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.
UC San Diego 25th Anniversary Oral Histories, 1984 (RSS 52)
Extent: 0.65 Linear feet (1 archives box and 1 shoe box)
Digital Content
All sound recordings and transcripts from this collection have been digitized.
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.