The three volumes of interviews dealing with the Patterson family and ranch between the years 1851-1988, constitute a case study of changing land use in southern Alameda County from the days of the first Californios to the present. Twenty-six interviewees, including Patterson family members, ranch employees and tenant farmers, and neighbors, discuss the evolution of the 3,000 acre Patterson Ranch in Fremont, California, from agricultural to urban land use.
Volume 2: Provides a more in-depth study of the interrelations between water projects, municipal formation, planned district development and historic preservation within the context of Fremont politics, 1950-1988. These interviews provide basic data about the process which transformed the Patterson Ranch from a sprawling agricultural enterprise into a Planned Urban District. Interviewees are: Mathew P. Whitfield, Wallace R. Pond, John Brooks, Robert Fisher, Laurence W. Milnes, William D. Patterson.
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The Patterson Family & Ranch: Southern Alameda County in Transition Volume II: Water, Development, and Preservation in Southern Alameda County
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Brooks, John, Robert Fisher, Laurence W. Milnes, William D. Patterson, Wallace R. Pond and Mathew P. Whitfield. "The Patterson Family & Ranch: Southern Alameda County in Transition Volume II: Water, Development, and Preservation in Southern Alameda County." Interview by Carole Hicke, Ann Lage and John Caswell in 1955, 1982, 1986 and 1987. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1988. Interview date(s) 1955
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