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.
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Postdoctoral scholar in residence and assistant director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. As a student at UCLA, was involved in the Chicano student movement on campus and the drive for the establishment of the research center.
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
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UCLA professor of psychology and director of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program.
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
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UCLA football and basketball announcer. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.
Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
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UCLA director of minority recruitment. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies.
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program under the auspices of the California State Archives and in conjunction with the California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; California State University, Sacramento, Center for California Studies Oral Hist...
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Member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1966 to 1982.
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
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UCLA professor of political science, president of the Pac-10 Council of Faculty Athletic Representatives, and member of multiple National Collegiate Athletic Association committees. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.
UCLA vice-chancellor of faculty relations and professor of law. Deputy general counsel for the McCone Commission, which investigated the causes of the 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles, and founding member of the Western Center on Law and Poverty.
Interviewees in this series were actively involved in American Indian studies from the late sixties to the present time. The series is designed to document the development of American Indian studies, the American Indian Studies Center, and the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program at ...
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UCLA professor of history involved with the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).
These interviews discuss the research and writing of UCLA on the Move, the fiftieth anniversary history of UCLA and the planning of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1969.
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
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UCLA professor of organic chemistry and UCLA's faculty athletic representative. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.
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...
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UCLA student activist and recruiter for the High Potential Program.
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
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UCLA assistant professor of history. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program. Later professor of history at Rutgers University.
Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
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California State University, Long Beach, professor of Africana studies. Co-founder of the US Organization. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies.
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. UCLA adjunct professor of computer science.
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 ...
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Ran the Network Measurement Center for UCLA’s U.S. Defense Department sponsored ARPANET project which created a “wide-area packet-switched network.”