Participant in the evolution of American corrections, 1931-1973 :
oral history transcript /
Richard Allen McGee ; tape recorded interview conducted by Amelia R. Fry and Mortimer Schwartz in 1971-1973. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976 :
and related material,
1971-1976.

Description

Main Author

McGee, Richard A.

Related Names

Schwartz, Mortimer D., interviewer.
Fry, Amelia R., interviewer.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

Warren, Earl, > Warren, Earl, / 1891-1974.
California. > California. / Department of Corrections.
Prisons > Prisons / California.
Crime > Crime / California.
California > California / Politics and government.
Oral histories.

Summary

Comments on work in penal and corrective institutions prior to appointment by Earl Warren as director of California Dept. of Corrections in 1944; experiences as head of California prison system; work of the State Crime Commissions; relations with prison wardens, etc. Photographs inserted. Appended: copies of documentary material supporting the interview, including articles by McGee.

Note

Phonotape also available.
Also available online.

Physical Description

Transcript : [25], 215 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

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