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Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings, 1994-1996
28 videocassettes (Hi 8) 5 videocassettes (VHS) 1 item- Abstract Or Scope
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The Thomas Iorio Stonewall Vets video recordings document LGBTQ culture and heritage in New York City in the mid-1990s. Some footage in the collection was ultimately used in Iorio's short film Stonewall: The March Forward. This film is also found in the collection. Iorio took these videos to connect with LGBTQ history after he came out in the 1990s. The footage has a mixture of oral history interviews and recorded events and activities. Major themes of the collection are the activities of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association (SVA), the lives of unhoused LGBTQ individuals on the piers west of New York City, drag performance, and LGBTQ life in Manhattan in the 1990s. Figures featured include Sylvia Rivera, Williamson Lee Henderson (Willson Henderson), Stephen Van Cline, and Queen Allyson Ann Allante.
Williamson Henderson, 1995 December 12 1 videocassettes (Hi 8)
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Iorio interviews Williamson Lee Henderson about his life, the Stonewall Rebellion, and the legacy of the Stonewall Rebellion Veterans Association.
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Wigstock 1995, 1995 1 videocassettes (Hi 8)
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A recording of the Wigstock 1995 concert event, featuring various drag performances
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Research Center for Arts and Culture Oral History Collection, 1990-1993
4 linear feet 7 boxes- Abstract Or Scope
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The interviews of the Artist Career and Training Project were conducted by the Research Center for Arts and Culture at Columbia University from 1990 to 1993. The project sought to systematically analyze the career paths, training, and job satisfaction of artists, craftspeople, painters, actors, and related professionals, such as museum curators, critics, dealers, managers, directors, producers, and union representatives. The interviews address education, training, preparation to career entry, peers and colleagues, marketplace judgments, critical evaluation and public response, and career satisfaction and maturity. The study strove to include diverse participants in terms of gender, ethnicity, age, and stage of career. Other themes frequently discussed include the use of other jobs to supplement a career in the arts, aging, Actors' Equity, materials used in crafts, and the very meaning of having a career in the arts.
Zelda Fichandler Transcript, 1992 July 24, 74 pages
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Zelda Fichandler Cassette, 1992 July 24, 1 audiocassettes
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Xenobia Bailey Cassette, 1990 April 17, 1 audiocassettes
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Phoenix House Foundation oral history collection, 2014-2015
183 Gigabytes 433 digital files (Born-digital transcripts and audio) 1.5 Linear Feet 3 boxes (Transcripts)- Abstract Or Scope
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Phoenix House was founded in 1967 as a therapeutic community to treat addiction in an 85th Street apartment in New York City. In the following decades, Phoenix House expanded to locations throughout New York City and ten states. At the time of the interviews, Phoenix House was serving over 5,000 individuals and remained committed to supporting individuals and families by providing a wide range of services including prevention, early intervention, treatment, continuing care, and recovery support. The Phoenix House Oral History Collection documents three periods of Phoenix House's work: origins, growth, and established leadership. In the first period, spanning from 1967 to the 1970s, narrators detail the founding of a therapeutic community, the dynamics of this community, and the influences of other self-help drug treatment organizations such as Synanon on the program. In the growth period, narrators speak of opening up new facilities, and designing and launching new programs. Topics covered include the political and funding challenges of expanding Phoenix House's reach, increases in medical and mental health staff, and partnering with state departments of corrections to provide the Phoenix House program as an alternative to incarceration. In the final period, narrators describe changes in the therapeutic community model, further expansion of programs across the United States, acquisitions of competitors, new funding challenges, and transitions in leadership.
William Fusco, 2014 October 15
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Fusco describes the working class community in Sunset Park during the 1950s and 1960s, and his entry into Phoenix House on 88th Street in Manhattan. He narrates his role in establishing new Phoenix House locations like East 116th Street. Moving to acquisitions, he worked at Phelan Place, Prospect Place, and Putnam Valley. He then speaks on the establishment of Dynamic Youth Community in Brooklyn, his own therapeutic community venture for adolescents. Particular attention is given to the changing therapeutic community model.
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Tony Endre, 2014 September 30
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Endre discusses the evolution and subsequent decline of the therapeutic community model. He details the establishment of Odyssey House in 1967. He chronicles his tenure at both Phoenix House and New York City's Addiction Services Agency, describing life as a City employee. He narrates his involvement in setting up new facilities, and how he ran them.
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Sara Ann Fagin, 2014 November 12
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Fagin discusses her tenure as Mitchell Rosenthal's executive assistant and her subsequent role in fundraising and development. She narrates her own avenues to understanding addiction. She talks about moving to Hazelden, comparing its environment with Phoenix House's and assessing the translation of her skills from a nonprofit to a for-profit setting. Finally, she reflects on the state of the therapeutic community method given increased state regulations.
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Oral History Research Office microfiche, circa 1945-1989, 1973-1988
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The Oral History Research Office microfiche contains 1165 interviews and the Annual Reports of the OHRO from 1948-1975. The microfiche was published in six segments, the first being published in 1973 and the last in 1988. Microfiche was initially manufactured and sold by the Microfilming Corporation of America (MCA) and then by Meckler Publishing.
Reminiscences Thomas Finney : oral history, 1970.
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Interview is part of the Adlai E. Stevenson project.
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Reminiscences of Wu Kuo-Cheng, 1962
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Interview is part of the Chinese oral history project.
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Reminiscences of Wilton B. Persons, 1970.
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Interview is part of the Eisenhower administration project.
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New York Police Department Guardians Oral History Collection, 2015-2016
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The fourteen interviews of the NYPD Guardians oral history collection document the history of the fraternal organization and the experiences of members as police officers in New York City. The New York Police Department Guardians Association was founded in 1943 and recognized by the NYPD as a fraternal organization in 1949. Over the years it has served African American officers and civilian employees of the NYPD by developing community; providing education and mentorship; advocating within the department; and taking legal action to combat discrimination in hiring and promotion. The narrators discuss the impact of the Guardians on officers' careers, the group's advocacy against discrimination in the NYPD, and developments in police work from the 1960s-2010s.
Robert Nero, 2015 March 10
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Robert Nero focuses on his work with the Housing Guardians Association, and later the NYPD Guardians Association as an active member and then a retired trustee. He also talks about his views on community policing from his perspective as a Housing Police officer in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, and the importance of building those strong relationships if the NYPD is going to improve in the future. He discusses the impact of racism on officers' careers, from gaining employment and promotions, to harassment and officer safety. While great strides were made during his time on the force, he also expresses how much is left to be done. Other topics include his perspective on community perceptions of police violence, life growing up in Queens, his time in the military during the Cuban Missile crisis.
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Reuben C. Bankhead, Charles C. Coleman, Lester Grissom, Leroy Hendricks, and Robert Nero, 2015 June 8
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This is a group oral history interview with Reuben C. Bankhead, Charles C. Coleman, Lester H. Grissom, Leroy Hendricks, and Robert Nero. They share stories from their time in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. They were all members of the NYPD Guardians Association, and speak about how the organization influenced their careers. The conversation spans racial equality issues in NYPD, including promotion exams, and instances of retaliation for speaking out against prejudice. They describe the conflict between the NYPD Guardians Association and the NYPD Patrolmen's Benevolent Association over the attempted establishment of a Civilian Complaint Review Board in 1966. They also remember several lawsuits reversing discriminatory hiring and promotional practices.
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Reuben C. Bankhead, 2015 August 3
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Reuben Bankhead speaks primarily of the NYPD Guardians Association, and its importance to aiding the careers of black police officers during his time with the New York City Police Department. He shares how influential the advice of more experienced police was when he was starting out, as well their advocacy and support for black officers to take promotion exams. He comments on the affect of the lawsuits brought by the Guardians Association, aiding later generations of police officers. He also touches on how policing has changed from the 1960s and 1970s into the 2000s, and the importance of residency requirements to community policing.
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Jeffrey H. Brodsky oral history collection, 1991-2021, bulk 2000-2012
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A born-digital work product collection of former journalist, oral historian, and OHMA grad Jeffrey Brodsky. Collection contains personal materials, audio files of a radio show, photographs and video of red carpet interviews, and materials related to Brodsky's time as a student in the Oral History Master's program at Columbia, including interviews (some partial, some complete) and related materials to his thesis title "My First Campaign," an exploration of political candidates' first political campaign.
Video, undated
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31 video files with descriptive titles from various events depicting Brodsky interviewing celebrities and politicians. Some events include White House Correspondents' Association events, Clinton Global Initiative events, movie premieres, Obama inauguration events, and more.
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Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Collection, 2014-2015
35 Volumes transcripts: 2554 pp. 285 Gigabytes 1,462 digital files- Abstract Or Scope
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The Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (IRWGS) at Columbia University is an interdisciplinary institute for feminist scholarship and education. It was established as the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWAG) in 1987. Anticipating its 25th anniversary, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (IRWGS) approached the Columbia Center for Oral History Research (CCOHR) in 2012, about an oral history project to document the history of the department and the growth and development of feminism at Columbia. The IRWGS Oral History Project was conducted with funding from the President's Office and was the first project undertaken by CCOHR in its new home at the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics (INCITE). Interviews with current and past directors of IRWGS, affiliated and allied faculty, administrators, and students were conducted between 2014 and 2015. The Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Oral History Project is comprised of interviews with 36 individuals involved in the founding and development of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality (IRWGS) at Columbia University. Interviewers conducted these interviews over 68 sessions, creating over 90 hours of recordings. Nine of these sessions were recorded on video, and interviews have been transcribed. Interviewers were guided by a set of research questions, which emphasized the role of IRWGS as a political actor within the broader context of Columbia University, agitating for the inclusion of feminist analysis and practice. As the project progressed, questions expanded to explore issues of generation, activism, the developments within feminism(s), evidence of increasing support of IRWGS by the university, and the challenge of addressing diversity, sexuality and other forms of social difference theoretically and as professional practice.
Vina Tran, 2014 November 19
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In this interview Vina Tran discusses her experience at IRWGS and the institute's relationship with other centers and departments. Tran addresses her personal intellectual development while at IRWGS by describing her dual role as a student and employee. Tran also discusses the ways in which IRWGS responded to the shifting reliance on technology and the internet and her personal role in that transition.
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Victoria Rosner, 2015 January 23
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Victoria Rosner begins this interview by discussing her undergraduate years as a member of one of the first co-ed graduating classes at Columbia University. She addresses the underrepresentation of female professors and their experience both in the classroom and as employees of the University. As a graduate student of English Literature at Columbia she encountered more female professors and developed a close relationship with her advisor Carolyn Heilbrun, who resigned shortly after in response to the decision not to tenure Susan Winnett. Rosner addresses both the exciting and destabilizing nature of being a student at this time. Upon reading Nancy K. Miller's book Getting Personal: Feminist Occasions and Other Autobiographical Acts, Rosner developed a relationship with Miller as well as Columbia Professor Jean Howard. Rosner explains how these connections led her to adopt an interdisciplinary and feminist approach to her scholarship.
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Victoria DeGrazia, 2014 July 8
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In the first session of this interview, De Grazia discusses her early academic experiences at Smith College as an undergraduate and her subsequent enrollment in Columbia's Graduate History program. She characterizes and explains her involvement with theRadical History Review. De Grazia discusses her time teaching European History at Lehman College and Rutgers University in the late 1970s. De Grazia cites the birth of her child in Italy as a turning point for her scholarship, as it made clear the prevalence of fascist practices surrounding femininity in Italy that inspired her first book,How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945. De Grazia describes her involvement in the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis. Empowered to pursue new projects, De Grazia began studying issues of consumption and gender with Michael Taussig and Ina Merkel, which resulted in her 1996 volume entitledThe Sex of Things: Gender and Consumption in Historical Perspective. De Grazia describes the camaraderie of faculty and the union presence at Rutgers. In 1994, De Grazia joined Columbia's faculty and she offers an organizational comparison between Rutgers University and Columbia University. Finally, De Grazia discusses the development and financial support of IRWGS in the late 1990s.
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Gail Mary Killian and Stephen Desroches sound recordings, 1970-2003
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The majority of the collection's interviews were taken by Gail Mary Killian and document her life in the 1970s-1980s as a woman living with Down syndrome in Eastern Massachusetts. Killian recorded her birthday starting in 1970, and many recordings capture the conversations that took place at these celebrations, which were attended by family members and neighbors. Topics discussed at these parties include music-related gifts received by Killian; rock music and Polish folk music; television shows and movies; employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the region; work at the United States Postal Service (her father's employer); and happenings in their local community. The family also sings together, both in English and Polish. Also included are recordings made by Killian during her daily life. Killian was an avid music fan, and she records thoughts on rock bands such as the Beatles, Journey, and Van Halen. Portions of the local New Bedford, MA radio program "Polish Happy Hour" are captured on tape.
Various artists / Talkin' and Radio, circa 1977 1 audiocassettes
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Recording of Gail Mary Killian and friend listening to Foreigner and Journey and talking about which rock stars they think are cute.
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Tape labeled "Not Clear", circa 1971-1972 1 audiocassettes
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Recording of teaching the baby to talk and a conversation about employment opportunities for people with disabilities in Taunton and Fall River, Massachusetts.
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Stephen Desroches oral history interviews, 1991-2003 5 audiocassettes
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Cuban Voices oral history collection, 2004-2010
6740 pages 466 digital audio files (Sound recordings)- Abstract Or Scope
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The Cuban Voices oral history collection is comprised of interviews conducted for the project of the same name. The project resulted in the publication of Elizabeth Dore's book How Things Fall Apart. The interviews are intended to engage in conversations with Cubans who lived through the transition to communist rule after the Cuban Revolution and experienced events of the following decades. The goal of the project, led by Dore, was not to interview people who have established themselves as public or political figures after the Revolution, but rather to generate a dialogue with ordinary citizens whose narratives do not appear in conventional narratives. Most of the interviewees, then, are not prominent personalities. They are professionals, campesinxs, teachers, sex workers, state employees, cooks, messengers, and people working illegally, among others.
Oral history interview with Yohanca, 2007
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Yohanca begins the interview by describing the desire she had as a child to have genital reconstruction and identify as male. Yohanca comments on the insults she was called as a child. She then recalls the moment she told her family that she was a lesbian and the support she received from them. Yohanca recalls her studies and her first jobs. Yohanca reflects on the social changes in favor of homosexuals that took place in Cuba. She recalls the Mariel Exodus, the Special Period, and the humiliation of those who emigrated from the country. Yohanca compares life in Santiago with life in Havana. Finally, she reflects on the taboo surrounding virginity and the lack of access to sex education
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Oral history interview with Yeyé, 2005
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Yeyé begins the interview by talking about her birth and her family. She also briefly comments on how she met her husband. Yeye remembers how her life changed with the arrival of the Cuban Revolution. She discusses religion. Yeyé does not remember having witnessed racist situations in her childhood or at her workplace. She comments on gender roles assigned to boys and girls. Yeyé remembers what her job was like as a house cleaner during the dictatorial period led by Batista. She reflects on the little sex education she received. She also talks about motherhood, menstruation, and what it means to be a woman for her. She comments on her work at the Museum and the problems of retirement. Yeyé negatively discusses homosexuality. Yeyé fue entrevistada para el proyecto que culminó en la publicación del libro How Things Fall Apart. El nombre es un seudónimo para el proyecto
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Oral history interview with Yadira, 2006
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In the first session, Yadira discusses her work. Yadira comments on the functioning of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) and the union. She discusses the growth of religiosity in Cuba. She then discusses the relationship between young people and the Revolution.
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Columbia Armenian Oral History Archive, 1968-1977
6 Linear Feet 6 record cartons- Abstract Or Scope
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The Columbia Armenian Oral History Archive is an important collection of audio and video recordings of first-person accounts of the early and recent experiences of Armenians, recorded after they had immigrated to the United States. The collection consists of 138 interviews in Armenian, English, and Turkish languages with immigrants conducted by Vazken L. Parsegian during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing largely on the survivors' memories of their personal experiences of the abduction, deportation, imporisonment and massacre of Armenians and the destruction of Armenian communities under the Ottoman Empire in the first decades of the Twentieth century. The testimonies also recount the early formation of Armenian communities in various cities of United States and socio-economic conditions. The collection is comprised of 210 hours of sound recordings in the following formats: magnetic tape reels, compact cassettes, and WAV files and compact disks representing the content of the original tapes.
Zoornajian, Kaspar
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Yesaian, Edward
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Yervant, Hratch
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Chinese oral history project collection, 1914-1989, bulk 1958-1980
37 Linear Feet 86 manuscript boxes, 7 card catalog drawers, and 4 index card boxes- Abstract Or Scope
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The Chinese oral history project collection (中國口述歷史項目檔案) provides a wealth of information on the development of the project and its interviews with eminent Chinese political figures abroad in the United States and Hong Kong from 1958 to 1980s. The completed interviews are described separately under the Chinese oral history project, while this collection provides context of creation for the interviews and additional historical documentation on interviewees. The highlights of the collection consist of the administrative subject files, correspondence, interview photographs and reports, transcript drafts, collected autobiographies and manuscripts, audio recording, and card files of names mentioned in the transcripts.
Chinese oral history project, 1958-1975
17,584 pages 59 Reels 1.5 Linear Feet [1 record carton and 1 manuscript box]- Abstract Or Scope
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Interviews document the lives of seventeen prominent figures in the Republic of China (1911-1949). Narrators discuss military affairs, politics, national and regional governance, education, economics, culture, transportation, and other topics. Military campaigns are a major topic of the collection. Narrators discuss the operations and impacts of the Northern Expedition (1928-2928), Second Sino-Japanese War/War of Resistance (1937-1945), and Chinese Civil War (1945-1949). Narrators discuss the practical matters of governing during a period of upheaval. They also discuss the politics of the era and entities such as the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. Many narrators studied abroad in the United States and Europe. The collection gives insights into Chinese education and the experiences of Chinese nationals abroad, including observations from their travels. Several narrators worked as diplomats for the Republican government and offer insights into international affairs and world leaders of the mid-20th century.
Zuo, Shunsheng (Tso, Shun-sheng), 左舜生, 1961 304 pages 2 Reels
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Early life and education; participation in and leadership of the Young China Party; meetings with Chiang Kai-shek; rapproachement between the Young China Party and the Kuomintang; appointment to the National Defense Advisory Council; Third Group mediation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party; government job as minister of agriculture and forestry; editorship of the Lien-ho P'ing-lun [United Voice Weekly]. Valuable as inside account of Chinese political and intellectual history. Audio does not represent full interview content. Most audio associated with interview was not retained. Content on reel was retained as sample of source material for edited transcript.
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Zhang, Fakui (Chang, Fa-k'uei), 張發奎, 1965 1033 pages 1 Reels
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Early years to May 1920; Kwantung Army, May-October 1920; military life in Kwantung, November 1920-June 1925; reorganization of army, Twelfth Division, June 1925-June 1926; the Ironsides on the northern expedition, June 1926-April 1927; second northern expedition and Nanchang Revolt, April-August 1927; Canton coup and communist revolt, retirement, August 1927-early 1929; relations with Kwangsi clique to May 1931, politics and travel to early 1936; Fukien-Kiangsi-Chekiang-Anhui and Kiangsi-Chekiang border areas, early 1936-July 1937; Shanghai and Wuhan campaigns, July 1937-38; Fourth War zone, late 1938-September 1939; Fourth War zone, October 1939-spring 1944; Fourth War zone and Vietnam, 1940-1944
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Wu, K. C. (Wu, Kuo-Cheng), 吳國楨, 1962 391 pages 2 Reels
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Relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, 1946-1953; early postwar problems; Mayor of Shanghai, loss of mainland; governor of Taiwan; estrangement from Chiang Kai-shek and resignation; aftermath of break with nationalists.
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Bill Weinberg sound recordings, 1992-2021, bulk 1992-2011
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Bill Weinberg is a journalist, political writer, activist, and radio personality. His work and activism has focused on human rights, indigenous movements, drug policy, the environment, the Middle East, and opposition to war and authoritarianism. The Bill Weinberg sound recordings feature 57 episodes of the show Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade (MORC), which was broadcast on WBAI radio from 1988 to 2011. The collection's recordings date from Bill Weinberg's period as part of the show's collective from 1992 to 2011. Throughout its run, MORC covered a wide range of political, cultural, and spiritual topics. Some major themes addressed in the collection's episodes include ecology, indigenous movements, anarchism, the War on Drugs, United States imperialism, Latin America, North Africa, religion, New York City political and social movements, sustainable transportation, and gardening. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Weinberg that was taken by the curator when the collection was donated to the Oral History Archives at Columbia.
Yes We Did. Now What?, 2008 November 4 2 audiocassettes
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World War III Illustrated IV, 2003 January 7 1 audiocassettes
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William Blake's Revolutionary Vision, 2008 January 8 1 audiocassettes
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Animal Advocates Oral History Collection, 1999-2004
14 volumes (Transcripts) 77 audiocassettes 4 compact disks 3.5 Linear Feet 110 Gigabytes- Abstract Or Scope
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The Animal Advocates Oral History Collection contains fourteen interviews conducted between 1999 and 2004 with individuals who were involved in different areas of the movement to protect animals. The project sought to examine the genesis and development of ethical frameworks regarding the treatment of animals, the trajectories of different collective actions, how the movements of the 1970s and 1980s continued or differed from earlier movements for the treatment of animals, and the role that individuals played in shaping the movement. Aspects of animal protection discussed in the interviews include animal shelters, opposition to vivisection and scientific testing on animals, treatment of agricultural animals, and environmentalism. Common themes addressed include connections between violence towards animals and violence towards humans, connections with other social justice movements, vegetarianism and veganism, interactions between different organizations, and the religious and ethical backgrounds of narrators.
Will Anderson, 2004 September 30 and 2004 October 10
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In this two session interview, Will Anderson reflects on his development as an activist for the environment and animals. Among issues examined are his decision to become a vegetarian and the impact of personal diet choices on the environment. Anderson talks about his education, decisions about college, his work with the Peace Corps, service in the United states Armed Forces (USAF), and his honorable discharge after becoming a conscientious objector. Additionally, he explains the connection between the yearlong travel to Europe and India and his worldview, the development of his sensitivity to animals, and his activist spirit. Anderson discusses his work with Greenpeace, Native American communities, involvement in protest activity and subsequent arrests, and founding of Ecology House and the Marine Animal Coalition (MAC). He also discusses his battle with cancer and experiences as a gay man.
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Walter Kilroy, 1999 December 3 and 2000 April 28
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Walter Kilroy beings this two session interview by discussing his childhood experiences with animals and beginning to work as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's Angell Memorial Hospital as a kennel attendant at the age of sixteen. He discusses experiences working as an ambulance driver for the MSPCA, laws on animal abuse in the 1950s, and the law enforcement activities of the MSPCA. He discusses his time working at the American Fondouk veterinary hospital in Fez, Morocco from 1961-1962 and attitudes towards animals in Morocco. He also discusses a range of issues about animals from the 1970s to 1990s including trapping, overpopulation, spay and neuter campaigns, euthanasia at human societies, pet shops, treatment of animals at zoos, and environmentalism.
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Tom Regan, 2000 October 12 and 2001 September 29
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In this two session interview, Regan discusses a range of topics related to animal rights and ethics. The interview covers his childhood, college education, anti-war activism, the influence of Gandhi, and early writings on philosophy and animal rights. He speaks about meeting Peter Singer and comments on Animal Liberation. He discusses his 1983 book The Case for Animal Rights at length, including its writing and reactions from the public. He analyzes the activities of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). He also speaks about philosophy of liberation, veganism, and interpersonal relationships within the animal rights movement. Regan speaks about the March for Animal Rights in 1990 and memories of the day. He also addresses the founding of the Culture and Animals Foundation in 1985 and the state of the animal rights movement at the time of the interview.
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