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1. Interview of Raymond Kappe

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
11.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona professor of architecture; and director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

2. Interview of Gertrude S. Zeisl

Topic:
German Émigrés
Music
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German emigre and wife of composer Erich Zeisl.

3. Interview of Cliff May

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and creator of the California ranch style house.

4. Interview of Harwell Hamilton Harris

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mid-century modern Southern California-based architect.

5. Interview of Raphael Soriano

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Greece and mid-century modern architect known for using prefabricated steel and aluminum in residential and commercial buildings.

6. Interview of William Seligman

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor leader and arbitrator. Organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers International Union and the United Shoe Workers of America.

7. Interview of George P. Johnson

Topic:
African American History
Film and Television
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
General booking manager of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company and lifelong collector of materials on African Americans in motion pictures. Founder of the Pacific Coast News Bureau.

8. Interview of Marta Feuchtwanger

Topic:
German Émigrés
Literature
Length:
50 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré. Wife of author Lion Feuchtwanger.

9. Interview of Robert E. Alexander

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
25.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and co-owner of the firm R. J. Neutra and R. E. Alexander. President of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission.

10. Interview of Dorothy Healey (1972)

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Length:
42 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.