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Oral history interview with Don Van Hoeven, September 25, 1991
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 12
Dates:
September 25, 1991
Oral history interview with Julius Franks, August 10, 1989
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 8
Dates:
August 10, 1989
Oral history interview with Len Gernant, July 25, 1989
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 12
Dates:
July 25, 1989
Oral history interview with Mary Cain, January 24, 1990
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 10
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Mary Cain (1924-2016), professor emerita of education, conducted by Lewis Carlson on January 24, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cain discusses the School of Education and her career there, including a program on teaching the disadvantaged and a overall discussion of general education. She also touches on the position of women in education. Cain talks about being involved in the early years of AAUP, striking in 1984, and faculty/administration relationships during...
Dates:
January 24, 1990
Oral history interview with Richard F. Chormann, November 16, 1993
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 14
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Richard F. Chormann, a 1959 graduate of Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Karen L. Miller on November 16, 1993 in Mr. Chormann’s office at First of America Bank Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Chormann was a past president of the WMU Alumni Association chairperson for the WMU Foundation, and later member of the WMU Board of Trustees. He discusses his time as a student studying business education, and later knowledge gained at Western...
Dates:
November 16, 1993
Oral history interview with Russel Gabier, November 8, 1990
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
November 8, 1990
Oral history interview with Shirley Van Hoeven, November 15, 1993
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 19
Dates:
November 15, 1993
Oral history interview with Thomas Vance, April 13, 1990
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 20
Dates:
April 13, 1990
Oral history interview with William Combs, November 17, 1989
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 15
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with William “Bill” Combs, Professor of English at Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on November 17, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bill discusses the racial tensions on campus in the 1960s and the take-over of the student union by black students following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He then talks about his involvement in the AAUP following it’s certification and various contract negotiations in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill’s...
Dates:
November 17, 1989