Munford, Howard (Class of 1934, faculty), March 18, 1986
Scope and Contents
1 interview with Howard McCoy Munford, Class of 1934. Munford discusses Reginald Cook; department of American literature; resigning in protest; President Armstrong; studying as an undergraduate; Harvard; President Moody; Middlebury's reputation; restrictions on women; fraternities; social life; fraternities exclusion; gender segregation; women's separate college; qualitifications of the women; number of student applicants; comparing grades of men and women; women professors; Eleanor Ross; World War II; the rise of fascism; interventionism; Board of Trustees; President Stratton; student lows; faculty disapproval of Stratton; low salary; poor faculty and President relations; faculty council; how Moody could not fire professors; finding President Armstrong; his published work; Robert Frost; his teaching style; veterans at Middlebury; changes in student body overtime; student diversity; minority students; and athletics.
Dates
- March 18, 1986
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research without restriction.
Biographical / Historical
Howard McCoy Munford (1912-2008) was born to Howard M. and Mary (Young) Munford of Des Moines, Iowa. Munford was a member of the Middlebury College Class of 1934 and was a graduate student at Bread Loaf from 1934-1939. He served as Professor of American Literature at Middlebury from 1941 to 1977.
Extent
From the Collection: 147+ Objects
Physical Location
w.2.2
Physical Description
1 audio cassette
General
Assigned identifier: a13af19860318-02
- Athletics
- College sports
- College students -- United States -- Social life and customs
- College trustees
- Cook, Reginald Lansing, 1903-1984
- Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
- Greek letter societies
- Literature -- Study and teaching
- Middlebury College -- Alumni and alumnae
- Middlebury College -- Faculty
- Minorities -- Education (Higher)
- Moody, Paul D. (Paul Dwight), 1879-1947
- Oral Histories
- Sex discrimination
- Stratton, Samuel S. (Samuel Sommerville)
- Students -- Social life and customs
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
Repository Details
Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository
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