Pfaff, Eugene E., 1990 January 24
Scope and Contents
Pfaff describes the scholastic aptitude of students at Woman's College, the controversy surrounding Chancellor Edwin Kidder Graham, Jr. and the changes on campus that came about through coeducation, integration and increase in student population. He discusses the merits of a liberal education and recalls the creation of the residential college with Warren Ashby and others. He recalls meeting with the "Pails and Tales" faculty group and later the integrated faculty group and talks about his work on the Frank Porter Graham for United States Senate campaign. Subjects: Chancellor Jackson, Harriet Elliott, David Kendrick, Chancellor Graham controversy, Residential College, student protests, "Pails and Tales," traveling with students, wife also teaching at Woman's College, early salaries, students lack preparedness, Saturday classes for teachers, teaching black history, being accused of being a Communist and of being too liberal, integration, incident with violent student, coeducation, sports, businessmen, struggle of liberal arts, liberals, churches, Frank Porter Graham, first black students, the Cone family, strikes, Moravians.
Dates
- 1990 January 24
Creator
- From the Collection: History, Department of (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Eugene Pfaff (1913-1991) was a professor in the Department of History at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), formerly the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, for forty-one years from 1936 until his retirement in 1977.
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