California
Interviewee Sort descending | Collection | Description | Interviewer | Date of Interview | Location of Interview | Affiliation |
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Carlos Rico | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Carlos Rico. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Carol Thomas Rugnetta | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Carol Thomas Rugnetta. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Carroll Dee Brown | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Carroll Dee Brown was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma in 1927. In 1944, he moved to the port area of Los Angeles to work as a welder. He met his wife at a dance in Redondo and they were married for fifty-four years. After his initial three months at the port, Brown did not return to work there but continued working in construction and shipyards. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Cecil E. "Chuck" Leith | UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection |
Cecil E. "Chuck" Leith was a renowned physicist, mathematician, and climate modeler, born in 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts. He spent his early life in Massachusetts, attending high school in Scituate, a town south of Boston. Leith's career took a significant turn during World War II when he was drafted into the Army at the age of twenty-one. Despite his young age, he was involved in a highly classified project, the details of which he was not allowed to disclose. |
Paul Edwards | Stanford, CA | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | |
Charles Carevich | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Charles A. Carevich was born on December 11, 1923, in Tacoma, Washington. In 1930, his family relocated to San Pedro, California, due to the Great Depression and his father's occupation as a commercial fisherman. His parents, originally from the island of Brac, Dalmatia, emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century. Carevich's father, a fisherman, initially settled in Tacoma, where many of their relatives from Brac also migrated. Growing up during the Great Depression, Charles attended local schools and quickly adapted to his new environment. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Charles Hamasaki | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Charles Hamasaki. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Charles Queenan | Port of Los Angeles Centennial Oral History Project |
Oral history interview with Charles Queenan. |
Unknown | Los Angeles, CA | The Port of Los Angeles | |
Chuck Mitchell | Beneath the Surface of San Diego |
Chuck Mitchell was born in Los Angeles in December 1940 and moved to San Diego in 1947. He grew up in Point Loma, attending Cabrillo Elementary School, Dana Junior High, and Point Loma High School. His father was a mechanic who owned his own garages, which led to Mitchell spending a lot of time working on cars and developing a curiosity about how things work. This curiosity has been a driving force throughout his life. In the early 1950s, Mitchell and his family moved onto a boat at Jim Underwood's Landing, the first marina on Shelter Island. |
Ashleigh E. Palinkas, Paul K. Dayton | San Diego, CA | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | |
Chuck Nicklin | Histories of San Diego’s Fisheries and Farms |
Interview with San Diego born SCUBA diving pioneer and photographer, Chuck Nicklin, conducted on 29 January 2014 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Dr. Paul K. Dayton, Emeritus Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography was the interviewer. |
Paul K. Dayton | La Jolla, CA | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California Sea Grant | |
Chuck Nicklin | Beneath the Surface of San Diego |
Chuck Nicklin, a renowned diver and underwater cinematographer, was born in Massachusetts and moved to San Diego in 1942 at the age of fourteen. His father was in the Navy and was reassigned to San Diego during World War II. Despite his initial reluctance to move, Nicklin fell in love with San Diego and decided to stay even when his father was reassigned back to Boston. Nicklin graduated from Point Loma in 1945 and began his journey into the world of diving as a teenager, exploring the waters around Sunset Cliffs and La Jolla Cove. |
Ashleigh E. Palinkas | San Diego, CA | Scripps Institution of Oceanography |