Elaine Brooks Interviews

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2014
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu


Descriptive Summary

Languages: English
Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Elaine Brooks Interviews
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0610
Physical Description: 0.7 Linear feet (1 half archives box, 2 card file boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1991-1992
Abstract: The collection consists of typewritten transcriptions and audiocassette recordings of Elaine Brooks's interviews with San Diego public officials and educators on social issues. The interviews were conducted for her San Diego State University thesis, "Domestic Policy Since the New Federalism: Local Response to the Homeless and the Environment in the San Diego, California Region."

Restrictions

Original audiocassette tape recordings are restricted. Users may request listening copies be made in advance.

Acquisition Information

Acquired 2003.

Preferred Citation

Elaine Brooks interviews, MSS 610. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Publication Rights

Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Biography

Elaine R. Brooks (1940-2003) came to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1962 to study biological oceanography (M.S. 1965, UC San Diego) and worked as a plankton biologist there for 20 years. From 1988-1992 she was active in secondary sewage treatment issues in San Diego, publishing articles in the local papers. She recieved her master's degree in social work from San Diego State University in the early nineties and became an adjunct professor of biology specializing in public policy and urban ecology at San Diego City College. She was the author of two books on urban landscapes and citizen psychology.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of typewritten transcriptions and audiocassette recordings of Elaine Brooks's interviews with San Diego public officials and educators on social issues. Topics include homelessness, city planning and development, environmental concerns, poverty, free trade, and community development. The interviews were conducted for her San Diego State University thesis, "Domestic Policy Since the New Federalism: Local Response to the Homeless and the Environment in the San Diego, California Region." The collection is arranged in two series: 1)TRANSCRIPTS and 2) AUDIOCASSETTE RECORDINGS.
SERIES I. TRANSCRIPTS contains transcripts for most of the audiocassette recordings in Series II. The transcripts are often highlighted and annotated by Brooks. Arranged alphabetically by interviewee surname.
SERIES II. AUDIOCASSETTE RECORDINGS of interviews conducted by Elaine Brooks. Arranged alphabetically by interviewee surname. The original recordings are restricted; users must request listening copies be made in advance.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Community development -- California -- San Diego
Homelessness -- California -- San Diego
City planning -- California -- San Diego
Environmental policy -- California -- San Diego
Poverty -- California -- San Diego
Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991 -- Interviews

 

TRANSCRIPTS 1991

Scope and Content of Series

Full and partial annotated transcripts of most of the audiocassette recordings listed in Series II. Transcripts are missing from the Affordable Housing Conference, the Bahia Extension Homeless Conference, Laurel Faust, Ed Goldberg, Institute of the Americas, the San Diego and Global Economy Conference, Jim Stoddant, and David Stoesz.
Box 1, Folder 1

Balint, Kathryn 1991

Box 1, Folder 2

Crowell, Areta 1991

Box 1, Folder 3

Duemler, Ruth 1991

Box 1, Folder 4

Frieman, Ed 1991

Box 1, Folder 5

Golding, Susan 1991

Box 1, Folder 6

Goldsborough, Jim 1991

Box 1, Folder 7

Hamilton, Pam 1991

Box 1, Folder 8

Henderson, Bruce 1991

Box 1, Folder 9

Jameson, Connie (Conye) 1991

Box 1, Folder 10

McCarty, Judy 1991

Box 1, Folder 11

McGill, William 1991

Box 1, Folder 12

Morris, Robert 1991

Box 1, Folder 13

Navarro, Peter 1991

Box 1, Folder 14

Ontai, Gil 1991

Box 1, Folder 15

Pratt, Wes 1991

Box 1, Folder 16

Revelle, Roger 1991

Box 1, Folder 17

Serydarian, Harry 1991

Box 1, Folder 18

Stockwell, Harriet 1991

Box 1, Folder 19

Tarke, Harry 1991

Box 1, Folder 20

Warren, Gerald 1991

 

AUDIOCASSETTE RECORDINGS 1991-1992

Scope and Content of Series

Audiocassette recordings of interviews. Interviewees include Kathryn Balint, Areta Crowell, Ed Frieman, Roger Revelle, and Gerald Warren. Arranged alphabetically by interviewee surname.
Original recordings are restricted. Users may request listening copies be made in advance.
Box 2, Folder 1-2

Affordable Housing Conference 1991 March 1

Box 2, Folder 3-4

Bahia Extension Homeless Conference - Opening Remarks by Chester Hartman et. al. 1991

Box 2, Folder 5-6

Balint, Kathryn 1991 March 15

Box 2, Folder 7

Crowell, Areta 1991 March 5

Box 2, Folder 8

Duemler, Ruth 1991 April 3

Box 2, Folder 9

Faust, Laurel 1991 March 3

Box 2, Folder 10

Frieman, Ed 1991 May 23

Box 2, Folder 11

Goldberg, Ed - Lecture on "Coastal Impacts" 1991 January 1

Box 2, Folder 12

Golding, Susan 1991 May 15

Box 2, Folder 13

Goldsborough, Jim 1991 May 21

Box 2, Folder 14

Hamilton, Pam 1991 April 30

Box 2, Folder 15

Henderson, Bruce 1991 May 8

Box 2, Folder 16

Institute of the Americas - Border and Environment by Tom Kelly (PhD candidate) 1991 April 24

Box 3, Folder 1

Jameson, Connie [Conye] 1991 April 17

Box 3, Folder 2

McCarty, Judy 1991 April 22

Box 3, Folder 3

McGill, William 1991 March 12

Box 3, Folder 4

Morris, Robert 1991 May 3

Box 3, Folder 5

Navarro, Peter 1991 April 11

Box 3, Folder 6

Ontai, Gil 1991 March 22

Box 3, Folder 7

Pratt, Wes 1991 March 7

Box 3, Folder 8

Revelle, Roger 1991 April 18

Box 3, Folder 9

San Diego and Global Economy Conference - UCSD McGill Dialogue 1991 May 2

Box 3, Folder 10

Serydarian, Harry 1991 March 18

Box 3, Folder 11

Stockwell, Harriet 1991 March 28

Box 3, Folder 12

Stoddant, Jim 1992 January 9

Box 3, Folder 13

Stoesz, David 1991 March 21

Box 3, Folder 14

Tarke, Henry 1991 February 27

Box 3, Folder 15

Warren, Gerald 1991 April 25

Box 3, Folder 16

Miscellaneous 1991 May 17