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In search of the California dream : from Houston, Texas to Richmond, California, 1943 : oral history transcript / 1986.
BANC MSS 91/49 c; Phonotape 2451 C; Phonotape 3032 C
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Title:

In search of the California dream: from Houston, Texas to Richmond, California, 1943 : oral history transcript / 1986
On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California

Creator/Contributor:

Eaton, Eddie, 1917-, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Dunning, Judith, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Quay, James.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Discusses growing up in Houston, Texas, blacks in golf, life in Richmond, California since 1943, the Painters' Union, work in Kaiser shipyard, social life (including blues clubs and churches), move to an all white neighborhood in 1956, and opportunities for black people.

Date:

c1990 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
African Americans -- California -- Richmond
African Americans -- Housing -- California -- Richmond
Discrimination in housing -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
African American athletes
Golf -- United States -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- California -- Richmond
Richmond (Calif.) -- History

Note:

interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning, introduction by Jim Quay ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
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.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publicataion should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720
3 audio tapes transferred to Bancroft Microforms Division (Classified as: Phonotape 2451 C).
Excerpts published as Make a dime, save a nickel.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[xviii], [83] p. : ill.
3 sound cassettes : analog.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z315d
BANC MSS 91/49 c
Phonotape 2451 C
Phonotape 3032 C

Publisher:

California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of 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. Requests for permission to quote for publicataion should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720

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http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z315d