Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Description
Interview with H. B. Foster. Comments on his grandfather, James Sinclair of Hudson's Bay Company fame and his father, Hugh Foster, an 1850 California settler; pre-earthquake San Francisco; college days at Berkeley, 1902-1906; engineering faculty; work as engineer with various water supply companies; association with University in Engineer's Office; Ralph P. Merritt and Robert G. Sproul; surveying work and real estate transactions for new campuses.
Type
sound
Format
Master 1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
Phonotape 238 B cabeuroh_000056
Language
English
Subject
Genealogy Grandfathers Engineers--California Water-supply--California Surveying--California Signs and signboards--California--Berkeley San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel Sinclair, James Foster, Hugh Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-1963 Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975 University of California, Berkeley
Place
Edwards Fields and Stadium (Berkeley, Calif.)
Provenance
Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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