Martha Alexander Gerbode (1909-1971), environmentalist, philanthropist, and volunteer in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii
By: interviews with Garland Farmer, Esther Fuller, Huey Johnson, Maryanna Shaw, Clarisse Stockholm, Aaron Levin, Georgiana G. Stevens, J. Russell Cades ; with an introduction by Maryanna Shaw Stckholm. Interviews conducted by Harriet Nathan and Ann Lage, 1989-1991. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Nathan, Harriet.; Lage, Ann.; Farmer, Garland.; Fuller, Esther.; Johnson, Huey D.; Shaw, Maryanna.; Stockholm, Clarisse.; Levine, Aaron, 1917-; Stevens, Georgiana G.; Cades, J. Russell.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1995
Subjects: Gerbode, Martha Alexander, 1909-1971.; World Affairs Council of Northern California.; Institute of Pacific Relations.; Planned Parenthood Federation of America.; Nature Conservancy (U.S.); Art and Ecology Institute.; Environmentalists -- California -- Interviews.; Environmentalists -- Hawaii -- Interviews.; Philanthropists -- California -- Interviews.; Philanthropists -- Hawaii -- Interviews.; Ecology -- California.; Ecology -- Hawaii.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Genres: Interviews.; Personal narratives, American.
Description: This oral history consists of retrospective interviews concerning the environmentalist Martha Alexander Gerbode. Topics include her support of groups ranging from the World Affairs Council, the Institute of Pacific Relations, and Planned Parenthood, to the Nature Conservancy, and the Art and Ecology Institute; her family; World War II experiences, and Japanese relocation.

Supplementary material includes a letter written to her in-laws, [1939 or 1940?], a photocopy of her diary from a European trip, 1936-37, and miscellaneous biographical material, along with clippings and other material relating to the Gerbode Preserve/ Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and to the Oahu Development Conference and Diamond Head development issues. Also includes (in oversize folder) a manuscript musical score and words for the class song of Mt. Vernon Seminary, created and written by Martha Alexander Gerbode in 1928.