This collection includes interviews with current and former professors, administrators, deans, and presidents from the University of Montana. The interviews were conducted by historian David Brooks in late 2006 and early 2007. Interviewees discuss their educational backgrounds, career development, and how they came to be associated with the University of Montana. They also discuss general university trends; changes to the University over time in terms of size, funding structures, and faculty congeniality; the history, development, and challenges of various University departments and programs; activism on campus; inter- and intra-departmental relationships; the development of the undergraduate curriculum; personal teaching experiences; and the conditions and history of the University administration. The original interviews are held as Oral History collection OH-408 at Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, the University of Montana.
This collection includes 27 interviews.
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Tom Roy Interview, May 24, 2006
Tom Roy
Tom Roy describes his experiences and participation in the University of Montana’s School of Social Work and in the development of the Environmental Studies program. He discusses his educational background and his experiences working as a professor in Social Work program at Montana State University ... Read More
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Ward Powell Interview, May 24, 2006
Ward Powell
Ward Powell discusses his educational background and how he came to work at the University of Montana as a professor of German. He describes being hired at the University in 1955, his colleagues in the Foreign Languages Department, as well as the changes he witnessed ... Read More