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Oakland Army Base Oral History Project Oakland Army Base Oral History Project Bibliography Primary Sources: Nutter, Ben E., Walter Abernathy, Ann Lage, and Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office. The Port of Oakland : Oral History Transcript : Modernization and Expansion of Shipping, Airport, and Real Estate Operations, 1957-1977, 1994. O'Hara, Henry, Judith Dunning, and Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office. Henry O’Hara : A View of the Waterfront from Point Richmond, On the Waterfront : An Oral History of Richmond, California. Berkeley, Calif.: Regional Oral History Office The Bancroft Library University of California, 1990. University-Oakland Metropolitan Forum, the African American Studies Department at UC Berkeley, and the African American Museum and Library in Oakland. “Oakland Oral History Project: oral history transcripts, 1997-1999.” Transcripts in The Bancroft Library. Secondary Sources: Boschken, Herman L. 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American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003). Zabin, Carol, Michael Reich, Peter Hall, University of California Berkeley. Center for Labor Research and Education., and University of California Berkeley. Center on Pay and Inequality. Living Wages at the Port of Oakland. Berkeley, CA: Center for Labor Research and Education Center on Pay and Inequality Institute of Industrial Relations, 1999. Reports, Pamphlets, and Other Publications: 125 Years of Oakland Waterfront Growth : As Compiled on the 50th Anniversary of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, 1927-1977. Oakland, Calif.: Port of Oakland Public Relations Dept., 1977. Ballanti, Donald, and Brady and Associates. Charles B. Howard Terminal Extension Environmental Impact Report : Port of Oakland : Draft EIR. Berkeley, Calif.?: Brady and Associates, 1994. Beritzhoff, Michael R. Opportunities and Challenges in Developing the Oakland Joint Intermodal Terminal, 1996. City of Oakland with Gayle Borchard Associates. Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Oakland Army Base Area Redevelopment Plan. Oakland, CA: City of Oakland, 2002. City of Oakland with Gayle Borchard Associates. Final Environmental Impact Report for the Oakland Army Base Area Redevelopment Plan. Oakland, CA: City of Oakland, 2002. Directory of Terminal Specifications. 1988 ed. Oakland, Calif.: Port of Oakland, 1988. Dobkin, Marjorie, Jon Herbst, Robert Ferro, Port of Oakland., and Quest Productions. Lifeline the Story of the Oakland Naval Supply Depot in World War Ii. Oakland, Calif.: The Port of Oakland, 1999. videorecording. JRP Historical Consulting Services for Foster Wheeler Environmental. Letter Report on the Impact of the Cypress Structure Project on the Oakland Army Base Historic District. 2000. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. JRP Historical Consulting Services for URS Corporation. 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Oakland, Calif.: Port of Oakland, 1991. Praetzellis, Mary (editor). West Oakland, A Place to Start From: Research Design and Treatment Plan, Cypress I-880 Replacement Project. Rohnert Park, CA: Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University Academic Foundation, 1995. Prepared for CALTRANS. Praetzellis, Mary, and Suzanne Stewart (editors). Sights and Sounds: Essays in Celebration of West Oakland. Rohnert Park, CA: Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University Academic Foundation, 1997. Prepared for CALTRANS. Praetzellis, Adrian and Mary Praetzellis (editors). Putting the "There" There: Historical Archaeologies of West Oakland. Rohnert Park, CA: Anthropological Studies Center, Sonoma State University Academic Foundation, 2004. Prepared for CALTRANS. .
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