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Interview #42: Gelman, Howard

UW-Madison TEI edition, February, 2010

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Gelman, Howard (1939- )
[Oral History Program interview with Howard Gelman, 1976]
number 42
(Teaching assistants strike of 1970)
University of Wisconsin, 1976

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[Title Page]

[abstract]

Interview with Howard Gelman

00:00:18–00:06:33 General comments about strike and about...

00:06:33–00:08:24 Background, education, teaching at Cooper Union.

00:08:24–00:09:58 Came here for graduate work in 1968, in...

00:09:58–00:11:06 His TAship in Introduction to Theatre.

00:11:06–00:11:49 Professor was Robert Skloot, also a member...

00:11:49–00:12:50 William Elwood major professor.

00:12:50–00:13:14 Chairman, Edwin Black.

00:13:14–00:14:20 Communications arts department.

00:14:20–00:20:30 More on the course HG was TAing for.

00:20:30–00:22:24 How much work a TA could get away without doing.

00:22:24–00:25:40 Some teachers could inspire TAs to work...

00:25:40–00:28:55 Contrast at Cooper Union....

00:28:55–00:31:58 Plenty of money to departments....

00:31:58–00:33:18 First acquaintance with TAA, a department...

00:33:18–00:35:23 HG's five years working for union in New...

00:35:23–00:39:07 Marketti's talk very convincing.

00:39:07–00:39:39 Easy to get people to come to meetings...

00:39:39–00:41:15 TAs in department split fifty-fifty.

00:41:15–00:41:53 Shared stewardship with Ida Jeter.

00:41:53–00:45:02 Campus meetings, chance to meet other...

00:45:02–00:49:27 How faculty members handled the conflict...

00:49:27–00:50:37 Discussion of the meaning of student power.

00:50:37–00:54:12 Intellectual and emotional instability...

00:54:12–00:58:09 Theatre faculty before strike....

00:58:09–01:01:05 HG had no fear of losing job....

01:01:05–01:06:44 Experiences as picket....

01:06:44–01:07:37 Uniqueness of Teamster locals....

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