Duty, devotion, and delight in the President's House : oral history transcript / Ida Wittchen Sproul ; tape recorded interview conducted by Edna T. Daniel in January, 1960. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1961 : and related material, 1960-1961.

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Duty, devotion, and delight in the President's House : oral history transcript / Ida Wittchen Sproul ; tape recorded interview conducted by Edna T. Daniel in January, 1960. Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1961 : and related material, 1960-1961.

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Comments on family and early years; marriage to Robert G. Sproul; her husband's advancement to the presidency; role as University hostess; Charter Day speakers and distinguished guests; UCLA, Santa Barbara and Davis; student groups; loyalty oath controversy. Photographs inserted.

Transcript : [9], 103 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 814:9) and positive.

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Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975

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Sproul was at this time the president of the University of California; according to Alma's letter, he was a personal acquaintance of General Mark Clark, the U.S. high commissioner in Austria in the immediate postwar period. Ida was Robert's wife. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1943-1946. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864521 Personal correspondence and papers as President and President Emeritus of the U...

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