Oral history interview with Ralph C. Dills ..., 1989
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Oral history interview with Ralph C. Dills ..., 1989
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- Label
- Oral history interview with Ralph C. Dills ..., 1989
- Statement of responsibility
- by Carlos Vásquez
- Inclusive dates
- 1989
- Subject
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- Garland, Gordon
- Tenney, Jack B., (Jack Breckinridge), 1898-1970
- Political campaigns -- California
- Petroleum industry and trade -- California
- California Democratic Council
- Substance abuse -- California
- Burns, Hugh M, 1902-
- Communism -- California
- Teachers -- California -- Retirement
- Legislators -- California -- Interviews
- Brown, Edmund G., (Edmund Gerald), 1905-
- Health insurance -- California
- oral histories
- Dills, Ralph C, 1910-
- Gray, Dudley
- Yorty, Sam, 1909-1998
- Public schools -- California
- Samish, Arthur H, 1897-
- Campaign funds -- California
- Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968
- Chiropractic -- Law and legislation -- California
- Unruh, Jesse, 1922-1987
- Dills, Clayton A
- Credit unions -- California
- Morton, Harold C, 1895-
- Lobbying -- California
- California -- Politics and government -- 1850-1950
- Education, Higher -- California
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Dills discusses his background, education, early political involvement in the EPIC movement and in the Democratic party, tenure as a municipal court judge particularly during the Watts rebellion in 1965, and provides considerable information on his chief legislative interests and accomplishments while serving initially as a California state assemblyman and then as a California State Senator
- Additional physical form
- Audiotape recording available in the California State Archives.
- Biographical or historical data
- Ralph C. Dills, a native of Texas and at the time (1939) of his successful candidacy for a seat representing the Sixty-ninth Assembly District a public school teacher, has served as assemblyman (1929-1949), justice of the peace and municipal judge (1949-1966), and state senator (1967-1990). His brother, Clayton A. Dills, served in the California State Assembly from 1943 to 1966. Ralph Dills's principal legislative interest has been to protect, preserve, and expand California's public education system. His legislation has included bills to create such institutions as El Camino Community College and California State University, Long Beach. He and other Los Angeles County legislators also created the foundation for a School of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to sponsoring numerous bills contributing to teacher collective bargaining and retirement systems, he authored landmark bills addressing waste management and promoting California tourism.
- 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. 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.
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