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Audio recordings

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

1953 Amateur Talent Contest (Eau Claire, Wis.) Audio Tape, 1953

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 323
Summary Cassette tape recording of rebroadcast from WEAU of the Grand Finals of 1953 series of Amateur Talent shows, held at the Eau Claire State Theatre in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was sponsored by WEAU Broadcasting and Russell Dairy Company of Eau Claire, Menomonie, and Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The Master of Ceremonies was Bob Peterson. First place was Peter Weinberg and Homer Mittelstad of Eau Claire. Second place was Dick Hob and the Natalie Jazz Band of Eau Claire. Third place was Alan...
Dates: 1953

At Work in Chippewa Falls Oral Histories, 1991

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 305
Summary This small collection includes transcripts and audio recordings of interviews with relatives and employees of key industries in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, the county seat for Chippewa County. Conducted by Robert Gough between May and July 1991, the oral histories were the basis for the historical exhibit at the Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology. Businesses discussed include Amoco, Chippewa Plastics, Cray Research, Inc., Crane Lumber Company, Mason Shoe Manufacturing, and...
Dates: 1991

Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 347
Summary

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.

Dates: 2012-2013

Chippewa Falls Oral History Project, 1981-1982

 Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BK
Summary

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.

Dates: 1981-1982

Eau Claire Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project, 1998

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 340
Summary

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.

Dates: 1998

Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson (Eau Claire, Wis.) Collection, 1965-1982

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 313
Summary

The collection contains materials relating to Olin and Emma Swenson, prominent activists in the fight for socialist causes in the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, area. Materials include newspaper clippings, letters from friends and family sharing their recollections of the Swensons, correspondence, photographs, a family history, and interviews. The material was gathered by a committee, the Friends of Olin and Emma Swenson, in an effort to write a book on the couple and their activities.

Dates: 1965-1982

George Lincoln Rockwell on Campus, 1967

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 355
Summary

Newspaper articles, an introductory speech by Dr. Karl Andresen, poster advertisements, and a taped recording of the speech George Lincoln Rockwell gave on February 16, 1967, at Wisconsin State University-Eau Claire. Rockwell was invited to speak by the College Republicans and College Democrats organizations on campus.

Dates: 1967

Grace Walsh Papers, 1931-1994

 Collection
Identifier: Archives Series 551
Summary

The collection contains financial records, programs, reel-to-reel audio tapes, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, awards, some correspondence, and other general files related to the forensics and debate programs at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire. Includes files created by and pertaining personally to Grace Walsh, a professor and director of speech and forensics from 1944-1980.

Dates: 1931-1994

Howard Lutz Papers, circa 1951-1988

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 278
Summary Professional papers of UW-Eau Claire History Department faculty member Howard Lutz, 1957-1989. Lutz helped develop the Scandinavian Studies program and was a conscientious objector in World War II. During the Vietnam era, he opposed the creation of a ROTC program at UW--Eau Claire and counseled students seeking conscientious objector status. Papers include information about Lutz’s pacifistic and protest activities on campus during the Vietnam War and his involvement in university committees...
Dates: circa 1951-1988

Interview with Donald Peterson, 1993

 Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 321
Summary

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.

Dates: 1993