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1. Interview of R. M. Edmonston

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Assistant district engineer for the California State Department of Water Resources and engineering consultant for Bookman and Edmonston.

2. Interview of Harold Conkling

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Hydraulic engineer and chief for the California State Division of Water Rights.

3. Interview of James Mima

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Engineer for the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power and water director for the city of Oxnard. Assistant director of the Public Works Department for the city of Oxnard.

4. Interview of J. Ralph Shoemaker

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Water consultant and engineer. Active in the campaign for the annexation of the Pomona Valley to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the construction of the San Gabriel Dam.

5. Interview of Julian Hinds

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
General manager and chief engineer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Assistant administrator for the Colorado River Aqueduct.

6. Interview of Clayburn C. Elder

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Chief hydrographic engineer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

7. Interview of William H. Jennings

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Attorney and water expert on Southern California water development problems and initiatives.

8. Interview of Harry F. Blaney

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Irrigation engineer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. UCLA research associate in the Department of Irrigation Research and Soil Science.

9. Interview of A. M. Rawn

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
3.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Sanitary engineer for the Los Angeles County Sanitation District

10. Interview of Harold Hedger

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Chief engineer for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District.

11. Interview of Robert A. Skinner

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Assistant engineer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Consulting engineer and member of the advisory council of the Water Resources Center of the University of California.

12. Interview of Byron M. Miller

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...

13. Interview of Irwin E. Farrar

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and president of the Farrar-Loomis Seed Company and the Riverside Alfalfa Growers Company. President of the Eastern Municipal Water District and director of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

14. Interview of Joseph Jensen

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Chief petroleum engineer and assistant to the western general manager for the Tidewater Oil Company.

15. Interview of Robert B. Diemer

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
General manager and chief engineer for the construction of the Colorado River Aqueduct. Representative for the city of Pasadena on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

16. Interview of Max Bookman

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
District engineer for the California State Department of Water Resources.

17. Interview of Louis Alexander

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Vice president and chief engineer of the Southern California Water Company.

18. Interview of Fred Heilbron

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and member of the San Diego City Council and chair of the San Diego County Water Authority.

19. Interview of Frank Twohy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Controller for the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power.

20. Interview of Edward F. Dibble

Topic:
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Hydrologist for the San Bernardino Valley Conservation District and secretary-manager of the San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency. Member of the California State Water Resources Control Board.