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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...

Scope and Contents In this first interview of three, William Barber discusses topics including: childhood in Depression-era Kansas; attending Harvard on scholarship; time as a soldier in WWII; attending Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; work as Assistant Professor at Kansas State; work in Washington D.C. as an economic analyst; futher studies at Oxford (PhD); marriage to wife Sheila; working in the Economics Department at Wesleyan; work as Chairman of College of Social Studies; specialization in the History of...

Scope and Contents In this second interview of three, William Barber discusses topics including: working with Vic Butterfield; launch of the College Plan (1959); launch of Center for Advanced Studies by Sigmund Neurmann; ethnomusicology at Wesleyan; eclectic faculty at Wesleyan including Nobby Brown, Carl Schorske, and Juan Ruora Parella; push for coeducation and diversification; reduction of Wesleyan's wealthy by Etherington; Etherington's departure and Senate attempt; Etherington Scholarships; Colin...

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of oral history interviews with members of the Wesleyan University community, including faculty emeriti, administration officials, and others. They are sponsored by the Wesleyan University Wasch Center for Retired Faculty and are added to on an ongoing basis.

Scope and Contents In this interview with Willie Zabar and Melanie Berman, Jeanine Basinger describes how the Wesleyan campus has changed over her long employment of fifty-five years and tenure as a film professor, starting in 1969 at the invitation of John Frazer, during which she worked to help establish new archives and resources for the film department. She recalls the impact construction and expansion has had on university life, as well as the establishment of a theater with her name. She also mentions...

Scope and Contents In this interview, Allan Berlind discusses topics including: studying zoology at Swarthmore (B.A.), studying zoology and neuro-physiology at Harvard (M.A., PhD), post-doc work at Berkeley (1969-1971), work on the faculty at Wesleyan, planning of a Neuroscience and Behavior major at Wesleyan alongside Dave Adams, David Bodznick, Harry Sinnamon, and Carol Lynch (1992), work as chair of Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, work on other faculty committees, frustrations with...

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection consists of oral history interviews with members of the Wesleyan University community, including faculty emeriti, administration officials, and others. They are sponsored by the Wesleyan University Wasch Center for Retired Faculty and are added to on an ongoing basis.

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...

Scope and Contents In this interview, John Anthony "Tony" discusses topics including: his childhood in England during WWII; service in the Army; work as a textile designer; teaching at an art school; teaching Liberal Studies; attending Manchester University (M.A.); completing a Writers Residency at Amherst College; teaching a class of George Creeger's at Wesleyan; subsequently accepting a year-long teaching position at Wesleyan; receiving tenure at Wesleyan; time as Chairman of the English Department; 15-year...