Interviewer
David Brooks
Files
Description
Maxine Van de Wetering talks about her education prior to coming to the University of Montana. She explains how her Jewish connections helped to get her a job at the University and the subsequent problem of being moved from department to department at the beginning of her career. Van de Wetering discusses the political climate within the University’s academic departments during the 1960s and 1970s. She describes the creation of the Women’s Studies program and talks about her ability to select students who became Rhodes Scholars.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Humanities program, University of Montana; Geology Department, University of Montana; History Department, University of Montana; Philosophy Department, University of Montana; Rhodes Scholarship
Original Date
9-29-2006
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana Oral History Project, OH 408, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 408-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 MP3 file (01:08:10): digital + 1 transcript (37 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:08:10 minutes
Local Filename
OH_408_001.mp3; OH_408_001.pdf
Citation
Van de Wetering, Maxine, "Maxine Van de Wetering Interview, September 29, 2006" (2006). University of Montana Oral History Project. 26.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umoh/26