Title:
Business, family and personal philanthropy in Peru, China, and the United States : oral history transcript / 1993
Creator/Contributor:
Wong-Vargas, Isabel, 1922-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Urtiaga, Umberto.
Creator/Contributor:
Nathan, Harriet, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Discusses family and early years in Peru, China, and Hong Kong; return to Peru and businesses there in 1951; being a business
woman in Berkeley, Calif., since 1966; gives her thoughts on women in business, philanthropy, higher education; compares Chinese,
Peruvian, and American cultures.
Date:
1993 (issued)
Subject:
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Businesswomen -- Peru -- Interviews
Businesswomen -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
Philanthropists -- California -- Interviews
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
Chinese American women -- California -- Interviews
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Chine
Businesswomen
Chinese American women
Philanthropists
China -- History -- 20th century
Hong Kong (China) -- History -- 20th century
Chine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
California
California -- Berkeley
China
China -- Hong Kong
Peru
Note:
Isabel Wong-Vargas ; with an introduction by Umberto Urtiaga ; interviews conducted by Harriet Nathan in 1989. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2753 C:1-22.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
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.
Type:
History
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xiii, 328 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
22 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.