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Asian Americans: South Bay/Los Angeles Nisei
(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Issei (first generation immigrants) and their Nisei children were well established in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. Some raised fruit, vegetables and flowers on undeveloped land that they rented or farmed as sharecroppers. Others formed cooperatives or corporations to...
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(California: California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive),
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
Source: csulb-dspace.calstate.edu
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When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Issei (first generation immigrants) and their Nisei children were well established in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. Some raised fruit, vegetables and flowers on undeveloped land that they rented or farmed as sharecroppers. Others formed cooperatives or corporations to sell and distribute produce while still others started small businesses to serve Japanese and other residents in the area.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Law, Politics, War, World War II, 1939-1945, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Japanese American Internment, 1942-1945
Subject
Ethnic groups, Law, Politics, War
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Beaton Institute Collection X
Interviews conducted mostly in 1982 with judges and jailors, regarding justice and the penal system in Cape Breton. English. Open. Card index
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Interviews conducted mostly in 1982 with judges and jailors, regarding justice and the penal system in Cape Breton. English. Open. Card index
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University College of Cape Breton. Beaton Institute
Topic / Theme
Law
Subject
Law
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Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine Project
(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
An account of the founding of the law firm by various of its partners and associates, and in particular of the career of William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) as a lawyer, as a military officer, and as director of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. There is material also on the evolution of a New Y...
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(New York: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office),
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Source: oralhistoryportal.library.columbia.edu
Description
An account of the founding of the law firm by various of its partners and associates, and in particular of the career of William Joseph Donovan (1883-1959) as a lawyer, as a military officer, and as director of the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. There is material also on the evolution of a New York law firm, and on the Department of Justice during the 1920s.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Topic / Theme
Law, World War II, 1939-1945
Subject
Law
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Jim Crow Stories Personal Narratives
The Jim Crow era was one of struggle -- not only for the victims of violence, discrimination, and poverty, but by those who worked to challenge (or promote) segregation in the South. Various individuals, organizations, and events played key roles in shaping the history books
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The Jim Crow era was one of struggle -- not only for the victims of violence, discrimination, and poverty, but by those who worked to challenge (or promote) segregation in the South. Various individuals, organizations, and events played key roles in shaping the history books
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Topic / Theme
Ethnic groups, Law
Subject
Ethnic groups, Law
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Legal Profession in Indiana
(Indiana: Indiana University. Center for the Study of History and Memory),
Source: purl.dlib.indiana.edu
Source: purl.dlib.indiana.edu
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(Indiana: Indiana University. Center for the Study of History and Memory),
Source: purl.dlib.indiana.edu
Source: purl.dlib.indiana.edu
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Indiana University. Center for the Study of History and Memory
Topic / Theme
Law
Subject
Law
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Legal Professions
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
The interviews in this series were conducted by students of the University of North Carolina School of Law with prominent lawyers and judges in North Carolina. Most of the interviews deal with the interviewees' families and personal lives as well as with their legal careers and thoughts about the law and the legal...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
The interviews in this series were conducted by students of the University of North Carolina School of Law with prominent lawyers and judges in North Carolina. Most of the interviews deal with the interviewees' families and personal lives as well as with their legal careers and thoughts about the law and the legal profession. Many interviews discuss college and law school experiences at the University of North Carolina and elsewhere, memorable...
The interviews in this series were conducted by students of the University of North Carolina School of Law with prominent lawyers and judges in North Carolina. Most of the interviews deal with the interviewees' families and personal lives as well as with their legal careers and thoughts about the law and the legal profession. Many interviews discuss college and law school experiences at the University of North Carolina and elsewhere, memorable cases, and views on legal ethics. Several interviews, especially those with African-American lawyers or Native-American lawyers and judges, address issues of racial segregation, school integration, and civil rights law. Other interviews address the careers of women in the legal profession. Several interviewees discussed their ideas about the death penalty. Some of the lawyers interviewed are also politicians
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Law
Subject
Law
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May 4th Oral History Project
This particular series of the May 4th oral history collection consists of 61 interviews taped during the 20th Anniversary Commemoration held at Kent State University on May 4, 1990. Individual responses range from two to thirty-five minutes in length. There is also a later series of nine tapes recorded during the...
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This particular series of the May 4th oral history collection consists of 61 interviews taped during the 20th Anniversary Commemoration held at Kent State University on May 4, 1990. Individual responses range from two to thirty-five minutes in length. There is also a later series of nine tapes recorded during the 25th Anniversary Commemoration in May of 1995.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Kent State University
Topic / Theme
Education, Law, Sociology, Kent State University Riot, May 4, 1970
Subject
Education, Law, Sociology
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Idaho State Historical Society. Idaho Oral History Center
Topic / Theme
Law
Subject
Law
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
British Library. National Sound Archive
Topic / Theme
Law
Subject
Law
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Ray Girardin Collection
(Michigan: Wayne State University. Walter P. Reuther Library. Oral History Collections),
Source: reuther.wayne.edu
Source: reuther.wayne.edu
Interview with Ray Girardin about his career as a crime reporter with The Detroit Times and as Detroit Police Commissioner during the 1967 riot, 1971.
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(Michigan: Wayne State University. Walter P. Reuther Library. Oral History Collections),
Source: reuther.wayne.edu
Source: reuther.wayne.edu
Description
Interview with Ray Girardin about his career as a crime reporter with The Detroit Times and as Detroit Police Commissioner during the 1967 riot, 1971.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
Wayne State University. Walter P. Reuther Library. Oral History Collections
Topic / Theme
Law, Newspapers
Subject
Law, Newspapers
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