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Oral history interview with Edward V. Roberts : oral history transcript : director, California Department of Rehabilitation, 1975-1983, activist for severely disabled students, UC Berkeley, 1962-1967 / 1994.
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Title:

Oral history interview with Edward V. Roberts : oral history transcript: director, California Department of Rehabilitation, 1975-1983, activist for severely disabled students, UC Berkeley, 1962-1967 / 1994

Creator/Contributor:

Roberts, Edward V., 1939-1995, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

O'Hara, Susan, 1938-, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Abstract:

Ed Roberts tells of his decision to attend the University of California, Berkeley, and living at Cowell Hospital there, his interest in athletics, and his early contact with the California Department of Rehabilitation through its involvement in the Cowell Hospital program; he talks of his first experiences with his electric wheelchair, and being architectural consultant to Arleigh Williams, Dean of Men at UC Berkeley.

Date:

1994 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Poliomyelitis -- Patients -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- California -- Berkeley
Barrier-free design -- California
Sports for people with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley
Poliomyélite -- Patients -- Entretiens
Personnes handicapées -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Entretiens
Accessibilité aux personnes handicapées -- Californie
Sports pour personnes handicapées -- Californie -- Berkeley
Barrier-free design
Buildings -- Barrier-free design
People with disabilities
People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
Poliomyelitis -- Patients
Sports for people with disabilities
California
California -- Berkeley
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Cowell Memorial Hospital (Berkeley, Calif.). -- Residence Program.
University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings -- Barrier-free design
California. -- Department of Rehabilitation.
California. -- Department of Rehabilitation
University of California, Berkeley.
Roberts, Edward V -- 1939-1995 -- Interviews
Williams, Arleigh Taber -- 1912-1991
Roberts, Edward V -- 1939-1995

Note:

by Susan P. O'Hara, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: California State Archives State Government Oral History Program.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as Phonotape 2905 C:1-3.
Audio recordings also available on CD.
Interview transcript also available online.
Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.

Type:

Interviews.
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

1 volume (ii, 55 leaves) ; 28 cm
3 audiocassettes
3 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator
Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.