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  • Jessie F. (Florence) Binford

    Jessie Binford discusses Chicago and Hull House

    1968

    Jessie Binford discusses Hull House and Chicago.

  • Dick Simpson

    Dick Simpson discussing federal aid to local governments

    Jul. 6, 1981

    Discussing Reaganomics and federal economic assistance to local government and interviewing Dick Simpson.

  • Physicists John A. Simpson and Alber Watterberg discuss the events of December 2, 1942 which are considered the birth of the Atomic Age

    Dec. 3, 1982
  • Douglas Turner Ward discusses the play “The River Niger”

    Dec. 4, 1973

    Theater director Douglas Turner Ward talks with Studs Terkel about the play "The River Niger." Further discussion is had about the play's writer, Joseph Walker, as well as the story and characters, and the play's connection to the African-American community.

  • Ian Wallace

    Interview with Ian Wallace

    Nov. 16, 1962

    British baritone Ian Wallace discusses the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Recorded while Studs was in England.

  • Ian Wallace

    Interview with Ian Wallace

    Nov. 16, 1962

    British baritone Ian Wallace discusses Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Recorded while Studs was in England.

  • Three Vietman War veterans, Robert Black, Robert Johnson, Dr. Gordon Livingston, and Steve Perriman discuss the war, part 2

    Nov. 13, 1973

    Robert Black, Robert Johnson, Dr. Gordon Livingston, and Steve Perriman talk about the Vietnam War. All three are officers in the military and veterans of the Vietnam War. They discuss their lives before and after the war and the contradiction and changes that came after seeing the horrors of the Vietnam War.

  • Designer and instructor John E. Walley discusses design work

    Apr. 22, 1959

    Institute of Design instructor John E. Walley discusses teaching techniques and design trends.

  • Sam Wanamaker

    Sam Wanamaker discusses the theater ; part 1

    Dec. 4, 1964

    Sam Wanamaker talks about the curtain of a stage being a barrier between the set and the audience. Wanaker says that with theater today, there are more theaters in the round and more thrusts of ramps built into the audience, so that the audience can feel they are a part of the production of the play.

  • Sam Wanamaker

    Sam Wanamaker discusses theater ; part 2

    Dec. 4, 1964

    Sam Wanamaker continues his discussion about the theater, with an emphasis on lights and music. With his production of "Macbeth," Wanamaker didn't want three-dimensional witches. Instead, he used lighting to convey their presence. In addition, similar to the line from Macbeth, Wanamaker was able to show the witches disappearing and melting into the air.

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