| Title: |
Reminiscences of Louise Michelle Rosenblatt
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A115
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family life and early education; Barnard College, B.A. 1921; Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Sorbonne: study in Grenoble and Paris, defense of dissertation, 1931; assistant, English Department, Barnard; marriage to Sidney Ratner, 1932; Commission on Human Relations, 1935-1936; involvement in progressive education movement, especially as applied to literature, 1930s; development of own theory of literature; assistant professor, English Department, Brooklyn College, 1938-1948; Office of War Information, 1943-1945; professor, School of Education, New York University, 1948-1972; New Criticism of 1950s and reactions against it; intellectual upheavals of 1960s; teaching methodology and transactional theory of reading; family trip to Japan, 1962; membership in National Council of Teachers of English and Modern Language Association; works: LITERATURE AS EXPLORATION, THE READER, THE TEXT, THE POEM; impressions of Margaret Mead, Leonie Adams and others.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 394 leaves, Tape: 8 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Closed until May 3, 1993 or death, whichever is earlier. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Rosenblatt, Louise Michelle, 1904-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1904
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| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
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| Age at speaking: |
78
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Edwin, Ed
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| Organizations discussed: |
Barnard College, New York, NY; City University of New York. Brooklyn College, New York, NY; New York University, New York, NY; University of Paris, Paris, France
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Barnard College, New York, NY; City University of New York. Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Educators; Intellectual life--United States; New York University, New York, NY; North America; Reading; United States; University of Paris, Paris, France
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Literature teachers; Literature--Study and teaching; Rosenblatt, Louise M. (Louise Michelle); United States--Office of War Information
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0016994-12437
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