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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.

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Title
The Law Firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, 1919-1941, tape recorded interview conducted by Joan M. Annett, 1978
Creator
interviewer., Annett, Joan M.,
interviewee., Convery, Rita,
interviewee., Tinney, Helen Frahm,
interviewee., Bronson, Edward Duerdin, Jr.,
interviewee., Driscoll, Lawrason,
interviewee., Painter, John H.,
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000208
Subject (Person)
Bronson, Roy A., 1889-
Bronson, Edward Duerdin, 1893-1976.
McKinnon, Harold Richert, 1894-
Subject (Corporate)
Bronson, Bronson and McKinnon.
Subject (Topic)
Lawyers California -- San Francisco -- Personal narratives.
Geographic Coverage
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
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The Library
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