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1. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 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:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.

2. Interview of Ellen Davidson

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Music
Art
Literature
Theater
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.

3. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
Theater
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Length:
1.75 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:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

4. Interview of Guillermo Bermudez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Theater
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.

5. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 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:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

6. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
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.

7. Interview of Angela Ward

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party and the Independent Progressive Party. Organizer for the Office and Professional Employees Union and the Utility Workers Organizing Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

8. Interview of Bill Bailey

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party. Served with the Republican forces of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

9. Interview of Ruth Maguire

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Communist Party
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Communist Party.

10. Interview of Meridel Le Sueur

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Literature
Communist Party
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were conducted by Constance Coiner, a faculty member at SUNY Binghampton and a former graduate student at UCLA, as background for her book Better Red: The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridel Le Sueur. They were donated to UCLA after her death by her husband, Stephe...
Biographical Note:
Leftist novelist and journalist.