Interview with Herb Jackson '67, 1989 January 31
Scope and Contents
Interview of Herb Jackson ‘67 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Jackson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Jackson discusses student-faculty relations, activism, the fraternity issue, the draft, lack of support for art at Davidson, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.
Dates
- Creation: 1989 January 31
Creator
- Scherer, John P. (Class of 1989) (Interviewer, Person)
- Jackson, Herb (Class of 1967) (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There is no permission form on file for this interview. This interview is open for research but must be accessed onsite due to issues surrounding privacy and copyright. Please email archives@davidson.edu to learn more about the conditions surrounding access and to schedule an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
There is no permission form on file for this interview. The interview may be protected by copyright and other rights. Researchers must seek permission from the interviewee or next of kin for quotation, reproduction, or publication. If you have any questions, or would like to schedule an appointment, please email archives@davidson.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Herb Jackson ‘67 was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1945. He received a B.A. from Davidson College and a M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jackson began teaching art at Davidson College in 1969 and retired in 2011.
Extent
1 Audiocassettes (Compact) (Audio 61. The audiocassette contains multiple interviews.)
1 Digital (Sound recordings) (WAV)
Language
From the Sub-Group: English
Subject
- Spencer, Samuel R., President (Samuel Reid), 1919-2013 (Class of 1940) (Person)
- Johnston, Frontis W. (Class of 1930) (Person)
- Lingle Manor (Organization)
- Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Blue Sky Committee
- Chapel
- College students -- Religious life
- Davidson College - Faculty
- Davidson College - Student Protests
- Davidson College -- fraternities
- Draft -- Compulsory military service -- Conscription, Military -- Military conscription -- Military draft -- Military service, Compulsory -- Military training, Universal -- Selective service -- Service, Compulsory military -- Universal military training
- Publications - Davidsonian
- Vespers
- Vietnam War
- art major at Davidson
Repository Details
Part of the Oral Histories & Interviews (RG19) Repository