In 1966-68, William Cutler, III (Ph.D. candidate in the history of education) interviewed nine people (13 interviews), including four members of the Board of Education, together with the dismissed superintendent and his successor were interviewed to no vote on the referendum and to consider possible relationships between these events. The interviews provide information for the study of interaction of major interest groups in the Ithaca area and the dynamics of the relationship between professionals and laymen in public education. There are also15 interviews with 14 people by Ardeth Deay (Ph.D. candidate in education, dissertation: "The Resolution of Intra-Role Conflicts Perceived by Role Enactors during the Transition from Hierarchical to Group Decisioni in Three School Settings," 1976) documenting the beginnings of alternative education in Ithaca with the founding of the East Hill School and the Markle Flats School.

Interviews by William Cutler with Elizabeth N. Albright (1902-1985), a former teacher, November 17, 1966; Roger W. Bardwell (d. 1994), superintendent of schools, 1966-1971 (2 interviews in 2 volumes: December 16, 1971 and June 6, 1973); Rose Bethe, member of the Citizens for Good Education, November 11, 1966, March 1, 1968 (2 interviews in 1 volume); Janer O. Eldridge, Ithaca City School Board member, July 20, 1966 (transcript only); William L. Gragg (1915-1994), Superintendent of Schools, 1960-1962, October 5, 1966, November 3, 1966, December 16, 1966 (3 interviews in one volume); John W. Humphreys (1910-1968), Chairman, School Board's buildings and grounds committee, superintendent, Cornell Division of Design and Construction, July 26, 1966, with appendix report and booklet; Edward Albert Lutz (1910-1987), professor public administration at Cornell, expert on valuation and appraisal of property in NYS and management of local governments, July 13, 1966: James I. Mason, Superintendent of Schools, Ithaca City School District, June 20, 1966 (with appendix booklet); and Frederick H. Stutz (1912-1983), Dean of the School of Education at Cornell, 1958-1966, June 24, 1966;

Interviews by Ardeth Deay with Jonathan Daitch, principal, Markle Flats Alternative Junior High School, July 9, 1973 and October 23, 1973 (2 interviews in 1 volume); Shirlee P. Davidson (1930-2007), parent of Markle Flats students, July 11, 1973; Jack Goldman, community activist, May 1, 1973; Ann Gunning (1925-1992), kindergarten teacher, curriculum director Ithaca Public Schools, April 2, 1973; Margaret Harding (1917-2002), President, Ithaca School Board, March 16, 1973, April 3, 1973, and June 12, 1973 (3 interviews in 1 volume); Dan C. Lee, principal, East Hill School, April 24, 1974; Bill Mara, Jonathan Sills, and Michele Witham, members of the Fool on the Hill Commune, discussing Markle Flats and alternative education, July 11, 1973 (one interview); Mary McGinniss, parent of a Markle Flats student, March 16, 1973; Nancy Meltzer (1922-2002), parent involved in organizing and starting East Hill School, 1969, May 3, 1973; Arden Neisser (1930-1999), parent of a Markles Flats student, July 5, 1973; Benjamin Nichols, professor of electrical engineering at Cornell, March 15, 1973; and Ari van Tienhoven (1922-2014), professor of animal physiology, president of the School Board, 1965-1972, March 15, 1973.