1. Interview of Gil Bernal Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 4.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: Interviews in this series preserve the spoken memories of individuals, mainly musicians, who were Biographical Note: Jazz tenor saxophone player, vocalist, and bandleader.
2. Interview of Lupita Tovar Kohner Topic: Latina and Latino History Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Mexican-American actress in the 1931 Spanish-language film Dracula and the 1932 film Santa, one of
3. Interview of Alice McGrath (1984-85) Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 16.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Biographical Note: Activist. Executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee and volunteer for the
4. Interview of Esteban Torres Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 17 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: generation and to explore family and community life in war-time Los Angeles. Individuals selected for this Biographical Note: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for southeastern Los Angeles County and organizer for
5. Interview of Sandra Sewell Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 4.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institutions Biographical Note: Activist for labor, children, and women’s rights. Executive director of Centro de Niños, a
6. Interview of Phillip Castruita Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 9 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano Biographical Note: University, Los Angeles. Chicano studies professor, helped implement Chicano studies program in higher
7. Interview of Vahac Mardirosian Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 7 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: The interviews in this series document the ideological transformation of the Chicana and Chicano Biographical Note: . Founder of the Hispanic Urban Center Board of Education and the Parent Institute for Quality Education.
8. Interview of Hope Mendoza Schechter Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 6 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization during its Biographical Note: ), founding member of the California Democratic Council, and a political appointee of the Lyndon B. Johnson
9. Interview of Marian Graff Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization during its Biographical Note: Involved in voter registration and fund raising with the Chicano civil rights group the Community
10. Interview of Harvey Schechter Topic: Latina and Latino History Length: 4.5 hrs. Language: English Audio: Series Statement: series resided in Los Angeles during the 1940s and joined the Community Service Organization during its Biographical Note: Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest regional director of civil rights and fact-finding