At the time of donation, some interviewees stipulated that access to their interviews
(audio and transcripts) and related materials be restricted until September 1, 2026 or
their death, whichever occurs first. Note that the names of these interviewees are not
included in this finding aid. Additionally, the Archives has imposed a restriction on all
interviews (audio and transcripts) in order to protect the privacy rights of third
parties. Researchers must use redacted transcripts included in the interview files, boxes
1-4. All restricted materials are housed in boxes 5-10.
There are no access restrictions on the other materials, and the collection is open to
all members of the public in accordance with state law.
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).
Will Fellows donated the collection to the Archives in January 2005 (accession 2004-041)
and additional materials in February 2010 (accession 2009-048), March 2010 (accession
2009-052), and June 2010 (accession 2009-065).
The collection was processed by Jody Hoks in April 2008, supervised by Michael Doylen.
Christel Maass added accession 2009-048 in February 2010, accession 2009-052 in March
2010, and accession 2009-065 in June 2010.
Michael Doylen completed reprocessing the collection in September 2015. See an archivist
for more information.
The audio and video recordings were digitized by SceneSavers (Covington, KY) in summer
2014. Preservation master files of the audio were created as 96 kHz/24-bit resolution, 2
channel .wav files; access copies were created as 48 kHz/128 kbps bit rate 2 channel .mp3
files. Video preservation master files were created as uncompressed 720x480 (3:2) .avi
files; access copies were created as compressed 720x480 (4:3) .mp4 files.
As of December 11, 2020, all electronic files were accessible on an Intel Core i5-8500
CPU (3.00 GHz, 8.00 GB RAM) running Windows 10 Education Version 2018. Software used to
access the files includes Adobe Reader XI and Windows Media Player.
The collection includes records in the following file formats:
- Waveform Audio File [.wav]
- Audio/Video Interleaf File [.avi]
- Microsoft Word Document 97-2003 [.doc]
- Microsoft Word for Windows 2007 onwards [.docx]
- Rich Text Format [.rtf]
