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Interview #365: Burns, S. Lee (excerpt)

UW-Madison TEI edition, December, 2010

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Burns, S. Lee (1909-1988)
[Oral History Program interview with S. Lee Burns, 1983–84]
Number 365
(Badger Village)
University of Wisconsin, 1983–84

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Contents

Interview with S. Lee Burns - Tape 1

00:00:00–00:04:10 Lee Burns worked at Glacier Park in 1928...

00:04:10–00:06:18 LB worked at the Union until Union and...

00:06:18–00:09:34 LB enrolled in the University in 1930...

00:09:34–00:12:30 Halverson met LB in Glacier Park...

00:12:30–00:17:09 House fellows were small and personal...

00:17:09–00:21:42 Halverson`s philosophy was to let students...

00:21:42–00:26:23 Women's halls had their own Faculty...

00:26:23–00:30:13 At first had waiter service in the halls...

00:30:13–00:36:00 House fellows lead discussions at meals...

00:36:00–00:38:20 Carson Gulley and Lydia Jones were chefs...

00:38:20–00:40:53 Student Association in each hall.

00:40:53–00:45:55 Halverson influenced LB's attitudes...

00:45:55 End of side.

00:45:56–00:49:54 Met with house fellows regularly....

00:49:54–00:55:17 Professors during the 1930s were involved...

00:55:17–00:58:22 Faculty would be invited to dances as...

00:58:22–01:00:07 LB lived in the Union when he first came...

01:00:07–01:05:50 George Sellery fought against housing...

01:05:50–01:11:09 Depression affected housing....

01:11:09–01:14:44 In 1937, LB was promoted to Assistant...

01:14:44–01:17:47 Elm Drive grouping, replanning of Chadbourne...

01:17:47–01:21:55 Halverson was appointed by Dykstra as...

01:21:55–01:25:45 In 1942, the Navy requested the University...

01:25:45–01:29:03 Three Badger Club Houses were taken over...

01:29:03–01:32:23 Military would request space and Residence...

01:32:23 End of tape.

Interview with S. Lee Burns - Tape 2

00:00:00–00:06:59 Not much fraternization between military...

00:06:59–00:09:19 Occasionally would have brawls between...

00:09:19–00:12:26 Groups of military personnel stayed three...

00:12:26–00:15:18 When one group would leave, they would...

00:15:18–00:20:39 LB became the Director of Residence Halls...

00:20:39–00:23:54 Married student housing was a problem...

00:23:54–00:28:29 After World War II, house fellows returned...

00:28:29–00:33:00 The University had to move buildings in...

00:33:00–00:35:20 Eagle Heights also became married student...

00:35:20–00:39:57 LB resigned in October 1954 for health...

00:39:57–00:42:56 Post-war house fellows selected the same...

00:42:56–00:46:07 Food service after the war was the same...

00:46:07 End of side.

00:46:19–00:49:23 Department philosophy (repeat of earlier...

00:49:23–00:53:58 School of Business (Management Institute)...

00:53:58–00:55:16 Bob Moser's thesis was used for house...

00:55:16–00:58:30 The Dining Club included Peterson, Hobson...

00:58:30–01:03:53 LB’s impressions of various presidents...

01:03:53–01:06:38 When LB worked at the union he waited on...

01:06:38–01:11:33 Supporters of housing were Dykstra, Fred...

01:11:33 End of side.

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