Finding Aid to the Susan Sward interviews, 1981-1984, SFH 83
Finding aid prepared by Tami J. Suzuki.
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
July 7, 2021
Title: Susan Sward interviews
Date (inclusive): 1981-1984
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 83
Creator:
Sward, Susan.
Physical Description:
1 box
(.11 cubic foot)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Abstract: Contains interviews with former mayors Elmer E. Robinson, George Christopher, and Joseph L. Alioto for Sward's
San Francisco Chronicle
article published May 27, 1981; and with Erhard Seminar Training (est) founder, Werner Erhard, for Sward's
Chronicle
article published April 19, 1984.
Physical Location: The collection is stored on site.
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
Material Specific Details: The audio recordings were transferred from microcassettes to compact discs (CDs) in 2013.
The collection is available for use during San Francisco History Center hours.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.
[Identification of item], Susan Sward interviews (SFH 83), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Donated by Susan Sward on April 2, 2009.
Atherton Report on Graft in the San Francisco Police Department, as Presented in the San Francisco Examiner, March 17, 1937.
Susan Sward is a freelance writer and reporter, having spent nearly thirty years as an investigative reporter with the
San Francisco Chronicle.
Her work primarily centered on San Francisco and California politics, the environment and law enforcement. Since leaving the
Chronicle
in 2009, Sward's work has appeared in the
New York Times, Sacramento Bee,
and
Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Contains interviews with former mayors Elmer E. Robinson, George Christopher, and Joseph L. Alioto for Sward's
San Francisco Chronicle
profile, "When I was Mayor," published May 27, 1981; and with Erhard Seminar Training (est) founder, Werner Erhard, for Sward's
Chronicle
article, "Trouble for Werner Erhard," published Aug. 16, 1984.
The George Christopher interview was recorded over an earlier interview with entertainer Carol Doda. That snippet can be heard
at the beginning of the second Christopher CD. Doda was interviewed for Sward's
Chronicle
article, "Getting Close to Carole Doda," published April 19, 1980.
Of note, Christopher discussed Edwin Atherton, the private investigator and former federal Bureau of Inspection agent, who
investigated the San Francisco Police Department in the later 1930s.
Arranged chronologically.
Processed by Tami J. Suzuki in 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 21st Century -- Sources.
Alioto, Joseph L., 1916-1998.
Christopher, George.
Erhard, Werner, 1936-
Robinson, Elmer E. (Elmer Edwin), 1894-1982.
Sward, Susan -- Archives.
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