The life and death of a small liberal arts college for women. Subjects discussed include early planning (1962-63), the role of Robert W. McEwen, President of Hamilton College (Kirkland's coordinate institution) from 1949 to 1966, exploration by the McIntosh Committee of definitions for the new college, debates on coordinate institutions versus co-education and on the function of women's education, development of Kirkland's educational program, staff and campus, and the use of architecture to express educational values. Participants, pagination and restrictions: Samuel F. Babbitt, 74; Walter Beinecke, 43, restriction pending; Richard W. Couper, 15, restriction pending; David Ellis, 21, restriction pending; Marjorie McEwen, 39; Millicent McIntosh, 44, permission required; Debbie Moscowitz, 32, restriction pending; Inez Nelbach, 32; Ruth Rinard, 30, restriction pending; Carl Schneider, 32, restriction pending; Connie Strellas, 39, restriction pending. Each interviewee's oral history individually cataloged.
