[Oral History Program interview with James L. Stern, 1977. First interview of three]

Interview #116: Stern, James L.

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Stern, James L. (1920- )
[Oral History Program interview with James L. Stern, 1977. First interview of three]
number 116
number 116
number 116
(Teaching assistants strike of 1970)
University of Wisconsin, 1977

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First Interview: Tapes 1-2 (1977)

00:00:01–00:04:03 Describes Industrial Relations Research...

00:04:03–00:06:23 Its financial basis....

00:06:23–00:09:22 James Marketti. Was an undergraduate at...

00:09:22–00:10:09 Marketti concentrated on study in first...

00:10:09–00:11:04 JS thinks he wasn't a central figure in...

00:11:04–00:12:30 JS was his master's advisor.

00:12:30–00:13:08 JS invited Henry Haslach and colleagues...

00:13:08–00:14:18 Afterwards Marketti and some others...

00:14:18–00:16:48 JS had heard of TAA much earlier and had...

00:16:48–00:18:29 Question about role of radicals who didn't...

00:18:29–00:20:36 JS's students told them they could do...

00:20:36–00:21:59 Marketti not a usual type of bargainer...

00:21:59–00:22:35 Was good in a situation where no one...

00:22:35–00:26:35 IRRI was polarized. Bucklew, a former...

00:26:35–00:29:25 Marketti's memo to IRGSA--Industrial...

00:29:25–00:31:00 Summarizes Marketti's career; different...

00:31:00–00:34:29 Abusiveness of TA bargainers....

00:34:29–00:37:27 Marketti's tie with Teamsters' Union...

00:37:27–00:44:17 How much help did they get from the...

00:44:17–00:46:05 JS points out that students often managed...

00:46:05–00:49:16 More on Marketti. Would he throw rocks...

00:49:16–00:50:33 JS recommended Neil Bucklew for job of...

00:50:33–00:57:42 Ed Krinsky was also a student of JS...

00:57:42–01:03:11 Topic of JS at time of Shabaz proposal...

01:03:11–01:03:54 Question about no-strike agreement...

01:03:54–01:06:18 Issue of recognition....

01:06:18–01:06:48 Arlen Christenson got involved again.

00:00:04–00:04:39 JS made mistake when visiting Ed Young...

00:04:39–00:06:29 Afternoon meeting with TAs....

00:06:29–00:07:49 When strike did begin JS was on vacation...

00:07:49–00:14:15 Faculty members for meeting; Council of...

00:14:15–00:14:47 About Harrington and regents.

00:14:47–00:21:45 JS felt strike was lost before it started...

00:21:45–00:23:43 Don Eaton, Teamsters hired Marketti in...

00:23:43–00:30:51 Administration's handling of attendance...

00:30:51–00:33:10 Oral history of TAA manifestation out of...

00:33:10–00:36:08 Existence of collective bargaining...

00:36:08–00:40:31 Awards for best TAs each year....

00:40:31–00:42:04 Agreement by faculty and TAs that power...

Second Interview: Tape 3 (September 16, 2004)

00:00:01–00:04:12 James Stern talks about his educational...

00:04:12–00:05:31 JS discusses his research grant to study...

00:05:31–00:07:53 He talks about teaching a collective...

00:07:53–00:09:05 He became director of the IRRI in 1968-1971.

00:09:05–00:13:18 JS describes the IRRI during the 1960s...

00:13:18–00:14:27 He mentions changing the curriculum to...

00:14:27–00:17:41 He talks about creating budget lines for...

00:17:41–00:22:09 JS says that the death of Gerald Somers...

00:22:09–00:23:02 JS taught half-time from 1986-1991.

00:23:02–00:26:54 He discusses the problems facing the IRRI...

00:26:54–00:29:12 He thinks that the College of Letters &...

00:29:12–00:34:27 James Stern talks about the attitude of...

00:34:27–00:43:12 JS evaluates the prospects for industrial...

Third Interview: Tape 4 (July 8, 1987)

00:00:02–00:01:33 James Stern relates his educational...

00:01:33–00:05:01 JS describes the process by which new...

00:05:01–00:08:07 He talks about the Regents’ removal of...

00:08:07–00:09:30 JS describes Elizabeth Brandeis.

00:09:30–00:13:12 As director of the IRRI from 1968 to 1971...

00:13:12–00:15:27 JS discusses various IRRI committees...

00:15:27–00:20:55 Gerald Somers set up the Center for...

00:20:55–00:22:36 He describes the informal status of the...

00:22:36–00:28:20 JS discusses the struggle during his...

00:28:20–00:36:10 JS talks about the IRRI’s relationship...

00:36:10–00:41:22 The need to raise funds stimulated calls...

00:41:22–00:46:10 JS favored the departmentalization of...

00:46:10–00:50:10 James Stern discusses student participation...

00:50:10–00:54:27 JS describes one of his master’s students...

00:54:27–00:59:21 JS served on a team to meet with the TAA...

00:59:21–01:00:37 He thinks the IRRI had a better relationship...

01:00:37–01:02:27 Recruitment of minority students to the...

01:02:27–01:05:48 The most significant change in the IRRI...

01:05:48–01:08:22 JS describes the exchange program between...

01:08:22–01:10:08 JS reviews his academic career in the...

01:10:08–01:12:25 During his second term as director, the...

01:12:25–01:14:16 By the mid-1980s, JS spent his second...

01:14:16–01:17:28 JS is optimistic that the IRRI will...

01:17:28–01:21:07 He talks about the IRRI library.

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