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A woman's place in science and public affairs, 1932-1973 : oral history transcript / 1996.
Phonotape 2862 C:1-24; BANC MSS 97/85 c vol.; BANC MSS 97/85 c suppl. vol.; Phonotape 2862 C:1-24; ...
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Title:

A woman's place in science and public affairs, 1932-1973 : oral history transcript / 1996
University of California source of community leaders oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Dettner, Anne deGruchy Low-Beer, 1905-, creator, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Brewer, Helene Maxwell.

Creator/Contributor:

Kramer, Lawrence I.

Creator/Contributor:

Hughes, Sally Smith., Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Morris, Gabrielle S., Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Anne Dettner discusses her San Francisco family and 19th century forebears, her education at the University of California and Stanford, the Great Depression and serving as California Director of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal, her career in radiology at Stanford and Berkeley, her life with Bertram Low-Beer and George Dettner, and various public service activities especially the League of Women Voters.

Date:

1996 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Low-Beer, Bertram V. A -- 1900-1955
Dettner, George
United States. -- National Youth Administration (Calif.)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Crocker Radiation Laboratory.
Radiologists -- California -- Interviews
Depressions -- 1929 -- California
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- California
Radiology -- Research -- California
Women scientists -- Interviews

Note:

Anne deGruchy Low-Beer Dettner ; with introductions by Helene Maxwell Brewer and Lawrence Kramer. Interviews conducted by Sally Hughes and Gabrielle Morris in 1994 and 1995. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: University of California Source of community leaders 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 2862 C:1-12.
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.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1997.003--PIC)
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (xxiii, 260 p.) : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
12 sound cassettes.
1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)

Language:

English

Identifier:

Phonotape 2862 C:1-24
BANC MSS 97/85 c vol.
BANC MSS 97/85 c suppl. vol.
Phonotape 2862 C:1-24
BANC MSS 97/85 c

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.