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    • Landis, Paul

    • Universities & colleges; College administrators; Sociology
    • 866 minute oral history interview conducted with Landis, Paul, Washington State College/University Sociology, Rural Sociology, Dean of Graduate School. Topics include: Family background. Sociology Department. Published works. WSU career, 1935-....
    • Berry, Stan

    • Universities & colleges
    • 351 minute oral history interview conducted with former Washington State University admissions director Stan Berry. Time Start Topics 0:00 Background Info, 1:40 Father: Background, 2:40 Mother: Background, 3:25 ""Melrose,...
    • Vatnsdal, Mildred

    • Universities & colleges; Students; Teachers
    • 52 minute oral history interview conducted with Vatnsdal, Mildred, Washington State College/University Mathematics alumni, 1924. Instructor. Faculty Wife - J.R. Vatnsdal, Mathematics. Topics include: Personal background. Student days at WSC -...
    • Klossner, Erich and Alma

    • Universities & colleges
    • 61 minute oral history interview conducted with Klossner, Erich and Alma, Washington State College/University alumni - Foreign Languages, 1918. US Postal Service, campus branch. Topics include: Personal background. Student days at WSC - tuition,...
    • Manring, Betty H.

    • Students; Universities & colleges
    • 106 minute oral history interview conducted with Manring, Betty H., Washington State College/University alumni - Liberal Arts, 1932. Topics include: Personal and family background. 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and Hollywood. The Depression. Social...
    • Matsen, Joseph

    • Students; Universities & colleges
    • 42 minute oral history interview conducted with Matsen, Joseph, Washington State College/University alumni - Business Administration, 1949. Topics include: Personal background. Student days at WSC - changed atmosphere on campus following WWII,...
    • Bobb, Bernard

    • Universities & colleges; Teachers; Historians
    • 87 minute oral history interview conducted with Bobb, Bernard, Washington State College/University History. Topics include: Professional career at WSU, 1949-1980. Early years of the Political Science and History department - course load, extension...
    • Boyington, Alfred

    • Universities & colleges; Teachers; Music; Musicians
    • 68 minute oral history interview conducted with Boyington, Alfred, Washington State College/University Music. Topics include: Personal background. How Boyington came to WSU. Career, 1933-1973. WWII, and graduate school at the University of...
    • McNeil, Charles

    • Universities & colleges; Entomologists
    • 45 minute oral history interview conducted with McNeil, Charles, Washington State College/University Zoology. Topics include: Personal background. Professional career at WSU, 1946-76. Courses taught by McNeil. Zoology department - research,...
    • Migaki, James

    • Universities & colleges; Students; Japanese Americans
    • 122 minute oral history interview conducted with Migaki, James, Washington State College/University Education. Topics include: Personal background. Undergraduate years, 1949-1951. Professional career at WSU, 1967-present. Stimson Hall and YMCA....
    • Brain, George

    • Universities & colleges; College administrators; Education
    • 58 minute oral history interview conducted with Brain, George, Washington State College/University Education - Dean. Topics include: Personal background. WSU career, 1965-1983. Establishment of the the Department of Education, 1964. Evolution of...
    • Nelson, James C.

    • Universities & colleges; Economists
    • 361 minute oral history interview conducted with Nelson, James C., Washington State College/University Economics. Topics include: Extensive personal background. Professional WSU career, 1947-1974. Reasons for coming to WSU. Development of...
    • Breakey (Esselbaugh), Nettie C.

    • Universities & colleges; Teachers; Nutrition
    • 27 minute oral history interview conducted with Breakey, Nettie C. (Esselbaugh), Washington State College/University Food Sciences and Human Nutrition. Topics include: Personal background. Professional WSU career, 1946-1956. Nutrition classes,...
    • Moree, Ray

    • Universities & colleges; Entomologists
    • 61 minute oral history interview conducted with Moree, Ray, Washington State College/University Zoology - Alumni, 1937. Professor. Topics include: Personal background. Student experiences and memorable faculty at WSU, 1934-1937. WSU professional...
    • Morrison, Dennis

    • Universities & colleges; College administrators; Journalism
    • 56 minute oral history interview conducted with Morrison, Dennis, Washington State College/University Administration - Executive Assistant to President. Topics include: Personal background. Journalism career. Professional career at WSU, 1947-85....
    • Rasmussen, Lowell W.

    • Universities & colleges; Agriculture
    • 174 minute oral history interview conducted with Rasmussen, Lowell W., Washington State College/University Agronomy and Soils. Topics include: Personal background. Professional career at WSU, 1948-75. Research and colleagues at WSU. Development of...
    • Bundy, Murray W.

    • Universities & colleges; College administrators; College presidents
    • 112 minute oral history interview conducted with Bundy, Murray W., Washington State College/University English - Chair. Topics include: Personal background. Professional career at WSU, 1928-56. Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Extensive discussion on...
    • Bushaw, Donald

    • Universities & colleges; Mathematics; Mathematicians
    • 112 minute oral history interview conducted with Bushaw, Donald, Washington State College/University Mathematics. Topics include: Personal background. Campus and math department as an undergraduate, 1943-1949. Campus changes over the years....
    • Buss, Irven 0.

    • Universities & colleges; Zoology
    • 29 minute oral history interview conducted with Buss, Irven 0., Washington State College/University Zoology. Topics include: Personal background. Professional career at WSU, 1948-73. Early years of Wildlife Biology. Personal research (elephants)....
    • Shaw, C. Gardner

    • Universities & colleges; Agriculture; Botany
    • 290 minute oral history interview conducted with Shaw, C. Gardner, Washington State College/University Plant Pathology - Chair. Topics include: Personal background. World War II experiences. WSU career, 1947-1983. Beaver Creek Camp development....

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