Historical Research Workshop

- Final Presentation -

By

Erik Hillbrand

Bayview / Hunters Point Neighborhood

Hunters Point Dry docks built, 1918

Hunters Point Shipyards during WWII

Refined research question:

What postwar factors caused the once thriving and prosperous

Hunters Point neighborhood to decline into conditions plagued by

poverty and crime?

Research areas to pursue:

• San Francisco Public Library:– San Francisco History Center (6th Floor): municipal

records, city planning records, newspaper archives – Government Information Center (5th Floor): Naval

Records, government planning materials

• San Francisco Maritime Museum and Library (at Aquatic Park and Fort Mason)– Bay Area Shipyard(s) information and records– Information on ships built and shipyard operations

• Bethlehem Steel Museum (Downtown SF)– History of Bethlehem Steel in the Bay Area and

nationwide– History of Bethlehem Steel in Hunters Point

specifically

• Bancroft Library– Henry J. Kaiser Papers: info on Bay Area shipyards– Possible oral histories from WWII era

• Other Theses Papers and Dissertations on Bayview/Hunters Point Neighborhood and/or Shipyards (secondary sources)

It’s been a long research journey…

…and there’s still a long way to go…

…andwhen times get tough…