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

…and when times get tough…