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Barkley, Miriam Corn, 1991 May 9

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 18

Scope and Contents

Barkley recalls the activities on Tate Street in the early seventies, drug use among students and community members and the easement of restrictions for students living on campus. She discusses sociological attitudes, her role as a student senator and the tearing down of established university institutions during her time as a student. She speaks to the rift between the Alumni Association and university administration and gives her predictions for the future of UNCG. Subjects: Coeducation, being a student in the early 1970s, Tate Street, clothing, drug scene, black students, being a student senator, Graduate Student Council, class jackets, alcohol policy, hepatitis epidemic, Residential College, spaghetti incident, Alumni Association/Chancellor Moran controversy, competition with other universities in the system.

Dates

  • 1991 May 9

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Miriam Barkley (1952- ) obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and returned to the university in 1982 to work in University Relations.

Extent

From the Collection: 8.00 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository

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