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Alan B. Gilman attended Indiana University at South Bend from 1948 to 1950, earned his undergraduate degree in history from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1952, and received his MBA from the Indiana University School of Business in 1954. In this interview, Gilman discusses his years growing up in South Bend, Indiana, his years as an undergraduate at Indiana University at South Bend, and charismatic teachers he had at that institution, including Rosemary Daugherty and Dee Perguson. In addition, he discusses Indiana University regional campuses, nontraditional students, and his time at Indiana University at Bloomington. After college, Gilman went on to a long and unusually successful career in business, which began when the Lazarus chain recruited him right after the completion of his last degree.

Born on May 14, 1911, Pauline Ellis Kimmel came to Indiana University in 1929 and earned her undergraduate degree in 1933 in home economics. During her undergraduate years, she worked in the Audio Visual Department and in connection with the Department of the Extension division, and continued working there after her graduation until 1941. In this interview, Kimmel recalls her duties in the Audio Visual Department, the purpose of the department, and the changes it manifested through the years. She touches on some effects of the Great Depression and discusses the use of lantern slides and the film library in Indiana state schools for educational purposes. Kimmel also speaks of the men for whom she worked, including Hugh Norman, Robert Cavanaugh, and Walter Bittner.