| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Maynard Hutchins
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A54
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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: |
Election as President of University of Chicago, 1929; concept of a university; relationships with faculty, students, trustees, alumni, and the general public; experiments: Great Books courses, divisions, liberal arts college; professional schools and the university; Rush Medical College; attacks on University of Chicago program; effect of World War II nuclear research; ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA; General Robert E. Wood; William Benton.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 110 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1899
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| Speaker occupation: |
University president
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| Age at speaking: |
68
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
McDonald, Donald
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| Organizations discussed: |
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Chicago, IL; College administrators; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States; Universities and colleges; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020102-15544
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