Read, Herbert W.
Person
Biography
Herbert 'Buck' Read was a basketball coach at Western Michigan University from 1922 through 1949. The Read Fieldhouse on Western Michigan's campus is named in his honor. For a full biography, see his wiki page.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Bud Norris, December 6, 1994
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 1
Dates:
December 6, 1994
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
Oral history interview with Eddie Powless, November 10, 1993
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 6
Dates:
November 10, 1993
Oral history interview with Hal Ray, November 6, 1990
File — Box 4-OralHist, Object: 11
Dates:
November 6, 1990
Oral history interview with Jack and Phyllis Streidl, February 6, 1998
File — Box 5-OralHist, Object: 17
Dates:
February 6, 1998
Oral history interview with Jack Vredevelt and Charles “Bud” Donnelly, January 10, 1996
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 6
Dates:
January 10, 1996
Oral history interview with John Gill, May 2, 1989
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 13
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
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- Western Michigan University -- Sports -- History 11
- Coaches (Athletics) 7
- Western Michigan University -- Football -- History 4
- Western Michigan University -- Faculty 3
- Western State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 3
- Coaching (Athletics) 2
- College athletes -- Recruiting 2
- College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 2
- Western Michigan University -- Basketball 2
- Western Michigan University -- Buildings 2
- Western Michigan University -- Presidents 2
- Western Michigan University -- Students 2
- Western Michigan University. Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation -- History 2
- Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- History 2
- African American basketball players 1
- Bus drivers -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Bus travel -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- College athletes 1
- College students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Michigan -- Personal narratives 1
- High school athletes -- Michigan -- Muskegon 1
- Minority college students 1
- Oral surgeons -- Michigan -- Benton Harbor 1
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives 1
- Sports in art 1
- Students -- Political activity 1
- Track and field athletes 1
- Western Michigan College -- History 1
- Western Michigan University -- Administration 1
- Western Michigan University -- Baseball 1
- Western Michigan University -- Football 1
- Western Michigan University -- History 1
- Western Michigan University -- Tennis -- History 1
- Western Michigan University. Faculty Senate -- History 1
- Western State High School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 1
- Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 1
- Western State Teachers College -- History 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1 + ∧ less
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