Papers 1944-1980, bulk 1959-1977 / Bradford MacChesney Crittenden.

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Papers 1944-1980, bulk 1959-1977 / Bradford MacChesney Crittenden.

Series 1 contains some materials pertaining to the prosecution of narcotics cases and other matters under litigation by the Stockton, California District Attorney's office between 1949 and 1959. Series 2 contains reports, correspondence, scrapbooks and other materials relating to the Watts Riot, anti-Vietnam War demostrations, corruption charges against the California Highway Patrol, and the basic discharge of daily business of the Highway Patrol between 1959 and 1967. Series 3 contains reports, correspondence and plans relating to Highway Safety Programs operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation between 1967 and 1978 as well as B.M. Crittenden's speeches describing his experiences as California Highway Patrol Commissioner. Series 4 contains documents and correspondence pertaining to land leasing and farming in the San Joaquin Valley between 1953 and 1970.

7 boxes 9 linear ft.

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Crittenden, Bradford MacChesney, 1912-1982.

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Administrator. Early education in Stockton, California. Received a B.A. from the College of the Pacific and a J.D. degree from the University of California's Hastings College of Law (1936). Practiced law in Stockton until joining staff of District Attorney (1949). Subsequently elected District Attorney (1955). Appointed Commissioner of State Highway Patrol by Governor Edmund G. Brown (1959). Resigned upon election of Ronald Reagan (1967). Appointed Associate Director, Traffic Safety Programs of ...

Crittenden, Edith MacChesney, 1876-1952.

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California Highway Patrol

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California. Dept. of the California Highway Patrol.

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Crittenden, Bradford Samuel, 1876-1952.

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