Scope and Contents Beach recalls being a member of the first four-year nursing degree program--the curriculum, faculty and practicums at local hospitals. She describes her career and how the bachelor of science in nursing degree was seen as a threat to the nursing profession by registered nurses and physicians. She discusses her working life and the advent of more equality for women in the hospitals. She talks about campus life, the Vietnam era and the effect of integration on the University and in...

Scope and Contents Bennett discusses campus life both as a town and a resident student and memorable members of the faculty and administration. She talks about student government, the department of physical education, participating in sports and being editor of The Carolinian student newspaper. She describes her views of the controversy between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association and the move to Division I athletics. Subjects: Student life on campus during the...

Scope and Contents Blackwell describes the building of the faculty of the department of sociology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and talks about the administrations of University of North Carolina leaders including Frank Porter Graham, Robert House, and William Friday. He describes his impressions of the academic quality and strong faculty at Woman's College, the divisions between "old-guard" faculty and new faculty and the period of transition of Woman's College moving towards university...

Scope and Contents Bobb discusses the University's commitment to excellence, the rich history of athletics at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina and the growth of athletics during his tenure. He describes the move from Division III to Division I, along with the expansion in new buildings and sports fields. He expresses the forward-thinking actions of the university, the excitement of potential growth within the university and the part intercollegiate athletics plays in attracting some of the...

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Booker describes campus life, her work in the dining hall and life as a town student. She talks about Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham, Jr.'s tenure, admission standards, integration, faculty advising and her hopes for the future of the University. Subjects: Campus life (room checks, formal meals at night, working in the dining halls, attending chapel, sister classes), Chancellor Graham controversy.

Scope and Contents Bottoms discusses the strength of the food and nutrition major in the School of Home Economics (now School of Human Environmental Sciences). She recalls how the addition of men, black students and fraternities/sororities and changed social mores affected the university. She talks about the university's transition to Division I athletics. Subjects: Strength of food and nutrition program at UNCG, men on campus, how the image of a woman's school was still around in the mid 1970s, town...

Scope and Contents Bottoms discusses being a town student as well as living on campus. He recalls town student involvement, international students, the tolerance of the administration, academics, student life, drugs and drinking on campus and the ramifications of UNCG once being a women's college. He talks about the move to Division I athletics and his return to campus as a graduate student. Subjects: Being a town student as well as living on campus, student life and how the campus became a "ghost town" on...

Scope and Contents Boutwell discusses the remnants of UNCG's transition to a coed institution, life in Residential College, his English professors and the building of the Walter Clinton Jackson Library. He talks about campus life, the alumni association controversy with the administration, the Tate Street experience and race relations on campus. Subjects: School still being in transition as a woman's school, courses in the Residential College, Residential College students being "extremely left leaning...

Scope and Contents Boutwell talks about her lack of preparation before attending the college, campus life during the Depression, and the curriculum and traditions. She talks about Chancellor Walter Clinton Jackson and his daughter, who was her roommate. She describes the faculty and administrators who influenced her, her perception of the decline of academic rigor during the sixties and seventies and the Sedalia Singers, an African-American group who performed at Woman's College. Subjects: Small classes,...

Scope and Contents Bowles recalls her struggle with polio, the changes in undergraduate and faculty life during her tenure, Curry School and the changes in School of Education curriculum. She describes the administrations of chancellors and deans, national and statewide teachers' organizations and changes in the teaching profession. Subjects: Undergraduate during the late 1940s, professors who influenced her, her struggle with polio in 1948 which caused her to miss a year of classes, her first teaching job at...

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Brinkley describes student life on campus during the late 1940s, the role of faculty and how her experiences led to her liberal outlook. She recalls the daisy chain, class jackets and the close friendships she made. Subjects: Student life on campus during the late 1940s, class jackets, gathering daisies for the daisy chain, being a member of the Baptist Student Union, dorm life, academic life.

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Subjects: Being at Yale University with the men under the GI Bill, impression of Woman's College, school being under-funded, English Department, Chancellor Graham controversy, Mereb Mossman and her favoring male over female faculty members, the effect on women when the school became coeducational, Chancellor Moran, Division I athletics.

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Buie describes working on his graduate degrees part time, his campus experiences as a minority and as a male and the faculty support he received. He discusses spending a semester at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro and being a student at UNCG at the same time as his daughter. Subjects: Taking graduate courses in the evening , the mentor system on campus, his favorite faculty members (Roland Nelson and Joseph Himes), the Center for Creative Leadership.

Scope and Contents Bullard describes the organizations of the admissions and personnel (became human resources) offices and the administrations of Chancellors Jackson, Graham, Blackwell, Ferguson and Moran. She talks about the demographics of the students, the dedication of the faculty and the changes to the institution when it became coeducational. She also discusses the Curry Laboratory School. Subjects: Excellent academic standing of Woman's College, campus life for the girls, Curry School, coeducation,...

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...

Scope and Contents Burns describes campus life during World War II, the rigors and closeness of the physical education majors and the philosophies of both faculty and administration. She recalls dormitory life, how the university shaped her attitudes and her family's Tupperware business. Subjects: WWII, effect the thousands of men stationed at the Overseas Replacement Depot had on Greensboro as well as the campus, student life, dress code, closeness of the student body, Chancellor Jackson, Mary Channing...

Scope and Contents Burroughs-White talks about her decision to attend Woman's College and how her class at Dudley High School in Greensboro planned to pioneer integration of North Carolina's universities and colleges. She discusses campus life from the perspective of one of the first African American students. She recalls the integration of the buses, her participation in the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins and her career in Greensboro. Subjects: Civil Rights Movement, being a day student, looking for social...

Scope and Contents Bushell tells of campus life and how it had changed when she returned from her junior year in Germany--student attitudes and customs, rules and regulations, activism of the 1960s and how black students lived. She talks about the strength of her academic experiences, especially regarding faculty. She recalls the controversy between the Alumni Association and Chancellor William Moran regarding control of the Alumni House and alumni donations and her feelings about teaching in the same...