Oral History Interview, Ron McCrea (903)
Abstract
In his four 2008 interviews with Troy Reeves, Ron McCrea offered stories and memories of his life, through the prism of gay activism. He spoke of the time period of the late 1960s/early 1970s to the present. This interview was conducted for Madison’s LGBT Community, 1960s-Present and included in the oral history collection at the UW—Madison’s Archives and Records Management Services.
Subject
AIDS crisis (1980s); Capital Times; Gay Activism; Gay Pride events (Madison, Wisconsin); Governor’s Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues, (Wisconsin, 1983)
Madison, Wisconsin; Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality; Madison Metropolitan School District; Madison Newspaper Strike, 1977-1981; Madison Press Connection, (strike newspaper) 1977-1981
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; The Pirate Ship (Madison gay bar, 1970s); Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters; Adamanty, David; Allen, Jo Ann; Anderson, Jess; Badeau, Steve; Bryant, David Leland; Earl, Tony (Wisconsin Governor, 1983-1987)
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/84648Type
Recording, oral
Description
In his four 2008 interviews with Troy Reeves, Ron McCrea offered stories and memories of his life, through the prism of gay activism. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.