About the Collections
The Center for Oral History Research has an extensive collection of interviews that document various aspects of the history of Los Angeles. Major areas of emphasis within the collection as a whole are described below.
African American History
Interviews with activists, architects, artists, community and business leaders, media professionals, and others; series include:
- African American Artists
- Black Leadership in Los Angeles
Arts and Architecture
Interviews with architects, artists, curators, and filmmakers; series include:
- African American Artists
- Art History Documentation Project: The Development of Art History as a Discipline
- Frank Lloyd Wright Design Heritage Project
- The Hollywood Blacklist
- Los Angeles Art Community: Group Portrait through the 1970s
- Oral History of the Pasadena Art Museum
- Out of the Seventies: Women in Film and Video
- Post-War California Architects
Music
Interviews with individuals who have been prominent in jazz and in classical music. Two major series document the history of jazz in Los Angeles:
- Central Avenue Sounds
- Beyond Central
Political Activism
Interviews with individuals active in movements including civil liberties, civil rights, the Communist Party, labor, and the peace movement
Politics and Government
Interviews with individuals involved in state and local governments; series include:
- California State Archives State Government Oral History Project
- Governmental History Documentation Project: The Ronald Reagan Era
- Seven Decades of Planning and Development in the Los Angeles Region
Science and Medicine
Interviews with UCLA faculty and others who have made significant contributions to scientific knowledge; non-Los Angeles-based series: the Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences Oral History and Archives Project
Related Online UCLA Collection: Genetic Oral History Project
UCLA University History
Interviews with UCLA faculty and staff in a variety of academic fields and administrative areas
Related Online UCLA Collection: Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Oral History Collection
