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University of California's Cowell Hospital Residence Program for physically disabled students, 1962-1975 : oral history transcript : catalyst for Berkeley's independent living movement /
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Title:

University of California's Cowell Hospital Residence Program for physically disabled students, 1962-1975 : oral history transcript: catalyst for Berkeley's independent living movement
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

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

Creator/Contributor:

Donald, James, 1945-, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Caulfield, Cathrine, 1948-, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Willsmore, Herbert, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Barner, Billy Charles, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Rowan, John, 1938-, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Trier, Peter Louis, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bonney, Sharon, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Cowan, Kathryn, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

O'Hara, Susan, 1938-2018, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Date:

2000 (issued)

Contents:

[1] Edward V. Roberts: the UC Berkeley years, first student resident at Cowell Hospital, 1962.-- [2] James Donald: student resident at Cowell, 1967-1968, attorney and Deputy Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation, 1975-1982.-- [3] Cathrine Caulfield: first woman student in the Cowell program, 1968.-- [4] Herbert R. Willsmore: student resident at Cowell, 1969-1970, business enterprises manager at the Center for Independent Living, 1975-1977.-- [5] Billy Charles Barner: first African American student in the Cowell program, 1969-1973, administrator in disability programs in Los Angeles.-- [6] John "Jack" Rowan: student resident at Cowell, 1971-1973, and chair of CIL's board of directors, 1976-1982.-- [7] Peter Trier: student at Berkeley: the transition from the Cowell Hospital program to the residence halls, 1975.

Subject:

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People with disabilities -- Education (Higher) -- California -- Berkeley
People with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
College students with disabilities -- California -- Berkeley
Personnes handicapées -- Californie -- Berkeley -- Entretiens
Étudiants handicapés -- Californie -- Berkeley
People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
People with disabilities
College students with disabilities
California -- Berkeley
Cowell Memorial Hospital (Berkeley, Calif.). -- Residence Program.

Note:

interviews conducted by Sharon Bonney, Kathryn Cowan and Susan O'Hara, 1994, 1996, 1998-1999.
Forms part of: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recordings of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3103 C:1-26.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. 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 (literary works)
interviews.
Oral histories
Interviews
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Histoires orales.
Interviews.

Physical Description:

print
1 volume (xxii, 429 pages) : portraits ; 29 cm
26 audiocassettes

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. 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:

University of California's Cowell Hospital Residence Program for physically disabled students, 1962-1975 : oral history transcript 2000 : (OCoLC)1085936003