Stratton, Samuel S. (Samuel Sommerville)
Person
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Munford, Howard (Class of 1934, faculty) and Marion (Class of 1932), February 6, 1975
Item
Identifier: MOH12
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Howard Munford, Class of 1934, and his wife, Marion Munford, Class of 1932, conducted by David Stameshkin at the Munfords' home. The Munfords discuss when they started working at Middlebury; why they chose to attend Middlebury; Eleanor Ross Dean of women; strictness on campus; gender segregation; President Moody; Cornwall's dismissal; Redfield Proctor; fraternities; social events; social groups; rushing; sororities; kappa kappa gamma; discriminatory fraternities; black...
Dates:
February 6, 1975
Nelson, Walter "Duke" (Class of 1932), February 7, 1986
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Identifier: MOH33
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Walter "Duke" Nelson, retired Middlebury College Football Coach. Nelson discusses what he studied at Middlebury; athletics; field house; athletic facilities; coaching football, hockey and golf; teaching PE; intermurals; lacrosse; comparing Middlebury to other colleges; student activities; changes in Middlebury; teaching sports at a young age; World War II; what makes Middlebury unique; the rural setting; the growth of Middlebury; scholarships; financial aid; President Moody;...
Dates:
February 7, 1986
Neuberger, Fred (Class of 1950, administrator), February 3, 1975
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Identifier: MOH10
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Fred Neuberger, Class of 1950 and Dean of Admissions by Tom Alderman. Neuberger discusses working as dean of admissions; President Storrs Lee; President Armstrong; President Stratton; the end of Women's college of Middlebury; coeducation; old economy; socioeconomic classes; Middlebury tuition; trustees; student body numbers; overenrollment; female vs. male students; how Middlebury students compare with other new england private schools;...
Dates:
February 3, 1975
Parker, Wyman (Class of 1934), May 8, 1987
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Identifier: MOH52
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette containing interview with Wyman West Parker, Middlebury College Librarian.Parker discusses his two years as a student at Middlebury; the women's and men's college; student activities; town gown relations; commencement; rules and restrictions on students; salary cuts; what students did in their free time; being head librarian; his travels in Europe; changes in students overtime; politics; the old library vs. the new library; Middlebury Summer schools; Viola White; what makes...
Dates:
May 8, 1987
Perine, Gordon (Class of 1949, administrator), February 28, 1975
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Identifier: MOH13
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Gordon Perine, Class of 1949, conducted by David Stameshkin. Middlebury graduate 1949 - presently director, Alumni Affairs - has been college administrator since 1951 (00:30); Came to Middlebury in February, 1946 when he was 25, after marine corps, well-rounded student body, various economic backgrounds due to GI Bill, which he had (02:25) worked many student jobs on campus, made $225 month (03:05); scholarship changed economics at...
Dates:
February 28, 1975
Pool, Edwin L. (faculty), February 21, 1989
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Identifier: MOH56
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Edwin L. Pool, Middlebury College Professor of Chemistry. From 18:00 to 29:00 minutes static and additional static throughout tape. Pool discusses how he got a position at Middlebury; Professor Voter; slow growth of Middlebury; facilities; low salaries; designing the science center; Chemistry department; 4 1 4 program; relations within the chemistry department; 1st generation college students; student faculty relations; distribution requirements; biology; the hippie...
Dates:
February 21, 1989
Rikert, Carroll (trustee, administrator), July 1, 1975
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Identifier: MOH27
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Carroll Rikert, Jr. conducted by David Stameshkin.Trustees Procter, Hadley, Allen take leading role (01:01); MIT treasurer (01:30); Dr. Stephen A. Freeman, acting president 1953, Hadley, Procter, Allen active roles (04:05) Ted Lang named treasurer, succeeds Allen (04:30) senior trustees: Lang was least recognized and most significant (05:00) Lang's influence on the college was great (05:45); Hadley, Procter, Allen relied upon Brigham's judgement; (06:01) National...
Dates:
July 1, 1975
Samuel Stratton talk, 1946-09-21
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Identifier: a2.lp.samuelstratton.1946
Scope and Contents
78 LP record entitled "Samuel Stratton talk." Some of the copies include songs on piano by Pruda Wiley, Class of 1912, on the opposite side. LPs containing Stratton's talk and Wiley on piano were pressed in support of the Middlebury Memorial Fund in 1946 by William Hazlett Upson.
Dates:
1946-09-21
Smith, A.C. Dutton (Class of 1951), 19xx
Item
Identifier: MOH
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview with Dutton Smith, Class of 1951, conducted by Tom Alderman. Veteran of World War II, GI bill, V-12 program (00:32); war experience, atomic bomb (00:48); post war (2:45); Vermont Academy (3:40); Middlebury College (5:13); housing shortage (6:30); veterans student (8:48); President Stratton (9:57); class of 1951 (11:30); Addison Independent employee (11:39); engineer at Simmond's (12:00); Professor Volgert - Drama (12:10); Carol Rikert, built professors...
Dates:
19xx
Smith, David K. (Class of 1942, faculty), March 10, 1975
Item
Identifier: MOH15
Scope and Contents
1 oral history interview with David Kingsbury Smith (Class of 1942) conducted by David Stameshkin on March 10, 1975.
Arrives at Middlebury on scholarship in 1938 (00:35); Secondary education in 1930s (01:30); President Moody (02:36): Dean Ross in 1943 gives permission for David's wife to marry him (04:30); Dean Elizabeth Kelly (07:00); 1938 class size, Influence of President Moody and Dean Ross (09:00); Harry Fife (10:40); Waldo Hendrich (11:18); Moody during World War II...
Dates:
March 10, 1975
Stagg, Evelyn (Class of 1939), June 4, 1994
Item
Identifier: MOH92
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Evelyn Wheeler Stagg, Middlebury College Class of 1939, by Natalie Norman. During the interview, Stagg discusses being born in Vermont; the English major; the president of the women's college; the attitude towards Vermont students at Middlebury; Vermont education; state legislature; issues of communications in politics and education; the problem of trustee power; her dislike of President Stratton; semantics; finding work during the Depression; definitions of progress;...
Dates:
June 4, 1994
Tall, Roth W. (Class of 1965), June 3, 1975
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Identifier: MOH23
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Roth W. Tall, Jr. (Class of 1965). Interviewed by Deborah Clifford, Roth Tall discusses civil rights; possible violence on campus; MLK; Malcom X; Kennedy assassination; President Stratton; White christian fraternities exclusion of Blacks and Jews; sororities; volunteer work; athletics; South/north tension; Armstrong's crisis; activism; curfews for women; town gown relations
Dates:
June 3, 1975
Tillinghast, Pardon (faculty), 1986
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Identifier: MOH31
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Pardon E. Tillinghast, Professor of History.Brown University undergraduate, hired as history professor at Middlebury in 1947, Navy veteran (01:34); colleague called "Sleepy Davis" (03:25); men's campus and women's campus separate (04:10); taught one class in spring, age is 66, loves teaching (06:05) college in 1947 was quiet, he had a small office, did not interact with many colleagues- in 1941 war took away male students (07:23);...
Dates:
1986
Wells, Barbara (Class of 1941), January 30, 1975
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Identifier: MOH9
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Barbara Wells, Class of 1941.1941 graduate, 1943 MA. Sciences, Biology major; fewer faculty members in 1940s, community relations were stronger (02:25); dating patterns between high school students and college students (03:10); teacher certification began for students in practice teaching (14:30); rebuilding image of females on campus-same tests given to males and females in 1955 (18:08); President Stratton-good...
Dates:
January 30, 1975
Woodin, Howard E. (faculty), March 20, 1986
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Identifier: MOH39
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Howard E. Woodin, Middlebury College Professor of Biology.Union College, '48, then U.S. Army, graduate work, biology, Purdue U - (03:08); vegetation study via travel through U.S. (04:15); Al Hitchcock (06:05); hired at Middlebury in 1953 as lowest rank level "rotating" instructor (08:37); Hitchcock dislike for botany/bio sciences (10:10); Bob Schubert, zoologist-Woodin bacteriologist, Hitchcock forcing them to teach each other's...
Dates:
March 20, 1986
Wright, Spencer (Class of 1949), March 6, 1975
Item
Identifier: MOH19
Scope and Contents
1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Spencer Wright (Class of 1949) by Deborah Clifford. During the interview, Wright discusses: why he came to Middlebury; Bill Brewster's invitation to attend Kimball Union Academy; athletics at Middlebury; the effect of the war (World War II) on Middlebury; the draft; working for Bethelehem Steel and Proctor and Gamble; female students at Middlebury; hazing; reorienting veterans into the College community; dormitories on campus; the role of the...
Dates:
March 6, 1975
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- Oral Histories 42
- Middlebury College -- Faculty 25
- Middlebury College -- Alumni and alumnae 23
- College administrators 19
- Greek letter societies 18
- World War, 1939-1945 17
- College students -- United States -- Social life and customs 11
- College trustees 11
- Coeducation 10
- Students -- Social life and customs 9
- Athletics 8
- Community and college 8
- Education of women 7
- Fund raising 7
- Middlebury College -- Women 7
- Student aid 7
- College fraternity members 5
- College sports 5
- Language Education -- French 5
- Sex discrimination 5 + ∧ less
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