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An entrepreneur in mining in North and South America, 1930s to 1990s : oral history transcript / 1995.
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Title:
An entrepreneur in mining in North and South America, 1930s to 1990s : oral history transcript / 1995Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Orr, James M., 1911-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Jensen, James.Creator/Contributor:
Brynelson, Bernard.Creator/Contributor:
Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
James Orr discusses growing up in British Columbia, using the spectrograph as a consulting engineer, mining diamonds in Brasil,
and forming the Orr Engineering and Chemical Company.
Date:
1995 (issued)Subject:
n-usp-- -- s-bl---Spectrograph
Mining engineers -- Interviews
Mines and mineral resources -- West (U.S.)
Diamond mines and mining -- Brazil
Spectrographes
Ingénieurs des mines -- Entretiens
Diamants -- Mines et extraction -- Brésil
Spectrograph
Mining engineers
Mines and mineral resources
Diamond mines and mining
West United States
Brazil
Orr Engineering and Chemical Company.
Note:
James M. Orr ; with an introduction by James Jensen and Bernard Brynelson. Interviews conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1994.
Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2804 C:1-2.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
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:
biographyInterviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xiv, 47 leaves) ; 28 cm
2 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright 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.