UW-Madison Oral History Program
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The UW-Madison Oral History Program (OHP) Minds@UW collection currently consists of oral histories from our collection, presentations recorded as part of their Wisconsin Oral History Day, and podcasts created as part of the OHP's & UW Digital Collections Center's UW-Madison Campus Voices project.
Recent Submissions
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Oral History Interview, Michelle Kelly (2505)
(2025-06-10)In her June 10, 2025 interview with Troy Reeves, Academic Staff Award winner Michelle Kelly discusses her career as a pediatric hospitalist and her research in family engagement. Kelly begins by talking about her journey ... -
Oral History Interview, Scott Mellor (2499)
(2025)In his series of three 2025 interviews with Troy Reeves, Teaching Professor of Nordic Studies and Academic Staff Award winner Scott Mellor speaks about his education and his career spent at UW-Madison. He begins sharing ... -
Oral History Interview, Ron Kuka (2518)
(2025-07)In his three July-August 2025 interviews, Academic Staff Award Winner Ron Kuka describes his time as a faculty member of the Creative Writing Department at UW-Madison. After graduating from the University of Iowa, he ... -
Oral History Interview, Andrew Ruis (2494)
(2025-05)In his two 2025 interviews, Academic Staff Award winner Andrew Ruis reflects on his 20+ years spent at UW-Madison. Ruis attended UW in the early 2000’s as a graduate student in the History of Science Department, and then ... -
Oral History Interview, Jenni Hart (2506)
(2025-05)In her three May/June 2025 interviews with Troy Reeves, Jenni Hart discusses her 25 years of working for the university in different capacities. Jenni begins by talking about how she originally came to the University of ... -
Oral History Interview, Jeff Henriques (2503)
(2025-05)In his three 2025 interviews, Academic Staff Award Winner Jeff Henriques discusses his time spent at UW, first as a PhD student and then as a longtime lecturer in the psychology department. He shares his dissertation ... -
Oral History Interview, Emily Hall (2504)
(2025-05-28)In her May 28, 2025 interview with Troy Reeves, Academic Staff Award winner Emily Hall discusses her career instructing students in writing theory and advocating for writing in the campus curriculum. Emily shares how she ... -
Oral History Interview, Charles Konsitzke (2502)
(2025-05-13)In his 2025 interview, Academic Staff Award Winner Charles Konsitzke speaks about his career in operations at the Genetics Biotechnology Center and Center for Genomic Science Innovation. He shares his day-to-day responsibilities, ... -
Oral History Interview, Steve Dinauer (2461)
(2024-10)In October and November 2024, Colonel Steve Dinauer spoke with Sophia Scolman about his military career and civilian military involvement. A Wisconsin native, Colonel Dinauer was commissioned in 1986 through the Naval ROTC ... -
Oral History Interview, Special Collections WOW! September 2018 (1827-1832)
(2018-09)The following short-form oral histories were gathered during UW-Madison’s Welcome Week in September 2018 at a UW-Madison Libraries tent on East Campus Mall. These were done to get students' thoughts about the start of the ... -
Oral History Interview, Christy Breihan (2480)
(2024-11-08)In her 2024 interview, Christy Breihan, class of 1974, shares her experiences as an undergraduate at UW-Madison. Christy describes her decision to attend UW-Madison, and her family’s initial concerns about the safety of ... -
Oral History Interview, Chinar Raul (1561)
(2016-08-03)In her 2016 interview with Samantha Abrams, Chinar Raul speaks about her evolving identity throughout her time spent as an undergraduate at UW-Madison, and details her role in forming TheRealUW Project on campus. Chinar ... -
Oral History Interview, Bettina Bjorksten (2442)
(1994-05-05)In her May 1994 interview with Sandy Bandt-Coles, soprano Bettina Bjorksten discusses her decades-long performance career and thirty years as a teacher and lecturer at UW-Madison’s School of Music. Bettina describes her ... -
Oral History Interview, Doster "Doc" DeHaven (2443)
(1994-06-29)In his June 1994 interview with Kristine Coreil, Doc DeHaven discusses his forty-plus years of performing and teaching trumpet in the Madison area. DeHaven recounts the trajectory of his training and career, learning trumpet ... -
Oral History Interview, Marie Endres (2514)
(1994-04-19)In her April 1994 interview with Laura Lentz, Marie Endres discusses her eventful career as a violinist. Endres shares stories about the sixty years she performed and taught violin in Madison including teaching at the ... -
Oral History Interview, Larry Johnson (2513)
(2025-07-18)During UW–Madison’s Grandparents University, 13-year-old Renewable Energy Studies major Elliot Johnson interviews his grandfather, Larry Johnson, about energy and climate change. Larry, who grew up in West Salem, Wisconsin, ... -
Oral History Interview, Lauris Wagner (2512)
(2025-07-11)During UW–Madison’s Grandparents University, 11-year-old Renewable Energy Studies major Cooper Butteris interviewed his grandmother Lauris Wagner, a Wisconsin resident. Lauris discussed how her energy use has changed from ... -
Oral History Interview, Patricia Kendall (2511)
(2025-07-11)In this interview, 14-year-old Eliot Kendall interviews her grandmother, Patricia Kendall, about Patricia’s experiences with energy sources and climate change as part of UW–Madison’s Grandparents University Renewable Energy ... -
Oral History Interview, B. Robert Tabachnick (1302)
(2013-02-06)In his February 6, 2013 interview, Bob Tabachnick (BRT) summarizes his early life experiences and his academic career. His parents were recent immigrants to the U.S. (1912) who had little formal education, but BRT and his ... -
Oral History Interview, Henry Drewal (1332)
(2013-04-05)Throughout his 2013 interview, Henry Drewal stresses two dominant interests in his life and work: an abiding fascination with other cultures and an insistence on an appreciation of all the senses expressed in art. Born in ...
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