Torrance Oral History Project, April 3-June 2, 1987

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Summary

Creators:
Sipe, Molly
Abstract:
This collection includes oral histories recorded in partial fulfillment for a Masters Degree in Public History by Molly M. Sipe. It includes interviews of former City of Torrance Mayors, Jim Armstrong, Ken Miller, and Katy Geissert, as well as other residence and city officials. These include Gerald L. Alter, Rick Capellino, Mikko Haggott-Henson, and J. Walker Owens. This collection has been digitized and is available online.
Extent:
1 box and 0.33 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
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Background

Scope and content:

The Torrance Oral History Collection (April 3-June 2, 1987) includes 0.33 linear feet of 1/8 inch audio cassette tapes of oral history interviews by Molly M. Sipe. The oral history interviews were recorded as part of a project, Oral History Collection - Re Torrance Growth and Development, 1970-1987, as part of a requirement for a Masters Degree in Public History, in Fall of 1987. The oral history interviews include former mayors, Jim Armstrong, Katy Geissert, and Ken Miller. Other interviews include Gerald L. Alter, Rick Capellino, Mikko Haggott-Henson, and J. Walker Owens. The topics of these interviews include political campaigns, growth in Torrance, Pacific Electric Railway Depot, and other topics related to the city of Torrance. These interviews have been digitized and are available online.

Biographical / historical:

The City of Torrance was founded in 1912. The land that would become Torrance was aquired from the Dominguez Family by Jared Sidney Torrance and his investors who formed the Dominguez Land Company. Planners and archictects such as Irving Gill, were hired to design buildings, homes for workers, commercial buildings, and the Pacific Electric Railway.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in one box.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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