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Migration of a working family : from the San Joaquin Valley to the Richmond shipyards, 1942 : oral history transcript / 1986.
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Migration of a working family: from the San Joaquin Valley to the Richmond shipyards, 1942 : oral history transcript / 1986
On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California

Creator/Contributor:

Bailey, Vera May Jones, 1905-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Dunning, Judith, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Quay, James.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Describes her family's move from the Midwest to the San Joaquin Valley in 1937, agricultural work, their move to Richmond in 1942 to work in the Kaiser shipyards, health conditions there, asbestosis, war-time rationing, the shipyard closure, Filice and Perelli Canning Co., and the changes that have occurred in Richmond since WWII.

Date:

©1990 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Shipyards -- California -- Richmond
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- California -- Richmond
Migration, Internal -- California -- History -- 20th century
Asbestosis
Industries -- California -- Richmond -- History
Asbestosis
Chantiers navals -- Californie -- Richmond
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Participation des civils -- Californie -- Richmond
Migration intérieure -- Californie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
Asbestose
Industrie -- Californie -- Richmond -- Histoire
War work
Shipyards
Migration, Internal
Industries
Asbestosis
Richmond (Calif.) -- History
California -- Richmond
California
Filice and Perrelli Canning Company -- History
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)

Note:

interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning ; introduction by Jim Quay ; Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS RESTRICTED: Use cd copies with call number BANC CD 751.
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 publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.

Type:

History.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[xviii], [183] pages : illustrations
3 audiocassettes : analog
3 audio discs : digitial ; 4 3/4 in.

Language:

English

Publisher:

California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of California

Copyright Note:

ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS RESTRICTED: Use cd copies with call number BANC CD 751.
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. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720.

Related Item:

Migration of a working family oral history transcript / 1986 : Bailey, Vera May Jones, 1905- : Berkeley, Calif. : University of California, ©1990 : (OCoLC)1085994894