{"response":{"docs":[{"id":"kai_chm-oh_84","title":"I WAS THERE: Donna Berlinger Mercier","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Skokie, 42.03336, -87.73339"],"dcterms_creator":["Mercier, Donna Berlinger","Long, Tim"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["Donna Berlinger Mercier was born in Chicago at Grant Hospital and raised in north suburban Skokie, Illinois. When she was sixteen years old, she got a job with the Andy Frain usher service and worked for the company throughout college. At nineteen, she became an \"usherette\" at the Democratic National Convention and was assigned to stand in front of the main podium. Her role was to keep order on the floor, and she was the \"benign front\" that was to tell the appropriate undercover personnel if anything was going wrong. Throughout the entire convention, she was completely unaware of the riots going on in the city."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["International Amphitheatre (Chicago, Ill.)","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Donna Berlinger Mercier"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/84"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 19:22 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_19","title":"I WAS THERE: Helen Ann Bourke","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Arlington Heights, 42.08836, -87.98063","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Roseland, 41.70198, -87.62588"],"dcterms_creator":["Bourke, Helen Ann","Russick, John"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["A college student at the time of the convention, Helen showed visitors around Chicago while working for Senator Eugene McCarthy's campaign. As a greeter and \"hostess,\"she wore a sundress with large daises on it , a symbol of McCarthy's presidential campaign. Helen spent most of her time at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, where she saw people throwing glass ash trays and bags of feces out of hotel rooms onto the police below."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Helen Ann Bourke"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/19"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 17:58 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_3","title":"I WAS THERE: James Alter","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894"],"dcterms_creator":["Alter, James","Bivins, Joy"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["James Alter was born and raised in Chicago. He described himself as the \"political maven\" of his family, because his birth family was not very political. His wife held many positions in the local and state Democratic Party and, together, they attended several national Democratic conventions. In 1968, he worked on Senator Eugene McCarthy's staff. Mr. Alter recalls attempting to stop the police from being violent with young people outside of the Conrad Hilton Hotel. He also mentions the anti-Vietnam War protest on April 27, 1968 when Chicago police acted violently toward participants. He saw that as a precursor to what occurred in August. He and his family remained politically active after the events of the 1968 Democratic National Convention."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["Conrad Hilton Hotel (Chicago, Ill.)","Richard J. Daley Center (Chicago, Ill.)","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science","Peace","Police"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: James Alter"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/3"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 35:59 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_38","title":"I WAS THERE: Jim and Hjordis Garner","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783","United States, Missouri, City of Saint Louis, St. Louis, 38.62727, -90.19789"],"dcterms_creator":["Garner, Jim","Garner, Hjordis","Long, Tim"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["Hjordis grew up in west suburban Oak Park, Illinois and Jim, who was born in Missouri, graduated from college in Missouri and later entered the United States Navy. After school and military service, he started working at Encyclopedia Britannica. It was through this job that he moved to Chicago where he met Hjordis. In the mid-1960s, the couple purchased a house on North Lincoln Park Avenue West. From this vantage point, they experienced the riots related to the Democratic National Convention. Each night, shortly after 11:00 pm, the couple would look at Lincoln Park and the streets around their home to see Chicago police officers \"taking pride\" in clobbering people on the heads as they cleared people from the park. At one point Mr. Garner remembers hearing a policeman say with humor, \"Leave your wounded behind. We'll take care of them.\""],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Jim and Hjordis Garner"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/38"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 37:50 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_66","title":"I WAS THERE: John Keefe","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Oak Park, 41.88503, -87.7845","United States, Illinois, Cook County, River North, 41.89781, -87.81395"],"dcterms_creator":["Keefe, John","Alter, Peter"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["Mr. Keefe was a college student at Loyola University Chicago's Loop campus during the Democratic National Convention. He was also an Oak Park, Illinois resident then. Although he wanted to attend the convention, his mother would not let him. Therefore, he watched the convention and riots on television in his mother's home. While he was somewhat supportive of the Democratic Party before the convention, by convention's end, he rejected the party and protestors. He then favored Mayor Richard J. Daley and law enforcement."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["Loyola University Chicago","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: John Keefe"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/66"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 41:26 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_81","title":"I WAS THERE: Robert Mednick","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005"],"dcterms_creator":["Mednick, Robert","Alter, Peter"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["During the Democratic National Convention, Mr. Mednick worked as an accountant at Arthur Andersen and served in the United State Air Force Reserve. In his military position, he worked at O'Hare International Airport during the convention on a unit that transported United States Army troops into and out of the airport. These troops were stationed there in the event they were needed to quell some kind of uprising in Chicago during the convention. They were never used."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["United States. Army Reserve","Chicago O'Hare International Airport","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Robert Mednick"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/81"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 29:52 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_96","title":"I WAS THERE: Tom Palazzolo","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783"],"dcterms_creator":["Palazzolo, Tom","Russick, John"],"dc_date":["2008-08-28"],"dcterms_description":["A filmmaker in Chicago, Palazzolo was in Lincoln Park during the Democratic National Convention, snapping photos of the events taking place. There for the tear gassing, he witnessed the violent response of the police to the crowd using billy clubs and beating people. The third day, he filmed in Grant Park as protestors burnt the United States flag. He was later caught with the crowd and blocked by the National Guard."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["United States. National Guard Bureau","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Tom Palazzolo"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/96"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 36:10 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_100","title":"I WAS THERE: Catherine Rategan","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Austin, 41.88753, -87.76478","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Old Town, 41.91137, -87.63978"],"dcterms_creator":["Rategan, Catherine","Bivins, Joy"],"dc_date":["2008-08-27"],"dcterms_description":["Catherine Rategan was born in Chicago in 1932 and grew up in the Austin community area. Her mother was a homemaker and her father represented their home district in the state legislature. In 1968, Ms. Rategan lived in the Old Town neighborhood and was rekindling an interest in politics. After the violence outside of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) Wednesday night, Ms. Rategan headed to Lincoln Park but did not make it because of a near-miss encounter with police. She recalls her own disillusionment with police during the time of the DNC. Ms. Rategan did not attend any other demonstrations or any actual convention events."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["Chicago (Ill.). Police Department","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Catherine Rategan"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/100"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 23:44 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_27","title":"I WAS THERE: Jerry Field","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Albany Park, 41.96836, -87.72339","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, University Village"],"dcterms_creator":["Field, Jerry","Alter, Peter"],"dc_date":["2008-08-27"],"dcterms_description":["During the 1968 Democratic National convention, Mr. Field was a staff member at the Chicago television station, WFLD. He discussed visits to Lincoln and Grant Parks to film and to observe protestors. Field also described how and why he came to support law enforcement against the demonstrators."],"dc_format":["audio/mpeg","image/jpeg","application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":["eng"],"dcterms_publisher":["Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum","Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","I WAS THERE: The 1968 Democratic National Convention Oral History Project"],"dcterms_subject":["WFLD (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.)","Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)","Oral history","Interviews","Riots","Elections","Political science","Television"],"dcterms_title":["I WAS THERE: Jerry Field"],"dcterms_type":["Sound","Text","StillImage"],"dcterms_provenance":["Chicago History Museum"],"edm_is_shown_by":null,"edm_is_shown_at":["http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/27"],"dcterms_temporal":["1968"],"dcterms_rights_holder":null,"dcterms_bibliographic_citation":null,"dlg_local_right":["© 2015 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved","For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org."],"dcterms_medium":["oral histories (literary works)"],"dcterms_extent":["Audio file: 30:13 minutes"],"dlg_subject_personal":null,"dcterms_subject_fast":null,"fulltext":null},{"id":"kai_chm-oh_31","title":"I WAS THERE: John Fitzgerald","collection_id":"kai_chm-oh","collection_title":"Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)","dcterms_contributor":null,"dcterms_spatial":["United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Grant Park, 41.87948, -87.61894","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park, 41.9217, -87.64783","United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Rogers Park, 42.00864, -87.66672"],"dcterms_creator":["Fitzgerald, John","Bivins, Joy"],"dc_date":["2008-08-27"],"dcterms_description":["John Fitzgerald was a lifelong resident of the Rogers Park community area. He described a typical middle class upbringing in a household that was not political. Mr. Fitzgerald recounts extensive involvement in the Civil Rights Movement; he registered voters in Alabama and participated in the Selma March. In 1968, he was newly married and preparing for the bar or legal examination. He described his interaction with the convention and events surrounding it as being somewhat distant. He and his wife would visit Grant and Lincoln parks during the day, talk to people, and head home in the evening. 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