Narrator: Thomas August Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 8 February 2026 Format: Text only via email Thomas August biography: I was born in Milwaukee in 1950. My maternal ancestors were Jews from the Rhineland and my …
Mosse Oral History Project
Theodore Xing, “The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Program”
At the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Program, we aim to document history straight from the mouths of those who lived it. Oral history is a field of study and a method of gathering, preserving, …
Oral History: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Richard Kehrberg
Narrators: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Richard Kehrberg Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 22 October 2024 Format: Audio Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes, 14 seconds Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Biography: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg grew up in the suburbs of Denver, before going …
Oral History: Lowell Bergman
Narrator: Lowell Bergman Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 7 July 2023 Transcribed by: Edward Frame Format: Transcribed from Audio Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes, 2 seconds **To access the OHMS oral history page for Lowell Bergman, …
Oral History: Linda Newman
Narrator: Linda Newman Interviewer: Troy Reeves (2015), John Tortorice (2018) Dates: 2, 24 April 2015 12, 26 May 2015 16 October 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 4 hours, 55 minutes, 11 seconds …
Rose Weithaus, “How George L. Mosse’s Scholarship Speaks to the Importance of History Today”
In May of 2021, I was hired as an intern for the George L. Mosse Program. My job was to make existing oral histories, including those recorded with people who knew and worked with George …
Oral History: Paul Soglin
Narrator: Paul Soglin Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 17 March 2023 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 3 hours, 3 minutes Paul Soglin Biography: Paul Soglin was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, …
Oral History: David James (Jimmy) Fisher
Narrator: David James (Jimmy) Fisher Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 15 June 2018, 23 November 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes, 13 seconds **To access the OHMS oral history page for David …
Oral History: Sander L. Gilman
Narrator: Sander L. Gilman Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 8 June 2023 Transcribed by: Skye Doney, Matthew Greene Format: Audio Duration: 57 minutes, 37 seconds Sander L. Giman biography: Sander L. Gilman is a distinguished professor emeritus …
Oral History: Mark A. Stoler
Narrator: Mark A. Stoler Interviewer: Skye Doney, Kilian Harrer Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed by: Skye Doney Format: Audio Duration: 38 minutes, 55 seconds Mark A. Stoler biography: Mark A. Stoler is Professor Emeritus of …
Oral History: Alfred Kelly
Narrator: Alfred Kelly Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 16 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 35 Seconds Alfred Kelly Biography: Alfred Kelly is the Edgar B. Graves Professor of …
Oral History: Lawrence Baron
Narrator: Lawrence Baron Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 20 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 1 hour, 57 minutes, 13 seconds Lawrence Baron Biography: Professor Emeritus Lawrence Baron held the Nasatir Chair of Modern …
Oral History: Gerda Lerner
Narrator: Gerda Lerner (1921-2013) Interviewer: Barry Teicher (1949-2016) Date: 18 and 22 November 2000 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 4 hours, 3 minutes Oral History Project Interview #554 Gerda Lerner Biography: Gerda Lerner …
Oral History: Christopher Hexter
Narrator: Christopher Hexter Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 25 minutes, 59 seconds **To access the OHMS oral history page for Christopher Hexter, which allows listeners to …
Oral History: Paul Buhle
Narrator: Paul Buhle Interviewer: Troy Reeves, John Tortorice Dates: 26 February 2014, 19 May 2014, 10 June 2014 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 3 hours, 8 minutes Oral History Program Interview #1372 …
Oral History: Renato Moro
Narrator: Renato Moro Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 27 March 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes Renato Moro biography: Renato Moro is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at Roma …
Oral History: Laurence Lerner
Narrator: Laurence Lerner Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: August 10, 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 39 minutes, 57 seconds Begin Track 1, August 10, 2022 Doney: Yeah, so …
Jack Styler, “My Year with the UW-Madison Oral History Program”
Over the last year, I worked as a George L. Mosse Intern in Digital and European History. My work focused on assisting the Oral History Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives & Records Management. …
Oral History: William F. “Jack” Fry
Narrator: William F. “Jack” Fry (1921-2011) Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 12 May and 6 August 2008 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio (2 files) Total Length: 4 hours, 5 minutes, 24 seconds William F. “Jack” …
Oral History: Marjorie Kreilick
Narrator: Marjorie Kreilick (8 November 1925 — 5 July 2023) Interviewers: Robert Lange, John Tortorice Date: 7, 8, 9, 10 April 2008 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio (4 files) Total Length: 8 hours, 33 …
Oral History: Birutė Ciplijauskaitė
Narrator: Birutė Ciplijauskaitė Interviewer: Laura Smail, John Tortorice Dates: 3 December 1984, 27 December 2012, 6 February 2013 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 4 hours, 10 minutes Birutė Ciplijauskaitė biography: Professor Birutė …
X-Post: Jack Styler, “Those ‘Confrontational Days’: Remembering Madison’s LBGTQ+ Early Activists through Oral Histories”
This article originally appeared on the UW Archives Tumblr, “Found in the University Archives!,” (30 March 2022). *Be advised that the following clip contains sexual language. Also, the clip below and oral histories referenced below …
Oral History: Alfonso Alfonsi
Narrator: Alfonso Alfonsi Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 25 March 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 2 hours, 9 minutes, 21 seconds Alfonso Alfonsi biography: I have more than 40 years of experience …
Oral History: Paul F. Grendler
Narrator: Paul F. Grendler Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 22 January 2022 Transcribed: Maddy McGlone, Paul Grendler Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 38 minutes Paul F. Grendler biography: Paul F. Grendler was born on …
Oral History: John Rowe
Narrator: John Rowe Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 13 July 2021 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 18 minutes John Rowe biography: John W. Rowe is Chairman Emeritus of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, …