| Title: |
Reminiscences of Mary Ingraham Bunting
|
| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A
|
| Document type: |
Oral history
|
| Accessibility: |
Free Only
|
| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
|
| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
|
| Description: |
Family background, education: Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn; Vassar, 1931; University of Wisconsin School of Agriculture, PhD 1934; instructor at Bennington and Goucher, 1936-37; marriage to Henry Bunting, M.D., 1937 (d.1954); research assistant in microbial genetics, 1938-40, lecturer and researcher 1948-55, Yale; instructor, Wellesley 1946; dean, Douglass College, 1955-60; balancing career and motherhood; American Council on Education and National Science Foundation; equal opportunities for women in education, science, medicine and government; president, Radcliffe College, 1960-72: development of Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study, undergraduate and graduate part-time study program, student activists, closing of Radcliffe Graduate School and Harvard, Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, co-ed housing, merger of Harvard-Radcliffe; member Atomic Energy Commission, 1964-65, and Population Council; development of Continuing Education Program at Princeton, 1972-75.
|
| Extent: |
Transcript: 282 leaves, Tape: 5 reels
|
| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
|
| Original Language: |
English
|
| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1978 (Year of interview)
|
| Speaker: |
Bunting, Mary Ingraham, 1910-
|
| Speaker gender: |
Female
|
| Speaker date of birth: |
1910
|
| Speaker occupation: |
College president; Scientist
|
| Age at speaking: |
68
|
| Document date: |
1978
|
| Interviewer: |
Cheek, Jeannette
|
| Organizations discussed: |
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University. Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
|
| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
|
| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
College administrators; Feminism; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University. Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA; North America; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; Scientists; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; United States; Women--Education; Women's colleges
|
| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Bunting, Henry, 1911-1954; Bunting, Mary Ingraham, 1910-; Douglass College
|
| ASP release: |
2005-06
|
| Document code: |
OHI0018264-13707
|
