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1. Interview of Sondra Hale

Topic:
Social Movements
UCLA and University of California History
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.

2. Interview of Alberto Juarez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
Biographical Note:
UCLA student activist and recruiter for the High Potential Program.

3. Interview of Leon Knopoff

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA faculty member in geophysics and research musicologist.

4. Interview of Milton Greenblatt

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series was made possible by support from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital and documents the history of that institution.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of psychiatry and bio-behavioral sciences. Director of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.

5. Interview of Daniel X. Freedman

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series was made possible by support from the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital and documents the history of that institution.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of psychiatry and pharmacology. Vice chairman of psychiatry at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute.

6. 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.

7. Interview of Charles E. Young (1984)

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA chancellor during JD Morgan’s role as director of intercollegiate athletics.

8. Interview of William P. Longmire

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of surgery.

9. Interview of Kenneth Lincoln

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
American Indian History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviewees in this series were actively involved in American Indian studies from the late sixties to the present time. The series is designed to document the development of American Indian studies, the American Indian Studies Center, and the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program at ...
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English involved with the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.

10. Interview of Hans Rogger

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Director of UCLA’s Center for Russian and East European Studies and co-director of the Rand/UCLA Center for Soviet Studies.

11. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UC Regents
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series contains reminiscences of individuals who knew University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of works relating to Leonardo da Vinci. Interviewed because of connection to UCLA Regent Edward A. Dickson.

12. Interview of Alan Kay

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. UCLA adjunct professor of computer science.

13. 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.

14. Interview of L. Dale Coffman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UC Regents
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series contains reminiscences of individuals who knew University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Law. Interviewed because of connection to UCLA Regent Edward A. Dickson.

15. Interview of Morgan Chu

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Asian American 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.

16. Interview of John B. Jackson (1972)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
UCLA Administration
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.

17. Interview of John A. Bauman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

18. Interview of E. Maurice Bloch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Art
Length:
24.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of art history. Head of UCLA's Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts.

19. Interview of Wilhelmina Dickson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UC Regents
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series contains reminiscences of individuals who knew University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson.
Biographical Note:
Wife of University of California Regent Edward A. Dickson. Interviewed because of connection to UCLA Regent Edward A. Dickson.

20. Interview of Richard H. Perry

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
University of Southern California athletic director. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

21. Interview of Anthony Seeger

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA distinguished professor of ethnomusicology. Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

23. Interview of Werner Hirsch

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of economics. Founding director of UCLA’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

24. Interview of Gertrude Robinson

Topic:
African American History
UCLA and University of California History
Music
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
Performer of Balinese and Javanese music and director of the ethnomusicology program at Loyola Marymount University. Graduate student in ethnomusicology during her time at UCLA.

25. Vignette: DARPA's Funding Culture

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

26. Interview of John R. Wooden

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA head basketball coach. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

27. Interview of Pedro Huezo

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

28. Interview of Robert A. Fischer

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA director of athletics. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

29. Interview of Russell R. O'Neill

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

30. Interview of Philip Levine

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
6.4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Division of Humanities and UCLA professor of classics.

31. Interview of Flora M. Scott

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of botany and assistant director of the UCLA Botanical Gardens. Founder and president of the UCLA Association of Academic Women.

32. Interview of Andrew J. Hamilton (1972)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
UCLA Administration
Length:
3 hrs.
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.

33. Interview of Paul V. Kroskrity

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
American Indian History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviewees in this series were actively involved in American Indian studies from the late sixties to the present time. The series is designed to document the development of American Indian studies, the American Indian Studies Center, and the American Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program at ...
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of anthropology involved with the UCLA American Indian Studies Center.

34. Interview of David S. Saxon (1984)

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
President of the University of California. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

35. Interview of Bryon H. Atkinson (1984)

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA dean of students and athletic director. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

37. Interview of Joyce O. Appleby

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
7.21 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

38. Interview of William C. Ackerman

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA’s first head tennis coach. Executive director of the Associated Students of UCLA. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

39. Interview of Elwin V. Svenson

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor of institutional relations and associate director of the University Extension program.

41. Interview of Frank Twohy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Water Resources
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series had its origin in a grant from the University of California Water resources Center in 1965. The project was a joint effort by the UCLA Oral History Program and the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley. For some years after the close of the grant period, l...
Biographical Note:
Controller for the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power.

42. Interview of Adrian H. Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
14.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor of planning.

43. Interview of James Howe Van Norman

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Water Resources
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series made possible by a grant from the Division of Water, Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power, complements the earlier University of California series “Oral History of California Water Resources Development."
Biographical Note:
Senior operator at the Hyperion Treatment Plant.

44. Interview of Martha Deane

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Dance
Length:
8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physical education and director of the women's division of the Department of Physical Education.

45. Interview of William D. Warren

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Length:
12.67 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA dean of the School of Law.

46. Interview of Rita Ledesma

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This is a series of interviews with people who were involved with the High Potential Program (HPP) at UCLA between 1968 and 1971. Although the HPP was one of the earliest efforts to broaden admissions criteria and recruit historically underrepresented students, the archival sources that have been...
Biographical Note:
California State University, Los Angeles, professor of child and family studies. During time at UCLA, was a student in the UCLA High Potential Program.

47. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Literature
Music
Theater
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

48. Interview of Waldemar Westergaard

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history.

49. Interview of Mantle Hood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of UCLA's Institute of Ethnomusicology, which was founded in 1961 and dissolved in 1974.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of ethnomusicology and founding director of the UCLA Institute of Ethnomusicology.

50. 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.

51. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Literature
Music
Theater
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

52. Interview of Margaret Strobel

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
1.2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA lecturer in history and director of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program. Later professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

53. Interview of Wendell E. Jeffrey

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the history of the UCLA Faculty Center.

54. Interview of Wilbur J. Smith

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Books and Fine Printing
UCLA Librarians
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Head of the UCLA Library's Department of Special Collections.

55. Interview of Wolf Leslau

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:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages. Instrumental in establishing the Department of Near Eastern Languages and the Gustave E. von Grunebaum Center for Near East Studies.

56. Interview of Wiles Hallock

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
Pac-10 and Western Athletic Conference commissioner. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

57. Interview of Eugene P. Conser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).

58. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Literature
Music
Theater
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

59. Vignette: An Introduction to DARPA

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

60. Interview of Sidney Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of biological chemistry.

61. Interview of Elmer Belt

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of urology and collector of materials related to Leonardo da Vinci.

62. Interview of Robert G. Vosper

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA library director and director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

63. Interview of Robert A. Rogers

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA chief accounting officer.

64. Interview of Lynn T. White Jr.

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Co-founder and president of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).

65. Interview of Stephen S. Kayser

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Immigrant from Germany and art historian. UCLA lecturer in art history.

66. Vignette: Motivations and Passions

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:

67. Interview of Paul A. Dodd

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science and UCLA professor of economics. Director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations and chair of the President's Emergency Railway Labor Board.

68. Interview of Douglas S. Hobbs

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science, president of the Pac-10 Council of Faculty Athletic Representatives, and member of multiple National Collegiate Athletic Association committees. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

69. Interview of Franklin P. Rolfe

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of English and dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science.

70. Interview of Roy Harris

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
24 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Composer and educator.

71. Interview of Hansena Frederickson (1969)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA executive secretary to the chancellor.

72. Interview of Robert Singleton

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
11 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
Biographical Note:
UCLA assistant professor of labor economics and founding director of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies. Later professor of economics at Loyola Marymount University.

73. Interview of Charles Speroni

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chair of the UCLA Department of Italian and dean of the UCLA College of Fine Arts.

74. Interview of Blanche Witherspoon

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Performing Arts Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, co-founder of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and executive director of the Los Angeles Chamber Symphony Society. Co-founder of UCLA’s educational outreach program Design for Sharing and staff member at the UCLA Center for Performing Arts.

75. Interview of Robert M. Hayes

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

76. Interview of Stafford L. Warren (1983)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA vice-chancellor of health services. Chief of the Medical Section of the Manhattan Engineering District. Chief of the Radiological Safety Section of the Joint Task Force for Operation Crossroads.

77. Interview of Milton I. Roemer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of public health.

78. Interview of David S. Saxon (1994)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of physics and president of the University of California.

79. Interview of James A. C. Grant

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of political science and dean of the UCLA School of Law and Social Sciences. Chair of the UCLA Academic Senate.

80. Interview of Reidar F. Sognnaes

Topic:
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Length:
9 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding dean of the UCLA School of Dentistry. Recognized for his work in hard tissue and forensic dentistry.

81. Interview of Judith Murphy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Wife of UCLA Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy.

82. Interview of Gordon Bell

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military. Vice-president of engineering at the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

83. Interview of Miriam Dudley

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Length:
5.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA Library bibliographic checker and reference librarian.

84. Interview of Lucie Cheng

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Asian American History
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of sociology and director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program.

85. Interview of Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Music
Length:
14 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Founding chair of the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology.

86. 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.

87. Interview of Dave Clark

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Science, Medicine, and Technology
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Researcher for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) an agency of the government that develops technology for the military.

88. Interview of Marva Shearer

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Museum Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Member of the UCLA Art Council and docent at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

89. Interview of Foster H. Sherwood

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice chancellor of academic affairs and special assistant to the University of California president.

90. Interview of Kathryn Kish Sklar

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.87 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of history. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. Later professor of history at Binghamton University.

91. Interview of Temma Kaplan

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
3.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA assistant professor of history. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program. Later professor of history at Rutgers University.

92. Interview of Virgil P. Roberts

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
African American History
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series include individuals who were instrumental in creating and guiding the Center for African American Studies at UCLA to a position of widely recognized excellence among the nation's African American studies departments, centers, and institutes.
Biographical Note:
Managing partner of the law firm Bobbitt & Roberts and president of Solar Records. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies.

93. Interview of Letitia Anne Peplau

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
UCLA Research Centers and Programs
Length:
2.35 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews is this series are designed to preserve the spoken memories of individuals who were instrumental in developing the UCLA Women's Studies Program, established in 1975.
Biographical Note:
UCLA professor of psychology. Involved in the founding of the UCLA Women’s Studies Program and the UCLA Center for the Study of Women.

94. Interview of Norman P. Miller (1984)

Topic:
Sports
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Staff
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series documents the contribution of UCLA Athletics Coach J.D. Morgan through interviews with individuals who had worked with Morgan both inside and outside the UCLA community.
Biographical Note:
UCLA’s first vice chancellor of student and campus affairs and coordinator of UCLA’s involvement in the 1984 Olympic Games. Interviewed because of connection to J.D. Morgan, UCLA tennis coach and athletic director.

95. Interview of Ann Sumner (1982)

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Chief publicist for University Extension and active UCLA alumna.

96. Interview of Rosalind K. Loring

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Dean of the University of Southern California College of Continuing Education and coordinator of special programs at UCLA Extension.

97. Interview of Benjamin Aaron

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Labor attorney and director of the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.

98. Interview of Rosemary Park

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Administration
UCLA Faculty
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
UCLA vice-chancellor.

99. Interview of Everett T. Moore

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Librarians
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Head of the UCLA library reference department. Known for his involvement in the case Moore v. Younger, which challenged issues of censorship and intellectual freedom in libraries.

100. Interview of Maxine Olsen Smith

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).