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California progressive, railroad commissioner, and attorney : oral history transcript / and related material, 1961-1962.
BANC MSS C-D 4037LOCALPhonotape 314:1 BLOCAL
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Title:

California progressive, railroad commissioner, and attorney : oral history transcript: and related material, 1961-1962

Creator/Contributor:

Thelen, Max, 1880-, creator, ive

Creator/Contributor:

Baum, Willa K., ivr

Creator/Contributor:

Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract:

Recollections of his law career in San Francisco; the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League in Berkeley; his work on the California State Railroad Commission (1911-1918); Hiram W. Johnson's administration as governor of Calif.; work with the War Dept., 1918-1919, as surveyor of contracts and with the U.S. Railroad Administration (1919-1920); return to law practice in San Francisco.

Date:

1961 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Lawyers -- California
Lawyers
Politics and government
California -- Politics and government
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement
California
United States Railroad Administration.
United States Railroad Administration.
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

Max Thelen ; tape recorded interviews conducted by Willa K. Baum in November, 1961. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1962 :
Phonotape also available.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available on microfilm.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

vi, 100 leaves ; 28 cm + related material
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 814:2) and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-D 4037LOCAL
Phonotape 314:1 BLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.