Reminiscences of Elmer Louis Kayser : oral history, 1979.

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Reminiscences of Elmer Louis Kayser : oral history, 1979.

Family background, growing up in Georgetown, D.C.; George Washington University, B.A., 1917 and M.A., 1918; career as teacher and administrator at George Washington University, 1918-74; secretary of the university, 1918-29; Student Army Training Corps, director of summer session, 1924-29; detailed discussion of the presidency of Cloyd Heck Marvin, 1927-59: building plan, problems of part-time students and instructors, growth and development; Ph.D. in history, Columbia University; return to George Washington University as dean of the university and Extension Students; historian of George Washington University, 1961; history of university 1971, of Medical School, 1974; role of George Washington University in nation's capital; outside activities: radio series, Current History Lectures, Mt. Vernon College, American Historical Association treasurer 1956-72, Columbia Historical Society, American Association of University Professors, American Bar Association joint committee, Advisory Committee on Naval History.

Transcript: 295 leaves.Tape: 7 reels.

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