Interview: Irving J. Symons
Title: Irving J. Symons, Sonora businessman [sound recording]: tape recorded interview by Christine L. Goodman :/ Irving J. Symons.
Interviewee: Symons, Irving J.
Recording Location: Sonora, CA
Date Recorded: Fall 1971- Spring 1972
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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?174
Call Number: F868 .T915 S988 1972
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Year Recorded: 1972
Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 audio files (62 min., 23 sec.).
Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)
General Notes: Contents outline (typescript, photoprint) accompanies recording.
Contents: Ancestry -- Beginnings of Hales & Symons -- Partnership and change in location of Hales & Symons -- Dealings of business -- Recollection of Sonora during childhood -- Melvin Belli -- Athletics during grammer school days -- Law enforcement during childhood in Sonora -- Prohibition in Sonora -- Sonora High -- Recollection of Sonora -- China town -- Red light district -- First sight of woman smoking a cigarette in Sonora -- Mannerisms and dress of women in Sonora -- Employment and industry in Sonora -- Depression -- Gold Rush revival -- Population growth in Tuolumne County -- History of motion picture industry in Tuolumne County.
Local Notes: None
Held By: COLUMBIA
Geographic Term: Sonora (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.
