Smith, J. Towner, 1902-1996
Person
Biography
J. Towner Smith was the Dean of Students at Western Michigan University.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Carol Waszkiewicz, July 23, 1989
File — Box 6-OralHist, Object: 1
Oral history interview with Don Scott, July 27, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 7
Oral history interview with Elizabeth Waldo Thurn, November 18, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 15
Dates:
November 18, 1989
Oral history interview with J. Towner Smith, May 5, 1989
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 12
Oral history interview with Lawrence Russell, October 17, 1989
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 15
Dates:
October 17, 1989
Oral history interview with Louis Mallard, May 24, 1989
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 8
Oral history interview with Marie Stevens, March 15, 1995
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 5
Dates:
March 15, 1995
Oral history interview with Robert Clarence Chandler, April 30, 1990
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 13
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Robert Clarence Chandler, better known as Clare or Claire Chandler, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on April 30, 1990 in Clare’s home in Allegan, Michigan. Also present was Clare's wife Virginia. Clare was a student at Western Michigan University in the early 1940s, ran track, and was a member of the marching band. Clare discusses growing up in Allegan, his time at WMU, and his training and service in the Air Force, where he was a member of the Tuskegee...
Dates:
April 30, 1990
Oral history interview with Rudel Miller, May 22, 1989
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 13
Oral history interview with Russel Gabier, November 8, 1990
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
November 8, 1990
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Western Michigan University -- Sports -- History 7
- Coaches (Athletics) 5
- Western State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 5
- College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 4
- Western Michigan University -- Administration 4
- Western Michigan University -- Faculty 4
- Track and field athletes 3
- Western Michigan University -- Buildings 3
- Discrimination in sports 2
- Discrimination in employment -- United States 2
- Students -- Political activity 2
- Western Michigan University -- Football -- History 2
- Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- History 2
- Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 2
- Western State Teachers College -- History 2
- African American fighter pilots 1
- American College Testing Program 1
- Coaching (Athletics) 1
- College students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Race relations 1
- Western Michigan College -- History 1
- Western Michigan University -- Finance 1
- Western Michigan University -- History 1
- Western Michigan University. Department of Industrial Education 1
- Western State High School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 1
- Women college students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Women in higher education 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives 1 + ∧ less
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