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Combs, Carmen - Audio Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom on August 14, 1990. An interview with Carmen Combs as she discusses her early childhood in Iowa graduation from Yale School of Law in 1927 early law practice work at USC in Legal Aid Clinic work with "Okie" families referee in juvenile courts in Los Angeles area House of Good Shepherd and Boys Republic detention of children at McClaren Hall appointment from Earl Warren to city's advisory committee career with League of Women Voters and issues addressed involvement with grand jury investigations "Woman of the Year" award volunteer for Pasadena School District work with League of Women Voters and its involvement with migrant workers philosophy as working mother changes in child welfare and lives of children effectiveness of social welfare agencies in working with juvenile delinquents opinion of probation officers. ❧ Carmen Combs was an attorney who spent a number of years as a referee in the Juvenile Court of Los Angeles. She also was an active volunteer in various committees and organizations that focused on juvenile justice and related issues. Among her activities was work with the Legal Aid Society, Los Angeles the University of Southern California Center on Law and Poverty the Governor's (Warren) Committee on Juvenile Justice the League of Women Voters and the Boys' and Girls' Republic. This interview describes some of her activities in these organizations. ❧ Carmen Combs (1903-1991). Lawyer. Referee in Los Angeles Juvenile Court. Interviewed by Elizabeth McBroom. Date of interview 8-14-90. 1 cassette tape (1 duplicate tape). Length of interview: 1 hour and 12 minutes. Transcript of interview: 24 pp. CD containing interview and transcript. ❧ INTERVIEW TOPICS: Early childhood in Iowa opinion of probation officers. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: 1. Program and correspondence for "Models for Tomorrow: The Multi-Service Center, the Multi-Purpose Worker." 2. Carmen Combs, "Juvenile Justice or Do Too Many Rights Make a Wrong?." 9 page manuscript of article published in Glendale Law Review, 1976. 3. Obituary from League of Women Voters newsletter, October 1991. 4. Minutes of Advisory Committee on Detention Practices, 5-2-74. (Combs a member.) 5. Carmen Combs, Short Tales from a Long Life (1988).
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1 video (1:12:21) interviews oral histories (document genres) video/mp4
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