| Title: | History: Indiana University |
| Collection No.: | ohrc053 |
| Dates: | 1968-1981 |
| Quantity: |
Quantity: 90 Interviews (Audio files, transcripts, and collateral materials ) |
| 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. |
| Location: | Interviews are housed in Franklin Hall, Room 0030A. Contact ohrc@indiana.edu for more information. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office. |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: | Center for Documentary Research and Practice Franklin Hall 0030B 601 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Business Number: 812-855-2856 ohrc@iu.edu URL: https://cdrp.mediaschool.indiana.edu/ |
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.
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).
[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].
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.
No(s): 69-016
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 22 pages; 1 reel, 3 1/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 73-003
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 46 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 110 minutes; index, photograph of interviewee, resumé
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-008
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 49 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-010
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 160 minutes; index; photograph of Dean Barnhart, newspaper clippings about Hanson Anderson
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 81-002
Creator: Remak, Henry H. H. (Henry Heymann Herman), 1916-
Physical Description: 11 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 30 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 80-047
Creator: Kirkendall, Andrew J.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 81-003
Creator: Remak, Henry H. H. (Henry Heymann Herman), 1916-
Physical Description: 10 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 35 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-003
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Harshman, Kemp; Kosarko, Joseph
Physical Description: 52 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; black & white photo of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-019
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 35 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-011
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 75 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 180 minutes; no index; copy of obituary, biographical sketch
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-011
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 38 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 90 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-003
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 9 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 20 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 73-008
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 21 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 78-048
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 6 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 15 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-019
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index; photo of interviewee, news article
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-010
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-020
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-012
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 19 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-020
Creator: Cuffell, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-041
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 12 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 30 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-011
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 41 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-012
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 25 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-019
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 22 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-011
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Collins, Dorothy
Physical Description: 34 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-012
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
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
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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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 70-011
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 79-013
Creator: Giroux, Vincent A., Jr.
Physical Description: 34 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 75 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-013
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 53 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 135 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-029
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 18 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-012
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-016
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 24 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open (oral Deed of Gift)
No(s): 71-003
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 24 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-013
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 58 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-014
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Collins, Dorothy
Physical Description: 79 pages; 4 reels, 3 3/4 ips,190 minutes; no index; 2 photos of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-015
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 26 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 79-002
Creator: Ostrom, Elinor
Physical Description: 39 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 75 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: Charles Hyneman attended Indiana University as an undergraduate and returned to Bloomington in 1956 as a political science professor.
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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-015
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-014
Creator: Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 26 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 72-008
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 78-054
Creator: Goggins, John H.
Physical Description: 27 pages; 1 reel, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes
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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No(s): 69-017
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 9 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index; small photograph
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-013
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 26 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 60 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-006
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 27 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 73-004
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-014
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 57 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-001
Creator: Harshman, Kemp; Owen, Kent Christopher; Perry, Chris
Physical Description: 42 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 72-014
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 38 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 90 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-008
Creator: Winther, Oscar O.; Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 57 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 135 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-008
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 20 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open (oral Deed of Gift)
No(s): 72-009
Creator: Day, Harry G. (Harry Gilbert), 1906-
Physical Description: 50 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 120 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-018
Creator: Benson, Barbara; Pickett, William
Physical Description: 22 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-013
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-002
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 32 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open (oral Deed of Gift)
No(s): 69-018
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 29 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; no index; black and white photograph and negative
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-004
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Cuffel, Victoria
Physical Description: 34 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 80 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 76-010
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 5 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips; no index; partially transcribed
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-002
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 12 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 30 minutes; no index; partially transcribed
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-007
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 44 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; curriculum vitae
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-015
Creator: Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 89 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 215 minutes, no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-002
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Winther, Oscar O.
Physical Description: 98 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 240 minutes; index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 74-016
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 23 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 55 minutes; no index; small photo of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-009
Creator: Cuffel, Victoria; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-021
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-003
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Winther, Oscar O.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Restricted: Contact center staff for more information
No(s): 74-017
Creator: Warriner, David
Physical Description: 25 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips; 60 minutes.; no index; rough transcript
Scope and Content Note: Shaffer describes the impact of returning veterans on the university and the services provided to them.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 72-013
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 45 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-009
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 36 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-039
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 68 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 165 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 73-021
Creator: Mooney, Chase C.; Memorial Service
Physical Description: 21 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 50 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-010
Creator: Winther, Oscar Osburn; Memorial Service
Physical Description: 15 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 35 minutes; no index; two photos
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-004
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 58 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 140 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 77-014
Creator: Taylor, Bobbie
Physical Description: 35 pages; 1 cassette, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-004
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 73 pages; 3 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 170 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 79-070
Creator: Giroux, Vincent A., Jr.
Physical Description: 196 pages; 6 reels, 1 7/8 ips, 620 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-015
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Pickett, William B.
Physical Description: 29 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index; 1 song sheet, large photo of interviewee
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 70-017
Creator: Benson, Barbara; Pickett, William
Physical Description: 18 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 45 minutes; index; biographical sketch, article
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-009
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 29 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-005
Creator: Clark, Thomas; Winther, Oscar
Physical Description: 36 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-006
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.; Cuffel, Victoria
Physical Description: 30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-040
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 11 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 72-007
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 33 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 75 minutes; no index; photo of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-005
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 31 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-007
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 28 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index; photos, essay
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-017
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 40 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 95 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 69-001
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 30 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 70 minutes; index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 68-001
Creator: Clark, Thomas D.
Physical Description: 42 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 100 minutes; index; small photo of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-007
Creator: Clark, Thomas; Collins, Dorothy
Physical Description: 90 pages; 4 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 215 minutes; no index
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.
Biographical / Historical: 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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 76-054
Creator: Weaver, Bill L.
Physical Description: 10 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 25 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-018
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 44 pages; 2 reels, 3 3/4 ips, 105 minutes; no index
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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Access Status: Open
No(s): 71-016
Creator: Benson, Barbara E.; Peterson, D. Scott
Physical Description: 28 pages; 1 reel, 3 3/4 ips, 65 minutes; index; photo of interviewee, brief biography of interviewee
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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Access Status: Open