| Title: |
Reminiscences of Osborne Bennett Hardison
|
| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A157
|
| Document type: |
Oral history
|
| Accessibility: |
Free Only
|
| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
|
| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
|
| Description: |
Family and early education; growing interest in arts and literature; decision to leave Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), 1947; work in mining camp; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.A. and M.A.; courtship and marriage to Mary Frances Fitzgibbon; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ph.D.; experiences teaching English composition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Princeton University; teaching at Chapel Hill; hiring by trustees of Amherst College as Director of Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., 1969; duties and responsibilities as Director, Folger Shakespeare Library: fundraising, founding of Folger Theater, renovation and reorganization, attempts to generate community interest and involvement.
|
| Extent: |
Transcript: 303 leaves, tape: 5 reels
|
| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
|
| Original Language: |
English
|
| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1981 (Year of interview)
|
| Speaker: |
Hardison, Osborne Bennett, Jr., 1928-0
|
| Speaker gender: |
Male
|
| Speaker date of birth: |
1928
|
| Speaker occupation: |
Educator
|
| Age at speaking: |
53
|
| Document date: |
1981
|
| Interviewer: |
Jessup, Frederick Peterson
|
| People discussed: |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; William Shakespeare
|
| Organizations discussed: |
Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library, Washington, DC, 1932-
|
| Locations discussed: |
North America; North Carolina; United States
|
| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Education, Higher; Educators; Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library, Washington, DC, 1932-; Intellectual life--United States; North America; North Carolina; Oral history; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; United States; William Shakespeare
|
| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Educational fund raising; Hardison, O. B; Libraries and community; Libraries, Special; Libraries, Theatrical; Libraries--Cultural programs; Theater--Museums and collections; University of North Carolina
|
| ASP release: |
2005-06
|
| Document code: |
OHI0019428-14871
|
