University Club of San Francisco
Subtitle: one hundred years of tradition
By: interviews conducted by Lisa Jacobson and Ruth Teiser in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Contributors: Teiser, Ruth.; Jacobson, Lisa.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1989
Subjects: University Club (San Francisco, Calif.) -- History
Description: Interviewees include past presidents and members. Topics covered include: admission procedures; social activities; the Prohibition years; the atmosphere of the club over the years; club management; admission of women as guests in 1942 and as members in 1988; impact of World War II on club membership; real estate conflicts with the Fairmont Hotel; reciprocal agreements with other clubs (e.g. the Bohemian Club).
Table of contents: title: Volume includes interviews with: Henry G. Hardy, F. Barreda Sherman, Churchill C. Peters, Theodore L. Eliot, Chauncey McKeever, Frederick O. Johnson, John G. Lewis, Tindall E. Cashion, Robert Morris, Charles E. Noble, Murray Smith, William O. Sumner, and Ignazio J. Ruvolo.