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• C-Span in Depth live interview with Studs Terkel, part 1

  Chicago, Outside Agitators, Studs Terkel

  Callers phone in and send e-mails to ask questions of Studs Terkel, who engages them in discussion interwoven with his powerful storytelling.  Part 1 of 2.

• [Audio of Richard J. Daley]

  Chicago Politics

  Three separate pieces relating to the city of Chicago’s response to the demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. These clips are audio only.

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  [Jane Byrne’s Easter at Cabrini raw #4]

  Black, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Communities, GDDF, NHPRC-2, Voices of Cabrini

  Raw footage of Jane Byrne’s Easter Celebration at Cabrini Green in 1981. This tape features a brief performance by a cover band after Mayor Byrne had already left.

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  [Chicago Slices raw : Harold Washington library]

  Chicago, Chicago Slices, Doug Sawyer, GDDF, Harold Washington, NHPRC-2

  Raw footage shot for the TV series Chicago Slices. This tape takes a look at the Chicago Public Library Information Service at the Harold Washington Branch of Chicago Library.

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  [Chicago Slices raw: Jim Hightower Interview]

  Chicago Slices, Politics

  Tom Weinberg takes Jim Hightower to the Billy Goat Tavern for an informal interview. Hightower discusses the 1992 presidential election and general progressive politics.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #106]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, Harold Washington, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of the House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. In this tape, Joseph K. Dowley, chief counsel to the Way and Means Committee, is interviewed. He discusses what a “powerful and important position” the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee is, and informs us that it has traditionally been a stepping-stone to the House Speakership.

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  [Rostenkowski raw #204]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics, Video Makers Choice

  Raw footage from the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. At a rally for Rostenkowski in the field house in Chicago’s Pulaski Park (which sits in Rostenkowski’s district on Chicago’s northwest side). The tape opens with Nick Melas, President of the Chicago Sanitary District, giving a speech. Dan O’Brien, Illinois state legislator and Democratic Committeeman for Chicago’s 43rd Ward, speaks to the crowd after being introduced by Rostenkowski. After O’Brien, an unidentified speaker, who is not on camera (the camera seems to be pointed toward the ground) urges to the audience vote the straight Democratic ticket, reminding them that: “the party is more important than any of us.” The next speaker is Lester Foreman, candidate for Circuit Court Judge. Then Morgan Finley, candidate for Clerk of Cook County Circuit Court, is introduced by Rostenkowski. His walk down the isle is reminiscent of flamboyant boxing champ, complete with wailing sirens, handshaking, and confetti. At the end of the tape, an unidentified speaker, presumably the emcee, urges the precinct captains in attendance to take the rally signs home, and then display the signs on election day.

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  [Rostenkowski raw: Mayor Jane Byrne]

  Chicago, Chicago Politics, Dan Rostenkowski, NHPRC, Politics

  Raw footage for the 1981 documentary “Rostenkowski,” a portrait of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, a powerful figure in Chicago (and national) politics. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne is interviewed about Dan Rostenkowski. Byrne comments on Rostenkowski’s importance to Chicago and the country; how Rostenkowski’s leadership role in Congress will help large cities; and how Rostenkowski was able to secure Presidential Inauguration tickets for her and other prominent Chicago politicians. Mayor Byrne also tells an amusing anecdote about the time Rostenkowski accidentally referred to her as “Mayor Daley.”