Interviews 501 - 510

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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501.   BECKER, David  (1937- )
Visiting Professor of Art; Professor of Art
At UW: 1978-1979; 1985-

Interviewed: 1996 Length: 3.5 hours
Series: Printmaking
Interviewer: Warrington Colescott, Arthur Hove and Barry Teicher
Background; Undergraduate training; Graduate training; University of Illinois Art Department; Position at Wayne State University; Exhibition; Modus operandi; Figures; Visiting professorship at UW; Hiring by UW; Move from abstract to figurative prints; "A Tremble in the Air"; "In a Dark Time"; "Union Grove Picnic"; "Last Day"; "Monuments"; "Right Turn"; "A Foregone Conclusion"; "Exit"; "Light Rail"; "Redemption"; Nudes; Painting.

502.   SCHULZ, Gerhard R.  (1921- )
Undergraduate Student; Associate Professor, Photographic Media Center, Extension
At UW: 1945-1985

Interviewed: 1994 Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire
Early days of television; Photographing UW events; Employment at UW; Internship with Milwaukee Journal; WWII; Undergraduate education; Photographic developing techniques; Photographic work for alumni magazine; Collaboration with James Larsen; Ethics of photography.

503.   O'BRIEN, Sarah (1951- )
Undergraduate and Law School Student
At UW: 1968-1974

Interviewed: 1996 Length: 1 hour
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Background; 1960's culture; Mifflin Street block parties; Leaders of student protest movement; Gender-based tension within movement; Sterling Hall bombing; Law School and politics; Effects of anti-war movement; Alternative newspapers.

504.   MAYOR, John R.  (1906- )
Graduate Student, Mathematics; Instructor, Mathematics; Professor of Education and Mathematics; Acting Associate Dean, School of Education
At UW: 1929-1935; 1947-1955

Interviewed: 1984 Length: 1.5 hours
Interviewer: Mailed questionnaire
Childhood and early education; Mathematics Club; Mathematics Department; Research; Milwaukee Extension Center; John Guy Fowlkes; Year as acting dean of School of Education; Department of Education; Lindley Stiles; Edward Krug; Virgil Herrick; National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Evaluation; President Glenn Frank and E. B. Fred.

505.   PANCZENKO, Paula (1952-)
Administrative Co-Director of Tandem Press
At UW: 1952-

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 1.5 hours
Series: Printmaking
Interviewer: Andrew Stevens, Warrington Colescott, Arthur Hove and Barry Teicher
Early years of Tandem Press; Staff; William Weege and his vision for Tandem; Finances; Comparison of Tandem to Graphics Studio and Echo Press; Administration; Public relations; Graduate students; Master printers; Choice of artists; Financial arrangement with artists; Joe Wilfer; Chuck Close project; Tandem funding; Artists: Chuck Close, Judy Pfaff, Susanne Caporael and Art Spiegelman; Artists' schedule; Attracting artists; Artistic philosophy; Problems with facilities; Concerns about ventilation; Board; Strategic planning; Educational character; Future fund raising; Wilfer visiting artist fund.

506.   GLOECKLER, Ray  (1928- )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Lecturer; Professor of Art
At UW: 1946-1952; 1961-1994

and JARRED, Jack (1923-)
Undergraduate and Graduate Student
At UW: 1945-1949

and MCCORMICK, William G.  (1928- )
Undergraduate Student
At UW: 1947-1954

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 1 hour
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Formation of 150-lb. football team; Arthur "Dynie" Mansfield; Scrimmages; Jerry Burns; League play; Conference co-championship; Disbandment of team; Fifty- year reunion.

507.   HALLER, Archibald  (1926- )
Graduate Student; Researcher; Professor of Rural Sociology and Sociology
At UW: 1951-1956; 1965-1994

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 9.75 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Introductory statements; Sociological theory; His background; Navy service; Undergraduate education; Graduate education at UW; GI Bill; Anthropology; William Sewell; Hans Gerth; Rural Sociology Department; Dissertation; Post- doctoral research; Fulbright grant to Brazil; Employment at Michigan State University; Otis Dudley Duncan; Social stratification research; Status allocation research; Regional development in Brazil; Former graduate students; Political climate in Brazil; Sterling Hall bombing; Alejandro Portes; Fulbright grants; Decorations from Brazilian government; Consulting work; Rural Sociological Society.

508.   ECCLES, Mark  (1905-1998 )
Professor of English
At UW: 1934-1976

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 2.75 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Childhood and education; Graduate work at Harvard; Employment at UW; Colleagues in English Department; Play Reading Club; University Heights Poetry Club; Depression; WWII; Presidents Glenn Frank, Clarence Dykstra and E. B. Fred; Mark Ingraham; TA Strike and student unrest; Theatre and drama at UW; Research on Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare; Graduate students; Modern Language Association; International Association of University Professors in English; Family life.

509.   HILL, Dennis  (1945- )
Graduate Student; Librarian, Memorial Library
At UW: 1966-1969; 1971-

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Patrick Tally
Background; Employment as information librarian; Development of Network Library System (NLS); Joseph Treyz; Nancy Marshall; Kaye Gapen; Administrative Data Processing; Implementation of NLS; Library user education; Impact of library automation.

510.   BERNSTINE, Daniel  (1947- )
Professor of Law; Dean of Law School
At UW: 1974; 1978-1984; 1990-1997

Interviewed: 1997 Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher
Background and education; Employment at Department of Labor; Hastie Fellowship; Howard University; Employment at UW Law School; Fund raising for Law School addition; Law School faculty turnover; Presidency at Portland State University.


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