Oral history interview of Frederick L. Brown by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], November 19, 1975.

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Oral history interview of Frederick L. Brown by Charles E. Moran [manuscript], November 19, 1975.

Brown discusses coming to Charlottesville; life in the new Faculty Apartments; University departments in 1922; a "journal" club; U. Va. chapter of Sigma Xi, astronomy classes; growth of science departments, particularly physics; Westminster Presbyterian Church; McIntire Ampitheatre; finals; Easters and spring break; and the honor system. Professors mentioned include Llewellyn Hoxton, Carrol M. Sparrow, Fred Allison, Jesse Beams, Walter S. Rodman, Edwin Betts, William Mynn Thornton.

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