Oral history interview with John D. Babbage : oral history transcript / By Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with John D. Babbage : oral history transcript / By Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program, Claremont Graduate School, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Babbage discusses his biographical background: family, education, training as a lawyer, and work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1941-46); focus is his period of service from the Riverside area in the California State Assembly (1948-52). Babbage discusses his efforts to obtain funding for the Riverside campus of the University of California.

ix, 135 p.; 29 cm.

California State Archives

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Babbage, John D., 1916-

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Babbage, a practicing attorney, was elected to the California State Assembly in 1948 to represent the Seventy-sixth District. His principal committee service was on: Crimes and Corrections; Education; and Judiciary. He played a crucial role in obtaining funding for the establishment of the University of California, Riverside. He served two terms (1948-1952). From 1954 to 1959, he was vice chairman of the California Law Revision Commission. From 1963 to 1970, he was a member of the California Con...

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...

University of California, Riverside.

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