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21. Interview of Philip E. Watson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
12.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles County assessor who played an important role in promoting and popularizing the issue of property tax limitation in California.

22. Interview of Anthony C. Beilenson (1982)

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
59th District California State Assembly member from 1963 to 1967. California senator from 1967 to 1976. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997.

23. Interview of John Gee Clark

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Superior court judge and California state chair for the Democratic Central Committee. Chair of the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles and director of penology.

24. Interview of Paul Ziffren

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Lawyer and California Democratic National Committee member.

25. Interview of Norris Poulson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Mayor of Los Angeles, 56th district California State Assembly member from 1939 to 1943, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

26. Interview of John Robertson Quinn

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1935 and Los Angeles County assessor.

27. Interview of Charles G. Gant

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Democratic County Central Committee of Orange County, president of the Santa Ana Democratic Club, and director of the California Democratic Council for the Thirty-fifth Congressional District.

28. Interview of Patrick J. Hillings

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951 to 1959.

29. Interview of Helen Manz Moede

Topic:
Education
Politics and Government
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Councilor and director of the girls’ department at Los Angeles Juvenile Hall.

30. Interview of Harold H. Story

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Secretary to Mayor Frank Shaw and member of the Socialist Party.

31. Interview of John Anson Ford

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1934 to 1958.

32. Interview of Mike Hernandez

Topic:
Latina and Latino History
Politics and Government
Length:
8.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Political activist and 1st District Los Angeles City Council member from 1991 to 2001.

33. Interview of Thomas J. LaBonge

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
4th District Los Angeles City Council member from 2001 to 2015.

34. Interview of Harold M. Bernson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles City Council member for the12th District from 1979 to 2002.

35. Interview of Nathaniel N. Holden

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
18 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
President of the California Democratic Council; Assistant Chief Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, 1969-1973 and 1978-1987; California State Senator, 30th District, 1974-1978; Los Angeles City Council member, 10th District, 1987-2003.

36. Interview of Michael K. Woo

Topic:
Politics and Government
Asian American History
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles City Council member for the 13th district from 1985 to 1993. Member, Los Angeles City Planning Commission. Dean, College of Environmental Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

37. Interview of Ernest Gruening

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Journalist, governor of Alaska, and U.S. senator.

38. Interview of Ethel G. H. Conant

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Secretary for Katherine Duer Mackay, founder of the Equal Franchise Society, a woman’s suffrage organization. Wife of Harry Hopkins, member of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration.

39. Interview of Arthur E. Briggs

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law. 5th District Los Angeles City Council member from 1939 to 1943.

40. 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.