Oral History Entries 41-50

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FRAUTSCHI, Lowell (1905-2000)

Undergraduate Student; Instructor, History; Member of Memorial Union Board of Directors

At UW: 1923-1929

  • Interviewed: 1977
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 4 hours, 16 minutes

Boyhood in Madison; Undergraduate years at UW; Beginnings of Memorial Union; Pres House; Arboretum; Administrators; UW during WWII; Rotary Club; YMCA; University-city relations; Campus planning.

GELMAN, Howard (1939- )

Graduate Student, Theatre

At UW: 1967-1975

  • Interviewed: 1976
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 1.5 hours
  • Series: TA Strike, 1970
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Background and education; Experiences as TA; TA Strike of 1970; TAA, 1970- 72; Communication Arts Department; TAs on other campuses; UW hiring policies; Undergraduate teaching.

Transcript available. Format: electronic

GINSBURG, Robert E. (1952- )

Graduate Student, Chemistry

At UW: 1973-1978

  • Interviewed: 1977
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 5 hours
  • Series: TA Strike, 1970
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Background; Reasons for coming to UW; History of TAA, 1973-77; Role of women in TAA; Chemistry Department.

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GLASSOW, Ruth B. (1891-1988)

Undergraduate Student; Professor of Physical Education

At UW: 1912-1916; 1930-1962

  • Interviewed: 1976
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 4 hours, 11 minutes

Childhood; Undergraduate experience; Women students' activities; Daily Cardinal; UW role in developing National Organization of Women's Athletic Associations; Career as teacher; Colleagues; Developments in physical education and intercollegiate athletics for women; Dance major; Athletic facilities for women; Position of women in University.

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GORDER, Karen L. (1950- )

Graduate Student, French

At UW: 1973-1980

  • Interviewed: 1977
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Series: TA Strike, 1970
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Background; TAA, 1973-77; Problems with grievance procedures; Class size grievance; TA wages; Food stamp program; French Department.

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HARTSHORNE, Richard (1899-1992)

Professor of Geography

At UW: 1940-1970

  • Interviewed: 1973
  • Interviewer: Donna Taylor
  • Length: 5 hours

Faculty governance at UW contrasted with Minnesota's system; Howard McMurray case; Rose Bowl controversy; Elimination of boxing; Faculty meetings and faculty governance; Committee work; Human rights; Max Lerner case and policy on controversial speakers; Loans and scholarships; Geography Department; Faculty and administrative associates; Women and blacks in geography; ILS; Emeritus faculty attitude toward UW.

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HASLACH, Henry W. (1942- )

Graduate Student, Mathematics; Lecturer, Engineering Mechanics

At UW: 1966-1988

  • Interviewed: 1976
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 4.75 hours
  • Series: TA Strike, 1970
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TA bargaining in 1976; His Background; Anti-war movement; SDS; Dow Protests; Factions in TAA; TA Strike of 1970; Beginning of TAA; Undergraduate and minority teaching; Graduate work; Army Mathematics Research Center; Science for the People; Institute for Environmental Studies; Experiences at Baraboo College; Committee to End the War in Vietnam compared to SDS; Other student leaders.

Transcript available. Format: electronic

HASLER, Arthur D. (1908-2001)

Graduate Student; Professor of Zoology

At UW: 1932-1935; 1937-1978

First Interview

  • Interviewed: 1977
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 3 hours, 23 minutes

Mormon family background; Graduate work; Zoology Department; Ecology and conservation; Limnology Building; Work on water pollution; Problems of Lake Mendota; Competition for funds; Institute for Environmental Studies; Trout Lake Laboratory; DNR-UW relations; Mormon Church in Madison; Study of salmon.

Second Interview

  • Interviewed: 1979
  • Interviewer: William R. Jordan, III
  • Length: 50 minutes
  • Series: Arboretum History

Arboretum staff and administrators; Research in Arboretum; Creating ponds; Faculty work in Arboretum; Brule River study; DNR cooperation; International Biological Program on Lake Wingra; Gillen and Rahr estates; Trout Lake; Grady tract; Arboretum Committee; Horticulture; Forestation projects; Beltline Highway; Houses in Arboretum; Land use conflicts; Biological departments in Birge Hall.

Transcript available. Format: electronic

HEFFNER, Roe-Merrill (1892-1981)

Professor of German

At UW: 1938-1963

  • Interviewed: 1976
  • Interviewer: Laura Smail
  • Length: 1.5 hours

Background; Early graduate work and teaching; WWI; German Department; WWII; Teaching electronics and physics; Department of Comparative Philology; First phonetics laboratory for students; German House; Staff recruitment; Graduate School; Presidents Clarence Dykstra and E. B. Fred; University Club; Retirement.

HENDERSON, Ruth A. (1890-1980)

Professor of Home Economics

At UW: 1923-1958

  • Interviewed: 1972
  • Interviewer: Donna Taylor
  • Length: 1 hour, 56 minutes

Lewis Institute and Hull House; Early teaching in Wisconsin schools; Work in Harlem and the Bowery; Wisconsin High School; Eight-Year Study; Department of Home Economics; School of Education; Teaching abroad; Experimental College; Women in academic world; Men in home economics.

Transcript available. Format: bound paper - available in Archives only.