Indiana Politics, 1969; 1978
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory
Indiana University
400 North Sunrise Drive
Weatherly Hall North, Room 122
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~cshm
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleIndiana Politics, 1969;1978
Project No.
ohrc064
Interviews
3 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room
122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells
Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please
contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The interviews in this project discuss Indiana politics from the
nineteen thirties to the nineteen seventies. Presidential elections and
Republican conventions are topics of major importance. Also included, however,
are discussions about House committees and legislative bills as well as a
description of important agricultural events during the time period.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains three interviews conducted over nine years. The interviews range from 110 to 420 minutes. All interviews
consist of audio tapes and most include typed transcripts.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the
history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for the Study of History and Memory at Indiana
University is open to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are
available only when such copies are permitted by the deed of gift signed by the
interviewee. Scholars must honor any restrictions the interviewee placed on the
use of the interview. Since some of our earlier (pre-computer) transcripts do
not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript (deletions,
additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Tapes may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for
that interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the
taped interview. Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use,
but excerpted quotes may be used as long as researchers fully cite the data in
their research, including accession number, interview date, interviewee's and
interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for the Study
of History and Memory, Indiana University, Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript].
Interview List
Interviewee
Halleck, Charles A.
December 15,
1969
Call Number
69-042
Physical Description
199 pages; 7 tapes, 3 3/4 ips, 420 minutes; no
index
Interviewer
Patterson, James T.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Charles Halleck, born 1900 and died 1984, was a United States
Representative (R) from Indiana and held the positions of majority and minority
leader in the House. He begins by discussing his early life in school and local
politics before expanding into his career as representative. He discusses
several bills, committees, and legislation worked on as well as the major
presidential conventions and elections held during his thirty plus years. He
was heavily involved in many of them, and he discusses his opinions of them and
the numerous personalities involved. Later, as one of the House leaders, he
describes the relationship he had with presidential administrations and how
heavily they advised or influenced Congress on particular issues.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Army ROTC
- Delta Theta Pi
- Indiana University
- Ku Klux Klan
- National Labor Relations Board
- Republican Party
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S House of Representatives Committee on
Rules
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Occupation Names
- attorney
- United States Representative
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Personal Names
- Arends, Leslie C.
- Bobbitt, Arch N.
- Dewey, Thomas E.
- Eisenhower, Dwight David
- Goldwater, Barry M.
- Griffin, Robert
- Hamilton, John
- Holder, Cale J.
- Johnson, Lyndon Baines
- Martin, Joseph W.
- McCormack, John W.
- Powell, Adam Clayton
- Rayburn, Samuel T.
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Truman, Harry S.
- Wadsworth, James W.
- Warren, Earl
- Willkie, Wendell L.
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Place Names
- Jasper County, Indiana
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Rensselaer, Indiana
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Subjects
- 1935 Wagner Act
- 1940 Presidential Election
- 1940 Republican National Convention
- 1947 Taft-Hartley Act
- 1948 Republican National Convention
- 1952 Presidential Election
- 1952 Republican National Convention
- 1959 Landrum-Griffin Act
- 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
- 1964 Tonkin Gulf Incident
- agricultural policy
- education
- Eisenhower administration
- Great Depression
- labor
- Marshall Plan support
- New Deal
- World War I
- World War II
Interviewee
Madigan, William L.
April 6, 1978
Call Number
78-017
Physical Description
50 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 110 minutes; no index;
photograph of interviewee; newspaper clippings about his retirement
Interviewer
Anderson, Terry H.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
William Madigan, born 1912 and died 1986, got his A.B degree
from Indiana University and became a newspaper reporter for the
Indianapolis News and the Associated Press. His
duties were to cover political events in the state, so he describes meeting and
listening to presidential candidates such as Thomas Dewey and Harry S. Truman.
He also covered state politics and laws, specifically the Ripper Bills and
those relating to social and agricultural legislation. He enthusiastically
describes the 1935 National Corn Husking Contest and briefly discusses his
duties at Purdue University after his retirement from the Associated Press.
While working at Purdue, he wrote
150 Years of Indiana
Agriculture
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- 4-H Club
- Associated Press
- Indiana University
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Indianapolis
News
- Purdue University
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Occupation Names
- journalist
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Personal Names
- Christie, George I.
- Hulman, Anton J., Jr. "Tony"
- Jenner, William E.
- Landon, Alfred M.
- Minton, Sherman
- Pitzer, Lawrence
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Schricker, Henry F.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Van Nuys, Frederick
- Watson, James E.
- Willkie, Wendell L.
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Place Names
- Lafayette, Indiana
- Veedersburg, Indiana
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Subjects
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150 Years of Indiana
Agriculture
- 1935 National Corn Husking Contest
- agricultural education
- agriculture
- corn prices
- farm depression
- Great Depression
- Ripper Bills
- social legislation
- urban migration
Interviewee
Walker, E. C.
November 16,
1976
Call Number
76-060
Physical Description
Not transcribed; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 140
minutes
Interviewer
Barrows, Robert G.
Access Status
Closed: Contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory
for more information.
Scope and Content Note
E. C. Walker, born in 1944, discusses Larry Conrad's 1976
gubernatorial campaign and recruitment for the position. He discusses campaign
office organization and security problems. Walker also talks about the
relationship with Democratic Party machinery.
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Keywords
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Personal Names
- Conrad, Larry
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Subjects
- 1976 Indiana gubernatorial campaign
- Democratic Party machinery
- political campaign office
- position recruitment
- security problems
