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Raymond A. Goetz oral history collection

 Collection
Call Number: RH MS 1606 BD

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

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.

Related Materials

Personal papers of Raymond Goetz, PP 21, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Raymond Goetz has an Endacott Society oral history interview, with a transcript available at RG 67/745.

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

Contact:
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