Typed transcript of a tape recorded interview with Francis Boott Duveneck: Los Altos Hills, California : oral history transcript / tape recorded interview conducted by Anne Loftis on January 20, 1981. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California

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Typed transcript of a tape recorded interview with Francis Boott Duveneck: Los Altos Hills, California : oral history transcript / tape recorded interview conducted by Anne Loftis on January 20, 1981. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California : and related material, 1981.

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Childhood in Massachusetts; his father, painter Frank Duveneck; conditions in textile mills in Lowell, Mass.; experiences during World War I; work with the Stanley Steamer Company; activities at the Hidden Villa Ranch, including interracial camps for children, a youth hostel, etc.; work with the Sierra Club; information on his wife, Josephine. With this, photocopy of clippings re the Duvenecks.

Transcript : 17 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.Phonotape : 1 sound cassette : analog.

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"The dedication of the new Lodge at Horse Camp, Mount Shasta took place at high noon on Fourth of July 1923... The crowning event was when Miss Harwood of Los Angeles stepped forward and with much vim and enthusiasm pronounced the words: 'I christen thee Shasta Alpine Lodge (crash went the bottle of Shasta Ginger Ale on the stone doorway) and dedicate thee to all lovers of the great out-of doors...'" (Sierra Club Circular, Sept. 1, 1923, p. 1). From the description of Sierra Club mou...

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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....

Loftis, Anne, 1922-

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Anne Loftis, born in New York City, graduated from Smith College in 1944, then worked as a journalist and free-lance writer. She is the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on ethnic groups and farm labor organizing. From the description of Anne Loftis papers, 1953-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387570 American journalist and historian. From the description of Anne Loftis papers, 1941-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869877 ...