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1. Interview of Henry T. Hopkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
20 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art. Director of the UCLA Wight Art Gallery and the Hammer Museum.

2. Interview of Edgar A. Jones Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant dean of the UCLA School of Law.

3. Interview of Richard Rudolph

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of Chinese literature and archaeology.

4. Interview of Neil H. Jacoby (1974)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.

5. Interview of Harold E. Verrall

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of law.

6. Interview of Louis B. Slichter

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of geophysics and director of the Institute of Geophysics.

7. Interview of Foster H. Sherwood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of academic affairs and special assistant to the University of California president.

8. Interview of Paul H. Sheats

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:

9. Interview of Stephen S. Kayser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Germany and art historian. UCLA lecturer in art history.

10. Interview of William H. Chandler

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Urban Planning and Land Use
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Department of Agriculture.

11. Interview of Neil H. Jacoby (1970)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Management and member of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors.

12. Interview of Ralph Freud

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Theater
UCLA Faculty
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of theater and director of the Pasadena Playhouse.

13. Interview of Sherman M. Mellinkoff

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine.

14. Interview of Margaret H. Jones-Kanaar

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of pediatrics. Founder of the UCLA/Orthopedic Hospital Center for Cerebral Palsy.

15. Interview of Rosemary Park

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor.

16. Interview of Gustave O. Arlt (1978)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of German literature and language, founder of the UCLA Department of Theater Arts, and dean of the UCLA Graduate Division.

17. Interview of Henry J. Bruman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of geography and director of the University of California Study Center at the Georg-August Universität, Göttingen.

18. Interview of Ralph L. Beals

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of anthropology.

19. Interview of Vern O. Knudsen (1974)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
38 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chancellor, professor of physics, and dean of the UCLA Graduate Division.

20. Interview of Rosalind K. Loring

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the University of Southern California College of Continuing Education and coordinator of special programs at UCLA Extension.

21. Interview of Donald J. Cram

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry. Noble prize winner and co-founder of the field of host–guest chemistry.

22. Interview of Ralph Turner

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

23. Interview of Benjamin Aaron

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor attorney and director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.

24. Interview of Philip Levine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Division of Humanities and UCLA professor of classics.

25. Interview of David S. Saxon (1994)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physics and president of the University of California.

26. Interview of Franklin P. Rolfe

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English and dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science.

27. Interview of Lynn T. White Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Co-founder and president of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

28. Interview of Reidar F. Sognnaes

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Recognized for his work in hard tissue and forensic dentistry.

29. Interview of Sidney Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of biological chemistry.

30. Interview of Richard C. Maxwell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law.

31. Interview of Annita Delano

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art.

32. Interview of Mehli Mehta

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.

33. Interview of Clifford H. Prator Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English. Founder of the UCLA English as a Second Language (ESL) Program for foreign students.

34. Interview of Martha Deane

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education and director of the women's division of the Department of Physical Education.

35. Interview of E. Maurice Bloch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA Faculty
Length:
24.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art history. Head of UCLA's Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

36. Interview of William Gould Young

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor for planning, professor of chemistry, and dean of the UCLA College of Physical Sciences.

37. Interview of Bennet Mills Allen

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Zoology.

38. Interview of Joseph J. Kaufman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology.

39. Interview of Margaret G. Kivelson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of space physics.

40. Interview of George W. Robbins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Business Administration. Head of management training for the UCLA Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program.

41. Interview of Wayland D. Hand

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of folklore and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology.

42. Interview of Andrew H. Horn

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA university archivist. Founder and dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Library Services.

43. Interview of Irving Bernstein

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science.

44. Interview of Mildred E. Mathias

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of botany and director of the UCLA botanical garden.

45. Interview of William W. Melnitz

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Germany and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

46. Interview of John S. Galbraith

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history and chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.

47. Interview of Rosalind F. Cassidy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education.

48. Interview of Willard F. Libby

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry and director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. Commissioner of the Atomic Energy Commission.

49. Interview of Alma Hawkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder UCLA Department of Dance, the nation’s first dance department.

50. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

51. Interview of Stafford L. Warren (1983)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA vice-chancellor of health services. Chief of the Medical Section of the Manhattan Engineering District. Chief of the Radiological Safety Section of the Joint Task Force for Operation Crossroads.

52. Interview of Willard E. Goodwin

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Surgeon and head of the UCLA Division of Urology.

53. Interview of Milton I. Roemer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of public health.

54. Interview of William P. Longmire

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of surgery.

55. Interview of Flora M. Scott

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of botany and assistant director of the UCLA Botanical Gardens. Founder and president of the UCLA Association of Academic Women.

56. Interview of Paul A. Dodd

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science and UCLA professor of economics. Director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations and chair of the President's Emergency Railway Labor Board.

57. Interview of Frederick S. Wight

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Museum Staff
Art
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter. UCLA professor of art and director what became the Wight Art Gallery.

58. Interview of Hyman R. Faine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor lawyer and national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). Helped found the UCLA Management in the Arts program.

59. Interview of James A. C. Grant

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science and dean of the UCLA School of Law and Social Sciences. Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

60. Interview of Lulu Wolf Hassenplug

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Nursing.

61. Interview of Clara M. Szego

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of molecular, developmental, and cellular biology.

62. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci.

63. Interview of Charles Speroni

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Italian and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

64. Interview of Waldemar Westergaard

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

65. Interview of John Eliot Coit

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of California, Berkeley professor of citriculture and superintendent of the Citrus Experiment Station. Founder of Coit Agricultural Service.

66. Interview of Lawrence Clark Powell (1963)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Librarian, author, and bibliographer. UCLA university librarian and dean of the UCLA School of Library Service.

67. Interview of Eugen Weber

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history and dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Director of the Education Abroad Center.

68. Interview of Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
Music
UCLA Faculty
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Director of UCLA’s Ethnomusicology Archive.

69. Interview of Harold W. Horowitz

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
6.9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor of faculty relations and professor of law. Deputy general counsel for the McCone Commission, which investigated the causes of the 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles, and founding member of the Western Center on Law and Poverty.

70. Interview of Victoria A. Fromkin

Topic:
Social Movements
UCLA and University of California History
Communist Party
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of graduate programs and professor of linguistics. Activist and member of the Communist Party.

71. Interview of Leonard Freedman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
16.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of UCLA Extension and professor of political science.

72. Interview of Robert M. Williams

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9.85 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of economics. Founder of UCLA’s Business Forecasting Project.

73. Interview of Kenneth L. Karst

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
10. 5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of law.

74. Interview of Joyce O. Appleby

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
7.21 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

75. Interview of William D. Warren

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
12.67 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA dean of the School of Law.

77. Interview of Ruth Roemer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of health services and lawyer.

78. Interview of Hans Rogger

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Director of UCLA’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and co-director of the Rand/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies.

79. 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...

80. Interview of Norman Q. Brill (1979)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
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...

81. Interview of Karen Brodkin

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Social Movements
UCLA Faculty
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of anthropology. Activist for LGBTQ rights and labor unionization.

82. Interview of Lucie Cheng

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Asian American History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program.

83. Interview of Letitia Anne Peplau

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2.35 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of psychology. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

84. Interview of Karen E. Rowe

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

85. Interview of Nancy Main Henley

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of psychology and director of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program.

86. Interview of Helen S. Astin (2000)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of education. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.