ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Burditt, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1964-73, discusses his achievements in public aid, health, welfare and safety, environmental protection, education, revenue and transportation. He recalls lobbyists, political ethics, Illinois Republican politics, his work on legislative committees (education, higher education, judiciary, and elections and reapportionment), the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention, and his unsuccessful 1974 bid for the U.S. Senate. Also discusses his involvement with Chicago area civic organizations and the Western Springs Plan Commission, work for the Republican party and the Eisenhower campaign, and experience with pure food laws. He also recalls his childhood in LaGrange, family, childhood entertainments, athletics, education, Depression, attending Harvard College, experiences in the air corps during WWII, law school and practice.

24 tapes, 1,129 mins., 2 vols., 307 pp., plus index Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1983 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopied pictures.