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Volunteer leader in the East Bay : oral history transcript : Oakland Potluck, a Central Place, and Children's Services, 1939-1994 / 1996.
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Title:

Volunteer leader in the East Bay : oral history transcript: Oakland Potluck, a Central Place, and Children's Services, 1939-1994 / 1996

Creator/Contributor:

Jurs, Florence L. (Florence LeCron), 1912-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Stinnett, Peggy.

Creator/Contributor:

LaBerge, Germaine, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Florence Jurs discusses her family background; founding the Oakland School Volunteers and Resource Program; beginning Oakland Potluck; developing A Central Place. She touches on volunteerism, child welfare, and the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Date:

1996 (issued)

Subject:

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Voluntarism -- California -- Oakland
Volunteers -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews
Child welfare -- California -- Oakland Metropolitan Area
Nonprofit organizations -- California -- Oakland Metropolitan Area
Volunteers
Voluntarism
Politics and government
Nonprofit organizations
Child welfare
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1933-1945
United States
California -- Oakland Metropolitan Area
California -- Oakland
Oakland School Volunteers and Resource Program (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland Potluck (Agency : Oakland, Calif.)
Central Place (Agency : Oakland, Calif.)

Note:

Florence L. Jurs ; introduction by Peggy Stinnett. Interviews conducted by Germaine LaBerge in 1994. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2890 C.
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.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (v, 179 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
12 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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.

Related Item:

Volunteer leader in the East Bay : oral history transcript 1996 : Jurs, Florence L. (Florence LeCron), 1912- : (OCoLC)1085935260