Amherst College Oral History Project Records, 1978-1982
2 archives boxes (1 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
Access to some of the material in this collection is restricted. Availability will be determined upon request.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
The Amherst College Oral History Project was an initiative of the Public Relations Department of the College in the late 1970s. Horace W. Hewlett, Director of Public Relations of the College from 1947 to 1958 and Secretary of the College and Director of Publications from 1958 to 1977, conducted all thirty-one of the interviews. Each of the interviews appears in print format in this collection.
The Amherst College Oral History Project Records consists of thirty-one transcriptions of interviews with Professors Emeriti, staff members, and other prominent members of the Amherst community. All of the interviews were conducted between 1977 and 1982.
Access to some of the material in this collection is restricted. Availability will be determined upon request.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in Amherst College Oral History Project Records, [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library
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Robert B. Whitney, George H. Corey Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
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1977 Dec 13
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Box 1: folder 1
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Theodore Baird, Professor of English, Emeritus: "Reflections on Amherst and English 1"
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1978 Mar
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Box 1: folder 2
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George W. Bain, Samuel A. Hitchcock Professor of Mineralogy and Geology, Emeritus
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1977 Dec 22
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Box 1: folder 3
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George Rogers Taylor, George Daniel Olds Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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1978 May 19
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Box 1: folder 4
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Newton F. McKeon, Professor of English and Director of the Robert Frost Library, Emeritus
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1977 Dec 2
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Box 1: folder 5
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J. Seelye Bixler (AC 1916)
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1976 Jan 23
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Box 1: folder 6
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Admissions Panel Discussion: Abraham H. Lass, Principal, Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn, New York; Eugene S. Wilson, Dean of Admissions, Emeritus, Amherst College
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1978 Jan 25
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Box 1: folder 7
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Eugene S. Wilson, Dean of Admissions Emeritus, Amherst College
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1979 Jan 17-18
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Box 1: folder 8
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Colston E. Warne, Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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1978 Nov 8
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Box 1: folder 9
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Ralph A. Beebe, Massachusetts Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
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1978 Jan 4
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Box 1: folder 10
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Harold H. Plough, Harkness Proefessor of Biology, Emeritus
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1977 Nov 21-22
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Box 1: folder 11
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Theodore Soller, Professor of Physics, Emeritus
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1978 May 7
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Box 1: folder 12
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Charles H. Morgan, William R. Mead Professor of Art Emeritus
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1978 Dec 7
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Box 1: folder 13
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Mrs. Alice Felt Tyler
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1979 May 14
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Box 1: folder 14
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G. Armour Craig ("Reminiscences of Robert Frost"), Samuel Williston Professor of English
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1979 Jun 21
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Box 1: folder 15
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F. Curtis Canfield, Formerly Stanley King Professor of Dramatic Arts
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1979 Feb 12
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Box 1: folder 16
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Ralph C. McGoun Jr., Professor of Dramatic Arts, Emeritus
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1979 Sep 13
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Box 1: folder 17
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Margaret Pinckney (Mrs. Stanley) King
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1963 Sep
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Box 2: folder 18
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Willard L. Thorp, Professor of Economics, Emeritus
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1978 Mar 23-28
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Box 2: folder 19
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John William Ward, Former President of the College
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1979 Jun 19
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Box 2: folder 20
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J. Seelye Bixler, Trustee, Emeritus
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1979 Dec 5
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Box 2: folder 21
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Rose R. Olver, Professor of Psychology
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1979 Oct 3
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Box 2: folder 22
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F. King Turgeon, Professor of French, Emeritus
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1980 Jan 5
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Box 2: folder 23
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J. Alfred Guest, Secretary of the Amherst Alumni Council and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Amherst College, Emeritus
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1980 Jan 18, 22
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Box 2: folder 24
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Alfred F. Havighurst, Professor of History, Emeritus
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1980 Apr 2
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Box 2: folder 25
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William A. Mueller, Director of Physical Plant and Services
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1980 Jan 23
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Box 2: folder 26
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Mrs. Kendall B. DeBevoise, Curator Emily Dickinson Homestead
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1981 Mar 20
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Box 2: folder 27
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E. Dwight Salmon, Winkley Professor of History, Emeritus
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1979 Summer
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Box 2: folder 28
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Mrs. Theodore Soller
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1980 May 21
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Box 2: folder 29
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William M. Golding, Manager and Walter R. Lucas, Assistant Manager of Valentine Dining Hall
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1981 Feb 4
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Box 2: folder 30
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Herman A. Greenberg, Reminiscences on Professor Friedman (at Amherst College 1927-1929)
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1982 May 6
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Box 2: folder 31
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