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Torrance Oral History Project
SPC.1900.042
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Torrance Oral History Project
Creator:
Sipe, Molly
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.1900.042
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
0.33 Linear Feet
Date: April 3-June 2, 1987
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.
Language of Material:
English
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
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.
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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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitized copies of these interviews are available at the
Internet Archive.
This collection is arranged in one box.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Torrance (Calif.)
Oral history
Local government -- California
Interviews
Geissert, Katy
Armstrong, James
Miller, Kenneth
Alter, Gerald
Capellino, Rick
Haggott-Henson, Mikko
Owens, J. Walker