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Oral history interview with C. Bassett Brown, August 22, 1989
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 8
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with C. Bassett Brown, first black basketball player to play for Western Michigan, which he did back in the early 1940s. Interview conducted by Lewis Carlson on August 22, 1989, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Brown discusses attending Western Michigan College, influential professors and coaches, and playing basketball on a record-setting team. He also talks about continuing his education after graduating from Western in 1948 to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
Dates:
August 22, 1989
Oral history interview with Don Scott, July 27, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 7
Dates:
July 27, 1989
Oral history interview with Hal Ray, November 6, 1990
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
November 6, 1990
Oral history interview with John Gill, May 2, 1989
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 13
Dates:
May 2, 1989
Oral history interview with Lawrence Russell, October 17, 1989
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 15
Dates:
October 17, 1989
Oral history interview with Oscar Johnson, May 17, 1989
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 19
Dates:
May 17, 1989
Oral history interview with Patrick Clysdale, October 25, 1989
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 16
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Patrick “Pat” Clysdale, student athlete, coach, administrator and professor at Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded Lew Carlson on October 25, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Pat discusses playing youth sports in Detroit and then coming to Western and playing basketball for coach Buck Read and football for coach John W. Gill. He received his B.S. in 1952 and his M.S. in 1953, returning to WMU in 1958 to coach basketball and recruit players. He worked...
Dates:
October 25, 1989
Oral history interview with Tom Slaughter, May 4, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 9
Dates:
May 4, 1989