Oral History Transcripts
Scope and Contents
The Oral History Transcripts consists of 5 bound volumes of transcribed tapes. Also, there are two reel-to-reel audio tapes (with cassette copies) of 1971/72 interviews with Emerson S. Davis, past Black Student Union President, and Hugh Mozingo, Chairman of the Faculty Senate. The transcriptions are found in the volume for 1971/72, but the tapes were also deposited in Archives. The Davis interview is incomplete, beginning on page 189 of transcribed interview.
Dates
- 1970-1974
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno (Creator, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Administrative History
In 1970/71, the Oral History Program at the University of Nevada and the University Archives initiated a program to interview prominent members of the University community to comment on the previous year. The objective was to present a picture of the past year as observed by students, faculty, and others who were involved and concerned with the University. Among those interviewed were chairs of the Board of Regents, Faculty Senate, various faculty committees and boards, members of the Alumni Association, as well as student leaders including editors of the school newspaper, elected student officials, and leaders in student organizations and clubs. Not only were specific events covered, but also general trends affecting the University and higher education throughout the country. The project ended with the 1973-74 school year.
Extent
2 Linear Feet (5 volumes; 1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In 1970/71, the Oral History Program at the University of Nevada and the University Archives initiated a program to interview prominent members of the University community to comment on the previous year. The objective was to present a picture of the past year as observed by students, faculty, and others who were involved and concerned with the University. The collection consists of 5 bound volumes of transcribed tapes. Also, there are two reel-to-reel audio tapes (with cassette copies) of 1971/72 interviews.
Arrangement
Arranged by chronologically.
- Albright, Laurie (Interviewee)
- Associated Students of the University of Nevada
- Barmettler, Edmund R., 1922-2004 (Interviewee)
- Barnes, Roberta J. (Interviewee)
- Basta, Samuel M. (Interviewee)
- Bradford, John (Interviewee)
- Burnside, Alan (Interviewee)
- Carpenter, Kenneth (Interviewee)
- Caudle, Sheila (Interviewee)
- Cotton, George (Interviewee)
- Crowley, Joseph N., 1933-2017 (Interviewee)
- Davis, Emerson S. (Interviewee)
- Del Papa, Frankie Sue, 1949- (Interviewee)
- Dickstein, Martin (Interviewee)
- Dodson, John (Interviewee)
- Donovan, Ruth H. (Interviewee)
- Driggs, Don W. (Interviewee)
- Elmore, Richard L. (Interviewee)
- Gorrell, Robert M. (Interviewee)
- Grotegut, Eugene K. (Interviewee)
- Harder, Kelsie, (Artist) (Interviewee)
- Havas, Paul (Interviewee)
- Hilts, Ruth G. (Interviewee)
- Howard, Anne Bail, 1927- (Interviewee)
- Hulse, James W. (Interviewee)
- Jacobsen, Harold (Interviewee)
- Klaich, Daniel J. (Interviewee)
- Kosso, Lenore M. (Lenore Marie) (Interviewer)
- Lakhani, Abbas Ali (Interviewee)
- Lesperance, Anthony L. (Interviewee)
- Lilly, Luella J. (Interviewee)
- Marschall, John P. (Interviewee)
- Mastroiammi, Robert P. (Interviewee)
- McDonough, Robert E. (Interviewee)
- Miller, Janice (Interviewee)
- Mozingo, Hugh Nelson (Interviewee)
- Otani, William W. (Interviewee)
- Perkins, Charles A. (Charles Alan), 1950- (Interviewee)
- Peterson, Ann (Interviewee)
- Peterson, Gerald (Interviewee)
- Reynolds, Terry (Interviewee)
- Richardson, James T. (Interviewee)
- Sharpnack, Rayona (Interviewee)
- Struve, Larry (Interviewee)
- Test, Louis S. (Interviewee)
- Universities and colleges -- Nevada -- Reno -- Administration
- University of Nevada System. Board of Regents
- University of Nevada, Reno -- History
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of Nevada, Reno. Alumni Association
- University of Nevada, Reno. Asian-American Alliance
- University of Nevada, Reno. Black Student Union
- University of Nevada, Reno. Experimental College
- University of Nevada, Reno. Faculty Senate
- University of Nevada, Reno. International Students Club
- University of Nevada, Reno. Oral History Program
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Oral History Transcripts
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betty Glass
- Date
- August 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu