Scope and Contents He discusses the evolution of the faculty, curriculum and leadership of the department of history and the administrative styles of Chancellors James S. Ferguson and Otis A. Singletary and Vice Chancellor Mereb Mossman. He describes the campus upheavals of the early seventies--student activism, the Neo-Black Society and cafeteria workers' strike--and the establishment of the Residential College. Subjects: History courses he taught, Richard Bardolph, Allen Trelease, the faculty members, Mereb...

Scope and Contents Callahan has a unique perspective as she has been an undergraduate student, a graduate student and an employee of UNCG. An adjunct faculty member, she recalls campus unrest and student activism during the Civil Rights and Vietnam eras and the challenges of guiding international students. She discusses sociological attitudes, her role as a student senator and the changes in university institutions and traditions. She speaks to the rift between the Alumni Association and university...

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Carle recalls the reasons she chose to attend UNCG and her academic life. She describes dormitory life, Residential College and International House. She talks about sororities and fraternities, homecoming, the gay/lesbian presence and how raising the drinking age affected campus life. She discusses Tate Street, the physical changes on campus and her views on UNCG's academic growth. Subjects: School of Education, dorm life, the Residential College, fraternities, drinking on campus.

Scope and Contents Carpenter describes growing up in Billings, Montana, specifically when Marian Anderson was a houseguest; undergraduate work at Stanford University; his military service in World War II and teaching at the University of Hawaii and Columbia University. He discusses the administrations of Vice Chancellor Mereb Mossman and Chancellors Otis A. Singletary and William E. Moran and his perceptions of the decrease in quality of students, faculty and the art department. He talks about coeducation, his...

Scope and Contents Chappell discusses his background in western North Carolina, his education at Duke University and his tenure and faculty in the English department at UNCG. He describes the inception of the writing program and the establishment of the Greensboro Review. He talks about the administrations of Chancellors James S. Ferguson and William E. Moran and Vice Chancellor Mereb Mossman and names the famous authors and poets who taught at the university. He expresses his...

Scope and Contents Clark recalls what brought him to UNCG from Southern Methodist University, the establishment of the master's degree in physics, the leadership and faculty he hired and the goals of the department. He describes his research interests and the work of the Faculty Council and tenure and promotion committee, on which he served. He remembers the administrations of Chancellors James Ferguson and William Moran and Dean Mereb Mossman. He discusses the changes in campus atmosphere, the lack of...

Scope and Contents Cole describes his reasons for enrolling at UNCG as a male African-American student, dormitory and off-campus living and the gender and race discrimination he experienced. He discusses city-wide and campus unrest during the civil rights era, especially upon the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He talks about campus traditions and being a part of the formation of the first men's basketball team. He says that he would not change his choice of college even though the challenges he faced...

Scope and Contents Cooke recalls dormitory and student life and traditions and how low-cost tuition during the Depression led her and her sisters to the institution. She discusses faculty role models, administrators and chancellors, working at the Columbia University library and her perception of the decrease in prestige of the college after coeducation. Cooke talks about the controversy between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association and the move to Division I athletics. Subjects: Dorm life, the...

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Subjects: Dorm life and rules, going to Chapel Hill for weekend events, Chancellor Singletary and his family, Chancellor Ferguson, town students, traditions (class rings, daisy chain, and class jackets), Barbara Parrish, her days as a student worker at the Alumni House, her first teaching experience in Winston-Salem, alumni chapters, alumni trips, Jim Lancaster, Alumni Association/Chancellor Moran controversy, Chancellor Graham controversy, the cafeteria workers' strike.

Scope and Contents Craft recalls her experience at Curry School and campus life as a town student and a resident student. She discusses faculty and administrators who influenced her, student activities, classes, buildings and transportation. She talks about her views on the rift between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association, fundraising in general, coeducation and the move to Division I athletics. She mentions other Greensboro alumni who might be good candidates to interview. Subjects: Trolley...

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Creighton discusses her perceptions of the differences found in Northern and Southern academic cultures, civility of faculty council meetings, tenure and promotion at UNCG and the position and needs of the College of Arts & Sciences. Subjects: Differences she found in the southern and northern cultures, civility of the faculty council meetings, Elisabeth Zinser, the Administrative Council

Scope and Contents Cross recalls living in the UNCG neighborhood as a child, the faculty (some of them neighbors) who influenced her, her experience at Curry School and campus life as a town student. She discusses working at Elliott Hall and painting the McIver statue, the move to Division I athletics and her perception of the lessening of the institution's academic reputation. She talks about the arrival of coeducation and integration at UNCG and in Greensboro and the controversy between Chancellor William...

Scope and Contents Currin recalls her adjustment to college, student life during the Korean War, the return of veteran students, campus rules and dormitory life. She discusses campus traditions, the role of student government and the judicial board, the high academic standards of the institution and the advantages of attending an all-women's college. She talks about her understanding of the rift between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association, the administration of Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham...

Scope and Contents Dana recalls living on and off campus at UNCG, cafeteria and library changes and the role of student government and the Neo-Black Society. He describes race relations, the beginning of fraternities and sororities on campus, Residential College and life on Tate Street and its music scene. He reminisces about the faculty, especially in the psychology department, and gives his views on the current state of education, the emphasis on athletics, campus parking and the Alumni Association rift with...

Scope and Contents Darnell discusses growing up in the West and Midwest before coming to Woman's College from the Eastman School of Music. He talks about the strength of the college's undergraduate program and the Arts Forum. He recalls Chancellors Walter Clinton Jackson and Edward Kidder Graham Jr.; the controversy over Chancellor Graham's policies; School of Music deans H. Hugh Altvater, George Welton Marquis and Arthur R. Tollefson and administrators Katherine Taylor and Mereb Mossman. He expresses his...

Scope and Contents Davis recalls student life during the Depression as a town student and graduate of Curry School. She discusses faculty role models and chancellors, traditions such as the class jacket and the visit of Eleanor Roosevelt to campus. She talks about the controversy between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association and her love for the Alumni House and the institution. Subjects: Being a day student which was very unusual in the 1930s, chapel, class jackets, going to school during the...

Scope and Contents Davis discusses his responsibilities, such as purchasing land and materials for new buildings and working with the State Budget Office in procuring contracts, and a campus visit by Lady Bird Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson's wife. He describes the growth of the university and the business office and the changes brought about by that growth. He talks about coeducation, the hippie/Vietnam era and the Greensboro Woolworth and UNCG campus sit-ins and recalls the administrations of...

Scope and Contents Dean describes the strong academic reputation of the institution; the closeness of the faculty and staff and the strength of the women faculty, administrators and graduates. She talks about prominent chancellors, alumni association presidents, faculty and administrators and the changes she witnessed as the university was transformed from a residential to a commuter school. She discusses the campus protests during the Vietnam War and her views on political activism. Subjects: Strong academic...

Scope and Contents Dean describes the Curry School from the perspective of a student and an employee, campus changes from the 1940s to the 1980s, faculty life and the relationship of the institution and the Greensboro community. She talks about Curry School, School of Education and UNCG faculty and administrators, coeducation, the civil rights era and forced busing due to integration. She discusses her work experience, life during World War II in Greensboro, why people chose to work at the institution and its...