Studs Terkel with Nelson Algren, [videorecording], 1975.

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Studs Terkel with Nelson Algren, [videorecording], 1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/704421552

Studs Terkel talks with writer Nelson Algren. They discuss several topics, including welfare in New Jersey, living in Paterson, N.J., jokes about traveling to San Francisco, Calif., and early video technology.

1 videocassette (13 min.) : sd. col.

Media Burn Independent Video Archive

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SNAC Resource ID: 8032186

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