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Finding of the Drake Plate : oral history transcript / 1955-1956.
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Title:

Finding of the Drake Plate : oral history transcript / 1955-1956

Creator/Contributor:

Bocqueraz, Leon Edward, 1871-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Baum, Willa K., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Regional Cultural History Project (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract:

Concerning the finding of the Plate of Brass by William Caldeira (Mr. Bocqueraz' chauffeur) while on a hunting trip near Drake's Bay in 1933. Also, transcript of brief interview (Feb. 1, 1956) of Mr. Bocqueraz with George P. Hammond at the Bancroft Library. Portrait photograph and signed statement (assignment of title and rights) with map of the Drake's Bay area, included.
Carbon copy with slightly different photograph and unsigned statement.

Date:

1955 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Drake, Francis -- approximately 1540-1596 -- Plate of brass
Caldeira, William
Drakes Bay (Calif.) -- Description and travel

Note:

Leon Bocqueraz ; tape recorded interview conducted in Oakland and Berkeley, California by Willa Baum and George Peter Hammond on November 9, 1955 and February 1, 1956. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.,
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:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (viii, 19 leaves) ; 28 cm. + related material.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 563:13) and positive.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

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.