Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Roger Himovitz oral history
- Dates:
- 2018 September 27
- Creators:
- Himovitz, Roger and Liebhaber, Zachary
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of the pre-interview notes and printed transcript of the Roger Himovitz oral history interview, conducted on September 27, 2018 by Zachary Liebhaber.
- Extent:
- 0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Robert Himovitz oral history, OH 142, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of the pre-interview notes and transcript of the interview by Zachary Liebhaber with narrator Roger Himovitz at the Himovitz residence in Montecito, California on September 27, 2018. The interview centers on Himovitz's experiences as a participant in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 while an undergraduate at the University of Alabama, as well as Himovitz's meeting with Robert Shelton, Grand Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America (UKA), that same year.
- Biographical / historical:
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Born in Los Angeles, California in 1946, Roger Himovitz grew up in Hanford, California. While an undergraduate at the University of Alabama in 1965, Himovitz participated in civil rights activities, including voter registration work for CORE. He was a participant in the Bloody Sunday march (March 7, 1965) and was arrested on that day, along with many others. Himovitz would go on to graduate from UC Berkeley. Intending to study law, he volunteered to serve in Vietnam instead, as an engineer with the Navy Seabees, as well as with the "Protein Project." Returning to California after his year of service, Himovitz entered the family business in construction, eventually settling in Santa Barbara.
- Acquisition information:
- Interview conducted on September 27, 2018 for deposit at the UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections.
- Physical location:
- Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-01-10 10:06:29 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Transcript of interview has been deposited at the UCSB Library, Department of Special Research Collections and is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Robert Himovitz oral history, OH 142, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062