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  • Interviewing British film historian and documentary director David Gill

    Dec. 12, 1975
  • Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis

    Dec. 8, 1997

    Interviewing author and historian Sydney Lewis.

  • Interviewing Jim Moore and of John Durant

    Oct. 6, 1982
  • Interviewing Alan Lomax (language warning)

    Oct. 1, 1994
  • Interview with St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Lorenzo Turner

    Apr. 27, 1966

    Discussing "Afro-American cross-currents" and interviewing St. Clair Drake, George Shepperson and Professor Lorenzo Turner.

  • Interview with Peter Putnam

    Nov. 1, 1965

    The historian and scholar describes how the suicide attempt which lead to his blindness gave him a new appreciation for life. Studs also plays a clip of a blind Chicago housing project resident.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

  • Interview with Paul Fussell

    Oct. 23, 1989

    "War Times"

  • Interview with John Martin

    Dec. 15, 1970

    Interviewing John Martin: "Visit deep south Appalachia 1970" [also includes excerpts of Studs trip South in 1966)]

  • Interview with Gordon Thomas

    Jan. 30, 1976

    Co-author of Guernica: The Crucible of World War II*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Interview with Diane Ackerman

    Jul. 17, 1990

    Discussing "A Natural History of the Senses" with the author Diane Ackerman.

  • Interview with Bill Adelman and Heinrich Nuhn

    Jun. 25, 1993

    Interviewing labor historian Bill Adelman and German author and historian Heinrich Nuhn.

  • Interview with Bertrand Russell and Phyllis Evans Part 2

    1962

    Interviewing Bertrand Russell and Phyllis Evans while Studs was in England.

  • Interview with Basil Davidson ; part 2

    1968

    Discussing the book "Lost Cities of Africa" with author Basil Davidson while Studs was in London.

  • Henry Steele Commager discusses the history of American ideal

    Jul. 4, 1974

    Discussing American democracy and interviewing Henry Steele Commager. Commager is an eminent historian who published an annotated version of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America".

  • Henry Steele Commager discusses America, American history, and American relations; part 1

    May. 1, 1967

    Henry Steele Commager discusses America, American history, and American relations. He also discusses television, historical figures, and wars. (Recorded at the Orrington Hotel in Evanston, Ill.).

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