Studs Terkel Radio Archive
The Studs Terkel Radio Archive is an archive of over 1,000 digitized audio tapes originally aired over 45 years on Studs Terkel's radio show on WFMT-FM or used in his oral history collections in the books Division Street America (1967) and Working (1974). Terkel donated a total of 5,600 tapes to the Chicago History Museum, which contracted the WFMT Radio network (formerly part of WFMT-FM), to publish the recordings online. The bulk of the tapes are not yet digitized, but the archive plans to digitize and distribute as many as possible online. The American public radio network NPR is featuring many of the tapes during the week of September 25 - October 2, 2016. The Chicago History Museum is also working with the Library of Congress to make the tapes available online and to visitors to their buildings in Washington, DC.
Interviews
 Louis Daniel Armstrong talks with Studs Terkel on WFMT ; 1962/6/24, 33:43, Studs Terkel Radio Archive[1] | |
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Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks talks with Studs - Poetry Month ; 1967, 45:01, Studs Terkel Radio Archive[2] | |
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Studs Terkel's Music Interviews, includes excerpts of interviews with Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Oscar Petersen, and Memphis Slim. Library of Congress[3] |
Terkel's one-hour radio show aired five days a week from 1952 to 1997. Interviewees included Muhammad Ali, Saul Alinsky, Woody Allen, James Baldwin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Carol Channing, Cesar Chavez, Jacques Cousteau, Allen Ginsberg, Mahalia Jackson, James Earl Jones, Janis Joplin, Buster Keaton, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Shirley MacLaine, David Mamet, Ethel Merman, Bertrand Russell, Mort Sahl, Pete Seeger, Maurice Sendak,[4] and Hunter S. Thompson.[5]
The tapes include 50 programs recorded in China in 1980, as well as programs recorded in the Soviet Union, South Africa, Italy, France, and Denmark. Topics include music, civil rights, gay rights, women's rights, prison reform, and the environment.[6]
Creating the archive
Terkel donated his tapes to the Chicago History Museum where he had served as an artist-in-residence. The museum worked with the Library of Congress which helped digitize many of the tapes. A Kickstarter campaign in 2016 raised $87,152 which will be used for further digitization and to create a permanent website.[7][8]
The archive director is Tony Macaluso and the archive manager is Allison Schein.[9]
References
- ↑ "Louis Daniel Armstrong talks with Studs Terkel on WFMT ; 1962/6/24". Studs Terkel Radio Archive. June 24, 1962. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks talks with Studs - Poetry Month ; 1967". Studs Terkel Radio Archive. 1967. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Studs Terkel's Music Interviews". Library of Congress. 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2016. Includes excerpts of interviews with Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Oscar Petersen, and Memphis Slim.
- ↑ Popova, Maria. "Maurice Sendak on Storytelling, Creativity, and the Eternal Child in Each of Us: His Marvelous Forgotten 1970 Conversation with Studs Terkel". brainpickings. Retrieved September 28, 2016. Includes audio interview (43:05)
- ↑ Kogan, Rick (January 22, 2016). "Studs Terkel Radio Archive is a wealth of American history in the making". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ Miner, Michael (January 21, 2016). "WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive". Chicago Reader. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Building The Studs Terkel Radio Archive Online Collection". Kickstarter. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ Hustad, Karis. "This Kickstarter Aims To Bring Studs Terkel's Iconic Interviews To The Podcast Age". ChicagoInno. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Our Partners - Studs Terkel Archive Staff". Studs Terkel Radio Archive. Retrieved September 28, 2016.