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Oral history interview with John F. Burby : oral history transcript / 1987.
BANC MSS 90/21 c
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Title:

Oral history interview with John F. Burby : oral history transcript / 1987

Creator/Contributor:

Burby, John F., 1924-, creator, Interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Vásquez, Carlos, 1944-, Interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

Abstract:

Burby discusses his family background, education, World War II military experience, his career in journalism, and service as press secretary to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Sr., from 1961 to 1967. He comments on significant events and issues that impacted the Brown administration, and on state and local politics in general.

Date:

1987 (issued)

Subject:

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Journalists -- California -- Interviews
California -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Note:

By Carlos Vasquez, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives,
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the California State Archivist or the Head, Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA.
Journalist. Press Secretary for Gov. Edmund G. (Pat) Brown, 1961-1967. Previously a journalist for the Hawaii bureau of United Press, the Honolulu Advertiser, and the San Francisco Chronicle, Burby went on to edit and publish the National Journal (Washington, D.C.) from 1970 to 1974. In 1978, he became a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and, in 1983, was named as assistant editor of the editorial pages. He is the author of the book, The Great American Motion Sickness (1971).

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[vi], ii, 178 p. ; 29 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 90/21 c

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the California State Archivist or the Head, Department of Special Collections, University Research Library, UCLA.