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UC San Diego. 25th Anniversary Oral Histories
RSS 0052  
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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Acquisition Information
  • Digital Content
  • Preferred Citation
  • Restrictions
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Descriptive Summary

    Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla 92093-0175
    Title: UC San Diego 25th Anniversary Oral Histories
    Creator: Ringrose, Kathryn M.
    Identifier/Call Number: RSS 0052
    Physical Description: 0.65 Linear feet (1 archives box and 1 shoe box)
    Date: 1984
    Abstract: 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.
    Languages: English .

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired 1984.

    Digital Content

    All sound recordings and transcripts from this collection have been digitized.

    Preferred Citation

    [Title, Date]. UC San Diego. 25th Anniversary Oral Histories, RSS 52. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.

    Restrictions

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

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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. The collection includes original sound recordings of the interviews on 18 audiocassettes and edited transcripts. Draft versions of the transcripts have not been retained in the collection.
    Arranged in two series: 1) TRANSCRIPTS, and 2) SOUND RECORDINGS.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Higgs, DeWitt A. (DeWitt Alexander), 1907-1994 -- Interviews
    Kerr, Clark, 1911-2003 -- Interviews
    Galbraith, John S. -- Interviews
    Hamburger, Robert N. -- Interviews
    Arnold, James, 1923-2012 -- Interviews
    Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 -- Interviews
    University of California, San Diego -- History -- Archives
    Stewart, John L. (John Lincoln) -- Interviews
    University of California, San Diego -- Anniversaries, etc.
    University of California, San Diego -- Administration
    York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank) -- Interviews
    Pearce, Roy Harvey -- Interviews
    Revelle, Roger, 1909-1991 -- Interviews
    University of California, San Diego -- Faculty