The Resource Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall
Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall
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The item Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.
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- Summary
- Singer discusses her law school experience in the 1930s as one of very few women; people in the Bureau of Indian Affairs including John Collier, William Brophy, Phileo Nash and handling Indian claims litigation in Alaska; World WarII and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman; Department of Interior issues and people including Harold Ickes, Stewart Udall, Cecil Andrus; the Bureau of Reclamation and the 160-acre limit, power and electrical utility law, water issues, the Westlands contract; the state of California Department of Water Resources and Ronald Robie
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- iii, 152 leaves, bound
- Label
- Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., 1991
- Title
- Oral history interview with Rita Singer ...
- Statement of responsibility
- by Malca Chall
- Inclusive dates
- 1991
- Subject
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- Udall, Stewart L
- Collier, John
- Ickes, Harold L., (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
- United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs
- California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Cohen, Felix S, 1907-1953
- Singer, Rita, 1915-
- Water resources development -- California
- United States, Department of the Interior
- oral histories
- Andrus, Cecil D, 1931-2017
- United States -- Politics and government
- Robie, Ronald B
- Brophy, William A., (William Aloysius), 1903-1962
- United States, Bureau of Reclamation
- Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Singer discusses her law school experience in the 1930s as one of very few women; people in the Bureau of Indian Affairs including John Collier, William Brophy, Phileo Nash and handling Indian claims litigation in Alaska; World WarII and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman; Department of Interior issues and people including Harold Ickes, Stewart Udall, Cecil Andrus; the Bureau of Reclamation and the 160-acre limit, power and electrical utility law, water issues, the Westlands contract; the state of California Department of Water Resources and Ronald Robie
- Additional physical form
- Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.
- Biographical or historical data
- Rita Singer had a long-term career with the federal government as an attorney in the Department of Agriculture from 1942-1944, specializing in tasks for the Forest Service and the Farm Security Administration; as assistant regional solicitor in Sacramento, California for the Department of the Interior from 1948-1977, working primarily with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Reclamation. From 1977 to the present, Ms. Singer has served as a staff attorney in the Department of Water Resources for the state of California
- Cataloging source
- CSA
- Form designation
- oral history transcript
- Location of originals duplicates
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- The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- California State University, Sacramento.
- California State University, Fullerton. Library. Oral History Program.
- Honold Library for the Associated Colleges, Claremont, California.
- University of California, Los Angeles, Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
- Label
- Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- iii, 152 leaves, bound
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)28733909
- ucoclc28733909
- 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. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.
- Label
- Oral history interview with Rita Singer ..., by Malca Chall
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- iii, 152 leaves, bound
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)28733909
- ucoclc28733909
- 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. Tape copies are not made for sale or for distribution outside the program.
Subject
- Andrus, Cecil D, 1931-2017
- Brophy, William A., (William Aloysius), 1903-1962
- California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- Cohen, Felix S, 1907-1953
- Collier, John
- Ickes, Harold L., (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
- Robie, Ronald B
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Singer, Rita, 1915-
- Truman, Harry S, 1884-1972
- Udall, Stewart L
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States, Bureau of Indian Affairs
- United States, Bureau of Reclamation
- United States, Department of the Interior
- Water resources development -- California
- oral histories
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