The University of Montana-Missoula oral history project 2006-2008

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The University of Montana-Missoula oral history project 2006-2008

The twenty-five interviews, recorded for The University of Montana-Missoula Oral History Project by David Brooks between 2006 and 2008, describe changes in the university, departments, curriculum, administration, sports, and students from the late 1940s into the 21st century.

25 interviews

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SNAC Resource ID: 6375374

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University of Washington

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Oelz, Erling, interviewee

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Fiedler, Leslie A.

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Leslie Aaron Fiedler was born on March 8, 1917 in Newark, N.J. He received his B.A. from New York University in 1938, and pursued graduate studies in English at the University of Wisconsin where he received both his M.A. and Ph.D. In 1941 he was hired as an assistant professor at Montana State University, Missoula. In 1963 he transferred to the State University of New York at Buffalo where he remained for the duration of his career. From 1974 to 1977, Fiedler served as chair of the University's ...

Van de Wetering, Maxine, interviewee

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University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Dept. of Botany

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Phillips, Paul C. (Paul Chrisler), 1883-1956

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Paul Chrisler Phillips was born in Bloomfield, Indiana, in 1883. He spent his youth in Nebraska, but returned to Indiana with his family in 1895. There he entered high school and experimented with sheep raising and wheat growing. His interests changed from farming to history and in 1906 he graduated with a degree in history from Indana University. He went on for his master's degree there and then received his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois in 1911. His doctoral diss...

University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Dept. of Social Work

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William & Rosemary Gallagher Business Building (University of Montana

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Roy, Tom (Thomas M.), interviewee

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Blumberg, Nathan B.

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Arkava, Morton L.

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Medora, Rustem, interviewee

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University of Houston

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McCain, James Allen, 1907-1987

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Miller, J. Earll, b. 1888

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Systemic Initiative for Montana Mathematics and Science

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Montana. Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education

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Bowers, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1927-1996

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Richard C. Bowers was born May 3, 1927 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan in1948 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1953. Bowers was a professor of chemistry at both the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University before becoming Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University. He was soon promoted to Provost and later to Vice President of Academic Affairs. Bowers competed...

University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Dept. of English

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Wren, Mel

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Stearns, Sheila, interviewee

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Sullivan, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1917-2009

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Kramer, Joe

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Browder, Walter Gordon

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University of Notre Dame.

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IMPACT (Project)

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Bennett, Edward Earl

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Edward Earl Bennett was born October 29, 1892 in Stafford, Kansas. He received a B.A. from the University of Kansas in 1916, and an M.A. (1923) and Ph.D (1925) from the University of Wisconsin. For five years he taught political science and history in Sterling, Kansas, high school; he was then principal of high schools in St. John and Hutchinson, Kansas. From 1922 to 1924 he was an assistant in history at the University of Wisconsin, specializing in American colonial history, but al...

Koch, James V., 1942-....

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Reinhardt, Howard E., interviewee

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McFarland, Carl, 1904-1979

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Born in Seattle, Washington in 1904. Received his B.A., M.A. and LL.B. from the University of Montana and S.J.D. from Harvard University. Practiced law in Montana and then joined the Department of Justice where he became assistant attorney general in the Lands Division. Returned to practice of law and drafted Administrative Procedure Act. Served as president of the University of Montana, 1951-1959. Taught law at the University of Virginia, 1959-1975. Died in 1979. From the descriptio...

Curry, Robert B., 1933-

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Habbe, Donald E.

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Van Valkenburg, Carol Bulger

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Montana Committee for the Humanities

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Coca-Cola Company

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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

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American fiction writer. From the description of Papers of William Faulkner [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809728 From the description of Jacket, [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811922 From the description of Uncorrected galley proof of The Faulkner reader [manuscript], 1954 April 1. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647809700 From the description of Photograph, 1962 Mar. 2...

University of Montana--Missoula

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The University of Montana-Missoula's Faculty Senate serves to promote faculty involvement in the governance of the University. The Senate reviews, debates, and votes on issues pertaining to the academic and faculty welfare of The University of Montana (UM) in consultation and cooperation with the President and University administration. Faculty members contribute to UM governance by participating in the Senate and specific committees. The first faculty meeting of the Uni...

Cox, James W. (James Wallace), 1929-

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Mullin, Christopher, interviewee

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Washington-Grizzly Stadium (Missoula, Mont.)

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University of Oregon. Center for Teaching Writing

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The Univeristy of Oregon was established on October 19, 1872 and began classes on October 16, 1876. In 1915 there were 119 professors and instructors; by 1934 that number had grown to over 174 faculty. From the guide to the Faculty bulletins and scrapbooks, 1914-1934, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries) The High School debating league was started by the Oregon Teacher Association. The University of Oregon contributed by publishing th...

Lott, Caroline, interviewee

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Van de Wetering, John E., 1927-

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Toole, K. Ross (Kenneth Ross), 1920-1981

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Author, former director of the Montana Historical Society, and professor of history at the University of Montana in Missoula. From the description of Kenneth Ross Toole interview, 1970. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70924269 Kenneth Ross Toole was born August 8, 1920 in Missoula, Montana. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Toole received a B.A. in History in 1946 and M.A. in History, American West, in 1948, both from the U...

Brown, Jerry Elijah, 1945-

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Brown served as head of the Department of Journalism at Auburn University 1995-99. He is a biographer and local historian as well as a founder of "Read Alabama" and the AU Center for the Arts and Humanities. From the description of Papers, 1961-1990. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 43208595 ...

Dixon, Joseph M. (Joseph Moore), 1867-1934

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Joseph Moore Dixon was born at the Quaker enclave of Snow Camp, North Carolina, in 1867 to Hugh Woody and Adaline Murchison Dixon. He was the third of four children and their only son. The Dixons were Quakers who traced their origins to England. Dixon attended the Sylvan Academy and the New Garden Boarding School, both Quaker institutions, then Earlham College in Indiana. He withdrew from Earlham in 1888 and finished his education at Guilford College that spring. In 1891...

Lott, Johnny W., 1944-

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Powell, Ward H., 1917-

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Pantzer, Robert T., 1914-2004

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Turner, R. T. (Robert Townley), 1917-1972

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Robert Townley Turner was born July 8, 1917, in Eureka, Utah. He received his AB with honors (1939), MA (1940), and Ph.D. (1945) from the University of California, Los Angeles; his doctoral dissertation was Europe and the Belgian Revolution, 1789-1790 . In 1943 he accepted a position at Montana State University in Missoula, Montana (now The University of Montana), teaching history, political science, and international relations. In 1954 he became a full professor, and in 1955 became chairman of ...

Gianchetta, Larry, interviewee

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Bucklew, Neil S.

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Karlin, Jules A.

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Hugo, Richard, 1923-1982

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Richard Hugo (1923-1982), American poet. From the description of Richard Hugo collection, 1972-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702183549 Richard Hugo was born in 1923 in Seattle, Washington. He was raised by his grandparents in White Center, Washington. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. After the war, he attended the University of Washington, where he earned his B.A. in 1948 and his M.A in 1952 and was a student of Theodore Roethke. He worked as a technic...

Brooks, David (David James), interviewer

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Pfeiffer, Burt

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Chessin, Meyer, interviewee

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Clubb, Merrel, interviewee

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Karlin, Jules A.

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Goetz, Hank, interviewee

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Dennison, George M. (George Marshel), 1935-

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Mansfield Library

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University of Kansas.

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The University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence, Douglas County was established in 1864 under constitutional provision. KU is a major comprehensive research and teaching university that serves as a center for learning, scholarship, and creative endeavor. The university is committed to offering the highest quality undergraduate, professional, and graduate programs and offers a broad array of advanced graduate study programs. It fulfills its mission through faculty, academic, and research programs of in...

Northern Pacific Railway company

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The Northern Pacific Railway Company was the successor of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and was established in 1896. The company operated railway lines between the Great Lakes and Washington State until it merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970. From the description of Northern Pacific Railway Company photographs, circa 1900s-1920s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367951939 The Northern Pacific Railroad Company was chartered in 1864 to build a railro...

University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.). Dept. of Chemistry

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Yale University.

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Drake, Richard, 1942-

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Hewitt, Gloria

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

Northwest Inter-Institutional Council on Study Abroad

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McGiffert, Robert C., 1922-

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