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Title: Reminiscences of William Edward Colby--Frank Adams, University of California, on irrigation, reclamation and water administration--Francis P. Farquhar on accounting, mountaineering, and the national parks
Creator: Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Gilb, Corrine
Colby, William E
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953-1954
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Collection: California Revealed from Oral History Center of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information: Copyrighted. Rights are owned by The Regents of the University of California. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description: William Edward Colby: Concerning his early life and education, with notes on his father, a '49er; experiences as a conservationist, particularly in relation to Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks; Sierra Club: State Park Commission; practice, writing, lecturing and collecting in the field of mining law; interest in Chinese art. Frank Adams: Interviews conducted, 1958, by Willa K. Baum for the Regional Cultural History Project, University of California Library, Berkeley. Portrait photographs of Mr. Adams and several of his associates, and related printed items inserted. Notes on his family, particularly his father, Edward Francis Adams, Fruit Exchange organizer and agricultural writer; education, including Stanford University experiences and work with Edward A. Ross; association with Elwood Mead; investigations for reclamation, irrigation, soil conservation and flood control projects in California and elsewhere (including Palestine); water rights controversies; the Commonwealth Club. Copies of various pertienent letters and papers and a list of Adams' publications, appended. Francis P. Farquhar: Notes on Mr. Farquhar's early life, family and travels; accountancy, including work for the Navy and National Park Service; development of professional standards; mountaineering interest and experiences; interest in fine printing and history. With photographs inserted. Accompanied by transcripts of interviews conducted by Mr. Farquhar with Edward De Witt Taylor, San Francisco printer, and Ansel F. Hall, Yosemite National Park Ranger.
Type: sound
Format: Original
1/4 inch audio tape
Extent: 1 Tape of 1
Identifier: BANC MSS C-D 4200
Phonotape 202 1 B
Phonotape 202 2 B
Phonotape 202 3 B
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Language: English
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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