Oral History Interview: Marjorie "Maggie" Harbaugh Bennett (1427) - (:unkn) unknown (My University, 2015)
In her May 2015 interview with Maryo Gard Ewell, Maggie Bennett reminisces about her several-decade career as a folklorist, performer, and educator after coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Growing up in Ohio, she recounts what led her to be interested in folk singing, shares her remembrances about Robert E. Gard and the University of Wisconsin, and tells a number of stories about producing television shows, traveling and learning about local cultures, and being involved with the Wisconsin Idea Theater. These stories range from the 1950s to the 2000s. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program, in conjunction with the Robert E. Gard Foundation Oral History Project.
Keywords: Television; Wisconsin Idea Theater; UW-Extension; Robert E. Gard; Folk singing; Sorbonne; Denison University; Kent State University; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Chicago, IL; Hudson, OH