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Rights Holder and Contact
California Department of Transportation
Date of Copyright
1989-10-27
Description
In the wake of the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta Earthquake, Caltrans commissioned an oral history project to document the personal and professional experiences of Caltrans employees who worked to restore the State's damaged transportation system. This recording is the Loma Prieta Oral History of John Holson, who was an Associate Environmental Planner with Caltrans at District 4 in San Francisco at the time. In this interview, Holson describes his experience being at Candlestick Park for the World Series with co-workers and family members. He then recounts the route he took to get to Berkeley, heading south to San Jose, then going north toward Berkeley. After the earthquake, Holson was working on earthquake damage reports for the Federal Highway Administration. He also compiled a list of people that Caltrans had rented equipment from and the people whom they had contacted to rent the equipment. This recording is worth preserving because it's a first-person account of being at the World Series, experiencing the Loma Prieta Earthquake, and what work was done to fix the transportation system.
Type
sound
Format
Original Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1 00:20:04
Identifier
casadt_000126
Language
English
Subject
Earthquakes--California--Loma Prieta Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989
Provenance
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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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