Arnold, Herbert A., 1935-

Scope and Contents

Papers created or collected by Herb Arnold. The first folder has materials related to Wesleyan history in the late 1960s (anti-Vietnam activities and documents). The other three folders contain information on the College of Letters for classes in 1966 and 1967, and various other documents.

Scope and Contents In his two interviews, Herbert Arnold discusses topics including: his childhood in Bavaria (now Czech Republic); deporation during WWII; attending Germantown High School in Philadelphia through an American Field Service scholarship; attending university in Germany in Freiburg and Wurzburg; studying under Gerd Tellenbach; teaching intensive German Language at Wesleyan (1962); joining the Wesleyan faculty (1963); the Wesleyan College Plan; tenures of University presidents including Vic...

Scope and Contents In his two interviews, Herbert Arnold discusses topics including: his childhood in Bavaria (now Czech Republic); deporation during WWII; attending Germantown High School in Philadelphia through an American Field Service scholarship; attending university in Germany in Freiburg and Wurzburg; studying under Gerd Tellenbach; teaching intensive German Language at Wesleyan (1962); joining the Wesleyan faculty (1963); the Wesleyan College Plan; tenures of University presidents including Vic...

Abstract

These addresses were made to incoming students at the beginning of the academic year throughout the 1980s.

Scope and Contents In this interview, Krishna Winston discusses her unorthodox path to her hiring and tenure at Wesleyan as a professor in German Studies and Environmental Studies (the latter of which she was an integral part of its inception); growing up in the rural Northeast and the schooling disruptions resulting from this; her experience at Radcliffe and Smith, including study-abroad in Hamburg through a Smith program; how her early experiences in Europe informed her academic interests; her personal...