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251. Interview of Ben Dobbs

Topic:
Social Movements
Communist Party
Labor 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.

252. Interview of Carey McWilliams

Topic:
Social Movements
Journalism
Civil Liberties
Sleepy 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.

253. Interview of Raymond Kappe

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
11.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona professor of architecture; and director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

254. Interview of Allegra Fuller Snyder

Topic:
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of dance and director of the Graduate Program in Dance Ethnology.

256. Interview of Ben Margolis

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Sleepy Lagoon Case
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:

257. Interview of Charles Seeger

Topic:
Music
Length:
17 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Musicologist, composer, and folklorist. Research professor at the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology and founding member of the American Society for Comparative Musicology

258. Interview of Larry Gelbart

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.

259. Interview of Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

260. Interview of Werner Hirsch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of economics. Founding director of UCLA’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

262. Interview of Jerry Moss

Topic:
Music
Length:
11.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder of A&M Records.

263. Interview of Don Nakanishi

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Asian American History
UCLA 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.

264. Interview of Peter Plagens

Topic:
Art
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter. Art critic for Newsweek and contributor to Artforum, Art in America, and other publications.

265. Interview of Regina Jones

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
12 hrs.
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and publisher of SOUL magazine.

266. Interview of Deena Metzger

Topic:
Literature
Length:
13.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Novelist, poet, essayist, and teacher.

267. Interview of Anthony Seeger

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA distinguished professor of ethnomusicology. Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

268. Interview of Jean Milant

Topic:
Art
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Art dealer and publisher. Founder of Cirrus Gallery & Cirrus Editions Ltd.

269. Interview of Luis "Louie" Durán

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Labor Movement
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Union activist with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721 member.

270. Interview of Kitty Maryatt

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
7.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Book artist and owner of Two Hands Press.

271. Interview of José Quiroga

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Central Americans in Southern California
Length:
6.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Physician to Chilean president Salvador Allende. Volunteer at Venice Family Clinic in Los Angeles, treating torture victims. Faculty at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

272. Interview of Policarpo Chaj

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Central Americans in Southern California
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
Spanish
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder of Maya Vision, a binational social service agency that serves the needs of the Mayan community in Southern California.

273. Interview of Mel Weisburd

Topic:
Literature
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Poet and essayist. Co-founder and editor of the literary journal Coastlines.

274. Interview of Leon Knopoff

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA faculty member in geophysics and research musicologist.

275. Interview of Mike Hernandez

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Politics and Government
Length:
8.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Political activist and 1st District Los Angeles City Council member from 1991 to 2001.

276. Interview of Thomas J. LaBonge

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
4th District Los Angeles City Council member from 2001 to 2015.

277. Interview of Robert Hurwitz

Topic:
Music
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of Nonesuch Records.

278. Interview of Harold M. Bernson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles City Council member for the12th District from 1979 to 2002.

279. Interview of Cheryl Noralez

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Central Americans in Southern California
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Belize. Activist, writer, and leader in the Garifuna community. Founding member of the Garifuna American Heritage Foundation, a cultural center that offers classes and public programs that help maintain the Garifuna culture in Los Angeles.

280. Interview of Carolyn See

Topic:
Literature
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author who writes books based in west Los Angeles.

281. Interview of Mary Heebner

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Book artist and owner of simplemente maria press, which produces artists books of Heebner’s work.

282. Interview of Nathaniel N. Holden

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
18 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of the California Democratic Council; Assistant Chief Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, 1969-1973 and 1978-1987; California State Senator, 30th District, 1974-1978; Los Angeles City Council member, 10th District, 1987-2003.

283. Interview of Michael K. Woo

Topic:
Politics and Government
Asian American History
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles City Council member for the 13th district from 1985 to 1993. Member, Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Dean, College of Environmental Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

284. Interview of Halvor Miller, Jr.

Topic:
African American History
Length:
7 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer. Nephew of noted Los Angeles African American lawyer Loren Miller.

285. Interview of Donald P. Murray

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.

286. Interview of Ernest Fleischmann (2009)

Topic:
Music
Length:
1.25 hrs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and general director of the Hollywood Bowl.

287. Interview of Miriam Dudley

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Length:
5.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA Library bibliographic checker and reference librarian.

288. Interview of Tobey Moss

Topic:
Art
Length:
4.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Owner of the Tobey C. Moss Gallery.

289. Interview of Edward Asner

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Actor and social activist. Active in protesting the involvement of the United States in Central America in the 1980s.

290. Interview of Jay Ruby

Topic:
Community History
Literature
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.

292. Interview of Sid Caesar

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Television comedian most well-known for Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour.

293. Interview of Eric Mann

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Rights Movement
Length:
15.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Activist and organizer. Work with the Congress of Racial Equality, Newark Community Union Project, Students for a Democratic Society, as well as its Weathermen faction. Other work includes labor organizing and work in environmental justice. Currently director of the Labor/Community Strategy Cen...

294. Interview of Tom Reed

Topic:
African American History
Music
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles disc jockey on soul radio stations during the 1960s and 1970s who was known as “the Master Blaster.” Producer and host of "For Members Only," a Los Angeles news and entertainment program directed at African Americans.

295. Interview of Robert Stevenson

Topic:
UCLA Faculty
Music
UCLA and University of California History
Length:
5.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of musicology. Scholar of popular and indigenous music of Iberia and Latin America.

296. Interview of H. Cooke Sunoo

Topic:
Asian American History
Length:
7.4 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:
Project manager of the Redevelopment Agency under Mayor Tom Bradley. Board member of the Koreatown Youth and Community Center, the Korean Resource Center, and the Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program.

297. Interview of William Kil

Topic:
Asian American History
Length:
6 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:
Attorney at Kil and Sinkov.

298. Interview of Johng Ho Song

Topic:
Asian American History
Length:
6.5 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:
Executive director of the Koreatown Youth and Community Center.

299. Interview of Stephen Morrison

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.

300. Interview of John Lim

Topic:
Asian American History
Length:
6.5 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:
Head of the law firm Lim, Ruger, & Kim, John S.C. Lim. Co-founder of the first Korean American law firm in Los Angeles.