Oral history interview with Raymond T. Seeley ..., 1990

Resource Information

The work Oral history interview with Raymond T. Seeley ..., 1990 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in UCLA Library.

Label

Oral history interview with Raymond T. Seeley ..., 1990

Statement of responsibility

by Enid Hart Douglass

Inclusive dates

1990

Creator

• Seeley, Raymond T., 1912-

Contributor

• State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
• Douglass, Enid Hart
• Claremont Graduate School, Oral History Program

Interviewee

• Seeley, Raymond T., 1912-
• Seeley, Raymond T, 1912-

Interviewer

• Douglass, Enid Hart

Subject

• Reagan, Ronald
• Suitt, Tom
• Brown, Willie L., (Willie Lewis), Jr, 1934-
• Deukmejian, George
• California -- Politics and government -- 1951-
• Cologne, Gordon
• Political campaigns -- California
• Desert Water Agency
• Ranchers -- California -- Interviews
• Legislators -- California -- Interviews
• California, Legislature | Assembly
• Apportionment (Election law) -- California
• Horse racing -- California
• Moretti, Robert, 1936-
• oral histories
• Riverside County (Calif.) -- Politics and government
• California Horse Racing Board
• Agricultural laws and legislation -- California
• Seeley, Raymond T, 1912-
• Monagan, Robert T., (Robert Timothy), 1920-
• Fenton, Jack R
• Maddy, Kenneth L
• Veysey, Victor V., (Victor Vincent), 1915-2001
• California, Legislature | Assembly | Committee on Criminal Justice

Genre

• Interviews
• oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Raymond T. Seeley reviews his family background and education. He discusses the impact of the Great Depression on his personal life and its effects on his professional career. Mr. Seeley talks about his political career, both on the county level and in the state legislature. He addresses the legislative needs of his district and the necessity of clean government in general. Mr. Seeley also describes the duties of the California Horse Racing Board and his eight years of service on it

Additional physical form

Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.

Biographical or historical data

Raymond T. Seeley was an independent cattle rancher in the Palo Verde Valley near Blythe. He also was an elected constable in Riverside County and eventually was appointed deputy sheriff. Mr. Seeley was elected to the Riverside County board of supervisors in 1966 and served as its chairman for the last two years of his term. In 1970, he was elected to the state assembly serving two terms. He carried bills pertaining to animal husbandry, fish and game, geothermal resources, and local water districts. In 1982, Mr. Seeley was appointed to the California Horse Racing Board and served two four-year terms.

Cataloging source

CSA

Form designation

oral history transcript

Location of originals duplicates

• The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
• California State University, Sacramento. Library. University Archives.
• 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.