The role of the Engineer's Office in the development of the University of California campuses
Contributors: Fry, Amelia R.; Foster, Hugh.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Sinclair, James.; Foster, Hugh.; Merritt, Ralph Palmer, 1883-1963.; Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975.; University of California, Berkeley.; Edwards Fields and Stadium (Berkeley, Calif.); Engineers -- California.; Water-supply -- California.; Surveying -- California.; Signs and signboards -- California -- Berkeley.; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Description and travel.
Other titles: History of science and technology collection.
Description: Interviews conducted l960 by Amelia R. Fry for the Regional Cultural History Project, University of California Library, Berkeley. Part of a series on University history. Photographs inserted. Comments on his grandfather, James Sinclair of Hudson's Bay Company fame and his father, Hugh Foster, an l850 California settler; pre-earthquake San Francisco; college days at Berkeley, l902-l906; engineering faculty; work as engineer with various water supply companies; association with University in Engineer's Office; Ralph P. Merritt and Robert G. Sproul; surveying work and real estate transactions for new campuses. Appendix A: The History of the Big "C" at Berkeley, with related clippings (20 leaves); Appendix B: The Story of the Development of the Athletic Facilities at Berkeley (96 leaves), with a blueprint of Edwards Track Field, designed by Hugh Foster.