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Hadley, Egbert Charles (Class of 1910, trustee), 1974

 Item
Identifier: MOH2

Scope and Contents

1 90 minute interview with Egbert Charles Hadley by David Stameshkin. Interview references Marjorie (Finch) Hadley, and Deborah Clifford. Hadley discusses managing the baseball team; dorm life; compulsory chapel; senior theatre; Middlebury as the "poor man's college"; Harvard; prohibition; drinking around campus; Brainerd; Kellogg; how Middlebury has changed; commencement speakers; Armstrong; comparing presidents; facilities; McCullough gym; athletics; and working on the Kaleidoscope.

Dates

  • 1974

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research without restriction.

Biographical / Historical

Egbert Charles Hadley (1888-1981) was the son of Harry Clifton and Carrie Augusta (Starr) Hadley. Hadley was a member of the Middlebury College class of 1910 and attended Harvard University (1910-1911) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1911-1914) for graduate school. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Middlebury in 1968. Hadley served on the Middlebury College Board of Trustees from 1936 to 1968, and acted as Chair from 1944 to 1968. Hadley married Marjorie Finch in 1917. They had one child: Egbert Starr.

Extent

From the Collection: 147+ Objects

Physical Location

w.2.2

Existence and Location of Copies

Digitized copies exist for this resource. Contact specialcollections@middlebury.edu for more information.

Physical Description

1 audio cassette

General

Assigned identifier: a13af19740000-01

Repository Details

Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository

Contact:
Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
110 Storrs Avenue
Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States