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Information for all : oral history transcript : an activist librarian and library educator at the University of California,
1961-1984 / 2001.
BANC MSS 2001/124 c; Phonotape 3181 C:1-6
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Information for all : oral history transcript: an activist librarian and library educator at the University of California, 1961-1984 / 2001Library School oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Blake, Fay M., 1920-, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Early life and political upbringing in New York City; Hunter College, 1936-1940; American Student Union and Young Communist
League; political interests and activism in southern California during WWII; working and attending the library school at the
University of Southern California, 1956-1961; UCLA acquisitions department's gifts and exchange program, 1961-1970; Lawrence
Clark Powell and the UCLA library; concurrent Ph. D. studies in English literature at UCLA, 1960s; appointment status of University
of California librarians; the Librarians Association of the University of California; on the faculty of UC Berkeley's School
of Librarianship, 1971-84; developing the school's field studies program; deanships of Patrick Wilson and Michael Buckland;
serving on the California State Library board; effects of Proposition 13 on libraries; role of the public library in society;
the future of librarianship; ongoing collaborations with H. Morton Newman [husband, present during interviews].
Date:
2001 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWilson, Patrick -- 1927-
Buckland, Michael K -- 1941-
Newman, H. Morton
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Librarianship -- History
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Library and Information Studies -- History
University of California (System). -- Librarians Association.
Librarians -- California -- Interviews
Library science -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
Fay M. Blake ; with an introduction by Anne G. Lipow. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 2000. Regional Oral History
Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Library School 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 3181 C:1-6.
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:
biographyOral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 v. (x, 124 p.) : port. ; 29 cm.
6 sound cassettes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z0x39
BANC MSS 2001/124 c
Phonotape 3181 C:1-6
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.