Martha Alexander Gerbode (1909-1971), environmentalist, philanthropist, and volunteer in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii

By

Nathan, Harriet.
Lage, Ann.
Farmer, Garland.
Fuller, Esther.
Johnson, Huey D.
Shaw, Maryanna.
Stockholm, Clarisse.
Levine, Aaron, 1917-
Stevens, Georgiana G.
Cades, J. Russell.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

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Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

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This oral history consists of retrospective interviews concerning the environmentalist Martha Alexander Gerbode. Topics include her support of groups ranging from the World Affairs Council, the Institute of Pacific Relations, and Planned Parenthood, to the Nature Conservancy, and the Art and Ecology Institute; her family; World War II experiences, and Japanese relocation.

Supplementary material includes a letter written to her in-laws, [1939 or 1940?], a photocopy of her diary from a European trip, 1936-37, and miscellaneous biographical material, along with clippings

Subjects

1909-1971 , Art and Ecology Institute , California , Ecology , Environmentalists , Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 , Gerbode, Martha Alexander, , Hawaii , Institute of Pacific Relations , Interviews , Japanese Americans , Nature Conservancy (U.S.) , Oral histories , Personal narratives, American , Philanthropists , Planned Parenthood Federation of America , World Affairs Council of Northern California , World War, 1939-1945

Language

English