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Veterans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Douglas W. Rhett, Class of 1965

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.

Dates: 1950's forward

Francis W. Love, Class of 1965

 File
Identifier: C-174.I
Scope and Contents

Love submitted a 2002 article about his Vietnam experience that he wrote for an adult education journal writing class in a local community college.

Dates: 1950's forward

Hilton B. Bicknell, Class of 1959

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Hilton B. "Bick" Bicknell has contributed writings about his Middlebury and military experiences, and has an oral history recording regarding his Vietnam experiences that was recorded September 19, 2019. The interview is available as part of C-174, audio resources.

Dates: 1950's forward

James W. Murdoch, Class of 1965

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Murdoch '65 sent a brief "war story" to Fred Stetson '65 in October 2019 via email. Included with the story is background information provided by Stetson and Murdoch's brief explanatory statement both included in the email exchange.

Dates: 1950's forward

Jeffrey L. Pelton, Class of 1964

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Pelton provides a brief overview of his military service, and a slide show with inventory and an 8mm movie of compiled film reels documenting his service in Cam Ranh and Nha Trang Bays, Vietnam, 1965-1966. Pelton was also recorded during an MVGB gathering in August 2019 presenting his slide show and participating in a panel discussion about Vietnam military service. Those recordings are preserved in folder C-174 in Digital Halcyon in audio resources.

Dates: 1950's forward

Jeffrey S. McKay, Class of 1965

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents Jeff McKay '65 was interviewed by classmate Fred Stetson '65 regarding his service in Vietnam as a public information officer for the 173rd Airborne Brigade from late 1966-December 1967. [Timestamps: Keywords] 1:30 Kennedy assassinaiton; 4:30 ROTC 1966; 8:00 Paratrooper/jump school, Fort Bragg NC; 9:30 In charge of 40 new recruits, including black recruits, personal doubts on ability to lead and not receiving training; 13:00 Went to information officers school at Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN,...
Dates: 1950's forward

Jon Turner collection

 Collection
Identifier: C-161
Scope and Contents

Collection contains manuscript poetry, handmade paper and artwork, published materials, and ephemera. Of the handmade paper and artwork in the collection, a majority were created using military uniforms. Also includes an art installation entitled, "Prayer Boots."

Dates: Majority of material found within 2007-2017

Kelly, Elizabeth Walt Baker (administrator), January 31, 1986

 Item
Identifier: MOH32
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Elizabeth Walt Baker Kelly. Kelly discusses how she started working at Middlebury; what she likes about Middlebury; the isolation of the campus; dress code; being social director; dormitories; new buildings on campus; strict regulations on women; being a veteran; characteristics of the students; sororities racial discrimination; the end of sororities; the difficulties of her job; her relationship with the students; town gown relations; keeping in touch with former students;...
Dates: January 31, 1986

Michael K. Heaney, Class of 1964

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.

Dates: 1950's forward

Millyn "Mill" D. Moore, Class of 1971

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Mill Moore is included in recorded audio interviews. To date (February 2020) he is included in the August 2019 MVGB session conducted at Middelbury College Special Collections, and a joint interview with Mike Heaney '64, recorded at Moore's home in Hartland, VT, on February 4, 2020.

Dates: 1950's forward

Munford, Howard (Class of 1934, faculty), March 18, 1986

 Item
Identifier: MOH37
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;...
Dates: March 18, 1986

Robert Kasvinsky, Class of 1961

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Kasvinsky provides a brief memoir/overview and commentary on his time as a Lieutenant Commander, USNR, on Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21). He was also recorded talking about his military service as part of a veterans gathering organized by Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) on Aug. 15-16, 2019.

Dates: 1950's forward

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

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

 Item
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

Thomas R. Easton, Class of 1966

 File
Identifier: C-174
Scope and Contents

Easton is not only a Middlebury Alumni Veteran, he is also an officer of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB). Records for Easton include: a written account of a helicopter accident that occurred on July 27, 1968, resulting in the death of four crewman (C-174 document collection); an aviator's helmet, first issuded to Easton in 1967 and donated by him in 2019 (shelved in Realia); and recordings of Easton made during an MVGB gathering in August 2019 (available in Digial Halcyon/AV/C-174).

Dates: 1950's forward

Timothy Hayward, Class of 1964

 File
Identifier: C174_1964_Hayward
Scope and Contents

Hayward provides a brief memoir, written in 2013, of his military tenure as a Marine, 1964-1967. Hayward is also recorded describing his service during a Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) gathering on Aug. 15, 2019.

Dates: 1950's forward

Veterans

 Series
Identifier: C-174.I
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Created in 2019 and in collaboration with Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB), the Middlebury Alumni Veterans Collection (C-174) will reflect the military experience of veterans through papers, memoirs, photographs, ephemera, realia and media, including films, slides and interviews.

To date, the contents of the collection have been donated by members of Middlebury Veterans Give Back (MVGB) and Middlebury veterans encouraged by MVGB.

Dates: 1950's forward

Wolff, Geoffrey (Bread Loaf faculty), August 19, 1985

 Item
Scope and Contents 1 interview with Geoffrey Wolff, writer and faculty member at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, conducted by Alison Kirk.Geoffrey Wolff retired 1981 (00:35); PhD, Chicago 1959, taught, Rollins College, Florida, for two years (01:30); dissertation at University of Chicago, received $3k grant, entrepreneurial history at Harvard research center (01:40); Sam Stratton asked Arthur Cole for names as faculty hires, Wolff hired informally with Walter Brooker (04:04); college needed...
Dates: August 19, 1985

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