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Mining lawyer and executive : oral history transcript : U. S. Potash Company, U. S. Borax, 1933-1962 / 1986.
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Title:

Mining lawyer and executive : oral history transcript: U. S. Potash Company, U. S. Borax, 1933-1962 / 1986
Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series
Reminiscences of Horace Albright

Creator/Contributor:

Albright, Horace M. (Horace Marden), 1890-1987, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Fry, Amelia R.

Creator/Contributor:

Gerstley, James M.

Creator/Contributor:

Schenck, Marian Albright.

Creator/Contributor:

Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Contains his recollections of early California mining, his move from the National Park Service in 1933 to become president of U. S. Potash, and his experiences in mining. He also speaks of the University of California at Berkeley, and his own class of 1912.

Date:

c1989 (issued)

Subject:

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United States Potash Company.
United States Borax and Chemical Corporation.
University of California (1868-1952). -- Class of 1912.
Mines and mineral resources

Note:

with introductions by Amelia R. Fry, James Gerstley, Marian Albright Schenck ; interview conducted by Eleanor Swent ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley,
Bound in between pages 14-15 is a 184 page exerpt (p.603-787) from The Reminiscences of Horace Albright (New York : Columbia University, 1962).
Interview is part of the Western Mining in the Twentieth Century Oral History Series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All literary 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, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

1 v.+ related material.
1 sound cassette : analog.

Language:

English

Publisher:

California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of 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 literary 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, University of California, Berkeley.