Oral history interview with Hon. Bert A. Betts : oral history transcript / By Jacqueline S. Reinier, Oral History Program, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Hon. Bert A. Betts : oral history transcript / By Jacqueline S. Reinier, Oral History Program, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Interview covers Mr. Betts' terms as State Treasurer of California during Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr.'s administrations, 1958-1962. Betts discusses the Democratic victory in 1958 and campaigns of 1962 and 1966. He focuses on history of the State Treasurer's office including background on the office, programs and bond sales, increase in bond sales in the 1960s, and modernization of office procedures. Interview concludes with discussion of State Treasurer's office in the late 1980s and reflections on growth of the office under State Treasurer Jesse Unruh.

xi, 175 p. ; 29 cm.

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