Berkeley history: Cal president highlights fire threats on UC campus
William Wallace Campbell's 1924 statement cites the danger of science departments' location in wooden structures.
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Berkeley history: National official defends city response to 1923 fire
“I am thoroughly convinced that wooden shingles were largely responsible for the rapid spread of the blaze," he says.
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Berkeley history: Wooden shingles on homes banned after 1923 fire
The City Council unanimously approved teh ordinance despite opposition and threats from the wooden shingle industry.
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Berkeley history: 'Only woman city treasurer in the West' is hired
The appointment in 1923 seems to have been part of an internal shakeup in the municipal government.
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Berkeley history: Realty Board states blatantly racist 1923 policies
The organization's president writes in the local paper that they don't sell property to Black or Asian buyers.
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