Western Michigan University. Department of English -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with John Woods, November 12, 1993
File — Box 6-OralHist, Object: 7
Dates:
November 12, 1993
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
Oral history interviews with Philip Denenfeld, February 21-March 2, 1995
File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 5
Dates:
Majority of material found within February 21-March 2, 1995