Voices for the Environment - Episode 1: A Preservationist Spirit

Part of "Voices for the Environment: A Century of Bay-Area Activism,"
a multimedia exhibit at the Bancroft Library Gallery, curated by the UC Berkeley Oral History Center.
Production:
Todd Holmes
Roger Eardley-Pryor
Oral History Center, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Photographs:
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
M. M. O’Shaughnessy photograph collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Video Footage:
Scenes of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, creator unknown (1906), 00:05:33 digitized, California Audiovisual Preservation Project, California Historical Society
Two Yosemites, directed by David Brower (1955), 00:12:00, 16mm, 1 Reel of 1 digitized by California Revealed, David Ross Brower Motion Picture Collection, MP 999, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Featured Oral Histories:
“Growing Up in the Cities: Oral History Transcriptions of Tape-Recorded Interviews,” oral histories conducted by Professor Frederick M. Wirt (1977-1979), BANC MSS 79/34 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Ansel Adams, “Conversations with Ansel Adams,” an oral history conducted by Ruth Teiser and Catherine Harroun in 1972, 1974, and 1975, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.
David R. Brower, “David R. Brower: Environmental Activist, Publicist, and Prophet,” an oral history conducted by Susan Schrepfer (1974-1978), Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
William E. Colby, “William E. Colby: Reminiscences,” an oral history conducted by Corinne L. Gilb in 1953, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1954.
Transcript read by Anders Hauge in the recording.
Francis P. Farquhar, “Francis P. Farquhar: On Accountancy, Mountaineering, and the National Parks,” an oral history conducted by Willa Klug Baum in 1958, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1960.
Transcript read by Ross Bradford in the recording.
Carolyn Merchant, “Carolyn Merchant: My Life Exploring Science, Environment, and Ethics,” an oral history conducted by Roger Eardley-Pryor in 2022, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2023.