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Western Michigan University -- History

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Cross-County and Track Scrapbook, 1953-1970, 01-02-2018

 Series — Box 1: Series AC-2018-016 [Barcode: 31141023889681]
Identifier: AC-2018-016
Dates: 1953-1970; Record Keeping: 01-02-2018
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Men’s Track, Cross Country

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
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Chauncey Brinn, July 23, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 6
Scope and Contents

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
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Jean Friedel and Margie Miner, March 21, 1995

 File — Box 2-OralHist, Object: 10
Dates: March 21, 1995
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Margaret Perry and Monique Coyne, April 22, 1990

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 17
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with WMU alumnae Margaret Perry and Monique Coyne, née Jako, conducted by Alan Brown on April 22, 1990. Both women attended Western in the early 1950s. They discuss college life, campus jobs, classes and professors, French Club and its sponsors Frances Noble and Marion Tamin, and the Colophon Club, for students studying librarianship. Margaret received her bachelor’s degree in 1954, Monique in 1955.

Dates: April 22, 1990
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Mary Cain, January 24, 1990

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 10
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mary Cain (1924-2016), professor emerita of education, conducted by Lewis Carlson on January 24, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cain discusses the School of Education and her career there, including a program on teaching the disadvantaged and a overall discussion of general education. She also touches on the position of women in education. Cain talks about being involved in the early years of AAUP, striking in 1984, and faculty/administration relationships during...
Dates: January 24, 1990
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Mary Cain, January 31, 1995

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 11
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mary Cain (1924-2016), professor emerita of education, conducted by Mary Hurlbut Cordier on January 31, 1995 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Cain discusses the School of Education and her career there, including her work on undergraduate curriculum development and the early childhood program. She also touches on the position of women in education. Cain talks about being involved in the early years of AAUP, striking in 1984, and faculty/administration relationships during...
Dates: January 31, 1995
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Mary Hurlbut Cordier, April 19, 1996

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 18
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Mary Hurlbut Cordier, conducted and recorded by Mary Cain on April 19, 1996. Mary recounts her early career in education, starting at Western’s campus school in 1958, joining the Education Department in 1964 and working in teacher education until her retirement in 1990. She shares what it was like to be a women in higher education in the 1960s, the environment of WMU throughout her career, collaborations with other faculty, and her enjoyment in working with...
Dates: April 19, 1996
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Milt Brawer, November 17, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 5
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Dr. Milton J. Brawer, Professor of Sociology, Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on November 17th, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Milt describes joining the Sociology Department in 1960, being appointed the university's first ombudsman in 1970, and serving on the Faculty Senate Executive Board and WMU's chapter of the AAUP. He discusses his experiences with the certification vote in 1975, the beginning of collective bargaining for...
Dates: November 17, 1989
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Richard F. Chormann, November 16, 1993

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 14
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Richard F. Chormann, a 1959 graduate of Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Karen L. Miller on November 16, 1993 in Mr. Chormann’s office at First of America Bank Corporation in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Chormann was a past president of the WMU Alumni Association chairperson for the WMU Foundation, and later member of the WMU Board of Trustees. He discusses his time as a student studying business education, and later knowledge gained at Western...
Dates: November 16, 1993
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

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