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Guide to Research Collections University of California, Los AngelesDepartment of Special Collections, Library Los Angeles, CA Papers: 1935-1990, 137 linear feet. The Augustus Hawkins Collection contains the following series: Legislative Files, Subject Files, Correspondence Files, District Office Files, Education and Labor Committee Files, California State Assembly Files, and Miscellaneous Material. The papers cover subjects such as civil rights, employment, equal opportunity, education, job training, and child care. The two series with perhaps the greatest research value are the legislative files since they document Congressman Hawkins’s attempts to enact legislation and his Committee service, and the subject files which provide the background information, including his handwritten notes, for many of his legislative efforts. A finding aid is available in the repository and online. California State Archives Sacramento, CA Oral History: In the Paul J. Lunardi Interview, 1989, 356 pages. Subjects include Augustus Hawkins. Oral History: In the Allen Miller Interview, 1987, 185 pages. Subjects include Augustus Hawkins. Oral History: In the Thomas M. Rees Interview, 1987, 388 pages. Subjects include Augustus Hawkins. Oral History: In the Laughlin E. Waters Interview, 1987, 180 pages. Subjects include Augustus Hawkins. The HistoryMakers Chicago, IL Oral History: 2003, amount unknown. An oral history interview of Augustus Hawkins conducted on September 12, 2003. Howard University Manuscript Division, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center Washington, DC Oral History: 1969, 26 pages. An interview with Representative Augustus (Gus) Hawkins, conducted by Robert Wright on February 28, 1969. In the interview, Rep. Hawkins discusses the history of Title VII (equal employment) of 1964 Civil Rights Act, anti-poverty programs and their relationship to the 1965 Watts riot, and the operations of congressional committees. University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Berkeley, CA Papers: In the Tarea Hall Pittman Papers, ca. 1950-1971, 1 box. Correspondents include Augustus F. Hawkins. |
