Migration of a working family : from the San Joaquin Valley to the Richmond shipyards, 1942 : oral history transcript / Vera May Jones Bailey
Creator
Bailey, Vera May Jones, Interviewee
Contributor
Bailey, Vera May Jones, Interviewee Dunning, Judith K, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, Calif : Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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Description
Describes her family's move from the Midwest to the San Joaquin Valley in 1937, agricultural work, their move to Richmond in 1942 to work in the Kaiser shipyards, health conditions there, asbestosis, war-time rationing, the shipyard closure, Filice and Perelli Canning Co., and the changes that have occurred in Richmond since WWII Part of the Berkeley/Richmond Community Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720
Filice and Perrelli Canning Company--History Shipyards--California--Richmond World War, 1939-1945--War work--California--Richmond Migration, Internal--California--History--20th century Asbestosis Industries--California--Richmond--History Richmond (Calif.)--History Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
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