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Martha Alexander Gerbode (1909-1971), environmentalist, philanthropist, and volunteer in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii
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Martha Alexander Gerbode (1909-1971), environmentalist, philanthropist, and volunteer in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii : oral history transcript / 1995Creator/Contributor:
Nathan, Harriet, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Lage, Ann, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Farmer, Garland, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Fuller, Esther, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, Huey D., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Shaw, Maryanna, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Stockholm, Clarisse, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Levine, Aaron, 1917-2008, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Stevens, Georgiana G., interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Cades, J. Russell, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
This oral history consists of retrospective interviews concerning the environmentalist Martha Alexander Gerbode. Topics include
her support of groups ranging from the World Affairs Council, the Institute of Pacific Relations, and Planned Parenthood,
to the Nature Conservancy, and the Art and Ecology Institute; her family; World War II experiences, and Japanese relocation.
Supplementary material includes a letter written to her in-laws, [1939 or 1940?], a photocopy of her diary from a European
trip, 1936-37, and miscellaneous biographical material, along with clippings and other material relating to the Gerbode Preserve/
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and to the Oahu Development Conference and Diamond Head development issues. Also includes
(in oversize folder) a manuscript musical score and words for the class song of Mt. Vernon Seminary, created and written by
Martha Alexander Gerbode in 1928.
Date:
1995 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-hiEnvironmentalists -- California -- Interviews
Environmentalists -- Hawaii -- Interviews
Philanthropists -- California -- Interviews
Philanthropists -- Hawaii -- Interviews
Ecology -- California
Ecology -- Hawaii
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
Philanthropes -- Californie -- Entretiens
Philanthropes -- Hawaii -- Entretiens
Américains d'origine japonaise -- Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945
Philanthropists
Japanese Americans
Environmentalists
Ecology
Hawaii
California
World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Institute of Pacific Relations.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Art and Ecology Institute.
World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Institute of Pacific Relations.
Gerbode, Martha Alexander -- 1909-1971
Note:
interviews with Garland Farmer, Esther Fuller, Huey Johnson, Maryanna Shaw, Clarisse Stockholm, Aaron Levin, Georgiana G.
Stevens, J. Russell Cades ; with an introduction by Maryanna Shaw Stckholm. Interviews conducted by Harriet Nathan and Ann
Lage, 1989-1991. 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 2853 C:1-14.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
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:
biographyPersonal narratives-American.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (vi, 280 pages) : facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm
14 audiocassettes
1 box and 1 oversize folder (.2 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.