Description

Interview with H. B. Foster. Comments on his grandfather, James Sinclair of Hudson's Bay Company fame and his father, Hugh Foster, an 1850 California settler; pre-earthquake San Francisco; college days at Berkeley, 1902-1906; engineering faculty; work as engineer with various water supply companies; association with University in Engineer's Office; Ralph P. Merritt and Robert G. Sproul; surveying work and real estate transactions for new campuses.
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Title
Role of the Engineer's Office in the development of the University of California campuses
Creator
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Published
1960
Link to Content
View online for California audiovisual preservation project. Freely available.
Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Type
Video
Extent
1 Tape of 1
Other Physical Details
1/4 inch audio tape
Language
English
Archive
The Library
Note
Master
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