Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Elaine Brooks Interviews
- Dates:
- 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."
- Extent:
- 0.7 Linear feet (1 half archives box, 2 card file boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
Elaine Brooks interviews, MSS 610. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired 2003.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2019-01-18 15:13:57 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Original audiocassette tape recordings are restricted. Users may request listening copies be made in advance.
- Terms of access:
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
- Preferred citation:
-
Elaine Brooks interviews, MSS 610. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Location of this collection:
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9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
- Contact:
- (858) 534-2533