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Memories of the Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company : oral history transcript / 1992.
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Memories of the Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company : oral history transcript / 1992
Memories of the Richmond San Rafael Ferry Company
On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California

Creator/Contributor:

Snodgrass, M. M. (Marion Myers), 1911-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Dunning, Judith, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Snodgrass discusses Blackfoot, Idaho; move to Richmond, California, 1923; Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Co., 1924-1956: description of ferry, fees and schedules, crews, accidents, labor disputes, WWII impact; ferrying prisoners to San Quentin; loss of downtown Richmond, 1950s-1960.

Date:

1992 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Ferries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Ferries
Richmond (Calif.) -- History
California -- Richmond
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Richmond-San Rafael Ferry and Transportation Co. -- History
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

M.M. Snodgrass ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1985.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. (Classified as: Phonotape 2639 C:1-5).
Interviewed for On the Waterfront: an Oral History of Richmond, California.
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
This manuscript is available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Type:

Oral histories.
History.

Physical Description:

print
75 leaves : ill., port. ; 28 cm.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Classification:

979.463

Copyright Note:

This manuscript is available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Related Item:

Memories of the Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company : oral history transcript 1992 : Snodgrass, M. M. (Marion Myers), 1911- : (OCoLC)1085935930