Oral Histories
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
At Work in Chippewa Falls Oral Histories, 1991
Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013
Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.
Chippewa Falls Oral History Project, 1981-1982
Interviews conducted by Dolores Beaudette with eight elderly residents of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, concerning their recollections about the history and growth of the community, ca. 1900-1940s, with information on area lumber camps. Indexed transcripts in 2 volumes are included, titled The Flavor of the Times: A Series of Interviews. Tape recordings of the interviews are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Clarice Chase Dunn Papers, 1942-2004
Personal papers of Clarice Chase Dunn, a 1937 Eau Claire State Teachers College graduate. Records document her time as a teacher at the Heart Mountain (Wyoming) relocation camp school for Japanese Americans during World War II, and her efforts in the 1980s to establish redress payments to those who were interned in these camps. Includes an oral history interview with Dunn that was conducted around 2004.
Eau Claire Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project, 1998
Collection of oral history interviews of Vietnam veterans living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, conducted in 1998. Interview materials contain release of rights forms, program procedures, transcripts, and cassette tapes of interviews. Also includes a thesis on psychosocial readjustment of Eau Claire Vietnam veterans by Mark Hintz.
Eleanor Jones Papers, 1921-2023
Haas Oral History Interviews Project, 1985-1991
Interview with Donald Peterson, 1993
An oral history with a liberal leader in the Wisconsin Democratic Party during the 1960s-1970s, opposed to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Donald Oliver Peterson. Topics covered are the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy in 1969 and Peterson’s role in the Wisconsin primary, the Democratic National Convention, and the election.
John DeRosier Papers, 1990-1993
Papers of John DeRosier concerning his service in the U.S. Naval Reserve on active duty at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, during the Persian Gulf War in 1990-1991. Included is correspondence, an oral history, a memoir, newsclippings, and other items.