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Coeducation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Armstrong, Carol, April 13, 2015

 Item
Identifier: MOH162
Scope and Contents Interview with Carol Armstrong, conducted by Middlebury College Archivist, Danielle Rougeau on April 13, 2015 in Old Chapel. Dedication of Eve Adler, Classics dept. (00:44); coordinate vs. co-ed education in the 1960s (3:46); student protests 1960's (7:00); burning of building (14:35); faculty president relations (20:29); First female tenured faculty member - Marjorie Lambert (21:18); faculty tenure (25:49); decoration committee and role of president's wife (29:06); President...
Dates: April 13, 2015

Beers, Douglas Stowe (faculty), May 7, 1986

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Identifier: MOH44
Scope and Contents

1 interview with Douglas Stowe Beers, Middlebury College Professor of English. Beers discussed his undergrad and graduate experience at Yale; salary; President Moody; Breadloaf; his experience as head of the acting department; President Stratton; his experience of chairman of the division; staff relations; student social activites; comprehensive exams; chaperoning frat parties; class stories; other job offers; female vs. male students; and Robert Frost.

Dates: May 7, 1986

Berry, Eleanor (Class of 1932), July 5, 1989

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Identifier: MOH61
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Eleanor Berry, Class of 1932. Static starts at 15 - 22 minutes and throughout the interview. Berry discusses how she was accepted into Middlebury; restrictions on women; student organizations; foreign language department; French; Chateau; Greek; Theatre; Dr. Cook; the English department; guest speakers; President Moody; Eleanor Ross; Board of Trustees; Forest Hall; the Great Depression; World War II; President Stratton's drinking problem; student social life; fraternities;...
Dates: July 5, 1989

Bigelow, Leslie Cole (faculty), April 18, 1986

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Identifier: MOH42
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Leslie Cole Bigelow, Middlebury College Professor of Philosophy. Bigelow discussed how he chose Middlebury; his graduate career; how he chose philosophy; philosophy; his experience in the Army in the 1940s; his low salary; his relationship with faculty; compulsory chapel; faculty attitudes towards the administration; how President Stratton ran Middlebury like a company; battle over relevant majors; women applicants; class size; isolation of Middlebury; John Andrews; and how...
Dates: April 18, 1986

Bowker, John G. (faculty), October 15, 1975

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Identifier: MOH28
Scope and Contents 1 interview with John G. Bowker, Professor of Mathematics, conducted by David Stameshkin at 14 Aidrondack View, Middlebury (Bowker's home). Bowker discusses President Thomas; Dwayne Robinson; President Stratton; fund raising; athletics; Hamlin Hall; Tea time tavern; President Hamlin; expanding the Fine Arts programs; mathematics courses; mathematics curriculum changes; Foreign Language Study; President Moody; Storrs Lee; Steve Freeman; Board of Trustees; military training on campus; draft...
Dates: October 15, 1975

Brackett, Mary Williams (Class of 1936, trustee), January 30, 1975

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Identifier: MOH8
Scope and Contents 1 audio cassette tape containing interview with Mary Williams Brackett, Class of 1936. Topics discussed include Brackett's 60th reunion, her post-graduate experience, her honorary degree, the German major, the Institute of International Education, her teaching assistantship as a graduate student, her time as Director of Admissions for women and as Dean of Women at Middlebury, the merging of men's and women's colleges across the country, her Stanford PhD, depression, the role of women in...
Dates: January 30, 1975

Centennial of coeducation, Nov. 4-7, 1982

 Sub-Series — Box 125: [Barcode: 0000212964910]
Identifier: A1.I.6
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The records of the Middlebury College Board of Trustees are the official records of Middlebury College. The College Archives preserves institutional documents (charter, college seal, printed by-laws), meeting minutes, and standing and special committee records and reports. Included in the record group are files containing biographical information on individual trustees. Additional and related material can be found in the Office of the President (A2) record sub-group.As of...
Dates: Nov. 4-7, 1982

Class of 1915 Clotilda Hayes scrapbook, 1911-1915

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook marked with the college logo and seal, compiled by Clotilda Hayes, class of 1915. It contains ephemera and realia ranging from menus, sports and theater programs, room decorations, letters, Christmas cards, chemistry class notes, dance cards, Halloween decorations, and some small photographs.

Dates: 1911-1915

Coggeshall, Almy (Class of 1940), June 2, 1995

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Identifier: MOH99
Scope and Contents

1 interview with Almy Coggeshall, Middlebury College Class of 1940, by Joice Pangalila at Coggeshall's 55th reunion. Coggeshall discussed why he chose Middlebury College; fraternities; social activities; Mountain Club; camping trips; Middlebury Campus; Hepburn dormitory; chemistry; reunion; male and female relations on campus; restrictions on women; Dean of Women, Eleanor Ross; Sudetenland crisis; his writing tutor; and his life's work.

Dates: June 2, 1995

Commencement Scrapbook, 1830-1899

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains a collection of commencement programs and other commencement-related ephemera, dating between 1830 and 1899. Also contains a pamphlet titled "Circular To Young Women," which aimed to recruit women students to Middlebury during the early years of co-education.

Dates: 1830-1899

Dunsmoor, Natalie H. (Class of 1935), June 3, 1995

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Identifier: MOH103
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Natalie H. Dunsmoor, Middlebury College Class of 1935, by Joice Pangalila at Dunsmoor's 60th reunion. Dunsmoor discusses reunions; why she went to Middlebury; her academic challenges; Mountain club; Alumni college; the Moodys; winter carnival; scholarships; working as a waitress; what she did in her free time; sociology trips; being a teacher; Chateau; French; customs and traditions; tea dances; formals; sororities; sigma kappa; tennis; Dr. Reginald Cook; co-ed dorms;...
Dates: June 3, 1995

Fiske, Jane Howard (Class of 1939), March 10, 1975

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Identifier: MOH16
Scope and Contents

1 interview with Jane Howard Fiske (Class of 1939) by Deborah Clifford. Fiske discusses prohibition; having students living with her family; President Moody; coeducation; careers for women after graduation; town gown relations; V12; UVM; leaving college to get married; the Great Depression; student jobs; Professor Richard Brown; Eleanor Ross; restrictions on women; living off campus; and compulsory chapel.

Dates: March 10, 1975

Flickinger, Jackie (administrator), February 22, 1989

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Identifier: MOH58
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Jackie Flickinger, former Director of Student Activities at Middlebury College. Flickinger discusses moving to Middlebury; how she got her position at Middlebury; fraternities; winter carnival; winter term; student organizations; student social events; the campus; student information center; gender segregation on campus; the start of co-ed dorms; changing of the drinking age; gender discrimination; John Bowker; WRMC; Environmental quality club; school dances; Middlebury's...
Dates: February 22, 1989

Freeman, Stephen (President, faculty), August 12, 1987

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Identifier: MOH53
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Stephen A. Freeman, Middlebury College Professor of French, Vice President, Acting President, and Director of the Language Schools, by David Stameshkin. The interview was conducted in the basement of the library. Freeman discusses Harvard; the French department; President Moody; Chateau; Brown University; salary; his publications; being President of the American Association of Teachers of French; qualifications of the faculty; sabbatical; life in the Chateau; French parties;...
Dates: August 12, 1987

Greiner, Joan T. (faculty), June 19, 1989

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Identifier: MOH60
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Joan T. Greiner, Middlebury College Professor of Physical Education. Greiner discusses Skidmore; the Snow Bowl; skiing; women faculty; women's athletics; intermural sports; sororities; student activities; women's field on battell beach; Title IX; moving from McCullough to the Field house; coaching tennis; gender discrimination; President Stratton; teaching physical education; running the ski school; ROTC; physical education requirements; gender segregation in classes; co-ed...
Dates: June 19, 1989

Hamlin, Talbot (Class of 1940), June 3, 1995

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Identifier: MOH105
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Talbot F. Hamlin, Middlebury College Class of 1940, by Joice Pangalila at reunion. Hamlin discusses why he came to Middlebury; Hepburn; transporation by train; Middlebury accepted more men than women applicants; no cars allowed on campus; compulsory chapel; contemporary civilization; Charlotte Moody; glee club; choir; athletics; Music department; French department; Dr. Freeman; course requirements; geology; psychology; his work in publishing; his work with aptitude testing;...
Dates: June 3, 1995

Holmes, Marion (Class of 1933), March 4, 1986

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Identifier: MOH34
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Marion Holmes, Class of 1933. Holmes discussed gender segregation on campus; women lacking quality professors because they could only have female professors; sororities; her work as secretary to the registrar and to faculty; her salary; changes to college size; rising cost of tutition; positives about Middlebury College; Winter Carnival; Breadloaf; Forrest Hall; classes in the chapel; compulsory chapel; Hamlin Hall burned down by a student; Robert Frost; President Stratton;...
Dates: March 4, 1986

Julian Willis Abernethy papers

 Collection
Identifier: C-17
Scope and Contents

Materials in the collection include works generated by Julian Willis Abernethy including manuscripts of creative and critical works, holograph notes, newspaper clippings, announcements, articles, tributes, reviews and letters. Some materials are in bound volumes. Note that few documents in the collection are dated. For detailed item listing, see "Other Finding Aids" note.

Dates: 1846-1928

McClellan, Mary Wisotzkey (Class of 1945), June 3, 1995

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Identifier: MOH102
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Mary Wisotzkey McClellan, Middlebury College Class of 1945, by Joice Pangalila.Class 1945, came to the college from Pennsylvania. She was a Home-Economics major but changed to American Literature. She loved the college and her friends (01:13); She played team sports (soccer, basketball, volleyball) and received her 1,000 AA Point Jacket. (02:20); Social life at school were gym dances on Saturday nights. Female college was separate from the men's college. Monday...
Dates: June 3, 1995

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

Smith, David K. (Class of 1942, faculty), February 20, 1989

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Identifier: MOH54
Scope and Contents 1 oral history interview with David Kingsbury Smith (Class of 1942).Grew up in Pittsford Vermont (00:20); Great depression (:53); bank holiday (3:17); Middlebury College 1938 (6:30); schloarship and tuition (6:43); finding work during college/depression years (9:58); commencement 1942, World War II (13:32); army reserve in general terms 1943 (14:23); V-12 navy unit at Middlebury (14:40); daily chapel in Mead (16:27); Veterans of World War II coming as students after the war...
Dates: February 20, 1989

Smith, Sharon (Class of 1968) and Frank Merriman (Class of 1968). Middlebury Women and the Rules, March 1966

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Identifier: A1.I.2
Scope and Contents

Report compiled by Middlebury College students Sharon Smith (Class of 1968) and Frank Merriman (Class of 1968) entitled "Middlebury Women and the Rules."

Dates: March 1966

Striker, Marjorie Burditt (Class of 1940), June 2, 1995

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Identifier: MOH101
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Marjorie Burditt Striker, Middlebury College Class of 1940, with Joice Pangalila. During the interview, Striker discusses a French teacher who influenced her decision to apply to Middlebury; academic programs at Middlebury; English literature major; hiking at Lake Dunmore; teaching English after graduation; cars on campus; student government; Women's college at Middlebury; fraternities; dating; student activities; town-gown relations; jobs on campus; sorority;...
Dates: June 2, 1995

Swift, Jessica, 1975

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Identifier: MOH6
Scope and Contents 1 oral history interview with Jessica Swift conducted by David Stameshkin in 1975. (0:55) When Middlebury first started accepting women; (1:55) Discusses if she ever contemplated attending Middlebury College while growing up in Middlebury; (2:15) Middlebury's early transition to becoming a coeducational institution; (2:50) Professor Howard; (3:30) Discusses her father, who had a hisory at the college; (8:55) How students supplemented their funds to attend Middlebury,...
Dates: 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

Wonnacott, Erica (administrator), February 22, 1989

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Identifier: MOH57
Scope and Contents 1 oral history interview with Erica B. Wonnacott, Middlebury's first Dean of Students, conducted on February 22, 1989.Erica - first Dean of Students (:15); co-ordinate record keeping (1:45); pre co-ed women's rules (3:45); change to a co-ed campus (6:00); Gloria Steinem speaks on campus (10:49); Title IX, women's athlectic (12:00); role model (15:00); Sororities disbanding in 1970 (16:21); opinion on Fraternities (17:55); College rule on Alcohol (23:27); drinking age (24:27);...
Dates: February 22, 1989