Find interviews in our other Oral History Collections that relate to Governor Thompson's Administration!
Pgs 59-62 – Samuelson discusses when he accompanies Gov. Thompson and Big Jim, the hog to China
Sandy Wheeler - Family Memories
Pg 96
Robert Hartley - Historians Speak
Session 3 – A discussion of Hartley’s 1979 biography on Gov. Thompson
Pauline Kayes - Illinois Statecraft - ERA Fight in Illinois
Session 3
Phyllis Schlafly - Illinois Statecraft - ERA Fight in Illinois
Session 5
Kathleen Sullivan - Illinois Statecraft - ERA Fight in Illinois
Session 6
Mary Lee Leahy - Illinois Statecraft – General Interest
Session 3
Ron Michaelson - Illinois Statecraft – General Interest
Session 2
Mark Boozell - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Sessions 1 & 2
Janis Cellini - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Sessions 1 & 2
Brenda Edgar - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Sessions 1 & 2
Carter Hendren - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Session 1
Mike McCormick - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Session 1
Jess McDonald -Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Session 2
Stephen Schnorf - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Session 1
Joan Walters - Illinois Statecraft – Gov. Jim Edgar
Session 1
Rich Bradley - Illinois Statecraft – Journalists’ View
Session 4
Mike Lawrence - Illinois Statecraft – Journalists’ View
Session 2
Taylor Pensoneau - Illinois Statecraft – Journalists’ View
Sessions 7 & 8
Lee Daniels - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Sessions 2-4
Dennis Hastert - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Sessions 2 & 3
Robert Mitchler - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Session 1
Dawn Clark Netsch - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Sessions 7 & 8
Phil Rock - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Session 1
Frank Watson - Illinois Statecraft – Legislators
Sessions 1 & 2
Education is Key – Education Act of 1985
See especially the following interviews: Joe Anderson, Dr. Richard Anderson, Paul Baker, Sue Bentz, Barbara Flynn Currie, Ross Hodel, John Hoesley, Tom Kerins, Carol Lampard, Frank Llano, Stephanie Marshall, Susie Morrison, Sally Pancrazio, Ted Sanders, Maria Seidner, Susan Shea, Sandy Taenzer, Joe Turek, Adela Weinstein, and Lyndon Wharton. Stephanie Marshall and John Hoesley talk about the Illinois Math Science Academy pushed by Gov. Thompson and his speed up to get it open before the Democrats had a chance to get in power. Ted Sanders was his Superintendent of schools who had to implement the reforms and was hired to do so. Sue Bentz, Tom Kerins, Frank Llano Susie Morrison, Sally Pancazio, Susan Shea, Joe Turek, and Lyndon Wharton worked for Ted Sanders. Carol Lampard and Ross Hodel discuss how they worked to get the bill passed from both parties perspective. Rep Currie talked about Pre School.
Education is Key – School Reorganization
See the following interviews: John Dee, Calvin Jackson, Bob Leininger, Max McGee, Nick Osborne and Bill Phillips and Max Pierson.
David Blanchette 2015 - IHPA Legacy
Session 1
Michael Devine - IHPA Legacy
Sessions 1 & 2
Gene Blade - Veterans Remember: Cold War