Oral history interview with Thomas M. Erwin : oral history transcript / by Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Oral history interview with Thomas M. Erwin : oral history transcript / by Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214961673

Erwin discusses southern California dairy farming and agricultural associations in the 1930s; his career in the California State Assembly, 1943-1955, including organization and leadership, with comments on fish and game, highways, land use, other contemporary issues; Richard Nixon, Goodwin Knight, Jesse Unruh, other political figures.

[v], ii, 89p. ; 29 cm.

California State Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7014156

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Morris, Gabrielle S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6834125 (person)

State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b9zqm (corporateBody)

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." ...

Erwin, Thomas, 1893-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc1n2g (person)

Thomas Erwin was a state assemblyman in California from 1943-1954, representing the 50th District--the Whittier area east of Los Angeles; prior to that, he was a prominent dairy farmer and agricultural organization leader. From the description of Oral history interview with Thomas M. Erwin : oral history transcript / by Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California Sta...