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Interviews with five department directors in the Knight-Brown administrations. Copies of photographs and of documentary material inserted. Interviewees and titles of interviews, as follows: John M. Peirce. California State Department of Finance, 1953-1958. Also discusses the 1958 gubernatorial campaign. Bert W. Livit. State Finance and Innovations in Government Organization, 1944-1959. Albert B. Tieburg. California State Department of Employment, 1945-1966. Includes discussion of farm placement service and bracero program and minority hiring. John Wedemeyer. California State Department of Social Welfare, 1959-1966. James Lowry. California State Department of Mental Hygiene, 1960s. Includes comments also on mental health program in Reagan administration. With this, 1 portfolio: photocopies of additional documentary material.

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Title
Perspectives on Department Administration, California 1953-1966, tape recorded interview conducted 1978-1979 by Gabrielle Morris
Creator
interviewer., Morris, Gabrielle S.,
interviewee., Peirce, John Morgan, 1902-1981,
interviewee., Levit, Bert W. 1903- (Bert William),
interviewee., Tieburg, Albert B.,
interviewee., Wedemeyer, John,
interviewee., Lowry, James,
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000313
Subject (Person)
Brown, Edmund G. 1905-1996. (Edmund Gerald),
Subject (Corporate)
California. Department of Finance.
California. State Department of Employment.
California. Department of Social Welfare.
California. Department of Mental Hygiene.
Subject (Topic)
Agricultural laborers, Mexican California.
Minorities Employment -- California.
Social service California.
Mental health California.
Minorités Travail -- Californie.
Service social Californie.
Santé mentale Californie.
Geographic Coverage
California Politics and government.
Californie Politique et gouvernement.
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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