Left-wing political activist and progressive leader in the Berkeley Co-op; oral history with Robert E. Treuhaft.

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2016

Descriptive Summary

Title: Left-wing political activist and progressive leader in the Berkeley Co-op; oral history with Robert E. Treuhaft.

Dates: 1990

Collection Number: OH--Treuhaft

Creator/Collector: Treuhaft, Robert E., interviewee Larson, Robert Gordon, interviewer

Extent: [ix], 133 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Repository: Berkeley Historical Society

Berkeley, California 94704

Abstract: Oral history of Robert E. Treuhaft; interviewer, Robert Gordon .Larsen; interviews conducted October 1988-January 1989

Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.

Preferred Citation

Left-wing political activist and progressive leader in the Berkeley Co-op; oral history with Robert E. Treuhaft.. Berkeley Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

Interview covers childhood and education; law career; loyalty issues and radical reaction in the Roosevelt-Truman eras; Bay Area Funeral Society, Berkeley Consumers Cooperative; resigning from the Communist Party; participation in Berkeley and Alameda County politics; problems of left-wing attornies.

Indexing Terms

Oral histories