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Activities in a troubled world: war relief, banking and business : oral history transcript / and related material, 1978.
Phonotape 1161 A; BANC MSS 79/99 c v.1; BANC MSS 79/99 c v.2
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Title:
Activities in a troubled world: war relief, banking and business : oral history transcript: and related material, 1978Creator/Contributor:
Simpson, John Lowrey, 1891-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Riess, Suzanne B., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
McLaughlin, Donald H. (Donald Hamilton), 1891-1984Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Student days at University of California, Class of 1913; work with Herbert Hoover on the Commission for Relief in Belgium;
consultant work for California Raisin Growers Association; career with international banking house of Schroder; interest in
world affairs and international relations; association with the Bechtel Corporation.
Appended: photocopies of writings, speeches, clippings, etc.
With this, photocopy of transcript of his oral history interview for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and additional
documentary material supporting the interview.
Date:
1978 (issued)Subject:
Hoover, Herbert -- 1874-1964University of California, Berkeley -- Class of 1913
California Raisin Growers' Association.
Bechtel Corporation.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Banks and banking, International -- Employees
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
John Lowrey Simpson; tape recorded interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1978. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1978 :
Phonotape also available.
Copies of photographs and of documentary material supporting the interview inserted.
Introduction by Donald H. McLaughlin.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
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:
Oral histories.Addresses.
Physical Description:
print
[14], viii, 259 p. ; 28 cm. + related material.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z229n
Phonotape 1161 A
BANC MSS 79/99 c v.1
BANC MSS 79/99 c v.2
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.