Librarian and dedicated bookman
Subtitle: University of San Francisco, 1947-1988
By: interview conducted by Ruth Teiser ; introductions by Jeremy Cole, [and] Charles W. Dullea ; Regional Oral History Office,
Contributors: Teiser, Ruth.; Cole, Jeremy.; Dullea, Charles W.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Richard A. Gleeson Library (University of San Francisco); Jesuits -- Education -- United States.; Book collecting -- California -- San Francisco.; Rare book libraries -- California -- San Francisco.; Librarians -- California.
Description: Discusses his family and early years; his decision to become a Jesuit and his education at the novitiate in Los Gatos, at Mount Saint Michael's in Spokane, Washington, and Alma College in Michigan. He speaks primarily of his appointment as librarian at the University of San Francisco in 1947 and his subsequent 40 year career there, including the planning, design and financing of the Gleeson Library. He also speaks of some of the individual collections of the library, as well as booksellers, printers, librarians, and others.