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Scher, Aaron, 1903-	Title: Oral History Interview with Aaron Scher, 1977 May 27 Quantity: 2 tape recordings (65 minutes) Call Number: Audio 653A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted May 27, 1977, by Peter Gordy and Jean Loeb Lettofsky, members of the Historical Society staff, with Aaron Scher for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives; concerning his youth in Kobrin, Russia, the effects of World War I, experiences after the Bolshevik Revolution, his immigration to Argentina and life there, coming to New York in 1923 and employment there in different mercantile positions, and his 1928 move to Madison, Wisconsin.
Scher, Aaron, 1903-	Title: Oral History Interview with Aaron Scher, 1977 May 27 Quantity: 2 tape recordings (65 min.) Call Number: Tape 653A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted May 27, 1977, by Peter Gordy and Jean Loeb Lettofsky, members of the Historical Society staff, with Aaron Scher for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives; concerning his youth in Kobrin, Russia, the effects of World War I, experiences after the Bolshevik Revolution, his immigration to Argentina and life there, coming to New York in 1923 and employment there in different mercantile positions, and his 1928 move to Madison, Wisconsin.
Lee, Agnes	Title: Oral History Interview with Agnes Lee, 1978 May 11 Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 689A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted May 11, 1978 by Susan Eleuterio with Mrs. Agnes Lee, Deerfield, Wisconsin, concerning nineteenth century Norwegian-American daily life in southern Wisconsin; centering on seasonal farm work, clothing, and foodways.
Lee, Agnes	Title: Oral History Interview with Agnes Lee, 1978 May 11 Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 689A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted May 11, 1978 by Susan Eleuterio with Mrs. Agnes Lee, Deerfield, Wisconsin, concerning nineteenth century Norwegian-American daily life in southern Wisconsin; centering on seasonal farm work, clothing, and foodways.
Hyatt, Alex, 1903-; Hyatt, Bernice	Title: Oral History Interview with Alex and Bernice Hyatt and Photographs, 1977 Quantity: 1 tape recording (37 minutes) and 9 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Audio 657A; Superior Tape 1; PH 4762 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 20, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Rabbi Alex Hyatt and his wife Bernice concerning his 1922 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, his family background, and the Jewish community in Superior, its synagogues, and religious practices. The photographs include images of Rabbi Hyatt and Bernice Hyatt, and exterior and interior views of the Hebrew Brotherhood Congregation synagogue in Superior.
Hyatt, Alex, 1903-; Hyatt, Bernice	Title: Oral History Interview with Alex and Bernice Hyatt and Photographs, 1977 Quantity: 1 tape recording (37 min.) and 9 photographs (1 folder) Call Number: Superior Tape 1; Tape 657A; PH 4762 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 20, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Rabbi Alex Hyatt and his wife Bernice concerning his 1922 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, his family background, and the Jewish community in Superior, its synagogues, and religious practices. The photographs include images of Rabbi Hyatt and Bernice Hyatt, and exterior and interior views of the Hebrew Brotherhood Congregation synagogue in Superior.
Smith, Alice E. (Alice Elizabeth), 1896-	Title: Oral History Interview with Alice Smith, 1978 July 31 Quantity: 1 tape recording (30 min.) Call Number: Tape 703A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, July 31, 1978, by interviewer David Kinnett with Alice E. Smith, retired member of the staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, concerning her recollections of Society researcher and writer Louise Phelps Kellogg.
Smith, Alice E. (Alice Elizabeth), 1896-1992	Title: Oral History Interview with Alice Smith, 1978 July 31 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 703A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, July 31, 1978, by interviewer David Kinnett with Alice E. Smith, retired member of the staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, concerning her recollections of Society researcher and writer Louise Phelps Kellogg.
Wileden, Arthur F.	Title: Oral History Interview with Arthur F. Wileden, 1975 Quantity: 11 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 553A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews conducted by Dale Treleven of the Wisconsin Historical Society staff with rural sociologist Arthur Wileden; concerning his youth and early teaching experiences in Waukesha County, Wis., his World War I disillusionment, his career at the University of Wisconsin and work on such projects as community leadership conferences and rural community development, rural civil defense during World War II, the development of French Island near La Crosse, the growth of several farm organizations, and the personalities and effectiveness of rural leaders he has known.
Wileden, Arthur F.	Title: Oral History Interview with Arthur F. Wileden, 1975 Quantity: 11 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 553A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews conducted by Dale Treleven of the Wisconsin Historical Society staff with rural sociologist Arthur Wileden; concerning his youth and early teaching experiences in Waukesha County, Wis., his World War I disillusionment, his career at the University of Wisconsin and work on such projects as community leadership conferences and rural community development, rural civil defense during World War II, the development of French Island near La Crosse, the growth of several farm organizations, and the personalities and effectiveness of rural leaders he has known.
Blochowiak, B. L., 1906-	Title: Oral History Interview with B. L. Blochowiak, 1977-1978 Quantity: 4 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 638A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Blochowiak, president of the Blochowiak Dairy Company, Milwaukee's last independent dairy company; including detailed information on company equipment and processes, on efforts to improve farm sanitary standards, and on the conversion from cans to bulk storage.
Blochowiak, B. L., 1906-	Title: Oral History Interview with B. L. Blochowiak, 1977-1978 Quantity: 4 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 638A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Blochowiak, president of the Blochowiak Dairy Company, Milwaukee's last independent dairy company; including detailed information on company equipment and processes, on efforts to improve farm sanitary standards, and on the conversion from cans to bulk storage.
Schneider, Barnet David, 1894-	Title: Oral History Interview with Barnet David Schneider, 1977 February 17 Quantity: 1 tape recording (58 minutes) Call Number: Audio 659A; Superior Tape 3 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 17, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Barnet Schneider, concerning his youth in New York City and Superior, Wisconsin, his work and military experiences, and the Jewish community in Superior.
Schneider, Barnet David, 1894-	Title: Oral History Interview with Barnet David Schneider, 1977 February 17 Quantity: 1 tape recording (58 minutes) Call Number: Superior Tape 3; Tape 659A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 17, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Barnet Schneider, concerning his youth in New York City and Superior, Wisconsin, his work and military experiences, and the Jewish community in Superior.
Lurye, Edward, 1890-	Title: Oral History Interview with Edward Lurye, 1977 April 18 Quantity: 1 tape recording (52 min.) Call Number: Audio 658A; Superior Tape 2 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted April 18, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Edward Lurye, concerning his family's 1901 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, his business ventures, and the Jewish community in Superior.
Lurye, Edward, 1890-	Title: Oral History Interview with Edward Lurye, 1977 April 18 Quantity: 1 tape recording (52 min.) Call Number: Superior Tape 2; Tape 658A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted April 18, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Edward Lurye, concerning his family's 1901 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, his business ventures, and the Jewish community in Superior.
Fairchild, Edward Thomas, 1872-1965	Title: Oral History Interview with Edward T. Fairchild, 1957 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 177A Abstract: A one and one/quarter hour interview, June 11, 1957, with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Fairchild, relating to his family history, political and legal career, and comments on personal interests and impressions.
Fairchild, Edward Thomas, 1872-1965	Title: Oral History Interview with Edward T. Fairchild, 1957 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Tape 177A Abstract: A one and one/quarter hour interview, June 11, 1957, with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Fairchild, relating to his family history, political and legal career, and comments on personal interests and impressions.
Elizabeth Sullivan, 1910-	Title: Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Sullivan, 1977 May 11 Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 635A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Elizabeth Sullivan, former executive director of the Dairy Council of Milwaukee, an organization sponsored by farmers and dairies for the purpose of promoting health and good nutrition through the use of dairy products. Sullivan also discusses her work for Brownberry Ovens, circa 1960.
Elizabeth Sullivan, 1910-	Title: Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Sullivan, 1977 May 11 Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 635A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Elizabeth Sullivan, former executive director of the Dairy Council of Milwaukee, an organization sponsored by farmers and dairies for the purpose of promoting health and good nutrition through the use of dairy products. Sullivan also discusses her work for Brownberry Ovens, circa 1960.
Lenz, Erich, 1907-	Title: Oral History Interview with Erich Lenz, 1979 Quantity: 4 tape recordings and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Tape 774A; SC 957 Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Erich Lenz, first manager of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives; concerning his youth as a German resident of the Ukraine, internment of his family in Siberia by the Russians during World War I, immigration to South Dakota in 1921 and then to Merrill, Wisconsin, his experiences with cooperatives, lobbying, and other farm organizations, and his work with the Sun Prairie Ground Hog 4-H Club; accompanied by a copy of Lenz's “Black Book” on state legislators.
Lucia, Floyd B., 1888-	Title: Oral History Interview with Floyd B. Lucia, 1975 January 15 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 552A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Floyd B. Lucia concerning his work in various creameries and as a fieldman for the Wisconsin Cooperative Creamery Association, Baraboo Valley District, from the mid-1920s to 1937, with information on its competition with Land O'Lakes and other creameries, its role in farm social affairs, and related matters.
Kuehl, Frank W., 1894-	Title: Oral History Interview with Frank W. Kuehl, 1980 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 822A Abstract: Interview, May 1, 1980, by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Frank W. Kuehl, concerning his youth in Fountain City, Wis.; political work with John Blaine, Ralph Immell, and Bob La Follette, Sr.; and experiences with Wisconsin's bank stabilization program and with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C.
Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann), 1918-	Title: Oral History Interview with George L. Mosse, 1975 March 26 Quantity: 1 tape recording (60 minutes) Call Number: Audio 558A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives with University of Wisconsin professor George L. Mosse concerning his youth and family in Germany, their 1933 escape to Paris, schooling in England and the United States, World War II, teaching in Iowa and Wisconsin, being denounced to HUAC, and his growing involvement in Jewish studies and activities; recorded by State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff member Peter Gordy.
Mosse, George L. (George Lachmann), 1918-	Title: Oral History Interview with George L. Mosse, 1975 March 26 Quantity: 1 tape recording (60 min.) Call Number: Tape 558A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives with University of Wisconsin professor George L. Mosse concerning his youth and family in Germany, their 1933 escape to Paris, schooling in England and the United States, World War II, teaching in Iowa and Wisconsin, being denounced to HUAC, and his growing involvement in Jewish studies and activities; recorded by State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff member Peter Gordy.
Harrington, Gerard	Title: Oral History Interview with Gerard Harrington, 1976 May 7 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 587A Abstract: Interview with Gerard Harrington, a veteran New England newspaperman, concerning his experiences, changes in journalism, interviews with William Jennings Bryan and Clarence A. Darrow, work with the British War Relief Society as national publicity director, and the differences between broadcast and print journalism. The interview was conducted by Gerard Harrington III in Sepulpa, Oklahoma on May 7, 1976.
Harrington, Gerard	Title: Oral History Interview with Gerard Harrington, 1976 May 7 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 587A Abstract: Interview with Gerard Harrington, a veteran New England newspaperman, concerning his experiences, changes in journalism, interviews with William Jennings Bryan and Clarence A. Darrow, work with the British War Relief Society as national publicity director, and the differences between broadcast and print journalism. The interview was conducted by Gerard Harrington III in Sepulpa, Oklahoma on May 7, 1976.
Harman, Glen	Title: Oral History Interview with Glen Harman, 1980-1981 Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 994A Abstract: Interview by Frank Deloughery of the Historical Society staff with Glen Harman, a livery stable operator, about the Portage, Wisconsin area in the early twentieth century, local doctors and businesses, his remembrances of Zona Gale, and his Army experiences during World War I including an influenza epidemic at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois.
Tomter, Harold L., 1923-	Title: Oral History Interview with Harold L. Tomter, 1978 May 24 Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 715A Abstract: Interview conducted on May 24, 1978, by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Harold L. Tomter, county clerk of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, concerning his youth on a 40-acre farm near Pigeon Falls, social activities in the Norwegian American community, his own farm operations on a share basis, his leadership of the local Farmers Union, his decision to leave farming in 1968, and county politics and growth of the local Democratic Party.
Luck, Harry, 1902-	Title: Oral History Interview with Harry Luck, 1976 May 17 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 568A Abstract: Interview, May 17, 1976, with Harry Luck, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in which he reminisces about his childhood in Russia; his family's immigration to the United States via England in 1928; the cattle business and farming in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1939-1969; the family's Jewish religious practices; and Luck's political involvement and opinions. Interviewed by Historical Society staff member Peter Gordy.
Luck, Harry, 1902-	Title: Oral History Interview with Harry Luck, 1976 May 17 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Tape 568A Abstract: Interview, May 17, 1976, with Harry Luck, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in which he reminisces about his childhood in Russia; his family's immigration to the United States via England in 1928; the cattle business and farming in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1939-1969; the family's Jewish religious practices; and Luck's political involvement and opinions. Interviewed by Historical Society staff member Peter Gordy.
Dueholm, Harvey L., 1910-1980	Title: Oral History Interview with Harvey L. Dueholm, 1978 Quantity: 15 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 723A Abstract: Interview conducted by Mark Dorman and Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with farmer and Wisconsin state assemblyman Harvey Dueholm, concerning his youth in Polk County; his early political experiences in the Progressive and the Democratic parties; memorable legislative issues, events, and people; and agriculture from the 1920's through the 1970's.
Hawkins, Horatio B., 1884-1972	Title: Oral History Interview with Horatio B. Hawkins, 1963 Quantity: 13 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 311A Abstract: Interviews, November 1963, by William Schereck of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin with Horatio B. Hawkins, relating to his career in China with the Imperial Maritime Customs and the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, 1906-1908, 1912-1940; the operation of the customs service in China; and his work with the U.S. Foreign Economic Administration in India and China, 1945-1946.
Brusveen, Howard	Title: Oral History Interview with Howard Brusveen, 1981 Quantity: 7 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 894A Abstract: Interview conducted by Kenneth C. Rineer for the Historical Society with Howard Brusveen, a retired New Glarus, Wisconsin, area dairy and hog farmer, concerning small-scale farming and the changes in farming since the 1920's with information on Brusveen's other activities and on the neighborhood.
Sigman, Iman, 1899?-	Title: Oral History Interview with Iman Sigman, 1975 Quantity: 1 tape recording (circa 40 minutes) Call Number: Audio 557A; Green Bay Tape 4 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives with Manitowoc, Wisconsin businessman Iman Sigman, concerning his youth in Russia, his family and its 1907 immigration to Two Rivers, Wisconsin, his schooling and employment, the Jewish community in Manitowoc, Zionism, reactions to the events of World War II, and work with the Manitowoc Coordinating Committee resettling refugees. Recorded by State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff member Peter Gordy.
Gibbon, Irene, 1898-	Title: Oral History Interview with Irene Gibbon, 1978 August 29 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 707A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, August 29, 1978, conducted by David C. Tambo of the Historical Society with Irene Gibbon, Dodgeville, Wisconsin, concerning her experiences as a VISTA worker organizing self-help projects in Butler County, Kentucky, in 1968-1969.
Baumann, Isabel H., 1906-	Title: Oral History Interview with Isabel H. Baumann, 1980 Quantity: 8 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 809A Abstract: Interview conducted in April 1980 by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Isabel Baumann, a Dane County, Wis., farm organization activist, with information on her youth near Stoughton, teaching in a rural school near Sun Prairie in the 1920s, the evolution of a modern dairy farm in the 1920s and 1930s and women's work on a farm in that period, the Pierceville Mothers' Club, the Dane County and state Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, and a radio series called the We Say What We Think Club. The final two tapes lack an abstract. They include Baumann's observations on women in the farm movement, her acquaintance with Mrs. Raymond Sayre of Iowa and Congresswoman Virginia Smith of Nebraska, daylight savings time, school consolidation, the growth of agri-business, and the histories of “The Clearing” and “The Ridges.”
Levin, Jack D., 1907-	Title: Oral History Interview with Jack Levin, 1975 April 27 Quantity: 1 tape recording (60 min.) Call Number: Tape 555A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview with Jack Levin, Milwaukee, Wis., concerning his father's saloon in Milwaukee, their 1914 move to a Racine County farm, and life there including information on crops, schools, difficulties of being an isolated Jewish family, and speaking Yiddish; recorded by State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff member Peter Gordy.
Long, Jean Stillman, 1891-	Title: Oral History Interview with Jean Stillman Long, 1974 Quantity: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) and 9 tape recordings Call Number: SC 1115; Audio 589A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Mrs. Jean Long, Dunn County, Wisconsin, concerning her experiences as a school teacher in Montana in the 1910s, a Wisconsin farm wife in the 1920s, and educational leader of first the Central Cooperative Wholesale then the Wisconsin Farmers Union, 1930s-1960s; with much information on the cooperative movement in Wisconsin, Farmers Union and other farm organization leaders, and the role of the Works Progress Administration. One folder contains publications used by Jean Long in the Farmers Union education program. Long discusses her personal activities, fund-raising pageants, the WPA rural workers education program, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian activities, Finnish-American cooperative members, communist activities, Farmers Union youth camps and activities, the work of the University of Wisconsin Extension, her friendship with Gladys Talbott Edwards and Kenneth Hones of the Farmers Union, and others she encountered such as Hilton Hanna, E.A. Stillman, and M.W. Thatcher.
Kyle, John K., 1903-1993	Title: Oral History Interview with John K. Kyle, 1976-1978 Quantity: 24 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 582A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Jack Kyle concerning his youth on a Rock County, Wisconsin farm, his experiences in the Progressive Party, the La Follettes and other state political leaders, the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board, and his work as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives. Kyle discusses his early background, education, and politics; the role of farmers and other rural people in the Progressive wing of the Republican Party; agricultural leaders such as Erich Lenz; farm organization politics; relationships with the Wisconsin labor movement; his work with Congressman Thomas Amlie, 1928-1932, Senator F. Ryan Duffy, Philip La Follette, Robert La Follette, Jr., and Congressman George Schneider; the Progressive Party, 1937-1946; the primary senate election of 1946; the influence on Kyle of Jerry Voorhis of California; and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, 1948-1962.
Kyle, John K., 1903-1993	Title: Oral History Interview with John K. Kyle, 1976-1978 Quantity: 24 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 582A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Jack Kyle concerning his youth on a Rock County, Wisconsin farm, his experiences in the Progressive Party, the La Follettes and other state political leaders, the Wisconsin Labor Relations Board, and his work as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives. Kyle discusses his early background, education, and politics; the role of farmers and other rural people in the Progressive wing of the Republican Party; agricultural leaders such as Erich Lenz; farm organization politics; relationships with the Wisconsin labor movement; his work with Congressman Thomas Amlie, 1928-1932, Senator F. Ryan Duffy, Philip La Follette, Robert La Follette, Jr., and Congressman George Schneider; the Progressive Party, 1937-1946; the primary senate election of 1946; the influence on Kyle of Jerry Voorhis of California; and the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives, 1948-1962.
Boegholt, Julia Hodgdon, 1901?-	Title: Oral History Interview with Julia Hodgdon Boegholt, 1976 July 8 Quantity: 1 tape recording (61 minutes) Call Number: Audio 571A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, made July 8, 1976, by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Julia Boegholt of Oregon, Wisconsin, a founder of the Democratic Organizing Committee in 1948 which enlisted former Progressives, Socialists, labor people, and others in successfully establishing the Democratic Party as a political force in Wisconsin.
Boegholt, Julia Hodgdon, 1901?-	Title: Oral History Interview with Julia Hodgdon Boegholt, 1976 July 8 Quantity: 1 tape recording (61 min.) Call Number: Tape 571A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, made July 8, 1976, by James A. Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Julia Boegholt of Oregon, Wisconsin, a founder of the Democratic Organizing Committee in 1948 which enlisted former Progressives, Socialists, labor people, and others in successfully establishing the Democratic Party as a political force in Wisconsin.
Green, Katharine	Title: Oral History Interview with Katharine Green, 1975 Quantity: 3 tape recordings (142 minutes) Call Number: Audio 632A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, March 21 and 22, 1975, by historian Robert C. Twombly with Katharine Green, Briggsville, Wisconsin, concerning the Gurdjieffian psychological method at a 1931 communal living experiment near Portage, Wis., and the city's reactions to the method, other participants including writers Jean Toomer and Margery Latimer and her later contacts with them, and the method's effect on her life; plus her reminiscences of William Maxwell, novelist and New Yorker editor, who summered at Green's farm in the late 1920s.
Green, Katharine	Title: Oral History Interview with Katharine Green, 1975 Quantity: 3 tape recordings (142 min.) Call Number: Tape 632A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, March 21 and 22, 1975, by historian Robert C. Twombly with Katharine Green, Briggsville, Wisconsin, concerning the Gurdjieffian psychological method at a 1931 communal living experiment near Portage, Wis., and the city's reactions to the method, other participants including writers Jean Toomer and Margery Latimer and her later contacts with them, and the method's effect on her life; plus her reminiscences of William Maxwell, novelist and New Yorker editor, who summered at Green's farm in the late 1920s.
Timmerman, La Vern H., 1909-	Title: Oral History Interview with La Vern H. Timmerman, 1976-1977 Quantity: 4 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 569A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Father La Vern H. Timmerman on June 8, 1976 and May 25, 1977, concerning his family, the work of a priest in rural Wisconsin communities, and Timmerman's activities with the Wisconsin Farmers Union, Father Urban Baer and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, and migrant workers.
Timmerman, La Vern H., 1909-	Title: Oral History Interview with La Vern H. Timmerman, 1976-1977 Quantity: 4 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 569A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Father La Vern H. Timmerman on June 8, 1976 and May 25, 1977, concerning his family, the work of a priest in rural Wisconsin communities, and Timmerman's activities with the Wisconsin Farmers Union, Father Urban Baer and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, and migrant workers.
Carlson, Laurie E., 1908-	Title: Oral History Interview with Laurie E. Carlson, 1979 Quantity: 6 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 781A Abstract: Interview conducted by Robert F. Burk of the Historical Society staff with Laurie Carlson concerning Carlson's youth in Bayfield County, Wis., his role in Progressive Party organization including evaluations of prominent Progressives, his service as Assemblyman from Bayfield County, his warehouse and curling business interests, and reminiscences of Robert La Follette, Jr., Philip La Follette, and Belle Case La Follette, William T. Evjue, and Joseph McCarthy.
Gleiter, Lois Linse, 1929-	Title: Oral History Interview with Lois Linse Gleiter, 1974 August 19 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 586A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Lois Linse Gleiter concerning her activities in the Farmers Union junior program in Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, her teaching in Chile in a 4-H exchange program in the early 1950's, attendence at the Encampment for Citizenship in New York, and her work as a field representative for the National Farmers Union in the 1950's in the western U.S. and in Virginia.
Gleiter, Lois Linse, 1929-	Title: Oral History Interview with Lois Linse Gleiter, 1974 August 19 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 586A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Lois Linse Gleiter concerning her activities in the Farmers Union junior program in Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, her teaching in Chile in a 4-H exchange program in the early 1950's, attendence at the Encampment for Citizenship in New York, and her work as a field representative for the National Farmers Union in the 1950's in the western U.S. and in Virginia.
Witkin, Louis, 1894-	Title: Oral History Interview with Louis Witkin, 1977 February 18 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 143A; Superior Tape 5 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 18, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Louis Witkin, concerning his 1912 emigration from Lithuania to New York City, settling in Superior, Wisconsin about 1916, his work as a kosher butcher, and the Jewish community in Superior. Included is information on synagogues, business associations, and community groups, as well as political and social issues between German and Russian Jews within the community. Some comments are in Yiddish.
Witkin, Louis, b. 1894	Title: Oral History Interview with Louis Witkin, 1977 February 18 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 143A; Superior Tape 5 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 18, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Louis Witkin, concerning his 1912 emigration from Lithuania to New York City, settling in Superior, Wisconsin about 1916, his work as a kosher butcher, and the Jewish community in Superior. Included is information on synagogues, business associations, and community groups, as well as political and social issues between German and Russian Jews within the community. Some comments are in Yiddish.
Fewster, Lowell H., 1939-	Title: Oral History Interview with Lowell Fewster, 1975 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Audio 545A Abstract: Interview, March 17, 1975, with Lowell Fewster, a Catholic priest, conducted by Historical Society staff members, concerning his counseling of other clergymen, and his activities with Community Action on Latin America on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Leopold, Max, 1887-	Title: Oral History Interview with Max Leopold, 1976 March 21 Quantity: 2 tape recordings (89 minutes) Call Number: Audio 567A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, March 21, 1976, with Max Leopold, a Jewish resident of Arpin, Wisconsin from 1904 to 1952; concerning his work in farming and farmers' cooperatives, on a committee formulating unemployment compensation legislation, as a justice of the peace, in the Progressive Party, in the Farm Bureau, and in other areas, his childhood in Rumania, and his retirement in San Diego, California. Interviewed at San Diego, California, by Ben Minkoff.
Leopold, Max, 1887-	Title: Oral History Interview with Max Leopold, 1976 March 21 Quantity: 2 tape recordings (89 min.) Call Number: Tape 567A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview, March 21, 1976, with Max Leopold, a Jewish resident of Arpin, Wisconsin from 1904 to 1952; concerning his work in farming and farmers' cooperatives, on a committee formulating unemployment compensation legislation, as a justice of the peace, in the Progressive Party, in the Farm Bureau, and in other areas, his childhood in Rumania, and his retirement in San Diego, California. Interviewed at San Diego, California, by Ben Minkoff.
Sprecher, Melvin, 1911-	Title: Oral History Interview with Melvin Sprecher, 1976 Quantity: 7 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 566A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical staff with Melvin Sprecher, a rural Sauk City, Wisconsin, dairy farmer who helped found Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative and served as chairman of the board of Land O'Lakes, Inc.; including discussion of consolidation of various dairy marketing cooperatives, details on the Wisconsin Creameries Association and on Dairy Maid Products Cooperative, service on national agriculture councils, dislike of the National Farmers' Organization, Sauk County school consolidation, his general farming experiences and opinions, and related topics.
Swanton, Milo K., 1894-1993	Title: Oral History Interview with Milo K. Swanton, 1975-1976 Quantity: 11 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 550A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Swanton, long-time executive secretary of the Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives; concerning rural life as Swanton knew it in his youth in the Town of Blooming Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin; education in a one-room school, at the Wisconsin Academy, and at the University of Wisconsin; his farming experiences from World War I to 1966, the formation and development of many farm cooperatives, the Wisconsin Employment Peace Act of 1939, the National Farmers Organization, and other topics.
Swanton, Milo K., 1894-1993	Title: Oral History Interview with Milo K. Swanton, 1975-1976 Quantity: 11 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 550A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Swanton, long-time executive secretary of the Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives; concerning rural life as Swanton knew it in his youth in the Town of Blooming Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin; education in a one-room school, at the Wisconsin Academy, and at the University of Wisconsin; his farming experiences from World War I to 1966, the formation and development of many farm cooperatives, the Wisconsin Employment Peace Act of 1939, the National Farmers Organization, and other topics.
Heifetz, Morris, 1901-	Title: Oral History Interview with Morris Heifetz, 1978 September 26 Quantity: 1 tape recording Call Number: Tape 714A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1978, by Sara Leuchter of the Historical Society staff with Morris Heifetz, a Russian Jewish immigrant to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1923; primarily concerning Congregation Agudas Achim (later named Beth Israel Center) which he served as secretary from 1924 to 1949.
Sweet, Nathan, 1887-	Title: Oral History Interview with Nathan Sweet, 1979 July 27 Quantity: 2 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 775A Abstract: Interview conducted on July 27, 1979 by Sara Leuchter of the Historical Society staff with Nathan Sweet for the Wisconsin Jewish Archives; concerning his youth in Kapule, Russia, his escape to London, Yiddish plays he saw there, his coming to Madison, Wisconsin in 1908, the Madison Jewish community, and the anti-Semitic feelings of some of his fellow workers.
Hilgendorf, Otto	Title: Oral History Interview with Otto Hilgendordf, 1978 Quantity: 3 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 757A Abstract: Interviews conducted in 1978 by Olivia Mahoney with Otto Hilgendorf, Freistadt, Wisconsin, concerning his family's emigration from Pomerania to Wisconsin in the nineteenth century, farm work, domestic routines, and community celebrations.
Hardiman, Percy S., 1909-	Title: Oral History Interview with Percy S. Hardiman, 1976-1978 Quantity: 12 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 574A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Hardiman, a Waukesha County, Wis., farmer who served as state president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The interview concerns Hardiman's experiences as a farm youth in Sussex, Wis., provides details on the 1919 draining of a swamp; and includes discussion of crops, social life, electric power, and farm machinery. He also talks of his fuel oil delivery business, farming on his own property, milk strikes, the Golden Guernsey Cooperative, and other farm organizations particularly the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture, the Waukesha County Farm Bureau, and the state Farm Bureau Federation.
Hardiman, Percy S., 1909-	Title: Oral History Interview with Percy S. Hardiman, 1976-1978 Quantity: 12 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 574A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Hardiman, a Waukesha County, Wis., farmer who served as state president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The interview concerns Hardiman's experiences as a farm youth in Sussex, Wis., provides details on the 1919 draining of a swamp; and includes discussion of crops, social life, electric power, and farm machinery. He also talks of his fuel oil delivery business, farming on his own property, milk strikes, the Golden Guernsey Cooperative, and other farm organizations particularly the Wisconsin Council of Agriculture, the Waukesha County Farm Bureau, and the state Farm Bureau Federation.
Wick, Peter E.	Title: Oral History Interview with Peter Wick, 1975 April 4 Quantity: 1 tape recording (60 minutes) Call Number: Audio 556A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview with Wick, a Milwaukee businessman; concerning his youth in Russia, the Jewish communities in Marinette, Green Bay, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, changes in University life between 1915 and 1920, business as a jobber of electrical supplies and of sporting goods, Zionism, World War II, and his involvement in Reform Judaism; recorded by Historical Society staff member Peter Gordy, 1975.
Wick, Peter E.	Title: Oral History Interview with Peter Wick, 1975 April 4 Quantity: 1 tape recording (60 min.) Call Number: Tape 556A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview with Wick, a Milwaukee businessman; concerning his youth in Russia, the Jewish communities in Marinette, Green Bay, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, changes in University life between 1915 and 1920, business as a jobber of electrical supplies and of sporting goods, Zionism, World War II, and his involvement in Reform Judaism; recorded by Historical Society staff member Peter Gordy, 1975.
Marshall, Philip G., 1906-1978	Title: Oral History Interview with Philip G. Marshall, 1976 December 8 Quantity: 2 tape recordings and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) Call Number: Audio 595A; SC 1150 Abstract: Tape-recorded and transcribed interview conducted December 8, 1976, by James Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Philip G. Marshall, Milwaukee, a former socialist who in the 1940s helped launch the Democratic Organizing Committee, the vehicle which reformed the Wisconsin Democratic Party; plus correspondence and other papers, 1947-1976, from his political activities.
Marshall, Philip G., 1906-1978	Title: Oral History Interview with Philip G. Marshall, 1976 December 8 Quantity: 2 tape recordings and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) Call Number: Tape 595A; SC 1150 Abstract: Tape-recorded and transcribed interview conducted December 8, 1976, by James Cavanaugh of the Historical Society staff with Philip G. Marshall, Milwaukee, a former socialist who in the 1940s helped launch the Democratic Organizing Committee, the vehicle which reformed the Wisconsin Democratic Party; plus correspondence and other papers, 1947-1976, from his political activities.
Segerstrom, Rangnar, 1896-; Segerstrom, Margaret, 1903-	Title: Oral History Interview with Rangnar and Margaret Segerstrom, 1976 Quantity: 6 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 581A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Rangnar and Margaret Segerstrom, retired Mondovi, Wisconsin, dairy farmers; concerning their farming operation between 1922 and 1958; their activities in the Wisconsin Farmers Union, its youth program, and its Central Exchange; membership in other cooperatives and in the Farmers Holiday Association; efforts promoting rural electrification; and the Democratic Party in Buffalo County.
Segerstrom, Rangnar, 1896-; Segerstrom, Margaret, 1903-	Title: Oral History Interview with Rangnar and Margaret Segerstrom, 1976 Quantity: 6 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 581A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Rangnar and Margaret Segerstrom, retired Mondovi, Wisconsin, dairy farmers; concerning their farming operation between 1922 and 1958; their activities in the Wisconsin Farmers Union, its youth program, and its Central Exchange; membership in other cooperatives and in the Farmers Holiday Association; efforts promoting rural electrification; and the Democratic Party in Buffalo County.
Schneider, Rose Alice Vogel, 1897-	Title: Oral History Interview with Rose Alice Vogel Schneider, 1977 February 19 Quantity: 1 tape recording (41 minutes) Call Number: Audio 644A; Superior Tape 4 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 19, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Rose Schneider, concerning her family's 1900 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, the Jewish community in Superior, her family's emphasis on education, and her experiences with anti-Semitism as a rural teacher.
Schneider, Rose Alice Vogel, 1897-	Title: Oral History Interview with Rose Alice Vogel Schneider, 1977 February 19 Quantity: 1 tape recording (41 min.) Call Number: Superior Tape 4; Tape 644A Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted February 19, 1977, by Laurie J. Tarlowe with Rose Schneider, concerning her family's 1900 emigration from Lithuania to Superior, Wisconsin, the Jewish community in Superior, her family's emphasis on education, and her experiences with anti-Semitism as a rural teacher.
Meier, Roy R., 1902-	Title: Oral History Interview with Roy R. Meier, 1979 Quantity: 7 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 744A Abstract: Interview conducted by Dale Treleven of the Historical Society staff with Roy R. Meier, a Town of Spirit, Price County, Wisconsin farmer, concerning the town's history, agricultural conditions and practices, his activities in 4-H and on the town and county boards, German settlement in Price County, and other topics.
Schneider, Stephen B.	Title: Oral History Interview with Stephen B. Schneider, 1977 July 11 Quantity: 1 tape recording (27 minutes) Call Number: Audio 641A Abstract: Tape-recorded oral history interview by Erika Thickman of the Historical Society staff with Stephen B. Schneider about the initial organization of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) and its efforts to establish a funding mechanism. Schneider was a University of Wisconsin law school graduate who served as secretary to the WISPIRG board of directors and advised them on legal matters.
Schneider, Stephen B.	Title: Oral History Interview with Stephen B. Schneider, 1977 July 11 Quantity: 1 tape recording (27 min.) Call Number: Tape 641A Abstract: Tape-recorded oral history interview by Erika Thickman of the Historical Society staff with Stephen B. Schneider about the initial organization of the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) and its efforts to establish a funding mechanism. Schneider was a University of Wisconsin law school graduate who served as secretary to the WISPIRG board of directors and advised them on legal matters.
Jenkins, Blue, 1916-	Title: Oral History Interview with William “Blue” Jenkins, 1974 Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 8 tape recordings Call Number: Mss 435; Audio 532A; Parkside Mss 54; Parkside Tape 3 Abstract: Tape-recorded interview conducted in January 1974 by George Roeder of the Historical Society staff with William “Blue” Jenkins, a leader of the Racine, Wisconsin, labor movement and of the city's Black community. Also included are a transcript, abstract, and related documents.
Ethnic Heritage Studies Project	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Ethnic Heritage Studies Project, 1974-1975 Quantity: 12 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 575A; Audio 663A; Audio 606A-607A; Audio 932A-Audio 937A; Stevens Point Tape 2-Tape 11 Abstract: Interviews with several Polish-Americans from the Stevens Point, Wisconsin, area on their ethnic and cultural memories. The interviews deal with parentage, background, farm life, religious life, family and community customs and activities, politics, and relations with other groups in the community. Interviews were conducted by Richard Zeitlin of the Historical Society staff as administrator of the project, with Adam and Bernice Bartosz, Frank Beck, Jan Boharewicz, the Reverend Constantine Klukowski, Theodora Koziczkowski, Paul Laska, Michael B. Liss, the Reverend Joseph J. Schulist, and Frances Skupniewicz.
Ethnic Heritage Studies Project	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Ethnic Heritage Studies Project, 1974-1975 Quantity: 12 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 575A; Tape 663A; Tape 606A-607A; Tape 932A-Tape 937A; Stevens Point Tape 2-Tape 11 Abstract: Interviews with several Polish-Americans from the Stevens Point, Wisconsin, area on their ethnic and cultural memories. The interviews deal with parentage, background, farm life, religious life, family and community customs and activities, politics, and relations with other groups in the community. Interviews were conducted by Richard Zeitlin of the Historical Society staff as administrator of the project, with Adam and Bernice Bartosz, Frank Beck, Jan Boharewicz, the Reverend Constantine Klukowski, Theodora Koziczkowski, Paul Laska, Michael B. Liss, the Reverend Joseph J. Schulist, and Frances Skupniewicz.
Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project [Digitized content]	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Forgotten Champs: The 1944 Milwaukee Chicks Oral History Project, 1995 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 10 audio cassettes 20 digital files (3.52 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 106 Abstract: Collection contains oral history interviews with former members of the Milwaukee Chicks baseball team, conducted as part of a 1995 oral history course at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Interview materials include abstracts, verbatim transcripts, and audio recordings. Abstracts often provide topical headings and time codes to assist with use. The interviews include information on the players' personal histories and backgrounds, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, their impressions of playing, contracts, uniforms, life on the road, social engagements, the role of women in World War II, and other members of the Chicks. Players interviewed were Thelma Eisen, Viola Griffin (Thompson), Dorothy Hunter, Vivian Sheriffs, Sylvia Straka (Wronski), and Alma Ziegler. The Milwaukee Chicks played only one season in the League (1944), won the championship, and then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Janesville Bicentennial Labor Oral History Project	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Janesville Bicentennial Labor Oral History Project, 1976-1977 Quantity: 33 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 684A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews conducted by Clem Imhoff for the Janesville Bicentennial Committee with twelve Janesville, Wisconsin, men active in the local labor movement, primarily in the 1920s through 1940s. The men belonged to the firefighters, teamsters, and the auto, rubber, electrical, and textile workers unions and worked at the Parker Pen Company, Rock River Woolen Mills, Fisher Auto Body Plant, General Motors plant, Samson Tractor Company, and Fairbanks, Morse and Company in Beloit. Their interviews discuss the formation of the Janesville labor movement, union organizing there, their union experiences, their ethnic, religious, political, and family backgrounds, and the roles of women and Blacks in the workplace and the unions. Other topics are also explored in some of the interviews. The Gerald Litney, Eugene Osmond, and John Scott interviews contain details on working for railroads. Scott also talks about his experiences as a youthful hobo during the Depression. The Hugo Preuss interview discusses Germans as an ethnic group in Janesville. And Glenn Swinbank describes his youth in New Diggings, Wisconsin.
Janesville Bicentennial Labor Oral History Project	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Janesville Bicentennial Labor Oral History Project, 1976-1977 Quantity: 33 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 684A Abstract: Tape-recorded interviews conducted by Clem Imhoff for the Janesville Bicentennial Committee with twelve Janesville, Wisconsin, men active in the local labor movement, primarily in the 1920s through 1940s. The men belonged to the firefighters, teamsters, and the auto, rubber, electrical, and textile workers unions and worked at the Parker Pen Company, Rock River Woolen Mills, Fisher Auto Body Plant, General Motors plant, Samson Tractor Company, and Fairbanks, Morse and Company in Beloit. Their interviews discuss the formation of the Janesville labor movement, union organizing there, their union experiences, their ethnic, religious, political, and family backgrounds, and the roles of women and Blacks in the workplace and the unions. Other topics are also explored in some of the interviews. The Gerald Litney, Eugene Osmond, and John Scott interviews contain details on working for railroads. Scott also talks about his experiences as a youthful hobo during the Depression. The Hugo Preuss interview discusses Germans as an ethnic group in Janesville. And Glenn Swinbank describes his youth in New Diggings, Wisconsin.
March on Milwaukee Oral History Project [Digitized content]	Title: Oral History Interviews of the March on Milwaukee Oral History Project, 2007-2008 Quantity: 1.4 cubic ft. (3 boxes including 28 audio cassettes) 108 digital files (33.3 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 281 Abstract: Collection consists of abstracts and audio recordings of interviews conducted as a class oral history project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The interviews concern the open housing marches that took place in Milwaukee in 1967 and 1968, and general civil rights issues in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee LGBT History Project [Digitized content]	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Milwaukee LGBT History Project, 2003-2007 Quantity: .6 cubic ft. (2 boxes) 46 digital files (18.5 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 200 Abstract: Collection consists of oral history interviews conducted by the Milwaukee LGBT History Project with members of Milwaukee's LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community. The collection includes audio records and interview transcripts. Interviewees describe their coming out experiences, the Gay Liberation Movement in Milwaukee, early LGBT organizations, the impact of feminism on LGBT politics, and LGBT social activities.
Milwaukee Transgender Oral History Project [Digitized content]	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Milwaukee Transgender Oral History Project, 2011 Quantity: .2 cubic ft. (1 box) 26 digital files (10.3 GB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 302 Abstract: Interviews with eight individuals concerning Milwaukee's transgender community and its history. Among them are social activists, organizational leaders, healthcare workers, service providers, and performers. Individuals self-identify across a broad spectrum of gender identities, and some resist gender identification entirely. Topics covered include transgender people and the feminist movement, the intersection of transgender identity and sexual orientation, transgender healthcare, coming out, and community organizations.
Green, Nancy; Manke, Mary Phillips	Title: Oral History Interviews of the Retired Teachers Project, 1991-1994 Quantity: .4 cubic ft. (1 box including 5 audio cassettes ) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 359 Abstract: Collection contains oral history interview transcripts and audio recordings with retired elementary-school teachers who taught in the Milwaukee or Chicago area, conducted largely in 1992, by Nancy Green and Mary Phillips Manke. The collection also includes an article and a copy of a chapter from the book Images of Schoolteachers in Twentieth-Century America, first published in 1994, which documents Green and Manke's project findings.
Wisconsin HIV/AIDS history project [Digitized content]	Title: Oral history interviews of the Wisconsin HIV/AIDS history project, 2017-2018. 2011 Quantity: 23 digital video files (1.30 TB) Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 354 Abstract: The Oral History Interviews of the Wisconsin HIV/AIDS History Project is comprised of video interviews with physicians, nurses, social service workers, ARCW senior staff and long-time survivors who describe the history of HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin. Interviews were conducted by Linda Wesp at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2017-2018
Karcher, Selma	Title: Oral History Interviews with Selma Karcher, 1982-1983 Quantity: 7 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 1071A Abstract: Interviews, 1982-1983, conducted by John Karcher with his grandmother Selma, age 93, in Walworth County, Wisconsin. They discuss her pre-World War I youth in the Lorraine province of Germany, war and post-war experiences after Lorraine became part of France, immigration to the U.S. in the 1920's, the great Depression, World War II memories, a trip back to Wolfskirchen in the late 1940's, and family and general information.
- - -	Title: Oral History Interviews with the Pudas Family, 1974, 1977 Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Audio 665A Abstract: Interviews conducted by Wisconsin Historical Society staff members with Ed Pudas, Esther Pudas, Arthur Suni, and Saima Pudas, Town of Oulu, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, concerning their Finnish backgrounds; Finnish family and social customs; Henry Getto; area logging, farming, and shipping; and politics.
- - -	Title: Oral History Interviews with the Pudas Family, 1974, 1977 Quantity: 5 tape recordings Call Number: Tape 665A Abstract: Interviews conducted by Wisconsin Historical Society staff members with Ed Pudas, Esther Pudas, Arthur Suni, and Saima Pudas, Town of Oulu, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, concerning their Finnish backgrounds; Finnish family and social customs; Henry Getto; area logging, farming, and shipping; and politics.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Archives. Oral History Program	Title: Oral History Program recordings Quantity: 598 audio recordings Collection includes 1/4 inch audio tape reels: 81 (7-inch diameter) and 517 (5-inch diameter). Call Number: uac156 Abstract: This collection, which is part of the Oral History Program project, consists of interviews touching all aspects of the University's history. A significant portion of this collection covers subjects such as the Teaching Assistants Strike of 1970 and the UW Merger. Other topics covered includes experiences of narrators as former staff, students or spouses of former staff at UW.
Frazee, Oren Ernest, 1880-1960; Frazee, Alice Devol, 1880-1962	Title: Oren Ernest and Alice Devol Frazee Papers, 1872-1964 Quantity: 3.6 cubic feet (7 archives boxes and 1 flat box) Call Number: La Crosse Mss AY Abstract: Papers of La Crosse, Wisconsin, biology professor and genealogist Oren Frazee and his wife, Alice Devol Frazee, a genealogist and amateur poet. Included are writings, correspondence, and other records relating to Oren Frazee's career; genealogies of the Frazee, Devol, Montgomery, Badgely, and Arnold families of Indiana and Illinois; records relating to a farm and other family property in Indiana; and papers concerning Alice Frazee's activities with the Campus Dames of La Crosse, 1930-1949. Also in the collection are correspondence, professional papers, and poetry, 1872-1920, of Alice's father, James M. Devol, a railroad inspector.
Frazee, Oren Ernest, 1880	Title: Oren Ernest Frazee Papers Physical Description: 4.6 cubic feet Call Number: MSS H Abstract: Genealogical files of Oren Ernest Frazee, a professor of biology and avid genealogist, who lived from 1880-1960. The collection is categorized into family records, state records, and Frazee family records. An index to over 90 family surnames is included in the register. Besides the Frazee surname lines, the Devol family lines are also represented. The collection offers a fascinating view into how genealogy research tools and methods evolved up to the mid 20th century.
- - -	Title: Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Publications, 1946-2019 Quantity: 26.0 cubic feet and 31.7 megabytes Call Number: M2013-012; M2013-165; M2014-006; M2014-020; M2014-106; M2015-128; M2015-135; M2015-139; M2015-143; M2015-151; M2016-010; M2016-035; M2016-092; M2017-004; M2017-065; M2017-087; M2018-024; M2018-026; M2018-037; M2018-050; M2018-071; M2022-032; M2022-035; M2022-042; M2023-066 Abstract: Periodicals and other published materials relating to organic and sustainable agriculture separated from other collections in the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Collection. Dates represent issues from years indicated, but are usually not complete runs. Some of these materials may be available online.
Loucks, Orie Loucks, Eric	Title: Orie Loucks papers Quantity: 102.13 cubic feet 76 record cartons, 10 letter document boxes, 4 half-letter document boxes, 1 other small flat box Collection includes: slides; maps; overhead projector transparencies; color photographs; VAX 11/780 backup tape; plant leaves; floppy disks, compact discs, and reel-to-reel audio tapes. Call Number: uac14 Abstract: Papers of Dr. Orie Loucks (1931-2016), a noted ecologist and environmentalist, which date from 1954-2007. The collection documents Dr. Loucks's work and research throughout his career, and contains records which cover topics including his graduate studies and work with the Canada Forestry Department, his work as a professor of botany and environmental science at UW-Madison and Miami University in Ohio, his role as director of the Holcomb Research Institute at Butler University, and his research with governmental departments such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Natural Resources. Of particular note are paper materials relating to Dr. Loucks's testimony in the successful 1968-1969 trial against DDT in Wisconsin and his work on the Lake Wingra Study and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
Loomis, Orland S. (Orland Steen), 1893-1942	Title: Orland S. Loomis Papers, 1909-1945 Quantity: 11.6 c.f. (29 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording; plus additions of 0.1 c.f. Call Number: Wis Mss UI; Audio 1645A; M2012-018 Abstract: Papers of Orland Loomis, a Progressive lawyer and politician from Mauston, Wisconsin, who was a member of both houses of the Wisconsin state legislature, state attorney general, and governor-elect in 1942. The collection includes correspondence, legal papers, copies of proposed legislation, memoranda, personal accounts, campaign materials, schedules, speeches, and press releases. The correspondence between 1929 and 1933, when Loomis served in the state legislature, reflects his concern with the problems of farmers, veterans, education, and public electric power. Most of the correspondence from 1936 to 1942 relates to electioneering, but a few letters exchanged with Robert M. La Follette Jr. and Philip La Follette from 1931 to 1935 and in 1942 contain references to Progressive Party programs and problems. Correspondence for 1937 and 1938, when he served as attorney general, include several legal opinions. Other correspondents include Herman Ekern, John J. Esch, William Evjue, Halbert Hoard, Merlin Hull, Charles A. Kading, Irvine Lenroot, Gaylord Nelson, George W. Norris, and Gifford Pinchot. A large part of the collection relates to Loomis' attempts to bring publicly owned electric power to Wisconsin, and includes briefs, exhibits, correspondence, and legal papers relating to the municipalities Loomis represented in public-power cases between 1933 and 1942. Loomis' clients included Bangor, Edgerton, Viroqua, Hustisford, Fennimore, Waterloo, Kendall, McFarland, Poynette, and Pardeeville. The extensive materials for Pardeeville follow the case from the village decision by referendum to purchase their power plant through twelve years of litigation. The collection also includes a folder of briefs and other materials on the Wisconsin Development Authority, established in 1937 to aid municipal ownership and the orderly development of Wisconsin resources. Loomis' papers contain some of the records of his campaigns for governor in 1940 and 1942, and a group of letters and proposals for his administration made after the 1942 election. Loomis died, however, before he could take office.
Clark, Orlando E., 1850-1919	Title: Orlando E. Clark Papers, 1767-1898 Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) Call Number: Wis Mss EB Abstract: Papers collected by Orlando E. Clark of Appleton, Wisconsin, consisting of certificates, committee reports, ballots, clippings, and miscellaneous material concerning the Democratic conventions of 1860 at Charleston and Baltimore, the Wisconsin and Illinois 1860 state conventions, and Baltimore ward delegate election meetings. There are also several sermons of the Rev. Peter Stair of Warren, Connecticut, 1767-1795, some poetry, miscellaneous genealogical material concerning the Clark family of Saybrook, Connecticut, and a journal, 1899-1904, and reminiscences by Clark.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985	Title: Orson Welles Papers, (bulk 1940-1941) Quantity: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 2 disc recordings Call Number: U.S. Mss 15AN; Audio 1983A Abstract: Papers of a noted actor, director, producer, and author, consisting of scripts and recordings. Included are scripts of the revised final version of his Academy Award-winning production of Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941), a play titled Bright Lucifer, and a proposed documentary on Latin America. Present in recorded form is the Mercury Theatre of the Air (CBS) radio program War of the Worlds, which was co-authored and produced by Welles. Additional items include corrections, lighting notes, and cues for the Negro People's Theatre production of MacBeth, which was directed by Welles.
Etter, Orval, 1915-	Title: Orval Etter Papers, 1944-1957 Quantity: 6 reels of microfilm (35mm) Call Number: Micro 805 Abstract: Papers of Orval Etter, a former San Francisco and Far West executive secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, consisting largely of records of that organization and a few items relating to other pacifist groups with which Etter was involved. Included are minutes, correspondence, financial records, and press material of the San Francisco, national, and international offices and various regional and local chapters. Minutes and membership materials for both the San Francisco and national offices are extensive. Although the correspondence is generally routine, it provides a detailed picture of the activities and concerns of West Coast pacifists during the immediate post-war years and during the height of the Cold War. Topics of concern include arrangements for conferences and speaking tours, work with conscientious objectors, and recurrent financial difficulties.
Kile, Orville Merton, 1886-	Title: Orville Merton Kile Papers, 1921-1930 Quantity: 2.9 c.f. (1 archives box, 5 flat boxes, and 1 oversize volume) Call Number: U.S. Mss AO Abstract: Papers of Orville Kile, an agricultural economist, lobbyist, and writer. Included are correspondence, 1921-1928, mostly concerning articles which Kile was writing for farm journals; radio scripts, 1925-1926, of farm news broadcasts which focused on attempts at federal farm legislation; reports, 1926-1928, written by Kile and others on farm surplus and price problems; and ten scrapbooks. Eight indexed scrapbooks consist of press releases prepared by Kile, 1923-1930, on topics of interest to farmers, including prices, crop conditions, legislation, and foreign agricultural news; and two scrapbooks include newspaper clippings on miscellaneous agricultural topics.