Frederick Lauter interview with Senator John J. Williams
Content Description
Two audio cassette recordings of interviews with U.S. Senator John J. Williams (R-Delaware) on August 23, 1983, and September 13, 1983, conducted by Frederick Lauter, former University of Delaware graduate student and former chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Delaware State University. Discussion topics include Senator William's relationship with the press and his involvement investigating the Bureau of Internal Revenue, former name of the Internal Revenue Service, while serving on the Senate Finance Committee during the 1950s, as well as his elections to and general thoughts about the United States Senate.
Dates
- Creation: 1983 August 23-September 13
Creator
- Lauter, Fred (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/
Extent
2 audio cassette
Abstract
Two audio cassette recordings of interviews with U.S. Senator John J. Williams (R-Delaware) on August 23, 1983, and September 13, 1983, conducted by Frederick Lauter, former University of Delaware graduate student and former chair of the Department of History and Political Science at Delaware State University. Discussion topics include Senator William's relationship with the press and his involvement investigating the Bureau of Internal Revenue, former name of the Internal Revenue Service, while serving on the Senate Finance Committee during the 1950s, as well as his elections to and general thoughts about the United States Senate.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Ruth Lauter, 1990.
Materials Available in Alternative Format
Access to digital copies of the original recordings in this collection are available by following mp4 links in the finding aid. These digitized files are housed in Artstor, where users may browse this collection or use advanced searches to identify and listen to the recordings. Each recording includes a full transcript.
Original media reformatted by George Blood, L.P. with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Recordings at Risk" Project.
Shelving Summary
Box 5, F0131: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes Removals: Shelved in SPEC Media Audiocassettes
Rights Statement
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Processing Information
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Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Title
- Finding aid for Frederick Lauter interview with Senator John J. Williams
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2015 August 29
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository