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  [Studs Terkel in three industrial films]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Three industrial films from the 1940s and ’50s that feature Studs Terkel. In an excerpt from “Beginning to Date” (1953) Terkel plays a high school diving instructor and offers advice to students on proper dating etiquette. The second film on this tape, “No Vacancies” (1946), is about the crisis that plagued many returning WWII soldiers who could not afford housing. Terkel is the narrator in this piece and for the final piece, “The Living City” (1953), which deals with urban issues.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Ed Sadlowski Roast #2 – Parkview Pet Shop]

  Andrew Jones, Black, Chicago, Chicago Slices, Communities, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Raw footage for Chicago Slices. The first half of the tape is a continuation of the roast for steelworkers union leader Ed Sadlowski. The second half of the tape features interviews with Julie Fischer and other staff at Parkview Pet Shop in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.

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  The Other Side Of Summer: The Wrecking Of Old Comiskey Park

  Studs Terkel

  The narration is a spoken poem by Chicago poet, Bob Chicoine. It is related over still photos of old Comiskey Park. The poem includes personal recollections of the poet’s experiences at old Comiskey park and also chronicles the park’s demolition. The photos include pictures Comiskey Park, many baseball players, Bill Veeck, and the Chicago stockyards.

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  [Nelson Algren Committee meeting]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel, Video Makers Choice

  A 1999 meeting of the Nelson Algren Committee, an organization dedicated to the preservation and proliferation of Algren’s memory and works in the literary world. A slew of celebrated Chicago media and political figures, some who were also friends of Algren’s (Studs Terkel, Leon Despres, and Art Shay), attend the meeting and say a few words about the importance of Algren’s work.

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  [Studs Terkel interview about America]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Viewers Choice

  A woman interviews Studs Terkel about his opinions of American culture and democracy. Terkel muses about the essence of American democracy, history, patriotism and how the United States (somewhat fallen in his esteem) can return to being “that country that I dream of being.”

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  Five Minutes With Studs Terkel

  Chicago, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  “Five Minutes With Studs Terkel,” presented by the Loyola University Department of Communication. An edited piece that explores Terkel’s thoughts on oral history and the country’s inclination to forget the past.

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  [Studs interview for WFMT gala tape]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  A woman interviews Studs Terkel about his long and colorful radio career at WFMT, a fine arts and classical music station in Chicago. Studs also paints a picture of  Chicago broadcasting’s early days and explains how his experiences influenced his later books.

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  [Interview with Studs at the Chicago Historical Society]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  This is an interview done for an exhibit at the Chicago Historical Society. Studs Terkel is interviewed before a live audience talking about Chicago neighborhoods and his opinion on social issues like gentrification, employment, and urban migration.