Title: “One on One” Interviews
Inclusive Dates: 1976-1977

Call Number: SC 309; Tape 989A

Quantity: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and 14 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Thirteen tape-recorded interviews conducted by Milwaukee Journal reporters for the series “One on One” with people from a variety of fields; discussing politics, higher education, the judicial system, product liability law, and children's diseases.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape00989a

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From October 1976 to late 1977, Milwaukee Journal reporters taped interviews with many state and nationally known persons for a Journal feature called “One on One.” In that time the series included the reflections/recollections of some sixty persons.

Tape recordings from 13 of these interviews are represented in this collection, accompanied by Xeroxed copies of the published stories which resulted from the interviews.

Acquisition Information

Presented by The Milwaukee Journal, 1977. Accession Number: MCHC77-105

Processing Information

Processed by Dale Treleven and Karen Baumann, June 17, 1982.

SC 309	Published stories, 1976-1977
Tape 989A No.   1	James Abourezk interview, March 29, 1977 Physical Description: 80 minutes  Scope and Content Note: James Abourezk, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, interview by John Kole. Discussion of Abourezk's observations of the legislative process in Washington, D.C., and his reasons for deciding not to run for the seat again after completing his freshman term.
No.   2-3	David Adamany interview, Spring, 1977 Physical Description: 110 minutes  Scope and Content Note: David Adamany, former Wisconsin revenue secretary under Governor Patrick Lucey, interview by David L. Beal. Discussion of taxation in Wisconsin, tax reform under Lucey, and comments about the shortcomings of professorial evaluation in the modern university.
No.   4	Werner Baum interview, February 25, 1977 Physical Description: 25 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Werner Baum, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, interview by Ralph D. Olive. Discussion of UW-Milwaukee as an urban campus, curriculum, and funding.
No.   5	Lee S. Dreyfus interview, June 22, 1977 Physical Description: 30 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Lee S. Dreyfus, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, interview by Loran H. Osman. Discussion of current status of political parties in Wisconsin, possibility of Dreyfus running for governor, and his “ruraplex” idea.
No.   6	Robert W. Greene interview, April 16, 1977 Physical Description: 80 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Robert W. Greene, Suffolk editor of Newsday, interview by Richard Kenyon. Greene led a team of 36 reporters from 23 news organizations investigating organized crime and political corruption in Arizona after the June 1976 bomb murder of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
No.   7	Robert L. Habush interview, October 14, 1977 Physical Description: 135 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Robert L. Habush, attorney, interview by Richard Kenyon. Discussion of Habush's specialty, product liability law, and a successful 1975 case which he believes is the largest personal injury verdict in Wisconsin history.
No.   8	Robert W. Hansen interview, July 7, 1977 Physical Description: 75 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Robert W. Hansen, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, interview by Richard Kenyon. Hansen's 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court expired in December 1977. Discussion of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Wisconsin court system in general.
No.   9	Theodore M. Hesburgh interview, Spring, 1977 Physical Description: 90 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Discussion with Father Hesburgh on the state of higher education, particularly private higher education, in the United States.
No.   10	Donald Pinkel interview, Summer, 1977 Physical Description: 75 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Donald Pinkel, professor and chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), interview by Neil D. Rosenberg. Discussion of childhood cancer and other children's diseases and how they are treated, with one of the country's pioneer researchers in childhood cancer.
No.   11	George Reedy interview, 1977 Physical Description: 25 minutes  Scope and Content Note: George Reedy, dean of Marquette University's College of Journalism and former press secretary to Lyndon Johnson, interview by K. S. Kinney. Discussion of television and its impact on national politics.
No.   12	Henry S. Reuss interview, February 26, 1977 Physical Description: 55 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Henry S. Reuss, a Congressman since 1955 and chairman of the House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, interview by K. S. Kinney. Discussion of system of federal taxation and impact of “financial squeeze” on those in the lower 40 percent income brackets.
No.   13	Milton Silva interview, 1976 Physical Description: 35 minutes  Scope and Content Note: Milton Silva, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), interview by Neil D. Rosenberg. Discussion about the relationship between holidays, overeating, and overdrinking.
No.   14	H. Edwin Young interview, March 25, 1977 Physical Description: 30 minutes  Scope and Content Note: H. Edwin Young, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, interview by Ralph D. Olive. Discussion of various issues on UW campuses including faculty collective bargaining, student attitudes as opposed to the 1960s, and curriculum.