Kurt Herbert Adler and the San Francisco Opera : oral history transcripts / 1994 PDF
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University of California Berkeley Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California KURT HERBERT ADLER AND THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Volume III COMMUNITY AND UNION LEADERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS Interviews with: R. Gwln Follls Arthur Bloomfield Betty Folger Miller Cooper James Schwabacher Prentis Cobb Hale Alfred Fromm Walter Baird Otto Meyer Jerry Spain Nancy Miller Adler William Dledrich Kristin Adler Krueger Eddie Powell Dr. Walter Strauss Don Tayer Martin Magner James Matheson With Introductions by Beverly Sills, Roger L. Stevens, and Lotfi Mansour1 Interviews Conducted by Caroline Crawford 1986-1989 Copyright 1994 by The Regents of the University of California Since 1954 the Regional Oral History Office has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the Nation. Oral history is a modern research technique involving an interviewee and an informed interviewer in spontaneous conversation. The taped record is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The resulting manuscript is typed in final form, indexed, bound with photographs and illustrative materials, and placed in The Bancroft Library at the. University of California, Berkeley, and other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events. It is a spoken account, offered by the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable . ************************************ This manuscript is made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: To cite the volume: Kurt Herbert Adler and the San Francisco Opera. Volume III. Community and Union Leaders. Family and Friends, an oral history project of the Regional Oral History Office conducted 1985- 1988. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. To cite an individual interview: R. Gwen Follis, an oral history conducted in 1986 by Caroline Crawford in Kurt Herbert Adler and the San Francisco Opera. Volume III. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1994. Copy no. Donors to The Kurt Herbert Adler Oral History Benefactors ($10,000 and above) Friends ($50 and above) Mrs. Sheldon Cooper William L. Diedrich, Jr. The Walter and Elise Haas Fund The Janet and Mortimer Fleishhacker The L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation Foundation Gerald Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Harris Patrons ($2,500 and above) Robert Christian Leefeldt Mrs. Carole B. Berg Mrs Maureen Levitan . Bruce Donnell, Sandra D. Donnell, George Livermore and Nancy Donnell Stefansky in Barbara Oliver memory of Jean Donnell Mrs. George Otto Bettye Ferguson John Priest Otto Meyer Lolita B. and John P. Renshaw Paul A. Miller Mrs. Louis Sloss The Roberts Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thieriot The Richard Tucker Foundation Mrs. Edmond C. Ward The UCB Librarian's Fund Mrs. Paul L. Wattis In Memory of George Pantages Earl and Pat Armstrong Sponsors ($1,000 and above) Harvey and Susan Balison Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter Jacquelyn Cambra The Columbia Foundation Barbara Crockett Margaret Diedrich in memory of Leslie Crockett and Al Farrow William Diedrich, Jr. Edna Johnson R. Gwin Follis Michael L. Korbholz Alfred Fromm Doris Lowell Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Martini William R. Hewlett Beryl and Don Newsome The G.H.C. Meyer Family Foundation Evelyn B. Pantages Gilberto and Harriet K. Munguia Mr. and Mrs. Pauly David Packard Henry and Angie Pera Toni and Arthur Rock Joel Pera James H. Schwabacher, Jr. Irva R. Rageth Drs. Jess and Ben Shenson Theatrical Stage Employees' Union Jane and Jess Walker Sustainers ($500 and above) Anonymous Louise M. Davies Consul General of Germany Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Goldman Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hamm
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