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Institute for Social Research Oral History Videotapes and Transcripts, 1997-1998

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As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Institute for Social Research, individuals connected with the history were interviewed. Excerpts of the videotaped interviews were used to produce "In the Public Interest: Fifty years of Social Research." Includes videotaped interviews with ISR personalities and typed transcripts of the interviews. For some interviews only a transcript is available. A copy of the final product excerpted from the interviews is included along with a CD-R containing copies of the transcripts.

During 1997-1998, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of ISR, a series of filmed interviews were conducted by Erik Austin with individuals connected with the history of ISR. The interviews were excerpted and used to produce the videotape history In the Public Interest: Fifty Years of Social Research. Documentation from this project includes a copy of the final video, videotaped interviews with individuals associated with ISR, and typed transcripts of the interviews. The records are arranged as two series: Videotapes and Transcripts.

The Videotapes series (29 VHS tapes) includes a copy of In the Public Interest: Fifty Years of Social Research a copy made from a 1956 University of Michigan television program featuring Angus Campbell, and 27 videotapes of interviews from 1997-1998. The Transcripts series contains written transcriptions of the interviews, along with a convenience copy of the written text in digital formats contained on a 650 megabyte CD-R. The CD-R contains the text of the interview transcripts in Microsoft Word, PDF and TXT formats. Researchers should note that there are some interviews for which only a transcript is available. As such, the transcript series is more comprehensive than the videotape series.

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In the Public Interest: 50 Years of Social Research, circa 1998

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(Overview of the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Features: social change, social science, Maris VVinovskis (historian), Robert Kahn (ISR Founders Group), David L. Featherman (ISR Director), Charles Cannell (ISR Founders Group), Doc Cartwright (ISR Founders Group), probability sampling, Leslie Kish (ISR Founders Group), Warren Miller (Founding Director Center for Political Studies), Alvin Zander (ISR Founders Group), Richard Nisbett (psychologist), James Jackson (Director, Group Dynamics), The Panel Study, Thomas Juster (Emeritus ISR Director), Kenneth Prewitt (Director, U.S. Census Bureau), Sandy Hofferth (sociologist), The Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Richard Rockwell (Director, ICPSR), Monitoring the Future Study, Jerald Bachman (social psychologist), Lloyd Johnston (social psychologist), Neil J. Smelser (Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences), Patricia Gurin (psychologist), James House (Director, Center for Survey Research), Norbert Schwarz (cognitive psychologist), Health and Retirement Survey, Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest Old, Robert Willis (economist), Denise Park (cognitive psychologist), violent behavior, Rowell Huesmann (psychologist), Phoebe Ellsworth (psychologist), Warren Miller (Founder, National Election Studies), William Zimmerman (Director, Center for Political Studies).)
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Campbell, Angus [ca. 1956], 1956-1957

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(Accent - A discussion about voting between a political scientist and a public opinion specialist. University of Michigan Professor Samuel Eldersfield (Political Science) and Professor Angus Campbell (University of Michigan - Director of the Survey Research Center) discuss voting. Discussion of Angus Campbel's book "The Voter Decides". Discussion of 1948, 1952, and 1956 US elections. Understanding Our World - Professor Philip B. Taylor Department of Politcal Science University of Michigan) hosts show taking a detailed look at the 1956 election, undecided voters and split ticket voting. Survey Research Center. Professor Angus Campbell. Professor Warren Miller.)
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Converse, Jean, 1997 September 25

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(Eric Austin - Interviewer. Oral history interview - Jean Converse (historian of social research). Interests in survey research and motivations for launching project on its history. Survey Research Center (SRC). National Opinion Research Corporation (NORC). Bureau of Applied Social Research. Panel analysis. Snowball sampling. Angus Campbell. Ren Likert.)
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Converse, [Phil], 1997 August 19

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(Eric Austin - Interviewer. Oral history interview - Phil Converse (professor emeritus Sociology/Politcal Science - University of Michigan, former director ISR). Phil's history and attraction to the University of Michigan. Election studies. Studies over time. Time use studies. National Opinion Research Corporation (NORC). Bureau of Applied Social Research. Early days of ISR.)