native daughter's leadership in public affairs
Contributors: Morris, Gabrielle S.; Heard, Winifred.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: May, Samuel C. 1887-1955; University of California, Berkeley; University of California (System). University Extension; Sierra Club. San Francisco Bay Chapter; League of Women Voters of California; Berkeley (Calif.). City Council; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.); Association of Bay Area Governments; San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission; Discrimination in employment -- California -- Berkeley; World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Schools; Discrimination in education -- California -- Berkeley; Discrimination in housing -- California -- Berkeley; Women in politics; African Americans -- California; Berkeley (Calif.); California -- Politics and government
Other titles: History of science and technology collection.
Description: Interviews conducted 1974 by Gabrielle Morris for the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library. Introduction by Winifred Heard. Copies of photographs and documentary material included. Recollections of growing up in Berkeley; student days at University of California, 1914-1918; work for University Extension and the Engineering, Science and Management War Training program on campus, World War II; her husband, Samuel C. May; Sierra Club trips; her association with League of Women Voters; volunteer work; Berkeley politics; membership on City Council, 1959-1971; efforts to end discrimination in Berkeley in schools, housing and employment; planning for Bay Area Rapid Transit District; membership in Association of Bay Are Governments and Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
Table of contents: title: Reel 1: Interview #10, May 18, 1974. Track 1: 1052 ft., track 2: 1045 ft.; title: Reel 2: Interview #12, May 24, 1974. Track 1: 1065 ft., track 2: 1061 ft.; title: Reel 3: Interview #12, cont. Track 1: 770 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 4: Interview #13, May 31, 1974. Track 1: 1064 ft., track 2: 1061 ft.; title: Reel 5: Interview #13, cont. Track 1: 1-226 ft. Interview #14, June 10, 1974. Track 1: 227-10634 ft., track 2: 1064 ft.; title: Reel 6: Interview #14, cont. Track 1: 1057 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 7: Interview #17, July 17, 1974. Track 1: 1013 ft., track 2: 1022 ft.; title: Reel 8: Interview #17, cont. Track 1: 211 ft. Interview #18, July 24, 1974. Track 2: 1060 ft.; title: Reel 9: Interview #18, cont. Track 1: 1068 ft., track 2: 555 ft.; title: Reel 10: Interview #19, Aug. 1, 1974. Track 1: 1055 ft., track 2: 755 ft.; title: Reel 11: Interview #21, Oct. 31, 1974. Traack 1: 1010 ft., track 2: 202 ft.; title: Reel 12: Interview #22, Nov. 7, 1974. Track 1: 1055 ft., track 2 (1 7/8 ips): 163 ft.; title: Reel 13: Interview #24, Dec. 3, 1974. Track 1: 996 ft., track 2: 1033 ft.; title: Reel 14: Interview #24, cont. Track 1: 710 ft. Interview #25, Dec. 11, 1974. Track 2: 1011 ft.; title: Reel 15: Interview #25, cont. Track 1: 905 ft., track 2: blank.; title: Phonotapes :