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Bay Area foundation history : oral history transcripts / 1971-1975.
BANC MSS 77/67 cLOCALPhonotape 1040 ALOCAL
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Title:

Bay Area foundation history : oral history transcripts / 1971-1975
Building a community foundation
At the heart of grants for youth
Responding to the flow of new ideas in the community
Attorney's twenty-five years of philanthropic service
Working for a real democracy with children and other minority groups
Recollections of San Francisco private agencies and foundations, 1936-1950
Environmental quality and planning: continuity of volunteer leadership
Volunteer career, from the arts and education to public health issues
Corporate citizen's concern for the effectiveness of a community foundation
Foundation executive in training, 1961-1974
Tradition and change: continuing education of a foundation board member
Smaller foundation trusteeship: obligations to friendship and the community
Sociologist comments on getting, using, and making grants
Balance and order in a community trust
Tradition of voluntary solutions to public problems
Avoiding institutional entropy: a school superintendent's view
Growth of a grassroots youth agency in the 1960s
New generation of grant-making ideas
New vitality in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Transition: white man in a black town, 1950-1967
Development and dynamics of volunteer organizations
Spanish Speaking Unity Council, Inc., and Bay Area foundations
Community resources: turning ideas into action

Creator/Contributor:

Jacobs, John R.

Creator/Contributor:

Morris, Gabrielle S.

Creator/Contributor:

Bay Area Foundation History Oral History Project

Date:

1976 (issued)

Contents:

Reel 1: track 1: Mar. 26, 1974, 898 ft., track 2: Apr. 1, 1974, 761 ft. -- Reel 2: Apr. 15, 1974, track 1: 1028 ft., track 2: 1034 ft. -- Reel 3: track 1: Apr. 15, 1974, 361 ft.; track 2: Apr. 25, 1974, 1032 ft. -- Reel 4: Apr. 25, 1974. Track 1: 1029 ft., track 2: 271 ft. -- Reel 5: Mar. 14, 1975. Track 1: 1009 ft., track 2: 810 ft.
Reel 6: Mar. 28, 1974. Track 1: 351 ft. -- Reel 7: May 30, 1974. Track 1: 1020 ft., track 2: 473 ft. -- Reel 8: Track 1: June 10, 1974, 1-692 ft. at 3 3/4 ips; July 23, 1974, 701-1019 ft. at 1 7/8 ips. Track 2: July 23, 1974, 1-169 ft. at 1 7/8 ips; June 10, 1974, 170-1026 ft. at 3 3/4 ips -- Reel 9: July 23, 1974. Track 1: 999 ft., track 2: 722 ft. -- Reel 10: Sep. 10, 1974. Track 1: 1007 ft., track 2: 1012 ft. -- Reel 11: Sep. 10, 1974. Track 1: 1002 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 12: Oct. 8, 1974. Track 1: 1010 ft., track 2: 1010 ft.
Daniel Koshland interview, Reel 13: Aug. 26, 1974, track 1: 375 ft., track 2: blank -- Philip Ehrlich interview, Reel 14: Apr. 24, 1975, track 1: 897 ft., track 2: 261 ft. -- Josephine Duveneck interview, Feb. 26, 1975. Reel 15: track 1: 1006 ft., track 2: 1017 ft. Reel 16: track 1: 954 ft., track 2: blank -- Marjorie Elkus interview, Reel 17, Apr. 24, 1975 -- Florence Wyckoff interviews. Reel 18: Jan 30, 1975, track 1: 1013 ft., track 2: blank (not transcribed) Reel 19: Mar. 18, 1975, track 1: 944 ft., track 2: 590 ft. Reel 20: Mar. 18, 1975, track 1: 785 ft., track 2: blank -- Emmett Solomon interview, Jan. 29, 1975. Reel 21: track 1: 1028 ft., track 2: 1013 ft. Reel 22: track 1: 450 ft., track 2: blank -- Bill Somerville interview, Reel 23: Mar. 11, 1974, track 1: 1010 ft., track 2: 1024 ft.
Frank Sloss interviews: Reel 24: Sep. 27, 1974, track 1: 1016 ft., track 2: 1016 ft. Reel 25: Sep. 27, 1974, track 1: 322 ft., track 2: blank. Reel 26: Oct. 11, 1974, track 1: 1030 ft. (3 3/4 ips), track 2: 1035 ft. (1-870 at 3 3/4 ips, 871-1035 at 1 7/8 ips) Reel 27: Oct. 11, 1974, track 1: 490 ft., track 2: blank -- Edmond Gillette interview, Reel 28: Apr. 10, 1975. Track 1: 823 ft., track 2: blank -- Charles Glock interview, Reel 29: May 6, 1974. Track 1: 1027 ft., track 2: blank -- Jean Kuhn interview, Nov. 12, 1974: Reel 30: track 1: 1014 ft., track 2: 1019 ft. Reel 31: track 1: 1011 ft., track 2: 307 ft. -- William Roth interviews. Reel 32: Sep. 11, 1974, track 1: 551 ft, track 2: blank. Reel 33: Jan. 7, 1975, track 1: 906 ft., track 2: blank -- Richard Foster interview, reel 34: Aug. 21, 1974, track 1: 938 ft., track 2: 850 ft.
Orville Luster interview, Feb. 25, 1975. Reel 35: track 1: 1014 ft., track 2: 1026 ft. Reel 36: track 1: 350 ft., track 2: blank -- Obie Benz and Paul Resnick interview, Reel 37: May 1, 1975, track 1: 950 ft., track 2: 541 ft. -- Milton Salkind and Paul Resnick interview, Reel 38: May 1, 1975, track 1: 1012 ft., track 2: 183 ft. -- Edwin Stephenson interviews: Reel 39: Jan. 29, 1975, track 1: 1007 ft., track 2: 148 ft. Reel 40: Mar. 5, 1975, track 1: 1014 ft., track 2: 957 ft. -- Caroline Charles interviews: Reel 41: Oct. 1, 1974, track 1: 1035 ft., track 2: 1035 ft. Reel 42: Oct. 16, 1974, track 1: 1041 ft, track 2: 1041 ft. Reel 43: Oct. 16, 1974, track 1: 670 ft., track 2: blank. Reel 44: Nov. 11, 1974, track 1: 1021 ft., track 2: 1023 ft. Reel 45: Nov. 11, 1974, track 1: 264 ft., track 2: blank -- Ira Hall interview, Nov. 4, 1974. Reel 46: track 1: 982 ft., track 2: 1006 ft. Reel 47: track 1: 494 ft., track 2: blank.

Subject:

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Endowments -- California -- San Francisco
Fondations -- Californie -- San Francisco
Endowments
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Benevolent and moral institutions and societies
California -- San Francisco

Note:

interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris and John R. Jacobs ; Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California,
Includes supplementary material.
Reels 1, 6, 8 (part), 12, 20, 26 (part), 28, and 32 recorded at 1 7/8 ips, remainder at 3 3/4 ips.
Interview notes available (with phonotapes) for some interviews.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Each volume contains index.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

5 v. and 2 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
47 audiotape reels : analog, 1 7/8 ips, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 77/67 cLOCAL
Phonotape 1040 ALOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC

Related Item:

Building a community foundation : May, John R. (John Rickard), : 1909-1988
At the heart of grants for youth : Chance, Ruth Clouse.
Responding to the flow of new ideas in the community : Koshland, Daniel Edward, : 1892-1979
Attorney's twenty-five years of philanthropic service : Ehrlich, Philip S., : 1889-
Working for a real democracy with children and other minority groups : Duveneck, Josephine Whitney, : 1891-1978
Recollections of San Francisco private agencies and foundations, 1935-1950 : Elkus, Marjorie Doran. : d. 1978
Environmental quality and planning: continuity of volunteer leadership : Erskine, Dorothy Ward,
Volunteer career, from the arts and education to public health issues : Wyckoff, Florence Richardson, : 1905-2000
Corporate citizen's concern for the effectiveness of a community foundation : Solomon, Emmett Gamaliel, : 1909-
Foundation executive in training, 1961-1974 : Somerville, Bill, : 1932-
Tradition and change: continuing education of a foundation board member : Sloss, Frank, : 1908-
Smaller foundation trusteeship: obligations to friendship and the community : Gillette, Edmond S.
Sociologist comments on getting, using, and making grants : Glock, Charles.
Balance and order in a community trust : Kuhn, Jean Gerlinger.
Tradition of voluntary solutions to public problems : Roth, William M. (William Matson), : 1916-2014
Avoiding institutional entropy: a school superintendent's view : Foster, Richard L.
Growth of a grassroots youth agency in the 1960s : Luster, Orville.
New generation of grant-making ideas : Benz, Obie.
New generation of grant-making ideas : Stern, Peter.
New vitality in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music : Salkind, Milton.
Transition: white man in a black town, 1950-1967 : Stephenson, Edwin.
Development and dynamics of volunteer organizations : Charles, Caroline Moore.
Spanish Speaking Unity Council, Inc., and Bay Area foundations : Martinez, Arabella.
Community resources: turning ideas into action : Hall, Ira Devoyd.