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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 Phil Miller, August 13, 1991
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 12
Dates:
August 13, 1991
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 Robert Culp, July 22, 1989
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 2
Dates:
July 22, 1989
Oral history interview with Robert Russell, September 29, 1990
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 19
Scope and Contents
Oral history speeches and honors given at Robert R. Russel’s 100th birthday celebration conducted on September 29, 1990. Introduction by Lewis Carlson. Opening words by Ron Davis, Chair of History. Honors and recognition by Al Castel. Speeches given from Robert W. Johanson from the University of Illinois, James Dodson from McPherson College, Al Castel of University of Kansas, and Philip Denenfeld of WMU on behalf of form WMU President Dr. Haenicke. Each speaker highlights the impact of Dr....
Dates:
September 29, 1990
Oral history interview with Russel Gabier, November 8, 1990
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
November 8, 1990
Oral history interview with Thomas Carr, December 6, 1996
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 12
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Thomas Carr, WMU alumnus and staff member, conducted by Lew Carlson on December 6, 1996 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Carr recollects his early years playing sports in Muskegon, being drafted into the minor leagues, attending Muskegon Community College after the service, and transferring to WMU to graduate with a History degree in 1959. He talks in depth about his time in Housing during years of massive growth and building projects, and describes attacks on his office...
Dates:
December 6, 1996
Oral history interview with Tom Briscoe, May 11, 1989
File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 7
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with WMU alumnus Tom Briscoe, conducted by Lew Carlson on May 11, 1989 in Detroit, Michigan. Briscoe recollects his youth in Detroit, playing athletics at the St. Antoine Street Branch of the YMCA, and coming to Western Michigan University where he majored in Physical Education, boxed, and played football. He talks about what it was like to be a black college student athlete at WMU in the nineteen thirties. President Waldo is remembered, as well as various faculty and...
Dates:
May 11, 1989
Oral history interview with Tom Slaughter, May 4, 1989
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 9
Dates:
May 4, 1989
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