Legislator for fair employment, fair housing and public health :
oral history transcript /
William Byron Rumford; tape recorded interview conducted by Joyce A. Henderson, Amelia R. Fry and Edward France in 1970-1971. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1973 :
and related material,
1970-1973.

Description

Main Author

Rumford, William Byron, 1908-1986

Related Names

France, Edward, interviewer.
Henderson, Joyce A., interviewer.
Fry, Amelia R., interviewer.
Amerson, A. Wayne.
Earl Warren Oral History Project (Bancroft Library)
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

California. > California. / Legislature. > California. / Legislature. / Assembly.
Berkeley Interracial Committee.
Air > Air / Pollution > Air / Pollution / California.
Discrimination in housing > Discrimination in housing / California.
Discrimination in employment > Discrimination in employment / California.
African Americans > African Americans / California.
California > California / Politics and government.
Oral histories.

Summary

Career as a pharmacist in Berkeley, Calif.; Berkeley Interracial Committee during World War II; service in the California State Assembly, 1948-1966, with particular interest in fair employment, control of air pollution, and fair housing; state senatorial campaign, 1966. Photographs included. Photocopies of documentary material included and appended.

Note

Introduction by A. Wayne Amerson.
Also available online.

Physical Description

Phonotapes : 8 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.
Transcript : [27], 152 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

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