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San Francisco Bay Area writers and artists : oral history transcript / and related material, 1962-1969.
BANC MSS 70/20 c v.1; BANC MSS 70/20 c v.2; BANC CD 556; Phonotape 296:2 B; ...
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Title:

San Francisco Bay Area writers and artists : oral history transcript: and related material, 1962-1969

Creator/Contributor:

Martinez, Elsie, 1890-1984, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Baum, Willa K., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Walker, Franklin, 1900-1978, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Recollections of her father, Herman Whitaker, her husband, Xavier Martinez, and of Jack London, George Sterling, Ambrose Bierce, Joaquin Miller, and other writers and artists; life in Piedmont and Carmel; Harriet Dean and the Little Review; her daughter and son-in-law, artists Micaela and Ralph DuCasse. Copies of clippings and Mrs. Baum's correspondence with Mrs. Martinez included. Photographs inserted. With this: booklet on Carmel containing article by Mrs. Martinez on Carmel Mission, and another publication featuring an article about her.

Date:

1962 (issued)

Subject:

Whitaker, Herman -- 1867-1919
Martinez, Xavier -- 1869-1943
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
Sterling, George -- 1869-1926
Bierce, Ambrose -- 1842-1914?
Dean, Harriet -- 1892-1964
DuCasse, Ralph
DuCasse, Micaela Martinez
Piedmont (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Carmel (Calif.) -- Social life and customs

Note:

Elsie Martinez; tape recorded interview conducted by Willa K. Baum and Franklin D. Walker in 1962-1963. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1969 :
Phonotape (interview excerpt) also available. Track 1: 475-755 ft., track 2: 1-166 ft.
Introduction by Prof. Franklin D. Walker.
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.
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.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. ([22], 268 leaves ; 28 cm.)
1 portfolio + audiotapes.
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 7 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1k3m
BANC MSS 70/20 c v.1
BANC MSS 70/20 c v.2
BANC CD 556
Phonotape 296:2 B
Phonotape 3735 C

Origin:

California

Copyright 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.

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http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1k3m