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Mining and construction engineer, industrial management consultant, 1936 to the 1990s : oral history transcript / 1993.
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Title:

Mining and construction engineer, industrial management consultant, 1936 to the 1990s : oral history transcript / 1993
Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Downey, J. Ward (James Ward), 1911-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bradley, Philip Read, 1904-1999

Creator/Contributor:

Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Ward discusses his education at the University of California College of Mines; his work during the Depression in California, Arizona, and Idaho; his work with various mining companies as a construction engineer between 1946 and 1965; his career with the Del Monte Corporation, 1965-1975.

Date:

1992 (issued)

Subject:

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Mining engineers -- California -- Interviews
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)

Note:

J. Ward Downey ; with an introduction by Philip Read Bradley ; interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Included in the Western mining in the twentieth century 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 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.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2732 C:1-2.
Volume includes index.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
Transcript: xiii, 151 p. : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
2 cassettes.

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.