Oral histories conducted by Kathryn Ringrose and sponsored by the Mandeville Special Collections Library of various persons involved with the establishment and development of the University of California, San Diego in the early 1960s. The interviews were conducted as part of the 25th anniversary celebration of the University's founding. Interviewees include California Governor Edmund (Pat) Brown, former UC President Clark Kerr, former UC Regent DeWitt A. Higgs, former Chancellors Herbert York and John Galbraith, and faculty James Arnold, Robert Hamburger, Roy Harvey Pearce, Roger Revelle, and John Stewart.

0.65 Linear feet (1 archives box and 1 shoe box)

Original sound recordings are restricted. Listening copies are available for researchers.