Honorable in all things oral history transcript : the memoirs of Carey McWilliams / interviewed by Joel Gardner, [1978].

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Honorable in all things oral history transcript : the memoirs of Carey McWilliams / interviewed by Joel Gardner, [1978].

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Comments on early law career in Southern California; change of career to journalist and writer; political activism and involvement with social protest groups in California; work as commissioner of the California Division of Immigration and Housing; Japanese relocation; zoot-suit riots and work with Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee; views on political figures and events; years as contributing editor and editor of the Nation, 1948 until his retirement in 1975; work with ACLU of Southern California.

xxiii, 522 leaves, bound : port. ; 28 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980

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Carey McWilliams was born December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He completed his Juris Doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1927. From 1927-1938, McWilliams was an attorney at the law firm Black, Hammack in Los Angeles. In 1938, he was appointed as Chief of the Division of Immigration and Housing of the State of California, a position he kept until 1942. During the period from 1945-1955, he began his long association with The Nation, becoming successively contribut...

Gardner, Joel R.

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University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program

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