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A city in transition : Richmond during World War II : oral history transcript / 1992.
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A city in transition: Richmond during World War II : oral history transcript / 1992On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California
Creator/Contributor:
Metz, Clifford (R. Clifford), 1904-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Dunning, Judith, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Metz discusses Richmond during World War II: Ford tank depot, Kaiser Shipyards, new population, changes in racial composition,
local entertainment, war housing; Richmond School Department, 1940s; postwar housing; decline of downtown; with an appended
interview on family background and early work.
Date:
1992 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRichmond (Calif.) -- History
California -- Richmond
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
Clifford Metz ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1986.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. (Classified as: Phonotape 2638 C:1-4).
Interviewed for On the Waterfront: an Oral History of Richmond, California.
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed
to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Type:
History.Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
129 p. : port. ; 28 cm.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaClassification:
979.463Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed
to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.