From Quincy to Woodside
Subtitle: memories of family and friends : and related material
By: interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess ; with introductions by Cornelius Buckley, and Samuel B. Stewart ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley ,
Contributors: Riess, Suzanne B.; Buckley, Cornelius M.; Stewart, Samuel B.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Davies, Ralph K. 1897-1971.; San Francisco Symphony Association -- History.; Standard Oil Company -- History.; Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall -- History.; Architecture, Domestic -- California.; Philanthropists -- California -- San Francisco.; Women in the Catholic Church.; Quincy (Calif.)
Description: Discusses her family and childhood in Quincy, Plumas County and Sacramento, her early interest in acting, her work as a secretary, her marriage to Ralph K. Davies and his career with the Standard Oil Company. She also speaks of her interests in Catholicism, education, and the arts. San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, which she substantially funded, is named in her honor.