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Growing up in the cities : oral history transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1977-1979 by Professor Frederick
M. Wirt, 1977-1979.
BANC MSS 79/34 cLOCALPhonotape 1133:1-38 CLOCAL
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Growing up in the cities : oral history transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted in 1977-1979 by Professor Frederick M. Wirt, 1977-1979Growing up in San Francisco
Creator/Contributor:
Wirt, Frederick M., Interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Arana, Alice., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bauer, William., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Burns, Lloyd Robert., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Cross, Evelyn., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Dunne, Helen C., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Dunne, William J., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Forvily, Joan Hoya Hodges., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Fraher, Teresa., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Glass, Elsie., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Grubb, Ethel Parkman., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Hague, Carl., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Hunter, Henry C., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Jenkins, Rachael., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCarrick, Marie., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Breuer, Katherine., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Markee, Margaret., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Mauser, Lawrence Henry., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Peretz, Amelia M., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Perkocha, Nicholas., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Rosenbaum, Sylvia., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Siegel, Etta., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Thompson, Winifred A., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Vetta, Vera., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Williams, Florence., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Wolfsohn, Flora, 1903-, Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Sakuda, Albert M., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Stevens, Catherine A., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Tittiger, Christine A., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Visico, Ernesto Q., Interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Political Science.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Interviews with three generations of San Franciscans, with a variety of ethnic backgrounds and status, about their urban experiences
prior to the age of 25. Conducted by Prof. Frederick M. Wirt. Subjects covered: religious training, schooling, political learning,
ethnic awareness, leisure activities, job training, career aspirations, the 1906 earthquake and fire, attitudes towards World
Wars I and II and the Vietnam War, comparisons of life in the city, major political events impinging on their lives, etc.
Date:
1977 (issued)Contents:
Reel 1: Alice (Williams) Arana -- Reel 2: William Bauer -- Reel 3: Lloyd Robert Burns -- Reel 4: Burns, cont. -- Reel 5: Evelyn
(Lund) Cross -- Reel 6: Helen C. Dunne -- Reel 7: H. Dunne, cont. -- Reel 8: William J. Dunne -- Reel 9: W. Dunne, cont. --
Reel 10: Joan Hoya Hodges Forvily -- Reel 11: Forvily, cont. -- Reel 12: Teresa Fraher -- Reel 13: Fraher, cont. -- Reel 14:
Elsie Glass -- Reel 15: Ethel Parkman (McAllister) Grubb -- Reel 16: Carl Hague -- Reel 17: Hague, cont. -- Reel 18: Henry
C. Hunter -- Reel 19: Rachael Jenkins -- Reel 20: Jenkins, cont. -- Reel 21: Marie McCarrick and Katherine Breuer -- Reel
22: McCarrick and Breuer, cont. -- Reel 23: Margaret (Kehoe) Markee -- Reel 24: Markee, cont. -- Reel 25: Lawrence Henry Mauser
-- Reel 26: Mauser, cont. -- Reel 27: Amelia M. Peretz -- Reel 28: Nicholas Perkocha -- Reel 29: Sylvia Rosenbaum -- Reel
30: Rosenbaum, cont. -- Reel 31: Etta Siegel -- Reel 32: Siegel, cont. -- Reel 33: Winifred A. Thompson -- Reel 34: Thompson,
cont. -- Reel 35: Vera (Imbruglia) Vetta -- Reel 36: Vetta, cont. -- Reel 37: Florence (Raganelli) Williams -- Reel 38: Flora
Wolfsohn.
Subject:
Children -- California -- San FranciscoSan Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Personal narratives
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
Note:
Description of the project and list of interviewees included.
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.
Researchers may quote from interviews, but no interviewee may be mentioned by name in publication.
See also additions: BANC MSS 80/17 c and BANC MSS 81/36 c.
Type:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
25 folders in 1 box + related material.
38 sound cassettes : analog.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 79/34 cLOCAL
Phonotape 1133:1-38 CLOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.
Researchers may quote from interviews, but no interviewee may be mentioned by name in publication.