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301. Interview of Virginia B. Carew (1972)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews discuss the research and writing of UCLA on the Move, the fiftieth anniversary history of UCLA and the planning of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 1969.

302. Interview of Helen A. Dillon

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the founding and early development of UCLA's Center for Near Eastern Studies.
Biographical Note:
Early staff member of the Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies.

303. Interview of Magdalene O'Rourke

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This is a series of interviews with former UCLA students who participated in Project India, a program founded by Adaline Guenther, executive secretary of the University Religious Conference. Operating at the height of the Cold War, Project India was a cultural exchange program in which UCLA stude...

304. Interview of Robert Takeuchi

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This is a series of interviews with former UCLA students who participated in Project India, a program founded by Adaline Guenther, executive secretary of the University Religious Conference. Operating at the height of the Cold War, Project India was a cultural exchange program in which UCLA stude...

305. Interview of Sanford Ragins

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This is a series of interviews with former UCLA students who participated in Project India, a program founded by Adaline Guenther, executive secretary of the University Religious Conference. Operating at the height of the Cold War, Project India was a cultural exchange program in which UCLA stude...

306. Interview of William E. Forbes (1972)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews deal with the construction and early history of Pauley Pavilion, UCLA's venue for basketball and other indoor sports.
Biographical Note:
Member of the University of California Board of Regents. Interviewed because of involvement in the construction of Pauley Pavilion.

307. Interview of W. Thomas Davis

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews deal with the construction and early history of Pauley Pavilion, UCLA's venue for basketball and other indoor sports.
Biographical Note:
President of the UCLA Alumni Association. Interviewed because of involvement in the construction of Pauley Pavilion.

308. Interview of Helen Astin (2012)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Education
Social Movements
UCLA Faculty
Women's Issues
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of higher education and senior scholar at the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute.

309. Interview of Morgan Chu

Topic:
Asian American History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews were undertaken with the intention of documenting the rise of Asian American studies at UCLA and the founding of the Asian American Studies Center. However, shortly after this series was begun, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center undertook its own oral history project to docum...
Biographical Note:
Los Angeles attorney. As a student at UCLA was involved in the drive for ethnic studies and the establishment of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

310. Interview of Sondra Hale

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Social Movements
UCLA Faculty
Women's Issues
Length:
11.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of anthropology, chair of gender studies, co-chair of Islamic studies, and co-director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. Co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies.