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Comments on long association with Stiles Hall, the University of California YMCA in Berkeley; service in China with the International YMCA, 1921-27; loyalty oath controversy at the University; interest in helping the Japanese-American evacuees during World War II; service as director of west coast regional office of the wartime FEPC; establishment of The Citizens' Lobby in Wash., D.C. after retirement from Stiles Hall in 1957, with special interest in civil rights legislation; volunteer work in John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. Photographs inserted. Copies of documentary material appended.

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Title
Harry L. Kingman, Citizenship in a democracy; tape recorded interview conducted by Rosemary Levenson in 1971-1972
Creator
interviewee., Kingman, Harry L., 1892-
Kingman, Ruth W.
Koshland, Daniel E. 1892-1979. (Daniel Edward),
Koshland, Lucile Wolf Heming.
interviewer., Levenson, Rosemary,
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000217
Subject (Person)
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. (John Fitzgerald),
Subject (Corporate)
Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. University of California.
Young Men's Christian Association. China.
Stiles Hall.
United States. Committee on Fair Employment Practice.
Citizens' Lobby for Freedom and Fair Play (Washington, D.C.)
Subject (Topic)
Loyalty oaths California -- Berkeley.
Japanese Americans Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Civil rights United States.
Serments politiques Californie -- Berkeley.
Américains d'origine japonaise Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Droits de l'homme États-Unis.
Geographic Coverage
United States Politics and government.
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement.
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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