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3 | Done? (initial) | Name | Date (check that the date in this column is correct) | Interviewer name | Location/occasion | Keywords | Additional notes? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | CO | Swift, Jessica | 1975 | David Stameshkin | (0:55); Discusses when Middlebury first started accepting women (1:55); Discusses if she ever contemplated attending Middlebury College while growing up in Middlebury (2:15); Discusses the college's early transition to becoming a coeducational institution (2:50); Discusses Professor Howard, who was a very well-known and well-liked professor in those days (3:30); Discusses her father, who had a history at the college (8:55); Discusses how students supplemented their funds to attend Middlebury, which was predominantly through teaching (10:50); Discuss when she first went to Europe and then later to school (13:10); Discusses relationship between the town and the college (19:20); Discusses relationship between faculty and students (22:10); Discusses Professor Brader (?); (24:20); Discusses President Merrill (?); (25:55); Discusses Mr. and Mrs. Brexit (?); (26:50); Discusses Mr. Merrill again (27:35); Discusses President Braner (?); again (27:55); Discusses President Thomas (29:05); Discusses interaction between local women and women's college (30:30); Discusses interaction between college boys and girls (31:30); Discusses when Hilde created some sort of social committee (33:20); Discusses when she left the college and town (34:05); Discusses her return to Middlebury (35:45); Discusses how students and faculty grew farther apart the bigger the college grew (36:15); Discusses Professor Higley (37:50); Discusses location of first college building (38:50); Discusses Professor Sealey (40:20); Discusses her teenagehood (41:25); Discusses when her mother died (45:30); Discusses father's letters in the Sheldon Museum (48:10); Discusses father's wide variety of positions in Vermont state, VT Senate being most prominent example (49:20); Discusses relationship between President Theodore Roosevelt and her father (51:10); Discusses interaction between Jessica and Senator Stewart and editor of the Evening Sun (53:10); discusses dating between men and women of the college (54:40); Discusses some differences between modern young people and the young people of her era. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | HS | Kelly, Elizabeth Walt Baker | February, 1970 | David Stameshkin | Former Social director of activities for women, Elizabeth Kelly, discusses former Deans of Women and their reputations, living in Forrest, leading the student union, getting to know the students, fraternities, working as a red cross psychiatrist, reuniting with her brother in Manilla, receiving her degree from Mt. Holyoke, working as a library secretary at Mt. Holyoke, student parties in apartments, handling noise complaints, student discipline and student pranks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | HS | Hadley, Egbert Charles | 1974 | Hadley discusses managing the baseball team; dorm life; compulsory chapel; senior theatre; Middlebury as the "poor man's college"; Harvard; prohibition; drinking around campus; Brainerd; Kellogg; how Middlebury has changed; commencement speakers; Armstrong; comparing presidents; facilities; McCullough gym; athletics; working on the kaleidoscope. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | HS | Kasper, Joseph | August 6, 1974 | Kasper discusses faculty student relations; Stores Lee; student council; Mr. Hepburn; how he wanted to leave college to work; how he came back to Middlebury; Professor Stevens; Jewish discrimination; religious diversity; socio economic breakdown; President Moody; Elbert Cole; Trustees; growth of the student body; town gown relations; world war 1; hazing; pranking; his college roommate; Harvard; President Stratton. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | HS | Armstrong, James I. | November 4, 1974 | Former President Armstrong announces his resignation from office to the student body and participates in an interview discussing why Middlebury is ready for change; why the mission statement is at its peak; Middlebury's financial issues; balancing the budget; Dana foundation; the endowment;advice for the successor; female candidate for president; sacrificing spending time with students to raise funds; expanding the school with a language building, new library and a new sports track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | HS | Guarnaccia, Sam | 1975 | Guarnaccia discusses fellow New England private schools; football; athletics; student faculty relationships; sex on campus; strictness on campus; sexual relationships; segregation by sexes; gender stereotypes; coeducation; Harvard; college dances; fraternities; KDI; student jobs; social groups; exclusion of Blacks and Jews in fraternities; President Stratton; student politics; student leadership; blue key; socioeconomic classes; dating. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | HS | Neuberger, Fred | May 6, 1992 | Tom Alderman | Neuberger discusses working as dean of admissions; President Storrs Lee; President Armstrong; President Stratton; the end of Women's college of Middlebury; coeducation; old economy; socioeconomic classes; Middlebury tuition; trustees; student body numbers; over enrollment; female vs. male students; how Middlebury students compare with other new england private schools; competition; Middlebury acceptance rate; Middlebury endowment; Alumni dinners; trustees; financial aid; large Middlebury investment; need blind; recruiting people of color; diversity in admissions; what admissions looks for in students; admitting athletes; balancing athletics and academics; affirmative action; World War 2; Jim Crow era; historical lack of racial diversity; increasing the number of minority students; supporting minority students; town gown relations; faculty salaries; how hard it is to reject applicants; admissions faculty; President Olin Robison. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | HS | Munford, Howard | February 5, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Munford discusses President Stratton; tenure; serving as assistant professor; expansion of the college; student faculty ratio; trustees; Armstrong; Storrs Lee; President Moody; Eleanor Ross; faculty council; quality of students; gender balance; English department; his retirement; Armstrong's resignation; being department chair. | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | HS | Munford, Howard and Marion | 2/6/1975 + March 5th | David Stameshkin | The home of the Munfords' | Munford and Marion discuss when they started working at Middlebury; why they chose to attend Middlebury; Eleanor Ross Dean of women; strictness on campus; gender segregation; President Moody; Cornwall's dismissal; Redfield Proctor; fraternities; social events; social groups; rushing; sororities; kappa kappa gamma; discriminatory fraternities; Black people and Jews in fraternities; the end of sororities; trustees; parties; Biology department; economy department; endowment; President Moody's wife; President Stratton; Ted Morrison; Pearl Harbor; World War II; students protesting the war; Robert Pickard; | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | HS | Lardner, Adelma Hadley | March 6, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Lardner 28' discusses President Moody; Eleanor Ross; Women's College; Middlebury rules and restrictions; student government; why she chose Middlebury College; Fraternity houses; competition for colleges; working as head of Forest Hall; social activities; tea dances; McCullough gym; female male interactions; professions for women after graduation; Margaret Peck; the liberalization of Middlebury rules; Middlebury traditions; intramural sports; her relationship with the faculty; Helen Bradley 28' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | HS | Fiske, Jane Howard | March 10, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Fiske 39' discusses prohibition; having students living with her family; President Moody; coeducation; careers for women after graduation; town gown relations; V12; UVM; leaving college to get married; the depression; student jobs; Professor Richard Brown; Eleanor Ross; restrictions on women; living off campus; compulsory chapel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | HS | Benedict, Edith Cartmell | March 11, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Edith '26 discusses why she choose Middlebury for two years; living at home off campus; isolation; decline of town gown relations; Eleanor Ross; Middlebury's gender segregation; Home ec. classes; dress code; changes in the new generations of students; Middlebury strictness; student's bad behavior | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | HS | Leng, Russell | May 5, 1975 | David Stameshkin | . | Leng 60' discusses student life; the difference between high school students and college students; Fraternity; administration pressure on fraternities; changes in social order of students overtime; President Stratton; how Middlebury has changed overtime; the growth of academic departments; student faculty relations; faculty relations; senior thesis; high faculty turnover rate; student guidance; benefits of fraternities; honors program; compulsory chapel; political science; WW2 film. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | HS | Andrews, John | May 27, 1975 | Allison Kirk | John Andrew discusses how Middlebury compares to other colleges; how he was hired directly by President Moody; Moody's temperament; Eleanor Ross; faculty life; faculty housing; Professor's salary in the 1930's; World War II; war on drugs; Middlebury during the war; GI benefits; President Stratton; secret faculty vote; political leanings of the faculty; politics; bad student teacher ratio; faculty complaints; Educational Policy Committee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | HS | Cole, Elbert | June 3, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Cole discusses athletics; dances; sororities; social life; Pearsons Hall; McCullough gym; baseball field; new chapel; President Moody; old campus; student jobs; underground railroad at Brainerd's house; Redfield Proctor; trustees; Mrs. Moody; Alexander Twilight; World War II; alumni events; E. Pruda Wiley; commencement; Dwayne Robinson; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | HS | Miner, T. Richardson | June 3, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Miner discusses Middlebury's changes overtime; Middlebury's strict rules; blue key; traditions; dress code; Korean War; athletics; student activities; service organizations; campus publications; pledging fraternities; Freshman activities committee; popularity of fraternities on campus; campus leaders; advocating for fraternities; Hepburn; the social order of Middlebury; sororities; student body size; Elizabeth Kelly; Walter Brooker; President Stratton; President Armstrong; World War II; curriculum reforms; the difference between faculty then and now; student faculty relations; what is attractive about Middlebury; student freedom; male and female relations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | HS | Tall, Roth W. | June 3, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Roth Tall discusses civil rights; possible violence on campus; MLK; Malcolm X; Kennedy assassination; President Stratton; White christian fraternities exclusion of Blacks and Jews; sororities; volunteer work; athletics; South/north tension; Armstrong's crisis; activism; curfews for women; town gown relations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | HS | Clifford, Deborah | June 10, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Deborah discusses her interviews about: President Moody; Eleanor Ross; railroading students; Armstrong; segregating college; "Nita" Cook; Adelma Hadley Lardner; Marion Young; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | HS | Brooker, Walter | June 11, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Office of Brooker | Brooker discusses meeting Charles A. Dana; Stratton's retirement; President Armstrong; Sunderland; grants; language schools; Dana auditorium; scholarships; facilities; field house; Dana foundation; Dana Scholarship program; Dana Corporation; Justin Ricker; trustees; House in the pines; Pittsburgh community trust; mountains; Sarah Larson; Library; competition for grants; Professorship for Pre-Med; raising funds for salaries; Science center; | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | HS | Peterson, Bruce and Judith | June 19, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | Judith and Bruce Peterson discussed the difference between female and male Middlebury applicants; Social class differences; diversity; double standards for women, restrictions on women; freedom of men; the social divide between men and women; getting pinned; fraternities; blanket permission; going to New York state to drink legally; changes in fraternities over the years; sororities; compulsory chapel; Storrs Lee dismissal; Blue Key; administration student relations; faculty student relations; Eisenhower; Winter Carnival; increase in student diversity; President Armstrong; town gown relations; Student Dining Unit; "college drug problem". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | HS | Bowker, John G. | October 15, 1975 | David Stameshkin | 14 Adirondack view Bowker's home | Bowker discusses President Thomas; Dwayne Robinson; President Stratton; fund raising; Athletics; Hamlin Hall; Tea time tavern; President Hamlin; expanding the Fine Arts programs; mathematics courses; mathematics curriculum changes; Foreign Language Study; President Moody; Storrs Lee; Steve Freeman; Board of Trustees; military training on campus; draft dodgers; World War II; dismissal of faculty; President Armstrong; comparing Middlebury to other colleges; gender segregation; coeducation; Forest Hall; women's college; the depression years; | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | HS | Holby, Dana | 1978 | Holby discusses how dance improves athletics; dance; stretching; injury; exercises; sports training; developing muscles; sports movement; developing dance classes for sports; dance enrollment; dance curriculum; dance classes for skiing; flexibility; physical condition of students; physicality of men vs. women; benefits of dance; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | HS | Normano, Berthe | 1986 | Ron Nief | Normano discusses the Russian Revolution; Saint Petersburg; public sentiment about Russian revolution; Lenin; German occupation; how she left Russia; how she got into Germany; living in Kiev; Russian education system; Red army; traveling to Finland; looking for her husband in Finland; being in political quarantine in Finland; assassination of the Tsar; how she came to Middlebury; living in France; why she decided to leave; looking for a job in America; her brother; Russian German relations; Duma; Konstantine Romanov; Rasputin; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | HS | Kelly, Elizabeth Walt Baker | January 31, 1986 | Kathy | Kelly discusses how she started working at Middlebury; what she likes about Middlebury; isolation; dress code; being social director; dormitories; new buildings on campus; strict regulations on women; being a veteran; characteristics of the students; sororities racial discrimination; the end of sororities; the difficulties of her job; her relationship with the students; town gown relations; keeping in touch with former students; scholarships for women; being hostess of Hadley; changes in Middlebury overtime; how Middlebury compares to other colleges; President Stratton; large donations to Middlebury; being hostess of Hadley house; gender discrimination; gender equality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | HS | Nelson, Walter "Duke" | February 7, 1986 | Nelson discusses what he studied at Middlebury; athletics; field house; athletic facilities; coaching football, hockey and golf; teaching PE; intramurals; lacrosse; comparing Middlebury to other colleges; student activities; changes in Middlebury; teaching sports at a young age; World War II; what makes Middlebury unique; the rural setting; the growth of Middlebury; scholarships; financial aid; President Moody; President Stratton; President Robison; other coaching offers; balancing academics and athletics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | HS | Holmes, Marion | March 4, 1986 | Marion discussed gender segregation on campus; women lacking quality professors because they could only have female professors; sororities; her work as secretary to the registrar and to faculty; her salary; changes to college size; rising cost of tuition; positives about Middlebury College; Winter Carnival; Breadloaf; Forrest Hall; classes in the chapel; compulsory chapel; Hamlin Hall burned down by a student; Robert Frost; President Stratton; World War II; disbandment of ROTC; Student Dining Union; New majors; President Armstrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | HS | Craven, John V. | March 14, 1986 | Craven discusses his transition into Middlebury; economics; Eisenhower; working for Washington; Colgate; teaching graduate programs; getting his degree; President Stratton; Faculty publication; changes after Stratton; student faculty relationship; Jr. faculty; tenure; being invited to be chair; trying to grow the department; Marxism; capitalism; politics; running to state treasurer; comparing Stratton to other presidents; what kinds of students are economics majors; being a faculty activist; radicalizing economics students. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | HS | Harnest, Grant Hopkins | March 18, 1986 | Harnest discusses getting a masters in Chemistry at Middlebury; changes in the Chemistry faculty in the 40's; salaries for professors; being an assistant professor; tenure; trustees; building homes; President Bates; how much time he spent with the students; new faculty; administration faculty relations; balancing research and teaching; buying equipment; President Stratton; Stratton's financial priorities; lack of funds for laboratories; President Armstrong; differences in salaries for professors; differences in chairmen in the past vs. today; department inner workings; changes with Armstrong; being chairman for the planning committee for science development; administration fundraising; building the science complex; expanding the student body; turning away from science after Vietnam war; design of the science building; Starr Library; Science library; comparing Middlebury to other little Ivys; need blind; economic makeup of the students; contact with the students. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | HS | Munford, Howard | March 18, 1986 | Munford discusses Reginald Cook; department of American literature; resigning in protest; President Armstrong; studying as an undergraduate; Harvard; President Moody; Middlebury's reputation; restrictions on women; fraternities; social life; fraternities exclusion; gender segregation; women's separate college; qualifications of the women; number of student applicants; comparing grades of men and women; women professors; Eleanor Ross; World War II; the rise of fascism; interventionism; Board of Trustees; President Stratton; student lows; faculty disapproval of Stratton; low salary; poor faculty and President relations; faculty council; Moody could not fire professors; finding President Armstrong; his published work; Robert Frost; his teaching style; veterans at Middlebury; changes in student body overtime; student diversity; minority students; athletics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | HS | Hitchcock, Harold Bradford | April 4, 1986 | Hitchcock discussed how he was hired at Middlebury; Breadloaf; President Stratton; Physics dept; expansion of science departments; changes after President Armstrong; his role as the chairman of the Biology department; faculty debating over Winter Term; grants for science research; his fulbright fellowship; his relationship with the administration; how Middlebury changed into a little university; the increasing amount of research; his salary; bats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | HS | Ballou, Donald | April 18, 1986 | Ballou discusses why he chose to work at Middlebury; President Moody; how WWII affected the college; absence of men during and after the war; President Stratton; the administration change after Stratton; his experience as department chair; department expansion; unrest under Stratton; introducing a new computer course; National Science Foundation; balancing teaching and research; participating in faculty committees; home economics; educational policy committee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | HS | Bigelow, Leslie Cole | April 18, 1986 | Bigelow discusses how he chose Middlebury; his graduate career; how he chose philosophy; philosophy; his experience in the Army in the 40's; his low salary; his relationship with faculty; compulsory chapel; faculty attitudes towards the administration; how President Stratton ran Middlebury like a company; battle over relevant majors; women applicants; class size; isolation of Middlebury; John Andrews; how Middlebury compares to other Colleges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | HS | Clagett, John H. | May 6, 1986 | Clagett discusses the Naval academy; Yale; creative writing; size of faculty; student faculty ratio; major requirements; salary for Professors; President Stratton; President Armstrong; Walter Brooker; Armstrong's favoritism; his fiction writing courses; how he started writing; his writing inspiration; low salary; why he retired; Howard Munford; faculty administration relations; tenure; student faculty relations; students visiting; Breadloaf; Robert Frost; hiring process; his current works; getting rid of ROTC; what he likes about Middlebury. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | HS | Beers, Douglas | May 7, 1986 | Beers discusses his undergrad and graduate experience at Yale; salary; President Moody; Breadloaf; his experience as head of the acting department; President Stratton; his experience of chairman of the division; staff relations; student social activities; comprehensive exams; chaperoning frat parties; class stories; other job offers; female vs. male students; Robert Frost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | HS | Castiglione, Salvatore | May 7, 1986 | Castiglione discusses when he started teaching at Middlebury; being director of the Italian school; Georgetown; Fulbright grant; his wife's teaching career; Yale; language schools; language pledge; Italian school in Florence; President Stratton; Mr. Freeman; the school in Mainz; faculty student relations; DML; dissertations; achievements of the Italian school; establishing the Italian major; commencement; fluctuations in Italian enrollment; what he likes about teaching; competing programs with SLS; considering options for his profession. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | HS | Peterson, Bruce | July 9, 1986 | David Stameshkin | Bruce Peterson's office | Peterson discusses his role as faculty chairman; Trustees; the Arts Center; the student center; new departmental programs; salary; tenure; raising tuition; curriculum; science departments; winter term; fluctuation in enrollment it various departments; faculty relations; growth of student body; student faculty interaction. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | HS | Illick, John Rowland | March 16, 1987 | Illick discusses living in China; his world travel; geography; President Armstrong; affluent students; diversity on campus; integration; busing students; lack of diversity in faculty; black student union; minority students; parents disapproval of geography; geology; lack of faculty in the geography department; number of geography majors; tenure; faculty administration issues; ending the geography program; trying to create a interdisciplinary department; what makes Middlebury unique; hiring and firing geography faculty; fieldwork in Vermont; his world travels; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | HS | Brooker, Walter | May 8, 1987 | Brooker discusses President Stratton; fundraising; living with his family in Vermont; the annual fund; salaries; Dartmouth; President Armstrong; shy personality of Stratton; Trustees; ROTC; financial aid office; alumni events; what he likes about his job; advances in technology; marketing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | HS | Parker, Wyman | May 8, 1987 | Parker discusses his two years as a student at Middlebury; the women's and men's college; student activities; town gown relations; commencement; rules and restrictions on students; salary cuts; what students did in their free time; being head librarian; his travels in Europe; the difference in students overtime; politics; the old library vs. the new library; Middlebury Summer schools; Viola White; what make Middlebury unique; compulsory chapel; Storrs Lee; Dr. Freeman; President Stratton. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | HS | Freeman, Stephen | August 12, 1987 | David Stameshkin | Library basement | Freeman discusses Harvard; the French department; President Moody; Chateau; Brown University; salary; his publications; being President of the American association of teachers of French; qualifications of the faculty; sabbatical; life in the Chateau; French parties; changes in the Chateau overtime; French summer school; growth and expansion of Middlebury; Middlebury's masters degree; starting the school in Spain; Middlebury's school abroad; international students; Graduate programs abroad; Breadloaf's Master of Literature; teaching Phonetics; the army method of language instruction; starting the Chinese school; starting the Japanese school; Middlebury students studying abroad; his experience being vice president; chapel services; his relationship with the students; President Stratton; Dr. Cook; women's college at Middlebury; World War II; army university in France; gender segregation in classes; Trustees; Joseph Battell; gender divide on campus; difference in Women and Men at Middlebury; Eleanor Ross; why he stayed at Middlebury. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | HS | Harris, William | February 20, 1989 | Harris discusses how he came to Middlebury; how Stratton hired him; admissions; President Armstrong; President Robison; fraternities; tenure; hiring process; faculty administration relations; fund raising; salaries; tuition; how Middlebury was a "poor man's" college; Jewish faculty; why Jewish faculty left; discrimination for tenure; being department chair of the classics; social order; the hippie generation; being married to students; what he liked about the 60's; raises; in town businesses; changes in faculty overtime; faculty relations; music; minority students; student course evaluations; lack of diversity in faculty; retirement. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | HS | Pool, Edwin L. | February 21, 1989 | from 18:00 to 29:00 minutes static and additional static throughout tape. Pool discusses how he got a position at Middlebury; Professor Voter; slow growth of Middlebury; facilities; low salaries; designing the science center; Chemistry department; 4 1 4 program; relations within the chemistry department; 1st generation college students; student faculty relations; distribution requirements; biology; the hippie generation and loss of interest in science; what science majors do after graduation; Vietnam war; his work schedule; receiving a grant; senior research thesis; geology; Sputnik; bringing in new faculty; tenure; president Stratton; Grant Harnest; President Armstrong; changes under Armstrong; fraternities; student social life; the importance of science at a liberal arts college; the structure of his labs; faculty student relations; chaperones. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | HS | Flickinger, Jackie | February 22, 1989 | Flickinger discusses moving to Middlebury; how she got her position at Middlebury; fraternities; winter carnival; winter term; student organizations; student social events; the campus; student information center; gender segregation on campus; the start of co ed dorms; changing of the drinking age; gender discrimination; John Bowker; WRMC; Environmental quality club; school dances; Middlebury's recycling center; town gown relations; Mountain club; religious groups on campus; language clubs; amnesty international; sororities; social dining organizations to replace fraternities; developing McCullough student center; Trustees; Delta Upsilon; Toga party; mannequin incident; school wide events and traditions; May festival; big brother big sister programs; club sports; athletics; rules and restrictions on students; Erica Wonnacott; Steven Rockefeller. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | HS | Greiner, Joan T. | June 19, 1989 | Greiner discusses Skidmore; snowbowl; skiing; women faculty; women's athletics; intramural sports; sororities; student activities; women's field on battell beach; title IX; moving from McCullough to the Field house; coaching tennis; gender discrimination; President Stratton; teaching physical education; running the ski school; ROTC; physical education requirements; gender segregation in classes; coed classes; athletic facilities; synchronized swimming; Archery; restriction on students; ice hockey; ice skating; town gown relations; getting sports equipment; the old campus; growth of the student body and faculty; chapel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | HS | Berry, Eleanor | July 5, 1989 | Static starts at 15 - 22 minutes and throughout the interview. Berry discusses how she was accepted into Middlebury; restrictions on women; student organizations; foreign language department; French; Chateau; Greek; Theatre; Dr. Cook; the English department; guest speakers; President Moody; Eleanor Ross; Board of Trustees; Forest Hall; the great depression; world war II; Stratton's drinking problem; student social life; fraternities; sororities; dances; students drinking; social exclusion; town gown relations; President Armstrong; mixed choir. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | HS | Bennett, Betsy K; Bielli, Ronald; Beckham, William | 198x | Bennett discussed math courses at Middlebury; what she wanted students to gain from math courses; teaching techniques; course assistants; J term; senior thesis; future and jobs for math majors; why liberal arts schools are valuable; Middlebury's student teacher ratio; Bill Beckman; curriculum change. Bieli discussed making courses useful for the students; small class sizes; assisting students; Middlebury students getting into college; what makes Middlebury stand out from other colleges; fields for maths majors. Beckman discussed student help resources. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | HS | Benson, Ray | 1987 | Coverage of the American Collegiate Consortium for East-West Cultural and Academic Exchange featuring Tom Bayer, Olin Robison, Ray Benson, and Mikhail Alexandrovich. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Benson, Ray, and Sleptov? | 1987 | Ray Benson | Mikail Sleptsov, Tom Bayer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | HS | Coggeshall, Almy | June 2, 1995 | Joice Pangalila | 55th Reunion | Coggeshall discussed why he chose Middlebury College; fraternities; social activities; Mountain Club; camping trips; Middlebury Campus; Hepburn dormitory; chemistry; reunion; male and female relations on campus; restrictions on women; Dean of Women, Eleanor Ross; Sudetenland crisis; his writing tutor; his life's work. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | HS | Hawkins, Louise Gove | June 2, 1995 | Joice Pangalila | 55th Reunion | Hawkins discusses how she found out about Middlebury; what she liked about Middlebury; starting her family; Mountain club; compulsory chapel; biology department; President Moody; town gown relations; Battell Cottage; student activities; World War II. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | HS | Striker, Marjorie Burditt | June 2, 1995 | Striker discusses how she found out about Middlebury; French courses; English literature major; hiking at Lake Dunmore; teaching English after graduation; cars on campus; student government; Women's college at Middlebury; fraternities; dating; student activities; town gown relations; jobs on campus; sorority; student professor relations; diversifying the student body; school dances; Middlebury Inn; changes in students overtime. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | HS | Dunsmoor, Natalie | June 3, 1995 | Joice Pangalila | 60th Reunion | Dunsmoor discusses reunions; why she went to Middlebury; her academic challenges; Mountain club; Alumni college; the Moodys; winter carnival; scholarships; working as a waitress; what she did in her free time; sociology trips; being a teacher; Chateau; French; customs and traditions; tea dances; formals; sororities; sigma kappa; tennis; Dr. Reginald Cook; coed dorms; Pearson; Middlebury community. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | HS | Hamlin, Talbot | June 3, 1995 | Joice Pangalila | Reunion | Hamlin discusses why he came to Middlebury; Hepburn; transportation by train; Middlebury accepted more men than women applicants; no cars allowed on campus; compulsory chapel; contemporary civilization; Charlotte Moody; glee club; choir; athletics; Music department; French department; Dr. Freeman; course requirements; geology; psychology; his work in publishing; his work with aptitude testing; Painter Hall; drinking on campus; Almy Coggeshall; gender segregated dorms; discrimination in fraternities; lack of dining halls; Alpha sigma phi; theatre; Weybridge fire; President Moody; President Stratton; President Cyrus Hamlin; allowing women to get degrees; Hamlin Hall; what makes Middlebury unique. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | HS | Haerle, Rudolf | 1995 August 8th | Allison Kirk | Haerle discusses coming to Middlebury after Grad school; how he was recruited to Middlebury; his starting salary; President Stratton; recruiting students and faculty; President Armstrong; University of Chicago; sociology department; Anthropology; Olin Robison; Bob Buckeye; the King commission; minority students; assassination of MLK; retention of Minority students; black and white relations; meeting with Minority students; tenure; student activities; Frank Fairfax; growth of faculty and student population; faculty social life; athletics; being chairman of the athletics policy committee; admissions; Nescac; NCAA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | HS | Littlefield, David | August 8, 1995 | Allison Kirk | Littlefield discusses how he got his position at Middlebury; PhD from Yale; Douglas Beers; winter term; film courses; Antioch law school; isolation of Middlebury; court system; being chairman of the division of humanities; President Armstrong; being chairman of the English department; firing staff; turning down being chairman of the English department; trial for a woman not being reappointed; being chairman of the department of English and Drama; English major requirements; distribution requirements; required chaperones; changes in students over time; the council on humanities and publications in the state of Vermont; almost suing the college; changes under Armstrong; Olin Robison; promotion of fine arts; tenure. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | HS | Gleason, Robert | August 10, 1995 | Allison Kirk | Gleason discusses college counseling; how he got the job; Painter hall; Warner science hall; Physics department; gender segregation at Middlebury; fraternities; Alpha sigma psi; social structure; fraternities discrimination; sororities; faculty relations; open faculty student relations; student activities; deciding his career in medicine; Grant Harnest; Doctoral candidate at MIT; Chemistry department; grant proposals; research programs; jobs for Chemistry majors; becoming department chairman; becoming division chairman; President Armstrong; Dean of Science; Bruce Peterson; balancing being dean of faculty and teaching; Donald Ballou; faculty administration issues; Olin Robison; politics; President staff meetings; Steve Rockefeller; Alpha Sigma Psi drug use; recruiting minority students; student's personal issues; what makes Middlebury special. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | HS | Andrews, David H. | August 24, 1995 | David Andrews' home on South Street | Andrews discusses how he came to Middlebury; the difference between old and young professors; department divides in the faculty; how he was directly appointed by President Olin Robison; faculty attitudes about President Armstrong; Robert Pickard; linguistics at Middlebury; students study abroad; student social groups on campus; political correctness; departments requesting for more faculty; formation of new majors; department hierarchy; tenure expectations; grading norms; future of liberal arts colleges; and archaeology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | HS | Day, Janice Eldredge | June 1, 1996 | Tom Alderman | Hadley House 55th reunion | Day discusses reunion; her English major; what middlebury students do after graduation; her sales experience; her husband's donation to the school; scholarships; Middlebury tuition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | HS | Lavenbaum, Peter | ???? | Tom Alderman | Lavenbaum discusses events while he was at Middlebury; the civil right act; Vietnam war; editing the newspaper; alcohol use; marijuana use; why he chose Middlebury; English major; creative writing; fraternity; "the alibi" the mill; Delta Upsilon; student social life; rushing; peace corps; teaching; working as a counselor; graduate psychology degree; college activities; town gown relations; big brother big sister program; school vs. state taxes; endowment; community tension; Middlebury's reputation; poverty program; economic makeup of students. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | HS | Eaton, Gordie | June 20, 2019 | Danielle Rougeau; Mike Shoenfield | Davis Family Library | Eaton discusses skiing; John Bower; Hall of famers; types of skiing; jumpers; when they started being competitive; World War II; slalom races; championship events every two years; qualifying for the national team; olympics 60's; NCAA national championships; Buddy Warner; how he broke his leg; getting a concussion; skii movies; how Buddy died in the avalanche; going back to Middlebury his post graduation plans; being an olympic coach; being sponsored by the ski shop; what makes a good coach; training program; Austrian skiers; modern coaching methods; changes in the sport of skiing; Don Henderson; Sarah Radamus; what's special about Middlebury. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | HS | Baldwin, Brewster | May 13, 1986 | Baldwin discusses his undergrad and graduate experience; how he ended up at Middlebury College; job seeking; President Stratton; the debate over 4 classes a semester; President Armstrong; department budgeting and equipment; the geology department; field work and mapping; senior thesis; geology weekend; course requirements; geology of Vermont; tenure; replacing faculty; how cheap Stratton was with faculty pay; salary discrepancies; promotion debates; the increasing openness in faculty and administration relations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | JM | Wells, Barbara | January 30, 1975 | unstated | unstated | 1941 graduate, 1943 MA. Sciences, Biology major; fewer faculty members in 1940s, community relations stronger (2:25); dating patterns between high school students and college students (3:10); teacher certification began for students in practice teaching (14:30); rebuilding image of females on campus-same tests given to males and females in 1955 (18:08); President Stratton-good business/administrative leader (21:40); President Moody more visible to students-viewed as an academic (22:40); Student life in late 1930's (30:46); Females not as assertive in classes (34:02) Position as Admissions director (37:05); Post -1964, Development Dept processing gifts (41:00); Change in women's' opportunities after college, 1940s-1950s (43:18). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | JM | Perrine, Gordon | February 28, 1975 | David Stameshkin | unstated | Middlebury graduate 1949 - presently director, Alumni Affairs - college administrator since 1951 (:30); came to Middlebury Feb, 1946-he was 25 after Marine Corps-Midd had well-rounded student body-various economic backgrounds due to GI Bill, which he had (2:25) worked student jobs on campus, made $225 month (3:05); scholarship changed economics at Middlebury starting in 1951 tuition rose, fewer lower income students attended (5:00); donations by alums (6:40); Blue Key (8:04); Joseph Casper, closely-knit class idea (8:40); some traditions end- freshmen beanies went out (9:20); senior walk (9:44); Blue Key members (11:43); fraternities strong (12:39); campus serenades (13:26); several male students married Midd girls (15:05); 1940s college attendance encouraged for a good life (16:48); worked in retail 1949-1951 (17:21); marine corps, hospitalized, (17:37); March, 1952 Captain Wiley resigned, Dr. Wright took Director, Placement position (18:23); family move to VT from NJ 19:41); Dr. Stratton call (20:01); Dean Kelly, well-respected, helpful to Midd student body (22:13); Students in 1930s-40s loved Dean Kelly who helped shape the college (24:41); Tension in 1947-1955 between faculty and Dr. Stratton. Stratton's contributions to college made it possible for Dr. Armstrong to do what was needed. (26:00); impressions of Dr. Stratton- brought in to get college back on financial feet (27:30); admin changes in 1946 (27:50); 3 college officials: Dr. Lee, Harry Owen, Dr. Freeman (28:36); Lee and Stratton clash (30:00) Storrs Lee was one of Midd leaders (30:10); severe need for male students (30:42); college reputation as girls' school-change in late 1950s (31:40); he and Stan Wright made in-roads, recruited best students (33:40); hampered due to scholarship money (35:06); train and accessibility to Middlebury (36:50); difference between college life in 1946 and 1975 (37:54). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | JM | Rikert, Carroll | July 1, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Carroll Rikert, College Treasurer 1952-1975. Trustees Procter, Hadley, Allen took leading roles at the college (1:01); MIT treasurer (1:30); Dr. Freeman, acting president 1953, during Pres Stratton's leave in Saudi Arabia. Hadley, Procter, Allen in active roles (4:05) Ted Lang named treasurer, succeeded George Allen (4:30) senior trustees: Lang was least recognized and contributed most significant work to College (5:00) Lang's influence on Commons was profound (5:45); Hadley, Procter, Allen relied upon Brigham's judgement; (6:01) National Life (6:15); Brigham: formal and conservative (6:40) Mrs. Pelican, first woman named Midd trustee-held in high esteem by Hadley, Allen, Proctor (7:08) Pelican close friend of Hadley's wife from college (8:00) men were difficult, but Pelican dealt with them well (8:47) Elizabeth Kelly another woman who gained respect from male trustees (9:00); Judge Kerry, 1911 alum-very helpful in law committee (10:20); Stratton-Kerry fallout (11:10); board meetings with Allen, Hadley, Procter available, Ted Lang (12:38); Sunderland, senior partner-Gardner Reed NY law firm (13:55); board member Sunderland generous to Midd as chairman of Finance Committee (14:56) Mrs. Sunderland, brochure-effect on trustees Brigham, Allen (15:17); Sunderland telegram, $3 million endowment (16:30) Sunderland personality as name dropper (17:03) Allen, Procter not Midd alum-McCullough held in highest regard by Hadley, Procter and Lang due to intelligence and wit (18:15); Sunderland showed persistence, generated admiration-later years with health ailment on face-he attended commencements and board meetings (19:40); Stratton was very smart, incisive, persistent, stubborn (21:18) G.I.s wanted to return after the war-they were replaced by female students (22:06) Stratton faceoff with Storrs Lee (22:48); Stewart Hall built-money borrowed from federal government first time-Stratton, Lee have a faceoff regarding Battell building (24:24) Stratton committed to residential life (24:32) alum Stan Wright (25:59); Stratton as master salesman in getting students from "better families" to Midd after the war (26:42); first wave G.I.s flooded college (27:04); sought male bodies (27:24); Stratton intention to bring in students from town, Snow Bowl development used as benefit to recruit faculty (29:01); Stratton worked hard to establish faculty compensation (31:20); Stratton created opportunity to get Ford Foundation Challenge Grant-10-year budget layout. He should get credit for that achievement (32:59); Memorial Field House, Starr Library addition, Procter Hall completed- also Stratton responsible for bringing in faculty from abroad, Art Dept. (35:00); Dr. Freeman expanded summer language school (35:50); educating teachers in secondary schools (36:30); Freeman's loyalty to Stratton (37:11); major change faculty shifts loyalty from the institution to specific discipline (38:45); faculty forgives student shortcomings (40:05); John Boward departure in sports, Bob Klafer to Maine (41:24); student body is second major change-lack of community as a whole (42:48); class restructured-student choir formed, end of chapel service (49:15); community is relative, large versus small institution, younger professors and goal to attain recognition outside of college (50:45); how to develop community atmosphere (53:03); church plays minor role in faculty (53:55) students do not attend chapel services as in past (53:58). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | JM | Tillinghast, Pardon | 1986 | Allison Kirk | unstated | Brown U undergraduate, hired as history professor, Midd 1947, Navy veteran (1:34); colleague called "Sleepy Davis" (3:25); mens' campus and women's campus separate (4:10); taught one class in spring, age is 66, loves teaching (6:05) college in 1947 was quiet, had small office, did not interact with many colleagues- in 1941 war took away male students- (7:23); Pres Samuel Stratton brought students from Wash D.C.(7:50); College required chapel, including Sunday Vespers, 5:00 PM, community feeling was strong (8:25) by 1950, schedule changed to require half the college to attend chapel once a week, alternated with more disciplined students in 1940s-50s (9:20); college work opportunities (10:35); Stratton did best to raise funds for College (11:50); extensive reading required for professors/scholars-difficult while teaching (13:54); bibliographies, library purchases books-new computer to arrive next fall-quick book info (16:04); rivalry at Midd (16:50); current students reflection of society-students expect much from college, more passive and demanding simultaneously-students not so different from 1947 students (23:40); retreats from today's issues of homosexuality, divestment and other topics (25:43); stays away from arts/plays, goal is to be the best teacher (26:25); helped build department (28:38); desire to write-horror stories-Count Dracula is profound interest (31:41); taught winter term class-witchcraft (32:40); describes Midd as small college in rural area (33:47) 1950 - four student types -most are combination of types (35:30); Midd-isolated, Frog Hollow (37:47); College, not a country-club environment, faculty can afford to be less rich (39:49); in 1947 he ran errands on bike, simple life (41:07); administration promotes higher salaries for faculty, in 1948 salaries were $6,000 year (42:20); saw Dr. Cook twice a year for advice-enormous respect for Dr. Cook, Robert Frost (44:15); wants to be known as a good teacher (45:00); likes current administration and Pres Robison (45:46). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | JM | Volkert, Edie | March 20, 1986 | Alison Kirk | First 12 years at college, spent off campus-Weybridge Street (4:06); studied writing as English Literature/Theater major, '35 Lawrence College-assisted for two years -masters degree from Northwestern Univ, Hurin College, S.D. (4:25); took job at Randolph Macon (4:46); took VT camp job (5:37); assistant professor, 1941, Midd (6:53); Admissions Dept position-asked by Captain Wiley (7:25); College kept the Theater Dept, asked him to teach speech, drama, plays, sets-Pres Moody left (8:56); favorable comments on Bread Loaf plays from R Frost (10:40); enrollment in theater had high student interest-Theater was not a major for most of his time teaching (12:15); Weybridge theater burned 1953, Wright Theater built (12:20) rehearsed at various dorms and Frog Hollow building (14:00) lean years for theater, yet students supported programs (15:15); 1940s with students enrolled despite no theater building (16:57) frequent rehearsals, three plays a year (18:08); acting is an extension of one's self, and to communicate with others (19:13); medieval play with sheep (21:20) horse in play (22:38) Wallace Beery quote on working with animals (23:00); Dr. Cook invited him to direct a play at Bread Loaf, 1956- five-week program, Frost plays, experimental plays (24:42); Frost commented on plays, added a lot to productions (25:30) many professors visited from several colleges (26:19); Arthur Healey, talented storyteller and in scenery - helped him paint sets (28:26); early years he wrote article on campus on need for a new theater - the playhouse burned down before article was printed (29:20); students as theater majors has always been an issue-is it important at a liberal arts college? Challenges can be enough faculty and interested students (30:42) improvement in theater in last ten years (31:03); he has a warm feeling towards Middlebury College (32:18); students in 1960's had different attitude, drugs complicated issues (33:15) exceptional programs, successful play "Man in the Moon Marigolds" (34:27); small group of interested students at Weybridge church building when he started teaching, kept the program going-special feeling after theater burned (35:10); McCullough held plays, "Midsummer Night's Dream" (35:40); own Hall, Winter Carnival yearly plays (36:19); theater exploration-Spanish plays, "Blood Weddings," Harold Pinter plays (37:38); William Penn group chaired areas of production, he made most selection of plays (39:07) will likely be remembered as a guy who enjoyed putting on plays with students (39:58); worked in community theater (40:00 presently in "Annie" (41:35); faculty and president relationships can be difficult (42:04). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | JM | Wolff, Geoffrey | May 7, 1986 | Alison Kirk | Geoffrey Wolff retired from Middlebury,1981 (:35); PhD, Chicago 1959 (1:00); taught at Rollins College, FL for two years (1:30); dissertation at U of Chicago, received $3k grant: Entrepreneurial History at Harvard Research Center (1:40); Sam Stratton asked Arthur Cole for names as faculty hires, Wolff was hired informally with Walter Brooker (4:04); College needed faculty-many retired simultaneously (4:35); biggest change at Midd was women's' liberation - in 1956 Forest Hall was women's' dorms, called "Neuroses Hall" due to female senior stress in not getting engagement rings (4:57); women dropped their grades after getting engaged, Midd was a "child of its time" (6:30); faculty internal tension through Stratton years (7:12); college was highly regarded for women, not so for men-below Dartmouth and Williams (7:58); 1960s college image was rural, isolated which student body embraced (8:30) second major change was "back to nature" theme for faculty and students lasting to 1976 (9:30); present Midd atmosphere open-mindedness, freedom in teaching, absence of social climbing appealing (12:10); infrequent visits to Germany (15:55); small, rural lib arts college life is better than rigid Germany lifestyle (16:10); San Diego Univ tempted him financially with offer (17:44); highest interest was to teach, he was in a POW camp under French for 5 years in WWII from German army. He spoke/read French which saved his life at camp-there he discovered a passion to teach (23:15); no academic prestige in teaching, only in publishing-pressure to publish has increased (24:05); Midd has risen from second rate school to first rate (27:00); teaches part-time as visiting professor-St. Michael's (27:30); taught 3 semesters-UVM, highly attentive students (28:27); no ambition to be dept chair, focused on teaching economic history (29:20); current trend is quantitative economics-he is interested in humanistic econ, political philosophy-not as popular (31:50); most proud of contributing to Midd through classes (34:40); content with his ambitions and research - enjoyed teaching undergrads (35:50); had interest in textiles (40:02); mistake when his family stayed in Germany during first 2 years under Nazis-they didn't want to be German refugees in England so they stayed (41:33); experience as POW in Africa camp wasn't too horrific (44:01); he taught English to fellow prisoners-fortunate to get an office job, most prisoners went to coal mines (45:25); importance of second language - language requirement no longer at Midd which is unfortunate (46:37); summer language programs a resounding success (47:14); issue of Midd catering to wealthy-schools must go where money is - gates are open from bottom to rise to top-easier to rise in U.S. - New England blue bloods ran Midd History Dept when he became faculty member (48:30); English and History attract different students than Economics students (50:15); he would like more impact on historical economics as opposed to mathematical approach (53:35) great loyalty towards Midd (55:30); over-administrative system in the U.S. (56:10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | JM | Robison, Olin | July 9, 1986 | David Stameshkin | Increase term for trustees, decrease alum trustees from 8 to 6, less charter trustees- result is a regenerated Board - accelerating turnover- is politically sensitive (1:52); pleased with annual giving, $75-$76,000 in 1986, in 1975 it was $40,000 (2:47); next year number will increase- due to aging alums (4:50); comparison Midd students to Amherst, Dartmouth, schools to south (6:15); positive feelings at Midd by alums (7:20); more likelihood of alums contributing to Midd when they attend alumni events (8:10); Midd tradition of extreme gentility (9:45); psychology of giving (12:20); setting specific financial goal for fundraising is difficult approach (13:15); possible to be too successful, example is $60 million goal (14:20); perception of institution is important (16:00); Prairie Home Companion, Lessons & Carols, Emerson Quartet (20:02); future direction of college (20:39) increased enrollment as opposed to quality students (25:08); view moving forward (27:30); currently a different structure in curriculum (28:33); seeks to be decisive-feels academic institutions are uncomfortable making decisions (30:00); public face of College very important (31:50); Legacy from 1960s, democratic decisions with all participants - 1975-'76 decision to vote out requirements (33:17); Middlebury publicity in late 1960s (32:35); doing away with requirements, liberal learning concept served Midd well (37:24); raised tuition by $1500 in 1976, normal rate was $500- it raised College image-1900 students enrolled, $1,900 million each year (40:54); raised tuition and instant effect on competition, admissions went up-changing College image, most important thing Robison did (43:21); in 1975 Midd was perceived as a very good New England college, in 1986 it was perceived as a first class national college- 1976-77 increased staffing raised College visibility (45:10) deliberate decision to recruit from Europe and Mediterranean, some Asian students in to to alter student roster (47:02); Money made difference in student population-Bob Donahue, 30% students with financial aid, compared to 18% when Robison began at College (50:08); Jim Armstrong dealt with conservative board of trustees-today, more diverse, stronger (52:55); College transition from older, conservative style to new-Armstrong wanted change-Robison put limit on trustee board to 15-years-some members became emeritus trustees- Robison proposed board overseers, became a popular position (56:22). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | JM | Scott, Charles P. | February 28, 1989 | Alison Burke | Campus | College chaplain from 1951-1986. Fall, 1951 he turned 31; his mentor guided him to become more active with student activities/interests. He served as chaplain in 1951. Scott began teaching Biblical courses in Spring, 1952-'53, which gave him delight. When he ceased being chaplain the College gave him title, "Chaplain Emeritus." (01:10) He traveled off-campus to alumni events as urged by Pres. Armstrong. (01:45); Comment by Erica Wonnacott that students consider Scott their chaplain after graduating, due to fairly close relationships with students (06:30); At start of his career he hired a popular, "phenomenal" part-time professor 1954, Marion "Tink" Chowes from Pawlet, VT but he suffered an untimely death at the age of 34 in 1959 (20:05); enjoyed support of faculty and students (21:56); 1966 Pres Armstrong had faculty approval for religion offered as a major (22:52); Scott counseled students but in this period there was a bit of reluctance to "hand-hold" students (counseling.) (31:09); chapel not as well-attended in late 1960's-1970s (32:10); MLK assassination caused students to go to chapel. Scott will never forget day of JFK assassination; he went to the chapel to light candles, while students had gathered there. He and Pres Armstrong offered a service that evening (34:45); Comment by Erica Wonnacott that all Midd presidents were ministers, with exception of Stratton and Armstrong. Armstrong's father was a minister at Princeton. (38:05) memorial services for tragic incidents viewed as important (39:49); Korean and Vietnam War casualties remembered at chapel services - Scott wrote to families who grieved (41:02); student and town church leaders- "Town/Gown" in 1950s - he tried to urge contact between students and church leaders. In 1989 there are fewer students who will become ministers (46:12) Northfield, MA religion conference (51:55); chairman of religion dept, 17 years - 1969 Robert Firm became new chairman (59:00); college chaplain responsibilities are to the entire community. Chaplain's office is a neutral, non-denominational place (1:05:30) Wellesley College as co-ed (1:12:36); opinion on college as a liberal learning place with a cohesive force to generate values (1:17:10). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | JM | Ricker, Justin - Ricker_Justin_198x-00-00_1.wav | 198x | Lecture/Panel | Three panelists-sociology, economics, anthropology faculty and Mr. Ricker. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | JM | Ricker Justin Ricker_Justin_198x-00-00_2.wav | 198x | Interview | Vice-presidents Walter Rooker and Bud Leeds (2:45); 49 years as teacher (3:50); pres made millions (4:27); 2 students in his high school class-Elcat and his brother, Jewish faith. "Fired" Elcat from his class (6:25); Elcat's writing career began, thanked Ricker for "firing" him (7:10); Elcat earns $40k yearly while Ricker makes $3-4k (9:30); assistant coach at Fordham, Boston College asks for student high school football athletes, Yale U.wanted foreign football players (10:55); 30 athletes cannot pass exams so they were sent to learning program for a year - 2 athletes went to Boston College, one of which became All-American, played on Giants team 3 years (12:57); Notre Dame/Army game (14:30); reason for teaching, writing in The Letter; (15:54); gave up Letter position 1960 (17:02) Granville (21:56); bridge game (23:36); mayor (33:10); life in Florida, cribbage, bridge games (35:50); others call for stock market advice (37:42); Allied Chemical, American Steel stocks (39:10); owns 10,000 bonds, $440 each (40:09) has $200k bonds (43:49); Standard of Ohio (45:18); "3 drops" meaning (46:15) importance of theory of multiple of sevens as told to him by Tom (50:13); Bud Leeds call (51:26) Waterbury 1908 building fire (52:10); year to retrieve stocks left in building-worth more a year later (56:11); Univ of Bridgeport, CT, sent several student athletes to college out of Harding H.S. (58: 13); four insurance policies-worth $8k each-money will go to college (59:10); college boards start, member of several-Columbia Univ site for high school student exams (1:01:08) he corrected exams-10 days at Columbia-Vassar College refuses two Jewish students (1:06:55) Standard Oil, NJ stock-prices in 1925 ($225 share) and 1961 ($1 million share) (1:09:07) Interviewer will send Ricker copy of article when done (1:10:34); Sap, Waterbury $.75 cents gallon-today, $9 quart (1:13:09) maple trees cut down (1:13:24) sold syrup to Boston, Wash D.C. customers-sold to American Tobacco Co in 1915 (1:15:20) sold sugar to New Haven after confectionary man turned it down (1:15:31) taught in Greenwich 1908-1911, Bridgeport taught 1911-1919, Harding H.S. 30 years teaching (1:17:12); taught 7 classes day, coached all sports except basketball in Greenwich, CT-weight down to 116-recovered, took teaching job in Bridgeport, CT, 1911 (1:17: 35); built H.S. stadium, 15k people every Friday night-first to play night football (1:19:50) member of Congregational Church in FL and Bridgeport, CT (1:20:39) 5-6 years since he has been back to CT (1:20:50). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | JM | Wisotzkey, Mary | June 3, 1995 | Joyce Pangalila | On campus-specific building not stated. | Mary "Mew" Wisotsky-McLellan, class 1945, PA native-searched for small, co-ed college-began as Home Economics major, changed to American Lit (1:13); played soccer, basketball, earned "1,000-Point AA Intramural Jacket," social life was gym dances Sat nights, sororities Mon nights, no cars on campus (3:15); visited friends at Dartmouth, Williams (4:10); first two years were co-ed, then war took away men-women ran newspaper, yearbooks (4:22); Klondike Rush-junior year (5:34); academics offered writing skills, became chief justice, Student Government (6:05); she was headmaster's wife for 36 years, Princeton YWCA (6:11); women were articulate, smarter than men-women not as confident in class, social pressures to avoid appearing smart in class because of men - two separate colleges at Midd - her degree is from Womens' College (7:30); last two years of college empowered women on campus since they ran newspaper, yearbooks (8:50); she found success socially and in organizational skills (9:10); lesson learned was that she did not commit strongly to academics (10:10); generally successful student, degree gave confidence (11:38). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | JM | Robison, Olin | October 27, 1995 | Alison Burke | Old Chapel | President Robison's role as college president for 15 years; considered a "change agent" (4:37); Pivotal improvement in perception of college as a more confident institution. Promotes the college to encourage a strong international perspective. Goal was to make the college the best liberal arts college in nation (11:09); College becomes an international institution through language program as diverse with a greater proportionate number of students from around the world - they came from 66 states, 55 countries which was a big difference in 20 years, 1975 to 1995 (18:20); Defines term, "diversity" at the college (22:16); His role as president of Salzburg Seminar, Admissions Dept at Midd and cultural changes occurring to become a better place (28:10); End of capital fund drive coincided with his resignation as college president-announced in fall, 1989. He raised $80 million and resigned. He was first pres to remain in town after resigning (38:50); Enjoyed teaching while working as pres of Salzburg Seminar-combined commitment to higher education and role as fundraiser. Raised $30 million in 36 months for Salzburg seminar (43:25); Fundraising process detailed; process became more aggressive after 1985 (50:06); showed the college as best of liberal arts schools. Idea of perception and college's image. 1979 he ran afoul of trustees, changed college image by raising tuition- public perception changed as result (58:51); protests in late 1980s on divestment, which Middlebury did in the end, as it was ethically symbolic (1:04:29). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | JM | Rucker, Ron | March 28, 2001 | Bob Buckeye | not stated | Librarian for 25 years, started in 1976 (:24); Work comparison between 1976 and 2001 (2:35); virtual libraries (3:38); position more admin and managerial (4:45); orientation towards national organizations to connect to larger world (6:48); Farmington plan (7:32); tech automation in 1980s (8:30); OCLC plays enormous role. Changing times made library's task difficult. Aided by electronic era as helpful (13:50); Crucial issue is how a library should be organized (19:17); on-demand publishing (24:20); Pressure/expectations to respond quickly to requests, compared to 25 years ago-ILL process slower in past (25:42); Value in digital world has a price (29:00); present need for instant gratification-digital work will not give more leisure time (32:52); library as a crucial element of college institution-future viability (34:48); optimism towards future of libraries - social element and interaction as reasons for students and others to visit library (37:35); library has kept pace with overall college first rate institution (41:00) adding to Collections had impact on library, technical work evolved out of card catalog in 1980s, saw himself as an "enabler" to give direction for additions to Collections, built staff in library. (44:50); 25 years ago emphasis on director to make all decisions (49:48); college was supportive of Rucker's initiatives-few regrets in 25 years - wishes new endeavors successful, libraries will endure (50:55). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | JM | Tucker, Susan | March 26, 2001 | Bob (surname not stated) | not stated | Midd librarian for 25 years (1:07); Assisting patrons, moving from books to computer screens (2:07); Info easier to obtain via web (4:28); function of reference librarian-student questions decreased in last 15 years-peaked in 1980s (8:10); user-friendly software (10:05); collection development big part of job (11:45); need for recognizing accurate info on web (12:35); comparing library from present to 25 years ago (13:00); no reference dept in 1976 (13:50); summer language school less emphasized (15:30): present projects with other departments exciting (17:14); most important fact of job unchanged since 1976, helping people use library (19:36); research takes less time now (20:10); students need to learn how to search (23:10); anticipating projects as manager (25:10); liaisons to departments (27:03); website work is new-writing guides, designing pages (28:08); she enjoys reference work (29:10); personnel problems rare (30:37); reference work will accelerate in future (31:20); distance learning (35:24); start of computers on campus (36:52); education methods to change in future- remote teaching (38:06); Champlain College and distance learning-global reference librarian services (39:59); copyright (40:50); college was a good college when she attended, diverse now (43:26); achievements under her direction-map collection, science library expansion and move, web work (46:23). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | KB | Class of 1924 | 1974 | Deborah Clifford and David Stameshkin | 50th reunion | Members of the Class of 1924 discuss why they chose Middlebury; tuition and economic status of students; the role of fraternities and sororities on campus; "neutrals" (students who were not members of Greek societies); sorority "rooms" in town; cars on campus; school spirit and pride; student housing; student supervision and chaperones; academics; student social life; dating; changes in the town of Middlebury since they were students; dances and dance cards; alcohol and Prohibition; religion on campus and going to chapel; sex on campus; town-gown relationships; | Reginald "Doc" Cook is one of the interviewees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | KB | Wright, Spencer | March 6, 1975 | Deborah Clifford | n/a | Wright discusses why he came to Middlebury; Bill Brewster's invitation to attend Kimball Union Academy; athletics at Middlebury; the effect of the war (World War II) on Middlebury; the draft; working for Bethlehem Steel and Proctor and Gamble; female students at Middlebury; hazing; reorienting veterans into the College community; dormitories on campus; the role of the Dean of Women; Elizabeth Walt Baker Kelly; meeting President Stratton as a freshman; perceptions of President Stratton on campus; fraternity parties; town-gown relations; eating at the Middlebury Inn; selling flowers on campus; relationships with faculty members; the education major; "Duke" Nelson; | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | TRS | Smith, David K. | March 10, 1975 | David Stameshkin | Arrives at Middlebury on scholarship in 1938 (:35); secondary education in 1930's (1:30); President Moody (2:36): Dean Ross in 1943 gives permission for David's wife to marry him (4:30); Dean Elizabeth Kelly (7:00); 1938 class size, Influence of President Moody and Dean Ross (9:00); Harry Fife (10:40); Waldo Hendrich (11:18); Moody during WWII (11:46) fraternities and social life 1938-42 (13:20); opinion on students feelings toward Middlebury College (17:15); social-economic backgrounds of students at Middlebury 1938-42 (18:13); Thirties vs Fifties (19:49); WWII veterans (20:21); Snow Bowl (21:30); 1950 campus vs. 1938 - less of a community feeling (23:54); President Stratton (25:44); economics Dept. - curriculum and staff (27:45); opinions of President Stratton (31:09); salaries (36:24) new staff in 1950 (37:50); tenure (38:34); faculty housing (40:25); President Stratton compared to President Armstrong (43:06); significance of a Middlebury education/degree (49:00); honor code (50:16); increase in faculty size (52:20). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | TRS | Smith, David K. | February 20, 1989 | not given | Grew up in Pittsford Vermont (:20); Great depression (:53); bank holiday (3:17); Middlebury College 1938 (6:30); scholarship and tuition (6:43); finding work during college/depression years (9:58); commencement 1942 WWII (13:32); army reserve in general terms 1943 (14:23); V-12 navy unit at Middlebury (14:40); daily chapel in Mead (16:27); Veterans of WWII coming as students after the war (17:29); fraternities role on campus before war (18:07); rules for women students in 30's and early 40's (18:45); mountain club (19:30); smaller class ratios while a student, compared to when he was teaching (22:00); begins studying economics (27:00); accepted at Harvard (28:55); commissioned into the Navy (29:55); Harvard closes for the War (32:05); finds role teaching munitions for navy during war (33:33); joins economics department at Middlebury (39:25); Harry Fife dies (41:23); discussion of majors offered in economics (44;25); statistics class added to curriculum (46:44); chairman of economics department (49:10); comprehensive exams (51:00); computers (55:22); tenure as chairman ends (57:30); introduces econ. 100, discusses classes taught (58:19); 1979 sabbatical in Norway (1:05:44); December 1987 retires (1:06:11); winter term added (1:07:15); Vermont antidotes (1:07:47); student honor David (1;18:15). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | TRS | Wonnacott, Erica | February 22, 1989 | Erica - first Dean of Students (:15); coordinate record keeping (1:45); pre co-ed women's rules (3:45); change to a co-ed campus (6:00); Gloria Steinem speaks on campus (10:49); Title IX, women's athletic (12:00); role model (15:00); Sororities disbanding in 1970 (16:21); opinion on Fraternities (17:55); College rule on Alcohol (23:27); drinking age (24:27); issues and role of the Dean's office (25:57); Lopez committee (32:22); student philosophy of the 60's vs. current (36:02); role/ purpose of the college in student education (40:00); alumni (46:00); student volunteer effort (47:07); Dean's office staff (49:19); first year seminar (53:35); chaperoning (57:40); traditions (1:00:57); Mead Chapel (1:09:03); racist incident on campus - 1980's (1:10:08); plagiarism and judiciary system on campus (1:16:35). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | TRS | Armstrong, Carol | April 13, 2015 | Danielle Rougeau | Old Chapel | Dedication of Eve Adler, Classics dept. (00:44); coordinate vs. coed education 1960's (3:46); student protests 1960's (7:00); burning of building (14:35); faculty president relations (20:29); First female tenured faculty member - Marjorie Lambert (21:18); faculty tenure (25:49); decoration committee and role of president's wife (29:06); President Armstrong took students to Washington D.C. (36:09); sewing bee (48:18); Ma Kelly - priorital rules (58:04); Dennis O'Brien - dean of students (1:02:06); student attitudes toward authority figures (1:07:22); Fraternities (prank) (1:13:30); trustees (1:27:39); fund raising (1:31:30). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | JM | Woodin, Howard E. | March 20, 1986 | Alison Kirk | Union College, '48, U.S. Army, graduate work, biology, Purdue U - (3:08); vegetation study via travel through U.S. (4:15); Al Hitchcock (6:05); hired at Middlebury in 1953 as lowest rank level "rotating" biology instructor (8:37); Hitchcock dislike for botany/bio sciences (10:10); Bob Schubert, zoologist-Woodin bacteriologist, Hitchcock forcing them to teach each other's course (12:38); Woodin received 2-3 U.S. gov grants for climate change study (14:14); climbed mountain in Adirondacks to test acid rain, returned 10 years later, no acid rain (16:30); receives grant, summer at Syracuse (17:18); established good reputation, grew chambers to monitor temps, moisture (18:09); designed greenhouse-denied by Hitchcock to teach 2nd semester botany (19:20); Hal Baldridge and Woodin taught freshmen first year science courses (22:30); coffee half-hour after chapel (23:45); two-thirds faculty agreed to help build greenhouse (24:30); "Greenhouse Weekend" formed by students (26:30); Spanish prof Sam Quinasha arm wrestled with Woodin for successful fundraising (28:30); Hitchcock unaware of campus fundraising project, but word got out and they were in the alumni directory (28:30); Physics prof Ben Whistler project "Clerk in the Works" (29:26) alumni director- sign at greenhouse dig site with Hitchcock photo taken (31:13); trustees gave Woodin plants, trustees added marble-Hitchcock and Woodin got along (33:09); George Sawking 1967- Hitchcock went on leave, Stratton going blind (33:44); Stratton aversion to plants/botany (34:02); dept chair Bob Schubert found letters in press office. Woodin's tenure (34:45); John Andrews, other faculty members without tenure until two years prior to retirement (35:12); Woodin in charge-fights against tenure practice (35:50) Stratton comments on Woodin-tenure resolution (36:20); microphone in Stratton's desk-connected to office secretary's desk (38:20); faculty wages and sabbatical leaves (39:45); tapes taken from Stratton's office (40:19); College admin to Stratton: straighten up or get fired (41:52) faculty pressure on trustees (42:44); faculty needed a budget, resolution budget copy sent to Stratton, trustees approved budget for labs and costs (47:11); travel with students and guide to Costa Rica to study tropical ecologies- guide was paid $100 per day-visited Guatemala/Belize jungles - students paid travel costs, popular program (53:10); trustees allowed changes to winter sessions program in 1976-77 (53:55); new Armstrong admin, diplomat- difficult in first year but improved-not much contact with president Armstrong (58:12); journalist Bill Moyers (58:01); Hitchcock quit (58:40); Woodin possible resignation-appt with UNH president for faculty position, Middlebury departure avoided (60:02); Margaret Cole, biologist, (1:02:38); biologists fired (1:07:43); Woodin-acting chairman (1:08:17); helped create High Pond Nature Preserve (1:10:04); tax issues-court cases (1:12:16); Douglas lawsuit with conservancy trustees (1:15:15); right-of-way issue (1:17:08) core bottom of lake-clay samples-sequence of vegetation- grad student summer research project on lake (1:20:10); his science students-devoted/worked 18 hours per weekend for 7 weeks (1:23:30) most proud of career in not giving up (1:25:00) many colleges have a strong competitive system (1:27:10); reunion class 1955 gave him honor by noting him as fourth most influential prof (1:30:38). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Smith, A. C. Dutton | 19xx | Tom Alderman | Veteran of WWII, GI bill, V-12 program (00:32); war experience, atomic bomb (00:48); post war (2:45); Vermont Academy (3:40); Middlebury College (5:13); housing shortage (6:30); veterans student (8:48); President Stratton (9:57); class of 1951 (11:30); Addison Independent employee (11:39); engineer at Simmond's (12:00); Professor Volgert - Drama (12:10); Carol Rikert, built professor's house (13:58) Charlie Grant (16:24) College's lack of involvement with local schools (15:27); local theater involvement (18:58); student social life 1947-1951 (23:18); opinions on fraternities (24:33); married student with children (25:33); first house (25:33); family life (28:24); Library and other improvements to campus (32:59); student experience (36:30); College has a lot to offer local schools (43:00). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | JM | Rikert, Carroll (filename: MOH_a13af_Rikert_Carroll_1900-00-00.wav) | unknown | not stated | College treasurer 1952-1975, Had expertise in college management issues compared to commercial institutions. Scheduling and summer language programs (1:56); hierarchy (3:17); Cape Cod's challenging programs (4:10); no down time due to summer programs (5:30); pyramid reporting in hierarchy-lack of continuity (8:24); endowment future needs- incentive goal to remain even, avoid borrowing against endowment-Midd has less borrowing than other colleges (11:05); endowment exploitation (11:52); funds for energy project; (13:16); debt service less when borrowing from college-money borrowed to build campus structures (14:52); generational responsibility, investment management - each generation and duty to present next generation with an operational budget - 75% revenue from student fees (17:12); striking a budget balance is challenging- budget heavy with current programs, hightened during inflation periods (20:50); annual budget in future may have a wider spread of fees- Middlebury has maintained a good position due to debt service avoiding cost escalation-costs are rising 21% so debt service will take a significant jump-must raise fees to balance (23:52); avoidance of a deficit budget-Stratton pres when Rikert began Middlebury career (25:10); demand on reserves-might cause a deficit situation-costs at Middlebury doubled in Stratton and Armstrong administrations creating deficits. Massive wave of maintenance in 1960's-70's. Roof replacements as examples.Cost of sophisticated buildings are high (science center)-construction costs increasing-$75 million (32:10); year 2000 is when library will be built-goal is to develop usable square footage - energy considerations will become dominant, enrollments might decrease in future so additional construction will not occur, but the opposite can happen. Enrollment and programs might increase (41:25); tenure for faculty issue-impact of early retirement program add to benefit package with larger retirement contributions - appealing to those approaching retirement- program based on social security benefits. Good salary adds to retirement fund (47:50); Major change at Middlebury is substitution for faculty loyalty to the institution - presently faculty members most concerned with their careers - aggravated by tenure situation- future will tell if institution receives loyalty (51:00); external impact on management regarding public monies, IRS - most damaging effect are assumptions developed by Board of Trustees and other groups, "sunshine laws" oblige community. Accountability to taxpapers. Issues should be decided in committee (55:12); - Rikert will decide what posture he will take before retiring-he did not have a smooth transition when starting his position. Feels confident in future successor at Middlebury (1:02:27). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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