Glendale Planning Department Interviews

The result of these many perspectives is a rich telling of Glendale's history: its small-town, agricultural feel in the early 1900s, the growth of its business and entertainment aspects in the middle of the 20th century, and the demographic shift in the 1970s and '80s reflected in the current diversity seen around Glendale today.

The interviews in this collection, which run anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour, were conducted by Jerry Wasser, Shoghig Yepremian, Tom Miller, and Wolfgang Krause, on behalf of the Planning Department, and feature one interviewer and one or two interviewees.

Transcripts (available for each interview by clicking on the link next to the audio link for each interview) were compiled by Planning staff and volunteers and in some cases may contain errors and omissions. Both the transcripts and interviews are provided here in there entirety with no subsequent editing by the Glendale Public Library.

Interviewee	Description	Interviewer	Date of Interview	Audio File	Transcript
Georgia Abelmann	Long-time Glendale resident; Retail business owner (Work uniform retail)	Jerry Wasser	5-6-98
Ruben Amirian	Architect; Design Review Board and Chamber of Commerce member	Shoghig K. Yepremian	11-6-96
Marco Giovanni Brambilla	Architect, various Glendale board memberships	Shoghig K. Yepremian	11-27-96
Dr. Whitcome Brougher, Jr.	Pastor, First Baptist Church in Glendale	Jerry Wasser	10-19-98
Dolores Chapman and Michael Drysdale	Long-time Glendale residents	Jerry Wasser	2-26-99
Ken Cheesman	Long-time Glendale resident	Tom Miller	10-19-93
Glen Cornwell	Long-time Glendale resident; Retail business (sporting goods & hardware)	Tom Miller	1-31-95
Byron Foote	Glendale Planning Department, Senior Planner	Wolfgang Krause	5-3-95
Esther Garate	Long-time Glendale resident; Glendale Unified School District employee	Tom Miller	12-14-93
Armond Gorgorian	Restaurant owner; Armenian youth organization board member; member on multiple City of Glendale committees	Shoghig K. Yepremian	7-10-96
Norris and Margaret Henderson	Long-time Glendale residents	Mary Ann Prelock	3-6-93
Bob Inslee	Long-time Glendale resident; Design Review Board member, Planning Commission chairman	Jerry Wasser	3-2-99
Michael Kuretich	Long-time Glendale resident; Southern Pacific employee	Jerry Wasser	10-11-99
Claude and Fauniel Michael	Lon-time Glendale residents; electronics business; Rotary Club member; Tuesday Afternoon Club member	Tom Miller	11-10-93
Jerry Milner	Long-time Glendale resident; former Mayor of Glendale	Tom Miller	4-26-94
Richard Montgomery	Long-time Glendale resident; Construction; Military service (WWII)	Tom Miller	9-8-93
Alice Petrossian	Long-time Glendale resident; Glendale Unified School District teacher	Shoghig K. Yepremian	2-16-96
Vonnie Rossman	Long-time Glendale resident; Glendale historic preservation involvement	Jerry Wasser	4-23-98
Vahik Satoorian	Glendale resident and business woman	Shoghig K. Yepremian	11-20-96
Linda Shahinian	Long-time Glendale resident; business woman; service club activities	Jerry Wasser	9-23-99
Brian Swanson	Long-time Glendale resident; Retail business owner (Sporting goods)	Jerry Wasser	10-5-99
Dale Trowbridge	Long-time Glendale resident; Woodcraft Rangers chief	Jerry Wasser	9-22-99
Don Tubbs	Long-time Glendale resident; Engineer/consultant, weapons systems	Jerry Wasser	7-16-99