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Burgess, M. Elaine, 1990 November 8

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 16

Scope and Contents

Burgess discusses working under Chancellors Blackwell, Singletary, Ferguson and Moran as well as Mereb Mossman and Stanley Jones, vice chancellors for academic affairs. She talks about the changes in the power of the faculty, student quality and the sociology department. She describes race relations, the move to coeducation, student unrest in the 1960s and 1970s and the shift to Division I athletics. Subjects: Impressions of the school, Mereb Mossman as an administrator, impact of men on campus, differences between the classes of the 1960s and the 1970s, civil rights demonstrations of the 1960s, cafeteria workers' strike, Stanley Jones.

Dates

  • 1990 November 8

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

M. Elaine Burgess (1925- ) came to Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1960 as assistant professor in the Department of Sociology. She retired in 1990 from the University as full professor.

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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