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Davidson College - Student Protests

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Alexander J. McKelway '54, 1989 January 30

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 61
Identifier: OHI-0110
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Alexander J. McKelway by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. McKelway describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. McKelway discusses student-faculty relations, activism, the fraternity issue, civil rights, Spencer’s presidency, faculty oaths, conscientious objectors, and compulsory ROTC.

Dates: 1989 January 30

Interview with Ernest Finney Patterson, 1989 January 25

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 60
Identifier: OHI-0109
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Ernest F. Patterson by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Patterson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Patterson discusses his perception as the most left-leaning faculty member, student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 January 25

Interview with Frontis W. Johnston '30, 1989 January 25

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 59
Identifier: OHI-0108
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Frontis W. Johnston ‘30 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Johnston describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnston discusses faculty-admin relations, activism, civil rights, the fraternity issue, and compulsory ROTC.

Dates: 1989 January 25

Interview with Hansford M. Epes '61, 1989 February 09

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 62
Identifier: OHI-0373
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Hansford M. Epes, Jr. '61 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Epes describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Epes discusses student-faculty relations, activism, civil rights, fraternities, and compulsory ROTC.

Dates: 1989 February 09

Interview with Herb Jackson '67, 1989 January 31

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 61
Identifier: OHI-0372
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: 1989 January 31

Interview with Max E. Polley, 1989 January 25

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 60
Identifier: OHI-0371
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Max E. Polley by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Polley describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Polley discusses student-faculty relations, faculty-admin relations, activism, civil rights, conscientious objectors, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 January 25

Interview with R. David Kaylor, 1989 January 23

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0112
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. R. David Kaylor by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Kaylor describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Kaylor discusses student-faculty relations, activism, civil rights, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 January 23

Interview with Samuel B. Johnson '69, 1989 February 11

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 59
Identifier: OHI-0370
Scope and Contents

Interview of Samuel B. Johnson ‘69 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Johnson describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Johnson discusses his role as a conscientious objector, student-faculty relations, activism, fraternities, ROTC, and compulsory vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 February 11

Interview with Samuel R. Spencer, Jr. '40, 1989 January 23

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OHI-0374
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr. ‘40 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Spencer describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Spencer discusses his presidency, coeducation, integration, activism, and compulsory ROTC and vespers and chapel attendance.

Dates: 1989 January 23

Interview with William Holt Terry '54 , 1989 February 01

 Item — Audiocassette box 4: Series RG19-01-01; Series RG19-01-03, Cassette case: Audio 62
Identifier: OHI-0111
Scope and Contents

Interview of Dr. William Holt Terry ‘54 by John P. Scherer (Class of 1989) as part of his senior project for the history department. Terry describes the Vietnam War issue on Davidson’s campus through the late 1960s and early 1970s. Terry discusses student-faculty relations, activism, conscientious objectors, civil rights, fraternities, ROTC on campus, compulsory vespers and chapel attendance, faculty oaths, and his own shifting perspective regarding the war.

Dates: 1989 February 01