Raymond A. Goetz oral history collection
Overview
Stephen Douglas Bonney (Doug Bonney), a career labor lawyer, conducted oral history interviews of University of Kansas School of Law faculty, alumni and former colleagues of KU Law School professor and labor arbitrator Raymond Goetz. He conducted these interviews over the Zoom virtual conferencing application during the early months of 2022, and this collection consists of audio and video recordings of those meetings, as well as textual materials related to the interviewees.
Dates
- Creation: 2022
Creator
- Bonney, Stephen Douglas (Interviewer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Biography of Raymond Goetz (1923-2000)
Raymond A. Goetz was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1922. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII as an aviator. Goetz received his juris doctorate in 1950 and his M.B.A. in 1963, both from the University of Chicago.
After serving as a partner in a private law firm in Chicago, Goetz joined the faculty at the University of Kansas in 1966. He reached full Professor status in 1969, teaching contracts and labor law.
Goetz was an arbitrator in many well-known Major League Baseball legal cases involving salary compensation. He was also baseball's sixth permanent arbitrator regarding grievance issues, and his decisions were widely cited. Goetz chaired the Baseball Arbitration Panel from 1979-1985 and was a permanent umpire for Ford Motor Company and United Auto Workers.
Raymond A. Goetz retired from KU in 1987 and died May 2, 2000.
Extent
2.29 Gigabytes (Approximately 2.29 gb of audio, video, and textual files)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of recorded Zoom conference call interviews between Doug Bonney and former colleagues or students of KU law professor and arbitrator Raymond Goetz. The recordings are listed here in alphabetical order by intervew subject. The finding aid includes biographical information about each subject.
Physical Location
KC AV 134 BD
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Doug Bonney, 2022.
Source
- Bonney, Stephen Douglas (Donor, Person)
Subject
- Goetz, Raymond A., 1923-2000 (Person)
- University of Kansas. School of Law -- Interviews (Organization)
- University of Kansas. School of Law -- Alumni and alumnae -- Interviews (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Raymond Goetz Oral History Collection
- Subtitle
- Raymond A. Goetz oral history collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by ks, mwh, 2023. Finding aid encoded by mwh, 2023. Finding aid revised by cmp, 2024.
- Date
- 2023-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/5881837691
- Preferred citation
-
Raymond A. Goetz oral history collection, KC AV 134 BD, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository