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Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman ..., by Carole Hicke

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Summary
This oral history covers Newman's education and career, including work with the Office of Price Administration, the University of Boalt Hall (with mention of security/loyalty issues, the Tenney Committee, Governors Earl Warren, Pat and Jerry Brown, and faculty colleges). Professor Newman discusses the California Supreme Court from 1977 to 1983, with references to his fellow jurists and the Constitutional Revision Commission (mentioning Bruce Sumner and Ralph Kleps) and the Commission on Judicial Performance. He talks about human rights work with Amnesty International and the United Nations with visits to Greece (1967) and Chile (1974). References to politicians, judicial personnel, and presidents throughout the period, including Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Seth Hufstedler, Bernard Witkin, and Jesse Unruh
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
iii, 336 leaves, bound
Note
Transcript of a twelve-and-a-half-hour interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley and the California State Archives State Government Oral History Program
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Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman ..., 1989-1991
Title
Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman ...
Statement of responsibility
by Carole Hicke
Inclusive dates
1989-1991
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This oral history covers Newman's education and career, including work with the Office of Price Administration, the University of Boalt Hall (with mention of security/loyalty issues, the Tenney Committee, Governors Earl Warren, Pat and Jerry Brown, and faculty colleges). Professor Newman discusses the California Supreme Court from 1977 to 1983, with references to his fellow jurists and the Constitutional Revision Commission (mentioning Bruce Sumner and Ralph Kleps) and the Commission on Judicial Performance. He talks about human rights work with Amnesty International and the United Nations with visits to Greece (1967) and Chile (1974). References to politicians, judicial personnel, and presidents throughout the period, including Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Seth Hufstedler, Bernard Witkin, and Jesse Unruh
Additional physical form
Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.
Biographical or historical data
Frank C. Newman is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and a retired associate justice of the California Supreme Court. He joined the Boalt Hall School of Law faculty in 1946 and served as dean from 1961 to 1966. Since 1967, Professor Newman has traveled world-wide working on human rights issues and related matters for the United Nations and Amnesty International.
Cataloging source
CSA
Form designation
oral history transcript
Location of originals duplicates
  • Honnold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, California.
  • California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.
  • California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.
  • The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
  • University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
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Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman ..., by Carole Hicke
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Transcript of a twelve-and-a-half-hour interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley and the California State Archives State Government Oral History Program
Dimensions
28 cm.
Extent
iii, 336 leaves, bound
System control number
  • (OCoLC)30966627
  • ucoclc30966627
Terms governing use
Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives and cooperating institutions. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.
Label
Oral history interview with Frank C. Newman ..., by Carole Hicke
Publication
Note
Transcript of a twelve-and-a-half-hour interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley and the California State Archives State Government Oral History Program
Dimensions
28 cm.
Extent
iii, 336 leaves, bound
System control number
  • (OCoLC)30966627
  • ucoclc30966627
Terms governing use
Copyright to all program materials is assigned by the interviewee to both the Secretary of State, California State Archives, and the program's cooperating institutions. Copies of interview transcripts can be procured from the State Archives and cooperating institutions. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.

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