Matson and Roth family history, a love of ships, horses and gardens : and related material

By

Roth, Lurline Matson, 1890-
Riess, Suzanne B.
Kortum, Karl, 1996
Domoto, Toichi, 1902-
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Type

Collection

Publication info

Notes

Karl Kortum, National Maritime Museum participant in one interview.

Photographs and copies of photographs inserted.

Phonotapes: | Partial interviews. Reel 1: L.M. Roth, Nov. 13, 1980. Concerning shipping -- Reel 2: L.M. Roth, May 11, 1981. Concerning Filoli Gardens -- Reel 3: L.M. Roth, cont. -- Reel 4: L.R. Coonan, Sep. 30, 198

Recollections of her father, William Matson, and his shipping company; marriage to William Roth; her family; acquisition of Filoli, their home in Woodside; interest in horse breeding and horse shows;

Appended: copy of her daughter's speech to docents in training at Filoli and copies of articles and clippings supporting the interview.

Included also: photocopy of tape-recorded interview with Toichi Domoto of Domoto Brothers Nursery which supplied plants for Filoli.

With this: additional documentary material, including handbook for Filoli docents giving tours.

Subjects

1849-1917 , Addresses , California , Family histories , Filoli Mansion and Gardens (Woodside, Calif.) , Horses , Horticulture , Matson, William, , Oral histories , Pacific coast , Roth family , Shipping

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 26681178
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427321