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Recollections of a singing shipbuilder : oral history transcript / 1992.
BANC MSS 93/6 c; Phonotape 2659 C:1-3; BANC CD 684 no.1; BANC CD 684 no.2; ...
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Title:

Recollections of a singing shipbuilder : oral history transcript / 1992
On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California

Creator/Contributor:

Van Hook, Lewis, 1906-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Dunning, Judith, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Van Hook discusses his Arkansas childhood; move to Richmond, 1943; Kaiser Shipyard worker, 1943-1945; Singing Shipbuilders gospel quartet, 1943-1946; postwar changes in Richmond; advice to younger generations.

Date:

1992 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
Richmond (Calif.) -- History
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

Lewis Van Hook ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1983.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. (Classified as: Phonotape 2659 C:1-3).
Interviewed for On the Waterfront: an Oral History of Richmond, California.
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. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
64 leaves : port. ; 28 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z3607
BANC MSS 93/6 c
Phonotape 2659 C:1-3
BANC CD 684 no.1
BANC CD 684 no.2
BANC CD 684

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. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

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