Hartford Smith Jr. collection
Item set
- Title
- Hartford Smith Jr. collection
- Description
- The Hartford Smith Jr. collection at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research includes the full 1968 radio series Seeds of Discontent and many of the raw interviews recorded during its production, as well as correspondence, scripts, reports, press releases, and clippings related to the series and Smith's career as an educator and social worker.
- Relation
- Hartford Smith Jr.
Items
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A recording of Smith’s interviews with a mother regarding her experience with the Aid to Dependent Children program, used for episode 5 on the welfare system, and a woman from an apartment building about her living conditions. -
A recording of Smith’s interviews with a mother of thirteen and a man using a wheelchair, used for episodes 4 and 5 on the subculture of poverty in the United States. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with teachers Clarence Shelly, Karen Shelly, and Carol Holdman, used for episode 22 on public school teachers. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with teacher Beverly Shephard. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of Spain Junior High students, used for episode 19 on African American students. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a Southern white family, used for episode 4 on the subculture of poverty in the United States. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with salesman Lennie Heslip, used for episodes 13-15 of the series on the African American middle class. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Richard Simmons, Director of the Mayor’s Committee for Human Resources Development, used for episode 24 on Detroit’s poverty program. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Richard F. Huegley from United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit, used for episode 23. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Rennie Freeman, the director of the West Central Organization, for episode 18 on African American community organizers. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with psychologist Orin Warden, used for episodes 13-15 on the African American middle class. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with newspaper editor AJ Dunmore, used for episodes 13-15 of the series on the African American middle class. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of older African American men who had lived in Detroit for decades. The interview was used for episodes 6-8. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of Jefferson Junior High students, used for episode 19 on African American students. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with jazz musician Leslie Grinage, used for episodes 10-12 on African American entertainers. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of hippies, used for episode 2. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of hippies, used for episode 2. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Hershel Fort from the Detroit Board of Education, used for episode 17 on African Americans and public education. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Donald Bagley, director of the North Woodward Interfaith Corporation. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with a group of incarcerated young men, used for the first episode. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with Connie Fredrickson, president of the Community and Social Agency Employees Local 1640, used for episode 23 on the United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with college students Chuck Larsen, Art Johnson, and Lonnie Peek, used for episode 21 on student activists from Wayne State University. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with an African American family, used for episode 3 on the subculture of poverty in the United States. -
A recording of Smith’s interview with an African American family, used for episode 3 on the subculture of poverty in the United States. -
This episode, the first of three featuring interviews with older African American men who had lived in Detroit for decades, focuses on the Northern migration of African American families.