Art Young Interviews Dr. Lawrence Dodd: "The Case of the Wrangling Professors" (ca. 1975)

In this ca. 1975 interview, Art Young talks to University of Texas professor Dr. Lawrence Dodd about "The Case of the Wrangling Professors." The "wrangling professors" in this case were two academics running for O.C. Fisher's Texas District 21 seat in the Congressional election of 1974: Doug Harlan, teaching at the LBJ school at the time, and Bob Krueger, who taught English literature and had been the Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Duke University. Young and Dodd discuss how the two professors' personalities, the political and economic climates at the time, and the differing campaigning strategies combined to create an interesting race. While Austin was not a part of Texas's Congressional District 21 in the 1974 race, Dodd discusses how Austin factored into the campaign for its influence as a neighboring, large, capital city.
1974 Texas Congressional map can be found here:
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A history of Texas' Congressional districts, including maps going back to 1846, can be found here:
redistricting.capitol.texas.g...
Art Young was a mid-1970s era morning radio show host on KRMH (103.7 FM), broadcasting from San Marcos, Texas to the Austin, Texas radio market in the 6 am - 9 am time slot. The Art Young Recordings Collection consists of almost 200 recordings of interviews he conducted with local, state and nationally known politicians, activists, artists, musicians, actors, writers, educators and business owners.
Collection: The Art Young Recordings Collection (AR.2020.019)
Finding Aid: txarchives.org/aushc/finding_...
Item #: AR-2020-019-r0149
Original Format: Open Reel Audio Tape
Version: Telescoped Aircheck (original)

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