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Jewish and community service in San Francisco, and family tradition : oral history transcript / and related material, 1977-1978.
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Title:

Jewish and community service in San Francisco, and family tradition : oral history transcript: and related material, 1977-1978
California Jewish community oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Sinton, Edgar, 1889-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Weiner, Ernest H.

Creator/Contributor:

Glaser, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Comments on childhood in San Francisco; family relationships (Koshland, Sinsheimer, etc.) and friendships; University of California, Berkeley, Class of 1910; practice of law in San Francisco; philanthropic activities; Jewish charities and organizations; etc. Copies of documentary material, including genealogies, appended. Inserted also, at the end of the v.: history of the Garden Hospital, San Francisco, 1890-1955.

Date:

1977 (issued)

Contents:

Phonotapes : Reel 1: May 19, 1977. Track 1: 498 ft., track 2: 497 ft. -- Reel 2: May 26, 1977. Track 1: 499 ft., track 2: 496 ft. -- Reel 3: May 26, 1977. Track 1: 257 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 4: June 2, 1977. Track 1: 495 ft., track 2: 497 ft. -- Reel 5: June 2, 1977. Track 1: 491 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 6: June 2, 1977. Track 1: 491 ft., track 2: 489 ft. -- Reel 7: July 17, 1977. Track 1: 382 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 8: July 14, 1977. Track 1: 489 ft., track 2: 488 ft. -- Reel 9: July 14, 1977. Track 1: 323 ft., track 2: blank -- Reel 10: July 21, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft. -- Reel 11: July 28, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 489 ft. -- Reel 12: July 28, 1977. Track 1: 264 ft., track 2: blank. Interview of Aug. 11 not retained.

Subject:

n-us-ca
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- Charities
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juifs -- Ĺ’uvres de bienfaisance
Travel
Lawyers
Jews -- Charities
Jews
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel
California -- San Francisco
University of California (1868-1952). -- Class of 1910.

Note:

Edgar Sinton ; tape recorded interview conducted by Eleanor K. Glaser in 1977. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1978 :
Introduction by Ernest H. Weiner.
Photographs and copies of documentary material supporting the interview inserted.
Included in: California Jewish community oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
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.
Photographs of San Francisco school groups transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1978.010--POR).

Type:

biography
Genealogies.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[19], 223 leaves ; 28 cm + related material
12 audiocassettes : analog

Language:

English

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.

Related Item:

Jewish and community service in San Francisco, and family tradition : oral history transcript / 1977-1978 : Sinton, Edgar, 1889- : (OCoLC)1085994860