Northington, Jake. Interview transcript. November 22, 2019.
Artists, Black
California State University San Marcos -- Black Student Center
California State University San Marcos -- Students
Portrait photography
Jake Northington is a California State University San Marcos alumnus. He graduated with his degree in Photography in 2019. In this interview, Jake discusses his artistic influences, the importance of Black representation in his photography, and his involvement in CSUSM’s Black Student Center and the Black SistaHood.
Jake Northington
California State University San Marcos University Library Special Collections
Sean Visintainer
Julia Friedman
In copyright
English
San Marcos (Calif.)
East Saint Louis (Ill.)
Oral history of Alex White, April 18, 2024
Language revival
Chamorro language
Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- History
Chamorro (Micronesian people) -- Social life and customs
Colonization -- Spain -- Oceania
Colonization -- Japan
Colonization -- United States -- Guam
Decolonization -- Guam
Alex White is a Chamorro activist who experienced a two week long Chamorro immersion program histed by the Prugraman Sinipok organization. In this interview, he speaks on his experiences growing up in Colorado, his engagement with Chamorro culture, and his path to learning the Chamorro language.
Alex White
Robert Sheehan
English and Chamorro
Guam
San Diego County (Calif.)
Colorado
Oral history of Alexa Clausen, April 12, 2022
Alexa Clausen is one of the founders of the Adobe Home Tours in North County San Diego, providing much of the histiography of each stop on their yearly tours. She was employed as a historian with California State Parks prior to her involvement with Adobe Home Tours. In this interview, Alexa speaks about how Adobe Home Tours started, the successes and difficulties with running a program like Adobe Home Tours, and how her background with California State Parks helped prepare her for her current role. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
Alexa Clausen
California State University San Marcos University Library
Jake Peirce
Oral history of David Shaffer, November 20, 2025
US Air Force
Captain
Cold War
Consolidated Aircraft
B-24
B-32
Convair
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day
2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment
American Civil War
Prussian
British
American Revolution
German
American
cavalryman
Fort Bliss
Galloping Goose
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Denver University
San Diego State University
marine engine mechanic
Officers Training School
Second Lieutenant
air traffic controller
Keesler Air Force Base
TERPS
Terminal Instrument Procedures
forward airfield
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Six-Day War
Sinai Peninsula
Lajes Field
Strategic Air Command
General Curtis LeMay
Officer in Charge
Hahn Air Base
B-36
B-36 Peacemaker
A model B-36
engineer
little people
Lackland Air Force Base
officer trainee club
officers' club
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
ATC
Navy
Tinker Air Force Base
BFS
Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung
Jimmy Stewart
World War II
First Lieutenant
1634B
AFSC
Air Force Specialty Code
1634A
airmen
sergeant
traveling
childhood
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
B-52
McGuire Air Force Base
Colonel
50th Tactical Fighter Wing
Ramstein Air Base
Hitler Youth
military police
BMW
Afrika Korps
POW camp
Marshall Plan
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Federal Republic of Germany
Bundeswehr
West German Army
F-100 Super Sabre
Ground-Controlled Approach
Tempelhofer Feld
Berlin Tegel Airport
C-130
Air France
Sud Aviation Caravelle
Stars and Stripes
ADIZ
Air Defense Identification Zone
US Army
Canadian Air Force
the Pentagon
Andrews Air Force Base
Philadelphia Airport
hippie
protest
family
community
draft dodgers
teaching credentials
high school teacher
G.I. Bill
pilot training
Veterans Affairs
ATP
airline transport pilot
private license
San Diego State College
Palomar Airport
friendship
skiing
F-4 Phantom
TACAN
Tactical Air Navigation
DME
Distance Measuring Equipment
German Air Force
MiG
Mikoyan
Sukhoi
Wild Weasel
F-105
radar
anti-aircraft
Robert McNamara
Lyndon Johnson
Cuthbert A. Pattillo
Fulda Gap
patriotism
Freemasonry
draft
Agent Orange
Captain David Shaffer served in Europe as an air traffic controller during the 1960s. Shaffer was raised in San Diego County where his father was an engineer for Convair. From a young age, Shaffer aspired to become a military pilot, a goal which his tall height prevented. As an air traffic controller, Shaffer spent most of his deployment in Portugal and West Germany during the Cold War. He designed forward airfields during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, although the conflict was over before they could be used. After leaving military service, Shaffer taught high school industrial arts in North San Diego County. He used the G.I. Bill to gain his master’s degree from San Diego State College and his private pilot license. In this oral history interview, Shaffer tells stories from his military service and reflects on the importance of patriotism.
David Shaffer
Jason Beyer
Europe
Colorado Springs (Colo.)
San Diego (Calif.)
California
South Cheyenne Canyon Road (Colo.)
Pikes Peak (Colo.)
Balboa Park
Texas
Philippines
Pennsylvania
Cortez (Colo.)
Shelter Island
Azores (Portugal)
Portugal
Hahn (Germany)
Germany
North San Diego County
San Antonio (Tex.)
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
Tucson (Ariz.)
Arizona
Mississippi
New Jersey
Israel
Middle East
Austria
Bavaria
Kastellaun (Germany)
Koblenz (Germany)
Hunsrück-Kaserne
Libya
North Africa
United States
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
North Carolina
Iowa
Vietnam
Berlin (Germany)
Frankfurt (Germany)
West Berlin
Frankfurt Rhine-Main (Germany)
East Germany
West Germany
Soviet Union
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Kitzbühel (Austria)
Zweibrücken (Germany)
Moscow (Russia)
Munich (Germany)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Ohio
New Zealand
Australia
France
Canada
Carlsbad (Calif.)
Fallbrook (Calif.)
Arkansas
Mount Rushmore
Yellowstone National Park
Oral history of David Taitingfong, August 30, 2024
David Taitingfong is a member of the Chamorro community and involved with the group Prugraman Sinipok, which teaches a two week Chamorro language immersion program. David describes his involvement with Prugraman Sinipok and how his interest in sharing the Chamorro lanugage and culture has shaped his life.
David Taitingfong
This interview is conducted in English and Chamorro
Guam, United States
Oral history of Ed Labrado, November 17, 2025
Ed Labrado
Oral history of Geoffrey Gilmore April 14th, 2021
Activism, Student
Anti-Black Racism
California State University San Marcos, Black Student Center
Student Success, Black
Black experience in America
Oral history interview of Dr. Geoffrey Gilmore on 2021-04-14 for the Black Student Center Oral History Project at California State University San Marcos. Dr. Geoffrey Gilmore was the Associate Vice President of Student Academic Support Services at California State University San Marcos until December 2021, where he focused on service to underserved student populations in earning college degrees. In his interview, Dr. Gilmore touches on the issues facing Black students within academic spaces and his experience helping students to succeed on a university level. Dr. Gilmore also discusses his own history as he moved from Los Angeles to Seattle, and back to California.
Geoffrey Gilmore
Sierra Jenkins
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Seattle (Wash.)
Oral history of Karen Schaffman, June 5, 2025
Higher education
Dance Study and teaching
Improvisation in dance
Movement education
California State University San Marcos -- Faculty
Dr. Karen Schaffman is a Professor of Dance at California State University San Marcos since 2002. She has been pivotal to the development of the Dance program at CSUSM. For Karen dancing is a transformative, healing and transgressive force for self-awareness, political change and social communication. In this interview, Schaffman covers her early exposure to dance, her formal education, international work, and her time at CSUSM.
Karen Schaffman
Jennifer Fabbi
Connecticut
Amherst (Mass.)
Riverside (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Holland
Oral history of Tanis Brown, April 13, 2022
Tanis Brown is the President of the San Marcos Historical Society and is involved in many local history projects and educational outreach initiatives. In this interview, Tanis discusses her involvement in the city of San Marcos, CA since the 1970s. Tanis quickly became active in the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce and was among the first group of students to enroll in California State University San Marcos. A few years later, she became an employee of CSUSM, establishing the university’s first housing program and working in human resources. Now as President of the San Marcos Historical Society, Tanis is passionate about sharing San Marcos’ local history with her community and with future generations. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
Tanis Brown
Dr. Thao Ha is a Vietnamese refugee who has become a sociology professor at Mira Costa College. Her path to personal, and professional success wound its way through traditional immigrant struggles as well as gang violence. In this interview Dr. Ha discusses her families escape from Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War, her childhood in the United States, her involvement around gangs, and her educational pathway. This oral history was made possible with generous funding from the Ellie Johns Foundation.
Thao Ha
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Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Houston (Tex.)