Title: Beth S. Elpern The Way It Was Radio Broadcasts
Inclusive Dates: 1969

Creator:

• Elpern, Beth S.

Call Number: Audio 469A; SC 1050

Quantity: 14 tape recordings and 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)

Repository:

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

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Scripts and recordings of a radio series, The Way It Was, by Beth S. Elpern, presenting “eye-witness” accounts of historical events, using material drawn from the files and papers of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin; broadcast over WHA, University of Wisconsin station, Madison, and recorded April 3, 1969.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-audi00469a

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Audio   469A/1	“Early Battles Against Demon Rum”
Audio   469A/2	“The Kingdom of St. James”
Audio   469A/3	“I Am a Man and You Are Another: The Story of the Black Hawk War”
Audio   469A/4	“The Rescue of Joshua Glover”
Audio   469A/5	“The Story of Red Bird”
Audio   469A/6	“The Saga of Bowie Knife Potter”
Audio   469A/7	“Overland for Gold: Wisconsin to California”
Audio   469A/8	“The Civil War of Private Chauncey Cooke”
Audio   469A/9	“Ole Bull: The Viking Fiddler”
Audio   469A/10	“The Lost Dauphin of Green Bay”
Audio   469A/11	“Pioneer Women of Wisconsin”
Audio   469A/12	“Peter Paquette: Strong Man of Portage”
Audio   469A/13	“Shanty Boys and River Rats”
Audio   469A/14	“The Peshtigo Fire: October 8, 1871”
SC 1050	Scripts by Elpern