Oral history interview with Leland L. Nichols, 1991. Transcript. / by Donald B. Seney, Oral History Program, California State University, Sacramento for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives.

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Oral history interview with Leland L. Nichols, 1991. Transcript. / by Donald B. Seney, Oral History Program, California State University, Sacramento for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives.

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Nichols discusses his family and educational background, working as a reporter for NBC News, especially during the 1960 Democratic convention, working for Edmund G. Brown, Sr. as Radio-Television Press Secretary, and devising and institutionalizing the staff system for the California State Assembly. He also reflects on gay persons in political life.

319 p. of typescript.

California State Archives

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Nichols, Leland L., 1929-

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Leland L. Nichols attended the Hollywood Professional School and the University of California at Los Angeles. After service in the U.S. Army, he began a career in broadcasting as a reporter for NBC News. In 1960, he was appointed Radio-Television Press Secretary for Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr. In 1962, he joined the staff of the California State Assembly as Chief Consultant to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and then, Chief Consultant to the Assembly, during which time he helped devise a...

Seney, Donald B.

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State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

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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." ...