Interviews 181 - 190

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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181.   KREITLOW, Burton W.  (1917- )
Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Continuing and Vocational Education
At UW: 1949-1981

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 3.5 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Early life and career; Reasons for coming to UW; Budget and research; Longitudinal Study; Study of 4-H Club members; Chairmanship of Graduate Examination Committee; Graduate student selection; Adult Education program; Joint Office for Adult Education; Department of Continuing and Vocational Education; Reorganization of Wisconsin school districts; DPI vs. Small School Association and Town Boards Association; School closings; Faculty power; Research and Development Center; School of Education reorganization; Educational Policy Studies Department; National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education; Comparison of College of Agriculture and School of Education; L&S influence on School of Education; Pressure for promotion; Role of faculty service; Graduate student-faculty relations; His changing role in School of Education; Personalities.

182.   LIDDLE, Clifford S.  (1911-1990 )
Professor of Education; Associate Dean of School of Education
At UW: 1939-1943; 1946-1967

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 3 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Background; First teaching experiences; Early School of Education faculty; DPI; Extension education; GI students; Ideal of service; Chairmanship of Department of Education; Parker Pen grant; Graduate admissions process; Elementary Education program; ILS; AID; Experiences in India; CCHE; Work in Nigeria; Call to Korea; Resignation from UW; Overall impact of educational aid.

183.   LOGAN, Frederick M.  (1909-1990 )
Professor of Art and Art Education
At UW: 1946-1974

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 5 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Childhood and education; Milwaukee State Teachers College; Early teaching experiences; Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors; Art Institute; WPA art projects; Wisconsin Artists Federation; Problems of WWII; Art Department; ILS and Elementary Education program; Influence of DPI; Art faculty; Hiring; Evaluation; Salaries and merit pay; Selection of students; Chairmanship; Professional vs. academic training; Anti-Semitism; Curriculum; Teaching load; Experiences in England; Art institutes; Intern program; Ten-year study; M.F.A. program; Ph.D. vs. M.F.A.; Art education research; Integrated arts course; Interdisciplinary cooperation; Deans and chairmen; Wisconsin Improvement Program; Administration's dominance in late 1960s.

184.   LOW, Camilla M.  (1899-1996 )
Professor of Counseling and Guidance
At UW: 1939-1961

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 1.5 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Background; Reasons for coming to UW; Comparison of UW and Stanford Education departments; Impact of WWII on Department; GI students; Student teachers; Community work of Education 73; Classes in guidance and personnel; Early program vs. recent program; Curriculum development; DPI; Guidance staff selection; Graduate Examination Committee; World trip, 1957; Problems of training foreign graduate students; Women's faculty group trip to Africa.

185.   PELLA, Milton O.  (1914- )
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
At UW: 1939-1942; 1946-1980

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 2 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Background; Changes in faculty attitudes; Student admissions procedures; Wisconsin High School; Elementary Education program; ILS; Faculty personalities; Student teaching; Program for Indian science teachers; Retraining science teachers; Ford Foundation; DPI relations with Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Wisconsin Improvement Program; Center for Study of Scientific Literacy; Relationship of School of Education and L&S; School of Education reorganization; Creation and nature of Curriculum and Instruction; Student evaluation; UW attitude to international programs; Evaluation of Nigerian and Arab teaching programs.

186.   PIERSTORFF, Lola R.  (1917-2005)
Librarian, Education Library and Memorial Library; Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
At UW: 1942-1982

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 3.5 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Background; Teaching in one-room school; Reasons for coming to UW; Education Library; Budget; L&S influence on School of Education; Beginning of Department of Educational Psychology; Courses; Isolation of physical education; Sex discrimination; Faculty inbreeding in School of Education; Academic and social cohesiveness; Art Department; Wisconsin Association of Manufacturers; Microfiche collection; North Central Association school evaluations; Faculty meetings; Young faculty; DPI; Instructional Materials Center; Wisconsin Elementary Teacher Education Program; Old vs. new Department of Education; Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Faculty personalities.

187.   SOUTHWORTH, Warren H.  (1912-1999 )
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Preventive Medicine
At UW: 1944-1981

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 2 hours Transcript: 46 pages
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
School of Education in 1944; Deans John Guy Fowlkes, Lindley Stiles and Donald McCarty; Elementary Education program; Accreditation; Controversy; Programs in teacher education; Family background; Coming to UW; Course work in health education; Driver education; Civil defense work; Research; Faculty personalities.

188.   STILES, Lindley J.  (1913- )
Dean of School of Education
At UW: 1955-1966

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 3 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Reasons for coming to UW; M.A. teaching program; Wisconsin High School; Teacher certification; Deans and DPI; Research and research funding; Research programs; Teaching Russian, Chinese and Hebrew; Reorganization of School of Education; L&S influence; Research and Development Center; Obtaining funds for School of Education; Building program; Efforts to change DPI; Individual Guided Education; Northern Nigeria Teacher Education Program; Wisconsin Improvement Program; Title VII of Elementary and Secondary Education Act; His Radio Program; Faculty personalities.

189.   THIEDE, Wilson B.  (1916- )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Professor of Continuing and Vocational Education and Curriculum and Instruction; Associate Dean of School of Education
At UW: 1935-1939; 1941-1942; 1946-1949; 1951-1983

Interviewed: 1979 Length: 3 hours
Series: School of Education
Interviewer: Mark Van Pelt
Student experience; School of Education in 1930s; John Guy Fowlkes as dean; Wisconsin High School; Salaries; Appointment to faculty; Adult education; Chairmanship of Department of Education; Reorganization of School of Education; Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Teacher certification; Wisconsin Improvement Program; Associate deanship; Faculty selection; Research vs. teaching; L&S and School of Education; Department of Continuing and Vocational Education; Men's and women's physical education; Student participation in Curriculum and Instruction; Closing of Wisconsin High School; Graduate program in Curriculum and Instruction; Faculty personalities; Northern Nigeria Teacher Education Program.

190.   AHLGREN, Henry L.  (1908-2004)
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Professor of Agronomy; Chancellor of Extension
At UW: 1927-1974

Interviewed: 1980 Length: 7 hours Transcript: 76 pages
Interviewer: Donna Hartshorne
Undergraduate life; Influences; Fraternities; Agriculture in 1930s; Graduate years; Research; Beginning of Extension work; Agronomy Department; Thomas Brittingham; Naming of Hill Farms streets; Rosa Fred; Committee service; Experiences in politics; Teaching; Appointment as chancellor of Extension; Goals; Staff; County staff; National meetings of extension directors; National Agricultural Extension Center for Advanced Study at UW; Funding and purpose of Center; Supervising counties; Work of Extension Committee on Organization and Policy; Program areas; Publications; State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; Wisconsin Farm Progress Days; Agriculture Committee of County Boards; Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission; Rural development program; Gift of Upham Woods to UW; State Historical Society projects; World Dairy Exposition; Goals of land grant university; "The Clearing" in Door County; More on rural development; Involvement in Republican politics; Work for Richard Nixon; Extension Merger; Lorenz Adolfson; Funding new building; Glenn Pound; Current activities.


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