Botham, Mills and Draeger, James "Jim"
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content: Brewers Association
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content: Harry, John
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content: Johnson, Paula, Curator
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content: McCulla, Theresa
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection
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content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection / Series 1: Born-Digital Interviews
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content: 838.95 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:16:22, audio/wav)
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content: 2018-06-14
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Oral history interview with Mills Botham, student president of the Wisconsin Union, and James "Jim" Draeger, state historic preservation officer for the Wisconsin Historical Society. Topics covered include Botham and Draeger's childhoods, both in Wisconsin; Draeger's decision to study historic preservation; the history and role of the Student Union and the Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; the efforts of women students to demand access to the Union in the early twentieth century; the histories of beer, taverns, and European immigration in Wisconsin; and how changes in alcohol consumption among women and men after Prohibition's repeal influenced tavern architecture.