Caitlin Parker, Interviewer, UCLA Center for Oral History Research. B.A. History, Amherst College. M.A. US History, UCLA. Parker’s dissertation focuses on urban policy in Los Angeles during Mayor Tom Bradley’s administration.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt’s office in Los Angeles, CA
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Stephen Reinhardt and Caitlin Parker
This interview is part of a series of interviews with key individuals who served in Los Angeles city government during the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley. Bradley served as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. The interviews focus on each individual’s political development, activism, and role in the Bradley administration. Major urban policy issues addressed in the interviews include social services, economic development, urban redevelopment, housing, transit, policing, education, and city finances.
Parker prepared for the interviews by reviewing archival records in the Bradley Administrative collection at UCLA and articles from the Los Angeles Times and other print sources.
The interviewer compiled the table of contents and interview history and supplied the spellings of proper nouns. The interviewee reviewed the transcript. He verified proper names, and made a few corrections and additions.
The transcript of this interview is a verbatim transcript of the audio recording. It was transcribed by a professional transcribing agency using a list of proper names and specialized terminology supplied by the interviewer. The interviewee was then given the opportunity to review the transcript in order to supply the missing or misspelled names and to verify the accuracy of the contents, and those corrections were entered into the text without further editing or review on the part of the Center for Oral History Research (COHR) staff.
In some cases the audio recording may differ slightly from the transcript, either because the transcriptionist did not accurately transcribe what was said or because of the changes the interviewee made at the time of their review.
Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library’s Center for Oral History Research. Related collections in UCLA Library Special Collections include the Bradley Administration Papers, as well as a 1978 oral history with Bradley and a later, uncompleted oral history begun with Bradley shortly before his death.