Harry X. Ford interview with Barbara "Babs" Laetitia Meyer

CCAC Hist. Interviews with Babs Meyer, June 25, 1984 and July 2, 1984 by Harry X. Ford. Transcribed by Helen Frierson in 2018. Reflects 3-4 hours of conversation that took place at Bab’s home in Piedmont Gardens, Oakland, California. Covers many topics from Babs' childhood, college founding, early faculty and college history from first 75 years from founding.

Babs Meyer and her portrait

Studio 7, 1969

Studio 7, center, with the Cafeteria to the right and a corner of the lounge area of the Dormitories to the left, CCAC Oakland, 1969

Campus map, 1950

1950 campus map and building directory.

Save the Carriage House Proposal

CCAC arch at Broadway entrance gate

Photograph of arch and wall at Broadway entrance to campus.

Ceramic Studio Dedication contact sheets

Images of the Dedication of the Noni Eccles Treadwell Ceramics Center on the California College of the Arts' Oakland Campus on Febuary 21,1973.

CCAC 1969 Commencement

CCAC Commencement, May 17 1969, on the lawn between Treadwell Mansion (Macky Hall) and Founders Hall, Oakland, California.

Macky Lawn, 1984

Photograph of students on Macky lawn; view of Macky Hall and Founders Hall.

Field Work on Alcatraz

Installation inspired by visit to Alcatraz and the story of a Japanese-American imprisoned there. Dealt with themes of nationalism and identity, confinement and boundaries.