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1. Interview of John R. Wooden

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA head basketball coach. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

2. Interview of Pedro Huezo

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

3. Interview of Wilbur J. Smith

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Books and Fine Printing
UCLA Librarians
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Head of the UCLA Library's Department of Special Collections.

4. Interview of Wiles Hallock

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
Pac-10 and Western Athletic Conference commissioner. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

5. Interview of Wolf Leslau

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early development of UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Biographical Note:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. Instrumental in establishing the Department of Near Eastern Languages and the Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near East Studies.

6. Interview of Eugene P. Conser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).

7. Interview of Margaret Strobel

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.2 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 lecturer in history and director of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program. Later professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

8. Interview of Waldemar Westergaard

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

9. Interview of Wendell E. Jeffrey

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

10. 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.

11. Interview of Judith Murphy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Wife of UCLA Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.

12. 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.

13. Interview of James Bush

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA head track and field coach. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

14. 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.

15. Interview of Robert G. Vosper

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA library director and director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. Interview of Hansena Frederickson (1969)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA executive secretary to the chancellor.

21. Interview of Robert Singleton

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
Biographical Note:
UCLA assistant professor of labor economics and founding director of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies. Later professor of economics at Loyola Marymount University.

22. 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.

23. Interview of Blanche Witherspoon

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Performing Arts Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, co-founder of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and executive director of the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society. Co-founder of UCLA’s educational outreach program Design for Sharing and staff member at the UCLA Center for Performing Arts.

24. Interview of Robert M. Hayes

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. Interview of Robert A. Rogers

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chief accounting officer.

30. 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).

31. 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.

32. Vignette: Motivations and Passions

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

33. 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.

34. Interview of Douglas S. Hobbs

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science, president of the Pac-10 Council of Faculty Athletic Representatives, and member of multiple National Collegiate Athletic Association committees. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. Interview of Harold E. Verrall

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

38. Interview of Allen Scates

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA head volleyball coach. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

39. Vignette: DARPA's Funding Culture

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

42. Vignette: An Introduction to DARPA

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

43. Interview of Mantle Hood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology and founding director of the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology.

44. Interview of William E. Forbes (1972)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews deal with the construction and early history of Pauley Pavilion, UCLA's venue for basketball and other indoor sports.
Biographical Note:
Member of the University of California Board of Regents. Interviewed because of involvement in the construction of Pauley Pavilion.

45. Interview of Richard H. Perry

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
University of Southern California athletic director. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

46. Interview of Gertrude Robinson

Topic:
African American History
UCLA and University of California History
Music
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
Performer of Balinese and Javanese music and director of the ethnomusicology program at Loyola Marymount University. Graduate student in ethnomusicology during her time at UCLA.

47. 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.

48. Interview of Dave Clark

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military.

49. 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.

50. Interview of Gordon Bell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. Vice-president of engineering at the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).