law firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon: 1919-1941
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted by Joan M. Annett for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1978 :
Contributors: Annett, Joan M.; Convery, Rita.; Tinney, Helen Frahm.; Bronson, Edward Duerdin, Jr.; Driscoll, Lawrason.; Painter, John H.,1909-1997.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1978
Subjects: Bronson, Roy A., 1889-; Bronson, Edward Duerdin, 1893-1976.; McKinnon, Harold Richert, 1894-; Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon.; Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives.
Description: Interviews with two members of the firm's early secretarial staff, two retired partners who joined the firm in the 30s, and the son, E.D. Bronson, Jr., of one of the founders. Recollections about Roy and Ed Bronson (founders of the San Francisco firm) and early associate Harold McKinnon; other members of the firm; its expansion; cases and clients, etc. Photographs inserted. Interviewees include the following: Rita Convery. Not the Biggest but the Best; Helen Frahm Tinney. A Sense of Family; Edward D. Bronson, Jr. Reminiscences of the Bronson Brothers; Lawrason Driscoll. A Career in Insurance Litigation; John H. Painter. A Career in Corporate Law.

Appended - photocopies of the following: Roy Bronson's essay on the early history of the firm; Harold McKinnon's essay on the founders; The Secret of Mr. Justice Holmes [printed article] by McKinnon; lists of the firm's associates and partners and its insurance and corporate clients, 1930-1964. See also BANC MSS 84/139 c, 1 box of supplemental material.
Table of contents: value: Bronson interview, Sep. 21, 1977. Reel 1: track 1: 403 ft., track 2: 496 ft. Reel 2: track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 472 ft. Reel 3: track 1: 190 ft., track 2: 58 ft. (incomplete dub); value: Driscoll interview, Sep. 30, 1977. Reel 4: track 1: 408 ft., track 2: 490 ft. Reel 5: track 1: 494 ft., track 2: 289 ft.; value: Painter interviews: Reel 6: Oct. 5, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 396 ft. Reel 7: Oct. 5, 1977. Track 1: 461 ft., track 2: 498 ft. Reel 8: Oct. 5, 1977. Track 1: 130 ft. (distorted 80-119 ft.) Reel 9: Oct. 12, 1977. Track 1: 503 ft., track 2: 482 ft. Reel 10: Oct. 12, 1977. Track 1: 452 ft., track 2: 469 ft. Reel 11: Oct. 12, 1977. Track 1: 502 ft., track 2: 107 ft.; value: Convery interviews: Reel 12: July 14, 1977. Track 1: 993 ft., track 2: 650 ft. Reel 13: July 27, 1977. Track 1: 993 ft., track 2: 998 ft. Reel 14: Aug. 3, 1977. Track 1: 988 ft., track 2: 991 ft. Reel 15: Aug. 3, 1977. Track 1: 539 ft., track 2: blank; value: Tinney interview, Aug. 4, 1977. Reel 16: track 1: 995 ft., track 2: 946 ft. Partial interviews, reels 1-11 are cassettes, 12-16 are 5 in. reels.; value: Phonotapes: