Interviews 211 - 220

Each Guide entry contains information about an interview, including biographical data about the interviewee (name, vital dates, dates at the UW-Madison, and principal positions held as of the interview date), information about the interview (interviewer, year conducted, length, and series, transcript, and restriction information if applicable), and a list of key topics discussed in the interview. For more detailed information about an interview, or to obtain a copy of an interview contact the Oral History Program.

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Background of School of Social Work; Core subjects in discipline; Helen Clark; Arthur Miles's directorship; Problems of men in social work; School's lack of convenient building and adequate classroom space; Relations with Poverty Institute; School's lack of collegiality; Its growth; Changes in requirements; Changes in relations with agencies in field; Effect of federal support; Accreditation issue.

Background; History of Sociology Department; Recent emphasis on quantification; Use of computers; Move to new building; Collegiality of Sociology faculty; Strain on Department created by student protest movement; Department's reaction to TA Strike of 1970; Edgar Borgatta's chairmanship; Faculty recruitment policies; Chairmanship; New procedures; Edwin Young's advice; New preliminary exam system; Decline in Department social life; William Sewell; Various L&S deans; Teaching load; Promotions; Lack of interdisciplinary research at UW; Relations with Poverty Institute; Rural Negative Income Tax Experiment and New Jersey Negative Income Tax Experiment; Guy Orcutt and SSRI.

Coming to Poverty Institute; Work at OEO; New Jersey Negative Income Tax Experiment; First directors of Institute; Directorship; Issue of using post-doctoral students; Links with state government through Institute members serving on state commissions; Study of child support for state; Institute budget and sources of funding; Relations with Economics Department; Evaluations of Institute; School of Social Work; Hiring policies; Chairmen; Issue of clinical faculty; School personalities; Quality of School; Relations with Institute; His background; Teaching.

Problems encountered by departmental chairmen; Funding for computer equipment; L&S faculty appointments; Need for long-term research packages; Stephen Kleene's policies as dean; Problems with three-year chairmanship; Poverty Institute; Scholar in mid-life; Consequences of computerization; Administrative trap.

Appointment as director of Poverty Institute; New Jersey Negative Income Tax Experiment; His background; Acquaintance with Guy Orcutt; SSRI; Working with Orcutt; Beginnings of Institute; Relations with OEO; Use of computers; Directing Institute; Research; Relations with Economics Department; NAS evaluation of Institute; Criticisms; Institute as realization of Wisconsin Idea.

Background; Undergraduate life in 1930s; Daily Cardinal; Election to Legislature; Campaign; Problems of women in politics; Dane County Board of Supervisors; Work at UW; Faculty-Student Committee on Human Rights; Housing discrimination cases; Black student movement; Efforts to increase number of American blacks on campus; Riots; Resignation; Work in Law School as assistant to dean; Financial aid program; Women law students; Issues in Law School; Center for Public Representation; Law School deans; Law students during protest era; Law School rating.

Struggle to keep rowing at UW; His resignation; Building rowing tank; George Little; Personal finances; Other UW rowing coaches.

Background; Positions held at UW; New curriculum; Obstacles and sources of support for it; Description of curriculum changes; Student reactions; Careers of first graduating class under new program; Developments in field of nursing.

Background; Pre-UW employment; Reasons for coming to Madison; Establishing graduate program; Dean Helen Bunge; Research; Support from School of Nursing faculty; Students; Activities after retirement; Predictions for future of nursing.

Background; Pre-UW employment; Coming to UW; Political Science Department in 1940s; Vilas chair; University Committee, 1960-63; Medical School deanship; Appointment as chairman of Committee on Faculty Rules and Regulations; Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities; Role in American Association of University Professors; Honorary Degree Committee; Other committees; Faculty Assembly and its problems; Concept of Faculty Senate; Faculty reactions; Problems of old system; Issues in Senate proposal; Advantages of Senate; University Club; Governors Gaylord Nelson and John Reynolds; Speech writing; Governor's Committee on Human Rights; Committee to reframe Wisconsin constitution; Integrated bar; Political Science Department; Graduate students; Ph.D. requirements; Area studies; Interdisciplinary studies; Student protest movement; Golden years, 1948-60; Abolition of boxing; TAA; Current activities.

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