Volunteer leader in the East Bay
Subtitle: Oakland Potluck, a Central Place, and Children's Services, 1939-1994
By: Florence L. Jurs; introduction by Peggy Stinnett. Interviews conducted by Germaine LaBerge in 1994. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Stinnett, Peggy.; LaBerge, Germaine.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1996
Subjects: Oakland School Volunteers and Resource Program (Oakland, Calif.); Oakland Potluck (Agency : Oakland, Calif.); Central Place (Agency : Oakland, Calif.); Voluntarism -- California -- Oakland.; Volunteers -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews.; Child welfare -- California -- Oakland Metropolitan Area.; Nonprofit organizations -- California -- Oakland Metropolitan Area.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Description: Florence Jurs discusses her family background; founding the Oakland School Volunteers and Resource Program; beginning Oakland Potluck; developing A Central Place. She touches on volunteerism, child welfare, and the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.