Parks and redwoods, 1919-1971
Subtitle: and related material
By: Newton Drury; tape recorded interview conducted by Amelia R. Fry and Susan Schrepfer in 1959-1970. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1972 :
Contributors: Albright, Horace M. 1890-1987.; Nelson, DeWitt, 1901-; Fry, Amelia R.; Shrepfer, Susan.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1959
Subjects: Drury, Wells, 1851-1932; Drury, Aubrey, 1891-1959; University of California (1868-1952). Class of 1912; Save-the-Redwoods League; California State Parks Council; California State Park and Recreation Commission; United States. National Park Service; California. Division of Beaches and Parks; Conservation -- United States; Parks -- California
Description: Comments on his father Wells Drury and his journalistic career in Nevada and San Francisco; his brother, Aubrey Drury; college days at University of California, 1908-1912; teaching and working as assistant to the President of the University; organization and work of the Save-the-Redwoods League; association with others prominent in conservation movement; development of the California state park system and the role of the California State Parks Council; formation of the State Park Commission; career as director of the National Park Service, 1941-51, as chief of the California Division of Beaches and Parks, 1951-59, and as secretary of the Save-the-Redwoods League from 1959. Also with the interview: 2 cartons of supplementary documents provided by Mr. Drury to illustrate points in the interview, arranged according to chapter headings in the transcript.
Table of contents: title: Addendum to oral history memoir relating to Prarie Creek Redwoods State Park, Mar. 17, 1970. Reel 1: track 1: 1059 ft., track 2: 1055 ft.; title: Reel 2: track 1: 1035 ft., track 2: 1032 ft.; title: Phonotape 1367: