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- Topic:
- American Indian History
- Length:
- 3 hrs.
- 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:
- Caddo and Potawatomi. Came to Los Angeles as part of the American Indian Relocation.
- Topic:
- Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
- Length:
- 9 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Immigrant from Greece and mid-century modern architect known for using prefabricated steel and aluminum in residential and commercial buildings.
- 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:
- Community organizer for Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. Organizer for the Long Beach Clean Trucks Program and member of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports.
- Topic:
- Politics and Government
- Length:
- 6 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Biographical Note:
- Los Angeles City Council member for the12th District from 1979 to 2002.
- Topic:
- Community HistoryUCLA and University of California HistoryLiteratureMusicTheaterArtUCLA History: Events and Projects
- Length:
- 1 hr.
- 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:
- Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.
- Topic:
- Asian American HistoryBuddhism
- Length:
- 4 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:
- President of Koyasan Betsuin Shingon Buddhist Temple in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1.5 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. Long term experience with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).
- Topic:
- Community HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Narratives of Justice oral history series documents issues related to the criminal justice system in California through interviews with a variety of people who seek to reform that system. It includes interviews with individuals who provide services to at-risk youth; individuals engaged in com...
- Biographical Note:
- Creative writer and a case manager at InsideOut Writers, an organization that serves at-risk youth through using creative writing as a catalyst for personal transformation.
- Topic:
- Community HistorySocial MovementsCommunity Activism
- Length:
- 4.5 hrs.
- Language:
- English
- Audio:
- Series Statement:
- The Narratives of Justice oral history series documents issues related to the criminal justice system in California through interviews with a variety of people who seek to reform that system. It includes interviews with individuals who provide services to at-risk youth; individuals engaged in com...
- Biographical Note:
- Founder and executive director of the Social Justice Learning Institute in Inglewood, California.
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Length:
- 3.5 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:
- Costumer who worked on the movies Harold and Maude, The Sting, Raging Bull, Mommie Dearest, Hook, Seabiscuit, Walk the Line, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Also created costumes for television movies and series, including Star Trek: The Original Series, the Missio...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 1 hr
- 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. From Mexico, Clara Olmedo is an activist and civil engineer living in Woodland, California. She is a member of the Woodland Coalition Group. Olmedo uses the term of che...
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Length:
- 2 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. A man living in Sacramento, California, and a retired technology strategist. Chalmers is living with MCS and considers himself “an armchair activist.”
- 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:
- Co-founded Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council in response to the 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara. Founding director of Santa Barbara Citizens for Environmental Defense and the Environmental Defense Center.
- Topic:
- Film and TelevisionCOVID-19 Pandemic
- Length:
- 3.5 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:
- Set designer known for work on L.A. Confidential, The Last Tycoon, Oz the Great and Powerful, and The Majestic.
- Topic:
- African American HistorySports
- Length:
- 4 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 a lifelong close friend of Ashe. They met during childhood.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 12 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 Heal the Bay, Unpave LA, and the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council. Involved in California Water Impact Network (C-WIN).
- Topic:
- Social MovementsUCLA and University of California HistoryUCLA FacultyWomen's Issues
- Length:
- 11.5 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:
- UCLA professor of anthropology, chair of gender studies, co-chair of Islamic studies, and co-director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. Co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies.
- Topic:
- African American HistoryArt
- Length:
- 6.2 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.
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Movement
- Length:
- 9 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 Los Angeles Eco-Village. Executive director of Cooperative Resources and Services Project.