History of Indiana University, 1968-1981
A Guide to the Collection of Oral History Interviews at Indiana University
Bloomington
Finding aid prepared by the staff of the Center for
the Study of History and Memory with a grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, 2000-2002
Overview of the Collection
Repository
Indiana University Center for Documentary Research and Practice
Indiana University
Franklin Hall 0030B
601 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812/855-2856
Fax: 812/855-0002
E-mail: ohrc@indiana.edu
http://mediaschool.indiana.edu/cdrp/oral-history/
Creator
Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory
TitleHistory of Indiana
University, 1968-1981
Project No.
ohrc053
Interviews
90 interviews. Audiotapes, transcripts, and collateral
materials.
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030B. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University
Archives.
Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews
from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
This project is a compilation of interviews of subjects with strong ties to and
memories of Indiana University, primarily at the Bloomington campus. The
interviewees include former students, faculty, and staff, among others. The
information contained in the interviews generally spans a little more than the first
half of the twentieth century and often deals with the administrations under
presidents William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells. The project is a survey of Indiana
University's history as a whole including information about various academic
departments, athletics, student organizations, campus growth, university
development, living conditions, segregation and the treatment of African-Americans,
the administration, and the importance of jazz at Indiana University. In addition,
the impact of specific events, such as the Great Depression, World War I, World War
II, the Vietnam War, and water shortages, is detailed in many of the interviews in
this project.
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains ninety interviews conducted over the course of thirteen years. The interviews range from approximately
20 to 240 minutes. All interviews consist of audio reels and most have typed transcripts and collateral materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Oral history interviews conducted by the Indiana University Center for the
Study of History and Memory from 1968 to the present, with particular focus on the
history of twentieth-century America and the Midwest.
Usage Restrictions
The archive of the Center for Documentary Research and Practice at Indiana University is open
to the use of researchers. Copies of transcript pages are available only when such copies
are permitted by the deed of gift. Scholars must honor any
restrictions the interviewee placed on the use of the interview. Since some of our earlier
(pre-computer) transcripts do not exist in final form, any editing marks in a transcript
(deletions, additions, corrections) are to be quoted as marked. Audio files may not be copied for
patrons unless the deed of gift permits it, and a transcript is unavailable for that
interview. The same rules of use that apply to a transcript apply to the audio interview.
Interviews may not be reproduced in full for any public use, but excerpted quotes may be
used as long as researchers fully cite the data in their research, including accession
number, interview date, interviewee's and interviewer's name, and page(s).
Preferred Citation
[interviewee first name last name] interview, by [interviewer first name last
name], [interview date(s)], [call number], [project name], Center for Documentary Research and Practice, Indiana University,
Bloomington, [page number(s) or tape
number and side if no transcript; if digital audio and no transcript, cite time when quote occurs].
Interview List
Interviewee
Allen, Frank Emerson June 7, 1969
Call Number
69-016
Physical Description
22 pages; 1 reel, 3 1/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1891, Frank Emerson Allen, athletic director from 1955 to 1961 and
former trustee at Indiana University, discusses the development and changes
undergone at the university in the post-World War II era. An Indiana
University alumnus and former athlete, Allen talks of the university's
sports programs and recruitment efforts both as they existed under his
management and at the time of the interview. Allen also touches upon the
financial development of Indiana University, the milestone retirement of
President William Lowe Bryan, and the introduction of a retirement plan for
the university's faculty. The interview concludes with Allen's opinion and
response to conflicts, demands, and needs of the student body at that
time.
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Keywords
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Occupations
- athletic director
- trustee
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- McNutt, Ruth J.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- athletic recruiting
- retirement
Interviewee
Allen, Howard "Wad" January 18, 1973
Call Number
73-003
Physical Description
46 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 110 minutes; index, photograph of
interviewee, resumé
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Allen discusses some of the changes that the jazz age brought to the Indiana
University campus and also talks about some of his professors and fellow
students.
Howard "Wad" Allen, born 1902 and a native of southern Indiana, attended
Indiana University from 1920 to 1920 to 1926.1926. The Indiana University
students experienced a lot of social changes at this time with the return of
soldiers from World War I, the enactment of Prohibition, and the beginnings
of the jazz age. Allen was very active in campus life. He wrote for
Vagabond and the
Indiana Daily Student, was varsity yell leader, and a member of
the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Allen was also a member of Hoagy Carmichael's
band, Carmichael's Collegians," in which he played saxophone and violin.
After graduating from Indiana University, Allen was a reporter and a
columnist for the
Anderson Herald, He
eventually settled in New York City and worked for Johns Manville as
Director of Public Relations and Vice President of Sales.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
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Arbutus
- Army ROTC
- Book Nook
- Carmichael's Collegians
- Delta Upsilon
- DePauw University
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana University
- Johns Mansville Corporation
- Ku Klux Klan
- Princess Theater
- Sigma Delta Chi
- University of Michigan
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Vagabond
- Washington High School
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Geographic Names
- Anderson, Indiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- Martinsville, Indiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Paris, France
- Southern Indiana
- Terre Haute, Indiana
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Occupations
- journalist
- musician
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Personal Names
- Beiderbecke, Bix
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Costas, Peter
- Hastings, John S.
- Herold, Don
- Moenkhaus, William J.
- Nichols, "Red"
- Pyle, Ernie
- Tonner, Ed
- Wells, Agnes E.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- alcohol
- automobiles
- Baptist church
- dances
- fiddle
- Jazz Age
- jazz music
- Prohibition
- saxophone
- World War I
Interviewee
Allen, Ross September 21, 1970
Call Number
70-008
Physical Description
49 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Ross Allen was a member of the Department of Music's faculty beginning in
1953. He initially discusses the growing popularity of classical music in
the United States and then moves on to explain the growth of Indiana
University's Department of Music. He mentions the concept of the stage
consecrating festival play. Mr. Allen is primarily interested in opera. He
focuses on how the music department won fame and respect for their ability
to perform the Wagner opera,
Parsifal,
annually and also, the times when the Metropolitan Opera came to perform at
Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- Indiana University School of Music
- Metropolitan Opera
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Geographic Names
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Germany
- Linz, Austria
- Salzburg, Austria
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Occupations
- instrumentalist
- music director
- professor
- singer
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Personal Names
- Bain, Wilfred C.
- Bing, Rudolph
- Hoffman, Ernst
- Leger, Francine
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- Wagner, Richard
- Weil, Kurt
- Wells, Herman B.
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Subjects
- Broadway
- chamber work
- German language
- high school bands
- music education
- musical community
- musical theater
- opera
-
Parsifal
- prima donnas
- radio
- television
- World War II
Interviewee
Anderson, Hanson; Barnhart, Dean L. June 8, 1969
Call Number
69-010
Physical Description
41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 160 minutes; index; photograph of Dean
Barnhart, newspaper clippings about Hanson Anderson
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Hanson Anderson and Dean Barnhart both attended Indiana University from
1907-1911. They discuss the changes that have occurred on campus over the
past sixty years. During Anderson and Barnhart's day, Indiana University had
only 1,800 students, African-Americans were not permitted to participate in
varsity sports, and a date cost only twenty cents. At the time of their
interview, the campus has swelled to 28,000 students and there is widespread
discontent about the quality of teaching and the role of Teaching
Assistants. Mr. Barnhart discusses his life. After leaving Indiana
University, he first found work as a reporter and later, worked for the
Department of Health in drug and alcohol education. Mr. Anderson became an
educator and the school principal of Arsenal Technical High School.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Arsenal Technical High School
- Delta Tau Delta
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana Men's Union
- Indiana University
- Public Service Commission
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Geographic Names
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Madison County, Indiana
- Vincennes, Indiana
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Occupations
- editor
- journalist
- school principal
- teacher
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Personal Names
- Aley, Robert J.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Johnson, Fred Bates
- Lardner, Ring
- Miller, Robert A.
- Sheldon, James
- Snyder, John W.
- Wells, Herman B
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- alcohol
- alcoholism
- boarding houses
- drug education
- educational quality
- journalism
- mathematics
- segregation
- smoking
- student population
- swimming pools
- water supply
Interviewee
Arlt, Gustave O. August 17, 1980
Call Number
81-002
Physical Description
11 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 30 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Monologue at request of
Henry H. H. Remak
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Gustave O. Arlt, a member of the German Department at Indiana University from
1923 to 1925 and from 1931 to 1935, relates the events occurring after World
War I that led to the beginning of his career in Bloomington. Arlt tells
anecdotes about his co-workers, the community and society of Bloomington in
the early twentieth century, and the development of Indiana University in
this same time period.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of German
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Voss, Bert John
- Wooley, Elmer Otto
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Subjects
- community life
- World War I
Interviewee
Baker, David N. July 30, 1980
Call Number
80-047
Physical Description
31 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room
314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives.
Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews
from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.
Interviewer
Kirkendall, Andrew J.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1931, David N. Baker is a renowned African-American jazz musician,
innovator, composer, teacher, and author who recounts his jazz-influenced
youth in Indianapolis, his career as a musician, and his arrival as a
student at Indiana University in 1950 in this interview. This was the
beginning of a relationship that would last decades and have a meaningful
impact on the Indiana University School of Music. Baker began teaching in
the School of Music in 1966, and soon thereafter created one of the first
jazz degree programs in the country. His interview reveals many of the
influences in his life and music, including his fellow musicians,
experiences of racism and segregation, and society in that time period.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- George Russell Sextet
- Indiana University School of Music
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana
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Occupations
- composer
- jazz musician
- professor
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Personal Names
- Coker, Jerry
- Hampton, Locksley Wellington
- Hubbard, Freddie
- Jones, Virgil
- Pennick, Bill
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Subjects
- African-American Studies
- bebop
- jazz music
- jazz studies
- music
- racism
- segregation
- writing
Interviewee
Banta, Frank September 19, 1980
Call Number
81-003
Physical Description
10 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 35 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Remak, Henry H. H.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Frank Banta, a student of the Indiana University German Department and
alumnus of Indiana University, relates his memories and experiences of the
department in the late nineteen thirties and early nineteen forties. Banta
discusses specific professors, the strengths of their classes, and anecdotes
of the personal relationships he shared with some professors. Included are
especially poignant sequences describing some effects of World War I and the
Holocaust on one professor Banta was close to.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Department of German
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Germany
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Personal Names
- Leser, Hedwig Gruen
- Zucker, Adolph
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Subjects
- Holocaust
- World War II
Interviewee
Barnhart, Dean L.; Gill, George E. 1970
Call Number
70-003
Physical Description
52 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; black & white photo
of interviewee
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Harshman, Kemp; Kosarko,
Joseph
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Indiana University alumni Dean L. Barnhart, born in 1889, and George E. Gill,
who graduated in 1911 and 1912 respectively, discuss their time at the
University in the first and second decades of the twentieth century. Central
to the interview is their contribution to and participation in the
origination of the Indiana University Memorial Union in 1909. They relate
their experiences as students at Indiana University in such areas as Greek
life, women's clubs, and campus activities; also described is the general
environment in Bloomington in that time period, which was reflective of
contemporary national issues including Prohibition and typhoid epidemics.
Through the course of their studies at Indiana University and their lives
afterwards, both men maintained friendly relations with many of the most
prominent names in the University's history, such as William Lowe Bryan and
Ernest H. Lindley.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Acacia
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Arbutus
- Delta Tau Delta
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana University Memorial Union
- Women's League
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Lindley, Ernest Hiram
- Smith, U.H.
- Sollitt, Ralph
- Whittenberger, John M.
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Subjects
- college traditions
- dances
- diversity
- fraternities
- Prohibition
- sororities
- typhoid
Interviewee
Barnhart, Hugh June 13, 1971
Call Number
71-019
Physical Description
35 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D.
Scott
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Hugh Barnhart, an alumnus of Indiana University who graduated in 1915, tells
of his college experiences, including university costs, Greek life, travel
by rail, diversity issues, the coming of World War I, athletics, and various
university activities and traditions that took place in the second decade of
the twentieth century. Barnhart also discusses his personal knowledge, and
in some cases, acquaintance with some United States presidents, including
Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson, achieved through his
father's position as a congressman. Also detailed in Barnhart's posting as
conservation commissioner of the state of Indiana from 1941 to 1945, and a
discussion of the issue of conservation as it existed in the World War II
and post-World War II eras.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Delta Tau Delta
- Indiana State Conservation Department
- Purdue University
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Rochester, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Taft, William Howard
- Wilson, Thomas Woodrow
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Subjects
- 1898 Spanish-American War
- basketball
- college traditions
- conservation
- diversity
- dress code
- fraternities
- railroads
- sororities
- World War I
Interviewee
Blough, Earl May 11, 1971
Call Number
71-011
Physical Description
75 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 180 minutes; no index; copy of obituary,
biographical sketch
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Earl Blough was born in 1876 in LaGrange County, Indiana and received early
education there. In his interview he reflects on his education in a largely
Amish community. He was an Indiana University student from 1895 to 1899,
majoring in chemistry, and receiving an A.B. He recalls student life and
many of his professors there. He taught science at LaGrange (Indiana) High
School from 1899 to 1900 and physics and chemistry at Iron Mountain
(Michigan) High School from 1900 to 1902. He worked briefly in 1902 as a
chemist with Oliver Mining Company in Iron Mountain. From 1902 to 1903,
Blough studied engineering at Cornell University. In 1905, he started work
at Pittsburgh Reduction Company (later called Aluminum Company of America
and Alcoa). In 1928, Blough became vice president and director of Aluminum
Limited in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He recalls the building of the Shipshaw
hydroelectric power plant on the Saguenay River in Québec. Blough died in
1971.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Alcoa, Incorporated
- Cornell University
- Oliver Mining Company
- Pittsburgh Reduction Company
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Geographic Names
- Iron Mountain, Michigan
- Lagrange, Indiana
- New Kensington, Pennsylvania
- Niagara Falls
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Saguenay River, Québec
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Occupations
- associate instructor
- high school teacher
- metallurgist
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Personal Names
- Acres, Harry G.
- Alexander, Clyde Lauder
- Alexander, William A. "Red"
- Bancroft, Wilder D.
- Crone, Frank L.
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Hall, Charles M.
- Jordan, David Starr
- Lauder, Mae
- Lyons, Robert E.
- Mellon, Andrew
- Stephenson, Harry Thew
- Swain, Joseph
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- aluminum
- classical music
- iron industry
- metallurgy
- mining
Interviewee
Bluhm, Maurice L. June 8, 1969
Call Number
69-011
Physical Description
38 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 90 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Maurice L. Bluhm graduated from Indiana University in 1913. After majoring
in history, he went on to become a history teacher, a attorney, vice
president for the Milwaukee Railroad, a judge, and then a prosecutor. From
1950 to 1955, he served on the Indiana University Athletics Commission.
Bluhm discusses two of his more notable classmates, Wendall Wilkie, Bluhm's
roommate, and Paul V. McNutt, who both went on to have successful political
careers. He goes on to provide more general information about life at
Indiana University at that time, including water problems, transportation,
the quality of education, and living conditions.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- University of Chicago
- Indiana University
- United States Naval Academy
- Milwaukee Railroad
- Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
- Phi Delta Phi
- Bryan's house
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Geographic Names
- Akron, Ohio
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Chicago, Illinois
- Kendallville, Indiana
- Monticello, Indiana
- Winnetka, Illinois
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Occupations
- judge
- high school history teacher
- attorney
- prosecutor
- politician
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Personal Names
- Truman, Harry S.
- Gill, Thomas
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Bryan, Charlotte Lowe
- Atwater, Amzi
- Johnston, Harold W.
- Hepburn, Charles McGuffey
- Hogate, Enoch George
- Willkie, Wendell L.
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Wells, Herman B
- Minton, Sherman
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
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Subjects
- Cornfield Conference
- cost of living
- dating
- discrimination
- fraternities
- law school
- politics
- school activities
- sororities
- transportation
- water supply
- World War I
Interviewee
Bradfield, Joseph L. March 27, 1969
Call Number
69-003
Physical Description
9 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 20 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Joseph Bradfield attended Purdue University from 1903 to 1905 and from 1907
to 1909. He discusses the huge Indiana/Purdue rivalry that existed at that
time, and especially, a train wreck that occurred in 1903 when Purdue
students were traveling to Indianapolis to watch a football game with their
rivals, eighteen Purdue students were killed in the crash.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- Purdue University
- Westinghouse
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Geographic Names
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Licking County, Ohio
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Personal Names
- Ade, George
- Stoner, Richard B.
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Subjects
- train wrecks
- university rivalry
Interviewee
Buehrig, Edward H. April 19, 1973
Call Number
73-008
Physical Description
21 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Edward H. Buehrig, born on October 4, 1910, began teaching at Indiana
University in 1934 in the early years of the Department of Political
Science. He continued teaching throughout three university presidencies,
namely, those of William Lowe Bryan, Herman B Wells, and Elvis J. Stahr;
this experience gave Buehrig many insights into the growth and expansion of
Indiana University in the middle of the twentieth century. Also discussed
are various important personalities in the history of Indiana University,
including Peter Fraenkel and Fernandus Payne.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- Indiana University Department of Political Science
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Occupation
Names
- political science professor
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Personal Names
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Fraenkel, Peter
- Hall, Ford P.
- Payne, Fernandus
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- libraries
- university growth
Interviewee
Burton, Narcissus N. 1978
Call Number
78-048
Physical Description
6 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 15 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
In 1926, Narcissus N. Burton, born Narcissus Elizabeth Nichols, came to study at Indiana University. As a
female African-American student, she was in the vast minority of the student
population and, as such, gained first hand experience with segregation and
discrimination, as was typical of the time period. Despite these not
inconsiderable setbacks, Mrs. Burton received her degree in home economics
in 1930 and has many positive comments about her professors at Indiana
University.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- discrimination
- segregation
Interviewee
Butcher, Joseph O. June 16, 1969
Call Number
69-019
Physical Description
28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index; photo of
interviewee, news article
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Joseph O. Butcher, retired Marine Corps general and Indiana University
alumnus, recounts his experiences at the university as a student and as an
interested and active alumnus. Butcher discusses Bloomington society, the
effects of the Great Depression, diversity and the African-American presence
at Indiana University in the nineteen thirties, his role in the Korean War,
and views on communism. Tied to his remarks on these subjects are Butcher's
comments and opinions of the student protests at the university in the
nineteen sixties and the importance of specific areas in students'
education.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- United States Marine Corps
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Panmunjom, Korea
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Occupations
- marine corps general
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Personal Names
- Davis, Benjamin
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- communism
- community life
- diversity
- Great Depression
- Korean War
- student protests
Interviewee
Byrnes, Robert F. December 20, 1968
Call Number
68-010
Physical Description
41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Robert Byrnes was a history professor at Indiana University from 1956 through
at least the time of this interview. During that time, he also served as
chairman of the department. This interview primarily focuses on the changes
that have occurred in Indiana's history department from the nineteen forties
through the nineteen sixties. According to Byrnes, the department was weak
during the nineteen forties and nineteen fifties due to a poor quality of
students, bad attitudes, lack of leadership, and inter-departmental
conflicts. When Burnes took over as chair he resolved to improve things and
he did. He made the department more international, placing a greater
emphasis on studies of eastern Europe, Russia, and South America. Burnes was
helped by the support of Chancellor Herman Wells. The interview concludes
with Burnes' thoughts on students of the present day.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Ford Foundation
- Indiana University
- Indiana University Department of English
- Indiana Univeristy Department of Government
- Indiana University Department of History
- Students for a Democratic Society
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Occupations
- history professor
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Personal Names
- Ashton, John W.
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Grimm, Harold
- Gucker, Frank G.
- Murray, John J.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- academic incompetence
- department rivalry
- Eastern European studies
- inbreeding
- inferiority complex
Interviewee
Byrum, Arlo E. June, 1970
Call Number
70-020
Physical Description
28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Arlo Byrum attended Indiana University from 1915 to 1920, with the exception
of the 16 months in which he served during World War I. Once on campus, he
opened a clothes pressing business, which proved very lucrative since all of
the male students wore suits at that time. Byrum comments on the social life
at the university. As president of the sophomore class and a member of the
basketball team, he was a well-known student. He says that the most
important thing he learned at Indiana University was how to deal with
people. While at the university, Byrum also became involved with the local
YMCA. This led him on to his future career; he became a secretary and
executive for the YMCA, which allowed him to travel all over the
country.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Phi Psi
- Valparaiso University
- YMCA
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Geographic Names
- Anderson, Indiana
- Santa Monica, California
- Torch Lake, Michigan
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Occupations
- basketball player
- dry cleaner
- tennis player
- YMCA president
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Bumbright, Carl
- Lindley, Ernest H.
- Logan, Harlan
- Stiehm, Ewald Ortwin "Jumbo"
- Stout, Selatie Edgar
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Subjects
- basketball
- campus life
- class size
- clothing
- economics
- fundraising
- Greek system
- travel
- World War I
Interviewee
Chamness, Ivy Leone January 24, 1969
Call Number
68-012
Physical Description
19 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Ivy Leone Chamness attended Indiana University from 1902 to 1906. After
working as a teacher and for a publishing company for eight years, she
returned to Indiana University to work as an editor and publisher on several
university publications. She remained at Indiana University until her
retirement. Chamness mentions several aspects of campus life including the
look of the campus, room and board, a water shortage, train travel, and a
smallpox outbreak.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
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Alumni Quarterly
- Bobbs-Merrill
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Monthly
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Family Names
- Showers
- Weir
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Geographic Names
- Hagerstown, Indiana
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Occupations
- editor
- publisher
- teacher
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-
Personal Names
- Breed, Mary Bidwell
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Maxwell, Julia
- Sampson, Martin Wright
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Subjects
- campus life
- clothing
- medical school
- room and board
- smallpox
- smoking
- train travel
- university fees
- water shortages
Interviewee
Clevenger, Zora G. June 16, 1969
Call Number
69-020
Physical Description
30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Cuffell, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Zora G. Clevenger, an Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1904 and
the Athletic Director from 1923 to 1946, tells of his memories of
Bloomington, the Indiana University campus, and athletics at the beginning
of the twentieth century. Clevenger discusses the changes in the game of
football that occurred in the first half of the century and describes Greek
life, female students, and the life-style and living conditions of Indiana
University students in that time period. He also comments on his knowledge
of and friendship with three of the university's presidents, Joseph Swain,
William Lowe Bryan, and Herman B Wells. Throughout the interview, Clevenger
traces the history of the Indiana University Athletics Department.
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Keywords
-
-
Corporation Names
- Athletic Department
- Purdue University
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Muncie, Indiana
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Occupations
- athletic director
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-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Dean, Everett
- McCracken, Branch
- Rothrock, David A.
- Swain, Joseph
- Wells, Herman B
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-
Subjects
- athletic funding
- baseball
- boarding houses
- campus life
- early twentieth century athletics
- female students
- football
- fraternities
- railroads
- sororities
- World War II
Interviewee
Clevenger, Zora G. November 25, 1969
Call Number
69-041
Physical Description
12 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 30 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Zora G. Clevenger, an Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1904 and
the Athletic Director from 1923 to 1946, tells of his memories of the
university campus, athletics, and fellow football players in the first
decade of the twentieth century. He also discusses former Indiana University
president Joseph Swain and his experiences as the Athletic Director,
including the hiring of Alvin N. "Bo" McMillin.
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Keywords
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Occupations
- athletic director
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-
Personal Names
- Chandler, "Happy"
- McMillin, Alvin N. "Bo"
- Pihos, Pete
- Sparks, William
- Swain, Joseph
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-
Subjects
- baseball
- campus life
- football
Interviewee
Davidson, Frank January 16, 1969
Call Number
68-011
Physical Description
41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Frank Davidson, Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1913 and
long-time professor in the university's English Department, discusses his
years as a student and the life and times in Bloomington in the early
twentieth century. Davidson relates memories and anecdotes of favorite
professors and the university presidents he had the opportunity to work
with. Also covered in the interview are Davidson's experiences as a soldier
in World War I, his thoughts on Indiana's public school system at the
beginning of the twentieth century, and the changes it has since
undergone.
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Keywords
-
-
Corporation Names
- Department of English
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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-
-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Hendricks, Cecilia Barbara Hennel
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Howe, William David
- Leonard, Bob
- Leser, Eugene
- Wells, Herman B
- Woodburn, James A.
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-
Subjects
- advertising
- boarding houses
- epidemics
- football
- public schools
- World War I
Interviewee
Dean, Everett S. June 9, 1969
Call Number
69-012
Physical Description
25 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Everett S. Dean came to Indiana University in 1917. He received his degree in
economics, was vice-president of the senior class, and played basketball and
baseball for Indiana University. He was also a member of the SATC, or the
Student Army Training Corps. After graduation, Dean went on to coach
baseball and basketball at Indiana University, Stanford University, and
Carleton College. He concludes his interview by discussing present-day
student dissent at the university along with the interviewers.
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Keywords
-
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Corporation Names
- Alpha Tau Omega
- Carleton College
- Stanford University
- Student Army Training Corps
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-
Geographic Names
- Salem, Indiana
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Occupations
- baseball coach
- basketball coach
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-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Hay, John
- Jordan, David Starr
- Morrison, Sarah Parke
- Sembower, Charles J.
- Snyder, John W.
- Struck, Raymond "Dutch"
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-
Subjects
- basketball
- dissent
- Great Depression
- Indiana University alumni
- religion
- teaching assistants
Interviewee
Dunn, Oscar June 7, 1970
Interviewee
70-019
Physical Description
22 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Oscar L. Dunn was born in Sandborn, Indiana, on 21 June 1914. He describes
his days as a student at Indiana University from 1932 to 1936, during the
Great Depression. Dunn also describes his work at General Electric,
fundraising for Indiana University, the Indiana University Foundation, and
alumni relations. He also reflects on student uprisings of the late nineteen
sixties and early nineteen seventies.
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Keywords
-
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Corporation Names
- General Electric Company
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Geographic Names
- Vincennes, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Armstrong, William S.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Lusk, Harold
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- fundraising
- Great Depression
- Indiana University alumni relations
- student life
- student protests
Interviewee
Edwards, Edward E.; Wells, Herman B August 5, 1974
Call Number
74-011
Physical Description
34 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Collins, Dorothy
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Edward Edwards was a professor at Indiana University and Herman Wells was its
chancellor. In this interview, they discuss the positive changes that Wells
made to the University. The discussion is mainly centered around the
financial matters of the University.
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Keywords
-
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Corporation Names
- Public Works Administration
- Purdue University
- WPA
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-
Occupations
- professor
- university chancellor
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-
Personal Names
- Bartley, E. Ross
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- McKinley, Richard
- Shrader, Edward Albert
- Wells, Agnes E.
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Subjects
- clergy
- football
- Indiana Institutions Acts
- insurance
- National Banking Act
- New Deal
- physical plant
- regulatory commissions
- salaries
- university finances
Interviewee
Elliott, Byron K. June 9, 1970
Call Number
70-012
Physical Description
40 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 95 minutes; no index; black and white
photo, transcription of entry from 1970-71 edition of
Who's Who in America
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
Byron K. Elliott was born in Indianapolis on May 5, 1899. He attended
Shortridge High School there before going to Bloomington, where he attended
Indiana University from 1917 to 1920. Elliott describes student life and
life in a fraternity and reflects on the friendliness of Midwesterners.
Elliott also describes being elected to the Indiana Superior Court in 1926.
In 1929, he became general counsel of the American Life Convention. His
involvement in the John Hancock life insurance company began when he became
general solicitor in 1934. He became president of the company in 1957 and
chairman of the board in 1963. He talks about his involvement with Indiana
University as an alumnus and as national chairman of the university's 150th
Birthday fundraising efforts.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- alumni association
- American Life Convention
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana Superior Court
- John Hancock Financial Services, Incorporated
- Ku Klux Klan
- Shortridge High School
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Family Names
- DeHority
- Rawles
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-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Buley, Roscoe Carlyle
- DeHority, Edward H.
- Hale, Will Taliaffero
- Rawles, William A.
- Young, Grace
- Watson, James E.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- economics
- fraternity life
- fundraising
- Midwestern hospitality
- oral history
- student life
- student protests
- World War I
Interviewee
Ewing, Oscar R. June 7, 1970
Call Number
70-011
Physical Description
34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Oscar R. Ewing, an Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1910, became
a successful attorney and presidential appointee to the position of federal
security administrator from 1947 through 1953. In this interview, he
discusses his experiences, professors, and life as a student at Indiana
University in the first decade of the twentieth century. Ewing also relates
memories and stories of Greek life on campus, as well as his transition to
Harvard Law School, and service in World War I. The interview concludes with
Ewing commenting on his association with Judge Charles Evans Hughes and
Harry Truman, among others, in the course of his long and distinguished
career.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Beta Theta Pi
- Choate Club
- Harvard Law School
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Occupations
- attorney
- federal security administrator
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Harding, Samuel Bannister
- Hughes, Charles Evans, Jr.
- Hughes, Charles Evans, Sr.
- Lindley, Ernest H.
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Taft, Robert A., Sr.
- Truman, Harry S.
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Subjects
- campus life
- fraternities
- World War I
Interviewee
Fox, Jane February 15, 1979
Call Number
79-013
Physical Description
34 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 75 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Giroux, Vincent A., Jr.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Jane Fox, a professor in the Indiana University Department of Physical
Education for Women from 1927 through 1965, specialized in teaching dance.
In this interview, she tells of her experiences in the early twentieth
century which led to her career as a dance teacher. She details the
movements of natural dance and modern dance, describing the associated
costumes, important role models and mentors, and the general purpose of
each. Ms. Fox discusses the impact of World War II on Indiana University
dance classes and the changes dance at the university has undergone through
the decades.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Columbia University
- Indiana University Department of Physical Education for
Women
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-
Geographic Names
- Bennington, Vermont
- Bloomington, Indiana
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-
-
Personal Names
- Duncan, Isadore
- Holm, Hanya
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-
Subjects
- modern dance
- Natural Dance Movement
- World War II
Interviewee
Fraenkel, Peter July 30, 1970
Call Number
70-013
Physical Description
53 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 135 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Peter Fraenkel was a German-born trilingual teenager living in Bolivia when
he first encountered Indiana University president, Herman B Wells, the man
who would exert one of the central influences on his life. Fraenkel and
Wells quickly established an excellent rapport resulting in a young Fraenkel
traveling with Wells to West Germany on a federal education redevelopment
project, enrolling as a student at Indiana University in the late nineteen
forties, and later becoming one of Wells' most trusted aides. In this
interview, Fraenkel discusses his relationship with Wells, Wells' beliefs,
the growth of the university under Wells' leadership, and the administrators
and faculty who served under him, including Joseph Franklin and Herman T.
"Kay" Briscoe, among many others.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Berlin, Germany
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Bolivia
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Occupation Names
- assistant to president
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-
Personal Names
- Bartley, E. Ross
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Collins, Ralph L.
- Franklin, Joseph A.
- Herring, Hubert
- Rich, Claude T.
- Visher, Stephen Sargent
- Wells, Herman B
- Wright, Wendell W. "Whack"
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Subjects
- Indiana University administration
- Kinsey reports
- post World War II period
- public education
- university growth
- World War II
Interviewee
Franklin, Joseph A. September 29, 1969
Call Number
69-029
Physical Description
18 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Joseph Franklin attended Indiana University as a student beginning in 1922.
Forty-nine years later, he was still a Hoosier, serving as Fiscal Counsel to
the President. He spent the years in between as a member of the university
administration in various positions including vice-president and treasurer
of Indiana University. Franklin briefly discusses some problems that have
plagued the university over the years like operating a university during the
Great Depression, the chronic water shortage, and the "pest house" where
sick students were sent. He spends the rest of the interview talking about
important administrators, like William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells, and
some of his favorite professors.
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Keywords
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-
Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- School of Business
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-
Occupations
- vice president of financial affairs
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-
Personal Names
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Esarey, Logan
- McNutt, Ruth J.
- Wells, Herman B
- Williams, Kenneth P.
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- Great Depression
- higher education funding
- nepotism
- pest house
- university finances
- water shortages
Interviewee
Franklin, Joseph A. July 18, 1974
Call Number
74-012
Physical Description
28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Joseph Franklin attended Indiana University as a student beginning in 1922.
Forty-nine years later, he was still a Hoosier, serving as Fiscal Counsel to
the President. He spent the years in between as a member of the university
administration in various position including vice-president and treasurer of
Indiana University. In this interview, he primarily discusses the financial
affairs of the university, including the impact of World War II veterans and
the GI Bill.
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Keywords
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-
Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- WPA
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-
Occupations
- accounts comptroller
- auditor
- treasurer
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-
Personal Names
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Harles, Cecil E.
- Harper, Fowler V.
- Nelson, Alice M.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- grocery co-op
- highway
- international students
- married students
- nursing
- off-campus housing
- university fees
- university finances
- veterans' housing
- veterans' wives
- World War II
Interviewee
Garrett, William L. June 5, 1970
Call Number
70-016
Physical Description
24 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open (oral Deed of Gift)
Scope and Content Note
William Garrett attended Indiana University from 1947 to 1951, majoring in
business and physical education. He was the first African-American athlete
in the Big Ten to be offered a basketball scholarship. Garrett discusses
what it was like to be a minority on campus and on the basketball them in
the late nineteen forties and expresses frustration with the lack of career
placement services offered to African- Americans. He compares this to the
treatment of minorities on campus in 1970 and speculates on what can be done
to improve their situation. After leaving Indiana University, Garrett was
recruited by the Boston Celtics but did not have a chance to play with them
due to his service in the Korean War. Upon returning to the United States.,
Garrett played for the Harlem Globetrotters for a few years. He eventually
settled in Indianapolis, working as a business and physical education
teacher.
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Keywords
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-
Corporation Names
- alumni association
- Boston Celtics
- Crispus Attucks High School
- Harlem Globetrotters
- Indianapolis Olympians
- Kappa Alpha Psi
- YMCA
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Geographic Names
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Japan
- Shelbyville, Indiana
- Toledo, Ohio
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Occupations
- army special services
- athletic director
- basketball coach
- basketball player
- teacher
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-
Personal Names
- Capehart, Homer Earl, Jr.
- McCracken, Branch
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- African-Americans
- basketball
- career placements
- discrimination
- Greek system
- Korean War
- minority groups
- scholarships
- segregation
Interviewee
Good, Kenneth J. June 7, 1970
Call Number
71-003
Physical Description
24 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Kenneth Good attended Indiana University from 1916 to 1920. He majored in
history and was very active in the History Club. Good also worked as a
stenographer on campus, typing letters and manuscripts for professors.
During his college years, Good took a break from school to help train World
War I recruits at Drake University. In addition, Good provides more details
on his life at Indiana University, including social life, lectures, and
studying. After graduation, Good had two careers, one in banking and the
other as an escrow businessman in California.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Army ROTC
- Drake University
- Harvard Law School
- Indiana University
- Indiana University History Club
- National Guard
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Student Army Training Corps
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Geographic Names
- Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana
- Knox, Indiana
- Los Angeles, California
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Occupations
- bookkeeper
- cashier
- legal assistant
- recruit trainer
- secretary
- stenographer
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Personal Names
- Dean, Everett
- Elkin, William B.
- Hale, George C.
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- 1898 Spanish-American War
- lectures
- social life
- study habits
- studying
- World War I
Interviewee
Harrell, Charles E. July 16, 1974
Call Number
74-013
Physical Description
58 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1911, Charles E. Harrell was an Indiana University student who
received his undergraduate degree in philosophy in 1933 and his law degree
in 1936. Harrell later eschewed a career in law for employment at Indiana
University, first as assistant to the assistant registrar. Through the
years, Harrell became registrar, dean of admissions, and finally, the
secretary of the Indiana University board of trustees. in this interview, he
discusses the university's post-World War II growth, the effects of the GI
Bill and veterans enrolling at the university, Greek life, and the creation
of dormitories and apartments for married students.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Purdue University
-
Tuttle Handbook
- Sigma Chi
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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-
Occupations
- director of admissions
- registrar
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-
Personal Names
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Wells, Herman B
- Wright, Wendell W. "Whack"
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- dormitories
- fraternities
- married students
- sororities
- university growth
- veterans
- World War II
Interviewee
Hastings, John S. November 19, 1970
Call Number
70-014
Physical Description
79 pages; 4 reels, 3 3/4 ips,190 minutes; no index; 2 photos of
interviewee
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Collins, Dorothy
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1898, John S. Hastings attended Indiana University beginning in 1916,
served in World War I, and returned to the university to finally earn his
law degree between 1921 and 1923. Though never a professor of law, Hastings
rose through the ranks to become a chief judge of the seventh court of
appeals in Chicago, while maintaining extensive contact with his Alma mater,
Indiana University. This contact occurred in the form of Hastings'
membership to and later, role as presiding officer of, the Indiana
University board of trustees from 1936 through 1959. In this interview,
Hastings discusses his personal relationships and memories of such notable
university figures as William Lowe Bryan, Herman B Wells, and George A.
Ball, and more specifically, he describes the transition between the Bryan
and Wells administrations.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- board of trustees
- Indiana State Legislature
- Indiana University Foundation
- International Cultural Administration
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Ball, George A.
- Bartley, E. Ross
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Bryan, Charlotte Lowe
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Emerson, Charles P.
- Fesler, James W.
- Gatch, Willis D.
- Herron, James P.
- La Follette, J.J.M.
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- honorary degrees
- Kinsey reports
- West German redevelopment
- World War I
- World War II
Interviewee
Hill, Patton J. June 6, 1969
Call Number
69-015
Physical Description
26 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Patton J. Hill was born in Evansville, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana
University with an A.B. in economics in 1920. He returned to Indiana
University to earn an A.M. in education in 1934. In his interview, he
describes what it was like to be an African-American in Bloomington and
Indiana University. He describes his early jobs and his work as a junior
high school principal in Trenton, New Jersey, at the time of its
desegregation.
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Keywords
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-
Corporation Names
- Moore Rubber Company
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Trenton, New Jersey
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-
Occupations
- junior high school principal
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-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Robley, Mary G.
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Wells, Herman B
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-
Subjects
- African-Americans
- distinguished alumni
- Great Depression
- racial discrimination
- school desegregation
- student life
Interviewee
Hyneman, Charles; Carter, Byrum December 5, 1978
Call Number
79-002
Physical Description
39 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 75 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Ostrom, Elinor
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Hyneman and Byrum Carter speak about Indiana University during the nineteen
sixties and nineteen seventies, especially the changing role of
African-American students, student protests, and the Vietnam War. They then
move onto more theoretical topics, including academic freedom and tolerance
within the university environment.
Charles Hyneman attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and returned
to Bloomington in 1956 as a political science professor.
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Keywords
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-
Geographic Names
- Cambodia
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-
Occupations
- professor
- university chancellor
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-
Personal Names
- Gruniger, Pauline
- Pozzatti, Rudy
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-
Subjects
- academic research
- African-American students
- English classes
- graduate students
- McCarthyism
- sociology
- student protests
Interviewee
Jasper, Paul G. June 12, 1971
Call Number
71-015
Physical Description
31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D.
Scott
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1908, Paul G. Jasper entered Indiana University as an undergraduate
student in 1927 and completed his degree in law by 1932. His successful
career included work as a attorney, a supreme court judge for the state of
Indiana, and later, special counsel for and vice president of Public Service
Company, Indiana. In this interview, Jasper discusses various aspects of
Indiana University throughout the decades, including student life and
activities, student housing, attendance policy, and many others. In
addition, Jasper comments on politics of the state of Indiana; he emphasizes
such issues as pollution, pollution legislation, and the patronage
system.
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Keywords
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-
Corporation Names
- Indiana University Board of Aeons
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-
Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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-
Occupations
- attorney
- Indiana supreme court judge
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-
Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- McCracken, Branch
- Ryan, John W.
- Wells, Herman B
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-
Subjects
- coal
- diversity
- football
- Great Depression
- housing
- Indiana politics
- Indiana state government
- Indiana University attendance policy
- patronage
- pollution
- pollution legislation
- student life
- university growth
- World War II
Interviewee
Johnson, George A. June 7, 1969
Call Number
69-014
Physical Description
26 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
Interviewer
Pickett, William B.
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
George A. Johnson, a native of Bloomington, Indiana, was a student at Indiana
University from 1911 to 1915. He describes his time as a student and his
experiences as an African-American. He also describes his experiences as a
history teacher and school administrator in Vincennes, Indiana, Fort Smith,
Arkansas, Wilmington, Delaware, and Cheyney, Pennsylvania.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Correctional Institution of Delaware
- NAACP
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Geographic Names
- Wilmington, Delaware
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Occupations
- high school administrator
- teacher
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Harris, Archie
- Hill, Patton J.
- Johnson, Fred Bates
- Johnson, George L.
- Owens, Jesse
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Wells, Herman B
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- African-American soldiers
- African-Americans
- distinguished alumni
- racial discrimination
- World War II
Interviewee
Jordan, Harold W. May 2, 1973
Call Number
72-008
Physical Description
34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
A large part of Jordan's interview is spent discussing the evolution of the
social and cultural life on campus, especially how it improved with the
construction of the Indiana University Memorial Union and the Indiana
University Auditorium. He concludes by speaking about notable performances
at the university, including those of the Metropolitan Opera.
Harold W. Jordan came to Indiana University in 1928 and graduated in 1932
with a degree in business. Jordan maintained close ties with the school,
serving as manager of the Indiana University Bookstore, Director of Indiana
University. Service Enterprises, and Director of the Indiana Memorial Union.
Jordan discusses several influential university administrators, including
William Lowe Bryan, Ward G. Biddle, and Herman B. Wells.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Eggers and Higgens
- Hoosier Art Salon Patrons Association
- Indiana Memorial Union
- Indiana University
- Indiana University Auditorium
- Indiana University Student Union board
- Metropolitan Opera
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Occupations
- actor
- artist
- bookstore manager
- governor
- Indiana University administrator
- instrumentalist
- singer
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Personal Names
- Beecham, Thomas
- Benton, Thomas Hart
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Cornell, Katherine
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Nelson, Alice M.
- Steele, T.C.
- Sutherland, Joan
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- After Opera Antics
- artists
- dormitories
- fine arts
- Hall of Murals
- social life
Interviewee
Juergens, George October 12, 1978
Call Number
78-054
Physical Description
27 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes
Interviewer
Goggins, John H.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
George Juergens, born in 1932, has been a professor in the Indiana University
Department of History since 1967. In this interview, he discusses his
experiences at Indiana University in the nineteen sixties. Juergens'
memories of student activism, race relations, protests, and strikes at
Indiana University parallel the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War.
Events such as the Dow Incident, the Ballantine Hall Lock-In, the 1969
tuition increase, and the reactions of the student population to each event
are detailed. Juergens also comments on the beginning of Black Studies
course offerings at Indiana University, racism, and the Black Movement in
general.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Columbia University
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Dillencourt, Jane
- Johnson, Bob
- Rubin, Jerry
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Subjects
- 1969 tuition increase
- African-American Studies
- Ballantine Lock-In
- Black Power Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- racism
- Vietnam War
Interviewee
Kidd, Robert L. June 9, 1969
Call Number
69-017
Physical Description
9 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index; small
photograph
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Robert L. Kidd came from Brazil, Indiana, to attend Indiana University from
1919 to 1923. He majored in geology and used his education in family
businesses in the coal industry and with Cities Service Oil Company. Kidd
was chair of major gifts for the 150th anniversary fundraising efforts of
Indiana University. He died in 1972.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Army ROTC
- Cities Service Oil Company
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Personal Names
- Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
- Kidd, Linn S.
- Logan, William N.
- Reeves, John R.
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Subjects
- fundraising
- geology
- student life
Interviewee
Kinsey, Clara M. February 17, 1969
Call Number
68-013
Physical Description
26 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Clara M. Kinsey began as a student at Indiana University in 1917 majoring in
chemistry. While on campus, she met and married Alfred C. Kinsey. Mrs.
Kinsey discusses life in Bloomington in the nineteen twenties. She spends
about half of the interview talking about her husband's career; focusing on
his studies and collections of gall wasps and then, how he became interested
in studying human sexual behavior and the reactions to his studies in this
area.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University
- Indiana University Department of Botany
- Indiana University Department of Zoology
- Sigma Xi
- Women's Athletic Association
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Occupations
- entomologist
- professor
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Personal Names
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Mottier, David Myers
- Scott, William
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Subjects
- gall wasps
- human sexuality
- student life
- World War I
Interviewee
Kohlmeier, Albert L., Mrs. November 11, 1968
Call Number
68-006
Physical Description
27 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Restricted (no deed of gift)
Scope and Content Note
The wife of Indiana University professor Albert L. Kohlmeier describes social
life in Bloomington during the administration of President William Lowe
Bryan.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of History
- Indiana University School of Music
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Family Names
- Eigenmann
- Woodburn
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- faculty wife
- history professor
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Personal Names
- Bain, Wilfred C.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Channing, Edward
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Harding, Samuel Bannister
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Kohlmeier, Albert L.
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- Great Depression
- train travel
- university faculty
Interviewee
Konopinski, Emil J. February 20, 1973
Call Number
73-004
Physical Description
31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1911, Emil J. Konopinski came to Indiana University in 1938 as a
professor of physics. In this interview, he tells of his experiences in
nuclear physics. These experiences focus on World War II, the use of the
atomic bomb, and his contributions to the creation of this weapon.
Konopinski comments on fellow physicists, including Albert Einstein and
fellow Indiana University professor, Alan Mitchell, and their respective
roles in World War II nuclear tests, experiments, and warfare.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of Physics
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Chicago, Illinois
- Germany
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Nagasaki, Japan
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Occupations
- nuclear physicist
- professor
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Personal Names
- Compton, Arthur
- Curtis, Lila
- Einstein, Albert
- Fermi, Enrico
- Hitler, Adolf
- Langer, Lawrence M.
- Mitchell, Alan
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
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Subjects
- atomic bomb
- nuclear physics
- World War II
Interviewee
Kuntz, Edward J. July 18, 1974
Call Number
74-014
Physical Description
57 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1921, Edward J. Kuntz is an Indiana University alumnus for both his
undergraduate and graduate degrees, earned in 1942 and 1948, respectively.
After serving in World War II, Kuntz returned to Bloomington to begin his
career at Indiana University. He became a faculty member in 1948, teaching
business courses, and serving as assistant dean, dean, and director of
various academic areas over the course of his career. Kuntz recalls student
life at Indiana University before and after World War II, putting emphasis
on veterans, their experiences at the university, and how they made an
impact on Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Army ROTC
- School of Business
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- professor
- university administrator
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Personal Names
- Bodine, Richard
- Leser, Hedwig Gruen
- Rich, Claude T.
- Shoemaker, Raymond L.
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Weimar, Arthur M.
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Subjects
- American Civil War
- housing
- Indiana business
- student life
- transportation
- university growth
- veterans
- World War II
Interviewee
Link, Goethe January 23, 1970
Call Number
70-001
Physical Description
42 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Harshman, Kemp; Owen, Kent Christopher; Perry,
Chris
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1879, Goethe Link was an Indiana University alumnus and renowned
physician. In this interview, he tells of his years as a student at Indiana
University, from 1894 to 1896, and his involvement with the fraternity, Phi
Kappa Psi. A widely respected physician, Link helped in the organization of
the first medical department at Indiana University, located in Indianapolis,
in addition to performing many innovative medical procedures, including the
first medically performed drainage of the pancreas in the world. This
interview chronicles Link's involvement in Greek life and campus activities
while he was a student at the university, as well as his lengthy medical
career.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Phi Delta Theta
- Phi Kappa Psi
- Wabash College
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- physician
- professor
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Personal Names
- Fisher, Carl
- Mumford, Bish
- Myers, Burton Dorr
- Olivwylie, Grace
- Rice, Thurman B.
- Van Buskirk, Carl George
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Subjects
- fraternities
- German language
- student life
Interviewee
Lundin, C. Leonard October 10, 1972
Call Number
72-014
Physical Description
38 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 90 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Charles Leonard Lundin was a professor of history at Indiana University. He
was born in 1907 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, and was raised in New England.
He describes the provincialism of Bloomington in the late nineteen thirties
and early nineteen forties, Herman B Wells' presidency at Indiana
University, the impact of World War II on Indiana University, race
relations, history faculty, the Indiana University Auditorium, and student
protests during the Vietnam War. Lundin died in Bloomington in 1998.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- American Veterans Committee
- FBI
- First Presbyterian Church
- Indiana University Auditorium
- NAACP
- Shortridge High School
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Nigeria
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Occupations
- barber
- history professor
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Personal Names
- Andressohn, John C.
- Anguizola, Gus
- Barnhart, John D.
- Benns, Frank Lee
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Buley, Roscoe Carlyle
- Douglas, Paul H.
- Esarey, Logan
- Kohlmeier, Albert L.
- Lynch, William Orlando
- Morgan, William T.
- Mueller, Kate
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei
- Rusk, Dean
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Taylor, Maxwell
- Townsend, Prescott
- Wells, Herman B
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
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Subjects
- barber shops
- communism
- desegregation
- Hall of Murals
- race relations
- racial discrimination
- Spanish Civil War
- Vietnam War protests
- World War II
- World War II veterans
Interviewee
MacClintock, Lander December 10, 1968;
December 11, 1968;
December 17, 1968
Call Number
68-008
Physical Description
57 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 135 minutes; index
Interviewer
Winther, Oscar O.; Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Lander MacClintock, born in 1889, was a professor in the Department of French
and Italian at Indiana University. He recalls his parents, education, and
career as a member of the Indiana University. faculty. In particular, he
reflects on the operations of the Department of Romance Languages, later
called the Department of French and Italian, after the formation of the
Spanish Department. He recalls the administrations of presidents William
Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells, cultural life, and the construction of
buildings on campus. MacClintock died in 1980.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of French and Italian
- Indiana University Department of Romance Languages
Vagabond
- Indiana University Department of Spanish
- University of Chicago
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Family Names
- MacClintock
- Maxwell
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Personal Names
- Bryan, Charlotte Lowe
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Buley, Roscoe Carlyle
- Dewey, John
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Hill, Elijah C.
- Hill, John
- Kohlmeier, Albert L.
- Mathers, Frank Curry
- McMillin, Alvin N. "Bo"
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Merrill, B. Winfred
- Payne, Fernandus
- Scheifley, Alfred
- Swain, Joseph
- Wells, Herman B
- Young, Bert
- Young, Grace
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Subjects
- faculty life
- Indiana University physical plant
- Prohibition
Interviewee
Martin, Wallace H. June 9, 1969
Call Number
69-008
Physical Description
20 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open (oral Deed of Gift)
Scope and Content Note
Wallace H. Martin attended Indiana University in the years before World War
I. Once the United States. entered the war, he went overseas and fought in
France. After the war, Martin received his law degree and went on to
practice in New York City for several decades. Martin discusses his Indiana
University coursework and professors and also contemplates the effect the
university had on his life.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Emanon Club
- George Washington University
- Indiana University
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Indianapolis Star
- New York University School of Law
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Geographic Names
- Alto, Indiana
- France
- Kokomo, Indiana
- New York, New York
- Washington, DC
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Occupations
- attorney
- author
- sergeant
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Nims, Harry D.
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- Indiana University regional campuses
- law school
- town and gown relations
- World War I
- World War I battles
Interviewee
Mathers, Frank C. October 25, 1972
Call Number
72-009
Call Number
50 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Day, Harry G.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Frank C. Mathers, professor emeritus at Indiana University, came to the
university as an assistant in 1905. This interview outlines various
experiences and contributions made by Mathers to the field of chemistry,
specifically electroplating, including a method of creating fluorine gas
upon which he had a patent. In addition, Mathers discusses fellow members of
the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University, the administration under
William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells, and life in Bloomington in the first
years of the twentieth century.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Department of Chemistry
- Sigma Xi
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Alter, Chester
- Blough, Earl
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Davis, Louis Sherman
- Henke, Clyde Overbeck
- Hitler, Adolf
- Isobe, Paul F.
- Lindley, Ernest H.
- Lyons, Robert E.
- Smith, Lee
- Strope, Ben
- Warner, John Christian
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- aluminum
- electroplating
- fluorine gas
- World War I
- World War II
Interviewee
Mathers, Frank Curry June, 1970
Call Number
70-018
Physical Description
22 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara; Pickett, William
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Mathers discusses his work with fluorine and how this element was used as a
weapon of war. He also discusses growing up on a farm in southern Indiana
and his life at the university as an undergraduate and a professor.
Frank C. Mathers attended Indiana University as an undergraduate from 1899 to
1903. After graduation, he received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell
University and returned to Indiana University, becoming a full professor in
1923.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Cornell University
- Indiana University
- Indiana University Department of Chemistry
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Geographic Names
- Washington, DC
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Occupations
- chemistry professor
- farmer
- livestock trader
- miner
- physician
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Personal Names
- Brown, Oliver W.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Foley, Arthur L.
- Hitler, Adolf
- Swain, Joseph
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Subjects
- 1898 Spanish-American War
- 1918 Influenza Epidemic
- atomic bomb
- boarding houses
- chemistry
- cows
- farming
- fluorine gas
- Great Depression
- water shortages
- weapons
- World War I
Interviewee
Maurer, Mary Rieman June 7, 1969
Call Number
69-013
Physical Description
28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Mary Rieman Maurer, born in 1895, attended Indiana University from 1912 to
1916, getting her degree in philosophy under the teaching of Dr. Ernest H.
Lindley, her highly esteemed mentor. A teacher, former trustee of Indiana
University, and treasurer of the Distinguished Alumni Service Club, Maurer
was also an active member of the sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, during her
days as a student. In this interview, she discusses memories of Indiana
University, student life and activities in the second decade of the
twentieth century, and the administrations of William Lowe Bryan and Herman
B Wells.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Kappa Alpha Theta
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Occupations
- teacher
- trustee
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Howe, William David
- Isobe, Paul F.
- Lindley, Ernest H.
- McNutt, Ruth J.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- campus life
- racism
- transportation
- water shortages
Interviewee
McNutt, Ruth J. March 27, 1969
Call Number
69-002
Physical Description
32 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open (oral Deed of Gift)
Scope and Content Note
Ruth J. McNutt's official title was secretary to William Lowe Bryan, the
President of Indiana University, however, during her years in this position,
she essentially acted as vice president of the university, even planning the
university's budget. Miss McNutt discusses what it was like working for
Bryan and how he dealt with faculty and students. She also discusses the
situation with Mrs. Bryan, whom many thought to be an invalid and who took
up a lot of Mr. Bryan's time. Due to this situation, Miss McNutt did all of
the entertaining for the Bryans during her time on campus.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Board of Aeons
- board of trustees
- DePauw University
- Indiana University
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Geographic Names
- New York, New York
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Occupations
- chauffeur
- secretary
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Personal Names
- Bryan, Charlotte Lowe
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Ralston, William A.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- commencement
- student-faculty relations
- university budget
- university finances
- university politics
Interviewee
Mogge, Arthur R.; Mogge, Arthur R., Mrs. June 9, 1969
Call Number
69-018
Physical Description
29 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index; black and white
photograph and negative
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Mogge were students at Indiana University from 1915 to
1920. He went to Indiana University. after attending high school in
Evansville, Indiana. She attended high school in Lafayette, Indiana. They
describe their student life: transportation, faculty, administration,
housing, social life, sports, water shortages (and how they affected bathing
and laundry). They also talk about their involvement as alumni of the
university.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Alpha Tau Omega
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Piercy, Joseph W.
- Rawles, William A.
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Stiehm, Ewald Ortwin "Jumbo"
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Subjects
- advertising
- campus life
- Indiana University alumni
- public relations
- student protests
- train travel
- water supply
Interviewee
Nelson, Alice April 28, 1969
Call Number
69-004
Physical Description
34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Cuffel, Victoria
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
This interview with Alice Nelson covers her years at Indiana University in
charge of residence halls. Arriving in 1920, she was given charge of the
run-down women's dormitory at Alpha Hall. Initiating countless renovations
to improve the few existing residence halls, Nelson also worked tirelessly
to get many new residence halls built and to create a system of dining
halls. She tells of the impact of World War I, the Great Depression,
African-Americans at Indiana University, World War II, and the residential
life at Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Alpha Hall
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- women's residence halls director
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Louden, Theodore J.
- Rich, Claude T.
- Wells, Agnes E.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- co-educational housing
- dining halls
- diversity
- Great Depression
- housing
- World War I
- World War II
Interviewee
Nelson, Alice M. August 17, 1973
Call Number
76-010
Physical Description
5 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips; no index; partially transcribed
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Alice M. Nelson describes the housing of veterans on the campus of Indiana
University just after World War II. Nelson died in 1978.
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Keywords
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Occupations
- university administrator
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Subjects
- university housing
- World War II veterans
Interviewee
Norvelle, Lee February 19, 1970
Call Number
70-002
Physical Description
12 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 30 minutes; no index; partially
transcribed
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
Norvelle describes the speech department and theater at Indiana University in
the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties, during the presidency of
William Lowe Bryan.
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Keywords
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- McNutt, Ruth J.
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Subjects
- speech instruction
- theater
Interviewee
Norvelle, Lee March 6, 1970
Call Number
70-007
Physical Description
44 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; curriculum vitae
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Norvelle talks about several aspects of Indiana University life from his
student days, like classes, boarding houses, and the water shortage. He then
moves on to his career as a professor and focuses on the development of
theater and opera at Indiana University and his role in the formation of
Indiana University's Department of Speech and Theater.
Lee Norvelle attended Indiana University for one year as an undergraduate
student, receiving his BA in 1921. He began teaching at Indiana University
in 1925 and remained there until his retirement.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Asbury College
- Indiana University Auditorium
- Indiana University Department of Speech and Theater
- Indiana University School of Music
- Metropolitan Opera
- Taylor University
- United States Army
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Geographic Names
- Brown County, Indiana
- Kentucky
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Personal Names
- Bain, Wilfred C.
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Book, William F.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Halleck, Charles A.
- Morrison, Henry Clay
- Steele, T.C.
- Stout, Selatie Edgar
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
-
Aida
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Birth of a Nation
- boarding houses
- entertainment
- psychology
- smoking
- speech
- theater
- water shortages
Interviewee
Orwig, Bill April 22, 1974
Call Number
74-015
Physical Description
89 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 215 minutes, no index
Interviewer
Peterson, D. Scott
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Bill Orwig began his career as a teacher and a coach. In 1961, he came to
Indiana University to serve as its athletic director. He discusses the state
of Indiana athletics during his tenure there, focusing on problems with
financial support, the challenge of recruiting, Indiana's athletic
probation, and the place of student athletics within the university.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- NCAA
- University of Nebraska
- University of Toledo
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Geographic Names
- Toledo, Ohio
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Occupations
- athletic director
- insurance agent
- teacher
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Personal Names
- Bell, G. Sam
- Pont, John
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Subjects
- athletic boycott
- athletic facilities fee
- athletic recruiting
- basketball
- Big Ten
- financial support
- football
- hockey
- income sport
- Indiana University alumni
- probation
- soccer
- student athletes
- underwriting
- University student athletics
- varsity club
- women's athletics
- World War II
Interviewee
Payne, Fernandus October 8, 1968;
October 12, 1968;
October 15, 1968;
November 2, 1968
Call Number
68-002
Physical Description
98 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 240 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Winther, Oscar O.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Payne discusses his own work in zoology and biology and that of his
colleagues, the William Lowe Bryan administration, various university
departments and their curriculums, and other aspects of the university's
academic and social life.
Fernandus Payne attended Indiana University as an undergraduate starting in
1902. After obtaining his Ph.D., he returned to Indiana University as an
assistant professor in zoology. Payne remained at Indiana for the rest of
his career, eventually becoming Dean of the Graduate School.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- board of trustees
- Columbia University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Purdue University
- Stanford University
- Valparaiso Normal School
- Woods Hole Research Center
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Occupations
- graduate school dean
- ichthyologist
- professor
- teacher
- zoologist
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Dabney, Richard Heath
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Harding, Samuel Bannister
- Jordan, David Starr
- Kohlmeier, Albert L.
- McNutt, Ruth J.
- Morgan, Thomas Hunt
- Sampson, Martin Wright
- Scout, Selatie E.
- Wells, Herman B
- Wilson, E.B.
- Woodburn, James A.
- Zeleny, Charles
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Subjects
- agriculture
- biological station
- biology
- cells
- chromosomes
- curriculum
- Drosophila
- equipment
- fraternities
- graduate placement
- ichthyology
- inbreeding
- medical school
- psychology
- religion
- retirement
- taxonomy
- town and gown relations
- zoology
Interviewee
Peak, Philip July 17, 1974
Call Number
74-016
Physical Description
23 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index; small photo of
interviewee
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1908, Philip Peak, a former chair of the Math Department and
professor in the School of Education, came to Indiana University in 1942. He
discusses the impact of World War II on Indiana University, emphasizing in
particular the effects of the influx of World War II veterans into the
Indiana University system. With regard to these veterans, Peak speaks of
their contributions to classes, changes in Bloomington society, veterans'
housing, and the excellence of married veteran students. Throughout the
course of the interview, he discusses with approval the attitudes and
changes that were brought into Indiana University classrooms by the GIs.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Wright, Wendell W. "Whack"
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Subjects
- married students
- university growth
- veterans
- veterans' housing
- World War II
Interviewee
Peterson, J. Dwight June 9, 1969
Call Number
69-009
Physical Description
31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
J. Dwight Peterson, born in 1897, was an Indiana University student from
1919, with a brief interruption when he enlisted in the military during
World War I. Earning his A.B. in economics later in 1919, Peterson went on
to a successful career in business, served as an Indiana University trustee
from 1937 to 1945, and was treasurer of the Indiana University Foundation
for many years. In this interview, he discusses his years as an Indiana
University student, his fellow African-American students, campus social
life, water shortages, and the impact of World War II on the university. In
addition, Peterson speaks of the growth of the university campus housing in
the post-World War II period, and the method used for financing this
building spurt.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Foundation
- Sigma Delta Chi
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Rawles, William A.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- campus life
- housing
- student life
- university growth
- water shortages
- World War II
Interviewee
Phillips, Ardith L. June, 1970
Call Number
70-021
Physical Description
31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Ardith L. Phillips, Indiana University alumnus from the class of 1920 was,
through the course of his career, a high school teacher, coach of various
sports at both the high school and college levels, and a college professor.
He discusses his life as an Indiana University student in the early
twentieth century, recalling the 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Bloomington,
social life, and basketball memories. In addition, Phillips tells of the
impact of World War I, the Great Depression, and diversity at Indiana
University. Throughout the interview, he traces the changes that teacher
education, physical education, and athletics have undergone through the
decades.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Ball State University
- Phi Kappa Psi
- Student Army Training Corps
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- professor
- teacher
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
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Subjects
- 1918 Influenza Epidemic
- basketball
- diversity
- Great Depression
- physical education
- student life
- World War I
Interviewee
Prickett, Alva L. October 24, 1969
Call Number
68-003
Physical Description
31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Winther, Oscar O.
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
Alva L. Prickett, born in 1890, was Dean of the School of Business at Indiana
University starting in 1919. He talks about student life, business school
curriculum, and funding for higher education. Prickett retired in 1960.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
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Indiana Daily Student
- Ku Klux Klan
- School of Business
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- farmer
- School of Business dean
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Rawles, William A.
- Weatherly, Ulysses G.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- agriculture
- fraternity hazing
- Great Depression
- higher education funding
- World War II
- World War II veterans
Interviewee
Shaffer, Robert July 17, 1974
Call Number
74-017
Physical Description
25 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips; 60 minutes.; no index; rough
transcript
Interviewer
Warriner, David
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Shaffer describes the impact of returning veterans on the university and the
services provided to them.
Dr. Robert H. Shaffer, born in 1915, was a native of Delphi, Indiana, and was
formerly chair of the Department of Higher Education in the School of
Education at Indiana University. After World War II, Shaffer was an
assistant dean of students at Indiana University and director of it
veterans' guidance center.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- American Legion
- American Veterans Committee
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- university administrator
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Personal Names
- Wells, Herman B
- Wright, Wendell W. "Whack"
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Subjects
- student life
- university housing
- World War II
- World War II veterans
Interviewee
Shrock, Robert R. April 20, 1972
Call Number
72-013
Physical Description
45 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Robert Shrock was born in Miami County, Indiana in 1904, and attended school
there before attending high school in Kokomo, Indiana. He attended Indiana
University and studied geology there in the nineteen twenties. Schrock
describes student life and the atmosphere in Bloomington during that time.
He also describes faculty members with whom he worked.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Bloomington
Telephone
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Wisconsin
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Wawpepong, Wisconsin
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Occupations
- geologist
- paleontologist
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Personal Names
- Bradfute, Blaine
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Jennings
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Malotte, Clyde Arnett
- Merrill, B. Winfred
- Moenkhaus, William J.
- Payne, Fernandus
- Senour, Frank
- Stempel, Guido H.
- Visher, Stephen Sargent
- Weatherwax, Paul
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- dams
- geology
- philanthropy
- student life
- water shortages
Interviewee
Snow, Charles Wilbert May 2, 1970
Call Number
70-009
Physical Description
36 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
In this interview, Snow discusses a wide variety of topics and acquaintances,
including Amos S. Hershey, Hoagy Carmichael, Alfred C. Kinsey, folk ballads,
politics, women's rights, and professors' salaries, among many others. His
insightful comments and memories add depth to historical figures and events
and tie them to Indiana University.
Charles Wilbert Snow, a professor, politician, poet, folklorist and veteran
of World War I, served on the academic faculty in the English Department at
Indiana University from 1916 to 1921. Between these years, Snow taught with
a brief interruption when he enlisted and served in World War I.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Seward Peninsula, Alaska
- Spruce Head, Maine
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Occupations
- folklorist
- poet
- professor
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Personal Names
- Bourdin, Henry L.
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Campbell, Olive D.
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Howe, William David
- Howells, William Dean
- Hyde, William Dewitt
- Jordan, David Starr
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Marshall, Thomas R.
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington
- Sembower, Charles J.
- Sharp, Cecil
- Smoot, Reed
- Swedenborg, Emanuel
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- faculty salaries
- folk ballads
- fraternities
- pollution
- women's rights
- World War I
Interviewee
Sollitt, Ralph V. June 22, 1971-June 23,
1971
Call Number
71-039
Physical Description
68 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 165 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
In this interview, Sollitt discusses his life as a student at
Indiana University in the early twentieth century, remembering many
acquaintances and friendships with some of Indiana University's most
renowned names, including William and Charlotte Lowe Bryan, Carl H.
Eigenmann, and Harold W. Johnston. In addition, he speaks of his active days
in national politics in the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties and the
men with whom he worked.
Born in 1888, Ralph V. Sollitt earned his A.B. degree in 1910 from Indiana
University and his L.L.B. degree in law in 1911, also from Indiana
University. Although trained as a attorney, Sollitt's career was steered
into different directions; he became the Alumni Secretary at Indiana
University shortly after earning his degree in law, and later became
influential in politics and became the president of a major advertising
agency.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Memorial Union
- Indiana University Student Union board
- Lord and Thomas Advertising Agency
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- advertising executive
- alumni secretary
- attorney
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Personal Names
- Atwater, Amzi
- Barnhart, Dean
- Beveridge, Albert
- Bryan, Charlotte Lowe
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Conwell, Russell
- Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Ewing, Oscar R.
- Fesler, James W.
- Harding, Samuel Bannister
- Harding, Warren G.
- Hays, Will Harrison
- Herold, Don
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Johnston, Harold W.
- Marshall, Thomas R.
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Sembower, Charles J.
- Whittenberger, John M.
- Willkie, Wendell L.
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- advertising
- college traditions
- national politics
- student life
- World War I
Interviewee
Solt, Leo F.; Baxter, Maurice G.; McGarr, Philip M.; Harris, William
H.; Wilson, William E. May 3, 1973
Call Number
73-021
Physical Description
21 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Mooney, Chase C.; Memorial Service
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
As a transcript of the Chase C. Mooney Memorial Service, this document
encompasses sentiments, memories, and traits of the late Chase C. Mooney, a
distinguished professor of the Indiana University Department of History.
Beloved by both colleagues and students, Mooney is remembered here through
anecdotes and some of his favorite literary passages.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of History
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Occupations
- history professor
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Personal Names
- Crawford, William H.
- Mooney, Chase C.
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Subjects
- Civil Rights Movement
Interviewee
Solt, Leo F.; Wells, Herman B; Glad, Paul; Mooney, Chase C.
May 28,
1970
Call Number
70-010
Physical Description
15 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 35 minutes; no index; two
photos
Interviewer
Winther, Oscar Osburn; Memorial
Service
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
This transcript of the Oscar Osburn Winther Memorial Service includes words
from Leo F. Solt, Herman B Wells, Paul Glad, and Chase C. Mooney. Within the
transcript, Winther's contributions to Indiana University's Department of
History and to the field of history are emphasized. In addition, his
founding of the Indiana University Oral History Department and his many
positive personal and professional qualities are discussed.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
-
Journal of American History
- Department of History
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- history professor
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Personal Names
- Winther, Mary
- Winther, Oscar Osburn
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Interviewee
Stahr, Elvis J. November 5, 1968;
December 21, 1968
Call Number
68-004
Physical Description
58 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 140 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Elvis J. Stahr, president of Indiana University from 1962 until 1968,
discusses his years at the university. Stahr reveals opinions about Indiana
University's growth and the importance of maintaining a first-rate faculty.
He recalls the impact made upon the university campus by the Civil Rights
Movement, black and white extremist groups, and protests against the Vietnam
War. In addition, Stahr speaks of Indiana University's sources of funding
and how this funding allowed for the increased growth of the university in
the nineteen sixties.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- DuBois Society
- Indiana University Press
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- university president
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Personal Names
- Branigan, Roger D.
- Rich, Claude T.
- Rusk, Dean
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- Civil Rights Movement
- federal education funding
- higher education funding
- Indiana University administration
- residence halls
- university growth
- Vietnam War protests
Interviewee
Stempel, John E. February 24, 1976
Call Number
77-014
Physical Description
35 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Taylor, Bobbie
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
John Emmert Stempel, born in 1903, describes his student days at Indiana
University and as a member of the School of Journalism faculty. He describes
water shortages and transportation to Bloomington, including the founding of
the municipal airport. Stempel describes his career as a Journalist,
Bloomington newspapers, and fundraising activities.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Bloomington Airport
- Bloomington
Evening World
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Bloomington Religious Times
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Bloomington Star
- Bloomington
Telephone
- Community Chest
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Courier
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Indiana Daily Student
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New York Sun
- Showers Brothers Furniture Company
- United Fund
- United Way of America
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Griffy Creek, Indiana
- Griffy Creek Reservoir, Indiana
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Occupations
- journalist
- professor
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Personal Names
- Arpan, Floyd
- Esarey, Logan
- Farmer, Eli P.
- Pyle, Ernie
- Stempel, John D.
- Stempel, Mary Farmer
- Stiehm, Ewald Ortwin "Jumbo"
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Subjects
- basketball
- football
- fundraising
- journalism
- linguistics
- newspapers
- philology
- railroads
- university housing
- water shortages
- water supply
Interviewee
Stempel, John E. April, 1970
Call Number
70-004
Physical Description
73 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 170 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1903, John E. Stempel was a 1923 alumnus of Indiana University who
returned to the university as an instructor in journalism in 1926 and 1927.
He joined the faculty in the Department of Journalism in 1936, where he
taught until his retirement in 1968. Stempel recalls his years as a student
at Indiana University, the accompanying water shortages, and his fellow
students. He describes life in Bloomington and life on the Indiana
University campus throughout his years there, including the effects of the
Great Depression and the presence of African-American students. In addition,
Stempel relates anecdotes of his associations with many of Indiana
University's elite, including William Lowe Bryan, Herman B Wells, and Ward
G. Biddle.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana University Department of Journalism
- Kappa Alpha Psi
- Press Club
- Sigma Delta Chi
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- editor
- professor
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Personal Names
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Crone, Frank L.
- Field, Oliver
- Foley, Arthur L.
- Harding, Samuel Bannister
- Harper, Fowler V.
- Herold, Don
- Johnson, Fred Bates
- Louden, Theodore J.
- Mellett, Don
- Payne, Fernandus
- Pittenger, Nicholas
- Pyle, Ernie
- Stempel, Guido H.
- Swain, Joseph
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- community life
- Great Depression
- transportation
- water shortages
- World War II
Interviewee
Stempel, John E. November 19, 1979;
January 21, 1980;
January 28, 1980;
February 4, 1980;
February 11, 1980
Call Number
79-070
Physical Description
196 pages; 6 reels, 1 7/8 ips, 620 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Giroux, Vincent A., Jr.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1903, John E. Stempel was a 1923 alumnus of Indiana University who
returned to the university as an instructor in journalism in 1926 and 1927.
He joined the Indiana University faculty as a member of the Department of
Journalism in 1936 where he taught until his retirement in 1968. Stempel
recalls his years as a student at the university, his involvement with the
Indiana Daily Student and Sigma Delta
Chi, water shortages, and Bloomington life in general. He describes his
career as a journalist in New York City, Pennsylvania, and his eventual
choice to teach at Indiana University. Stempel discusses Prohibition, the
Great Depression, the expansion of the university campus, faculty, and
student body, segregation and integration, the Ku Klux Klan, and the effects
of all of these phenomena on Bloomington and Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- American Council on Education for Journalism
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Arbutus
- Bloomington
Evening World
- Columbia University
- Department of Journalism
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Easton Express
- High School Journalism Institute
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Indiana Daily Student
- Indiana University Department of Radio and Television
- Ku Klux Klan
- Lafayette College
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New York Sun
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The Optimist
- Phi Kappa Psi
- RCA
- Rotary Club
- Sigma Delta Chi
- YMCA
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Easton, Pennsylvania
- New York, New York
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Occupations
- journalist
- professor
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Personal Names
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Bradford, Walter
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Cravens, John W.
- Cravens, Oscar
- Feltus, H.J.
- Wagner, Paul
- Wells, Clifford
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- 1944 GI Bill
- African-Americans
- basketball
- campus life
- Flesch formula
- fraternities
- Great Depression
- integration
- newspapers
- offset printing
- Prohibition
- readability testing
- segregation
- television broadcasting
- transportation
- university growth
- water shortages
- World War II
Interviewee
Strack, William N. June 5, 1970
Call Number
70-015
Physical Description
29 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index; 1 song sheet, large
photo of interviewee
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William
B.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Strack
discusses his years as a student at Indiana University, including student
housing, water shortages, and social life at the university. He also talks
of the creation of the School of Law and the School of Music at Indiana
University, and of some of the major influences he saw at the university,
including Herman B Wells and Claude T. Rich. Strack also tells of his
closeness to his professor, Albert L. Kohlmeier.
William N. Strack, born in 1893, was a successful attorney who received his
A.B. degree in economics from Indiana University in 1915 and his L.L.B.
(law) degree in 1917 from Indiana University. He earned both of these
degrees before enlisting in the military for service in World War I.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University School of Law
- Indiana University School of Music
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Geiger, Jack
- Hepburn, Charles McGuffey
- Hogate, Enoch George
- Kohlmeier, Albert L.
- Rich, Claude T.
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- housing
- student life
- water shortages
- World War I
Interviewee
Stuart, James A. June, 1970
Call Number
70-017
Physical Description
18 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; index; biographical sketch,
article
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara; Pickett, William
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
James A. Stuart was born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1880 and attended Indiana
University from 1897 to 1901. After graduation, Stuart entered a career in
the newspaper business and spent the majority of his years as an editor for
the
Indianapolis Star. He briefly discusses
academics at the university and what campus life was like when he was a
student.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Bloomington High School
- Indiana University Department of English
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Indianapolis Star
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Muncie Star
- Sigma Delta Chi
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Geographic Names
- Muncie, Indiana
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Occupations
- editor
- groundskeeper
- laborer
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Jordan, David Starr
- Lindley, Ernest H.
- Pullian, Eugene C.
- Sutton, Elmer
- Swain, Joseph
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- 1898 Spanish-American War
Interviewee
Sulzer, Elmer G. December 18, 1968
Call Number
68-009
Physical Description
29 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Sulzer discusses Prohibition and student life with regard to his earlier days
at Indiana University. He also talks about campus and academic growth, the
increasing internationalism of the university, and the impact of the
nineteen sixties on campus.
Elmer Sulzer attended Indiana University as an undergraduate for one year,
from 1920 to 1921. He went on to teach at the University of Kentucky,
eventually becoming head of the Department of Radio. In 1952, he returned to
Indiana University to serve as the head of its Department of Radio and
Television.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- DePauw University
- Indiana University Band
- University of Kentucky
- University of Kentucky Department of Radio
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Occupations
- band director
- public relations director
- teacher
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- McVey, Frank LeRond
- Stahr, Elvis J.
- Visher, Stephen Sargent
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- campus growth
- geology
- homeopathy
- militancy
- nineteen sixties
- nineteen twenties
- Prohibition
- provincialism
- railroads
- state schools
- student life
- teaching
Interviewee
Thompson, Stith November 10, 1968
Call Number
68-005
Physical Description
36 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas; Winther, Oscar
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Thompson discusses the Indiana University curriculum, town and gown
relations, salaries, faculty, and the university administration. He mentions
a large number of professors and administrators, especially William Lowe
Bryan.
Stith Thompson arrived at Indiana University as an English professor in 1921.
He remained at Indiana University for the rest of his career, serving as
Dean of the Graduate School from 1947 to 1950.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Department of English
- Harvard University
- Indiana University Faculty Club
- Indiana University Folklore Institute
- Indiana University Press
- Yale University
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Family Names
- Merrill
- Stempel
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Geographic Names
- Kentucky
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-
Occupations
- dean
- professor
- teacher
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-
Personal Names
- Alexander, William A. "Red"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Haskins, Charles
- Hershey, Amos S.
- Howe, William David
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- McNutt, Ruth J.
- Mottier, David Myers
- Muller, Herman
- Payne, Fernandus
- Rea, John
- Roberts, Elizabeth Mattocks
- Sembower, Charles J.
- Senour, Frank
- Wells, Herman B
- Woodburn, James A.
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Subjects
- divorce
- folklore
- fraternities
- freshman composition
- Great Depression
- inbreeding
- Indiana University administration
- pensions
- Prohibition
- salaries
- social life
- sororities
- town and gown relations
- transportation
Interviewee
Thornbury, William D. May 29, 1969
Call Number
69-006
Physical Description
30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.; Cuffel, Victoria
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
William Thornbury received his BA from Indiana University in the early
nineteen twenties and became a geology professor at Indiana in 1928. He
spends a lot of the interview discussing the problems of a water shortage on
campus and how these problems were remedied. Thornbury also spends some time
discussing his colleagues at Indiana University and what life was like when
he was an undergraduate on campus.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Book Nook
- Central Normal College
- Indiana University Department of Geology
- Student Army Training Corps
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Geographic Names
- Griffy Creek Reservoir, Indiana
- Lake Monroe, Indiana
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Occupations
- geologist
- professor
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Personal Names
- Allen, Ward
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
- Logan, William N.
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Moffet, Archie
- Visher, Stephen Sargent
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Subjects
- cisterns
- Great Depression
- Indiana Geological Survey
- kaolin
- limestone
- malaria
- town and gown relations
- water shortages
- water springs
- water supply
- World War I
Interviewee
Von Tress, Edward C. November 24, 1969
Call Number
69-040
Physical Description
11 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Von Tress talks about his years at Indiana University as an undergraduate,
the impact of World War I, and William Lowe Bryan. He also discusses what it
was like trying to raise money for the Indiana University Memorial Fund
Campaign.
Edward Von Tress attended Indiana University as an undergraduate starting in
1916. He remained involved with the university by acting as the alumni
secretary.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Army ROTC
- Indiana University Memorial Fund Campaign
- Student Army Training Corps
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Occupations
- alumni secretary
- biologist
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Personal Names
- Alexander, William A. "Red"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Warner, Archie
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Subjects
- blind fish
- golf
- Indiana University alumni
- squirrels
- trees
- World War I
Interviewee
Von Tress, Edward C. December 12, 1972
Call Number
72-007
Physical Description
33 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index; photo of
interviewee
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Edward C. Von Tress, born in 1899, was a 1921 Indiana University alumnus. In
this interview, he discusses the role he played when he returned to Indiana
University in 1923 to become Alumni Secretary. Of central importance in his
memories of this position is the Memorial Fund, a financial drive for
pledges from both students and alumni. This fund, and Von Tress's activities
for the fund, are directly related to the growing dream of creating a truly
great institution at Indiana University. Throughout the interview, Von Tress
relates anecdotes of friends and colleagues, including John S. Hastings,
James S. Adams, U. Z. McMurtrie, and Herman B Wells.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Curtis Publishing Company
- Flying Squadron
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- alumni secretary
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Personal Names
- Adams, James S.
- Alexander, William A. "Red"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Hastings, John S.
- Heighway, George "Dixie"
- McMurtrie, U.Z.
- McNutt, Kathleen
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Metz, Arthur R.
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Wells, Herman B
- Wildermuth, Ora L.
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Subjects
- Indiana University alumni
- memorial fund
Interviewee
Wallace, Leon H. May 2, 1969
Call Number
69-005
Physical Description
31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Leon H. Wallace, born in 1904, discusses the history of the School of Law at
Indiana University. First, the origins of Indiana University are outlined.
In addition, Wallace speaks of the differing qualifications necessary to
practice as a attorney over the past century and a half in different areas
of the United States, including the state of Indiana. He discusses the
introduction of accreditation to various law schools, and the development of
the law program at Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- American Bar Association
- Association of American Law Schools
- Indiana State Legislature
- Indiana University School of Law
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Occupations
- attorney
- law professor
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Personal Names
- Harrison, William Henry
- Hepburn, Charles McGuffey
- Jennings, Jonathan E.
- McDonald, David
- Read, Daniel
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Indiana
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Subjects
- 1851 Indiana State Constitution
- accreditation
- attorneys
Interviewee
Warren, Winifred Merrill May 27, 1969
Call Number
69-007
Physical Description
28 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index; photos,
essay
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Winifred Merrill Warren, a teacher in the Music Department at Indiana
University from the mid nineteen twenties until the second half of the
twentieth century, discusses the beginnings of the Music Department and the
Music School. In particular, Mrs. Warren emphasizes the deeds of her father,
B.Winfred Merrill, a renowned musician and conductor who came to Indiana
University and virtually created the Music Department from nothing. She also
mentions the music building. She talks of how presidents William Lowe Bryan
and Herman B Wells affected the growth of music at Indiana University.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Department of Music
- Indiana University School of Music
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- music professor
- musician
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Campbell, Charles Diven
- Hoffzimmer, Ernest
- Merrill, B. Winfred
- Wells, Herman B
Interviewee
Weathers, Cecil; Weathers, Cecil, Mrs. June 13, 1971
Call Number
71-017
Physical Description
40 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 95 minutes; index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D.
Scott
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Weathers, alumni of Indiana University, discuss their
lives as married students at the university, including information about
their housing, board, transportation, health care, and professors. In
addition, the Weathers comment on their experiences teaching in the state of
Indiana, especially in the nineteen twenties. Mr. Weathers speaks of the
effects of the Great Depression on the business community, of which he was a
part throughout his career in the securities business. Indiana University
figures including Kenneth P. Williams and Charles J. Sembower are mentioned
in the Weathers' memories of the university.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Sembower, Charles J.
- Williams, Kenneth P.
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Subjects
- African-Americans
- discipline in education
- Great Depression
- health care
- housing
- railroads
- room and board
- teaching
- university requirements
- World War I
Interviewee
Weatherwax, Paul March 5, 1969
Call Number
69-001
Physical Description
30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Paul Weatherwax received his BA from Indiana University in the 1910s and
returned to Bloomington as a botany professor in 1921. He talks about the
changes that took place between the Bryan and Wells administrations. He also
discusses campus life during his time as a student here and about tensions
between other professors that existed during his teaching years.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences
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Geographic Names
- Thailand
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Occupations
- professor
- teacher
- teaching assistant
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Cummings, Edgar Roscoe
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Hoffman, Horace A.
- Mottier, David Myers
- Rothrock, David A.
- Stout, Selatie Edgar
- Wells, Herman B
- Willkie, Wendell L.
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Subjects
- boarding houses
- botany
- campus radicalism
- retirement
- student life
- trees
- zoology
Interviewee
Wells, Herman B January, 1968
Call Number
68-001
Physical Description
42 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index; small photo of
interviewee
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas D.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Born in 1902, Herman B Wells, former president of Indiana University,
discusses the controversial Kinsey research, papers, and Institute. Wells
speaks of the origin of the idea for Kinsey's research, the progression of
Kinsey's marriage classes, Kinsey's book, and eventually the Kinsey
Institute. Also included is Wells' description of the university's stand
throughout the controversy; for example, Indiana University's response to a
protesting letter from a Catholic bishop is discussed.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana University Board of Trustees
- Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and
Reproduction
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Occupations
- university president
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Personal Names
- Huxley, Julian
- Kinsey, Alfred C.
- Tello, Juan
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Subjects
- Kinsey marriage class
- Kinsey research
Interviewee
Wells, Herman B March 6, 1971;
March 10, 1971
Call Number
71-007
Physical Description
90 pages; 4 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 215 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Clark, Thomas; Collins, Dorothy
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Wells primarily discusses his tenure as president, comparing his
administration to that of William Lowe Bryan's and discussing the impact
that other universities had on his management style, the teaching and roles
of various professors, and the improvements and changes that came to Indiana
University during his years as president.
Herman B Wells, born 1902, died 2000, attended Indiana University as an
undergraduate. After an initial career in banking, he returned to Indiana
University to serve as a professor, Dean of the Business School, and then,
the University's president.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Indiana Bankers Association
- Indiana General Assembly
- Indiana University Lilly Library
- Kelley School of Business
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Time
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency
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Occupations
- attorney
- banker
- dean
- farmer
- legislator
- professor
- teacher
- university president
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Personal Names
- Bartley, E. Ross
- Biddle, Ward G.
- Briscoe, Herman T. "Kay"
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Coffman, Lotus
- Edwards, Edward E.
- Elliott, Edward
- Harper, Fowler V.
- Hastings, John S.
- Hutchins, Robert M.
- Jordan, David Starr
- McKinley, Richard
- McNutt, Paul V.
- Swain, Joseph
- Thompson, Stith
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Subjects
- faculty clubs
- intellectualism
- lending acts
- Marshall Plan
- politics
- rare books
- retirement
- salaries
- self study survey
- student leadership
- universities
- university finances
- World War II
Interviewee
Wells, Herman B June 16, 1976
Call Number
76-054
Physical Description
10 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Weaver, Bill L.
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
Herman B Wells, former president of Indiana University, describes the
University's efforts to bring European scholars to the United States,
particularly those who had a difficult time due to the rise of totalitarian
governments in their home countries. Wells was born in 1902 and died in
2000.
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Keywords
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Geographic Names
- Afghanistan
- Czechoslovakia
- Nigeria
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Personal Names
- Hlavaty, Vaclav
- Hopf, Eberhard
- Kronenberger, Albrecht
- Manes, Alfred
- Yusufzai, Baqi
- Yusufzai, Olga Hlavaty
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Subjects
- émigrés
- language instruction
Interviewee
Wilson, Lucia A. Showalter June 12, 1971
Interviewee
71-018
Physical Description
44 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; no index
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D.
Scott
Access Status
Restricted
Scope and Content Note
Lucia Wilson, née Showalter, received an A.B. degree from Indiana University
in 1922. She describes campus life and courtship with her future husband,
Stuart Wilson. She also describes professors with whom she worked. Wilson
compares her undergraduate days to those of 1947 and 1948, when she and her
husband returned to Indiana University for graduate school.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Cosmopolitan Club
- Culver Military Academy
- Indiana University Alpha Hall
- Lee, Higginson and Company
- Radford Normal School
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Edmondson, Frank K.
- Eigenmann, Carl H.
- Rawles, William A.
- Weatherly, Ulysses G.
- Wilson, Stuart
- Woodburn, Janet
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Subjects
- student health
- student life
Interviewee
Young, John L. June 13, 1971
Call Number
71-016
Physical Description
28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index; photo of interviewee,
brief biography of interviewee
Interviewer
Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D.
Scott
Access Status
Open
Scope and Content Note
John L. Young, born in 1899, earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana
University in 1921, graduating with the university's first class from its
School of Business. Enlisted in the military during World War I, Young went
on to a very successful career as an engineer. Within the interview, iron
ore mining, smelting, and the creation of steel are described. Young recalls
Indiana University from his standpoint as a student, remembering William
Lowe Bryan, Herman B Wells, with whom he graduated, the campus, diversity,
and various academic requirements.
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Keywords
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Corporation Names
- Alpha Tau Omega
- Timken Roller Company
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Geographic Names
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Duluth, Minnesota
- Evansville, Indiana
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Personal Names
- Bryan, William Lowe
- Wells, Herman B
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Subjects
- academic requirements
- African-Americans
- band
- campus life
- diversity
- films
- iron ore mining
- steel production
- World War I
