ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Katz, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1965-1983, recalls his family background and accomplishments in the General Assembly in areas of civil liberties, criminal law, regional transportation, public health and safety, automobile safety, consumer protection legislation, education, legislative rules and procedures, and the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention. He also discusses his family's Russian-Jewish ancestry, his Jewish upbringing, educational experiences at Vanderbilt University and at the University of Chicago, discrimination at Vanderbilt, employment with the War Labor Board and the National Labor Relations Board, the community of Glencoe, and his participation in the Democratic Party. Appendix A consists of an excerpt from Paul K.Conklin's Gone with the Ivy: A Biography of Vanderbilt University. Appendix B consists of a list of Katz's publications.

36 tapes, 1,438 mins., 2 vols., 233 pp., plus index and appendix Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1983-1984 OPEN See collateral file