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Schooling in New Orleans and Sacramento; work as a guard at the Governor's mansion in the Earl Warren administration; impressions of the Governor and his family and Warren's influence on his life; discussions with Warren on integration and segregation, prison reform, etc.; views on other political figures; his own career in the field of corrections and prison reform. Included also: his account of his last visit with Warren, June 24, 1974. Copies of photographs, clippings, etc. inserted.

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Title
Edgar James Patterson, Governor's Mansion Aide to Prison counselor; tape recorded interview conducted by Amelia R. Fry in 1970-1972
Creator
interviewee., Patterson, Edgar James,
interviewer., Fry, Amelia R.,
Small, Merrell Farnham.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000216
Subject (Person)
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974.
Subject (Topic)
African Americans California.
Prisons California.
Noirs américains Californie.
Prisons Californie.
Geographic Coverage
California Politics and government.
Californie Politique et gouvernement.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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