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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 ... -
Oral History Interview, Edris Makward (1328)
(2013-04-19)In his April 19, 2013 interview with Crawford Young, Edris Makward described his Moroccan-Senegalese family background and his school years in Gambia and Senegal. His university training furthered his cosmopolitan outlook ... -
Oral History Interview, Matthew Turner (1334)
(2013-04-19)In his April 2013 interview with Tom Spear, Matthew Turner talks about his career in researching and teaching African geography. He explains how he became involved in studying social science and Africa through his initial ... -
Oral History Interview, Tejumola Olaniyan (2157)
(2013-04-17)In his 2013 interview, Tejumola Olaniyan discusses his intellectual trajectory and academic journey from his student days at the University of Ife to his academic position at UW-Madison. Tejumola details the evolution of ... -
Oral History Interview, Paul Beckett (1301)
(2013-01-23)In his January 2013 interview with M. Crawford Young, Paul Beckett describes his career at UW-Madison in the African Studies Program, as well as his scholarship in African politics. Beckett also touches on the following ... -
Oral History Interview, Queer Archives Drive (2365-2368)
(2024-02-28)The Queer Archives Drive was held in the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) on February 28, 2024. The collection includes physical and digital materials documenting the daily lives of queer students at the University ... -
Oral History Interview, Betsy Draine (826)
(2006-11)In her three 2006 interview sessions, Professor Emerita Betsy Draine discusses her long and accomplished career in English and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison and the following topics: Family background; Early education; ... -
Oral History Interview, Kemal Karpat (909)
(2008)In his six 2008 interviews with Robert Lange, Kemal Karpat discusses his boyhood in Romania, education in Turkey, and career researching and teaching Turkish politics and history in New York and Wisconsin. He talks about ... -
Oral History Interview, Eduardo Neale-Silva (75)
(1976-12)In his 1976 oral history interview, Eduardo Neale-Silva discusses his time as a professor in the Spanish-Portuguese Department at UW-Madison. He shares about coming to the U.S. from Chile and his appointment at UW. He ... -
Oral History Interview, Mark Cook (1394)
(2014-04)In his four April 2014 interviews with Bob Lange, Mark Cook details his three decades of service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beginning with an account of his family’s background and early days in Louisiana, ...
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