Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material About the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project, 1962-1964

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Fletcher Bowron Collection of Material About the Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project, 1962-1964

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Fletcher Bowron (1887-1968) was born in Poway, California. He served as mayor of Los Angeles for fifteen years (1938-53). The collection consists of unedited transcripts of tape recorded interviews conducted by former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron for a UCLA oral history project, documenting the history of Los Angeles, ca. 1900-1940s.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6665719

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Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project

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Kinsey, Don J. (Don Jackson), 1895-

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Maidenberg, Harry F.

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Harry F. Maidenberg was born in Russia in 1884 and moved to Los Angeles as a young child. Maidenberg was an insurance businessman who began making scrapbooks documenting the history of California in the 1950s. From the description of Harry F. Maidenberg scrapbooks, 1950-1960. (San Leandro Community Library). WorldCat record id: 695472278 Biographical Note Harry F. Maidenberg was born in Russia in 1884 and moved to Los Ang...

Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968

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Bowron was born Aug. 13, 1887 in Poway, CA; attended UC Berkeley (1907-9), USC Law School (1909-11); admitted to CA State Bar, 1917; executive secretary to governor of CA (1925-26); judge, Superior Court, Los Angeles (1926-38, 1956-62); elected mayor of Los Angeles in recall election, Sept. 16, 1938; re-elected to three additional terms and served as mayor for a total fifteen years (1938-53); died Sept. 11, 1968. From the description of Collection of material about the Los Angeles Me...

Himrod, William B.

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Offner, Milton

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Grey, John A.

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Ryerson, Harold S.

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Whithall, Gordon

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Lewis, George A., fl. 1962-

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Green, Dan W.

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