Oral Histories

Search

Search Constraints

Start Over You searched for: Topic Politics and Government

101. Interview of Oscar Lawler

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Assistant United States attorney general.

102. Interview of William Jarvis Carr

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
California senator from 1913 to 1923 and city attorney for Pasadena.

104. 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.

105. Interview of David Cunningham

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Council. Founder of Cunningham Short Berryman and Associates, a public affairs consulting firm advising government officials and small businesses.

106. Interview of Rita Walters

Topic:
Politics and Government
African American History
Length:
8.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1991 to 2001.

107. Interview of Robert Farrell

Topic:
African American History
Politics and Government
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with African Americans who were involved in Los Angeles politics from the 1940s to the present day. In addition to African American politicians, it includes individuals who could speak to the political history and influence of the black community in Los Angeles. Th...
Biographical Note:
Member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1974 to 1991.

108. 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 ...

109. 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.

110. 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...

111. 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.

112. 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 ...

113. 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.

114. 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.

115. 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.

116. 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.

117. 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.

118. 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.

119. 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.

120. Interview of Melville C. Branch

Topic:
Urban Planning and Land Use
Politics and Government
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.

121. 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.

122. 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...

123. 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...

124. 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.

125. 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.

126. 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.

127. 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.

128. 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.

129. Interview of Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Sr.

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

130. Interview of Mike Schneider

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

131. Interview of Barbara Double

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

132. Interview of Tom B. Carvey

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

133. Interview of Tom Saunders

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

134. Interview of Gerald Hill

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

135. Interview of Marshall Windmiller

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

136. Interview of Crickett Levering

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

137. Interview of Steve Murdock

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

138. Interview of Toby Osos

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

139. Interview of Joyce Fadem

Topic:
Politics and Government
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews document the California Democratic Council, a statewide federation of local Democratic clubs.

140. 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.

141. Interview of Bee Lavery

Topic:
Politics and Government
Community Activism
Length:
1.3 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 of protocol under Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley from 1973 to 1993.

147. Interview of Armando Navarro

Topic:
Politics and Government
Length:
1 hr.
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:
Mexican-American community activist and state director of Californios for Fair Representation (CFR). Important in changing redistricting for Chicano/a areas and vocal against gerrymandering.