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Years of growth, 1939-1966 : law enforcement, politics, and the Governor's office : oral history transcript and related material
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Years of growth, 1939-1966: law enforcement, politics, and the Governor's office : oral history transcript and related material / [ca. 1952-1981]Governmental history documentation project : Goodwin Knight/Edmund Brown, Sr. Era
Government history documentation oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Lee, Eugene C.Creator/Contributor:
Chall, Malca, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Fry, Amelia R., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Morris, Gabrielle S., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Rowland, James H., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Creator/Contributor:
Goodwin Knight-Edmond G. Brown, Sr. Era Oral History ProjectAbstract:
Photocopy of typed transcript of tape recorded interview with former California Governor Edmund G. (Pat) Brown. Brown discusses
his family and youth; early friendships and marriage; law school, legal practice, and first political steps; adventures as
a young attorney; work as San Francisco District Attorney and state and national politics; election as Attorney General and
Democratic party politics; the 1956 presidential campaign; the 1958 election and first years as Governor; organization and
operation of the Governor's office; first term concerns; the California State Water Project, 1950-1966; the 1960 Kennedy presidential
campaign; state water bonds; 1962 run for re-election against Richard Nixon; party leadership and legislative concerns; 1966
campaigns and issues; and activities after 1966. Includes introduction by Eugene C. Lee.
Includes clippings, photographs, and documents relating to Brown's career, including press kit for Brown's 1958 campaign for
Governor, biographical information, photographs of Brown's visit to Mexico and South America, and other working files used
by interviewers.
Date:
1952 (issued)Contents:
Phonotapes: Reel 1-3: Nov. 16, 1977 -- Reel 4-5: Jan. 11, 1978 -- Reel 6-7: Jan. 23, 1978 -- Reel 8-9: Feb. 9, 1978 -- Reel
10-11: Mar. 7, 1978 -- Reel 12-13: Mar. 28, 1978 -- Reel 14-15: May 15, 1978 -- Reel 16-17: June 5, 1978 -- Reel 18-19: June
28, 1978 -- Reel 21-24: Nov. 22, 1978 -- Reel 25-26: Feb. 22, 1979 -- Reel 27: Mar. 23, 1979 -- Reel 28: Apr. 6, 1979 -- Reel
29-31: Apr. 24, 1979 (shelved as Phonotape 1396:1-3) -- Reel 32: May 8, 1979 (shelved as Phonotape 1396:4) -- Reel 33: Mar.
11, 1981.
Subject:
n-us-caWater resources development -- California
Politics and government
Water resources development
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1951-
California
California State Water Project.
Democratic Party (Calif.)
California State Water Project.
Democratic Party (Calif.)
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) -- 1913-1994
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous) -- 1913-1994
Note:
Edmund G. Brown, Sr. ; interviews conducted by Malca Chall, Amelia R. Fry, Gabrielle Morris, and James Rowland. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, Berkeley, California, 1977-1981,
Copies of photographs, letters, clippings, and other documentary material supporting the interview inserted.
Reel 1 is 5 in., others are cassettes.
Included in: Government history documentation oral history series and Goodwin Knight-Edmond G. Brown, Sr. Era Oral History
Project.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
Transcript and original interviews Also available online.
Print reproduction.
Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library. Duplicate transcript.
All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University
of California, Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director
of The Bancroft Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History
Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Sound recordings available in The Bancroft Library as Phonotape 2172 C and Phonotape 1475 C.
One portrait transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1983.211--PIC).
Type:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
1 volume and 1 box
28 audiocassettes and 1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University
of California, Berkeley. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director
of The Bancroft Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History
Office, 486 Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.