Brown, C. Bassett (Charles Bassett), 1923-2012
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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
Oral history interview with William Kowalski, November 10, 1993
File — Box 3-OralHist, Object: 3
Dates:
November 10, 1993
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- Subject
- Western Michigan University -- History 3
- Western Michigan University -- Sports -- History 3
- College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
- Western Michigan College -- History 2
- African American basketball players 1
- African American fighter pilots 1
- Coaches (Athletics) 1
- College athletes -- Recruiting 1
- College students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Military education -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Oral surgeons -- Michigan -- Benton Harbor 1
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives 1
- Sports -- Information services 1
- Sports teams -- United States -- History 1
- Western Michigan University -- Buildings 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives 1 + ∧ less
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