Blake Estate oral history project : oral history transcript / 1986-1987
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Blake Estate oral history project : oral history transcript / 1986-1987
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- Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office; Blake, Igor Robert, 1928-; Thacer, George Blake, 1906-; Thacer, Helena Duryea, 1903-; Evans, Elliot A. P. (Elliot Arthur Powell), 1907-; Evans, Elizabeth Janin, 1909-; Stein, Louis L., 1902-1996; Kerr, Clark, 1911-; Riess, Suzanne B; Kerr, Catherine Mary Spaulding, 1911-; Kittredge, Janice Rivers, 1926-1999; Willer, Norma Florence Pidcock, 1922-; Hail, Anthony Godwin, 1924-; Brocchini, Ronald Gene, 1929-; Brocchini, Myra M., 1932-; Hitch, Charles Johnston; Domoto, Toichi, 1902-; Vodden, Walter G., 1921-; Arbegast, M. K. (Mai Kitazawa), 1922-; Scott, Geraldine Knight, 1904-; Holmes, Florence Louise Chilton, 1911-; Haymaker, Linda, 1951-
- Publication date
- c1988
- Topics
- Blake, Anson Stiles, 1870-1959, Blake, Anita Day Symmes, 1872-1962, Symmes, Mabel, 1875-1962, Blake House (Berkeley, Calif.), University of California (System), Gardens -- California Berkeley, Blake Garden (Berkeley, Calif.)
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- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California
- Contributor
- University of California Libraries
- Language
- English
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22 sound cassettes
Interviews with family members, architects and landscape architects, gardeners, staff, and two presidents of the University of California to document the history of Blake House, since 1967 the University's presidential residence, and the Blake Garden, utilized by the University for teaching purposes. Inquiry into life history and personality of Anson Blake, Anita Symmes Blake, and Mabel Symmes; the University and the house, remodelling and use since 1962; the development of the gardens and their use today. Includes extensive appendices. Interviewees are: Igor Robert Blake, George Blake Thacer, Helena Duryea Thacer, Elliot A.P. Evans, Elizabeth Janin Evans, Louis L. Stein, Clark Kerr, Catherine Mary Spaulding Kerr, Janice Kittredge, Norma Willer, Anthony Godwin Hail, Ronald Gene Brocchini, Myra M. Brocchini, Charles Johnston Hitch, Toichi Domoto, Walter G. Vodden, M.K. Arbegast, Gerladine Knight Scott, Florence Holmes, and Linda Haymaker
Interviews are part of the University History Series
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library
Includes supplementary material
Volume includes index
22 sound cassettes
Interviews with family members, architects and landscape architects, gardeners, staff, and two presidents of the University of California to document the history of Blake House, since 1967 the University's presidential residence, and the Blake Garden, utilized by the University for teaching purposes. Inquiry into life history and personality of Anson Blake, Anita Symmes Blake, and Mabel Symmes; the University and the house, remodelling and use since 1962; the development of the gardens and their use today. Includes extensive appendices. Interviewees are: Igor Robert Blake, George Blake Thacer, Helena Duryea Thacer, Elliot A.P. Evans, Elizabeth Janin Evans, Louis L. Stein, Clark Kerr, Catherine Mary Spaulding Kerr, Janice Kittredge, Norma Willer, Anthony Godwin Hail, Ronald Gene Brocchini, Myra M. Brocchini, Charles Johnston Hitch, Toichi Domoto, Walter G. Vodden, M.K. Arbegast, Gerladine Knight Scott, Florence Holmes, and Linda Haymaker
Interviews are part of the University History Series
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library
Includes supplementary material
Volume includes index
- Addeddate
- 2006-09-23 06:26:22
- Associated-names
- Blake, Igor Robert, 1928- A nephew's recollections, 1945-1962; Thacer, George Blake, 1906- The Blake and Thacer families and history; Thacer, Helena Duryea, 1903- The Blake and Thacer families and history; Evans, Elliot A. P. (Elliot Arthur Powell), 1907- Friends of the Blakes; Evans, Elizabeth Janin, 1909- Friends of the Blakes; Stein, Louis L., 1902-1996. Blakes and the Kensington community; Kerr, Clark, 1911- Blakes's gift to the University, 1957-1963; Riess, Suzanne B; Kerr, Catherine Mary Spaulding, 1911- The Blakes's gift to the University, 1957-1963; Kittredge, Janice Rivers, 1926-1999. Making Blake House into a graduate women's residence, 1963-1965; Willer, Norma Florence Pidcock, 1922- Remodelling and decorating Blake House, 1967-1968; Hail, Anthony Godwin, 1924- Remodelling and decorating Blake House, 1967-1968; Brocchini, Ronald Gene, 1929- Remodelling and decorating Blake House, 1967-1968; Brocchini, Myra M., 1932- Remodelling and decorating Blake House, 1967-1968; Hitch, Charles Johnston. President's residence, 1968-1975; Domoto, Toichi, 1902- Mrs. Blake and Miss Symmes, horticulturists; Vodden, Walter G., 1921- Blake Garden, 1957-1986; Arbegast, M. K. (Mai Kitazawa), 1922- Mrs. Blake and the garden in the 1950s; Scott, Geraldine Knight, 1904- Long-range plans for Blake Garden, 1962-1987; Holmes, Florence Louise Chilton, 1911- The flowers of the garden; Haymaker, Linda, 1951- The historical vitality of Blake Garden; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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- ucb_banc:GLAD-84150555
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