Oral History Interview, George Croal (1138)
Abstract
In his June 2011 interview with Troy Reeves and Mike Lawler, George Croal detailed his thoughts and memories as a graduate student on the UW-Madison campus and as an officer/detective for the Madison Police Department. Croal spoke of the time period between 1964 and the early 1980s and on the following topics: undercover police, Vietnam war protests, student publications, Sterling Hall and other campus bombings, the Barbara Hoffman case, and the book Rads. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program, specifically for the collaboration with the Wisconsin Story Project on the Sterling Hall Bombing.
Subject
History Department
Army Math Research Center
Sterling Hall Bombing
Protests
Dow Riot
Ollie Steinberg
Rads
Leo Bert
Karl Armstrong
Barbara Hoffman
undercover cop
State Street
Primate Lab Bombing
Selective Service
Connections
TakeOver
David Fine
Police Department Communication
Affinity Squads
Julie Maynard
Chuck Lulling
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/85173Type
Recording, oral
Description
In his June 2011 interview with Troy Reeves and Mike Lawler, George Croal detailed his thoughts and memories as a graduate student on the UW-Madison campus and as an officer/detective for the Madison Police Department. 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.