Buel, Richard, 1933-

Scope and Contents In this interview, Richard (Dick) Buel discusses topics including: studying history at Amherst (B.A.) and Harvard (M.A. and PhD); work as faculty of the history department at Wesleyan (1962-2002); his late wife Joy Day's contributions to one of his first published manuscripts Democracy in the American Revolution (1968); institutional upheaval at Wesleyan in the 1960s; Wesleyan's commitment to minority enrollment and the resulting racial tensions; Vietnam War demonstrations at Wesleyan and...