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The Bancroft Library is pleased to present a series of seven lectures of California history, first recorded before a live audience in its Edward H. Heller Reading Room on the University of California, Berkeley campus and broadcast on KQED FM. These one-hour lectures include a 10-minute question and answer period with the audience, moderated by Dr. Charles Faulhaber, Director of The Bancroft Library. In announcing the broadcasts on KQED FM, Ms. Jo Anne Wallace, Vice President and General Manager of KQED Public Radio stated, "We are delighted to be joining with an esteemed institution like The Bancroft Library to demonstrate that history can be exciting. We believe our KQED listeners will find these talks both extremely interesting and highly educational." Dr. Faulhaber added, "We hope the programs will stimulate interest in and support of The Bancroft Library, which contains indispensable resources for understanding the history of California and western North America. These programs will help us develop the public's understanding of the depth of resources at Bancroft. We hope this will be the first in a long series of interesting and informative Bancroft programs with KQED Public Radio."
Listen to lectures: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html
The California Mission as Symbol and Myth, by James J. Rawls
Like America Only More So: The Origins and Power of California's Image, by J.S. Holliday
Heaven on the Half-shell: Mark Twain in California, by Robert Hirst
California's Greatest Thirst: A Glance at the Contentious History of California's Water, by James J. Rawls
An Entrepreneurial Genius: Henry J. Kaiser, by J.S. Holliday
Kick out the Southern Pacific, by James J. Rawls
A Library for California: A History of The Bancroft Library, by J.S. Holliday
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