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The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California : creation in 1971, and conservation : oral history transcript / 1993.
BANC MSS 93/130 c; Phonotape 2748 C:8; Phonotape 2945 C; BANC MSS 93/130 c; ...
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Title:

The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California: creation in 1971, and conservation : oral history transcript / 1993
California horticulture oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft, Ruth, 1908-2017, creator, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Cabot, Frank H.

Creator/Contributor:

Roderick, Wayne, 1920-

Creator/Contributor:

Riess, Suzanne B., Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Roderick, Wayne, 1920-, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Bancroft discusses her early interest in gardening; architecture studies at the University of California, Berkeley; historic houses and gardens in Walnut Creek, Calif.; tour of the garden of cacti and succulents; working with the Garden Conservancy.
Interview with Wayne Roderick about Ruth Bancroft.

Date:

1993 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Garden Conservancy.
Gardeners -- California -- Walnut Creek -- Interviews
Women gardeners -- Interviews
Gardening -- California -- Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek (Calif.) -- Historic buildings

Note:

Ruth Bancroft ; with introductions by Frank H. Cabot and Wayne Roderick ; interviews conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1991 and 1992. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Included in: California horticulture 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 interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2748 C:1-8.
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, 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:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

1 v. (xi, 149 p.) ; ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
9 cassette tapes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 93/130 c
Phonotape 2748 C:8
Phonotape 2945 C
BANC MSS 93/130 c
Phonotape 2748 C:1
Phonotape 2748 C:2
Phonotape 2748 C:3
Phonotape 2748 C:4
Phonotape 2748 C:5
Phonotape 2748 C:6
Phonotape 2748 C:7

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.