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71. Interview of Arthur E. Briggs

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
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Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law. 5th District Los Angeles City Council member from 1939 to 1943.

72. Interview of William Rosenthal

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles Superior Court judge from 1961 to 1977 and 40th district California State Assembly member from 1943 to 1953.

73. Interview of Ethel G. H. Conant

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Secretary for Katherine Duer Mackay, founder of the Equal Franchise Society, a woman’s suffrage organization. Wife of Harry Hopkins, member of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration.

74. Interview of John F. Aiso

Topic:
Asian American History
Politics and Government
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and judge. Director and head instructor of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Justice of the 2nd District Court of Appeals.

76. Interview of Gilbert Lindsay

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
9th district Los Angeles City Council member from 1962 to 1990.

77. Interview of Van Griffith

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Son of Griffith park founder Griffith Jenkins Griffith. President of the Los Angeles Park Board and was manager of the Griffith Park Transportation Company. Member of the Los Angeles Police Commission.

78. Interview of Robert W. Kenny

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Attorney general of California from 1943 to 1947 and California senator from 1939 to 1943.

79. Interview of Thomas Bradley (1984)

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993.

80. Interview of Samuel W. Yorty

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mayor of Los Angeles from 1961 to 1973 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955.