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San Francisco lawyer, California higher education, and Democratic politics, 1947-1998 : oral history transcript / 2002.
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Title:

San Francisco lawyer, California higher education, and Democratic politics, 1947-1998 : oral history transcript / 2002
University history series

Creator/Contributor:

Coblentz, William K., creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

McGarrigle, Leah, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Family background and childhood in San Francisco; B.A., UC Berkeley; J.D., Yale Law School; law practice for diverse clients (Bill Graham, Jefferson Airplane, Patty Hearst); drafting the Charitable Trust Act; California State University System Trustee, 1960-1964 and UC Board of Regents, 1964-1980; reflections on Master Plan for Higher Education; Democratic politics with comments on Pat Brown, Joseph Alioto, Willie Brown, John Kennedy, Cecil Poole; San Francisco Airport Commission, 1970-1986; thoughts on philanthropy and the Jewish community, San Francisco history and politics; the McClatchy Family Newspapers board and comments on journalism; real estate development in San Francisco.

Date:

2002 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald) -- 1905-1996
Alioto, Joseph L
Jr -- Brown, Willie L. (Willie Lewis) -- 1934-
Graham, Bill -- 1931-1991
Hearst, Patricia -- 1954-
University of California (System). -- Regents.
California State University. -- Board of Trustees.
California. -- Master Plan Survey of Higher Education.
San Francisco (Calif.). -- Airports Commission.
McClatchy Company.
Jefferson Airplane (Musical group)
Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
Charities -- California -- San Francisco
Education, Higher -- California
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Newspapers
California -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Note:

William K. Coblentz ; with an introduction by James McClatchy. Interviews conducted by Leah McGarrigle in 1997-1998. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the University history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
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. (ix, 347 p.) : port. ; 29 cm.
21 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

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.