Description
Thirteen members, including six former presidents, discuss the University Club of San Francisco. Topics include admission procedures, social activities and the Prohibition years, the atmosphere of the club over the years and club management, admission of women as guests in 1942, admission of women as members in 1988, impact of WWII on club membership, real estate conflicts with the Fairmont Hotel, reciprocal agreements with other clubs, the Bohemian Club.
Interviews with HENRY C. HARDY (b. 1901), F. BARREDA SHERMAN (b. 1892), CHURCHILL C. PETERS (b. 1898), THEODORE L. ELIOT (b. 1903), CHAUNCEY MCKEEVER (b. 1907), FREDERICK JOHNSON (b. 1927), JOHN G. LEWIS (b. 1908), TINDALL E. CASHION (b. 1914), ROBERT MORRIS (b. 1949), CHARLES E. NOBLE (b. 1930), MURRAY SMITH (b. 1932), WILLIAM O. SUMNER (b. 1932), IGNAZIO J. RUVOLO (b. 1947).
See also MARTHA ALEXANDER GERBODE, FRANCIS AND FRIEDY HEISLER, MARY COVER JONES, CATHERINE LANDRETH, SIDNEY ROGER and BARBARA ROLL