Audio / Video

John Lowrey Simpson

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Description

Student days at University of California, Class of 1913; work with Herbert Hoover on the Commission for Relief in Belgium; consultant work for California Raisin Growers Association; career with international banking house of Schroder; interest in world affairs and international relations; association with the Bechtel Corporation. Appended: photocopies of writings, speeches, clippings, etc. With this, photocopy of transcript of his oral history interview for the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and additional documentary material supporting the interview.

Details

Title

John Lowrey Simpson

Creator

interviewee. Simpson, John Lowrey, 1891-

interviewer. Riess, Suzanne B.,

McLaughlin, Donald H. 1891-1984. (Donald Hamilton),

Creator

Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Full Collection Name

California Audiovisual Preservation Project

Other Identifiers

cabeuroh_000170

Subject (Person)

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.

Subject (Corporate)

University of California, Berkeley Class of 1913.

California Raisin Growers' Association.

Bechtel Corporation.

Subject (Topic)

World War, 1914-1918 Civilian relief.

Banks and banking, International Employees.

Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Secours aux civils.

Banques internationales Personnel.

Geographic Coverage

United States--California--Berkeley.

Type

Audio

Format

Oral histories.

Addresses.

Archive

The Library

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Collection

California AV Project

Tracks

cabeuroh_000170_a_access.mp3 Side A

cabeuroh_000170_b_access.mp3 Side B

Linked Resources

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