California Audiovisual Preservation Project

  • The Wennesland collection

    KPFA’s Bob Sitton interviews Dr. Reidar Wennesland, one of the foremost patrons and collectors of art by Beat-era artists, and artist Arthur Monroe. The Norwegian-born Wennesland, whose medical practice was based in the North Beach district of San Francisco, often accepted paintings in lieu of money for his services. He collected works by Monroe, Jay…

  • Warren Widener, mayor-elect of Berkeley

    The city of Berkeley’s first Black mayor, Warren Widener (1938-2013) discusses how he hopes to implement his programs, the role of the police in the community, and providing aid for schools, among other subjects. This interview with Al Silbowitz and Elsa Knight Thompson was broadcast live on KPFA, Monday, April 26, 1971. |

  • Freedom summer in Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

    An audio mosaic of people and sounds which tells the events of the integration struggles of the summer of 1963 in Los Angeles. It represents the four areas of concern as they are met locally by Negro leaders: housing, education, employment and police practices. The sources of the material run the full range of diversity…

  • Problems of youth (Episode 1 of 3)

    First of a three-part series dealing with Chicano adolescents in a depressed East Los Angeles area. This program is introduced by Mike Tigar, who then allows the young men to speak for themselves – about jobs, school, police, parents, etc. The comments were recorded, transcribed and selected for broadcast by the participants themselves.

  • Gang worker (Episode 3 of 3)

    Mike Tigar interviews Tony Serrato, Senior Deputy Probation Officer in the Group Guidance Section of the LA County Probation Department, about efforts to reform Chicano gang members.

  • Righteous but compassionate

    An interview with Steve Stacey and Ron Landberg of the Good Earth Commune in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. They discuss the Haight-Ashbury as it is today, as well as the evolving “”hip”” lifestyle and its philosophy. The interviewer is Al Silbowitz.

  • Teach-in on the implications of People’s Park (Episode 7 of 8, Part 1 of 2)

    On May 28, 1969, two weeks after the first street fighting in connection with People’s Park, there was an all-day teach-in entitled “The Politics of Ecology” at Lower Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus, which was broadcast live on KPFA. Speakers addressed themselves to various aspects of the Park – urban planning,…

  • The battle for People’s Park revisited (Episode 8 of 8, Part 1 of 2)

    On May 30, 1969 there was a massive, peaceful march through Berkeley in which people from all over California and from other states as well participated to show their support for the user-developed People’s Park. This program examines the last two weeks of May 1969 and asks “Why did it happen?”and “Where are we one…

  • Alcatraz panel with Indians from various tribes / moderated by John Trudell and John Adair.

    Indians discuss their occupation of Alcatraz.|ALCATRAZ PANEL WITH INDAINS FROM VARIOUS TRIBES / moderated by John Trudell and John Adair. – Indians discuss their occupation of Alcatraz. – RECORDED: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco. BROADCAST: KPFA, 23 Dec. 1969.

  • A new kind of museum: the Exploratorium

    Dr. Frank Oppenheimer, director of the new Exploratorium of the Palace of Arts and Science, located in the Palace of Fine Arts building in San Francisco, is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson of KPFA about the concepts behind the new museum and what one can expect to find there.