Conversations with Helen Hugggins Wells and Diane Porter Cooley, descendents of Charles Loyal Huggins, pioneer Berkeley city engineer; oral history transcript., 2002

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Conversations with Helen Hugggins Wells and Diane Porter Cooley, descendents of Charles Loyal Huggins, pioneer Berkeley city engineer; oral history transcript.
Dates:
2002
Creators:
Wells, Helen Huggins Cooley, Diane Porter Grunland, Paul, interviewee
Abstract:
Extent:
1 v (vii, 62 l.) : ill ' 29 cm.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Conversations with Helen Hugggins Wells and Diane Porter Cooley, descendents of Charles Loyal Huggins, pioneer Berkeley city engineer; oral history transcript.. Berkeley Historical Society

Background

Scope and content:

Family background and life in Berkeley; career of Charles Huggins as city engineer; laying out Marin Circle and other streets; changes in Berkeley architecture; Huggins's work for Mason-McDuffie; University of California, Berkeley, and Huggins Scholarship in Civil Engineering

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Engineer
Oral histories

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by Berkeley Historical Society staff.
Date Prepared:
2002
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research

Terms of access:

Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Requests for permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.W

Preferred citation:

Conversations with Helen Hugggins Wells and Diane Porter Cooley, descendents of Charles Loyal Huggins, pioneer Berkeley city engineer; oral history transcript.. Berkeley Historical Society

Location of this collection:
1931 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704, US
Contact:
(510) 848-0181