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51. Interview of Bobby L. Bradford

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Cornet and trumpet player. Bandleader and composer.

52. Interview of Don Preston

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.15 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz keyboardist.

53. Interview of Larry Bunker

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist. Timpani player for the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

54. Interview of Harold Land

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
6.62 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz saxophone player and bandleader.

55. Interview of Stanley Levey

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz drummer.

56. Interview of Henry Franklin

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz double bass player.

57. Interview of Tom Williamson

Topic:
African American History
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series extend the UCLA Oral History Program's "Central Avenue Sounds" series and preserve the spoken memories of musicians who were active in the jazz music scene in Los Angeles from the 1950s to the 1970s. This series includes a broad range of interviewees, some of whom are we...
Biographical Note:
Jazz bass player.

58. Interview of Augustus F. Hawkins (1992)

Topic:
African American History
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
Biographical Note:
62nd district California State Assembly member from 1935 to 1963. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991 serving as the he first black politician west of the Mississippi River elected to the House of Representatives.

59. Interview of Ruth Washington

Topic:
African American History
Journalism
Length:
3.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
Biographical Note:
Publisher and business manager for the Los Angeles Sentinel.

60. Interview of John T. Stevens

Topic:
Business
African American History
Length:
5.1 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
Biographical Note:
Manager of special field markets for Anheuser-Busch brewing company.

61. Interview of Celes King III

Topic:
Business
African American History
Length:
20 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
Biographical Note:
Owner-administrator of King Bail Bond Agency and administrator for the Pepperdine University School of Business and Management.

62. Interview of John Lamar Hill II

Topic:
African American History
Business
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were made possible by support from the UCLA Center for African American Studies, Institute of American Cultures. This is the first of several Oral History Program series focusing on social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of African American citizens in the Lo...
Biographical Note:
President of Angelus Funeral Home, a long-term black-owned business in Los Angeles founded in 1925. Founder and president of radio station KJLH.

63. Interview of Joyce Fadem

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

64. Interview of Toby Osos

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

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. 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.

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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.

72. 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.

73. Interview of Crickett Levering

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

74. Interview of Gloria Molina

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
9.75 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:
First Latina elected to and the third person of Mexican ancestry to serve on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 1991. California assembly member from 1982 to 1987 and 1st district Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member from 1991 to 2014.

75. Interview of W. Don MacGillivray

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 1969 to 1974. Worked in various government positions for President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 1988.

76. Interview of Mary E. MacGillivray

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:
Member of the PALS Club and volunteer for the Western White House Ronald W. Reagan's presidency. Wife of California assembly member W. Don MacGillivray.

77. 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.

78. 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.

79. Interview of Mervyn M. Dymally

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 1963 to 1967 and 2002 to 2008. California senator from 1967 to 1975. Lieutenant governor from 1975 to 1979. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1992.

80. Interview of Robert J. Lagomarsino

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:
Member of the Ojai City Council from 1958 to 1961. California senator from 1961 to 1974. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California from 1974 to 1993.

81. 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.

82. Interview of Frank Cullen Sr.

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:
Assistant legislative secretary for the Governor's Office from 1963 to 1966. Chief of staff for Governor Edmund G. Brown from 1967 to 1996.

83. Interview of Allen Miller

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 1957 to 1959 and Los Angeles County Superior Court judge from 1959 to 1973.

84. Interview of Richard J. Alatorre

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 1973 to 1985. 14th district Los Angeles city council member from 1985 to 1999.

85. Interview of William E. Forbes

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:
Member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1961 to 1977. Owner of the Southern California Music Co. Chair of the Regents' Special Forbes Committee that prepared the Byrne Report in 1965.

86. Interview of Miguel F. Garcia II

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3.5 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:
Staff and senior attorney for the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice from 1973 to 1975. Helped establish legal precedents for victims' rights to restitution and for discovery rights in police abuse cases.

87. Interview of Nell Soto

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:
Pamona city council member from 1987 to 1998. California assembly member from 1998 to 2000 and 2006 to 2008. California senator from 2000 to 2006.

88. Interview of Walter A. Zelman

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:
Lobbyist for the California Common Cause from 1978 to 1989.

89. Interview of Ernest E. Debs

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 1943 to 1947. Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1958 to 1974.

90. Interview of John A. Fitzrandolph

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:
Assistant director of the California State Department of Housing and Community Development from 1968 to 1969. Chief of staff for Speaker of the Assembly Robert Morett from 1970 to 1974. Executive director of U.S. Senator John V. Tunney's staff from 1974 to 1976.

91. Interview of Arthur L. Alarcon

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
9.5 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:
Deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County from 1952 until 1961. Judge for the Ninth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals from 1979 to 2015.

92. Interview of Laughlin E. Waters

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:
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1976 to 1986. Senior judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from 1988 to 2002.

93. Interview of Ralph Dills

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 1939 to 1949. Los Angeles Municipal Court judge from 1952 to 1966. California senator from 1967 to 1998.

94. Interview of Jerome C. Byrne

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:
Special counsel for the Special Forbes Committee of the University of California Board of Regents in 1965. Important in the research and publication of the Byrne Report.

95. Interview of Alan G. Sieroty

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 senator from 1977 to 1982. California assembly member from 1967 to 1977.

96. Interview of James R. Wrightson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Journalism
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:
Journalist from 1950 to 1985 with a focus on politics in California at local and state levels.

97. Interview of Armando Navarro

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1 hr.
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:
Mexican-American community activist and state director of Californios for Fair Representation (CFR). Important in changing redistricting for Chicano/a areas and vocal against gerrymandering.

98. Interview of Allan P. Grant

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 California State Board of Agriculture from 1967 to 1974.

99. Interview of William H. Trombley

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:
Los Angeles Times journalist from 1964 to 1992. Writer of higher education and the U.C. Board of Regents.

100. Interview of Daniel M. Luevano

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 1959 to 1960. California chief deputy director at the Department of Finance from 1960 to 1964.