Joyce E. Burr
Subtitle: memories of years preceding and during the formation of the California Native Plant Society, 1947-1966
By: an interview conducted by Mary Mead, 1992, in fulfillment of requirements for the Advanced Class in Oral History Methods and Techniques, Vista College, Berkeley. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Mead, Mary; Vista Community College Oral History Project; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Conservationists; California Native Plant Society; Interviews; Regional Parks Botanic Garden (Berkeley, Calif.); Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park (Calif.)
Other titles: California Native Plant Society Oral history series.; Donated oral histories collection.; Memories of years preceding and during the formation of the California Native Plant Society, 1947-1966.
Description: Burr discusses her early interest in Tilden Park and Botanic Garden; Botanic Garden site controversy and James Roof, William Penn Mott, Jr.; California Native Plant Society: founding, chapters, newsletter, officers; discussion of G. Ledyard Stebbins, Alice Howard, Susan Frugé, Mary Wohlers, others; Huckleberry Trail, Citizens of Urban Wilderness Areas, other volunteer activities.
Notes: Interviewed for the California Native Plant Society Oral history series, the interview is included also in the Donated oral histories collection.

Audio tape recording of the interview available. Shelved as Phonotape 3073 C:1-4.

This manuscript is made available for research purposes. Publication rights have been assigned to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Director, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720.