Oral history interview with Rita Singer, 1991 :
oral history transcript /
by Malca Chall, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives,
1993.

Description

Main Author

Singer, Rita, 1915-

Related Names

Chall, Malca, interviewer.
State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

United States. > United States. / Department of the Interior.
United States. > United States. / Bureau of Reclamation.
United States. > United States. / Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Indians of North America.
Lawyers > Lawyers / California > Lawyers / California / Interviews.
Water resources development > Water resources development / California.
United States > United States / Politics and government > United States / Politics and government / 1945-1989.
California > California / Politics and government > California / Politics and government / 1951-
Oral histories.

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 War II and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman; Dept. 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 Dept. of Water Resources and Ronald Robie.

Note

Transcript of an interview conducted July 24, August 7, August 13, September 13, 1991.
Also available online.
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2680 C:1-7.

Physical Description

Phonotapes: 7 cassette tapes.
Transcript: iii, 140 leaves ; 29 cm.

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