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1. 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.

2. Interview of Cyril C. Nigg

Topic:
Politics and Government
UCLA and University of California History
UC Regents
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program under the auspices of the California State Archives and in conjunction with the California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; California State University, Sacramento, Center for California Studies Oral Hist...
Biographical Note:
Ex officio member of the University of California Board of Regents. President of the Alumni Association of the University of California, Los Angeles from 1955 to 1957.

3. 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.

4. Interview of Charles Farwell Edson Jr.

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of history. Son of social activist and feminist Katherine Philips Edson.

5. Interview of Thomas M. Rees

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program under the auspices of the California State Archives and in conjunction with the California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; California State University, Sacramento, Center for California Studies Oral Hist...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1954 to 1962. California senator from 1962 to 1966. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1966 to 1976.

6. Interview of Reuben W. Borough

Topic:
Politics and Government
Social Movements
Journalism
Length:
15.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Socialist Party and active in the Populist movement. Reporter for the Los Angeles Record, editor of EPIC News, and a commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.

7. 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.

8. Interview of Friedrich A. Von Hayek

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
15.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Economist known for his criticisms of Keynesian economics and advocacy of free-markets.

9. 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.

10. Interview of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr.

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

11. Interview of Tom Saunders

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

12. Interview of Diane E. Watson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program under the auspices of the California State Archives and in conjunction with the California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; California State University, Sacramento, Center for California Studies Oral Hist...
Biographical Note:
California senator from 1978 to 1990. United States ambassador to Micronesia from 1999 to 2000. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2001 to 2011.

13. Interview of Robert G. Neumann

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Politics and Government
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Since its inception the Oral History Program has received a number of donated interviews. In some instances these interviews, which in the aggregate form Collection 2113 in the Department of Special Collections, have been transcribed but not edited; in other cases they remain as audiotape recordi...

14. Interview of Gerald Hill

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

15. Interview of Steve Murdock

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

16. Interview of Marshall Windmiller

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

17. Interview of Tom B. Carvey

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

18. Interview of Barbara Double

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

19. Interview of Mike Schneider

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

20. 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.