AUSTINDEGRAFF

Interview with De Graff Austin, 1979

 

1979-07-12

 

Interviewer: Garvin, Mildred

De Graff Austin was born in Fallbrook, California, in 1895. He attended Pomona College and served in the Army Air Service during World War I. From 1946 to 1971, Austin's public service career in San Diego included terms as city council member, vice mayor, county supervisor, and port commissioner. He established the San Diego City-County Camp Commission, and an outdoor education program that achieved national recognition. Austin died in 1980. In this interview, Austin discusses the growth of the Port of San Diego. He also talks about the men who made it possible such as John Spreckels and George Marston.

Hurlbert De Graff Austin; Mildred Garvin; Interviews; Oral histories; Pomona College; Hamilton-Lindley Law School; San Diego Rowing Club; Sports; William Fisher; Admiral Chester Nimitz; Sea Scouts; San Diego City Council; San Diego County Supervisors; Hiram Johnson; Joe Brennan; Harbormasters; Board of Harbor Commissioners; Lumber mills; Benson Lumber Company; John Spreckels; George Marston; Hotel del Coronado; Coal transportation; San Diego-Coronado ferries; San Diego Union (newspaper); Port of San Diego; Municipal piers; Bulkheads; Panama-California Exposition; Westgate-California Tuna Packing Company; Canneries; Logan Heights

3570 Union Street

California - San Diego - Middletown

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English

 

Audiocassette

01:04:06

No

 

 

 

Audio

MP3

84.19 MB