Oral Histories

Search

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: Topic Politics and Government ✖ Remove constraint Topic: Politics and Government

Search Results

51. Interview of W. Don MacGillivray

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1969 to 1974. Worked in various government positions for President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 1988.

52. Interview of Gloria Molina

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
9.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
First Latina elected to and the third person of Mexican ancestry to serve on the Los Angeles City Council from 1987 to 1991. California assembly member from 1982 to 1987 and 1st district Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member from 1991 to 2014.

53. Interview of Mary E. MacGillivray

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Member of the PALS Club and volunteer for the Western White House Ronald W. Reagan's presidency. Wife of California assembly member W. Don MacGillivray.

54. Interview of Marian Bergeson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1978 to 1984. California senator from 1984 to 1995.

55. Interview of Lucy Killea

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
San Diego City Council member from 1978 to 1982. California assembly member from 1982 to 1989, 1992 to 1996.

56. Interview of Harry R. Haldeman

Topic:
Politics and Government
UCLA and University of California History
UC Regents
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Member of the University of California Board of Regents from 1965 to 1968. White House chief of staff under President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973.

57. Interview of John E. Huerta

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Deputy assistant and United States attorney general for civil rights in the administration of President James E. Carter in 1977. Executive director of the Southern California office of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund from 1980 to 1985. General counsel to a coalition dedicate...

58. Interview of Marvin L. Holen

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Consultant and counsel for the California Assembly Committee on Ways and Means from 1959 to 1961.

59. Interview of Meldon Levine

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1977 to 1982. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California from 1983 to 1993.

60. Interview of Constance M. Tomlinson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Member of the PALS Club and wife of Legislator Stanley T. Tomlinson.

61. Interview of Norma M. Lagomarsino

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Member of the PALS Club and president of the Congressional Club from 1981 to 1983. Wife of Congress member Robert Lagomarsino.

62. Interview of Stanley T. Tomlinson

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1948 to 1954. Santa Barbara city attorney from 1954 to 1972.

63. Interview of Roy J. Ringer

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Representative and speechwriter for Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr. from 1961 to 1966. Editorial writer for the Los Angeles Times from 1974 to 84.

64. Interview of Lucien C. Haas

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Press secretary and campaign specialist from 1961 to 1984.

65. Interview of Manning J. Post

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy from 1961 to 1982. Member of the management team for multiple politicians from 1948 to 1984.

66. Interview of Paul V. Priolo

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1967 to 1980.

67. Interview of Daniel H. Lowenstein

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
Deputy secretary of state from 1971 to 1974. First chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission in 1975.

68. Interview of James A. Hayes

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1967 to 1972. County supervisor for the 4th district of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1972 to 1979.

69. Interview of Augustus F. Hawkins (1988)

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1935 to 1963. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California from 1963 to 1991.

70. Interview of Carlos J. Moorhead

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
9.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
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...
Biographical Note:
California assembly member from 1967 to 1972. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California from 1973 to 1997.

71. Interview of Thurman Arnold

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Since its inception the Oral History Program has received a number of donated interviews. In some instances these interviews, which in the aggregate form Collection 2113 in the Department of Special Collections, have been transcribed but not edited; in other cases they remain as audiotape recordi...

72. Interview of Robert G. Neumann

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Politics and Government
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Since its inception the Oral History Program has received a number of donated interviews. In some instances these interviews, which in the aggregate form Collection 2113 in the Department of Special Collections, have been transcribed but not edited; in other cases they remain as audiotape recordi...

73. Interview of Stanley Plog

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program in conjunction with similar efforts at the University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office; Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program; California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; and...
Biographical Note:
Co-founder of the Behavior Science Corporations (BASICO), which advised Ronald Reagan’s first gubernatorial campaign.

74. Interview of Dick Darling

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program in conjunction with similar efforts at the University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office; Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program; California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; and...
Biographical Note:
President of the California Republican Assembly.

75. Interview of Jack Dales

Topic:
Politics and Government
Film and Television
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program in conjunction with similar efforts at the University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office; Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program; California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; and...
Biographical Note:
Executive secretary of the Screen Actors Guild.

76. Interview of Neil Reagan

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program in conjunction with similar efforts at the University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office; Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program; California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; and...
Biographical Note:
Brother of Ronald Reagan.

77. Interview of George H. Dunne

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were undertaken by the UCLA Oral History Program in conjunction with similar efforts at the University of California, Berkeley, Regional Oral History Office; Claremont Graduate School Oral History Program; California State University, Fullerton, Oral History Program; and...
Biographical Note:
Jesuit priest, opponent of segregation, and supporter of the Conference of Studio Unions’ 1945 Hollywood set decorators strike.

78. Interview of William Elkins

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Second Baptist Church is the oldest African-American church in Los Angeles and the first African American Baptist church established in Southern California. It played a prominent role during the civil rights movement in campaigns against racial discrimination in housing, public accommodations an...
Biographical Note:
Advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley. Member of the Second Baptist Church.

79. Interview of Simon Eisner

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Politics and Government
Urban Planning
Length:
4.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Planning architect for the Los Angeles City Planning Department. Private consultant for Eisner and Associates and Eisner-Smith and Associates.

80. Interview of William J. Fox

Topic:
Politics and Government
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Length:
4.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Chief engineer of the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

81. Interview of Milton Breivogel

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Politics and Government
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Director of planning for the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

82. Interview of Calvin S. Hamilton

Topic:
Politics and Government
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Length:
12.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Director of planning for the City of Los Angeles.

83. Interview of Edward A. Holden

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Politics and Government
Urban Planning
Length:
5.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Director of planning for the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission.

84. Interview of Melville C. Branch

Topic:
Politics and Government
Urban Planning and Land Use
Urban Planning
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were initiated by the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group to ensure the preservation of recollections of pioneer planners in both the public and private sectors in the Los Angeles region.
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission.

85. Interview of Anton Calleia

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Senior staff to Mayor Tom Bradley. Liason with the Los Angeles City Council. Responsible for the city budget and managed the city's bid for the 1984 Olympics.

86. Interview of Philip Depoian

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
2.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Campaign aide for Tom Bradley in the 1969 and 1973 mayoral campaigns and assistant during Bradley's five terms. Deputy executive director for the Government and External Affairs of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) in 1994.

87. Interview of Grace Montañez Davis (2013)

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Early member of the Community Service Organization and implementer of the first Spanish Language Citizenship classes in West Los Angeles. Administrative assistant to Congressman George E. Brown, Jr. in 1964, Manpower Development Specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor from 1966 to 1973, and ...

88. Interview of Rose Ochi

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
In 1974 Ochi began working for Mayor Bradley administration. Executive director of the City of Los Angeles Criminal Justice Planning Office. Instrumental figure in the Manzanar Committee’s work to designate Manzanar as a National Historic site. Director of the Community Relations Service of the D...

89. Interview of Wilfred Marshall

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Presidentially appointed economic development representative for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. Director of Business and Economic Development for Mayor Tom Bradley's Office of Small Business Assistance.

90. Interview of Donald Spivack

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...

91. Interview of Wanda Moore

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Chief administrative officer to Tom Bradley from 1971 to 1993. President of WLMoore & Associates.

92. Interview of Stephen Reinhardt

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in ...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Democratic National Committee. Advisor to Tom Bradley and Jerry Brown. Nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

93. Interview of Margarete Clark

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Los Angeles.

94. 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.

95. Interview of Ernest Gruening

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

96. Interview of William Rosenthal

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles Superior Court judge from 1961 to 1977 and 40th district California State Assembly member from 1943 to 1953.

97. 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.

98. 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.

99. 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.

100. 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.