Alameda County CA Archives History - Books .....Preface 1941 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 16, 2007, 1:41 pm Book Title: Berkeley The First Seventy-Five Years BERKELEY THE FIRST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS COMPILED BY WORKERS OF THE WRITERS' PROGRAM OF THE WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CO-SPONSORS: CITY OF BERKELEY BERKELEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED BY THE GILLICK PRESS -BERKELEY- CALIFORNIA MCMXLI CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITERS' PROJECT FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY JOHN M. CARMODY, ADMINISTRATOR WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION HOWARD O. HUNTER, COMMISSIONER FLORENCE KERR, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER WILLIAM R. LAWSON, ADMINISTRATOR FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COPYRIGHT 1941 JAMES J. GILLICK & CO., INC. Preface IN MANY WAYS this history of Berkeley is an example of the value of the WPA Writers' Program. It was conceived, planned, compiled, written, and printed in a little over four months. To work within so tight a schedule was not easy: it demanded all the project's resources. For a single author—for even a group of authors beginning at scratch—to plan and execute such an undertaking at such short notice might have been impossible. It was possible for the Northern California Writers' Project only because the project, in the course of other work, had accumulated a great deal of information about Berkeley; because it has, through long and painful experience, learned to systematize its activities so as to accomplish a great deal in a short time; and finally, because it had the enthusiastic support and wholehearted cooperation of the people of Berkeley, including city officials, the university, business and service organizations, worn-en's clubs, and individuals. Despite the speed with which it was compiled, this is not a superficial treatment of the subject; neither, on the other hand, is it as comprehensive a book as a long-time study might have permitted. It was planned and written as a narrative, with the intention of capturing the spirit of Berkeley's growth rather than of listing every detail of the city's history. Many aspects of the city's past development and present character—for instance, the athletic achievements of such stars as Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs, Mother Tusch's unique "Shrine of the Air" museum to aviation, such notable commercial plants as the serum-producing Cutter Laboratories—have been ignored or touched on lightly. And the story of Berkeley's most important institution, the University of California, purposely has been subordinated in the belief both that it is more properly the subject of a book by itself and that it would tend to obscure the story of the city outside the campus if told in full. The compilation and writing of this book were carried out chiefly by the Alameda County unit of the Northern California Writers' Project, under the active direction of Willis Foster, District Supervisor, with supervisory and editorial assistance from Margaret Wilkins and Paul C. Johnson, Assistant State Supervisors, of the State Office Unit. Research data were compiled under the direction of Porter Chaffee, research editor, by Nathan H. Daniels, Dorothy Hale, Edwin J. Howell, Donald Wayne McNeill, Aline B. Saturley, Gertrude Woods, and Anna Cora Winchell. Final editing and writing were chiefly the work of Willis Foster, assisted by Roma Bishop, George W Brown, and David Friedman of the East Bay staff and Charles Coppock, Sidney Greenleaf, and Gladys Pitt-man of the San Francisco staff. The index was compiled by Max Loewenthal. Photographs were assembled by Howard B. Hoffman and Ivan Holmes Foster. The list of people and organizations to whom the project is indebted for help and advice in this work would fill a large page. To all those whose names are listed in the bibliography as consultants we are grateful for very valuable contributions. In particular we are indebted to Samuel J. Hume, General Director of the Berkeley Festival Association, for his generous assistance throughout the work and in reviewing the final manuscript. A special word of appreciation must go also to Mayor Frank H. Gaines, City Manager Chester C. Fisk, and many councilmen, department heads, and subordinate officials; J. Delbert Sarber, General Manager of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce; Monroe E. Deutsch, Vice-President and Provost of the University of California; Harold L. Leupp, University Librarian, and many members of his staff, especially those at the reference desk and in the archives room; and Herbert J. Priestley, Director of the Bancroft Library, and his staff. WALTER MCELROY, STATE SUPERVISOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITERS' PROJECT Additional Comments: Extracted from: BERKELEY THE FIRST SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS COMPILED BY WORKERS OF THE WRITERS' PROGRAM OF THE WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CO-SPONSORS: CITY OF BERKELEY BERKELEY FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED BY THE GILLICK PRESS -BERKELEY- CALIFORNIA MCMXLI File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/history/1941/berkeley/preface247gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 5.5 Kb