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5. Interview of Ellis E. Patterson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lieutenant governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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 Patrick J. Hillings

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951 to 1959.

10. Interview of Charles G. Gant

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Democratic County Central Committee of Orange County, president of the Santa Ana Democratic Club, and director of the California Democratic Council for the Thirty-fifth Congressional District.

11. Interview of Helen Manz Moede

Topic:
Education
Politics and Government
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Councilor and director of the girls’ department at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall.

12. Interview of Lucy Killea

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:
San Diego City Council member from 1978 to 1982. California assembly member from 1982 to 1989, 1992 to 1996.

13. 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.

14. Interview of Harold H. Story

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Secretary to Mayor Frank Shaw and member of the Socialist Party.

15. Interview of Norris Poulson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mayor of Los Angeles, 56th district California State Assembly member from 1939 to 1943, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

16. Interview of John Robertson Quinn

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1935 and Los Angeles County assessor.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Interview of John C. Cuneo

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
California state director for the Townsend Plan, a state-sponsored pension plan proposal. Appointee to the California State Social Welfare Board.

20. Interview of Margarete Clark

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Los Angeles.