A city in transition
Subtitle: Richmond during World War II
By: Clifford Metz ; an interview conducted by Judith K. Dunning in 1986.
Contributors: Dunning, Judith.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Online Archive of California.
Published: 1992
Subjects: Richmond (Calif.) -- History.
Other titles: On the waterfront : an oral history of Richmond, California.
Description: Metz discusses Richmond during World War II: Ford tank depot, Kaiser Shipyards, new population, changes in racial composition, local entertainment, war housing; Richmond School Department, 1940s; postwar housing; decline of downtown; with an appended interview on family background and early work.