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1. Interview of Barry Wessler

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Research manager for the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet. Co-founder of GTE Telenet, an early packet switch service company.

2. Interview of Alan Kay

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. UCLA adjunct professor of computer science.

3. Interview of Bob Braden

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet. Member of the Internet Working Group (IWG), which developed TCP/IP.

4. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

5. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

6. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.

7. Interview of Ellen Davidson

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Music
Art
Literature
Theater
Length:
1 hr. 14 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.

8. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
Theater
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

9. Interview of Guillermo Bermudez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Theater
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Painter and actor, member of the Advisory Board of the Poetic Justice Project and part of the Arts-in-Corrections program during incarceration.

10. Interview of Bob Kahn

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the ARPANET project, which developed an experimental computer network, a precursor to the internet.