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Business People Audiotapes. Chicago
  • Studs Terkel discusses use of the drug Cylert (Pemoline) with Richard Kasperson and Robert Janicki of Abbott Labs

    Feb. 23, 1976

    Studs Terkel interviews two representatives from Abbott Laboratories: Richard Kasperson, V.P. of corporate regulatory affairs, and Dr. Robert Janicki, V.P. of corporate clinical research. The topic of conversation is the prescribed use of Cylert, which was a trade name for the drug Pemoline. Cylert was used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. Janicki and Kasperson respond to claims that the drug was overprescribed to school-aged children.

  • Stuart Brent discusses the demise of the independent bookseller

    Mar. 31, 1980

    Stuart Brent believes people are totally indifferent to reading. Brent has come to the realization that material rewards are more important than cultural activities and as a result, culture is dying. Brent is puzzled as to why readers would want to shop at big conglomerate stores like Kroch's and Brentano's when his store offers a personal, caring nature to its customers. There are two excerpts from Mrs. Dylan and Handasyde Buchanan, both from London, both independent booksellers.

  • Interviewing members of the Pintig Cultural Group

    Oct. 7, 1992

    Public Relations Director Jerry Alfafara, Executive Director Angela Mascarenas, Artistic Director Edessa Ramas, and actors Daisy Castro, Larry Leopaldo, and Joseph Palma.

  • Interviewing former City of Chicago Jazz Festival producer Penny Tyler and jazz trumpeter Art Hoyle

    Feb. 18, 1993
  • Interviewing Elizabeth Wood ; part 2

    Feb. 6, 1964

    Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.

  • Chicago Housing Authority

    Interviewing Elizabeth Wood ; part 1

    Feb. 6, 1964

    Wood, the first (ca. 1950s) Executive Secretary of the Chicago Housing Authority, about her experiences as a social worker in the United States and at international programs funded by the Ford Foundation, and about public housing.

  • Interviewing Abena Joan Brown

    Feb. 14, 1989

    Abena Joan Brown is President of ETA Creative Arts Foundation, a Chicago-based African American cultural performing arts institution

  • Interview with neighborhood residents

    1970

    Interviewing neighborhood residents in the people's park (Lincoln Park) with Steve Schaumburg, Hans the puppeteer, French hand laundry owner, and architect Howard Alan (part 4).

  • Barry Byrne

    Interview with Barry Byrne and King Solomon as Kid Pharoah.

    1968

    Both interviews incomplete. King Solomon as Kid Pharaoh, hot dog shop owner in Chicago, and former prize fighter. Mr. Solomon talks about his business and how he has earned his place. He talks about being a gambler, and speaks of being "rough" and receiving his money in an unorthodox manner, "protection" so to speak. The Interview ends abruptly at 13:42. At 13:43 interview begins with Barry Byrne architect and student of the "Prairie Style" talks about his education with Frank Lloyd Wright. He speaks fondly of "father"(Frank Lloyd Wright) and his time studying under him.

  • Discussing the development of the Southern School, Chicago's only alternative for students kicked out of the public schools, with founder and educator Patrick Zimmerman

    Oct. 20, 1976
  • Discussing the book of poetry "From Hard Times to Hope," and the newspaper "StreetWise: Empowering the Homeless Through Employment," with vendors and contributors Chris Christmas and Vern Cooper; editor John Ellis; and co-editor and Chicago Tribune report

    Dec. 5, 1995
  • Discussing the book "Biography of a Hunch: The History of Chicago's Legendary Old Town School of Folk Music," with author Lisa Grayson and the Executive Director of the Old Town School of Folk Music, Jim Hirsch

    Feb. 11, 1993
  • Discussing jazz and blues with Bob Koester

    Mar. 3, 1993

    Based in Chicago, Delmark Records is the United State's oldest independent jazz and blues label.

  • Discussing H.O.M.E. (Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly), a private agency dedicated to helping elderly poor people, with Chicago-based director Loretta Smith, and H.O.M.E. founders Michael and Lilo Salmon

    Feb. 26, 1993
  • Old Town School of Folk Music

    Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Old Town School of Folk Music with executive director Jim Hirsch, co-founder Frank Hamilton, and folksinger Tom Paxton

    Apr. 25, 1997

    Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Old Town School of Folk Music (Chicago, Ill.)

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