Description
This collection of approximately 65 typescript reminiscences and essays
written by Walter Frame (ca. 1976-1979) are told from a very personal view
point. Mr. Frame wanted to document a lifestyle that was quickly disappearing.
Subjects include: family reminiscences; railroads; ferries; trollies; ethnic
groups; women; early California history; California cities and towns especially
Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento; and, California small town and country
life.
Background
Attorney Walter Clay Frame (1905-1980) graduated from the University of
California Law School (1930) and practiced law in San Francisco from 1931 to
1942. In the latter year he joined the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service as a Naturalization Examiner serving in San Francisco until 1943. He
was then transferred to Sacramento to cover cases in northern California
counties from Solano to Siskiyou. Travelling up and down valley towns often by
public transportation on trains and buses, he interviewed hundreds of
applicants for citizenship. After the war he practiced law practice in
Sacramento until 1977. Active in history organizations, Frame was president of
the Sacramento County Historical Society (1960) and the Conference of
California Historical Societies (1965).
Availability
Collection is open for research.