October 31, 1979 -
November 1, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews director Scott Rubsam, playwright Lance Belleville, and actor Jim Lawless about the COMPAS-St. Paul History Theater production "James J. Hill: The Man Who Bought Minneapolis" performed at the Landmark Center.
November 2, 1979 - On this segment of People On Books, Tim White, of COMPAS, reviews Family Encyclopedia of Art edited by Bernard L. Myers and Trewin Copplestone.
November 3, 1979 - Dr. Gerald Webers, a geologist at Macalester College in Saint Paul, talks about his upcoming three-month expedition to Antarctica, studying everything from seal behavior to upper atmospheric radiation. The expedition is being funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and will be based at Camp Macalester in the Ellsworth Mountains. Webers has agreed to send back his observations on tape from time to time so that we can hear firsthand how things are going.
November 3, 1979 - MPR’s John Ydstie interviews William Henry Waters, a North Dakota farmer during the 1930s and 40’s, who reflects on the struggles of living through the Great Depression. This program was presented in marking the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Depression.
November 3, 1979 - A Midday broadcast of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author and widow of Charles Lindbergh, speaking at the Minnesota Historical Society's 130th annual meeting on fitting memorials for great persons. Lindbergh talked about fitting memorials for great persons and discusses heroism, what it meant when her husband flew across the Atlantic and what it means today.
November 5, 1979 - MPR's special live coverage of election night results, including that of the Minneapolis mayoral race, in which Don Fraser is called as winner. Program includes various reports and commentary from outgoing Minneapolis City Council President Lou DeMars.
November 5, 1979 - 15 individuals selected to go to the Thai border as part of the American Refugee Commitee. 7 nurses 1 paramedic and medical student. Stan Breen, National Director of the American Refugee Commitee. 60,000 refugees will be brought to the camp for treatment.
November 6, 1979 -
November 7, 1979 - An interview with Marisha Chamberlain, who compares her new play "Snow in the Virgin Islands" to her poetry, and who talks about the source of her play.