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1. 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.

2. Interview of George B. Allison

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

3. Interview of Lester O. Bankhead

Topic:
African American History
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
Biographical Note:
African American architect who designed homes and churches in Los Angeles, including Chapel of Faith Baptist Church, Greater Life Missionary Baptist Church, and Greater New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church.

4. Interview of Ralph D. Cornell

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

6. Interview of Robert Field Jr.

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect and co-owner of the architectural firm, Austin, Field, & Fry.

7. Interview of William Beye Fyfe

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
4.35 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This project is a cooperative, interdisciplinary, inter-institutional effort by the Oral History Program, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, and is intended to preserve the recollections of selected former associates of Frank Llo...
Biographical Note:
Fellow in the Taliesin Fellowship under Frank Lloyd Wright. Illinois architect.

8. 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.

9. Interview of Jere Hazlett

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

10. Interview of John DeKoven Hill

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
16 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This project is a cooperative, interdisciplinary, inter-institutional effort by the Oral History Program, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, and is intended to preserve the recollections of selected former associates of Frank Llo...
Biographical Note:
Fellow in the Taliesin Fellowship under Frank Lloyd Wright. East coast interior designer and architect.”

11. Interview of Mrs. Edward Huntsman-Trout

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

12. Interview of Raymond Kappe

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
11.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona professor of architecture; and director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

13. Interview of Robert A. Kennard

Topic:
African American History
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series African American Architects of Los Angeles document the work of selected African American architects who have enhanced the built environment, principally in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Influenced by earlier pioneers such as Paul R. Williams, these individuals ...
Biographical Note:
African American architect who designed schools and public buildings, including Carson City Hall and Community Center, Van Nuys State Office Building, and LAX Parking Structures 1, 3, and 4. Championed minorities in the architectural profession, creating mentorship programs for schools in the Los...

14. Interview of Paul Laszlo

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

15. 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.

16. Interview of John Lautner (1994)

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This project is a cooperative, interdisciplinary, inter-institutional effort by the Oral History Program, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, and is intended to preserve the recollections of selected former associates of Frank Llo...
Biographical Note:
Fellow in the Taliesin Fellowship under Frank Lloyd Wright. Southern California architect.

17. 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.

18. Interview of S. Charles Lee (1987)

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect known primarily for designing motion picture theaters.

19. Interview of S. Charles Lee (1979)

Topic:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Design
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Architect known primarily for designing motion picture theaters.

20. Interview of Samuel Lunden

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