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Volunteer and Employment Careers: University of California, Berkeley; Save San Francisco Bay Association, 1964-1998 University of California Berkeley Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California University of California Source of Community Leaders Series Janice Rivers Kittredge VOLUNTEER AND EMPLOYMENT CAREERS: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY; SAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ASSOCIATION, 1964-1998 Interviews Conducted by Malca Chall in 1998-1999 Copyright 2000 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 method of collecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge of historically significant events and a well- informed interviewer, with the goal of preserving substantive additions to the historical record. The tape recording is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The corrected manuscript is indexed, bound with photographs and illustrative materials, and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 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. ************************************ All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Craig Kittredge dated November 13, 2000. 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 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 Bancroft Library, Mail Code 6000, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. The legal agreement with Craig Kittredge requires that he be notified of the request and allowed thirty days in which to respond. It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows; Janice Rivers Kittredge, "Volunteer and Employment Careers: University of California, Berkeley; Save San Francisco Bay Association, 1964-1998," an oral history conducted in 1998-1999 by Malca Chall, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2000. Copy no. Janice Rivers Kittredge. Cataloguing information Kittredge, Janice Rivers (1926-1999) Save San Francisco Bay Association staff Volunteer and Employment Careers: University of California, Berkeley; Save San Francisco Bay Association, 1964-1998, 2000, vii, 198 pp. Growing up in Berkeley; UC Berkeley, 1944-1947: Blue and Gold, Panile and Prytanean honor societies, Mortar Board, WWII; marriage, children, volunteer activities through the 1950s: Prytanean Alumnae, UC alumni class secretary; Save San Francisco Bay Association: growth and evolution of the organization 1964-1998, relationships between board and staff, developing special projects, raising funds, resolving internal conflicts; comments on Save the Bay founders Esther Gulick, Catherine Kerr, and Sylvia McLaughlin, and longtime staff member Barry Nelson. Appended 1987 interview with Janice Kittredge, "Making Blake House into a Graduate Women s Residence, 1963-1965." Interviewed 1998-1999 by Malca Chall, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Regional Oral History Office, on behalf of future researchers, wishes to thank the following individuals and organizations whose contributions made possible this oral history of Janice Kittredge. Sylvia McLaughlin Prytanean Alumnae, Inc. John Rosston, in Memory of Marjory Farquhar Save San Francisco Bay Association Nancy Strauch University of California, Class of 1931 Endowment Fund TABLE OF CONTENTS Janice Kittredge PREFACE i INTERVIEW HISTORY i BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION vii I OVERVIEW: SAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ASSOCIATION: OFFICES, STAFF, AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1964-1990 1 How the Alumni Hostess Committee Led to Save the Bay 1 First Tasks on Staff of Save the Bay, 1964-1965 4 Organizing the Membership Records 9 The First Office: Berkeley Way and Shattuck 12 Maintaining Membership Records, 1966-1990 14 Finding Volunteers for Membership Mailing Tasks 14 Adding the Volunteers to the "Paid" Staff 17 Staff, Volunteers, and Eventual Computerization 18 Special Staff Personnel, 1969-1975 22 The Citizens Alliance to Save the Bay; Conscientious Objectors 23 Second Office: The Wittich Building, Center Street, 1960s 26 The Internship Program, c. 1976-1984 29 Third Office: The Wells Fargo Building: Center and Shattuck, 1970s-1990 32 Fourth Office: The California Building, Franklin Street, Oakland, 1990 36 Gradual Changes in the Staff and the Board of Directors 38 The Board Meetings, 1960s- 1980s 39 Selection of New Officers 40 Board Meetings (continued) 42 The Board Retreat: The Beginning of the Expanded Program, 1988 44 Restoring the Bay Campaign 45 Funding: Foundation Grants 47 Board of Directors: The Transition Team, 1988-1989 48 Long-term Board Membership 50 The Changing Newsletter 52 Membership and Lists 54 II THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COPES WITH THE PROBLEMS OF EXPANDING PROGRAMS AND STAFFS, AND FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, 1990-1998 56 Recurring Problems: The Role of the Executive Committee, Budget Deficits, Goals, Staffing, Setting Goals and Priorities 56 Attempts to Define the Functions of the Board and the Executive Committee 58 The Finance Committee 60 Reports: Oral or Written 61 Deficit Budgets, the Decision to Earmark Funds for Special Projects and Hire a Development Director 63 The Seafood Consumption Information Project--SCIP 64 The Genesis of New Projects 67 "Too Many Issues Clamoring for Time" 71 Cooperative Arrangements with Other Environmental Organizations 74 Bay Vision 2020 74 The BayKeeper 75 The Bay Institute 76 Board of Directors: Criteria, Election Procedures, Terms 78 The Transition: 1996-1998 82 Staff Turmoil 82 Revising the Budgeting Process 85 Attempts to Restructure Management Staff 87 Barry Nelson Appointed Senior Fellow Focusing on Water Issues 90 The New Executive Director: David Lewis, and Other Staff Changes 91 III JANICE RIVERS KITTREDGE: FAMILY BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION, 1926-1947 97 Great Grandparents: Azores and Ireland 98 Grandparents: Californians 100 Parents and Siblings 101 Berkeley High School: Discovering Volunteer Activities 108 The University of California, Berkeley, 1944-1947: Extracurricular Activities 109 Editor: The Blue and Gold 110 The Associated Students of the University of California 111 Geography Major 112 More on the Blue and Gold 114 The Honor Societies: Panile and Prytanean 115 The War Years on Campus 116 More on Prytanean, Mortar Board, and Other Activities 119 Permanent Class Secretary 125 IV WORK, VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, MARRIAGE, 1947-1955 126 Advertising Agencies 126 Continuing Volunteer Activities 128 Marriage to Craig Kittredge, 1952 131 Two Memorable Years in New York and Connecticut 132 Craig Kittredge: Family Background and Education 137 Return to California, 1954 139 Buying a House; Starting a Family, 1955 141 V BLENDING FAMILY AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES, 1955-1998 143 Class Secretary: The Tasks Involved 143 Explaining the Meaning of "Wartime Classes" 144 Prytanean Alumnae: Members and Objectives 146 The Children and the Cooperative Nursery School 153 All Souls Episcopal Church 154 Camp Fire Girls 155 The Children: Their Education, Their Careers 156 TAPE GUIDE 164 APPENDIX A Janice Kittredge, "Making Blake House into a Graduate Women s Residence, 1963-1965," in Blake Estate Oral History Project, pp. 132-150 165 B Recognition of Janice Kittredge s Life and Career 1. The Bay Watcher, October 1989 "Sterling Staffer" 186 2. California Alumni Association, Awards Recognition Dinner, October 6, 1995 "Excellence in Service Award" 187 3. Program, September 17, 1998 "A Celebration of Janice s Kittredge 3A Years of Service to Save the Bay" 188 A. Watershed, Winter 1998 "Save the Bay Staff Honors Janice Kittredge s 34 Years of Service" 189 5. Canoes Dedicated to David Allen and Janice Kittredge, Watershed, Autumn 1999 190 6. "A Service to the Glory of God and in Celebration for the Life of Janice Kittredge," February 18, 1999 191 7. Eulogy- -Sylvia McLaughlin 192 INDEX 197 PREFACE On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of our graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, the Class of 1931 made the decision to present its alma mater with an endowment for an oral history series to be titled "The University of California, Source of Community Leaders." The Class of 1931 Oral History Endowment provides a permanent source of funding for an ongoing series of interviews by the Regional Oral History Office of The Bancroft Library. The commitment of the endowment is to carry out interviews with persons related to the University
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