Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Pisciotte, political scientist, discusses his defeat for State Senate in 1974 and his appointment as Director of the Department of Business and Economic Development by Governor Dan Walker. He discusses his work for the Walker administration, the Illinois Manufacturing Association, the liaison system, patronage, budget meetings, and United Way campaigns; Walker's personnel, Bill Goldberg, Victor de Grazia, Norton Kay, and David Green; relationships with the press and the...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Pree, administrative assistant to Governor William G. Stratton 1953-57, discusses working for Stratton: the 1952 and 1956 gubernatorial campaigns, the Stratton administration and its policies, his responsibilities and duties, and politics. Also discusses family, early and mid 20th century life in Springfield, education at Northwestern University, his law practice, and his father.9 tapes, 633 mins., 122 pp., plus index Interview by Marilyn Huff Immel,...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Maurice Scott, a lawyer, discusses living in central Illinois and working with Illinois governors' administrations and legislators. He recalls education, farming, and community in Rochester, Illinois; Lincoln College of Law; work for the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois; Depression and WWII; Illinois politics, the General Assembly and Illinois Governors Green, Stevenson, Stratton, Kerner, Shapiro, Ogilvie, Walker, and Thompson; and the 1970 Constitutional Convention....

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Dan Walker, Democratic Governor of Illinois 1973-1977, discusses his years as Governor: campaigning, his famous walk around Illinois, debates, and issues; the elections of 1972 and 1976; and his administration: budgeting, cabinet and personnel, relationship with the legislature, and accomplishments. He also discusses his life prior to being governor: his naval career, college education, law practice, trial lawyer work, and experience as Deputy Chief Commissioner to the...

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Roberta Walker, wife of Governor Dan Walker, discusses her husband's campaign and election, their effects on family life, the walk around Illinois, life in the governor's mansion, and her own reactions and projects.

1 tape, 90 mins., 23 pp. Interview by Marilyn Huff Immel, 1982 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or published. See collateral file

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Wymore discusses serving on the General Government Committee at the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention.

Interview by Cullom Davis, Kim Hoffman, Marilyn Huff Immel, and Timothy J. Jones, 1987. OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: partial unedited transcript.