-2001)

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University of California Merced oral history collection, 1987-2001 (bulk 1997-2001)

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Transcript of interview (2 copies) with Mary Harter and Jane Murray, in San Francisco, January 23, 1997 about Cyril and Virginia Smith and the town of Merced in the early 1900s. The Cyril Smith Trust and Virginia Smith Trust lands were donated for UC Merced. Transcript of interview (2 copies) with Elinor and Keith Shaffer, Betty Lou George, Skip George, Lyn George, Dan Aldrich, J. Roger Samuelsen, Bob Carpenter, Ken Riggs, Jim Erickson, Carol Tomlinson-Keasy, in Merced, May 15, 2000. The group discusses the Smith family, Merced history, and recollections of negotiations regarding Merced and the University of California. Also included is correspondence regarding the project and background material on UC Merced. tapes 1-3, Mary Harter and Jane Murray interview; tapes 4-5, group interview regarding Merced and the University of California.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)Original interviews: 5 sound cassettes.

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Smith, Cyril Eugene, 1900-

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Professor of History at Marquette University. Native of Merced, Calif. Graduate (B.A. & Ph D. in History) of the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of Cyril Eugene Smith papers, ca. 1868-1971. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 41002084 ...

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....

Shaffer, E. S. (Elinor S.)

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Riggs, Ken.

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George, Betty Lou.

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Smith, Virginia Ursula.

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University of California, Merced

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George, Skip.

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Harter, Mary.

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Samuelsen, J. Roger.

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Murray, Janet P. (Janet Page)

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George, Lynell

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Erickson, Jimmy D.

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Tomlinson-Keasey, Carol

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Shaffer, Keith.

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Aldrich, Daniel G.

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Daniel G. Aldrich was the founding Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, serving from 1962 until 1984. Aldrich's background in agriculture and his connection with the land-grant system at the University of Rhode Island influenced his decision to design a campus in which environmental planning and community service would be crucial. After accepting the appointment of chancellor, he set out to create a university faithful to the land-grant tradition, yet appropriate to the opportunit...

Riess, Suzanne B.

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Harry L. Sanders was the first full-time director of planning at Stanford University. He joined the Planning Office in 1956, was appointed director in 1960, and retired in 1976; during his tenure, Stanford experienced its greatest period of development since its opening in 1891. Thomas D. Church, a prominent landscape architect in the San Francisco Bay Area, was the landscape consultant for Stanford University and a member of its Architectural Advisory Council. From the description o...

Carpenter, Bob

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