Title: UW-Milwaukee Milwaukee Public Schools Oral History Project Records
Inclusive Dates: 1989-1990

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee Public Schools Oral History Project

Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 82

Quantity: .8 cubic ft. (5 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Audio cassette recordings of interviews with twelve former Milwaukee Public School administrators, teachers and seven former students, conducted as part of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) History Department research project examining the decline of Milwaukee public schools. The interviews provide information on various perspectives of changes, dating from the 1920s through the 1980s, on the administration of the schools; modernization of the curriculum; the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association; student attitudes, discipline, and social life; parental involvement; race relations, especially for African American teachers; and public support for education. The collection also contains written abstracts of the interviews, but no verbatim transcriptions were written. Copies are available for most of interviews.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmac0082

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In 1988, the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation provided a grant to UWM to prepare a history of the Milwaukee Public Schools since 1920. UWM assigned Frank Cassell (chair of the History Department) and Sam Yarger (dean of the School of Education) to administer the project. In May 1989, they appointed Michael Gordon of the History Department to coordinate an oral history component for the project. Between 1989 and 1990, Gordon and several graduate students conducted nineteen interviews. The project's final report was published as Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee Since 1920 (Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1993).

The cassettes are organized alphabetically by personal name. Duplicate copies of the interviews are housed in box 5.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

Access Restrictions

Master copies of tapes 24-25, containing the interview with Edith Lepgold, are restricted, in accordance with the deed of gift. The same interview, with the restricted sections deleted, is available without restrictions on access copies numbered 22-23.

There are no other access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Natalie Bondar, Doris Stout, and Dorothy Wallschlaeger did not sign release forms, so they remain holders of copyright.

Acquisition Information

Michael A. Gordon transferred the collection to the Archives in segments from 1990-1992 (accession 1993-021).

Processing Information

Mark A. Vargas processed the collection at the Archives in May 1994.

Processing Information

Shiraz Bhathena digitized the audiocassettes in April 2019 and added to the finding aid in August 2019.

Box   1	Abstracts of Inverviews
	Besteda, Hester, Interviewed by Kenneth Warren, 1989 June 30 Scope and Content Note: Elementary school music teacher (1960s-1980s). Provides good information on curriculum and race relations. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   1-2	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min)
Electronic Folder     \Besteda, Hester	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min)
	Bondar, Natalie, Interviewed by Kenneth Warren, 1989 Scope and Content Note: Elementary school teacher (1960s-1980s). Offers insights on changes in students and curriculum. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   3-4	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (58 min 11 sec, 11 min 19 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Bondar, Natalie	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (58 min 11 sec, 11 min 19 sec)
	Carlson, James, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 July 27 Scope and Content Note: Student at Story School (1933-1942), West Division High School (1942-1946). Discusses student life. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassette is restricted; users must use network access copy available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   5	Physical Description: 1 audiocassette (49 min 10 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Carlson, James	Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (49 min 10 sec)
	Davis, William, Interviewed by Michael Gordon, 1989 July 06 Scope and Content Note: High school science teacher (1952-1986). Provides information on teachers and curriculum. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   6-7	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (59 min 51 sec, 30 min 51 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Davis, William	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (59 min 51 sec, 30 min 51 sec)
	Farley, Thomas, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 July 26 Scope and Content Note: Student at Riverside High School (1930-1934). Discusses perceptions of student life early in the Depression. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   8-9	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 0 min, 52 min 32 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Farley, Thomas	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 0 min, 52 min 32 sec)
	Goeden, Louise Edna, Interviewed by Michael Gordon, 1989 June 27 Scope and Content Note: Milwaukee native; English teacher and counselor, Washington High School (1937-1975). Discusses changes in curriculum and students, and school history. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   10-11	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (59 min 51 sec, 46 min 30 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Goeden, Louise Edna	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (59 min 51 sec, 46 min 30 sec)
	Gordon, Diane, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 August 04 Scope and Content Note: Student at Fifth Street School (1950-1957), First Street School (1957-1959), and Riverside High School (1959-1963). Discusses student life. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassette is restricted; users must use network access copy available in the Archives.
Box   2 Audio   12	Physical Description: 1 audiocassette (59 min 38 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Gordon, Diane	Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (59 min 38 sec)
	Heron, Dolores, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 July 26 Scope and Content Note: Student at North Pierce Street School (1935-1941), Riverside High (1944-1948). Discusses student life. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   13-15	Physical Description: 3 audiocassettes (1 hr 4 min, 1 hr 1 min, 11 min 41 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Heron, Dolores	Physical Description: 3 digital audio files (1 hr 4 min, 1 hr 1 min, 11 min 41 sec)
	Iacolucci, Grace, Interviewed by Michael Gordon, 1989 June 22 Scope and Content Note: Kindergarten teacher, supervisor, curriculum specialist (1951-1985). Discusses origins of Head Start, specialty schools, race relations. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   16-18	Physical Description: 3 audiocassettes (1 hr 2 min, 1 hr 5 min, 31 min, 47 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Iacolucci, Grace	Physical Description: 3 digital audio files (1 hr 2 min, 1 hr 5 min, 31 min, 47 sec)
	Jackson, John, Interviewed by Michael Gordon, 1989 June 26 Scope and Content Note: MPS psychologist and head of psychological services (1962-1989). Provides good information on discrimination against African-Americans, changes among students. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   19-21	Physical Description: 3 audiocassettes (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min, 20 min 0 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Jackson, John	Physical Description: 3 digital audio files (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min, 20 min 0 sec)
	Lepgold, Edith, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 July 29 Scope and Content Note: Attended 65th Street School (1965-1969), Riverside High (1969-1974). Discusses student life. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   22-23	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min)  Access Restrictions: Restricted
Electronic Folder     \Lepgold, Edith--RESTRICTED	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 1 min, 1 hr 0 min)  Access Restrictions: Restricted
Box   3 Audio   24-25	Redacted Access Copy Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 1 min, 16 min, 1 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Lepgold, Edith	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 1 min, 16 min, 1 sec)
	Lyskawa, Marvella, Interviewed by Oksana Carlson, 1989 August 05 Scope and Content Note: Student at Forest Home Avenue School (1935-1940), Walker Junior High (1940-1941), South Division High (1941-1944). Discusses student life in war years. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   26-27	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 0 min, 1 hr 0 min)
Electronic Folder     \Lyskawa, Marvella	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 0 min, 1 hr 0 min)
	Melody, Berenice, Interviewed by Kenneth Warren 1989 June 20 Scope and Content Note: Former country school and MPS elementary school teachers and vice-principal (1927-1970s). Provides information about student changes, parent involvement. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   3 Audio   28-29	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 0 min, 14 min, 36 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Melody, Bernice	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 0 min, 14 min, 36 sec)
	Powell, Carol, Interviewed by Barbara Whalen, 1989 June 20 Scope and Content Note: Junior high school reading teacher (1960s-1982). Offers views on curriculum, discipline, administration. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   4 Audio   30-31	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 0 min, 6 min 53 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Powell, Carol	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 0 min, 6 min 53 sec)
	Puelicher, Gertrude, Interviewed by Michael Gordon, 1990 May 15 Scope and Content Note: MPS student, teacher (1920s). Interviewed at age 96. Provides general impressions of student life then and now. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   4 Audio   32-33	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 3 min, 53 min 7 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Puelicher, Gertrude	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 3 min, 53 min 7 sec)
	Stout, Doris, Interviewed by Kenneth Warren 1989 July 17 Scope and Content Note: Elementary teacher and curriculum specialist (1940-1970s). Offers views on changes in teachers, students, curriculum. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassette is restricted; users must use network access copy available in the Archives.
Box   4 Audio   34	Physical Description: 1 audiocassette (56 min, 56 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Stout, Doris	Physical Description: 1 digital audio file (56 min, 56 sec)
	Wallschlaeger, Dorothy, Interviewed by Barbara Whalen, 1989 June 14 Scope and Content Note: Science teacher and guidance counselor, Madison High School (1960-1985). Offers information about and views on gender relations, administration, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association, student changes. Access Restrictions: The original audiocassettes are restricted; users must use network access copies available in the Archives.
Box   4 Audio   35-36	Physical Description: 2 audiocassettes (1 hr 0 min, 50 min, 43 sec)
Electronic Folder     \Wallschaleger, Dorothy	Physical Description: 2 digital audio files (1 hr 0 min, 50 min, 43 sec)