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Title
California progressive, railroad commissioner, and attorney: Max Thelen
Creator
Baum, Willa K
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Thelen, Max
Date Created and/or Issued
1961-11-01
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Collection
California Revealed from Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
Recollections of his law career in San Francisco; the Lincoln-Roosevelt Republican League in Berkeley; his work on the California State Railroad Commission (1911-1918); Hiram W. Johnson's administration as governor of Calif.; work with the War Dept., 1918-1919, as surveyor of contracts and with the U.S. Railroad Administration (1919-1920); return to law practice in San Francisco.
Day to day operations of the State Railroad Commission, 1912-1918.
Type
sound
Format
Original
Sound
full track
1/4 inch audio tape
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Identifier
Phonotape 314:1 B
cabeuroh_00004
Language
English
Subject
United States Railroad Administration
Lawyers--California
California--Politics and government
Thelen, Max
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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