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Samuel Chester May papers, 1929-1947.
BANC MSS C-B 890LOCAL
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Samuel Chester May papers, 1929-1947Creator/Contributor:
May, Samuel Chester, 1887-1955, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Hall, Ansel F. (Ansel Franklin), 1894-1962, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
McDuffie, Duncan, 1877-1951, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
East Bay Regional Park Association, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
United States, National Park Service,, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
California, State Council of Defense,, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
San Francisco Bay Region Metropolitan Defense Council, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
University of California (1868-1952), Campus Coordinator of War Information and Training., Correspondent.Abstract:
Box 1: Material, ca. 1929-31, regarding his interest in East Bay regional parks, including correspondence with East Bay Regional
Park Association, U.S. National Park Service (with letters from Ansel F. Hall), Duncan McDuffie, and others, and related reports
and papers on proposed parks; and papers relating to his World War II civil defense work, including correspondence with California
State Council of Defense, various county defense councils, San Francisco Bay Region metropolitan Defense Council and with
various offices of the University of California, Berkeley, relating to his work as campus coordinator of war information and
training.
Box 2: Papers regarding the San Francisco Bay Region Metropolitan Defense Council, including minutes of meetings, memoranda,
mutual aid agreements, clippings, etc.
Date:
1929 (issued)Subject:
Parks -- CaliforniaWorld War, 1939-1945 -- California
Civil defense -- California
Type:
Minutes.Physical Description:
2 boxes and 1 oversize folder.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-B 890LOCAL