Finding Aid to the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots Records, 1965 August-December
Finding Aid to the Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots Records, 1965 August-December
Collection number: BANC MSS 74/115 c
The Bancroft Library- Finding Aid Author(s):
- Finding Aid written by Bancroft Library staff
- Finding Aid Encoded By:
- GenX
Biography/Organization History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexes and Timeline Series 1:
Subject matter index (1-31g) (4 cardfile boxes)
Subject matter index (31h-119) (2 cardfile boxes)
Name index (A-Z) (4 cardfile boxes)
Hourly timeline of the riots (in 2 cardfile boxes)
Commission Topical Files Series 2:
Circumstances surrounding the triggering events (1). Subseries 2.1:
Weather (1-a)
Press incidents (1-b)
Law enforcement incidents (1-c)
Activities of organizations (1-d)
Activities of individuals (1-e)
Triggering Events (2). Subseries 2.2:
California Highway Patrol arrests; CHP report to the Commission (2-a)
Continuance and Spreading of the Riots (3). Subseries 2.3:
Incidents, e.g., Athens Park meeting (3-a)
Effects of news media coverage (3-b)
Evidence of leadership or organization, e.g., patterns in fire damage, looting, injuries (3-c)
Efforts of Law Enforcement to Control Riots (4). Series 2.4:
Official policy and directives (4-a)
Manpower control information and LAPD information(4-b)
Reasonableness of force used (4-g)
Coordination of law enforcement (4-h)
Private Action to Control the Riots (5). Subseries 2.5:
Activities of private organizations (5-a)
Activities of individuals (5-b)
Activities of public entities (5-c)
Events Surrounding the Ordering of the National Guard (6) Subseries 2.6:
Effectiveness of the machinery for calling out the Guard (6-a)
Subcommittee on the chronology (6-a)
Political aspects (6-b)
Joint action of Guard and law enforcement agencies (7) Subseries 2.7:
Description of the action of the various entities (7-a)
Authority to give orders to open fire (7-c)
Manpower and cost figures, e.g., racial composition of the Guard (7-d)
The curfew (7-g)
Deaths and Personal Injuries (8). Subseries 2.8:
Deaths, 1-36 (8-a)
Deaths, 37-75 (8-a)
Property Damage by Fires, Force, and Looting(9). Series 2.9:
Private property inventory 1-21 (9-a)
Photographs of property damage (9-a)
Self-help against looting (9-e)
Fire fighting (9-f)
Source and Use of Weapons (10) Series 2.10:
Molotov cocktails (10-b)
Other Similar Disturbances (11) Subseries 2.11:
Concurrent Southern California disturbances (11-a)
Arrests, Arraignments, and Trials (12) Subseries 2.12:
Interviews of persons arrested, #1-86 (12-a)
Arrest reports, #1-471 (12-a)
Arson arrests (12-a)
Reports re: arrested persons (12-a)
Arrested persons, miscellaneous (12-a)
List of arrested persons in Watts riots (12-a)
Name index of arrested persons (12-a)
Arrestee attitudes (12-b)
Processing arrestees (12-c)
History of Analogous Riots in the USA (13) Subseries 2.13:
History of riots in US (13-b)
History of Watts and the Remainder of the Curfew Area (14) Subseries 2.14:
Watts: A History of Deprivation (14)
Governmental and Political Structure (15) Subseries 2.15:
Governmental structures (15-a)
Area attitudes toward (15-c)
Organizations Dealing with Human Relations (16) Subseries 2.16:
Files on organizations dealing with human relations (16)
Fellowship Commission, Philadelphia (16)
National Urban League (16)
War on Poverty in Los Angeles (17) Subseries 2.17:
Los Angeles war on poverty files (17)
Hard-Core Unemployment and Poverty in Los Angeles (a 1965 report prepared for the Area Redevelopment Commission (17)
The War Against Poverty in Los Angeles: Part IV Community Programs (Youth Opportunities Board of Greater Los Angeles) (17)
Civil Rights Movement in Los Angeles (18) Subseries 2.18:
Los Angeles area (18-a)
Other areas of the US (18-b)
Attitudes toward the movement and its leaders (18-c)
Maps and Physical Descriptions Relative to the Riot Study (19) Subseries 2.19:
Maps and physical descriptions (19)
Tract maps of the riot area (19)
Oversize maps and physical descriptions (19)
Population and Other Data (relating to sociological, psychological, and other factors in the riot area at the commencement of the riots, other than set forth in other subject matter topics (20) Subseries 2.20:
Family structure (20-a)
Absorption and urbanization (20-b)
Length of residence in the riot area and birth place (20-c)
Ethnic population breakdown (20-d)
Public transportation facilities and private auto ownership (20-e)
Selective service rejection rates and reasons (20-f)
Income figures (20-g)
Percentage of members of church, civic, social and fraternal organizations (20-h)
Mass media (20-i)
Registration and voting percentages (20-j)
Psychological aspects (20-k)
Employment in the Riot Area (21) Subseries 2.21:
Employment in the riot area (21)
Comparative unemployemnt rates (21-a)
Type and extent of available employment (21-b)
Participation in and effectiveness of public and private employment training programs (21-c)
Participation in and effectiveness of public and private employment training programs (21-c)
Effectiveness of state employment service facilities (21-d)
Public and private sector discrimination in hiring (21-e)
The role of unions, e.g., descrimination, cooperation (21-f)
Percentage employed by governmental agencies (21-g)
Area attitudes relative to employment (21-l)
Education in the Riot Area (22) Subseries 2.22:
Education in the riot area: Consultant reports and Martyn report (22)
Education in the riot area: General (22)
Comparative education achievement levels (22-a)
Comparative drop-out rates (22-b)
Comparative teacher qualification and training (22-c)
Comparative incidents of double sessions (22-d)
Comparative availability of public libraries (22-e)
Comparative quality and availability of school and special vocational educational programs (22-g)
Area attitudes about the quality of available educational opportunities (22-h)
De facto segregation aspects (22-j)
Recreation in the Riot Area (23) Subseries 2.23:
Comparative available public facilities and services (23-a)
Available non-public facilities and services (23-b)
Health Factors in the Riot Area (24) Subseries 2.24:
Health factors: General (24)
Comparative incidence of disease (24-a)
Comparative availability of health services (24-b)
Aid and Welfare Programs (25) Subseries 2.25:
Aid and welfare programs: General(25)
Available public and private programs, including those dealing with youths and youth gangs, e.g. recipient ratios (25-a)
Objectives and effectiveness of such programs (25-a)
Area attitudes about such programs and about their administration (25-c)
Housing in the Riot Area (26) Subseries 2.26:
Housing: general (26)
Comparative percentage of sub-standard housing (26-a)
Comparative availability and adequacy of public and private housing (26-b)
Comparative prices and availability of rentals (26-c)
Comparative availability of loans for construction, improvement, and purchase prior to the riot (26-e)
Creation of, attitudes toward, and effect of segregated housing (26-f)
Comparative percentage of persons per room (26-g)
The Effect of the Merchant-Consumer Relationship in the Riot Area (27) Subseries 2.27:
Merchant-consumer relations: general (27)
Comparative costs of credit (27-b)
Number of chain stores and quality of their goods (27-c)
Selling practices of area merchants (27-d)
Area attitudes on exploitation by merchants(27-g)
Contacts of Riot Area Residents with Legal System (28) Subseries 2.28:
Availability of legal services to those who could not otherwise afford them (28-b)
Area attitudes toward the legal system (28-c)
Adequacy of Performance of Local Government Functions in Area (29) Subseries 2.29:
Comparative frequency and quality of rubbish collection (29-a)
Comparative sidewalk repair (29-c)
Comparative street maintenence (29-d)
Comparative landscaping (29-e)
Comparative enforcement of building, safety and other codes (29-f)
Comparative inclusion in master planning and other programs (29-g)
Area attitudes toward (29-g)
Data on the Persons who Participated in the Riots (non-arrestees) (30) Subseries 2.30:
Non-arrestee participants attitudes (30-b)
The Support for, and Effect of Riot Area Residents' Attitudes Toward Law Enforcement Agencies (31) Subseries 2.31:
Attitudes towards law enforcement: general (31)
Complaints to Commission re: Los Angeles Police Department (31-a)
Complaints to Commission re: Los Angeles County Sheriff (31-b)
Complaints to Commission re: California Highway Patrol (31-c)
Complaints to Commission re: other law enforcement agencies (31-d)
Facts concerning allegations of law enforcement officer misconduct (31-e)
Law enforcement agencies' recruiting, assignment, and promotional procedures (31-g)
Their policies and programs to establish good community relations (31-i)
Their mechanisms for handling citizens' grievances (31-j)
Officer training, e.g. in arrests under varying circumstances (versus arrest practices) (31-k)
Comparative data on crimes, arrests, convictions and probation (31-l)
Law enforcement agency protection of riot area residents (31-m)
Area attitudes (favorable or unfavorable) about the adequacy of their protection and about all other phases of law enforcement activity (31-n)
Aftermath of the Rioting (32) Subseries 2.32:
Immediate reaction outside the local area (32-a)
Private organizational action (32-f)
Caucasian and African-American Attitudes (32-g)
Private individual action, e.g. demolition and rebuilding (32-i)
Reaction to Government Commission Report (32-j)
Indications of potential disturbances (32-k)
Commission Administrative and Legal Files Series 3:
Budget of the Governor's Commission (100) Subseries 3.1:
Budget correspondence (100)
Correspondence, Incoming (101) Subseries 3.2:
Correspondence, incoming, #1-99 (101)
Correspondence, incoming, #100-199 (101)
Correspondence, incoming, #200-299 (101)
Correspondence, incoming, #300-356 (101)
Correspondence, Outgoing (102) Subseries 3.3:
Depositions (103) Subseries 3.4:
Andersen, Glenn (Lt. Governor of California) (103)
Atkinson, Herb (President of the South Los Angeles Transportation Company and the Atkinson Transportation Company) (103)
Billett, John (Assistant Executive secretary of Governor's staff) (103)
Bradley, Thomas (Councilman, Tenth District) (103)
Brazier, Wesley (Executive director, Los Angeles Urban League) (103)
Brown, Willie F. (Unemployed resident of Watts) (103)
Brunston, George (Division of Fire Fighting, Los Angeles County) (103)
Bryant, Linda (President, Student Commission for Improvement of Watts) (103)
Champion, Hale (Director, Department of Finance, State of California) (103)
Christian, Winslow (Executive Secretary to Governor Brown) (103)
Claybrook, Harvey (Accountant for Department of Water and Power; former employee of Martin Department Store in Watts) (103)
Collins, Wendell (Member of the Congress on Racial Equality) (103)
Colwell, Walter (Internal Affairs Division, Los Angeles Police Department) (103)
Crittendon, Bradford (Administrator of Public Safety for the State of California and California Highway Patrol Commissioner) (103)
Crowther, Jack P. (Superintendent, Los Angeles City Schools) (103)
Dorn, Warren M. (Supervisor, Fifth District) (103)
Downey, James (Undersheriff, Los Angeles County) (103)
Eberhardt, Jack (Los Angeles Police Sergeant, Manuals and Orders Section) (103)
Ferraro, John (President, Board of Police Commissioners) (103)
Fisher, Hugo (Director, Department of Resources) (103)
Fisk, James (Inspector, Los Angeles Police Department, Coordinator of Community Activities Relations) (103)
Forniss, Mary Ann (Boarding home keeper for aged and mother of five) (103)
Gibson, John S. (Councilman, Fifteenth District) (103)
Gonzaque, Ozie (Watts resident for 22 years, whose husband worked at North American for 15 years) (103)
Gordon, Milton (Administrator, State Business and Commerce Agency) (103)
Gregg, Mrs. Jean (Executive Director, Crenshaw Neighbors (103)
Guzman, Ralph (Chief Researcher, Mexican-American Study Project) (103)
Haas, Lucien (Associate Press Secretary of Governor Brown) (103)
Hahn, Kenneth (Supervisor, Second District) (103)
Hill, Roderic (General, Commander, California National Guard) (103)
Houston, Norman B. (President, Los Angeles Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) (103)
Ingram, William K. (Chief of Police, City of Compton) (103)
Jasich, Antone (and Hill, Raymond) (Captain, Arson Bureau, Los Angeles Fire Department) (103)
Johnson, Freita Shaw (Watts resident for 35 years) (103)
Kline, Richard (Assistant in charge of Los Angeles office of Governor Brown) (103)
McClellan, H.C. (and Lewis, Murray) (Chairman, Rehabilitation Committee, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce) (103)
Mills, Billy G. (Councilman, Eighth District) (103)
Monning, John (General Manager and Superintendent of Building, Department of Building and Safety) (103)
Mont, Max (Representing W.J. Basset, Executive Secretary of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor) (103)
Morse, Muriel (General Manager, Los Angeles City Civil Service Department) (103)
Muntz, Harold R. (Chief Deputy Probation Officer for Los Angeles County) (103)
Murphy, Ellis P. (Los Angeles County Department of Charities, Bureau of Public Assistance) (103)
Ott, Charles (Commanding General of the 40th Armored Division of the California National Guard) (103)
Parker, William H. (Chief of Police, City of Los Angeles) (103)
Peery, Benjamin (Retired government employee) (103)
Pritchess, Peter (Los Angeles County Sheriff) (103)
Purnell, Eugene (Laborer and member of Local 300) (103)
Quick, Robert (Colonel in the National Guard) (103)
Reddin, Thomas (Technical Services Bureau, Los Angeles Police Department) (103)
Roybal, Edward (Congressman, 30th Congressional District) (103)
Schrade, Paul (Director, United Auto Workers, Region 6) (103)
Simon, Richard (Bureau of Administration and Acting Chief, Los Angeles Police Department) ( (103)
Slaff, George (also Clay, Monroe and Wirin) (American Civil Liberties Union) (103)
Slaughter, Winston (20 year old former gang leader of the "Businessmen") ( (103)
Ward, Paul (also Nelson, Helen) (Director, Department of H.E.W.) ( (103)
Warren, Edward (Real estate broker) ( (103)
Welch, Sue (School teacher from Watts) ( (103)
Williams, Annabelle (Coordinator of Imperial Gardens Housing Project) ( (103)
Wing, Philip (Athletic Director, Verbum Dei High School) (103)
Younger, Evelie (District Attorney for Los Angeles County) (103)
Documents: Miscellaneous Pamphlets (104) Subseries 3.5:
(103)
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Assorted Pamphlets and documents (104)
Scope and Content Note
Assorted Pamphlets and documents (104)
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Assorted Pamphlets and documents (104)
Scope and Content Note
Assorted Pamphlets and documents (104)
Scope and Content Note
Exhibits (presented to the Commission by witnesses) (105) Subseries 3.6:
Scope and Content Note
Anderson, Glenn (105)
Bradley, Thomas (105)
Brazier, Wesley (105)
Brookins, Rev. H. H. (105)
Brown, Edmund G. (105)
Brunton, George (105)
Buggs, John (Executive Director, Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations) (105)
Colwell, Walter (105)
Crittenden, Bradford (105)
Crowther, Jack P. (105)
Downey, James (105)
Dymally, Mervyn (Assemblyman) (105)
Ferraro, John (105)
Fisk, James (105)
Gibson, John S. (105)
Gordon, Milton (105)
Gregg, Mrs. Jean (105)
Guzman, Ralph (105)
Hahn, Kenneth (105)
Hawkins, Augustus (Congressman from 21st Congressional District) (105)
Hill, Raymond (105)
Hill, Roderic (105)
Houston, Norman B. (105)
Ingram, William K. (105)
Jasich, Antone (105)
Jones, Opal C. (Neighborhood Adult Participation Project) (105)
Lynch, Thomas and Miles Rubin (Attorney General of California) (105)
McClellan, H.C. (105)
Maldonado, Joseph (Executive Director, Economic and Youth Opportunities Agency (105)
Miller, Loren (Judge) (105)
Mills, Billy G. (105)
Monning, John (105)
Mont, Max (105)
Morse, Muriel (105)
Muntz, Harold R. (105)
Murphy, Ellis P. (105)
Nelson, Helen (105)
Parker, William H. (105)
Pitchess, Peter (105)
Reddin, Thomas (105)
Schrade, Paul (105)
Simon, Richard (105)
Slaff, George (105)
Taylor, Christopher (105)
Ward, Paul (105)
Welch, Sue (105)
Yorty, Sam (Mayor of Los Angeles) (105)
Younger, Evelle (105)
Younger, Evelle (Report to the Commission) (105)
Memoranda, miscellaneous( 106) Subseries 3.7:
Memoranda, #1-357 (106)
Staff activities reports (106)
Minutes of meetings (106)
Assignment sheet master file (106)
News Media Matter, Miscellaneous( 107) Subseries 3.8:
Clippings, magazine articles (107)
Oversize magazine articles (107)
Newspaper Articles, Various (108) Subseries 3.9:
Newspaper clippings (108)
Newspaper clippings (108)
Newspaper clippings: War on Poverty and job training (108)
Newspaper clippings: employment (108)
Newspaper clippings: police relations (108)
Prints of Los Angeles Times photographs of the riot (108) August-September 1965
Scope and Content Note
Police enter wrecked shop on Avalon Boulevard seeking armed looters or snipers. 1965 August 15 BANC MSS 74/115 c
Scope and Content Note
Handmade sign in the street, "Turn left or get shot," in front of police barricade. 1965 August 15? BANC MSS 74/115 c
Personnel (111) Subseries 3.10:
Personnel applications (111)
Personnel Miscellany (112) Subseries 3.11:
Commission personnel general (112)
Public Information, Press Conferences (114) Subseries 3.12:
Public information general (114)
Embargo letter and notification list regarding report release (114)
Transcripts of Witness' Testimony (115) Subseries 3.13:
Scope and Content Note
Anderson, Glenn (115)
Atkinson, Herb (115)
Bradley, Thomas (115)
Brazier, Wesley (115)
Brookins, Rev. H.H. (115)
Brown, Edmund G. (see also Ward, Paul, pp 13-26) (115)
Brown, Willie F. (115)
Brunston, George (115)
Bryant, Linda (115)
Buggs, John (115)
Claybrook, Harvey (115)
Collins, Wendell (115)
Colwell, Walter (115)
Crittendon, Bradford (also Parker) (115)
Crowther, Jack P. (115)
Downey, James (115)
Dymally, Mervyn (115)
Ferraro, John (115)
Fisk, James (115)
Forniss, Mary Ann (115)
Gibson, John S. (115)
Gonzaque, Ozie (115)
Gordon, Milton (115)
Gregg, Mrs. Jean (115)
Guzman, Ralph (115)
Hahn, Kenneth (115)
Hawkins, Augustus F. (115)
Hill, Roderic (also Yorty) (115)
Houston, Norman (115)
Ingram, William K. (115)
Jasich, Antone (also Raymond Hill) (115)
Johnson, Freita Shaw (115)
Jones, Opal C. (115)
Lynch, Thomas (also Rubin) (115)
McClellan, H.C. (also Lewis) (115)
Maldonado, Joseph (115)
Miller, Loren (115)
Mills, Billy (115)
Monning, John (115)
Mont, Max (115)
Morse, Muriel (115)
Muntz, Harold R. (115)
Murdock, Roger (Patrol Bureau, Los Angeles Police Bureau) (115)
Murphy, Ellis P. (115)
Parker, William H. (115)
Peery, Benjamin (115)
Purnell, Eugene (115)
Reddin, Thomas (115)
Royball, Edward (115)
Schrade, Paul (115)
Simon, Richard (115)
Slaff, George (also Monroe Cray and Wirin) (115)
Slaughter, Winston (115)
Taylor, Christopher (115)
Ward, Paul (also Nelson and part of Brown, Ed.) (115)
Warren, Edward (115)
Welch, Sue (115)
Williams, Annabelle (115)
Wing, Philip (115)
Younger, Evelle (115)
Transcripts, Miscellany (116) Subseries 3.14:
Complaints, Miscellaneous (117) Subseries 3.15:
Commission Report (Requests for and Copies of) (118) Subseries 3.16:
Requests for copies of report (118)
Copies of various editions of the report (118)
Report appendix: Chronology (118)
Copies of selected interviews (118)
Requests to Appear Before the Commission (119) Subseries 3.17:
Consultants Reports Subseries 3.18:
Abrams, M.; California Highway Patrol Jurisdiction and Authority, Disciplinary Practice and Related Matters
Adler, James N.; Coroners Inquest and the Los Angeles Riots
Bollens, John; Some Aspectes of Government and Political Organization
Boskin, Joseph; A History of Race Riots in Urban Areas, 1917-1964
Bullock, Paul; Employment and Training
Case, Fred; Housing in the Los Angeles Riot Area
Carney, Frances; An Analysis of Voter Registration for Selected Areas of Central and South-Central Los Angeles from 1960-1965
Chapman, John; Epidemiological Analysis of the South Central Los Angeles Area
DePrano, Michael and Jeffrey Nugent; Economic Aspects of the Los Angeles Riots and Proposed Solutions
Edmundson, Betty; Results of Arrestee Interviews
Feldman, Frances; Public Welfare: Dependency, Despair -- and Opportunity
Fogel, Walter; The Employment Problems of Los Angeles Minority Groups
Feuers, Mike and Win Sternlicht; Summary of Recent Interactions with Watts Residents
Greenburg, Maxwell; Memorandum of the Law Regarding De Facto Segregation
Lloyd, Kent; Public Administration of Human Resource Agencies
Martyn, Kenneth; Report on Education
Ransford, Edward; Attitudes and Other Characteristics of Negroes in Watts, South Central, and Crenshaw Areas of Los Angeles
Reeder, Leo; Maternal Health Report
Roemer, Milton; Health Services in the Los Angeles Riot Area
Solomon, Harold; Justifiable Homicide: A Legal Memorandum
Steinman, Henry; Constitutionality of Exclusion of Press From Riot or Disaster Areas
Staff Papers Subseries 3.19:
Chronology report
Citizen complaints of police misconduct: some preliminary thoughts on the process of adjudication
The curfew area resident as a consumer
Education
Employment -- unemployment and poverty
Health
Housing
Human Relations Commission
Labor unions
Law enforcement
Leadership
News media
Physical aspects of the curfew area
Rioters and/or looters who met their death from gunfire during the Los Angeles Riot
War on Poverty
Welfare
Youth Opportunities Board: 1964 demographic survey
Chief Counsel and Miscellaneous Administrative Files Subseries 3.20:
General files of the Chief Counsel to the Commission
Chronological file of the Chief Counsel to the Commission
Copies of the Governor's message to the Commission
Transcript of Governor's press conference on the Commission (August 24, 1965)
Record of calls and visits to the Commission's Beach Street office
Beach Street office index card file of contacts
Commission schedule
Officer M. B. Hannon testimony with Board of Rights
Veteran's Club raid documents and photographs
Muslim Temple raid documents and photographs
Supporting materials for deposition of Colonel Robert L. Quick
Miscellaneous unfiled material