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501. Interview of Reuben W. Borough

Topic:
Politics and Government
Social Movements
Journalism
Length:
15.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Socialist Party and active in the Populist movement. Reporter for the Los Angeles Record, editor of EPIC News, and a commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works.

502. Interview of Pratapaditya Pal

Topic:
Art
Length:
15.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India and senior curator at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Acting director and curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

504. Interview of Edouard Roditi

Topic:
Literature
Length:
12 hrs. 15 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Poet, short-story writer, and translator.

505. Interview of Reidar F. Sognnaes

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Recognized for his work in hard tissue and forensic dentistry.

506. Interview of Clara M. Szego

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of molecular, developmental, and cellular biology.

507. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci.

508. Interview of Charles Speroni

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Italian and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

509. Interview of Ray Bradbury

Topic:
Literature
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Science fiction author and screenwriter.

510. Interview of Ward Ritchie

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
31.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Printer, book collector, and writer. Co-founder of the Rounce & Coffin Club.

511. Interview of Delbert Ausmus

Topic:
Military History
Military History
Length:
41. 5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Colonel in the Coast Artillery Corps.

512. Interview of Sidney Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of biological chemistry.

513. Interview of Milton I. Roemer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of public health.

514. Interview of Robert A. Rogers

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chief accounting officer.

515. Interview of Robert G. Vosper

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA library director and director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

516. Interview of Richard C. Maxwell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law.

517. Interview of Robert M. Hayes

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

519. Interview of Walter F. Starkie

Topic:
Education
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor-in-residence in the departments of English, folklore-mythology, Italian, music, Spanish-Portuguese, and theater.

520. Interview of Raphael Soriano

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.

521. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

522. Interview of Robert W. Kenny

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Attorney general of California from 1943 to 1947 and California senator from 1939 to 1943.

523. Interview of Ralph D. Cornell

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Southern California landscape architect.

524. Interview of Douglas A. Martin

Topic:
Social Movements
UCLA and University of California History
Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement
UCLA Administration
Length:
8.2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Co-founder and executive director of the Westside Center for Independent Living and disability services coordinator for the city of Culver City. Special assistant to the chancellor and ADA/504 compliance officer at UCLA.

525. Interview of James M. Klain

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Performing Arts Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the UCLA Campus Activities Service Office and manager of the UCLA Royce Hall auditorium.

526. Interview of Russell Shank

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA university librarian and UCLA professor of information studies. Director of libraries at the Smithsonian Institution.

527. Interview of Philip Levine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Division of Humanities and UCLA professor of classics.

528. Interview of Benjamin Aaron

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor attorney and director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.

529. Interview of Ralph Turner

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
17.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

530. Interview of Eugen Weber

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history and dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Director of the Education Abroad Center.

531. Interview of Adrian H. Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
14.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor of planning.

532. Interview of Elwin V. Svenson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor of institutional relations and associate director of the University Extension program.

533. Interview of Michael Gordon

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
24.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Play, film, and television director. UCLA professor of theater.

535. Interview of Gary K. Bates

Topic:
Dance
Length:
363 pages
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher.

537. Interview of Paul Schrade

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
15.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the western region of the United Automobile Workers and advisor to Robert Kennedy.

538. 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.

540. Interview of Conrad Buff

Topic:
Art
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Artist and co-creator with his wife, Mary Buff, of illustrated children’s book.

541. Interview of Alvin Mills

Topic:
Music
Length:
6.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Violinist. Music director and conductor of the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra.

542. Interview of Alma Hawkins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Dance
UCLA Faculty
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founder UCLA Department of Dance, the nation’s first dance department.

543. Interview of Irving Blum

Topic:
Art
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Owner of the Ferus Gallery and the Irving Blum Gallery.

544. Interview of Vance Gerry

Topic:
Film and Television
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
6.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Animator for Walt Disney Studios and owner of Weather Bird Press, a printing company.

545. Interview of Samuel Lunden

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
7.65 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect.

546. Interview of Donald J. Cram

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of chemistry. Noble prize winner and co-founder of the field of host–guest chemistry.

547. Interview of Franklin D. Murphy (1976)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
8.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chancellor.

548. Interview of Donald E. Findley

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
8.13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA) and director of UCLA’s Lake Arrowhead Conference Center.

549. 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.

550. Interview of William Seligman

Topic:
Social Movements
Labor Movement
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor leader and arbitrator. Organizer for the Cap and Millinery Workers International Union and the United Shoe Workers of America.

551. Interview of George P. Johnson

Topic:
African American History
Film and Television
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
General booking manager of the Lincoln Motion Picture Company and lifelong collector of materials on African Americans in motion pictures. Founder of the Pacific Coast News Bureau.

552. Interview of Marta Feuchtwanger

Topic:
German Émigrés
Literature
Length:
50 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
German émigré. Wife of author Lion Feuchtwanger.

553. Interview of Robert E. Alexander

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
25.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and co-owner of the firm R. J. Neutra and R. E. Alexander. President of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission.

554. Interview of Paul Soldner

Topic:
Art
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Ceramics artist known for a Japanese-influenced American raku style.

555. Interview of Sam Rosenwein

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer, educator, and executive secretary of the National Lawyers Guild.

556. Interview of John Vincent

Topic:
Music
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and UCLA professor of music.

557. Interview of John C. Cuneo

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
California state director for the Townsend Plan, a state-sponsored pension plan proposal. Appointee to the California State Social Welfare Board.

558. Interview of Mehli Mehta

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from India, conductor, and violinist.

559. Interview of Edgar A. Jones Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant dean of the UCLA School of Law.

560. Interview of Richard Rudolph

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of Chinese literature and archaeology.

561. Interview of Jere Hazlett

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Landscape architect known for designing UCLA’s inverted fountain.

562. Interview of Edmond DePatie

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Vice president and general manager of Warner Bros. President of the Motion Picture Relief Fund.

563. Interview of Sherman Savage

Topic:
African American History
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
California State College, Los Angeles professor of history. The first black graduate of the University of Oregon and the first black individual to receive a doctorate from Ohio State University.

564. Interview of Gordon Wagner

Topic:
Art
Length:
17.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assemblage artist and painter.

565. Interview of Ellis E. Patterson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lieutenant governor of California from 1939 to 1943 and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947.

566. Interview of Sidney Forrester Mashbir

Topic:
Military History
Military History
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Senior officer in the United States Army involved in military intelligence. Founder of the Washington Institute of Technology, a research group specializing in radio aids to aerial navigation.

567. Interview of Mrs. Edward Huntsman-Trout

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Wife of landscape architect, Edward Huntsman-Trout.

568. Interview of Raymond E. Page

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Southern California landscape architect.

569. Interview of Robert F. Heinecken

Topic:
Photography
Length:
15.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Photographer and UCLA professor of art.

570. Interview of Robert R. Gitt

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Film and Television
UCLA Librarians
Length:
6.85 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Film preservation officer for the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

571. Interview of Barbara Meiers

Topic:
Art
Length:
13.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Art collector of Mexican folk art. Donor to the UCLA Museum of Cultural History and the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art.

572. Interview of Madeline Hunter

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Principal of the UCLA University Elementary School (UES) and UCLA professor of education.

573. Interview of Corinne A. Seeds

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Principal of the UCLA University Elementary School (UES).

574. Interview of Diana Anderson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Physical education supervisor at the UCLA University Elementary School (UES).

575. Interview of Adaline C. Guenther

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the University Religious Conference. Founder of Unicamp and Project India.

576. Interview of Jean Trapnell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Family School Alliance of the UCLA University Elementary School (UES).

577. Interview of Margaret Kiskadden

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA University Elementary School
Length:
85 leaves; 34 leaves : indexes.
Language:
English
Audio:

579. Interview of Rhea C. Ackerman

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant superintendent at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall and assistant administrator at Children’s Hospital.

580. Interview of John Lautner (1982)

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
6.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mid-century modern Southern California-based architect.

581. Interview of Paul Laszlo

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and interior designer.

582. Interview of Dorothy Kirsten

Topic:
Music
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Singer with the Metropolitan Opera.

583. Interview of Richard J. Hoffman

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Rounce and Coffin Club, a group of hobby printers and librarians. Los Angeles City College professor in journalism and graphic arts and Los Angeles State College professor in applied arts and sciences.

584. Interview of Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1979 to 1980 and 1992 to 2008.

585. Interview of John Eliot Coit

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Agriculture
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
University of California, Berkeley professor of citriculture and superintendent of the Citrus Experiment Station. Founder of Coit Agricultural Service.

586. Interview of Fred Meiers

Topic:
Art
Length:
13.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Art collector of Mexican folk art. Donor to the UCLA Museum of Cultural History and the Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art.

587. Interview of Emmet G. Lavery

Topic:
Literature
Theater
Length:
196 leaves : index.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Producer and entertainment lawyer. Director of business affairs for 20th Century Fox Television and vice president of business affairs for Paramount Television. Founder of Emmet G. Lavery Jr. Productions and vice president of business affairs for DLT Entertainment.

588. Interview of Philip P. Kerby

Topic:
Journalism
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Reporter, editorial writer, and editor for the Los Angeles Times. Founder of the political journal Frontier and Pulitzer Prize winner for editorials against government secrecy and judicial censorship.

589. Interview of Dione Neutra

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Wife of architect Richard Nuestra.

590. Interview of Kenneth Donahue

Topic:
Art
Length:
13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

591. Interview of Lawrence Clark Powell (1963)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Librarian, author, and bibliographer. UCLA university librarian and dean of the UCLA School of Library Service.

592. Interview of Leon Levitch

Topic:
Music
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Belgrade and World War II concentration camp survivor. Composer and pianist.

593. Interview of Katharane Edson Mershon

Topic:
Politics and Government
Dance
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dancer. University of California, Berkeley ballet teacher and administrator of the Denishawn Company's dance school. Interviewed because of connection to Katherine Philips Edson, a political activist for California's Progressive Party.

594. Interview of Rita and Max Lawrence

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Owners of the modernist design firm Architectural Pottery.

595. Interview of LaRee Caughey

Topic:
Social Movements
Civil Liberties
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Publisher of works about racially segregated education in Los Angeles with husband John Caughey.

598. Interview of Peter Voulkos

Topic:
Art
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Ceramics artist. Founder of the ceramics program at UC Berkeley and the art ceramics department at the Otis College of Art and Design.

599. Interview of Harwell Hamilton Harris

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mid-century modern Southern California-based architect.

600. Interview of Robert G. Cowan

Topic:
Books and Fine Printing
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Author of books on California history and owner of the LaCal Stamp Company, a philatelic business. Interviewed because of connection to Robert E. Cowan, publisher of bibliographies and works on early California history.