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111. Interview of Oscar Lawler

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant United States attorney general.

112. Interview of Kenyon J. Scudder

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Penologist and first superintendent of the California Institution for Men.

113. Interview of Philip E. Watson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles County assessor who played an important role in promoting and popularizing the issue of property tax limitation in California.

114. Interview of Rhea C. Ackerman

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant superintendent at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall and assistant administrator at Children’s Hospital.

115. Interview of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1980 and 1992 to 2008.

116. Interview of John Gee Clark

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Superior court judge and California state chair for the Democratic Central Committee. Chair of the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles and director of penology.

117. Interview of Paul Ziffren

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and California Democratic National Committee member.

118. Interview of William Jarvis Carr

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
California senator from 1913 to 1923 and city attorney for Pasadena.

119. Interview of Katharane Edson Mershon

Topic:
Politics and Government
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer. University of California, Berkeley ballet teacher and administrator of the Denishawn Company's dance school. Interviewed because of connection to Katherine Philips Edson, a political activist for California's Progressive Party.