The Governor's Office under Edmund G. Brown, Sr.
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1977-1979 by Amelia R. Fry, Eleanor Glaser, Gabrielle Morris, and James H. Rowland for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1981 :
Contributors: Fry, Amelia R.; Becker, William, 1918-; Christopher, Warren.; Davis, May Layne Bonnell.; Kline, Richard.; Mesplé, Frank A.; Poole, Cecil F., 1914-1997.; Glaser, Eleanor.; Morris, Gabrielle S.; Rowland, James H.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.; Goodwin Knight-Edmond G. Brown, Sr. Era Oral History Project.
Published: 1977
Subjects: Brown, Edmund G. 1905-1996.; Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987.; Chessman, Caryl, 1921-1960.; California. Governor.; National Farm Labor Union (U.S.); California Democratic Council.; Agricultural laborers -- California.; Civil rights -- California.; Apportionment (Election law) -- California.; Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.; California -- Politics and government.
Other titles: Government history documentation oral history series.
Description: Interviewees, and titles of interviews, as follows: photographs inserted. William Becker. Working for Civil Rights: With Unions, the Legislature, and Governor Pat Brown. Comments on National Farm Labor Union organizing in Imperial Valley, 1947-52; the California Committee for Fair Employment Practices and the Fair Employment Practices Commission; working as assistant for human rights in Brown's office. Warren Christopher. Special Counsel to the Governor: Recalling the Pat Brown Years. May Layne Bonnell Davis. An Appointment Secretary Reminisces. Richard Kline. Governor Brown's Faithful Advisor. Comments on work as travel secretary, directing campaign for fair housing against Proposition 14, the Watts riots in Los Angeles. Frank Mesplé. From Clovis to the Capitol: Building a Career as a Legislative Liaison. Comments on California Democratic Council, reapportionment, bracero program, governor's conflict with Jesse Unruh, etc. Cecil Poole. Executive Clemency and the Chessman Case. Comments also on civil rights issues.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: William Becker, July 19, 1979. Track 1: 498 ft., track 2: 497 ft.; value: Reel 2: Becker, cont. Track 1: 183 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 3: Becker, Aug. 8, 1979. Track 1: 415 ft., track 2: 470 ft.; value: Reel 4: Becker, cont. Track 1: 332 ft., track 2: 80-368 ft.; value: Reel 5: Christopher Warren, Oct. 24, 1978. Track 1: 497 ft., track 2: 45 ft.; value: Reel 6: May Layne Bonnell Davis, Apr. 22, 1977. Track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 497 ft.; value: Reel 7: Davis, cont. Track 1: 480 ft., track 2: blank; value: Reel 8: Davis, Apr. 24, 1977. Track 1: 485 ft., track 2: 491 ft.; value: Reel 9: Richard Kline, Apr. 29, 1977. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 492 ft.; value: Reel 10: Kline, cont. Track 1: 493 ft., track 2: 166 ft.; value: Reel 11: Frank Mesple, July 17, 1978. Track 1: 487 ft., track 2: 493 ft.; value: Reel 12: Mesple, cont. Track 1: 494 ft., track 2: 48 ft.; value: Reel 13: Mesple, Sep. 26, 1978. Track 1: 451 ft., track 2: 478 ft.; value: Reel 14: Cecil Poole, June 6, 1977. Track 1: 468 ft., track 2: 419 ft.; value: Reel 15: Poole, cont. Track 1: 490 ft., track 2: 490 ft.; value: Phonotape 1377:; value: Cecil Poole interview, Sep. 26, 1979. Not transcribed.; value: Phonotape 1500: