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Carlson, Lewis H.

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Biography

Dr. Lewis H. Carlson was a professor of history at Western Michigan University. After 31 years at WMU, he retired on April 30, 1999.

Found in 40 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 Chauncey Brinn, July 23, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 6
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Oral history interview with Chauncey Brinn, alumnus and former administrator, conducted by Lew Carlson on July 23, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He discusses his experience working with student financial aid, minority student services units, the MLK Academy, as secretary for the Board of Trustees, and short terms as athletic director. Brinn retired in 1994 from Western Michigan University as vice president emeritus for administrative affairs.

Dates: July 23, 1989

Oral history interview with Don Boven, May 16, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 4
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Don Boven, alumnus, former faculty member, and coach at Western Michigan University, conducted by Lew Carlson at Boven’s home in Mattawan, Michigan, May 16, 1989. Boven recollects his teammates and coaches during his time as a student athlete at WMU, playing baseball, football, and basketball. He was named First Team All-American his senior year, 1949. Boven also discusses his time as a coach, including head basketball coach, and a faculty member in the Department...
Dates: May 16, 1989

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Western Michigan University -- Sports -- History 22
Western Michigan University -- Faculty 13
College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 12
Coaches (Athletics) 10
Western Michigan University -- Administration 9
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Western Michigan University -- History 9
Western Michigan University -- Football -- History 8
Western Michigan University -- Buildings 6
Western State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 6
American Association of University Professors. Western Michigan University Chapter -- History 5
Coaching (Athletics) 5
Track and field athletes 5
Western Michigan College -- History 5
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- History 5
College athletes -- Recruiting 4
College students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 4
Western Michigan University -- Presidents 4
Collective bargaining -- College employees 3
Discrimination in sports 3
Western Michigan University -- Basketball 3
Western Michigan University. Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation -- History 3
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 3
Western State Teachers College -- History 3
Affirmative action programs in education 2
College students -- Drug use 2
Students -- Political activity 2
Teachers -- Training of 2
Western Michigan University -- Football 2
Western Michigan University -- Students 2
Western Michigan University. Department of History -- History 2
Western Michigan University. Faculty Senate -- History 2
Women in education 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives 2
Adult education -- Administration -- Michigan -- Muskegon 1
African American basketball players 1
African American fighter pilots 1
African American football players 1
American College Testing Program 1
Bombings -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Continuing education -- Michigan -- Muskegon 1
Counterculture -- United States -- 1960-1970 1
Depressions -- 1929 -- Michigan -- Personal narratives 1
Discrimination in employment -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Discrimination in employment -- United States 1
Dissertations, Academic -- Southern States -- Economic Conditions 1
Early childhood education 1
High school athletes -- Michigan -- Muskegon 1
Labor unions -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Minority college students 1
Olympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.) 1
Olympic athletes 1
Olympics -- History -- 19th century 1
Ombudspersons 1
Oral surgeons -- Michigan -- Benton Harbor 1
Pan American Games 1
Race relations 1
Speech therapy 1
Sports -- Information services 1
Sports in art 1
Sports teams -- United States -- History 1
Student movements -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo -- Newspapers 1
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.). Western Michigan University Chapter -- History 1
Teacher educators 1
Tuberculosis -- Treatment 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes 1
United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
Western Michigan University -- Baseball 1
Western Michigan University -- Finance 1
Western Michigan University -- Student housing 1
Western Michigan University. Department of English -- History 1
Western Michigan University. Department of Political Science 1
Western Michigan University. Department of Sociology 1
Western Michigan University. Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology -- History 1
Western Michigan University. Division of Continuing Education 1
Western Michigan University. Gerontology Program 1
Western Michigan University. Haenicke Institute for Global Education 1
Western Michigan University. Department of Industrial Education 1
Western State High School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 1
Women college students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Armistices 1
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