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91. Interview of Ernest Gruening

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Journalist, governor of Alaska, and U.S. senator.

92. Interview of Ethel G. H. Conant

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Secretary for Katherine Duer Mackay, founder of the Equal Franchise Society, a woman’s suffrage organization. Wife of Harry Hopkins, member of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration.

93. 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.

94. 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.

95. 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.

96. Interview of Kenyon J. Scudder

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

97. Interview of Van Griffith

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Son of Griffith park founder Griffith Jenkins Griffith. President of the Los Angeles Park Board and was manager of the Griffith Park Transportation Company. Member of the Los Angeles Police Commission.

98. Interview of Joseph L. Wyatt

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and president of the California Democratic Council (CDC). Director of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.

99. Interview of Anthony C. Beilenson (1982)

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
59th District California State Assembly member from 1963 to 1967. California senator from 1967 to 1976. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997.

100. 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.