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Partner and participant : oral history transcript : University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002.
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Partner and participant : oral history transcript: University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002
University history series

Creator/Contributor:

Peltason, Suzanne Toll, 1925-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Lage, Ann, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Family, childhood in North Carolina and New Jersey; meeting Jack Peltason at University of Missouri, marriage and family; faculty wife at Smith College and University of Illinois, 1947-1959; UC Irvine, founding years, 1964-1967; wife of chancellor, University of Illinois, 1967-1977; wife of chancellor, UC Irvine, 1984-1992; wife of UC president, 1992-1995; media relations, affirmative action controversy, Blake House; reflections on women's movement, defining the role of spouses of academic administrators; efforts of chancellors' wives for official recognition.

Date:

2002 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
College administrators' spouses -- United States -- Interviews
Affirmative action programs -- California
College administrators -- California
Programmes d'action positive -- Californie
Administrateurs d'université -- Californie
College administrators
Affirmative action programs
United States
California
University of California (System). -- Office of the President -- History
University of California, Irvine. -- Office of the Chancellor -- History
University of California, Irvine -- History
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). -- Office of Chancellor -- History
Blake House (Berkeley, Calif.)
University of California, Irvine. -- Office of the Chancellor
University of California (System). -- Office of the President
University of California, Irvine
Peltason, J. W. (Jack Walter) -- 1923-2015
Peltason, J. W. (Jack Walter) -- 1923-2015

Note:

Suzanne Toll Peltason ; with an introduction by Rita Atkinson. An interview conducted by Ann Lage in 1999. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the University history series.
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3405 C:1-6.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Interviews
History
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (v, 101 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
6 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0v4t

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Partner and participant : oral history transcript 2002 : Peltason, Suzanne Toll, 1925- : (OCoLC)1085994808
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0v4t