Oral history interview with Tom Briscoe, May 11, 1989
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 staff, coaches, and fellow students and teammates. Briscoe also discusses being a boxing referee and his career as an educator and administrator with the Detroit Public Schools.
Dates
- Creation: May 11, 1989
Creator
- Briscoe, Thomas F., 1910-1992 (Interviewee, Person)
- Carlson, Lewis H. (Interviewer, Person)
Extent
From the Series: 5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu