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University of California Berkeley ^ . ../r. /- >y x*i Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Lurline Matson Roth MATSON AND ROTH FAMILY HISTORY: A LOVE OF SHIPS, HORSES, AND GARDENS An Interview Conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1980, 1981 Copyright (c\ 1982 by the Regents of the University of California All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between the Regents of the University of California and Lurline Matson Roth dated October 28, 1981. The manuscript is thereby 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 partof the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the agreement with Lurline Matson Roth requires that she be notified of the request and allowed thirty days in which to respond. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows : Lurline Matson Roth, "Matson and Roth Family History: A Love of Ships, Horses, and Gardens," an oral history conducted 1980, 1981 by Suzanne B. Riess, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1982. Mrs. William P. Roth TABLE OF CONTENTS Lurline Matson Roth INTERVIEW HISTORY I FAMILY 1 Father, William Matson 1 Mother, Lillie Low 8 The Trips Down to the Islands 11 Lurline and Her Parents 14 Mother: Leeside, Lessons 14 Father: The Business 17 The Character of Captain Matson 19 Growing Up 23 Country, Vacations, Houses 23 Horses 26 Consular Responsibilities 27 Education, Study in Paris 27 II MARRIAGE 30 William P.
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