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Straight run : oral history transcript : thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003.
BANC MSS 2004/211 c; Phonotape 3706 C:1-2
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Title:

Straight run : oral history transcript: thirty-nine years driving a bus for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District / 2003
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Gauer, Reba L., 1921-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

McCreery, Laura, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Childhood in Missouri and Arkansas; streetcar conductorette in Los Angeles; driving streetcars for Key System in Alameda County during World War II; change to driving buses; National City Lines purchase of Key System, 1946; and AC Transit purchase, 1960; changes to public transit with BART, 1972; women and minority employees for Key System; disability access on buses; mechanical and physical aspects of bus driver responsibilities; labor strikes and union relations; working for Contra Costa County Connection; safety issues and outstanding safety record at AC Transit.

Date:

2003 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Gauer, Reba L -- 1921-
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Calif.) -- History
Key System Transit Lines (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)
Central Contra Costa Transit Authority.
Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History
Bus drivers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Interviews
People with disabilities -- Transportation -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

Note:

Reba L. Gauer. Interview conducted by Laura McCreery in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District 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 interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3706 C:1-2.
Also available online.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
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.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (i, 41 p.) : port. ; 29 cm.
2 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z1b0b
BANC MSS 2004/211 c
Phonotape 3706 C:1-2

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 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.

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