Interviews 71 - 80

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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71.   MIDDLETON, William S.  (1890-1975 )
Professor of Medicine; Dean of Medical School
At UW: 1912-1960

Interviewed: 1972 Length: 5 hours Transcript: 118 pages
Interviewer: Stephen Lowe
Introduction to UW and Madison; Student Health Center; Early years and staff of Medical School; WWI and influenza epidemic; Service Memorial Institutes; Preceptorial program; Internships and residencies; Faculty growth; Conflict with local and state medical profession; Cancer research; School of Nursing; History of Medicine; WWII; UW personalities; Dangers of outside funding; Brown Derby; Closing reflections.

72.   MILES, Philip E.  (1929- )
Professor of Mathematics
At UW: 1960-

Interviewed: 1976 Length: 4 hours
Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Education; Mathematics Department expansion; Job outlook in 1970s; Mathematics Research Center; Undergraduate teaching; Mathematics courses; TA appointments and supervision; Mulvihill Committee report; Class size; Dow Protests; Mathematics TA-faculty relations; Formation of TAA; Position of Mathematics in L&S; Student power issue; United Faculty; Effects of TA Strike; Language requirement issue; L&S deans; Remedial courses; Hiring policies.

73.   MULVIHILL, Edward R.  (1917-1995 )
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Associate Dean of College of Letters and Science
At UW: 1938-1942; 1946-1985

First Interview
Interviewed: 1977 Length: 2 hours
Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Background; Early UW appointments; International Studies and Programs; Mulvihill Committee report; Committee members; TAA Structure Agreement; TAA bargaining; Council of Ten; Board of Regents; Effectiveness of bargainers; TA problems; Unions and education; Search and screen committees.
Second Interview
Interviewed: 1985 Length: 3 hours
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Academic programs abroad and their financing; Selecting directors; Establishing new programs; Administration of L&S in 1960s; Comparison of deanships of Mark Ingraham, Edwin Young and E. David Cronon; Administrative importance of Robert Doremus; Proliferation of courses in humanities and social sciences; Collective bargaining; Rebuilding Spanish Department.

74.   MUNTS, Raymond C.  (1923-1992 )
Graduate Student; Professor of Social Work
At UW: 1952-1957; 1966-1989

Interviewed: 1976 Length: 2.5 hours
Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Education; Early career in labor movement; Graduate work at UW; Poverty Institute; Department expansion; Anti-war protest; TA Strike of 1970; Review of School of Social Work; Clinical faculty system; Directorship; Funding; Undergraduate degree; Admissions policies; Social Services Divisional Committee.

75.   NEALE-SILVA, Eduardo  (1903-1989 )
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
At UW: 1925-1976

Interviewed: 1976 Length: 2 hours
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Decision to come to U.S. and Wisconsin; American ignorance of Latin America; Research; Spanish Department personalities; Latin American interest group; Changes in students, 1925-76; Faculty-student rapport; TA demands and Departmental split; Ph.D. requirements in Spanish Department; Work method; Painting.

76.   NICHOLS, M. Starr  (1887-1980 )
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Assistant Director of State Laboratory of Hygiene
At UW: 1913-1957

Interviewed: 1972 Length: 2 hours Transcript: 43 pages
Interviewer: Stephen Lowe
Background; Personalities in State Laboratory of Hygiene; WWI experiences; Course in sanitary engineering; Fluoridation of water; Detergents and water pollution.

77.   NIMMOW, Thekla  (1900-1993 )
Undergraduate Student; Secretary, German Department
At UW: 1918-1919; 1921-1924; 1930-1965

Interviewed: 1976 Length: 2.5 hours
Interviewer: Laura Smail
German background; Rural Wisconsin schooling; Working for Warren Weaver; Central High School; Undergraduate years at UW; Women schoolteachers; Early years in German Department; WWII Armed Services Training Program; Goethe vocabulary; Caliber of students; Department activities; Department newsletter; Women faculty and graduate students; Department chairmen; Visitors; Changes in UW.

78.   NOLAND, Ruth Chase  (1895-1991 )
Undergraduate and Graduate Student; Daughter of Wayland Chase (Professor of Education); Wife of Lowell Noland (Professor of Zoology)
At UW: 1912-1924

Interviewed: 1977 Length: 6 hours
Interviewer: Donna Taylor
Wayland Chase's background and career; Memories of childhood and Madison; History Department faculty; Wisconsin Academy; Wisconsin High School; UW undergraduate studies and teachers; Student life and activities; Sororities; Madison Choral Union; Dining club members; Black student housing; Student Government Association; Influenza epidemic of 1918; Stock Pavilion; Zoology Department faculty.

79.   O'BRIEN, William A. (1940- )
Graduate Student, History
At UW: 1965-1967; 1969-1971

Interviewed: 1976 Length: 2 hours
Series: TA Strike, 1970
Interviewer: Laura Smail
Family background; Education; Graduate work; History Department policies regarding TAships; TA experience; Ford Foundation fellowships; TA Strike of 1970; TAA issues; Effects of Strike; Grievance over History TAs' work time; Power struggle between faculty and TAs.

80.   PARSONS, Helen T.  (1886-1977 )
Graduate Student; Professor of Home Economics
At UW: 1913-1917; 1919-1956

Interviewed: 1972 Length: 3.5 hours Transcript: 83 pages
Interviewer: Stephen Lowe
Background and education; Early teaching; Early years of Home Economics Department; Colleagues and associates; Biochemistry Department; Work at Johns Hopkins; Study of rickets; Development of Home Economics Department; Charles Slichter and Graduate School; Research on anti-vitamins; Food and Drug Administration.


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