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- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryDanceMusic
- Length:
- 6 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:
- Musician, teacher of Vietnamese music, and co-founder of the Lac Hong group, which is dedicated to supporting Vietnamese cultural heritage by providing instruction and performance opportunities for young and aspiring performers of traditional Vietnamese music.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryMusicDance
- Length:
- 4 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:
- Teacher and performer of Cambodian dance. Co-founder of the Khmer Arts Academy in Long Beach, California, and the Sophiline Arts Ensemble at the Khmer Arts Academy in Cambodia.
- 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 Japan and minister of Jodo Shinshu lineage. Head minister at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles.
- 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:
- Navajo. Came to Los Angeles as part of the American Indian Relocation.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 8.5 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 Coalition for a Safe Environment, which fought port pollution in Wilmington, California. Participant in THE (Trade, Health, Environment) Impact Project, an organization focused on the community health impact of the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsLatina and Latino HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Community Service Organization, commonly known as the CSO, was founded in 1947 as a civil rights advocacy group that boasted a multi-ethnic membership. Individuals selected for this oral history series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization durin...
- Biographical Note:
- Involved in voter registration and fund raising with the Chicano civil rights group the Community Service Organization. President of the El Sereno chapter of the Independent Progressive Party.
- Topic:
- American Indian History
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The interviews in the series American Indian Presence in Southern California: Those Who Came survey some of the diversity of tribes and experiences of American Indians who have immigrated to the urban area. Over 205,000 American Indians live in Southern California, almost 73,000 of them in Los An...
- Biographical Note:
- Citizen of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and director of the American Indian Resource Center of the Huntington Park Library.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 4 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Ralph Edwards Productions series seeks to document the history of the Ralph Edwards Productions company by interviewing persons who had worked closely with Ralph Edwards in the early years of the company. Ralph Edwards Productions produced This is Your Life, as well as Truth or Consequences, ...
- Biographical Note:
- Writer for Ralph Edwards Productions program “Truth or Consequences.”. Magician and founder of the Magic Castle, a venue for performing magic.
- Topic:
- UCLA and University of California HistoryCommunity HistoryMusicUCLA History: Events and ProjectsLiteratureArtTheater
- Length:
- 3.5 hrs.
- 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:
- Painter and actor, member of the Advisory Board of the Poetic Justice Project and part of the Arts-in-Corrections program during incarceration.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 1.75 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 met between 1962 and 1964 while members of the UCLA Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Later, as an executive at British Airways, Lampl worked with Ashe on several occasions.
- Topic:
- Asian American History
- Length:
- 5.2 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:
- Architect. Founder and principal of Archeon Group, an architectural, planning, and interiors firm.
- Topic:
- Community HistoryAsian American History
- Length:
- 2.5 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:
- Social MovementsAfrican American HistoryCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- This series documents community organizations and institutions that arose in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion to address issues such as education, employment, healthcare, housing, transportation, and police harassment. The first phase of the series involved interviews with key organizers of ...
- Biographical Note:
- Co-founder and executive director of the Watts Summer Festival.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Ralph Edwards Productions series seeks to document the history of the Ralph Edwards Productions company by interviewing persons who had worked closely with Ralph Edwards in the early years of the company. Ralph Edwards Productions produced This is Your Life, as well as Truth or Consequences, ...
- Biographical Note:
- Host of the Ralph Edwards Productions program “Truth or Consequences,” and of the game show “The Price is Right.” Animal rights activist.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 1.75 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:
- Executive director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group.
- 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 Taiwan. Founder of Macro International Company, an import-export business and leading distributor of Neoprene.
- Topic:
- BusinessAfrican American History
- Length:
- 3.5 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 Harold and Belle’s, a long-established restaurant in the West Adams neighborhood in Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryBusiness
- Length:
- 3.25 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-owners of Summit Enterprises, a real estate investment business in Pasadena, California established in 1976.
- Topic:
- African American History
- 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:
- Civil rights activist and senior pastor of the Second Baptist Church, the oldest black Baptist church in Los Angeles.