Matson and Roth family history, a love of ships, horses and gardens
Subtitle: and related material
By: Lurline Matson Roth; tape recorded interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1980-1981. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1982 :
Contributors: Riess, Suzanne B.; Kortum, Karl, d. 1996.; Domoto, Toichi, 1902-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1980
Subjects: Matson, William, 1849-1917.; Roth family.; Filoli Mansion and Gardens (Woodside, Calif.); Shipping -- Pacific Coast.; Horses -- California.; Horticulture -- California.
Description: Recollections of her father, William Matson, and his shipping company; marriage to William Roth; her family; acquisition of Filoli, their home in Woodside; interest in horse breeding and horse shows; volunteer activities.

Appended: copy of her daughter's speech to docents in training at Filoli and copies of articles and clippings supporting the interview.

Included also: photocopy of tape-recorded interview with Toichi Domoto of Domoto Brothers Nursery which supplied plants for Filoli.

With this: additional documentary material, including handbook for Filoli docents giving tours.
Table of contents: value: Partial interviews. Reel 1: L.M. Roth, Nov. 13, 1980. Concerning shipping; value: Reel 2: L.M. Roth, May 11, 1981. Concerning Filoli Gardens; value: Reel 3: L.M. Roth, cont.; value: Reel 4: L.R. Coonan, Sep. 30, 1980. Talk to docents at Filoli Gardens on Roth history; value: Reel 5: Toichi Domoto, May 26, 1981. Concerning horticulture and Filoli Gardnes; value: Reel 6: Domoto, cont. Reels 1 and 4 are 5 in., others are cassettes.; value: Phonotapes: