Recording of Columbia Crisis of 1968 oral history project planners meeting 1968
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- Title
- Recording of Columbia Crisis of 1968 oral history project planners meeting 1968
- Abstract
- This transcript records the events of a meeting held on May 4, 1968 about the considerations of undertaking an oral history project to document the 1968 student protests at Columbia University. Attendees include: Louis M. Starr and Elizabeth Mason of the Oral History Research Office; John D. Cannon, chaplain; Professors James P. Shenton, Robert M. Fogelson, David J. Rothman, and Bruce L. Smith; and Gordon J. Slovut, John A. Roberts, Chet di Mauro, and Ms. Krieger. The conversation includes practicalities of starting the project, as well as theoretical aspects of oral history, such as the issue of taking interviews so soon after events being documented.
- Collection Name
- Columbia Crisis of 1968 project
- Subjects
- Students--Political activity; Columbia University Strikes
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 57 pages
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13810756
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wqwt-mw95
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.