- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsChicano Movement
- Length:
- 15 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, and involved in the creation of the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Northridge.
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- Topic:
- Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Length:
- 6.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Architect and creator of the California ranch style house.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Founder of the organization Art West Associated.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 7.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Prairie View A. & M and California State University, Los Angeles professor of music. Organist of African American hymnal music.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews document the lives and contributions of Filipino-American activists in Los Angeles in the Filipino-American identity movement of the 1960s and ‘70s. This project was generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- Biographical Note:
- Filipino American activist. First co-chair of Kababayan at University of California, Irvine and member of the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), a political party.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Buchholz knew Arthur Ashe during his youth playing tennis.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Member in the Chicano Blowouts. Co-editor, writer, and photographer for La Raza, a Chicano-movement newspaper.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryAsian American HistoryUCLA Faculty
- Length:
- 12.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- UCLA professor of Asian American studies and education. Director of the Asian American Studies Center.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryMusicDance
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
- Biographical Note:
- Taiko drummer for the jazz-fusion band Hiroshima.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 7.50 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Assistant to Registrar, 1975; Traveling Exhibitions Coordinator,1978; Registrar, 1979 – 1989; Director, Exhibition Development, 1989 – 1996.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Project manager for the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma. Participant in THE (Trade, Health, Environment) Impact Project, an organization focused on the community health impact of the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum Board Member, 1994 – present; Board President, 2008 – 2016.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 2 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Co-founder, former director, and chairman emeritus of the New York Junior Tennis League (NYJTL).
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunist Party
- Length:
- 42 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Chair of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.
- Topic:
- Science, Medicine, and TechnologyUCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center’s Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the research team at the Network Measurement Center for UCLA’s U.S. Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a “wide-area packet-switched network.”
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Daughter of Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) founders, Frank and Edith Wyle. Artist and designer. Developed educational materials for several CAFAM exhibitions; worked on “Masks in Motion” exhibition for 1984 Olympic Arts Festival.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 4.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Suburban Chinatown series focuses on political and business leaders in the San Gabriel Valley who came to the U.S. in the post-1965 wave of Asian immigration after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system based on national origins. The series was undertaken as a ...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Taiwan. California State University, Long Beach, professor of Asian and Asian American Studies.
- Topic:
- American Indian History
- Length:
- 1 hr.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series American Indian Relocation Project document the experience of American Indians who came to Los Angeles as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' urban relocation program in the 1950s and 1960s. The initial interviews were conducted by students in Professor Peter Nabok...
- Biographical Note:
- Sioux. Came to Los Angeles as part of the American Indian Relocation.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He and Ashe were members of the US Davis Cup together, and Riessen was a player in 1981 when Ashe was Davis Cup captain. Riessen and Ashe also co-founded Players Enterprise Incorpoated in October 1969, the Association of Tennis Profe...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Artists of Los Angeles document significant African American Artists and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture. The series was made possibl...
- Biographical Note:
- African American artist. Creator of ten acres of sculpture near Joshua Tree.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally rec...
- Biographical Note:
- Sculptor and painter.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryDanceMusic
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder of Kayamanan Ng Lahi, a Filipino folk dance and music ensemble. Executive director of Search to Involve Pilipino Americans.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 3.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Manager, 1995 – 2005.
- Topic:
- Community HistoryLiterature
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Temple University professor of anthropology. Founding member of the Society for the Anthropology of Visual Communication. Interviewed because of connection to Coffee House Positano: A Bohemian Oasis in Malibu.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum Administrative Director, 1975 – 1984; Executive Director, 1984 – 1996; Board Chairman, 1999 – 2002; Acting Director, 2002; Board Member, 1999 - 2004.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryScience, Medicine, and TechnologyUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center’s Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the research team at the Network Measurement Center for UCLA’s U.S. Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a “wide-area packet-switched network.”
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Assistant and later Director, Craft and Folk Art Museum Festival of Masks, 1977-1986; Museum Special Events Coordinator, 1984; Coordinator of Exhibitions, 1985; Member, ArtTable board, 1985 – 1989.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. He was one of Ashe’s closest friends. He and Ashe met in the sixties during their childhood playing in tennis tournaments. Dell later became the captain of the Davis Cup team in 1968 and recruited Ashe to the team. When Dell left as ...
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArchitecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
- Biographical Note:
- African American architect who designed schools and public buildings, including Carson City Hall and Community Center, Van Nuys State Office Building, and LAX Parking Structures 1, 3, and 4. Championed minorities in the architectural profession, creating mentorship programs for schools in the Los...
- Topic:
- Science, Medicine, and TechnologyUCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center’s Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
- Biographical Note:
- Ran the Network Measurement Center for UCLA’s U.S. Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a “wide-area packet-switched network.”
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum Graphic Designer, 1977 – 1984.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 6.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Suburban Chinatown series focuses on political and business leaders in the San Gabriel Valley who came to the U.S. in the post-1965 wave of Asian immigration after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system based on national origins. The series was undertaken as a ...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Taiwan. City council member and mayor of Monterey Park, California. First female Chinese American mayor in the United States.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryPolitics and Government
- Length:
- 14 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 to 1991.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents black women’s activism in Los Angeles from 1950 to the present, showing how women’s roles in the professions and in religious, civic, and social organizations translated into community activism to address disparities in education, healthcare, housing and political rights and...
- Biographical Note:
- Ordained Dean at Westminster Presbyterian and civic activist with the Harvard Heights Block Club, different civic committees, and the American Red Cross. Serves on various courts of the church Presbytery, Synod, General Council, and women's division. Vice President of the national United Presbyte...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Principal in DakeLuna Consultants, an urban design consulting group. Stream restoration specialist for Heal the Bay, founder of Urban Semillas, and creator of youth-oriented educational courses on watershed issues known as “Agua Universities."
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Purpose Served: An Oral History of the Exemplary Life of Arthur Ashe, 1943-1993 is an initiative of the Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund (AALF) at UCLA and is funded by AALF and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. By launching an oral history project to document and capture the firsthand recollections of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed because of connection to tennis player Arthur Ashe. Tennis player who met Arthur Ashe as a child while attending Dr. Robert Walter Johnson’s summer tennis camp. Was the first African American tennis player to play in South Africa.
- Topic:
- COVID-19 PandemicFilm and Television
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Scenic artist working in film, television, and opera, and fine artist.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Lead scenic artist for Warner Bros., with credits including The Perfect Storm, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Served as Art Directors Guild associate executive director.
- Topic:
- Chinese Studies
- Length:
- 5.5 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The past sixty years have been an important period in the development of Chinese studies in the U.S and Canada. Those years have seen increased funding from Title VI and other sources, the evolution of new fields and areas of specialization, and the systematization and professionalization of scho...
- Biographical Note:
- Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature and Cultural Studies and founding chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryDanceMusic
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
- Biographical Note:
- Balinese dancer and musician. Faculty member in world music performance and Indonesian music and dance.
- Topic:
- Community History
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- In 1980, the late Eugene Fingerhut, a congregant at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (PJTC) and a professor of American history at California State University, Los Angeles began interviewing elderly congregants with a focus on the history of the Pasadena Jewish community prior to World War I...
- Biographical Note:
- Congregant of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Conducted 17 Craft and Folk Art Museum interviews. Museum Librarian, 1976 – 1997. Director, CAFAM Center for the Study of Art and Culture, 1989 – 1994. Processed CAFAM Records; composed Finding Aid.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum Executive Director, 2005 – 2010.
- Topic:
- BuddhismAsian American History
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Many Branches, One Root series traces the histories and practices of a range of Buddhist traditions and communities in the greater Los Angeles area. Beginning in the early twentieth century, a succession of Buddhist traditions have put down roots in Los Angeles, each one providing spiritual s...
- Biographical Note:
- Buddhist monk in the Vietnamese Zen lineage. Teacher at the International Buddhist Meditation Center in Los Angeles and Southern California locations.
- Topic:
- American Indian History
- Length:
- 1 hr. 21 min.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series American Indian Relocation Project document the experience of American Indians who came to Los Angeles as part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' urban relocation program in the 1950s and 1960s. The initial interviews were conducted by students in Professor Peter Nabok...
- Biographical Note:
- Cherokee. Came to Los Angeles as part of the American Indian Relocation.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 10 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director, producer, and radio show host. Known for the TV show, M*A*S*H.
- Length:
- 1.75 hrs
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability relate...
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Chief Deputy of Administration at Asian Health Services and immigrant rights activist. Policy advocate for nail salon workforce.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryEducation
- Length:
- 9.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- First African-American superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. University of California, Los Angeles coordinator of education-related research.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryChicano Movement
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano generation in Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with their position in U.S. society, Chicana and Chicano activists built a civil rights movement from the ground up. Interviewees were selected based on their e...
- Biographical Note:
- Minister of finance and correspondence of the Brown Beret organization's founding chapter. Administrator of El Barrio Free Clinic and member of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 12 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews with African American musicians provide details about the narrators' background, training, influences, and musical choices and discuss their contributions, and connections to the music of black Los Angeles. The series was a collaborative project of the UCLA Center for Oral Histor...
- Biographical Note:
- Music teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District and University of Southern California training teacher in the School of Music. Founder of the BEEM (Black Experience as Expressed through Music) Foundation for the Advancement of Music. Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the city of Los ...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Early member of the Friends of the Los Angeles River and author of Down by the Los Angeles River, a guide to river walks. Member of Bus Rider’s Union; advocate for bike lanes; resident of Los Angeles Eco-Village.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLabor Movement
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents the Justice for Janitors movement in Los Angeles from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Justice for Janitors is a labor organization of the Service Employees International Union that has historically sought to improve the working conditions and bargaining power of workers ...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Mexico. Union organizer and leader of the Service Employees International Union’s Justice for Janitors campaign in San Diego.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Suburban Chinatown series focuses on political and business leaders in the San Gabriel Valley who came to the U.S. in the post-1965 wave of Asian immigration after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system based on national origins. The series was undertaken as a ...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Hong Kong. Director of CIBT Educational Group and executive director of SE Global Capital, Inc. Board member of the Bowers Museum and chair of the Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center.
- Topic:
- Film and TelevisionCOVID-19 Pandemic
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Set designer, art director and fine arts painter who has worked on We Bought a Zoo, Six Feet Under, and many other productions.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founding member of No Oil Inc. and instrumental in the successful passage of a ballot proposition preventing oil drilling in Santa Monica Bay.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryMusicDance
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Traditional Asian Arts in Southern California series focuses on both immigrants and second- or third-generation Asian Americans who have continued East Asian or Southeast Asian musical, dance, and performance traditions in Southern California. Some preserved their art form by adhering to the...
- Biographical Note:
- Performer and teacher of traditional Northern Thailand dance forms. Founder of the dance company Lan Sattha.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 2.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
- Biographical Note:
- Assistant Buyer, Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop, 1976 -1982. Associate Manager, CAFAM Shop, 1982 – 1984. Co-Curator, “Fiber, Clay, and Glass,” 1978; Co-curator, “Introductions: 12 Artists,” 1980.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Suburban Chinatown series focuses on political and business leaders in the San Gabriel Valley who came to the U.S. in the post-1965 wave of Asian immigration after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 abolished the quota system based on national origins. The series was undertaken as a ...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Taiwan. Licensed acupuncturist (L.Ac.), doctor of oriental medicine (D.Ac.), and Ph.D. in oriental medicine.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
- Biographical Note:
- One of the leaders of the 1968 walkouts in East Los Angeles. During time at UCLA, was a student in the UCLA High Potential Program.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 2 hrs. 45 min.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
- Biographical Note:
- Executive director of the Community Corporation of Santa Monica and treasurer of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. UCLA lecturer in the Department of Urban Planning.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistorySocial MovementsCivil LibertiesSleepy Lagoon Case
- Length:
- 24 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunist PartyLabor Movement
- Length:
- 14.6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Labor organizer and executive committee member of the Southern California chapter of the Communist Party.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryScience, Medicine, and TechnologyUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center’s Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-Principal investigator for UCLA’s Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a “wide-area packet-switched network.”
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 2.8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes full-life histories of a number of prominent Korean Americans who represent their community’s tremendous expansion during the period after federal anti-Asian immigration laws were repealed in 1965. The series focuses on the remarkable growth of the Korean American community i...
- Biographical Note:
- One of the first wave of Korean adoptees to come to the U.S.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Assistant art director at NBC. Notable shows include The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and the Rose Bowl Parade live broadcast.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 1.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews documents the work of costumers in the film and television industries in Los Angeles. The interviews preserve a dimension of Hollywood history and Los Angeles history that has been under-documented to date.
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder of Muto-Little custom-made costume shop. Career in costuming that has included work in film, television, opera, and popular music.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
- Biographical Note:
- Member of the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission. During time at UCLA, was a student in the UCLA High Potential Program.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews documents the work of costumers in the film and television industries in Los Angeles. The interviews preserve a dimension of Hollywood history and Los Angeles history that has been under-documented to date.
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Studio Art Metal, a shop that has provided metalwork for the costume and props department for hundreds of films and television productions.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLabor Movement
- Length:
- 15.4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.
- Topic:
- Art
- Length:
- 16 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally rec...
- Biographical Note:
- Painter known for his painted mosaic murals. Scripps college professor of art and director of the Otis College of Art and Design.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistoryLabor Movement
- Length:
- 8 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Union activist with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 member.
- Topic:
- EducationAfrican American History
- Length:
- 7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents efforts to secure quality education for Black students in the Los Angeles area in the years 1950-2000. This includes the issues of integration/desegregation, increasing the numbers of Black teachers and administrators and the struggle against discriminatory hiring practic...
- Biographical Note:
- Teacher, elementary school principal, and assistant superintendent for the Los Angeles Unified School District. UCLA adjunct professor of education and Pepperdine University assistant professor of education. Founder of Council of Black Administrators (COBA), National and Western Regional Councils...
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino HistoryUCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- These interviews document the rise of Chicano studies at UCLA and the founding of the Chicano Studies Research Center. Interviewees were involved in Chicano studies in the late 1960s and early ‘70s as students, faculty, or staff.
- Biographical Note:
- University of Southern California professor of English. Editor of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center’s journal, Aztlan. As a student at UCLA, was involved in the Chicano student movement on campus and the drive for the establishment of the research center.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-owner of the 27th Street Bakery in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Film and TelevisionCOVID-19 Pandemic
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Labor and entertainment law attorney. Served as executive director of the Art Directors Guild. Art Directors Guild Service Award honoree.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of First Security Investment Company, a real estate and property management company in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino History
- Length:
- 14 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this series is to document the social justice activism of the Mexican American generation and to explore family and community life in war-time Los Angeles. Individuals selected for this series resided in Los Angeles during the 1930s and 1940s and began their civic participation pri...
- Biographical Note:
- Activist a part of the Chicano Moratorium. Member of the United Auto Workers International union and local politics addressing Latino issues.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 3.35 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz alto and soprano saxophone player.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Wetlands Action Network, an organization that opposed Playa Vista land development at the Ballona Wetlands. Co-founder of the Ballona Institute and manager of the Coastal Law Enforcement Action Network (CLEAN).
- Topic:
- African American HistoryMusic
- Length:
- 1.6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were raised near and/or performed on Los Angeles's Central Avenue from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s.
- Biographical Note:
- Jazz arranger, composer, and trombone player.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryCommunity History
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The South Asian Women in Los Angeles series documents the lives of a number of women who are first generation South Asian immigrants and who lived or currently live in the greater Los Angeles area. This project was generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from India.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryScience, Medicine, and TechnologyUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 1.4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this oral history series is to document the context and early technological development of the ARPANET, the network that went online in 1969 and grew into the Internet. Interviewees include the Center’s Principal Investigator, three researchers, and the center administrator. The ...
- Biographical Note:
- Punch card operator and lab administrator at UCLA’s Network Measurement Center. Worked on U.S. Defense Department-sponsored ARPANET project, an experimental computer network that was the forerunner of the Internet.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLGBT Movement
- Length:
- 17.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of the Mattachine Society, an early gay rights organization and Radical Faeries, a gay spiritual movement.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 2.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Owners of Shaffner/Stewart-Production Design, which designed sets for Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Friends, several David Copperfield specials, The George Lopez Show, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Their work has received several Emmy Awards.
- Topic:
- Music
- Length:
- 8.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- President of Nonesuch Records.
- Topic:
- African American History
- Length:
- 3.75 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- Second Baptist Church is the oldest African-American church in Los Angeles and the first African American Baptist church established in Southern California. It played a prominent role during the civil rights movement in campaigns against racial discrimination in housing, public accommodations an...
- Biographical Note:
- Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court and one of the first African-American lawyers accepted to the California state bar. Member of the Second Baptist Church.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 4.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Production designer, art director, set designer. Work on War of the Worlds, The Polar Express, Beowulf. Work in “motion capture” and in theme parks. Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsJournalismCivil LibertiesSleepy Lagoon Case
- Length:
- 12.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Author and editor of the Nation, known for writing on California politics and culture.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 9.75 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:
- Co-founder, director, and chair of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company, one of the largest Black-owned insurance companies in the United States.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 5.7 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series includes full-life histories of a number of prominent Korean Americans who represent their community’s tremendous expansion during the period after federal anti-Asian immigration laws were repealed in 1965. The series focuses on the remarkable growth of the Korean American community i...
- Biographical Note:
- One of the first wave of Korean adoptees to come to the U.S. Creator of the Mission to Promote Adoption, which is known for changing adoption culture in South Korea.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents long-term and multigenerational business ownership in the black community through oral history interviews with owners of businesses located in Los Angeles County. The title is inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last book, Where Do We Go From Here? Chaos or Community, whic...
- Biographical Note:
- Owner of Tolliver’s Barber Shop in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Latina and Latino History
- Length:
- 11.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The purpose of this series is to document the social justice activism of the Mexican American generation and to explore family and community life in war-time Los Angeles. Individuals selected for this series resided in Los Angeles during the 1930s and 1940s and began their civic participation pri...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder, publisher, and editor in chief of Eastern Group Publications, a Hispanic newspaper company. Member of the Mexican American Political Association, the Chicana Service Action Center, and Comisión Femenil Mexicana Nacional.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA Research Centers and Programs
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
- Biographical Note:
- Counselor for the UCLA High Potential Program and associate director for the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLGBT MovementWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 3.25 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:
- Activist for LGBTQ rights and teacher's issues. June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives board member.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 2 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Actor, writer, and humanitarian. Co-founder of the Homeless European Land Program (HELP) community for refugee resettlement in Sardinia, Italy.
- Topic:
- BuddhismAsian American History
- Length:
- 5.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Many Branches, One Root series traces the histories and practices of a range of Buddhist traditions and communities in the greater Los Angeles area. Beginning in the early twentieth century, a succession of Buddhist traditions have put down roots in Los Angeles, each one providing spiritual s...
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Sri Lanka. Buddhist monk in the Sri Lankan Theravada tradition, abbot of the Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, and author of a number of books on the experience of being a Buddhist monk living in the West.
- Topic:
- Community HistoryUCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA History: Events and ProjectsMusicArtLiteratureTheater
- Length:
- 1 hr. 14 min.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
- Biographical Note:
- Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents environmental activism in the Los Angeles area from the 1970s through to the present day. The majority of interviews are with either founders or knowledgeable participants in major regional environmental organizations. Represented groups embody a wide range of issues, includi...
- Biographical Note:
- Artist and environmental activist, executive director of 18th Street Arts Complex, and founding member of performance groups Earth Water Air Los Angeles (EWALA) and FrogWorks. Involved in protests against Playa Vista land development at the Ballona Wetlands.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 2.25 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
- Biographical Note:
- Production designer with credits that include Lost in Translation, Her, and Where the Wild Things Are.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The series documents affordable housing activism in the Los Angeles area with particular attention to the work of community development corporations. Additional interviews document the work of social justice activists whose work concerns both the low income housing crisis in the city as well as ...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder of Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles and of Communities for Accountable Reinvestment. Co-chair of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice.