Finding Aid for the Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material about the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project, 1962-1964
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material about the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project, 1962-1964
Collection number: 341
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff, July 1970
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material about the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project,
Date (inclusive): 1962-1964
Collection number: 341
Creator: Bowron, Fletcher
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) was born in Poway, California. He served as mayor of Los Angeles for fifteen years (1938-53).
The collection consists of unedited transcripts of tape recorded interviews conducted by former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher
Bowron for a UCLA oral history project, documenting the history of Los Angeles, ca. 1900-1940s.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Library Special Collections for in-house
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- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material about the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project (Collection
341). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709443
Biography
Bowron was born August 13, 1887 in Poway, California; attended University of California at Berkeley (1907-09), University
of Southern California Law School (1909-11); admitted to California State Bar, 1917; executive secretary to governor of California
(1925-26); judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles (1926-38, 1956-62); elected mayor of Los Angeles in recall election, September
16, 1938; re-elected to three additional terms and served as mayor for a total fifteen years (1938-53); died September 11,
1968.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of unedited transcripts of tape recorded interviews conducted by former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron
for a UCLA oral history project, documenting the history of Los Angeles, ca. 1900-1940s. Interviewees include Bowron, Dan
W. Green, John A. Grey, William B. Himrod, Don J. Kinsey, George A. Lewis, Harry F. Maidenberg, Milton Offner, Harold S. Ryerson,
and Gordon Whithall.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bowron, Fletcher.
Kinsey, Don Jackson, 1895- --interviewee.
Maidenberg, Harry F.--interviewee.
Green, Dan W.--interviewee.
Grey, John A.--interviewee.
Himrod, William B.--interviewee.
Lewis, George A., fl. 1962--interviewee.
Offner, Milton--interviewee.
Ryerson, Harold S.--interviewee.
Whithall, Gordon--interviewee.
Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Archival resources.
Related Material
Correspondence and records relating to this project and UCLA's involvement in it are located in the office of the Oral History
Program, UCLA (Bunche Hall, room A253).
List of interview transcripts in the collection:
Box 1, Folder 1
Fletcher Bowron--discussing Los Angeles political history
Physical Description: (2 tapes, 27 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 2
Fletcher Bowron--discussing Los Angeles political history, the Graves Case
Physical Description: (3 tapes, 57 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 3
Interview with Dan W. Green
Physical Description: (26 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 4
Interview with John A. Grey
Physical Description: (30 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 5
Interview with William B. Himrod
Physical Description: (24 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 6
Interview with William B. Himrod--edited copy.
Box 1, Folder 7
Interview with William B. Himrod--
Physical Description: final typescript and carbon (24 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 8
Interview with Don J. Kinsey
Physical Description: (26 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 9
Interview with George A. Lewis
Physical Description: (10 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 10
Interview with Harry F. Maidenberg
Physical Description: (40 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 11
Interview with Milton Offner
Physical Description: (39 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 12
Interview with Harold S. Ryerson--
Physical Description: edited copy (32 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 13
Interview with Harold S. Ryerson--final typescript and carbon
The Municipal League and early Los Angeles
Physical Description: (36 leaves).
Box 1, Folder 14
Interview with Gordon Whithall
Physical Description: (3 tapes, 82 leaves).
